If you had to move to a scifi or fantasy civilization, which one you would choose?
I'll choose the Warhammer 40,000 universe as I've played Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War before and it's expansion pack, Winter Assault. I'll go with the Space Marines for this one. Okay, time to kill some Orcs. So, where do I sign up?
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Thanks for the link. Well, the Culture is not my cup of tea to be sure, I do read and enjoy a lot of scifi. I was pretty familiar with all the others, just had never encountered "The Culture", oddly enough.Here's some information about Culture and some other civilizations
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Absolutely!!! I'm checking the backs of all my armoirs and wardrobes.Narnia would be cool.
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See, here's the problem. For a relatively un remarkable guy like me, I would end up as "Slovenly Palace Guard No. 5" - the one who gets eaten by the Luggage. Even in the somewhat utopian world of Star Trek, I would end up as a non-descript Security guy wearing a red shirt, or maybe as an unnamed asteroid miner.Bloodstalker wrote:Discworld
People who want to live in the fantasy worlds always assume that they would be a Jedi Knight or Dragon Rider or something quite grand. Its the same thing with those people who think they've lived past lives - always as Egyptian Goddesses or Roman Centurion Heroes.
Remember - if we all lived in Star Wars world, D!ck Cheney would be the Emperor, and Bloodstalker would be Jar Jar Binks. :speech:
That there; exactly the kinda diversion we coulda used.
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I think I go with Forgotten Realms this time. Becasue I am already living there in my head, I think I live life as a mysticall diviner of varius dieties from the Faerun already, so I probably would have a better job and lots of friends.
I like waht Fable said, add a few chooses and don't forget some people don't want to move from this world.
How about Hyboriean Civilization of Conan.
Or the Marvel Universe or world of DC.
Now that I think about we should all make our own world a personal fanticy, and enjoy life to the fullest.
I like waht Fable said, add a few chooses and don't forget some people don't want to move from this world.
How about Hyboriean Civilization of Conan.
Or the Marvel Universe or world of DC.
Now that I think about we should all make our own world a personal fanticy, and enjoy life to the fullest.
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Don't forget about immortality! Now that would be a good reason to change realities...at least for me.Rob-hin wrote:How about the world of darkness?
Not as bad as it sounds btw.
It's our normal boring world, but with the supernatural... except nobody believes it's real.
So there would be magic and creatures of the night that nobody knows of.... ok never mind.:laugh:
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I like Bloodstalker's choice of Discworld a LOT! Yes, I'd go there like a shot! Preferably to the Granny Weatherwax/Tiffany Aching areas. Though Ankh Morpork would be.... interesting.
But another place I like a lot is Albion. Most of you won't have played the game; not one of your top-class games. But I loved it, and I loved the world.
But another place I like a lot is Albion. Most of you won't have played the game; not one of your top-class games. But I loved it, and I loved the world.
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Xanth is another good one!Philos wrote:If those were the only choices and I absolutely "had" to change to one, I would probably go with either Lothlorien or Rivendell on LotR. The choices seemed pretty stilted towards Scifi. I am not familiar with "The Culture" but of the others listed, 6 were scifi and only 2 were fantasy. Thinking of other fantasy worlds how about Piers Anthony's Xanth. That would be a interesting place to live. :laugh:
I'm sure there are a lot of other great fantasy worlds as well.
And so is Pern. I'd love to be a dragon rider - but if I couldn't, I'd still like to live there.
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Ah... did you ever read "Thud!"? The Yeti's in Thud! had a 'save' function. If they died, they came back at the point in their life they last saved...wing wrote:it would be nice to live in a world with a 'save' and 'load' option. i think everyone's wished for that at some point.
I loved that bit. Made me laugh gently.
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Terry Pratchett. Could it be anyone else? :laugh:
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lol! I agree with you there... Terry Pratchett is wonderfullFljotsdale wrote:I like Bloodstalker's choice of Discworld a LOT! Yes, I'd go there like a shot! Preferably to the Granny Weatherwax/Tiffany Aching areas. Though Ankh Morpork would be.... interesting.
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... And Granny Weatherwax is my very favourite fantasy 'anti-heroine'
..Hmmm.. Ankh Morpork, eh? Having a a craving for a Dibbler bun by any chance? :speech:
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That would have been my choice as well. I'd rather kill myself and donate my body to medicine than be stuck in any of these one-dimensional, boring, predictable stereotype excuses for a "world".fable wrote:Too bad you didn't have a "Sorry, but I wouldn't want to move" choice.
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