The Biggest Megacorporations - Shadowrun Lore

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Komentáře • 88

  • @nekomiaou
    @nekomiaou Před 2 lety +115

    One thing to note : To the average person, Aztechnologie is a very nice corporation, they basically feed the world (owning stuffer shack and others food oriented firm), they heal the world (trougth Medicarro and other medical firm) and doing all sort of good things for the people. Common people see this firm as their caring mother, the true nature of the corporation is not know to the general public (and AZT spend billions to keep it that way), it can sometime lead to funny interactions (as Aztechnologie being bad is common knowledge in the shadows)!

    • @Jamhael1
      @Jamhael1 Před rokem +19

      Well, EVERY SINGLE Latino mother is like that - everybody likes them, she always ask if you ate (and has an aneurysm if you say "no"), but EVERYBODY who truly knows what happens in the shadows fears whenever she gets angry and brings to the fore her mightiest weapon: la chancla.
      *whispers in your ear*
      Beware of la chancla...

    • @raipe125
      @raipe125 Před rokem +3

      @@Jamhael1 usted sabe

    • @Jamhael1
      @Jamhael1 Před rokem +5

      @@raipe125 qualquer Latino sabe, man.
      Te cuida, senão a chinela canta...

  • @FractalSpiral1
    @FractalSpiral1 Před 4 lety +61

    I have my big tent pitched. Talk Shadowrun to me, chummer.

  • @ieuanhunt552
    @ieuanhunt552 Před 4 lety +120

    I'm definitely pitching a tent. More Shadoweun lore

    • @CorvusCorone68
      @CorvusCorone68 Před 2 lety +2

      did you know you're not supposed to run in campgrounds? the correct term is ran, since it's past tents (past tense)

  • @adrenjones9301
    @adrenjones9301 Před 4 lety +45

    Saeder-Krupp sounds like the best kind of hell.

    • @nopenever9829
      @nopenever9829 Před rokem +1

      until you get eaten by a dragon ... (A realy cool and fancy dragon at least)

    • @Nerobyrne
      @Nerobyrne Před 5 měsíci

      Im Schatten der Ringe lebt ein Drache

  • @hypermelon_8654
    @hypermelon_8654 Před 4 lety +16

    man shadowrun must be the most underrated thing ever. All that lore all that universe and ıt cant even dream the levels of fame like warhammer or dnd.

    • @lakkakka
      @lakkakka Před 4 lety +3

      I only know the pc rpg games. And I love the settings in those. Not sure if I even heard of a group playing it as a tabletop.

    • @TheBurgerkrieg
      @TheBurgerkrieg  Před 4 lety +2

      you should fathom how much lore there is for The Dark Eye, now that is truly wild

    • @hypermelon_8654
      @hypermelon_8654 Před 4 lety +1

      @@lakkakka hell, ı learned about warhammer (40k then fantasy) thanks to memes. Shadowrun needs a active community first.

    • @lakkakka
      @lakkakka Před 4 lety

      TheBurgerkrieg googled it. Never knew there was a game like that from so close by home. But is it any good. But the title in Dutch made me go like ehh doesn’t sound great. “Het oog des Meesters” it sounds so corny.
      Eh thinking of it. “Kerkers en Draken” doesn’t sound great either. “Schaduwloop” at least sounds ok.

  • @DarrylCross
    @DarrylCross Před 2 lety +28

    I was thinking it would be fun to play a runner whose day job is in Aztechnologies; one of his main contacts would be in their Department of "Human Resources." (Because if you want to play an Evil Runner, what better contact could you have than a Corporate HR department?)
    So to the other runners he might appear as a nice guy with a moral code who typically uses non-lethals to capture enemy guards and employees alive, and occasionally sending them to someone for questioning/interrogation - but really he's just gathering people for recruiting, experimentation, and/or ritual blood magic for kickbacks in Nuyen and other supplies/perks. He will also call ahead to ensure that the job doesn't involve any of their assets - and if it does, to possibly make arrangements to protect Aztechnologies assets and make the job burn the Mr. Johnson that is working against them (like hiring expendable outside security at the time of the job, planting falsified "pay-data" that will lead the Mr. Johnson into a trap if acted on, planting hidden trackers on whatever goods are to be delivered, etc.) or possibly if those arrangements can't be made he'll find a way to believably botch the job.
    Outside of that, he has no qualms about hitting any other Corp. for any other Johnson to earn a few extra Nuyen on the side.
    If I really wanted to go Meta, perhaps Troll might be the appropriate choice.

