See more about the first volume of the SwiftPad Saga
Read more about the SwiftPad Takeover
The SwiftPad App had a whole interactive story based on just such a
boy, raised in rural Pennsylvania, who had never played basketball
or baseball or football, in fact didn’t even know such sports
existed. The App “player” connected with the actor player in the
App (assuming the device had sufficient voice recognition, otherwise
a keyboard popped up). The young boy, Tad Lopstyk, was not
even the star of his youth team, and he worshiped Aldo Donelli.
The SwiftPad Chooser journey was titled The Lopstyk Effect, and it
predicted when the US had 18.7 million young boys like Lopstyk,
the United States would win the World Cup.
The App player could change history either way, depending on
actions. Italy won the World Cup championship in 1934 and beat
the US 7–1 in the first game. To make it worse, the Cup was hosted
by Italy, or rather by Mussolini.
But the App’s Journey changes that fact. An old black and white
film print of the game’s highlights morphed into a full 90 minutes,
importing Lopstyk into the 1934 US team’s mid-field. Lopstyk and
Donelli strike again and again, matching Italy’s goal barrage, with
frequent cut-aways to a not-amused Il Duce. In history Italy’s win
was Mussolini’s victory and Lopstyk’s time traveling (i.e., The Swift-
Pad user/Player) changes history. The fascist victory against the US
turns into a 7–7 tie and Hitler’s enthusiasm for the Berlin Olympic
Games two years later was much diminished and with it, Germany’s
love affair with the Fuehrer. The consequences are only hinted at,
because you can only take the Butterfly Effect so far, because…well,
it is still happening.
Donelli was the shining example of just who Lopstyk wanted to
be. The App, using still shots both real and auto-animated, jumps to
the future and Lopstyk stays on the pitch and scores the winning goal
in his late twenties, in Qatar in 2022. SwiftPad produced a renaissance-
like, high holy scene, with angels blowing trumpets and saints
gazing with tranquility at an animation of Donelli looking down
approvingly at Lopstyk in his interactive uniform that provided a full
sensory playing experience for the dedicated fan. (Available in several
colors, with free delivery, if you order two. In the future you would
catch the highlights in your head, not on ESPN.)
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