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Contest: Win BioShock 2!
Tell Us How You Would Rule Rapture
by Gamervision
As anyone who played through 2K’s 2007 masterpiece BioShock knows, Rapture was a nice idea that didn’t quite work out. The idealistic underwater city saw a major downfall thanks in part to poor leadership. With BioShock 2 now on store shelves, we can’t help but wonder if things could have been different. If you had been in charge of Rapture during its glory days, what changes would you have made to ensure the successful future of the utopia?
Your mission is to answer that question in any way you see fit. Leave your response in the comments section below and you will be eligible to win a copy of BioShock 2 for the Xbox 360. Feel free to get creative—it’s not easy being the person in charge, and we want to know what lengths you would go to in order to make Rapture work.
Here are the rules, if you want to get all official about it: leave a comment below with your answer to our rhetorical question by 12:00 A.M. EST on Monday, February 22. We will read each entry carefully and announce a winner later on February 22. That lucky person will get a copy of BioShock 2 for the Xbox 360 in the mail. (North America and Canada only, sorry. Don’t be discouraged, PS3 owners—we’ll have stuff for you down the road.)
Now would you kindly get to work? Rapture isn’t going to build itself!
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I'd ban tape recorders. People don't need to know my business.
Cheerier lighting, for sure. And maybe a drug counseling center.
Maybe if Big Daddies had fluffy pillows on their arms instead of drills...
there wouldn't have been little sisters, instead i would have modified big sisters. and to get your adam, they had to sleep with you, but it wouldn't kill you. it's like reverse prostitution.
If I were in charge I would have a seperate area where we breed people for harvesting Adam and the powers that people were given wouldn't be so god damn dangerous. Seriously, who thought it would be a great idea if you can control fire & lightening. As for the harvesting area...no one must know...no one.
Or how about not play god with the whole splicing thing and instead have a kickass underwater world...wasen't that enough?
I would attempt to focus on the 3 Rs: relief, recovery and reform. That is, relief for the unemployed and poor, recovery of the economy to normal levels, and reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression. I believe it would produce a political realignment, making the Democratic party the majority, with its base in liberal ideas, big city machines, and newly empowered labor unions.
It's called The New Deal.
I'd get the little sisters to collect and distribute crack cocaine instead.
To Live and Thrive in Rapture, We must all agree
Upon these rules; so that our utopia exists in harmony.
It is for that purpose and that alone that I present this fine decree
To all man women and children in my city beneath the Sea.
The process known as Adam, while useful to one and all
Would no longer be provided at every man’s beck and call
Instead it would be provided, according to rank and position
For example, only security would require fire and lightning as its ignition
Those useful powers such as telepathy
Would be offered to all that could afford, due to its simplicity
But the power to shock and light aflame at any body’s whim?
In retrospect, when looking back, that does seem pretty...dim
So plasmids I say, for one and all! It shall be Rapture’s gift
But for progress’ sake, do regulate lest a fall come hard and swift.
I got bored...^^;
To ensure the future of Rapture would have required many things to take place. I would of started with Big Daddies. Using extreme armor for an underworld is highly ineffective. These guys would of been upgraded with cashmere body suits and instead of drills we could replace it with a sound therapy sleep machine. With this set up the little sisters would be put at bay constantly thinking it is nap time. Everyone needs a nap.
I would introduce the brutal terrorism of the sharks, and show people we must unite as one, and eliminate the predators that hunt our babies while we sleep.
Id also advise against the Octopus Clan, as they have been known to supply Weapons of mass destruction with the sharks...
All in all I would incite fear with the use of my ultimate power, and remind the people who I am.
Now... Can I have my free game? :D lol
The very first thing I would do is institute a child day care system. We can't have our youth running around with the wrong crowd. Don't' get me wrong, the Big Daddy program has been a success but we can't have our children running around in the ventilation system!
Next thing I would do would take all the Big Daddys who no longer have to worry about the children and create a whole new system of law enforcement. There are too many gangs and drug dealers in the streets and we need to crack down! When the criminals are starting to fear the criminal justice system and we have arrested enough, we will start a Work for Rehabilitation program where we will put those once gangsters to work on cleaning up Rapture so that it may return to its once beautiful glory.
My last bit of business would be to go top side and seek out investors who want to see the city for what it can become. We will hold meetings and tell the story of the great under water paradise of Rapture. We will tell of the divine powers we have researched and how they may achieve godliness after they sign the dotted line. Then after we have collected enough money from the people of the dry world we will bring them all down to showcase where their money has gone. We will all dress up nice and have a large banquet in their honor! After we have lulled them into a false sense of security we will proceed in brutally slaughtering them with our splicing powers BECAUSE THIS IS OUR UNDERWATER PARADISE CITY AND NO ONE ELSE IS ALLOWED IN!!!!!
Unfortunately utopia's only work in theory.
They need a better system of law and of course no weapons.
Simple I would have a time machine and ripped up the plans to invent adam and leave plans for how to attract tourists to come to rapture
I would be sure to round up all those sisters and make sure they had plenty of snow cones to hand out to everyone. That would brighten up everyones day a little and hopefully save Rapture...
Very easy fix. I would create a commission that regulated everyone's KSM (Karate, Science, Magic) levels. Clearly, Rapture had a science heavy population. With the ratio being so one-sided, it was only a matter of time that Rapture imploded.
Secondly, Chuck Norris as the leading governing body.
I look forward to my copy of Bioshock 2.
Thank you.
If I were Andrew Ryan, I would have tried to do a better job to establish business relations with Fontaine and work together. Second, add better security to the use of Plasmids by civilians (Strictly for business reasons). Third, offer incentives to those who work to better the living conditions in Rapture. Finally, I know this sounds a bit controlling - disallow the purchase/use of weapons in Rapture. It's a utopia, so why give people the tools to start a war?
I would come up with a Medium Mommy and let her deal with the mess.
If I were in charge of Rapture at the time of its downfall I would do one thing drastically different; I would ask Aquaman for his help. Yes, I would harness the power of the oceans themselves to purge my beautiful underwater bliss of its harmful impending doom. Along side Aquaman I would be unstoppable in my underwater city, and no force could contend. In the more dangerous areas I would release pressure and allow water to flow in, and to make sure nothing is left alive I would ask Aquaman to get a few sharks in there and tear shit up. Now I know what you are thinking, "What if Aquaman doesn't want to help you?" Well if Aquaman refuses to help me I do have a backup plan. I obviously cannot rely solely on a fictitious superhero, who I would imagine to be overjoyed to finally have something to do, to save me and my city. So if Plan A fails I would do what I imagine any in my position would do; I would grab all the hot girls, over 19 of course, and make a mad-submarine-dash for the nearest island to bask in my own version of, "Oh my, the city has been destroyed! We have to repopulate! Quick throw out the condoms!" Yeah, I think that would be the best way to save the city.
I would utilize mind control via catchy music, a la the Phineas and Ferb "Yodel Odle Obey Me" as seen in this short clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAz-v7RZzF4
Lyrics:
Let me tell you my evil scheme,
I'm gonna enslave your minds with a predictable melody.
And uncomplicated rhymes,
And if I asked you to
You'd even change your name to Amy
Because your gonna yodel odel odel obey me.
You be my obedient mindless slaves and nobody will blame me,
Because you'll yodel odel odel odel obey me.
If i was the ruler of rapture i would make a civilization of game developers , that way i would get bioshock 3 , gears 3 , GTA V and mass effect 3 alot sooner. Now would you kindly send me that free bioshock 2 (see what i did their!)