Speculation on Hero Releases in 2099

[JmOz]

Well anyone?

[robertep]

BTL HERO SYS Black Edition (with a waver form that need to be singed before use :eg:)

[Derek Hiemforth]

Pre-Apocalyptic HERO. :winkgrin:

[Dust Raven]

Pre-Apocalyptic HERO. :winkgrin:

Oh damn... I don't wanna wait for that!

:sneaky:

[gojira]

I had to read the subject title a couple of times before I got it. I almost posted a pointer to the other thread.

Um.... HERO System 20th ed., Revised?

[MorpheousXO]

Digital Age HERO, sourcebook for where we CURRENTLY are :D

Rerelease of the HERO 100th Anniversary Special Edition because some extras were found in a box somewhere when they finally got around to cleaning out that warehosue they don't use anymore (silly everything digital :sneaky:).

Ultimate Planet, book about making new Planets and Cultures.

[rjcurrie]

I had to read the subject title a couple of times before I got it. I almost posted a pointer to the other thread.


Me too, I almost asked JmOz if my thread wasn't good enough for him :)

[GamePhil]

Reprise of Gadgets & Gear, with all of that equipment re-written for realism now that we've actually got it.

[JmOz]

Me too, I almost asked JmOz if my thread wasn't good enough for him :)

nope, to short sighted, I want the long plan :D

[Maur]

Ultimate Planet, book about making new Planets and Cultures.

Which results in an actual planet forming to play on.

[BobGreenwade]

Well, yeah, Digital Age HERO, for one. With its own separate vehicles sourcebook for things like the Prius, the Skycar, and so forth.

The Characteristics Handbook, including over a century of expansions on not just the 14 standard Characteristics, but on every optional Characteristic ever published (Mental Defense, Mana, Mana Recovery, Sanity, Sanity Recovery...).

The Alien Bestiary, featuring animals actually found Out There. (And, realistically, I give about a 50% chance that we actually will have found some by then.)

The Ultimate Cyborg, including various bits of cyber and biotech available at that time.

And at least one setting sourcebook featuring the work of a currently popular author whose material would have just turned over to Public Domain.

[mattingly]

The year 2099 will finally see the release of the Champions Computer Game.

[Chris Goodwin]

Whose publisher will immediately go out of business.

[MorpheousXO]

And at least one setting sourcebook featuring the work of a currently popular author whose material would have just turned over to Public Domain.

Wheel of Time? :eg:

[MorpheousXO]

ack, double post, wth?

[Edsel]

Virtual Reality Hero

[Opal]

Tricentenial Hero: Heroic adventure set in an Alternate History in which the United States of America survived to the year 2076, and beyond.

Rapture Hero: "we really mean it this time."

Champions: the /New/, New Melinium.

[Silbeg]

Holographic HERO, where the game is run in a Holodeck... the only edition that weighs more than 5ER!

[Lucius]

Announcement in 2099: The temporary retirement of Steve "Lazarus" Long, no longer able to keep up his demanding schedule even with the best of modern gerontological treatment. And the promise that after his personality upload into a custom built AI unit and a well-earned year's vacation, he will return to work as "Steve Very Long Indeed" no longer bound by physical limitations and expecting to produce the equivalent of one "Ultimate" book every week in 2100....

Lucius Alexander

Still no Palindromedary Hero, Palindromedary Enterprises refuses to release the license....

[Sean Waters]

Hero: Normal08


Role Playing in the dark and distant past, before everyone developed superpowers!

[JmOz]

Hero: Normal08


Role Playing in the dark and distant past, before everyone developed superpowers!

That's good...But I would have called it "Normals Unbound"

[MorpheousXO]

Hero: Normal08


Role Playing in the dark and distant past, before everyone developed superpowers!

EPIC!!!!

I wish I could rep you...

[Sean Waters]

That's good...But I would have called it "Normals Unbound"

Actually, by 2099, the system will have two incarnations: Hero and Villain.

Last year, 2098, Villain bought out a wall calendar: 'Normals, Bound', so that might look like copying :D

[hammersickle59]

Umm...sorry to break the bad news to you guys, but the human race wont be around that long. Seriously. Maybe they'll be small enclaves of us still out there, but we wont be a thriving civilization.

The latest Scientist to testify before congress has stated that there is NO WAY to reverse the climate change because we've gone to far. Even if we stop burning fossil fuels completly....IF EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET STOPS USING PLASTICS AND GASOLINE AND NATURAL GAS IT WOULD STILL BE TOO LATE!

