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My opinion for other players: Laptop is dead weight in a forest, it'll just run out of battery in moments, rusty wrenches sound unreliable, umbrella we can use (metal bits, waterproof cloth, metal rod), rope we can use and the duct tape is a no-brainer.

> Ponder what year it is

> Loop the rope loosely over your shoulder
> Pocket the duct tape if it fits (otherwise, keep in on wrist for now)
> Grab umbrella
> Strike a heroic pose, as shit just GOT REAL!

THANK YOU BlueAngel! You have no idea how I hoped someone would think "new, intact clothes" would be a good idea!
I'm at work now, so new turn coming up later tonight.

THANK YOU!!! 

  I've been checking this thread only to hear more about WHAMland.

I fear people will start to get peeved at me for hijacking this  thread so effectively.
Maybe I should just write a book! Or even better: do a GAME which is a commentary on the goods and bads of modern society when compared to my personal utopia. Hmmm...

I don't pirate software because I feel it would be wrong to do so, not because I'm terrified that if I did, the swat team would crash through my windows at 3 AM and beat the shit out of me.

Let me correct that for you: "I don't pirate software because I either have rich family or have a proper job, and can AFFORD to buy the software I need, just like I can affor to buy the TV I want. However, other people who are too young to have jobs, or are too lazy to get one, pirate software and loot TV's during riots, because they have nothing to fear from doing so. They break the law because: 'Hey, why not?'"

The fact that there are good people who obey the law, only reinforces the fact that those who do not conform and those who do break the law "just 'cause", need to be put the fear of the law into them, as we can all see how well these puny and pathetic punishments the laws of our current society hands out are working:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CdItaPoMjM4

Yeah, that guy really should just get a little fine and a pat on the head with an encouraging "Heeeey, you shouldn't do that. It's wrong you know! Oh I understand, your clothes look like you are poor and needy so you probably had a good reason for that, off you go, back home."

(*watches video again* : HULK SMASH PUNY HUMAN SKULL!!! RAAAAWR!!!)

[INCOMING TIRADE FROM AN IDEALIST AND A WOULD-BE WORLD SAVER - BE WARNED]

EDIT: written in hurry, accidental boldification corrected

INCOMING TIRADE FROM AN IDEALIST AND A WOULD-BE WORLD SAVER - BE WARNED

No... You see, this is the issue. Perhaps I haven't been clear enough (yes, I just couldn't stay away after that one VWG).

Petty crime: shoplifting for small value, speeding on the road, urinating in public etc
> Petty Punishment: Monetary fines, public service (ie. slavery on a small scale)
> On repeated offense: escalation to hard crime status due to person's inability to "take a f***'n hint"

Hard crime: Participating in large-scale events such as major riots, looting, destruction of property FOR NO BETTER REASON THAN "Hey, who'se going to stop us?" / cheating others for large sums of money (tens of thousands of @), rape, murder etc
> Hard Punishment: removal of human rights / citizenship permanently, forced hard labour, choise between entertainment sentence or death sentence

No, VWG, I don't believe in ALL crime being punished by being thrown to the lions (this sentence was not 100% literal, we can replace lions with ROBOTS for maximum entertainment in the future), but in my perfect imaginary world, hard-class criminals are given a choise: spend rest of your life in prison, with the requirement that you must either participate in blood-sport or hard labour, which will offset your cost to society either through revenue or work results, or life-termination.

Prisons are made self-sustained and they are a minimalistic drain on tax money, since the inmates have to do their part in keeping the installation funded (in a far greater scale than today). All inmates are also branded with visible permanent facial markings, to minimize likelyhood of successful escape from the prison system. If you attempt escape, you automatically get transferred to death row = they will not even drag you back to jail, but will place a 9mm copper tranquilizer inside your skull.

I could say a lot of things, but perhaps it is best I keep the rest to myself for now. so as to not cause more negative response. My view on the matter has already been made abundantly clear.

Actually I think I said a few pages ago that I would leave this thread alone... Hmmm? Guess I just don't know when to stop. Let me try that again...

@Calin: No need to shoot them, make use of them. See my earlier post on the Roman colosseums and such. I wasn't really joking there...

