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Sunder the Gold · 2012-12-11, 16:29

In Episode 2, Haruyuki and Kuroyukihime say it best.

Haru points out how incredible the technology behind Brain Burst is. This is a program that can accelerate the human mind such that time stands still, and which is capable of hacking public, private and federal security cameras without any risk of getting caught. The program is even capable of recognizing former users based on their brainwaves.

Yet, for some odd reason, this incredible technology is shackled to a mere video game. Nevermind what the creator could do in the fields of military science, or how the creator could use it to manipulate politics and economics. They decided to give to CHILDREN, in the form of a game.

Kuroyuki puts it further in perspective: It's NOT that this technology is being used to run a fighting game; it really is shackled to the fighting game.

"Burst Linkers don't accelerate to fight, but fight so that we can continue to accelerate."

How many Burst Linkers would rather have totally unlimited access to Acceleration in the real world? Not just the basic Burst Link command, but also the Physical Burst command. No need to spend points, no risk of losing the program by running out of points, no need to spend great amounts of time and effort to earn more points...

Why give someone the power to be superhuman, and then require that they play a game to pay for it?

Burst Points aren't a fuel-source; they're a tax. The points are produced directly by the system from nothing; they have no value except what the system gives them.

It's like if Tony Stark had made a suit of Iron Man armor that would not function unless you fed it Monopoly paper dollars, which you could only earn by playing Monopoly. The technology doesn't NEED the worthless paper bills at all, so why hobble the suit? Why go to the effort of creating an entire redundant system (ie: Monopoly) which serves no purpose except to generate the worthless money?

More, rather than simply shut down and refuse to operate, the armor outright SELF-DESTRUCTS if one runs out of paper money. That seems excessive.

And why a fighting game, specifically? Brain Burst could have been a puzzle game, like tetris, or a mystery game.

It could have been a "farming game" like resource-gathering in World of Warcraft, where people run around in the Unlimited Neutral Field to find resource-nodes before other players do.

Even just sticking to a combat-oriented game, Brain Burst could have been oriented primarily towards cooperative Player-versus-Environment (PVE) play, where hunting Enemies in groups was the most efficient method of earning Burst Points.

Obviously, the creator of Brain Burst wants something from the Burst Linkers. Even if that something is as simple as entertainment.

The creator wanted people to fight each other passionately. The creator wanted to create a subculture of young superhumans who were willing to strip the superpowers from each other in order to fuel their own superpowers.

No where is this notion more strongly expressed than in the rules to achieve Level 10. One MUST fight other Level 9s, and must do so knowing that they WILL utterly destroy their opponent as a Burst Linker. Furthermore, one must commit this act of violence not once, but five times.

Ultimately, are tag teams and legions nothing more than a partial restraint on the dog-eat-dog kind of mentality that this would create? Are those rules just chains meant to keep the whole cannibalist system from falling apart?

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Sunder the Gold Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011	In Episode 2, Haruyuki and Kuroyukihime say it best. Haru points out how incredible the technology behind Brain Burst is. This is a program that can accelerate the human mind such that time stands still, and which is capable of hacking public, private and federal security cameras without any risk of getting caught. The program is even capable of recognizing former users based on their brainwaves. Yet, for some odd reason, this incredible technology is shackled to a mere video game. Nevermind what the creator could do in the fields of military science, or how the creator could use it to manipulate politics and economics. They decided to give to CHILDREN, in the form of a game. Kuroyuki puts it further in perspective: It's NOT that this technology is being used to run a fighting game; it really is shackled to the fighting game. "Burst Linkers don't accelerate to fight, but fight so that we can continue to accelerate." How many Burst Linkers would rather have totally unlimited access to Acceleration in the real world? Not just the basic Burst Link command, but also the Physical Burst command. No need to spend points, no risk of losing the program by running out of points, no need to spend great amounts of time and effort to earn more points... Why give someone the power to be superhuman, and then require that they play a game to pay for it? Burst Points aren't a fuel-source; they're a tax. The points are produced directly by the system from nothing; they have no value except what the system gives them. It's like if Tony Stark had made a suit of Iron Man armor that would not function unless you fed it Monopoly paper dollars, which you could only earn by playing Monopoly. The technology doesn't NEED the worthless paper bills at all, so why hobble the suit? Why go to the effort of creating an entire redundant system (ie: Monopoly) which serves no purpose except to generate the worthless money? More, rather than simply shut down and refuse to operate, the armor outright SELF-DESTRUCTS if one runs out of paper money. That seems excessive. And why a fighting game, specifically? Brain Burst could have been a puzzle game, like tetris, or a mystery game. It could have been a "farming game" like resource-gathering in World of Warcraft, where people run around in the Unlimited Neutral Field to find resource-nodes before other players do. Even just sticking to a combat-oriented game, Brain Burst could have been oriented primarily towards cooperative Player-versus-Environment (PVE) play, where hunting Enemies in groups was the most efficient method of earning Burst Points. Obviously, the creator of Brain Burst wants something from the Burst Linkers. Even if that something is as simple as entertainment. The creator wanted people to fight each other passionately. The creator wanted to create a subculture of young superhumans who were willing to strip the superpowers from each other in order to fuel their own superpowers. No where is this notion more strongly expressed than in the rules to achieve Level 10. One MUST fight other Level 9s, and must do so knowing that they WILL utterly destroy their opponent as a Burst Linker. Furthermore, one must commit this act of violence not once, but five times. Ultimately, are tag teams and legions nothing more than a partial restraint on the dog-eat-dog kind of mentality that this would create? Are those rules just chains meant to keep the whole cannibalist system from falling apart? Last edited by Sunder the Gold; 2012-12-11 at 19:30.