Read Crossing the Rubicon by Michael Rupert. No joke.

Yep, this is why I play Heroes....cause a fantasy world is much more preferable to the dung heap we live in.

The Industrial Revolution lead to the destructin of our race. Pitty we didnt catch on earlier.

[Opal]

Umm...sorry to break the bad news to you guys, but the human race wont be around that long.
The Industrial Revolution lead to the destructin of our race. Pitty we didnt catch on earlier.

And I thought I was being less than up beat. ;)

Climate change is a slow process, even assuming it's a real, human-caused process. Even if it were going to turn the Earth into another Venus, it'd take a reaallly long time.

I think bits like this come more from a natural apocalyptic obssession than from any real evidence they're likely. Every generation has heard predictions that they'd be the last. Judgement day for the christians, for instance, is always just about at hand according to some corner preacher or other. Every religion has an 'end of times' legend. It's just a way we humans deal with our mortality - by fantasizing that even though we're definitely going to die, the rest of the world might not be any better off.

[Sean Waters]

I wouldn't worry about the end of the world just yet. I was talking to this cockroach the other day and he said' "You humans - what does it take to kill you?".

Funny guy.

I'm pretty sure that the human race has gone beyond evolution. We'll still be here when the sun goes out. We may need to trim the numbers a shade, or discover a decent method of interstellar travel, but we'll still be here.

We'll probably even find a way to survive the sun going out.:celebrate

[hammersickle59]

Yes....climate change is a slow process. The evidence does point out that we have rapidly sped it up.

Its my understanding that if the oceans were 2 degress warmer (on average) that would be enough to cause dramatic change. Its a matter of a chain reaction. If we manage to raise the temperature 1 degree warmer (as a whole planet), that would be enough to cause the methane vents at the bottom of the ocean to open....those causing the temperature to rise another degree. At that point the normal ocean cycles that regulate the earths temperature would change. "Global Warming" isnt going to cause places to get warmer, its goig to stop the "evening out" of the temperature. We will have places that are extremley hot and extremly cold.

Let me sight some real world proof. If you look at the temperature records FOR THE ENTIRE TIME WE'VE BEEN RECORDING TEMPERATURE, and you had to guess what was the top 10 highest temperatures for a given location you would think they would be fairly random right? like...one in the 20s...one in the 40s or whatever....wrong....7 of the records are in the last 10 years! That means that almost every year we reach a new time high in a given region! (Note: the 7 to 10 is for the region I live in San Diego, yours may be better or worse).

Anyways....this isnt the type of discussion for a Heroes forum....:)

Sorry guys for ruining the mood

[Sean Waters]

I saw those predictions too, but I seem to recall also reading that there were times int he Earth's history when the temperature was much mich higher than it is at the moment. We had all these huge lizards thundering about the place. It'll work out. You'll see :thumbup:

I mean, no need to be silly about it: cutting down on carbon emissions is a good thing. Finding alternative fule sources is a good thing. Looking after the planet is a good thing.

Alcohol is a great thing.

Sorry. Getting off topic there :D

[Opal]

Hey, no problem, the thread begs for that kinda thing.

I still think what you're worrying about is no different then the monks who were convinced they had absolute biblical proof that the world was scheduled to end in the year 1000 (never mind Y2K), though. Biblical evidence was deeply respected at the time, afterall.

Personally, I'd love to witness the end of the world, I understand the impulse, it's the ultimate form of closure.

[Sean Waters]

Take a look at this:

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/scienceques2001/20020524.htm

Then type Find Chuck Norris into Google and hit I'm feeling lucky.

[Sean Waters]

Hey, no problem, the thread begs for that kinda thing.

I still think what you're worrying about is no different then the monks who were convinced they had absolute biblical proof that the world was scheduled to end in the year 1000 (never mind Y2K), though. Biblical evidence was deeply respected at the time, afterall.

Personally, I'd love to witness the end of the world, I understand the impulse, it's the ultimate form of closure.

Yes, well, we'll be keeping you away from the button then...:p

[hammersickle59]

Hey, no problem, the thread begs for that kinda thing.

I still think what you're worrying about is no different then the monks who were convinced they had absolute biblical proof that the world was scheduled to end in the year 1000 (never mind Y2K), though. Biblical evidence was deeply respected at the time, afterall.

Personally, I'd love to witness the end of the world, I understand the impulse, it's the ultimate form of closure.