    • @Sage2000
      @Sage2000 Před 3 měsíci

      As an HR profissional, I am hurt

    • @SUPERSEXMACHINE100
      @SUPERSEXMACHINE100 Před 2 měsíci

      @@Sage2000 Mate, you got me with that one, that's a solid joke, my neighbour heard my laugh. Someone in HR with ability of empathy.

  • @bug5654
    @bug5654 Před 4 lety +32

    Can't wait for the one-hour-long video chock full of Burgerkrieg's descriptions of Aztechnologies' aesthetic.

  • @archibaldzidlicka8960
    @archibaldzidlicka8960 Před 4 lety +31

    I generally like your content but i really love the one in 3 months or so Shadowrun videos. You really are a wiz shadowrun loremaster...

  • @bogdanmazur6312
    @bogdanmazur6312 Před 2 lety +6

    This video straight up convinced me to give Shadowrun a second chance. I played the beginning of the first cRPG in the 2010s, and I appreciate additional context. Thanks for your videos by the way, I just discovered them! Your delivery is awesome and content is amazing. I find myself rewinding some of the parts just to make sure I got all the fascinating details.

  • @Apophis40K
    @Apophis40K Před 3 lety +8

    Wait a second. Lofwyr is just dragon Bismarck. Really nice to the lower classes to keep the loyal but uses them as an asset and walks over other corporations (polititions) if he has to to achieve his goal.

  • @nicolopez2181
    @nicolopez2181 Před 4 lety +9

    Arch Shadowrun

  • @iangrau-fay3604
    @iangrau-fay3604 Před 4 lety +8

    Your series is the best on CZcams for Shadowrun, I recommend your vids to all my friends and any new players to my wack ass d20 version of Shadowrun.

  • @Tsmowl
    @Tsmowl Před 4 lety +16

    *not racist anymore*
    I really want to put that in my twitter bio.

    • @Marinanor
      @Marinanor Před 4 lety +2

      Don't, they'll look you up and you'll get fired for saying something when you were a teenager.

    • @Tsmowl
      @Tsmowl Před 4 lety +2

      @@Marinanor Don't worry. I'm not a teenager and I don't use twitter. I just really found the idea funny for some reason.

    • @franklens4466
      @franklens4466 Před 4 lety

      Do ittttttt. Start the fire brother!

  • @Zahnpuppy
    @Zahnpuppy Před 4 lety +14

    i read this as 'ben ten' 3 times before realizing.

  • @hiei82
    @hiei82 Před 2 lety +6

    Haven’t played since 4th ed but it *sounds* like NeoNET finally got what was coming to them

  • @hayhay509
    @hayhay509 Před rokem +2

    watching this video and seeing NeoNET isn't part of the big 10 anymore made me remember a game i played. my character, BP, was a technomancer and he was going to set off a bomb that NeoNET had in their HQ because of their crimes against his fellow technomancers. In reality his friends were able to convince him there was no way he would be able to blow them up without also blowing up his friends (he did not care about his own safety) so the bomb never went off.
    learning this, i don't want to know the real reason NeoNET is gone. in heart it is because there is a timeline in which Arrow and Kl4y couldn't stop BP and that bomb not only crippled G.O.D., but destroyed NeoNET.

  • @zalseon4746
    @zalseon4746 Před 4 lety +6

    After watching this video my ideas for a group of mega-corps headquartered on a matrishoka world capital of a Kardeshev 2.5 civilization is giving me way more confidence. Hearing a similar idea play out and still sound awesome gives me hope and I really wanna get this done, thanks fam.

  • @douglasphillips5870
    @douglasphillips5870 Před 4 lety +16

    I was wondering how Midwest college sports factored into Shadowrun

  • @CriminalFriday
    @CriminalFriday Před 3 měsíci

    I've been looking at Shadowrun as the halfway point between my hyperfixation of Cyberpunk and my hyperfixation on DnD.

  • @hundun5604
    @hundun5604 Před měsícem

    Speaking of mega-corporations, I didn't know EVE-online had a book out. I see one (or two) standing behind you. It's been a long long time the last time I played that game.
    (You've nice books in your bookcase 😉)

  • @J0hnnieP
    @J0hnnieP Před 2 lety +4

    Loved Shadowrun, wish it was still pertinent!! Some of my best tabletop games with friends were in that and the two best stories I've written are in it!

