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Baine10 wrote...

I see your point and I agree wholeheartedly, but his philosophical model pertains to the argument against the theory, not the game itself. Thus it is a meaningless use of it.
Sorry to say this, but I think you failed to read my post properly?


Hmm.

I didn't quite get what you were saying, but I don't see why it changes anything because it's a VG theory as opposed to a VG?

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Oh grand, a troll war. Haven't had one of these in a long, long time.

Seriously, what's wrong with having a ******** theory? As many have said before, it's better than making baseless assumptions on BioWare staff and the creative process. Many of them support the RetakeME3 movement, and aren't happy that the game was ended particularly the way it was, even if they now feel like they have a grasp on it.

Anyways, I hope the mods come in and start deleting the spamming/trolling posts from both ends of the argument over that theory and start banning some people on each side, because quite a few are making both the theorists and the Retake supporters look like ***holes.

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Mintycool wrote...

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100% win, perfect response to this failure of a topic.

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I need to see Shepard's birth certificate.


Oh cmon we arent THAT demented :P

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And please please explain to me: Shepard is outerspace...how in the **** can he breathe without a mask on? He was just on a mission earlier in the game where he's in space, and the game makes you where a helmet. You don't have a choice....but some how the laws of the universe have changed in the few hours between that mission and when you meet the Starkid? That seems totally logical....NOT....let me guess, he can.breathe in outerspace because of poor writing or space magic....right?!....yeah that's all you trolls got....you have no evidence to debunk the indoc theory....all you have to do is stop trying to prove it isn't a dream/indoc, and start trying to prove your own theory that its all real....which you can't....I'd love to see someone try



OK so we are using real life situation to prove the theory? Ok then, how is it possible for giant half machine/half squids can talk to us? Or how is it possible a stasis pod can survice for 50,000 years? Or how is it possible Shepard fell from a space ship, got burned from entering the atmosphere, slammed down on the ground and was still able to be re built? Oh cause the game says it can happen, just like the game says Shep can breath in outer space. DERP


Okay... Well. He's not using RL situation, he's using the rules of the ME universe. Shep can't breathe in space, that's why you suffocate to death at the beginning of ME2.

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Well Makatak, there is proof on both sides. There was no argument in the beginning, only different opinions.

Thanks for pointing out how I may use the word "philosophy" in a sentence properly. You have to understand that the indoctrination theory is sound. Just see the megathread on the "was shepard.... a hallucination?" you will find that it concerns more evidence than just the "15 minute" endgame video the naysayers seem so fixated on.

Granted, there is no conflict to be seen here. The IT is a symbol of hope and good faith, in that Bioware has not completely betrayed every single soul that invested in this franchise and commander shepard, who were only looking for face-value closure.

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Voidster wrote...

Obvious troll is obvious. 


Uh huh.

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MassEffected555....youre trying to point out all the things in a sci fi universe that are not feasible in real life....I see....but you missed the point....Shep is forced to wear a helmet in every mission that he's in space, in the.entire series....but when he gets to the citadel he doesn't have to? My point is, it messes with the continuity established throughout he entire series.....only logical explanation is that when he's talking to starkid, he is in fact not awake....it defies the reality presented in the game, even on a mission just a little beforw u meet starkid....I'm not surprised that went over your head tho....atmosphere eh? Ok....

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Rafe34 wrote...

Count Viceroy wrote...

Rafe34 wrote...

You're right. That is the biggest problem with it, you could justify everything by horrible writing. I just really would rather believe BW didn't completely drop the ball on the ending to this trilogy.


The information provided by the IOS app sort of points towards it though. The storyboard, quotes from Walters and Casey and Walters notes. It really does.


Oh I agree. That pretty much shot any chance of it actually being what BW intended down the proverbial drain.

It still makes me laugh, not in a good way, that the fans came up with a better ending in a week.


Jessica Merizan tweeted that the IOSapp in no way disproves the Indocrination Theory

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MintyCool wrote...

rockman0 wrote...

