So, if you had a choice, would you live in a fantasy world, with magic and magical races, or a futuristic, science-fiction world with incredibly advanced technology?

Think carefully. If you lived in a fantasy world, you could practice magic, and if you were skilled enough in it, you could practically do anything, and then become a very powerful political figure in that world. You could hone destructive abilities - shoot fireballs from the palm of your hand, bring down lightning from the heavens, freeze all sentient life into blocks of ice etc. Or you could fly anywhere in scant minutes, or why bother, you could just teleport anywhere in scant seconds. You could use telekinesis and move all objects as according to your whim - never again would you have to move yourself, when all of your possessions were within your reach. Speaking of which you know what would supply a never-ending boost to your worldly possessions? You could become invisible and steal anything you wanted.

And just think - if you were powerful enough, you could wage a one-man war against all of the world's inhabitants with your magic, or you could forge alliances among all races and rule all!

What about all of the magical creatures? You could become a werewolf or a vampire and terrorize everyone. You could learn from the oldest elves, battle the strongest dwarves, ride the fastest unicorns, chase the sprites and pixies through the forest etc.

But then again, wouldn't such a world prove to be too dangerous? You could be killed by all forms of magic or creatures in a heartbeat, and besides, where would all the luxuries and conveniences of modern-day life be?

Why stop at modern-day conveniences? Why not skip straight to the future? You could live in a world where virtual reality has no limits. If you were rich enough to afford all of the new equipment, you could create your own personal reality, where you could create your own world, and within it, bend everything you could possibly think of. You could slowly build a whole world, cities, people, creatures, and create your own races, and then bend time to infinity, and live in any time possible in that world. The more you imagined, the larger the created world would be, and the more power you would have in it.

But virtual reality isn't reality. You could forget this, and starve to death while you "live" in your virtual reality.

This thread was inspired by The Longest Journey (game) and Otherworld (book series).