  • @DoctorGames101a
    @DoctorGames101a Před 4 lety +5

    Thank you, Burger for showing me this book series and its lore, firsthand. I got the first volume (aka the first 3 books) on Amazon Kindle for 99 cents. Can't wait to read this one. First I need to finish reading Dr. Michael Savages book "Stop the Coming Civil War" and from another author, "War Eternal," along with a few magazines I backlog on.

  • @danielhuete8798
    @danielhuete8798 Před 4 lety +3

    Shadowrun Lore indeed gives me a huge ol bonar

  • @-haclong2366
    @-haclong2366 Před 4 lety +4

    I actually started reading into more Shadowrun lore, þe "goblinisation" event is quite interesting.

  • @ArcLightShock37
    @ArcLightShock37 Před 11 měsíci

    There is also the fact that Aztecnology has managed to assassinate multiple dragons. So there's that too.

  • @OwlTeaGames
    @OwlTeaGames Před 4 lety +2

    I clicked on the thumbnail of this video, and said, "Finally, some good fucking food," and my wife gave me a raised eye. Then Burger comes and cracks a joke about pitched tents, and my wife just about dies of laughter. She practically hugged the damn screen. Thank you for the dopamine.

  • @JCdental
    @JCdental Před 4 lety +3

    These are a real pallet clenser

  • @walterhaider869
    @walterhaider869 Před 2 lety +2

    "the alternative is to be eaten, by a dragon" going to make a note of that.

  • @sephis9573
    @sephis9573 Před 3 lety +2

    Fantastic Video. Just one thing Wuxing is spoken as Wushing, the x is always a sh in chinese romanisation

  • @orionassante3386
    @orionassante3386 Před 4 lety +3

    FINALLY A NEW SHADOWRUN LORE VID!!!!

  • @GamersHolyArmy
    @GamersHolyArmy Před 2 lety +1

    I love that all the megacorps are made up as you'd expect from a cyberpunk setting and then there's just BMW.

  • @Saltynerd
    @Saltynerd Před 3 lety +1

    Bruh, you are like the only one doing this stuff. Keep it up

  • @gnolly8222
    @gnolly8222 Před 4 lety +1

    Yes, at long last. I was hoping this would be next. The megas would've had to come up some time talking about shadowrun

  • @shawnjohnson4732
    @shawnjohnson4732 Před 10 měsíci +1

    That musk comparison aged great, lol

  • @lakkakka
    @lakkakka Před 4 lety +1

    I now so want to play a giant in shadowrun, especially with even more enhanced problems of fitting in than a regular troll. Not sure what kind of personality he should have, be the gentle giant or make the best use of his strengths while not trying to mentally break from the constant stress of everything being too delicate for you to be able to be gentle.
    Sounds like a fun character idea to play with. It would also give me an outlet for my own stress at feeling that I constantly have to hold back because people's ego's are fragile. While they take no offense at trying to take mine down. Also being a social outcast in game seems like a nice way to transform my own social awkwardness as being part of the game.

  • @Spartain14
    @Spartain14 Před 4 lety +3

    Today is a good day. More awesome lore. I wish the series would take off... need a solid next gen Video Game or else a Netflix series to get a larger fan base.

  • @MickeyD2012
    @MickeyD2012 Před 4 lety +9

    It's pronounce "wu-shing."

    • @TheBurgerkrieg
      @TheBurgerkrieg  Před 4 lety +6

      the x sound did always strike me as not very characteristically cantonese

    • @franklens4466
      @franklens4466 Před 4 lety +1

      It's written pronounced*

    • @-haclong2366
      @-haclong2366 Před 4 lety +1

      In Cantonese it would probably be someþing like Ngo-Seng or Ngo-Hong.

    • @matteodelgallo1983
      @matteodelgallo1983 Před 3 lety +1

      Literally "wooshin'"

  • @johncashrocks221
    @johncashrocks221 Před 4 lety +1

    Anyone else want to see Burger talk to Vaush? IDK if they would debate or just flat out degree on most things.

