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⌠The Spectre & Sabatron │ THE DISCONNECT⌡

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⌠The Spectre & Sabatron │ THE DISCONNECT⌡

_{Reserved for @The Spectre and @Sabatron}

Since the 20th century, mankind has made advancements in technology from medicine and televisions to nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. Before the 21st century, the world's best scientists and researchers met in Paris to discuss the possibility of human augmentation. Plastic surgery and implants were becoming more common as the century was ending. The conference discussed the ethical and moral quandaries of human augmentation only being made available to wealthy, developed countries. It also discussed the “need” and “want” in human augmentation, and the potential for human augmentation over the next century. After the discussions, The Code of Ethics on Human Augmentation was showed to the world.

The code created standards for a form of technology that is still in its infancy. World leaders at the time were too forced on the second major period of globalization. And scientist became too focus on the global warming to care about augmentation. The world soon forgot about the code until the year 2025.

The entire world has changed for better or worst. The Digital Revolution is still going strong as holograms are becoming popular as a form of entertainment. The Middle East is still suffering from terror attacks and ISIL is still a problem in the world. More cities suffered from terror attacks from Portland to Tokyo. NATO–Russia relations are still strained because of the annexation of Crimea and several other issues between them. The gap between rich and poor nations is getting worst as third world countries are suffering. More countries have left the EU.

In the Korean Peninsula, South Korea and North Korea are finally reunited after years of empty threats and attacks. Both South and North Korea have renamed their new country, The Republic of Korea. The Korean government is currently helping out the North Korean, who have suffered hunger and torture. It only have been four years since both nations reunited and there's still a lot of work going on. Many families, that were torn apart, have finally reunited. Pyongyang and several other cities have changed thanks to the aid of the international world.

However, the world has advanced technologically and more countries are adopting social politics like same-sex marriage into their country. Then, augmentation started to become popular in the world. It started with making your ears look like an elf's and then advanced into prosthesis. The world was witnessing something big as cyberware was becoming more common in the world. Many countries realize that Transhumanism was becoming more popular with the youth.

The Osaka branch of Renraku - a cutting edge tech company. Computers, vehicles - especially after it's merger with Toyota - and the sciences. They were the big wigs in the world, making waves in 2010, with about fifteen years of it being around.

Work in progress.

Reference Notes

• Work in progress.

The Spectre's Interest Check

I am looking for one more person!

Point of No Return (Extreme Great Depression Alternate History)

That's good that people are posting. I wish that I could edit the first so I can make it a neat and more organized.

I think that the original GM has left. Thankfully, the co-GM is still here until the day that I die. :P

The Topic to Bitch About and Rave About Movies and Film

I don't like how people who didn't like the Ghostbusters reboot were automatically called sexists and assumed that they didn't like it, because it has an all-women cast. I felt bad that The Angry Video Game Nerd got all of the hate because he wasn't going to review the reboot. And people called a sexist, even know he didn't mention the female cast in a negative light.

The movie overall was okay. The CGI and the pace were bad. There were some jokes that made me laughed and the cameos were okay-ish. Kristen Wiig made me laugh. Both of Angry Joe's reviews on Ghostbusters is what I feel about the film., I will link them so you can go watch his review.

Review without spoilers and the review with spoilers.

Video Game Discussion and Review Thread

No Man's Sky

No Man's Sky is one of the most unique games out there in modern day history. From the small development team to create an 'unlimited' universe, Hello Games will be forever remembered as the development studio that made this game. But, this game has problems with it like any other game out there. Since the game's release, there have been a few players who thought that it would be a whole different kind of game. Is it worth the sixty dollar price tag? Does it live to its hype? Well, the answer isn't as simple as you may think.

Since the announcement of No Man's Sky in 2014, many players have expectations for what the game could be. The studio didn't tell us anything about the game until a couple months before the release. No Man's Sky is a first-person, open world survival game. You play as a planetary explorer, called in the game as the Traveller, in an uncharted universe. Your ship has crashed landed on a random, unknown planet and your job is to fix and explore the entire universe. My first planet was on a cold, freezing planet with one moon, and another planet that I could see in the distance.

I was excited to explore my first planet and find life on this frozen planet. After two hours of playing around in my first planet, I already found tons of plant life and four out of eight animal life. Then, I found my first alien, a cute Gek, and tried to talk to it. And I couldn't understand it as the text didn't make sense. Then, I just guess the action based on what I would do and got it ready as it was happy about my choice. I didn't realize then that I needed to learn their language by finding knowledge stones and abandoned places in these worlds.

Two more hours have passed by and I already discovered all of the animal life and find more knowledge stones than I expected to. And I went back to my ship and headed towards the moon. And I did the same thing on the moon and the last planet before I have realized that this game was simple and it often repeated the same animal or plant life, but with a different name and skin color. It was a fun game for me still, but I noticed the similarities right away. I wanted to reach to the centre of the galaxy, the main goal of the game, and discover some mind blowing. Of course, I haven't reach the centre yet. But, I do have hope that I will some day.

