From:	S O'Neill callahan421@*******.com
Subject:	Olympics
Date:	Tue, 03 Oct 2000 15:06:45 EDT

Kawaii wrote:

>So, I was watching the Olympics the other day, and I was thinking if this
>type of games would still be ran. Possibly with national, as well as
>corporate teams. Maybe seperated into cyber, non-cyber (bioware),
>non-modification, non-magic, etc.
>
>Ideas? Thoughts? Comments? :)
>
>Ever lovable and always scrappy,
>kawaii


It's out of print, like most of the older sourcebooks, but Shadowbeat
(written by Paul Hume) has stuff on the Olympics as well as most other
sports.

The book's at home, but IIRC, there was a bunch of stuff about how magic and
cyberware and new drugs and the awakening caused the collapse of the
olympics at some point, after which it never really recovered.

Sheer logistics dictate problems with the Olympics as well. Even if it was
totally drug, chrome and magic-free, you've still got 5 metatypes to deal
with. Whether it's something common like the 100m sprint or something more
esoteric like Synchronized Platform Diving (yeesh!), there's sure to be
'unfair' advantages for the various metatypes in some events.

This translates into (maybe) separate events, or 'heats' for each that are
race-specific.

This translates into more administrata, more logistics required, etc, etc.
Sydney proved that the Olympics is bloating beyond what's reasonable and
needs to be pared back...

Anyways, so the short answer is: Check out Shadowbeat. You can prolly get it
used from amazon.com or something if you want it...
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