Best bad idea I've had all week

[digitaldiscipline]

User requests equipment upgrade.

"You may have this non-upgrade if you simply say 'Please.' However, if you would like the upgrade, you may attempt to best a member of the Help Desk in a battle of strength, wits, or cunning." ("Oh, you want a wireless keyboard? You have to run a mile faster than so-and-so.")

The expense of the upgrade determines the level of challenge presented. I foresee this into each department eventually becoming a fiefdom with their own champions, perhaps with skilled Ronin for hire across departments as a budgetable line item expense.

There might be a short story or YouTube movie in this concept.

Or maybe I simply need coffee and/or a nap.

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[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

Children, 2 from each of 12 regions, chosen by lottery, fight each other to death in an arena controlled by a game maker whose job it is to keep the games interesting for the viewers.