Corrupt-A-Wish: "It Actually Happened" edition

[G-Max]

You know those corrupt-a-wish threads, where each person makes a wish after finding some way in which the previous poster's wish can go horribly wrong? Well, I'd like to put a twist on that idea. Each of us should post something that we wished for in the past, which actually came true, only to go horribly wrong. For example:

What I wished for: Live-action Transformers movies! Woohoo!
How it went wrong: Bad stories, worthless characters, horrible robot designs, total rape of canon, and the TFs themselves were neither live-action nor the main characters in their own damn movie.

What I wished for: a movie based on American McGee's Alice
How it went wrong: Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

What I wished for: a "Sliver King" card for Magic: The Gathering
How it went wrong: Sliver Overlord

What I wished for: The removal of Saddam Hussein from power; self-determination for the Iraqi people.
How it went wrong: Paul Bremer and de-Ba'athification.

What I wished for: Supposedly "conservative" Republicans getting into Congress.
How it went wrong: As soon as they got elected (both 1994 and 2010), they forgot all about cutting spending, simplifying the tax code, privatizing social security, and basically every other good idea they supported, and instead decided to engage the Democrats in a race to see who could grow our deficits and reduce our freedoms the fastest.

 

[Ayn Rand]

Things I wished for in the past and how they woz corrupted


What I wished for: An open society tolerant of all cultures
How it went wrong: Multiculturalism

What I wished for: An end to racism against blacks and other non-whites
How it went wrong: Racism against whites

What I wished for: Free and fair society for all
How it went wrong: The liberal left

What I wished for: A polite and intelligent discourse
How it went wrong: Political Correctness



Like that?

 

[IdiotsOpposite]

What I wished for: Gaming to become cool
How it Went Wrong: Shooters. And online play ruining gaming for those of us who actually want to have fun.

 

[azzaman333]

No good can come of this thread.

 

[Crezth]

What I wished for: An Off Topic with interesting posts and good discussions.
How it went wrong: This thread.

 

[Disgustipated]

What I wished for: Gaming to become cool
How it Went Wrong: Shooters. And online play ruining gaming for those of us who actually want to have fun.

naw, it was all good until consoles came along.

 

[G-Max]

What I wished for: An open society tolerant of all cultures
How it went wrong: Multiculturalism

What I wished for: An end to racism against blacks and other non-whites
How it went wrong: Racism against whites

What I wished for: Free and fair society for all
How it went wrong: The liberal left

What I wished for: A polite and intelligent discourse
How it went wrong: Political Correctness



Like that?

Basically, though it would be helpful if you were more specific about how "multiculturalism" and "the liberal left" are corruptions.

naw, it was all good until consoles came along.

What I wished for: Shooters that are as good on consoles as they are on PCs
How it went wrong: Shooters that are as bad on PCs as they are on consoles because appealing to console gamers required following design decisions that were made to accommodate the limitations of the XboX.

 

[classical_hero]

I wish this thread wasn't a copy of a thread in Forum Games.

 

[Core Imposter]

What I wished for: An honest alternative to Barack Obama
How it went wrong: Williard Mitty Romneyfeller

 

[Camikaze]

Moderator Action: Forum game, but probably not worth moving to Forum Games. Closed.