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[[Image:AVATARAsplashscreen.jpg|right|thumb|128px|splashscreen]] | [[Image:AVATARAsplashscreen.jpg|right|thumb|128px|splashscreen]] | ||
[[Image:BGI_logo.png|right|thumb|[[BGI]]]] | [[Image:BGI_logo.png|right|thumb|128px|[[BGI]]]] | ||
==AVATARA== | ==AVATARA== | ||
The entity is twofold : | The entity is twofold : | ||
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#AVATARA is the name of a VIP network that individual used to have access to | #AVATARA is the name of a VIP network that individual used to have access to | ||
'''The network''' can be seen as an extrapolation of the [http://about.bloomberg.com/about/hardware/desktop.html Bloomberg terminal]. | '''The network''' can be seen as an extrapolation of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20070618141005/http://about.bloomberg.com/about/hardware/desktop.html Bloomberg terminal]. | ||
:The artwork on the right could have been a splashscreen on such a terminal. | :The artwork on the right could have been a splashscreen on such a terminal. | ||
'''The guy''' may have been the [ | '''The guy''' may have been the [[wp:Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[BGI]] until the [[12/3|Cataclysm]], and thus can be considered as a forerunner of [[Oni2:META|META]] (hence the ME and TA katakana in the splashscreen/logo) | ||
===Name origin=== | ===Name origin=== | ||
;From [ | ;From [[wp:Avatar|Wikipedia]] | ||
:The Sanskrit word ''' | :The Sanskrit word '''avatāra-''' literally means "descent" and usually implies a deliberate descent into lower realms of existence for special purposes. | ||
;Sur le fil du rasoir | ;Sur le fil du rasoir | ||
:means "on the razor's edge" in French. Taken at brainstorm-time from | :means "on the razor's edge" in French. Taken at brainstorm-time from the above article: | ||
::"The search for knowledge is never easy. As the Upanishads say, it is like walking on the razor's edge." | ::"The search for knowledge is never easy. As the Upanishads say, it is like walking on the razor's edge." | ||
:Also echoes [ | :Also echoes [[wp:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]] a bit. | ||
===Avatars=== | ===Avatars=== | ||
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====Architecture==== | ====Architecture==== | ||
See [[WCG# | See [[WCG#WCG_Today..._East_and_West|HERE]] for now. | ||
====Vehicles==== | ====Vehicles==== | ||
Here's the kind of car I'd drive if I was a European AVATARA dude: [http://arabam.milliyet.com.tr/fuar/2004/paris/peugeot_907.jpg Peugeot 907]. | Here's the kind of car I'd drive if I was a European AVATARA dude: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070822124844/http://arabam.milliyet.com.tr/fuar/2004/paris/peugeot_907.jpg Peugeot 907]. | ||
: | :A review says: "120mph travelling backwards..." | ||
Here's the kind of "bike" I'd have some of my bodyguards drive if I was a European AVATARA dude: [ | Here's the kind of "bike" I'd have some of my bodyguards drive if I was a European AVATARA dude: [https://www.moteurnature.com/actu/2004/peugeot_quark.php Peugeot Quark] | ||
:(erm, yeah, try imagining it blacker, badder, with SMG-toting passengers...) | :(erm, yeah, try imagining it blacker, badder, with SMG-toting passengers...) | ||
Oh well... it's more stable/futuristic than a bike, and less flashy/ugly/unpractical than the [http://www. | Oh well... it's more stable/futuristic than a bike, and less flashy/ugly/unpractical than the [[wp:Dodge Tomahawk|Dodge Tomahawk]]. | ||
More cars (for completeness), streamlined ones: | |||
:A recent concept: [http://web.archive.org/web/20160404072602/http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_reports/holden-efijy-concept-car-of-year-2007.htm Holden EFIJY] | |||
:One not so recent: [https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/img/Delage-D8-120-S-Pourtout-Aero-Coupe-18178.html Delage Pourtout Aero] | |||
:A short-lived one: [https://www.supercars.net/blog/1947-rolls-royce-phantom-iii-labourdette-vutotal-cabriolet/ V12 Labourdette Vutotal] | |||
:[http://web.archive.org/web/20150818162900/http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2008/02/13-morgan-lifecar-concept-preview Morgan LIFECar] | |||
And a not-so-streamlined one... | |||
:The sexiest box on wheels ever: [[wp:DMC DeLorean|DMC-12]] (sorta retained for [[AE]]) | |||
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==Related== | ==Related== | ||
*[[WCG]] | *[[WCG]] | ||
*[[BGI]] | *[[BGI]] | ||
*[[Oni2:META|META]] | *[[Oni2:META|META]] | ||
[[Category:Oni 2]] | |||