Poll: Steampunk or cyberpunk?

[ParkourMcGhee]

Steampunk's really good, but I LOVE cyberpunk

A good example would be dystopia on steam - whole futuristic thing. Always drove me on, I even chose my uni course because of it (Deus Ex in particular) - Biomedical Engineering in case anybody's wondering.

 

[Sacman]

Steampunk can be cool, but Cyberpunk is definitely cooler.

Now, how did I know you were going to say that?

 

[Theninja'skatana]

I'd say steampunk, when compared to cyberpunk it's a relatively unexplored medium and what would you honestly prefer, a cyborg bloke riding an electronic jetpack or a gentleman in a top-hat with monocle and moustache riding a whimsical steampowered jetpack?

You sir forgot the jetpack law.
Jetpacks=awesome.

You sir, forgot the gentleman law.
Monocle, top hat and moustache=more awesome.

Touche....My good man

 

[aldowyn]

Steampunk, just because it looks so awesome. You can make anything if you put enough gears in it! Plus, I've seen a ton of awesome looking steampunk stuff, cyberpunk seems to be just.. sci-fi. Not high sci-fi, but still.

 

[bawkbawkboo1]

Cyberpunk hasn't been very well represented in recent years, so maybe it's unfair but I prefer steampunk.

 

[ninja555]

Steampunk. There's just something about the outfits, guns, and other technology that's just ... awsome.

 

[rabidmidget]

I prefer Steampunk, partly because I think that Elizabethan-era formal fashion was awesome.

 

[cj_iwakura]

The Megatenist in me is all about the cyberpunk.

 

[GETbacon]

I"m going with steam-punk as I find it more atheistically pleasing but this may be a little lop sided as I haven't really been exposed to cyber-punk but what I have seen just bores me.

 

[.Ricks.]

I like both but I tend to lean more towards Steampunk. So I'm going with that.

 

[vanthebaron]

cyperpunk...GIVE ME A MECHANICAL ARM THAT FLIPS INTO A SHOTGUN *evil laugh*

 

[Duruznik]

Steam punk. There's something about overcomplicated arrays of cogs and pipes that really appeals to me on the asthetic level. Plus, many things designed with steampunk are made to look... pretty. As if technology is treated like an art. I don't know if I can explain it right.

It is a common motif of that era, maybe all eras of humanity. When technology is expensive and hard to come by there is a desire to also make it a work of art. Just look at early pistols.

Which is why, among other things, I also think old firearms look badass.

 

[Sn1P3r M98]

Steampunk. I love the idea of a billion complicated parts joined together to do one task. It looks pretty too.

 

[Keava]

Steampunk, just because it looks so awesome. You can make anything if you put enough gears in it! Plus, I've seen a ton of awesome looking steampunk stuff, cyberpunk seems to be just.. sci-fi. Not high sci-fi, but still.

Just to clear things out, steampunk is science-fiction as well.
And as for the question, i choose both. Cyberpunk2020 or Gibson's Neuromancer are amazing settings, and blowing up corporations is always plenty of fun, especially if you are proud owner of chrome, biomechanical arm.

Steampunk on the other hand has so many stylish gadgets, and you can always come up with some new, wicked designs, not to mention my weakness for Victorian era and early air planes with aviator caps and goggles included.

 

[LBringer]

Well cyberpunk is usually post-apocalyptic and/or under worldwide dictatorship, so perhaps cyberpunk future isn't something to look forward to. =P

And here I thought cyberpunk usually had tech corporations ruling everything instead of governments. Silly me.

From what I've noticed about a lot of 'steampunk' fans, it has a LOT to do with the fashion and aesthetics of the setting (victorian era) more than the actual plausibility of if the stuff even works.

I'm completely down with the cyberpunk route myself, but the very few mainstream steampunk things I've come across (steamboy, and technically last exile) were ok.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Steampunk. What is there to not love?

 

[Wither]

I think cyberpunk settings are usually much more depressing, while steampunk is full of that sense of ambition and scientific advancement that i love

 

[Stu1701]

That's a pretty hard decision. I'm a big fan of both. I guess I like the concept of cyberpunk more than steam, but like the look of steampunk more than cyber.

 

[Captain Ninja]

I said steampunk cause i have never heard of cyberpunk.

 

[Blaze the Dragon]

I'd have to go with steampunk, since I'm still trying to figure out how people make robots using only steam as power, and no computer chips or anything like that. Besides, cyberpunk is practically going to happen in the real world in the not too distant future, whereas steampunk is a much more fantasy-like setting.