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Anyone who so emphatically rejects it and claims there's no legitimate backing just lacks an understanding of the theory.  It's fine, no one can prove it's correct or false, but it certainly makes sense and has proof behind it.


Truthers 9/11, Holocaust Deniers, etc.

With your logic the above organizations are legit. Don't try to flock your feathers with your intellectual superiority unless you have an understanding with wtf you're talking about.

Speak more multi-syllable words in a random order; I enjoy it puppet.


Checkmate.


You shouldn't compare real life crackpot theories to some pass time on a video game forum. After all, those real-life events weren't "open for interpretation." Besides, what occurred in those events are a lot more serious than some video game ending that you happened to dislike.

Checkmate rescinded.


Exactly my point,

A movement requires work, and you're too lazy for that. A similar example would be people watching the Kony YouTube doc, and then lazily contribute to the cause by changing their Facebook status....

Hold the line? lol.

If you really do have this much passion, it's a shame that you're wasting your energy on a 15min pixel cutscene and not contributing to something worthwhile in your life....

Hold the line? It would seem you're not holding anything...

Check And Mate.


And you've come to that conclusion how? How can you tell what someone does in their life by what you see online? That's pretty pretentious of you. Besides, the same could be said of you. Why aren't you doing something worthwhile in your life?

Why isn't anyone crying out "Hold the line" doing anything worthwhile with their life?

Still no checkmate. Partly because we're not playing chess.

EDIT: Took your initiative and bolded some parts to make what I'm saying seem important.




Mintycool wrote...

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Non-sequitur for the win!

Also doubles as irony when you consider the fact that the person in the picture could very well be you. 

I only stepped into this conversation to point out your douchebaggery. 

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Rafe34 wrote...

MassEffected555 wrote...

Mcfly616 wrote...

And please please explain to me: Shepard is outerspace...how in the **** can he breathe without a mask on? He was just on a mission earlier in the game where he's in space, and the game makes you where a helmet. You don't have a choice....but some how the laws of the universe have changed in the few hours between that mission and when you meet the Starkid? That seems totally logical....NOT....let me guess, he can.breathe in outerspace because of poor writing or space magic....right?!....yeah that's all you trolls got....you have no evidence to debunk the indoc theory....all you have to do is stop trying to prove it isn't a dream/indoc, and start trying to prove your own theory that its all real....which you can't....I'd love to see someone try



OK so we are using real life situation to prove the theory? Ok then, how is it possible for giant half machine/half squids can talk to us? Or how is it possible a stasis pod can survice for 50,000 years? Or how is it possible Shepard fell from a space ship, got burned from entering the atmosphere, slammed down on the ground and was still able to be re built? Oh cause the game says it can happen, just like the game says Shep can breath in outer space. DERP


Okay... Well. He's not using RL situation, he's using the rules of the ME universe. Shep can't breathe in space, that's why you suffocate to death at the beginning of ME2.


Okay... Well. Here is you answer: 
The Wards are open-topped, with skyscrapers rising from the superstructure. Towers are sealed against vacuum, as the breathable atmosphere envelope is only maintained to a height of about seven meters. The atmosphere is contained by the centrifugal force of rotation and a "membrane" of dense, colorless sulphur hexafluoride gas, held in place by carefully managed mass effect fields. 

http://masseffect.wi...ctic_Government  - go to the Ward section.

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tobito113 wrote...

Jessica Merizan tweeted that the IOSapp in no way disproves the Indocrination Theory


LINK!

PLEASE!

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Baine10 wrote...

[...] The IT is a symbol of hope and good faith, in that Bioware has not completely betrayed every single soul that invested in this franchise and commander shepard, who were only looking for face-value closure.


It's not betrayal, it's just a let-down. I think people are getting a little overdramatic with the idea that maybe, again, it was just bad writing. I don't think Stephanie Meyer betrayed vampire fans when she wrote Twilight. She simply wrote a bad series of books (rather, to be politically correct, she wrote a series of books that I am not a fan of...though I'm supported by several legitimate literary critics and minds that agree that her writing is, indeed, awful).

