User:GonzoSurvivalism

"We were somewhere around Goodsprings on the edge of the desert when the chems began to take hold."

GonzoSurvivalism is a returning user of The Vault after a year hiatus in 2010 with a few intermittent returns lasting under a week. Under the name Butcher Pete, he was once a popular contributor to the Vault's discussion boards, and even more know among veteran editors as one of the creators of the failed New Coke-esque Fallout 3 mod, FO11ty. His writing is often exaggerated but the facts are made clear by analyzing what he says into realistic terms. Feel free to call hime Gonzo, Raoul Duke, Dr. Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, Butcher Pete, Butcher, etc.

The D
A teenaged boy from the suburbs of Detroit named Kevin arrived in the diverged world of Fallout in desperate and geeky attempts to recreate scenes from Back to the Future in his backyard. Stranded in the diverged mid to late 2200's, initially Kevin journeyed to Cobo Hall, the closest fallout shelter. He expected Detroit to be the wasteland it almost was in his time, but was surprised upon arrival, as the city had become a technologically superior refuge for intellectuals and industrialists far greater in standards than any pre-war city. Kevin was immediately recruited by The D for his keen and unique position as a time traveler to document the pop culture, know-how, and ingenuity that conflict and time had forgotten. Specifically, he was a disc jockey for Detroit, broadcasting under the pseudonym Butcher Pete, out of Hitsville USA, and a Deathclaw expert, finding that 1980's pop music (namely After the Fire's "Der Kommisar" and Madness's "Our House") entranced the beasts, putting them under the control of the music player. Before becoming an elite member of The D, pledges must use their pre-existing and newly-honed skills to restore one entire city on the planet. Destiny came knocking at The D's front door with the arrival of Lord Spoonfield III and his dilhemma in the British Wastes. (TL;DR - My name is Kevin, I'm from some suburbs just north of Detroit. I'm into pop culture, I love to write (clearly), and my favorite thing to do in Fallout is hunt Deathclaws.)

FO11TY
Lord Spoonfield III was an educated, privileged, but responsible main player in the fate of post-war England. He and Nitty, another renaissance man much like Spoon were working tediously on bovine vaccinations and bacon experimentation as a viable food source that could end the hunger and disease-ridden beef commodities, codenamed Fallout Eleventy, or FO11TY. The anarchist known as the Wolf was Spoon's motiveless yet fierce opposition in the cow-combat, in addition to the The New Bailey, a neo-totalitarian regime ran by a Robobrain with the grey matter of Margaret Thatcher as the main CPU. Spoon assigned Butcher Pete to take down The New Bailey in their base in the Principality of Sealand. The takeover was a success, and Butcher began broadcasting a political satire and musical radio show off the old oil rig-turned-country. Months passed and FO11TY was gaining recognition and making healthy progress, but the Wolf corrupted newcomers into causing a schism between crutial supporters of the project on the rights and bounderies of the societies members. Leaders like Spoon and rebels like the Wolf had roles reveresed, with the only way to defeat the Wolf and his minions was to destroy the projects internally, rather than have it go on harming the recovering world. (TL;DR - In 2009 I contributed to the Vault as Butcher Pete and left to work on a mod for Fallout called Fallout Eleventy. As nothing gold can stay, it was shut down after too many people pulled it in too many directions.)

Post-FO11Ty
Butcher Pete, disenchanted with the outside world, broke down and returned to The D, given elite status as his project in England improved conditions, though the leaders were dead. He dropped his radio name and continued preparing individuals to become ambassadors of righteousness in The D. Months passed and the boredom of splendor drove Kevin to look for a new adventure after being away from the good ol' American Wasteland for so long. With word that New Vegas had become a paradise for wasteland recreation and the dangers that come along with it, he ventured westward. (TL;DR - I left the Vault after I got bored with Fallout 3 and involved with real-life affairs. I came back after I got New Vegas for Christmas.)

Fear and Loathing in New Vegas
Assuming the identity of pre-war reporter Dr. Raoul Duke aka GonzoSurvivalism (based on Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson), Kevin arrived in New Vegas to earn some caps dealing with the wasteland's most disgusting creatures...and that's just at the casino. His motives are not mercenary, but rather exceptional material for a Vault blog hereby known as Fear and Loathing in New Vegas to report around the Strip and back to his collegues in The D. (TL;DR - I came back to the Vault to get back on the boards to discuss the great finds in New Vegas. I'm going to blog about my exploits on here in the style of Hunter S. Thompson's ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.)

A bit of gloating...
Before I left, I had a post on the discussion boards about how there has never been bottle cap counterfeiting in any of the Fallout games, and that it would be cool to see it in the new game. Everyone disreguarded my idea as stupid, but now look: Cap Counterfeiting Shack. Hey devs, I've got a million more ideas. I'll let this one slide, but the next ones are going to cost you!