#Nipton lottery

[bellonathedragonborn]

Met this cool dude today. Nice guitar to.

Also Vulpes made Adrien a heart over at Nipton.

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

The Nipton Lottery by Olivier Bernard

[thefalloutwiki]

"Yeah! Who won the lottery? I did! Smell that air! Couldn't ya just drink it like booze!"

-Oliver Swanick, Fallout New Vegas

You can read more about Oliver here

[toffee32]

nipton lottery

I swear this is funny but only on xitter

[spooky-donut-ghost-house]

Okay gonna go on a slight tangent here

Am I the only one who thinks Oliver Swanick kinda ruined Nipton?

Like you know Nipton is the player's first introduction to The Legion and everything is perfect

You got Necropolis playing in the background people strapped to telephone poles tire fires that go up to the sky heads on pikes it's a perfect introduction to show how ruthless The Legion is

And then it gets ruined by some asshole yelling about a lottery completely oblivious to his situation before hand

Like I think Swanick would have been perfect if he tried to get you to turn around and get away from The Legion rather than screaming about winning a lottery as if everyone in his gang wasn't brutally tortured enslaved and killed

I mean sure you know he could not care about you or his gang like Boxcars but at least have him be in a rush to get out of Nipton before Vulpes changes his mind

I dunno I think it would be interesting to have a member of a faction most players would start off as enemies with and perceived as an actual threat by both The NCR and the local settlements be actually fucking terrified of a much larger faction and a much bigger threat rather than screaming about a lottery which isn't even a valid lottery so he really didn't win anything just his own life

Going into Nipton for the first time in a new playthrough is such a chilling experience if you have a mod that removes Swanick from the game

I dunno I just think that Swanick was a bad choice because how am I supposed to be terrified of what The Legion did to the town of Nipton if I have this guy and his stupid haircut yelling about a lottery in my face?

[house-of-base]

Death Lottery in Nipton

[delafiseaseses]

"I want you to witness the fate of the town of Nipton, to memorize every detail."

OK, Vulpes, how about a memorise a very particular detail. That you speak out of your arse when you claim "Each clutched his ticket, hoping it would set him free. Each did nothing, even when "loved ones" were dragged away to be killed." what's this then, Inculta?

[an ash pile and a dead wastelander next to a laser rifle]

[the Ash Pile's inventory contains a set of Legion Recruit Armour and a machete]

Looks to me like you didn't clean up the fight fully. I imagine that if we were to have arrived later what's left of your man woulda been sweeped up and the Wastelander would have a mine under him.

[another angle of the dead Wastelander, showing the Laser Rifle and a Lottery Ticket]

The man has a lotto ticket next to him as well. Which does raise some questions. Was he handed the ticket and then pulled out the Rifle? Did they leave it next to him to mock him? Was this actually some kind of trial by combat "prize"? If the last one, why is he dead inspite of killing a Legion Recruit?

We will never know, the dead can't talk and Vulpes has his story. I don't think this is how Vulpes wanted us to see this man or the Legion Ash Pile.

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I do have some other observations. Do you notice that the 1st and 2nd place winners, Oliver Swanick and Boxcares, are both Powder Gangers. In fact, literally every non-Legion survivor of this event weren't Nipton Locals? They're literally all Powder Gangers. The two enslaved guys in 'Booted'. The crucified men?

[4 images vertically of crucified Powder Gangers]

Powder Gangers. All the survivors of Nipton were Powder Gangers. You may think "So what? The people of Nipton got unlucky." but you know what I think? I think this is too convienient.

Vulpes says "Nipton was a wicked place, debased and corrupt. It served all comers, so long as they paid. Profligate troops, Powder Gangers, men of the Legion such as myself - the people here didn't care. It was a town of whores. For a pittance, the town agreed to lead those it had sheltered into a trap. Only when I sprang it did they realize they were caught inside it, too." notice what he's doing there: he's claiming the entire town was in on him and Mayor Steyns plot. A claim like that, if true, could be used against Nipton in some people's minds.