While the IT believers think that Bioware cannot fail, I instead think that Bioware believed it could not fail, and were subsequently wrong. One of these theories suggests an imperviousness that I refuse to believe exists in our real-world universe.

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MassEffected555 wrote...

Rafe34 wrote...

MassEffected555 wrote...

Mcfly616 wrote...

And please please explain to me: Shepard is outerspace...how in the **** can he breathe without a mask on? He was just on a mission earlier in the game where he's in space, and the game makes you where a helmet. You don't have a choice....but some how the laws of the universe have changed in the few hours between that mission and when you meet the Starkid? That seems totally logical....NOT....let me guess, he can.breathe in outerspace because of poor writing or space magic....right?!....yeah that's all you trolls got....you have no evidence to debunk the indoc theory....all you have to do is stop trying to prove it isn't a dream/indoc, and start trying to prove your own theory that its all real....which you can't....I'd love to see someone try



OK so we are using real life situation to prove the theory? Ok then, how is it possible for giant half machine/half squids can talk to us? Or how is it possible a stasis pod can survice for 50,000 years? Or how is it possible Shepard fell from a space ship, got burned from entering the atmosphere, slammed down on the ground and was still able to be re built? Oh cause the game says it can happen, just like the game says Shep can breath in outer space. DERP


Okay... Well. He's not using RL situation, he's using the rules of the ME universe. Shep can't breathe in space, that's why you suffocate to death at the beginning of ME2.


Okay... Well. Here is you answer: 
[color=rgb(255, 255, 255)">The Wards are open-topped, with skyscrapers rising from the superstructure. Towers are sealed against vacuum, as the breathable atmosphere envelope is only maintained to a height of about seven meters. The atmosphere is contained by the centrifugal force of rotation and a "membrane" of dense, colorless sulphur hexafluoride gas, held in place by carefully managed ].[/color] 

http://masseffect.wi...ctic_Government  - go to the Ward section.


To clarify- I agree with you, as I said earlier in the thread, I don't think this is an actual problem.

I was merely pointing out that your argument about RL scenarios doesn't work, since that wasn't her point.

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Actually the game makes it pretty clear that you can't breathe in outerspace, hence why is always wearing a helmet when he's in outerspace....and HELLO? did you even play ME2....he dies from suffocating in SPACE! Direct proof he can't breathe in space....thanks.for proving yourself wrong for me

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Makatak -
What's your issue with people having their own theories and thoughts on the matter? When it comes down to it there is no hard proof on either side. If your going to have a debate with someone, do so maturely and without insults otherwise nobody will listen to you or your otherwise good logic.

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MassEffected555 wrote...

Rafe34 wrote...

MassEffected555 wrote...

Mcfly616 wrote...

And please please explain to me: Shepard is outerspace...how in the **** can he breathe without a mask on? He was just on a mission earlier in the game where he's in space, and the game makes you where a helmet. You don't have a choice....but some how the laws of the universe have changed in the few hours between that mission and when you meet the Starkid? That seems totally logical....NOT....let me guess, he can.breathe in outerspace because of poor writing or space magic....right?!....yeah that's all you trolls got....you have no evidence to debunk the indoc theory....all you have to do is stop trying to prove it isn't a dream/indoc, and start trying to prove your own theory that its all real....which you can't....I'd love to see someone try



OK so we are using real life situation to prove the theory? Ok then, how is it possible for giant half machine/half squids can talk to us? Or how is it possible a stasis pod can survice for 50,000 years? Or how is it possible Shepard fell from a space ship, got burned from entering the atmosphere, slammed down on the ground and was still able to be re built? Oh cause the game says it can happen, just like the game says Shep can breath in outer space. DERP


Okay... Well. He's not using RL situation, he's using the rules of the ME universe. Shep can't breathe in space, that's why you suffocate to death at the beginning of ME2.