@Bror_Jon
So basically what you are saying is: we should only punish criminals if they are ok with it, and even then not too hard, so we don't hurt their feelings. In your perfect world, what happens to criminals? Rioters? We just ask them nicely to stop breaking the law and they do it? We put them in prison, where we the taxpayers pay for their clothes, food, housing and well-being, and then after a while they get to come back for a second round?

I'm sorry, I know I'm ranting, but I'm just enraged by how blind people can be when it comes to handling crime.

I take it that's for me, Calin. I've read Lord of the Flies, and enjoyed it greatly, thank you. I actually read it twice.
In my opinion it is a wonderfully accurate depiction of how human society is brought down by its lesser, though more numerous, elements, and how the wise ones are pushed into the sidelines as weak and unwanted.

In a wild environment it is the wild who survive. We must fight to keep our society from collapsing back into a wilderness, to keep it civilized and hospitable.

And it is the GOOD people who can resist mob mentality, can identify it and can respond to it in a calm and collected manner. It is the BAD people, who cannot control their emotions, their greed and their violence. To be more precise: their ANIMALITY.

It is these people we could do without, it is these people we should, indeed, we MUST control and contain.

> I second opening the trunk
> Glance at the tire tracks on the ground, did we brake and can we go back to the road we drove on?

(I should let others do stuff too, but this is just too much fun!  Come on people! Post entries!)

> Examine swiss army knife (what tools does it have)
> Attempt to jam a blade/screwdriver from the swiss army knife into the seatbelt mechanism to jiggle it free

[> use id onn scanthing to open door]

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One thing at a time, gentlemen!
> use id onn scanthing to open door

You wave both of your ID's at the strange devidce next attached to the wall next to the small desk. The device does not respond. You choose, instead, to EXAMINE the device and in fact discover it consists of a metal box with two button on it: a red button and a green button.



> Announce the cancellation of Half Life2: Episode 3
ERROR - CRITICAL ERROR IN INPUT - UNABLE TO KILL A GOD

> Plug recording device into TV and watch playback of recordings

You snatch the cord and examine it closer. There is a cable that connects the TV screen and the recording device, but it seems that the hanging wire is in fact the power cable of the TV. You plug it in and the screen comes to life, albeit quite fuzzy and distorted.

The Recording device has only two buttons: "eject" and "start", and neither of them does squat, as the slot where a removable hard drive is supposed to be places is empty.

Love the idea! It's great to get to hear what the developer of the game had in mind when creating the game.
Would you mind if I stole your idea? I might want to do a similiar video of my first game at some point. 

[> Search corpse, take ID]

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One thing at a time, gentlemen!
> Search corpse, take ID

You search the corpse for anything useful. The man's pistol holster is empty, and he has no ammunition on him. His pockets are empty.



You take a look at the ID as you pick it up. Mr Newell, rest in peace.



You pocket the new ID. Your pockets are feeling a tad cluttered already.

The ordinary people have limited capacity for violent response, and in a well run state, the police and the government always have more power at their disposal than the common rabble.

If the police escalate, the normal people will give in and go home, in fear of violence and pain.
The ones who remain on the streets are trash, animals and criminals, and those deserve no mercy on the part of the police.

There should not be a "spot of violence" on the police's part, I'm talking about decisive action to control, assimilate and annihilate these criminal masses who are wrecking the streets, ruining thousands of lives and businesses and causing deaths of good police officers who live to serve and protect the common citizen.

> Stop for a few seconds, listen intently
> Examine seatbelt locking mechanism

[> Go through EAST door (LEFT door)]

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> Go through EAST door (LEFT door)

You walk towards the door that leads EAST. Remember? I told you when we arrived in this room how we arrived from the WEST which was right screen? Right? Good.

So yeah, you go through the door...



So yeah, now NORTH is UP again, isn't that nice. Oh for f...

This does not look too promising! The man has been SHOT in the HEAD!

During battles you will be given +1 point for every attack delt on a target. These points get added to your SGp(spirit Grid points) so you can later use them to unlock Spirit Blocks.

So if I go against the weakest enemy of the game, hit him and heal him, I can get infinite points? Yay! I wonder why Square Enix never thought of doing that!

> Pocket the roadmap for future use
> Pocket a handful of TP (I assume this is Toilet Paper, as this is what google tells me)
> Take first aid kit if able to carry (can it be attached to our belt?)
> Take swiss army knife -> Use it to cut seatbelt = sweet freedom of movemet!