One of the only other accounts of Nipton are Ghost's which are "Nipton wasn't the most friendly town, but..." and "Town was a shithole, asking to be burned. Just not by Legion. Nobody deserves that." which... no town is 'asking to be burned', Ghost. That second quote is part of her saying she had no friends in Nipton. I doubt she actually personally knew anyone in Nipton. Just the fact Steyn served Gangers and NCR and maybe she met someone unkind there once or somethin'.

And, yeah, Mayor Joseph B. Steyn was an arsehole. But y'wanna know somethin' about Steyn? He was New Californian, a Hubber, from The Hub. His prostitutes, Rosie and Sylvia, were probably from there or somewhere in New California too. And you know what he says happened in his terminal when he heard the plan? "I didn't have to think a moment about Mr. Fox's proposition before accepting it. All I have to do is convince the Powders to kidnap the NCR troops at night. When both groups are in town, the Legion boys will scoop everyone up. Ha!" he didn't consult the town about this plan beforehand. He also, rather constantly, displays a desire to leave Nipton and go back to California after exploiting Nipton as much as he could. That was Steyn's care for the town.

Only 1 Nipton Townsperson gets an account of anythin': Tony the Tinker. His single terminal entry shows him to be... a bit of a creep. But he explicitly is avoided by other people in town, especially women (also his Mister Gutseys got one of the Legion Recruits, which is funny).

But I've lost the point I was making. I don't think the fact all the Nipton townspeople are dead is a coincidence. Just like how I don't think that all the NCR just happened to be killed and left in Nipton Hotel is a coincidence.

I think the lotto was rigged.

Think about it, Boxcars even says that when Steyn's number came up they "burned him alive on a pile of tires." he never mentions anyone else getting that treatment.

Vulpes Inculta lied about the towns complicitness, at best there were fine with prostitution that played both sides of the Ganger-NCR conflict (the shopkeepers of the town gave Steyn 15% of their profits from trade with patrons of that service). Does Westside deserve to burn because of the Casa Madrid? Does Freeside because of the Atomic Wrangler? Fuck no.

But if a Nipton townsperson lived, they could share their story. We could see the truth. Nipton was a town, like any other. At worst their crime was electing Steyn (but we have no idea how their elections even worked).

1st prize, 2nd prize. That'd be a loose end, a story that could contradict the "Evil place that should be burned" narrative. The game was rigged from the start. Vulpes Inculta is a liar. Of course he is... he's a literal spymaster.

(also I highly doubt a woman was ever gonna be allowed to 'win' such a thing with Legion ideology)

So, let us remember the town of Nipton, as best as we can. Not as Vulpes saw it, or the NCR saw it, but as a place that had people in it we never got to know. Next time your in Nipton Town Hall, moving the bodies to avoid the landmines of this specifically set up scene by the Legion. Think about the Wastelanders, as they are called, and the part of the Wasteland they called home.

[fnvminorcharacterpoll]

FNV Minor Character Poll - Round 1-A, Day 5

Left: Boxcars, the second-place winner of the Nipton Lottery. —"Are you fucking kidding me? First I get my legs smashed, and then in walks the Powder Gangers' grim fucking reaper?"

Boxcars' designated cheerleader is @howieduet! Oh, Boxcars. I feel for the man. He has every right to be the angriest man in the Mojave. He's earned those five doses of Med-X.

Right: Lt. Carrie Boyd, NCR military police officer at Camp McCarran. —"Not big on reading nametags, huh? That's okay, my name is long and difficult to pronounce. Ready for it? It's Boyd."

Lt. Carrie Boyd's designated cheerleader is @murderboner420! Hey hi howdy New Vegas I'm here to defend Lt Carrie Boyd, Legion-smasher and chain-smoker! As someone who fully believes the NCR is way too soft on the Legion, Boyd's stepping up to the plate by violating the Geneva convention and using methods of unreliable torture from a third party to extract information from Caesar's greatest is not only effective, nay, it is one of the few bastions of appropriate response to Legion actions in the Mojave we've seen yet. Sure, Boyd is basically a loose cannon, but that loose cannon is pointed squarely at the fash! *slams Camp McCarran desk like J Jonah Jameson* In desperate times, we need every ounce of help we can get! Also, you should be allowed to punch Legion in the face at any time for any reason.

