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There are lots of domes dedicated to war, according to the literature. Name
a major war from history, there’s probably a dome that recreates the
conditions that you can participate in. Some are entirely fiction, and it’s
more about the kinds of weapons it features, and the kind of restrictions
they have in place. For instance, since humanity progressed beyond most need
for war, we never really got space battles. Did anyone else notice that?
Fiction is riddled with examples of space wars, and they just don’t happen
in real life, even though we’re fully in space now. It’s good, I know, it’s
good, but it would be kind of nice to be able to experience what it would
have been like, especially free from all real consequences of such war, like
death. Sorry, I’m digressing. Castlebourne is rumored to be preparing a fake
space war, though it would be several AU from the planet, and as I said,
they’re just rumors. Right now, I wanna talk about Mêléedome. I was
immediately drawn to the concept. What’s the plan here? What is the
structure? There is none. It’s a complete and total free-for-all. You go out
there with whatever weapons you managed to get your hands on, and you fight
whoever you want. Right now, most of the fighters are NPCs. I mean, with
such a low visitor population at this point, it would be boring if they had
to rely entirely on us. It can be a little awkward for some, intentionally
harming others, even though they don’t feel pain, and you barely do. That’s
what’s cool about it; it can hurt a little bit, if that’s what you select in
the options. You can’t really die, of course—not for real, anyway—and the
pain can’t be agonizing, and you can choose to switch it off in the middle
of it, but it’s there. And you can die, in a certain way. How does
this work? Well, when you first come to the planet in The Terminal, you’re
given a primary substrate, but you can switch to other bodies later. In
particular, you can control surrogates. It still feels like you’re there,
but these are cheaper and meant to be temporary. You go out there and fight,
and if you’re “killed” then your mind just jumps to a new body, and you
respawn. It’s a lot of fun. So essentially, you can do whatever you
want with no consequences. Even if you do kill another real life visitor,
they’ll be fine. I can only speak to my personal experience, but if you’re a
fan of chaos, confusion, and utter carnage, this is the dome for you.
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