Story idea: Virtuality

[TheElf]

There is a new show on the trid, about Matrix games, but these games are almost real. As good as the best interactive simsense games, but they have a bit beefed up signal levels. But one who wins can get good money from it. The competition says it is unsafe, and willing to hire a decker to prove how unsafe it is, and a runner team to extract the decker from the site as soon as he is finished with the job. At least the players hear this side of the story. The other side is simple: The trid channel wants added popularity, and the whole break in to extract the decker will be live on the trid. What makes the run hard? Timing. They should get in just in time (and not too soon) and get out quickly, and the decker should finish his job in time too. Also the Johnson wants no dead from the event, just extra risks, and "dangerous" signal levels for the viewers. Of course the program launched with the decker will do no real harm, but will make some viewers loyal...