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The ''Council Estate'' is where the nation used to hide its poor - blocks of flats would be built in the cheapest and most run down areas. The nature of the area and the population would drive down property prices, and determine the services. High street clothes shops would be replaced by discount-shops and charity shops. Restaurants would be replaced by chippies and kebaberies. | The ''Council Estate'' is where the nation used to hide its poor - blocks of flats would be built in the cheapest and most run down areas. The nature of the area and the population would drive down property prices, and determine the services. High street clothes shops would be replaced by discount-shops and charity shops. Restaurants would be replaced by chippies and kebaberies. | ||
− | These days, thanks to some bright spark in government, every new build site has to have an area of "affordable housing". Instead of lumping all the poor in one place, they're everywhere. The net result is the same as the poor are still ostracised by middle class | + | These days, thanks to some bright spark in government, every new build site has to have an area of "affordable housing". Instead of lumping all the poor in one place, they're everywhere. The net result is the same as the poor are still ostracised by middle class neihgbours, except now the communities of the poor are that much smaller. |
The setting of ''Scum'' is either in the inner city or in a sizeable town, but always focused around a specific small geographic area. We're not looking at the conurbation as a whole, but just at the ''Estate''. | The setting of ''Scum'' is either in the inner city or in a sizeable town, but always focused around a specific small geographic area. We're not looking at the conurbation as a whole, but just at the ''Estate''. | ||
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Like a punk, a chav has his own musical genre. He claims certain genres of rap (especially white boy rap and UK garage music) as his own, though he isn't defined by these musical tastes. | Like a punk, a chav has his own musical genre. He claims certain genres of rap (especially white boy rap and UK garage music) as his own, though he isn't defined by these musical tastes. | ||
− | However, unlike a punk, the chav isn't yet accepted into the mainstream | + | However, unlike a punk, the chav isn't yet accepted into the mainstream, and unlike a punk the chav isn't in any way political. The chav isn't looking to tear down the status quo, he's just looking to get drunk, have fun and do what he wants. |
Also, unlike the punk, the chav has yet to take their monicker as a badge of pride. Call a chav a chav, and you'll get him angry. Call a punk a punk, and they'll be happy to be recognised. | Also, unlike the punk, the chav has yet to take their monicker as a badge of pride. Call a chav a chav, and you'll get him angry. Call a punk a punk, and they'll be happy to be recognised. | ||
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Its a small step then to take elements of pirate stories, and to layer them onto the setting of ''Scum''. How much you want to do this depends on your style. | Its a small step then to take elements of pirate stories, and to layer them onto the setting of ''Scum''. How much you want to do this depends on your style. | ||
− | A subtle GM might just take certain themes - buried treasure, mutiny and the like - and use them as background elements | + | A subtle GM might just take certain themes - buried treasure, mutiny and the like - and use them as background elements. |
A GM who wants to emphasise the theme might take piratical tropes and modernise them. Perhaps walking the plank might be a gang's way of executing someone, but making them walk off a building's edge rather than into the sea. A map with X-marks-the-spot might be a London Underground map with a big X over one station. | A GM who wants to emphasise the theme might take piratical tropes and modernise them. Perhaps walking the plank might be a gang's way of executing someone, but making them walk off a building's edge rather than into the sea. A map with X-marks-the-spot might be a London Underground map with a big X over one station. | ||
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* Acquiring a big stash of money or drugs. | * Acquiring a big stash of money or drugs. | ||
* Getting hold of a book of "perfect racing tips" that predicts how horse races will be fixed for the next year. | * Getting hold of a book of "perfect racing tips" that predicts how horse races will be fixed for the next year. | ||
− | * Getting into the Pop | + | * Getting into the Pop Stars competition, and winning through fair means or foul. |
* Getting into the Big Brother house. | * Getting into the Big Brother house. | ||
* Stealing a winning lottery ticket. | * Stealing a winning lottery ticket. | ||
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* '''Drink:''' Cheap lagers (Carling, Carlsberg, Fosters) for the boys, Alcopops (WKD Blue, Smirnoff Ice) for the girls, additive-heavy shots (Shotz, Afterburner) for everyone. | * '''Drink:''' Cheap lagers (Carling, Carlsberg, Fosters) for the boys, Alcopops (WKD Blue, Smirnoff Ice) for the girls, additive-heavy shots (Shotz, Afterburner) for everyone. | ||
* '''Drugs:''' Weed, almost universally. Ecstacy for about half. Cocaine for about a quarter. Heroin for about one in ten. | * '''Drugs:''' Weed, almost universally. Ecstacy for about half. Cocaine for about a quarter. Heroin for about one in ten. | ||
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Generally, the above is about as far as Scum will go with culture! | Generally, the above is about as far as Scum will go with culture! |