The first time I met him I placed a bullet firmly in the back of his skull after he ran off since he was a former Powder Ganger. Plus I had Four Eyes, and hadn't found a pair of reading glasses yet. =P However after seeing Nipton, I felt pretty bad.

Then I walked into the house with the Mr. Gutsy, read the terminal, and saw that Nipton was more than just a gambling town; it was a town of crooks who did whatever for a few caps. The sympathy for the town I had died, and I felt they kind of deserved it (not quite as bad as they got it, but still deserved punishment).

I didn't feel the crucified gangers had it coming though, and seeing I couldn't free them after the Legion left, I simply placed a bullet into each of their heads so they could stop suffering (this was when I was with the NCR, and although I hated Powder Gangers, my character felt they were a bit less sinister than Caesar's Legion. CL playthrough though, I let them rot. ).

I didn't even recognize Swanick as a Powder Ganger when I first met him. He weirded me out so much that I simply stood there watching him run off while I laughed to myself. From what I gather, Vulpes was indiscriminate in how he chose his lottery players. It's hard to believe that every single man and woman selected was involved in the Mayor's betrayal. It also seemed like much of what the town engaged in mirrored that of the Vegas Strip so why the special hatred for Nipton?

Oh, Like Wow! You PEED on ORPHANS? I guess you'd have to chase them for a bit...I guess I'd have to wait for a full bladder! :ribbon:

Nope, I'm bad about collecting unusual things. I have 250 Pre-War moneys in my desk in the L38 :spotted owl:

After reading this, I'm tempted to cripple his leg from a distance, let him do his lottery spiel and then be his bodyguard till he gets where he needs to go.
That or reverse pickpocket decent stuff on him.

He had the name of my former head teacher,of course I had to kill him.... :mohawk:

I shot him in the head the first time around.

The very first time I met him, I let him get away because I wasn't really sure what was going on. Every playthrough since he has died - primarily because by that point I have wiped out the prison and either am doing the world a service by killing all Powder Gangers, or because I want two fully repaired pairs of Sunglasses, and he happens to be wearing glasses I can use for that. Any playthroughs where I actually help the Gangers maintain control of the prison... he dies as well - after all, he is the one who decided he was quitting being a Powder Ganger. :ninja:

I tend to be a diplomatic gunfighter: first talking, then the use excessive force if necessary. So I didn't know what he was talking about, it'd been different if the setting was less disturbing: if it happened on the strip for example and thus I let him finish his story, decided he was crazy and let him go his merry way straight off into the dessert to become a radscorpion snack.

I'm walking up to Nipton with my first character and find this guy talking about his lucky necklace. I figure it must be important (heck, someone just tried to kill him for it!) so I shoot him in the head until he goes down and loot his corpse for the bottlecaps.

I walk another dozen feet and this guy is screaming about winning the lottery and waving his ticket around. *bang* *bang* *bang* and I have the winning lottery ticket and I can't wait to cash it in. (I feel stupid when I figure out what happened and maybe a little guilty as well but mainly stupid).

Another dozen feet and I meet a funny man with a coyote on his head and with the straightest face I can muster attempt to lecture him on morality.

:rofl:

What did you think later when you cashed in your Stars?

I thought he was just nuts at first. Plus he was a Powder ganger. I killed him. Didn't feel guilty once I figured out what was going on, either.

i ended up coming in Nipton from the opposite side, i can't remember why i ended up over there.... Anyways, i already talked to Vulpes before i talked to him so i knew what was going on. I just let him go.

First time I saw him I thought he was just high on phsyco or something. Later found out that he won the lottery and got to live. Hehe, every playthrough since i blow his head off with my shotgun, because I'm a real nice guy like that

1st playthrough, I was 'sneaking' up to Nipton, when he ran up to me. When I tried to talk to him, I say some red text saying something about "...pickpocket.." , so I shot him. Felt really bad when I figured out later that the pickpocket text was because I was sneaking and had option to pickpocket him

I know what you mean, I simply must collect as many vault suits as possible and then repair them to full condition, i'm up to about 30

On topic: I've always let him live, don't know why, I don't perceive him as a threat I guess