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[fallout-fallen-knight]

Broke: Goodsprings is a real town and the Pioneer Saloon, which is heavily referenced for the Prospector’s Saloon, is an unofficial shrine of pilgrimage for Fallout: New Vegas fans

Woke: Nipton is a real town and was most well-known for selling California lottery tickets

Bespoke: Primm is a real town and has a roller coaster

[justarandomguyiguess]

Hey, fallout fans, question for all of you. When you played New Vegas, do you always kill the lottery guy in Nipton. I remember i killed him in my first playthrough since I thought the lottery was something that you won prizes in so I wanted to take whatever I thought he got. Then I’ve just killed him in all my other playthroughs since he’s kind of annoying. Also he’s voiced by YURI LOWENTHAL

[calder]

I was playing Fallout: New Vegas and I found a lottery ticket on the ground, right in front of a boarded-up train tunnel door south of Nipton.

noted, sounds like a possible implied-only character. could be interesting. thanks for the tip

[maddymoreau]

[GRIPS YOU] IM SO EXCITED THAT YOU LIKE VULPES AAAAAA

(Im traumatized from the weird subset of Fallout fans who act like people who like Vulpes are morally bankrupt irl >~>; )

(｡•́︿•̀���) I’m so sorry you’ve had to deal with that!

While I only got to see him briefly Vulpes was an extremely interesting character! Him and the Legion leave a VERY strong first impression with the slaughtering of Nipton’s people and the lottery system.

I won’t lie for a few minutes I had to sit and contemplate if I wanted to support the Legion.

Until I remembered their beliefs and had to bonk myself over the head to stay focused.

[kakyoinryoko]

i don’t think i’ve ever felt more ecstatic about anything that has ever happened in a video game than yesterday playing new vegas for the first time in like half a decade and running into oliver swanick (the dude who won the nipton lottery and is completely manic and out of it) and just before i finished talking to him going “i hope he says ‘well bye’ in a completely calm and neutral tone” fully anticipating that they would just reuse the generic npc lines with the same actor and you’ll never guess what he did

[falloutnewvegastransedmygender]

Log 10.22.81 21:45:Can't believe I walked away from that alive. Spent the morning clearing the road below the Mojave Outpost as an under the table job for the NCR Rangers. Bureaucracy is a bitch sometimes. Also scavenged some good stuff. Doubled back to collect my payment before making my way to Nipton.

Nipton, fucking hell Nipton got razed by the fucking Legion. I am not becoming a fucking Legion sex slave. I engaged at range and used cover to my advantage. Thankfully it seemed there were only half a dozen or so. Spent the rest of the day exploring to figure out what the fuck went down. One shit head supreme ran a lottery to see how everyone would die. Feel kinda bad for shooting that Powder Ganger on sight. Seemed the PGs got crucified while the NCR troops were taken to makeshift gallows all over. Mayor sold the town out to Legion for caps. Traps were left everywhere. Ran into another PG in the general store but his legs were completely shattered. His buddies on the crosses were dying slowly and I couldn't save em, so I finished them. A mercy, I hope. Got dark before I could finish so I skeddaled back to the Outpost for some rest and to drop the loot I'd found thus far.

[thefalloutfamily]

"What lottery? The lottery, that's what lottery! Are you stupid?  Only lottery that matters! Oh my God smell that air! Hey Nipton!  Eat me!"  -- Oliver Swanick #fallout #falloutcosplay #falloutnewvegas #powdergangers #thefalloutfamily #newvegas (at Pioneer Saloon (OFFICIAL)) https://www.instagram.com/p/Chuuyu4pM-3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[pageturnersblog]

With #UniversesBeyond #Fallout days away from release, we talked with @wizards_magic senior game designer Annie Sardelis and got her favorite "deep cut" from the set, The Nipton Lottery.

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