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Tabula Rasa Promotion To Send Gamers' DNA to Space

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-in-case dept.

Bridger tips news that NCSoft's Tabula Rasa, created in part by Richard Garriott, is running an unusual promotion right now. Garriott is going to the International Space Station on October 12th, and he'll take with him a digital record of the DNA of various players and celebrities. The basic plot of Tabula Rasa is that Earth was attacked and humans almost completely wiped out. Garriott's promotion is playing on that idea; the hard drive with the DNA data will be left in orbit "just in case" something happens to humanity on Earth. NCSoft has been running a variety of polls and contests to include further data about humans on the hard drive. The deadline for joining the project has recently been extended to September 29th.

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  1. They shouldnt be sending DNA by Aranykai · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should send every last copy of the game into orbit and leave it there.

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  2. Ouch. by mikkelm · · Score: 3, Funny

    Imagine that - a world populated solely by celebrities and hardcore gamers. A superior race of shallow procrastinators.

  3. Great Idea - I support it fully by goose-incarnated · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait, what? Only their DNA? Damn

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  4. Re:Template of Doom by david.given · · Score: 4, Funny

    This sounds great at first. But if it's in space, then aliens will get hold of it, clone me a hundred million times, arm all the mes to the teeth, and then invade.

    Nah, you're missing the upside; after the invasion, sue them for copyright infringement and get the court to award you damages. Given that they've just conquered the Earth, the damages should be quite substantial.

  5. Re:Fragile data by chikanamakalaka · · Score: 3, Funny

    Print it out on paper.

  6. Re:Template of Doom by cheebie · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're a race of evil inhuman plunderers. There's no way you'll be able to win against THEIR lawyers.

  7. Who's got sand in their V? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    y'all need to lighten up. It's a game promotion. A serious effort to preserve human DNA wouldn't be spearheaded by a space tourist.

    Oh wait...this is Slashdot.

    Carry on.