  • @Apressadinho
    @Apressadinho Před 4 lety +3

    Shutdown is the best Scenario-Book ever written #changemymind :D

  • @peterbaker5615
    @peterbaker5615 Před 3 lety

    What a shame you wont make seperate videos on the corps. Now I have to read again for myself and develop a sence of character for those names. 😭 Thanks for the awesome overview btw

  • @nekomiaou
    @nekomiaou Před 2 lety +2

    Spinrad is a AAA now? And no more Novatech (or NEOnet) ? Seems thing have changed since the 3rd and 4th editions....

  • @johnwalsh4857
    @johnwalsh4857 Před rokem

    also wuxing has a strong influence in the balkanized Chinese states, as Hong Kong is the gateway to China and probably the financial capital of the Chinese states. also strengthening its influence is the fact that Great dragon lung owns a big chunk of wuxing and it has a strong alliance with the triads. The only Chinese state which Wuxing has no influence in is the Neo Commie state of Henan which has an alliance with Aztechnology, even though the Commie gov of Henan is anti corporate.

  • @joedan5366
    @joedan5366 Před rokem

    love the line about the new queen rest in peace Elizabeth the 2nd

  • @CrossWritesStories
    @CrossWritesStories Před 3 lety

    Couldn't help but notice the Shadows of a Conjurer in the background

  • @jessikablake4784
    @jessikablake4784 Před 2 lety

    "headquartered in Detroit"
    noice

  • @cpugamer1012
    @cpugamer1012 Před rokem +2

    Oh my, that Elon Musk comment hasn't aged very well.

  • @williamscottbauer1826
    @williamscottbauer1826 Před měsícem

    That Musk reference at 16:11 different didn’t age well 😀

  • @cyborgmanfromakatsuki8098
    @cyborgmanfromakatsuki8098 Před 6 měsíci

    The "Virgin" Real-Life China & Japan:
    - Virgin China: "Economic growth, but worried about the shrinking workforce."
    - Virgin Japan: "Technologically advanced, yet facing an aging population crisis."
    vs.
    The "Chad" cyberpunk Lore China & Japan:
    - Chad cyberpunk China: "Single-party state that eclipsed the USA, moon colony flex."
    - Chad cyberpunk Japan: "AAA megacorporations dominance, 100 million°C fusion reactor win."

  • @Disturbedone0777
    @Disturbedone0777 Před 3 lety +1

    If these are your most popular videos, surprising you don't make more of them.
    *Pitches tent*

  • @bubbadumps3747
    @bubbadumps3747 Před 4 lety

    Fuck yeah another shadowrun video!

  • @JohnQ5
    @JohnQ5 Před 3 lety

    You should do a video on Shadowrun's magic.

  • @Real_Iron_Smith
    @Real_Iron_Smith Před rokem

    Oh huh, I wasn't familiar with Spinrad! Did they replace one of the big 10 from 5th Edition?

  • @limbobilbo8743
    @limbobilbo8743 Před rokem

    Shiawase be like “japan can have a little racism, as a treat”

  • @dragonchr15
    @dragonchr15 Před 2 lety

    I got a Johnson for you, right ere....
    but srs, this was a nice summary of the Big Ten

  • @Warhammer_lover
    @Warhammer_lover Před 8 měsíci

    17:23 the flow of "She"?!
    Well, what about the flow of "He"?
    Bruh, what are you wuksing?

  • @MatthewHolevinski
    @MatthewHolevinski Před 2 lety

    lol did he say complimentary cocaine? Where was that job application?

  • @SvenSinclairMusic
    @SvenSinclairMusic Před 5 měsíci

    In this videso: The moment where i realized that Lowfyr is like Elon Musk just in smart and with common sense.

  • @luska5522
    @luska5522 Před 4 lety +1

    Fuck yeah

  • @Afrodo307
    @Afrodo307 Před rokem

    Tenting

  • @Reddotzebra
    @Reddotzebra Před rokem

    It's the future World Economic Forum!

  • @thetreeofdoom2957
    @thetreeofdoom2957 Před 3 lety +1

    What EVE novel is behind you?

  • @atropa6053
    @atropa6053 Před 4 lety

    what about Shadowrun games, they were free on Epic

  • @Jpodre98
    @Jpodre98 Před 2 lety

    Came for the Shadowrun lore, stayed for because of the jab at the USA

  • @-haclong2366
    @-haclong2366 Před 4 lety +1

    sayi

    • @-haclong2366
      @-haclong2366 Před 4 lety

      Stupid advertisement cut off þe rest of þis comment, CZcams doesn't like Windows.