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LordZutaki

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Vault 136: populated with severe cases of pyromaniacs and others who are addicted to explosives and make it so that instead of entertainment equipment there is an infinite supply of matches magnesium nitrogen dynamite and other explosives (different from the boomers because they just had guns)


vault 482:all residents of the vault are baby's are taken care of by machines but have no vocal cords (surgically removed) and no sign language teaching equipment

vault 666:half inhabited by devout satanists who are also sadists, and half christians who are pacifists

let the games begin
 

McNinja

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500 people in the vault for 200 years, with gravity generators slowly increasing the gravity over time. Also, the layout of the vault is a challenging obstacle course.
 

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A vault where 50% of the resident spends 4 years of their lives playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, while the other 50% play Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Then, for 1 day 50% of the CoD clan plays BC2 against 50% of the BC2 clan, while 50% of the BC2 clan plays CoD against 50% of the CoD clan, swap the day after. Finally, I put them all in a forum similar to this where the only available topics are computer generated and always based around "which game is better."

I will then observe if this has any effect on the preference, and how many seem to have a sensible argument to support their opinion.
 

conflictofinterests

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A vault with precisely ONE as of yet non-homicidal sociopath in attendance, to see the effect of a sociopath on a small, closed social system.
 

conflictofinterests

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LordZutaki said:
Vault 136: populated with severe cases of pyromaniacs and others who are addicted to explosives and make it so that instead of entertainment equipment there is an infinite supply of matches magnesium nitrogen dynamite and other explosives (different from the boomers because they just had guns)


vault 482:all residents of the vault are baby's are taken care of by machines but have no vocal cords (surgically removed) and no sign language teaching equipment

vault 666:half inhabited by devout satanists who are also sadists, and half christians who are pacifists

let the games begin
Interesting idea for Vault 482. Would the machinery have voices to talk to them with? I know there has been a strong link shown between higher-function relational thought and language, and you may be reducing these children to the intellectual status of the average chimp as a result.
 

OldGus

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Experiment one, to test the human condition under extreme motherly discipline... The Mother Vault. The entire experience is conducted via an overbearing mother AI, punishing the smallest infractions with robotized wooden spoons that pop out of the walls, early and draconianly enforced bedtimes, extra chores, and any time food is popped out of the synthesizers, its completely randomized and has a 10% chance of just being random ingredients thrown together (the Mother AI "trying something new"). Except on birthdays. Birthdays are a big social event, where the other Vault dwellers are made to take care of the chores and the like, and what's more, the Birthday Boy/Girl/Geezer/Hag gets to pick what everyone has for dinner. Oh, and not finishing everything on your plate results in privileges like videogame-time being taken away. And if you don't clean your room or yourself in too long, while you're sleeping, the door is sealed and locked, an alarm sounds to wake you up, and your room is first sprayed down completely with soapy water, then rinsed with cold water (no hot water for you!). Not sure what it'd be testing.



The other would be a Vault where everything is actually real, but at the same time, via small "hints" slipped into classroom lessons, sound tracks repeating that at low volume in all headboards, and everything going batshit wonky every now and then, it tries to convince them that its really all just a dream they can't wake up from.
That would be to see how long it is until someone develops a God-complex, thinking they can control the dream.



The last one is simply called "Everybody gets a gun." It would test firearms safety once and for all.
 

FalloutJack

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As a duely-appointed Enclave commander, I feel it is my duty to instruct you in the ways of the Vault setup. When setting up your Vault, here are some ideas to stick to in case you come up dry.

{1} You shove a whole bunch of scientists into a place deep underground and tell 'em it's called Black Mesa... Then, you surround them with dubious lab equipment and flood the place with mutations once some wet-behind-the-ears nobody in an armored suit screws up a lab experiment... And this is how they record episodes for Freeman's Mind.

{2} Build it inside of the San Andreas faultline, claiming that the Vault is completely earthquake proof. However, while this is also a lie, you seed their entertainment library with disaster movies like Volcano, Crack In The World, and so on. You tell them they have to stay down there 500 years, just to be sure, and you also weld the door shut.

{3} Secretly transport your people to the Vault entrance without them knowing where exactly they are going. Tell them their Vault is in New Jersey, and that there's no time to lose. Quickly shove some map references and instructional kits to stay down there for about a hundred years. They will be prepared for anything in New Jersey...but it'll be Canada!

{4} Another media disaster one. Fill their entertainment library with nothing but science fiction, bad or otherwise. Make sure to include anything about zombies, nuclear disaster, the end of the world, and give them 800 copies of the Zombie Survival Guide. Then, after a mere two centuries, pop the lid and see what happens...

{5} Finally, Project Vice. In the bottom level of the Vault is a creature in stasis which is vicious, regenerative, and can even take a human form. It is incurably evil, produces all sorts of volitile elements and compounds in its body, and its container is incapable of being destroyed. The timing mechanism malfunctions and releases it three years in. Have fun!
 

Eddieabrahim

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I'd split a vault in half, filling one half with homosexual males and the other half with homosexual females.
The halves would meet once every 2 months.
 

soulblade06

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Eddieabrahim said:
I'd split a vault in half, filling one half with homosexual males and the other half with homosexual females.
The halves would meet once every 2 months.
It'd be even more interesting if the men and women were heterosexual.
 

LordZutaki

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i was wondering if language could be created from the residents and the robots would not have voice equipment, all major functions are automated and

my idea was if an entire new communication system could be created, seeing as they would have no prior knowledge that they could, though i find it morally distasteful, i think it deserves a test
 

Ein987

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A vault where every year, children from 13 to 18 years of age are entered into a raffle. 20 names are pulled out of said raffle, and the ones chosen must fight each other to the death. The children of the Overseer are excluded from this. The winner is releaved of all vault duties, and when there are 10 winners alive, they fight each other to the death. The winner of that becomes the next Overseer.