New: PARANOIA Live (free, open-ended, www, human, space, economic, rpg)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:13:01 +0000

Name:		PARANOIA Live
Costs:		Free
EEmail:		the-computer zat paranoia-live.net
Contact:		dyrhet zat yahoo.com
Frequency:		Not set, certain features cycle weekly
URL:		http://www.paranoia-live.net/forum
Type:		Dystopian, Humourous, Sci-fi
Last-Update:		2005Jun22
Keywords: free, open-ended, www, human, space, economic, rpg

Description:

Paranoia-Live was originally founded as a method of organising games of
the pen and paper game PARANOIA over the internet. The community has grown
a great deal over the last few years and a large segment of the forum has
been given over to in character role playing, complete with a
sophisticated custom-programmed economy and rank system. In addition to
this games are frequently run over the net with the custom made JParanoia
client.

The game itself is essentially a large freeform game of PARANOIA, a game
set in a future in which people dwell within a sprawling totalitarian city
known as Alpha Complex under the watchful eye of the utterly insane Friend
Computer. While Friend Computer wants the best for its citizens, it is
also more than a little paranoid, it sees treason and attempts to disrupt
life in Alpha Complex everywhere. And treason is punishable by summary
execution. Through in a colour coded ridgit heirarchy of Security
Clearances, secret societies, mutations, mad plots, dangerously
experimental technology, a very generous lashing of humour and you pretty
much have PARANOIA.

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