I love that phrase "Biblical evidence was deeply respected at the time"

Unfortunatley it still is. lol.

There is too much suffering in the world...maybes its best we cut our losses and end this game. You know? I mean seriously if we cant get our *#@# together then we should go away. You first though. lol.

Just kidding, life is cherry. Believe in Jesus.

"Jesus loves you, but I'm right here baby" - My shirt.

[hammersickle59]

Sorry Sean...that link is not a source I can depend on. No trust in THIS government and no trust in the bible (that goes for the other post). :)

[Sean Waters]

I really like religion. Not because I actually believe in most of what religions have to say - at least not the details - the big messages are often OK - but because I have to wander what sort of freaky God/Gods/Spirits/Energy Fields would want people to jump through those kinds of hoops. Dance, monkey, dance!

I was brought up catholic and boy oh boy there's some weird stuff in there, but I don't think any major or minor religion is free from strangeness. Some things should never be written down.

Anyway, back to the end of the world ....:D

[Sean Waters]

Sorry Sean...that link is not a source I can depend on. No trust in THIS government and no trust in the bible (that goes for the other post). :)

Is it still paranoia if they really ARE out to get you? :)

OK, I'll give you that one but just type 'hottest shade temperature' into a search engine and there's enough contradictory evidence out there to calm you down. Oh and do the Chuck Norris thing - you could do with a laugh.

[Psybolt]

How about Threadjumper Hero

[jtelson]

Can anyone else remember the excitment of the late 70's early 80's where we were told that we were at the beginning of another Ice Age?
Seriously though our history of recorded temperatures is a very small snapshot to be basing conclusions on.

[Opal]

Hey, I said 'witness' not 'cause.'

:angel:


And, yes, I remember the 'impending ice age' hype - and the movie 'Quintet.'

[Ocelot]

The forums will tell us that Western HERO will be arriving in 2100, but they'll be lying.

[JmOz]

Can anyone else remember the excitment of the late 70's early 80's where we were told that we were at the beginning of another Ice Age?
Seriously though our history of recorded temperatures is a very small snapshot to be basing conclusions on.

yup, why I laugh at the global warmings

[BobGreenwade]

Alcohol is a great thing.I'm getting that impression, particularly from hammersickle59. ;)

[Vondy]

The Ultimate Shark Jumper.

[teh bunneh]

This thread seems to have drifted into NGD territory. Shall I move it?

[BobGreenwade]

This thread seems to have drifted into NGD territory. Shall I move it?Only if people continue to post along these lines. I'd like to drift back, actually. Failing that, just let it die.

Like, I sort of like the Digital Age Hero idea...

And going to my idea of a currently-copyrighted setting giong Public Domain by 2099 and getting a HERO sourcebook in that year, I think the most likely dandidate would be Dune. (Middle-Earth would likely have gotten its book long before.)

[hammersickle59]

Yeah....Dune is awesome....Heroes with a Dune setting.

Note: Regardless of my strange perceptions of reality, I did not aquire them from "hype" or "hysteria" or "alcohol"....I dont buy into myth. Its all science base. I dont care how many other people believe what I believe. To site someone 1000 years ago believing the world would end AS A REASON to not believe it is a logical fallacy!

Second, all you nay sayers....what research have you done? Seriously? If your not interested in the subject thats fine, you can still have an opinion on it; however some opinions are more valid than others (think about that for a minute, yes its true).

[GamePhil]

I understand that you're passionate about the subject, but please start a thread in NGD if you haven't already. I'd like this one to stay here.

On the subject, Flesh HERO, rules for expanding the default computer character into one of the now defunct human race, since we downloaded ourselves into pure data forms in 2075. Increase your Characteristic list from the four you have now to the original 14! Coming soon!

[hammersickle59]

2099....Star Hero turns LARP. You cant play an alien race unless you are that alien race (+1 Advantage to circumvent this rule).

[jtelson]

Release date June 10, 2099: The Ultimate Ultimate Tautology

[jtelson]

Release date June 10, 2099: The Ultimate Ultimate Tautology.

[Dust Raven]

Sorry guys for ruining the mood

The end of the world is nigh invulnerable.

[Dust Raven]

Yeah....Dune is awesome....Heroes with a Dune setting.
Agreed... I want my Dune Hero!


Note: Regardless of my strange perceptions of reality, I did not aquire them from "hype" or "hysteria" or "alcohol"....I dont buy into myth. Its all science base. I dont care how many other people believe what I believe. To site someone 1000 years ago believing the world would end AS A REASON to not believe it is a logical fallacy!