I played the game for several and I faced several bugs and glitches and only crashed once. The FOV felt off for me as I had to turn up my sensitivity to 80 before I felt okay with it. But, I couldn't even move around without feeling like the game was lagging. And the textures on planets would take their time to load up after I have entered the planet's atmosphere.

Verdict

No Man's Sky is one of the most interesting game of 2016 so far. Does it live to its hype? It depends on the type of player you're. If you have been following this game for years, then you might not enough it. If you expected this game to have the action scene similar to Mass Effect or XCOM, then you will be disappointed with the game. If you enjoy the open world survival games, then you will like this game.

Hello Studios has achieved in making an entire universe; however, the planets and the animals you discovered feel the same. The game play is basic at best, but it does offer some rewards (like learning new words or discovering updates to your inventory size). The game can get repetitive once you have played for hours and realized that everything is the same. The NPCs like personalities to them that would of made them special to many players. The PC version is filled with bugs and crashes that makes it unplayable. And the FOV is pissing me off as I try to kill animals or mine resources. _{this is what I get for getting it on the PS4 since you can't change it}

This game is a breath of fresh air for those who are tired of FPS games, like myself. You should also get the soundtrack of the game as you will love the music in the game. Thankfully, Hello Studios is planning to add in more features later on in the game's life. And I plan on waiting for them as I wander off into several more systems, discovering more knowledge stones, animals, and planets.

7.7/10

Video Game Discussion and Review Thread

I might do a review on Life is Strange after I replay the game on PC. And No Man's Sky on the PS4.

Sum up your week in roleplaying in just 3 words

Getting super pumped!

1920's Gangsters

I have posted something! :)

1920's Gangsters

The Retro Diner was busy as it always was, with crowds of people. With it's famous sandwiches, people keep on coming back for them. Coca Cola was also a popular choice for many customers especially children. The original owner disappeared a few weeks ago and the line cook took control of the Retro Diner. Many wondered where the original owner was, but a few didn't bother to ask. He didn't have any family living in the city besides a sister that hated his guts. The line cook's name was Sebastiano Benedetti, a beloved worker to many of the regular customers.

He was busy most of the time in the basement, but he made sure that he spent his time on the ground floor as well. Many customers of the restaurant knew that he wasn't just the line cook, but a bartender. Below the restaurant was a basement, where many of the regular customers would go for a quick drink. After the Prohibition began, many bars quickly shut down due to the lack of business. The Retro Diner started to serve alcohol beverages a few weeks after it was in effect in the basement. The original got the drinks for a couple of bar owners that still had their drinks and hid them in the basement.

After the owner 'disappeared', Benedetti took control of the restaurant and bar. Business was doing well as people from all over the city came to The Retro Diner aka The Retro Spot. However, the bar was running out of beverages. He needed the drinks to keep flowing into the restaurant and for the cops to stay away from this restaurant. The only opinion was to go into business with the criminal enterprises. The original owner didn't like that at all, but Benedetti knew that they had to in order to keep the restaurant running.

Benedetti was in the basement as he was making drinks for some of the customers as one of his workers came down to talk to him about 'business'. He asked another bartender to cover him for a few minutes as he went back to the ground level and gone outside. The worker offered him a cigarette, but he turns it down. “What's going on?” he asked the worker.

“Do you have someone that could help us?” he told Benedetti as he lit his cigarette with a lighter.

“Yeah, I was thinking of asking The Scarpello Family.” he answered the questions as he looked at the dirty ground. The worker blew a smoke and looked at him.

“They are our only solution to our upcoming problem.” he told Benedetti his honest opinion as he dropped his cigarette and crushed it, “We just need to be careful that we don't fuck with them. They believe in old world values.”

The worker went back inside to go back to work, leaving behind Benedetti to think about his decision. He also went back to work down in the basement. He still severed the drinks to customers as it lasted for eight hours before midnight. Most of the people had left behind as he told the remaining customers to go back to their homes. He and the other bartenders cleared up the place before leaving the place. Benedetti was the last person to leave the restaurant as he made sure that the doors were locked and the lights were off.

He headed home by taking a cab to his apartment. It was his brother's before he died. His brother was one of the closest friends that he ever had before he ran away. His parents drove him crazy and he couldn't take it anymore. Benedetti didn't understand that until he got older and they learned that his brother was dying. They didn't care about him as they went back into their lives. And when Benedetti was planning to go to New York City, his parents refused to see and disowned him. That was the breaking point for him. He wanted to live with his brother in New York City and he did that until he died.

He entered the apartment room and went straight to bed as he wanted to sleep until he went back to work. The city never sleeps as some of the lights for the nearby apartments were on and cars drove on the street once in a while. He had got used to the noises of the city life. Before, he hated them and it kept him up in the night times. Since the years that he has spent in the city, he has got used it and slept fine throughout the nighttime. Then, he would get up and get dressed for work. That's what he did every day for a few years.

He loved his job.