Keep in mind that science is just another religion. Just because it has a bigger bible doesn't make it special. Also, the people 1000 years ago probably did as much research as you have personally, some likely more as more than one spend their entire lives obsessed with the subject. Also, think about how short of a time we've actually been recording the temperatures, and how shorter a time we've actually had accurate information about temperatures on a global scale. The information we have is minuscule compared to how long the Earth has been experiencing drastic and sudden climate changes.

All that being said, I can validly admit I believe you might be right as we're all looking forward to extinction within the next 100 years.

I also have to admit you might be wrong.

I honestly don't think there is enough information collected or available to make more than a guess.

[Dust Raven]

Oh... and I speculate the release of Seeker Lives! Revised, but it'll probably not be released in the standard neural info link and just be printed on out dated paper.

The cover art will be animated though...

[Opal]

Note: Regardless of my strange perceptions of reality, I did not aquire them from "hype" or "hysteria" or "alcohol"....There is a lot of hype and hysteria surrounding the issue. As for the alcohol - fine, more for me. ;)


I dont buy into myth. Its all science base. I dont care how many other people believe what I believe. To site someone 1000 years ago believing the world would end AS A REASON to not believe it is a logical fallacy!It's not a reason to believe the opposite, just a reason to be skeptical. Someone in every generation in recorded history has found some - seemingly good at the time - reason to believe the world was going to end in thier lifetimes. My theory is that longing for armegeddon is a natural part of the human condition, a way of dealing with mortality. That doesn't mean that someone won't finally be right someday, but it does mean I'm going to look at what that someone says with a lot of skepticism.

[Silbeg]

You know, that'd be about time for The Ultimate HERO... the collected works of Steve Long... 2099 pages of unbleached, high-quality paper (unheard of in 2099! The complaints of having to actually read material will be heard coast to coast!).

Of course, this book will be accompanied by the 2099 page Hero Index, which of course will index, cross-reference, and hyperlink all references within The Ultimate HERO.

For an additional fee, you could buy The Ultimate HERO on holographic core memory, running on a 4-dimension referential database... so that you would know any rules, and rulings, that have ever been made (or ever will be made).

[BobGreenwade]

Or....

The Absolute Hero Gamer, all of the rules from every genre book, Ultimate book, and even every edition of the rules all the way back to 1st Edition, all in one volume!

(It'll be over a thousand pages long and done up in 7.5-point type... but it can be done!)

[jtelson]

Or....

The Absolute Hero Gamer, all of the rules from every genre book, Ultimate book, and even every edition of the rules all the way back to 1st Edition, all in one volume!

(It'll be over a thousand pages long and done up in 7.5-point type... but it can be done!)

And comes packaged with a complimentary bottle of Vodka :)

[Sean Waters]

This thread seems to have drifted into NGD territory. Shall I move it?

Only if you want me drifting into NGD territory :eg:

[Sean Waters]

Yeah....Dune is awesome....Heroes with a Dune setting.

Note: Regardless of my strange perceptions of reality, I did not aquire them from "hype" or "hysteria" or "alcohol"....I dont buy into myth. Its all science base. I dont care how many other people believe what I believe. To site someone 1000 years ago believing the world would end AS A REASON to not believe it is a logical fallacy!

Second, all you nay sayers....what research have you done? Seriously? If your not interested in the subject thats fine, you can still have an opinion on it; however some opinions are more valid than others (think about that for a minute, yes its true).

EcoWorrier Hero has a lot of research on that. Apparently the EOTW scenarios about running out of oil and such were just circulated to bolster popular support for invasive foreign policy decisions. Everyone knew alcohol would be out saviour and that we could run our vehicels on bio fuel.

What?

Oh yes, Conspiracy Theory Hero (Ultimate Legendary Update)* should be coming out in the summer.




*Or CTHULU for short.

[Hugh Neilson]

2099. Is that too soon for 6th Edition? ;)

[Hugh Neilson]

Maybe see this thread? (http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63146)

[Basil]

2099: C.L.O.W.N. *finally* comes out!! :celebrate :celebrate :celebrate

For the long surpassed 5th edition :(

[Captain Obvious]

Dungeons and Dragons 46th edition (100% Hero System compatible)

[Dust Raven]

2099: C.L.O.W.N. *finally* comes out!! :celebrate :celebrate :celebrate

For the long surpassed 5th edition :(

YES!!!