Okay... Well. Here is you answer: 
[color=rgb(255, 255, 255)">The Wards are open-topped, with skyscrapers rising from the superstructure. Towers are sealed against vacuum, as the breathable atmosphere envelope is only maintained to a height of about seven meters. The atmosphere is contained by the centrifugal force of rotation and a "membrane" of dense, colorless sulphur hexafluoride gas, held in place by carefully managed ].[/color] 

http://masseffect.wi...ctic_Government  - go to the Ward section.


I agree that many arguments going around are really bad but the Dreams Sequences and the Ending where only the defiant sheppard comes back to london on a similar place he fell before the beam are the most powerfull evidences.

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People saying the Indoctrination theory is obviously complete balls are idiots because we have received vague comments from Bioware implying that this could actually be the case. And likewise, people saying it is obviously true also need to read what Bioware have given us...

...Just vague comments hinting at different things all the time. Fact is, if the ending is meant to be taken at face value, it's a **** ending with tonnes of plot holes. If Indoc. theory is true, then the fight has not finished and we deserve to see, and have paid money to see this fight end.

We don't have a 100% answer yet from Bioware. So stop being so arrogant, and stop being ****s to other community members, we are holding the line TOGETHER.

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If the indoctrination theory is true, that makes the entire final dialogue with the Illusive Man absolutely silly. "The Reapers have already taken control of you Illusive Man, how can you not see that?"

Little did Shepard know that he, HIMSELF, was the indoctrinated one.
*DUMMM DUMM DUUUUUUMMM*

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rockman0 wrote...


Mintycool wrote...

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Non-sequitur for the win!

Also doubles as irony when you consider the fact that the person in the picture could very well be you. 

I only stepped into this conversation to point out your douchebaggery. 


We're all douchebags. We're all arguing over the internet.

It's like "The Game" (sorry for anyone who believed they were winning. You just lost.)

Simply sacrifice your high horse and enjoy the ride.

Modifié par Makatak, 16 mars 2012 - 07:41 .


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Makatak wrote...

Baine10 wrote...

[...] The IT is a symbol of hope and good faith, in that Bioware has not completely betrayed every single soul that invested in this franchise and commander shepard, who were only looking for face-value closure.


It's not betrayal, it's just a let-down. I think people are getting a little overdramatic with the idea that maybe, again, it was just bad writing. I don't think Stephanie Meyer betrayed vampire fans when she wrote Twilight. She simply wrote a bad series of books (rather, to be politically correct, she wrote a series of books that I am not a fan of...though I'm supported by several legitimate literary critics and minds that agree that her writing is, indeed, awful).

While the IT believers think that Bioware cannot fail, I instead think that Bioware believed it could not fail, and were subsequently wrong. One of these theories suggests an imperviousness that I refuse to believe exists in our real-world universe.


It IS a betrayal when you look at everything they said they were going to do, even as close to the release as January- when there was no way they changed any endings.

They told us we were going to get one thing, and gave us another. If that isn't the definition of breach of trust, I don't know what is.

Link to all the statements they made that are now completely false:
social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/355/index/10056886/1

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I don't buy into the indoctrination theory, but I find it admirable in a tragic sort of way; it's basically an elaborate coping mechanism, and I think it's kind of ingenius.


/thread.

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Rafe34 wrote...

Baine10 wrote...

I see your point and I agree wholeheartedly, but his philosophical model pertains to the argument against the theory, not the game itself. Thus it is a meaningless use of it.
Sorry to say this, but I think you failed to read my post properly?


Hmm.

I didn't quite get what you were saying, but I don't see why it changes anything because it's a VG theory as opposed to a VG?


I was being totally sarcastic. That changes everything.
More of trying to get him to realize how unserious a VG theory is (why must u then reference philosophy into this? Meaningless. A wiki page worth of information when all you needed to say is that the onus is on the theorists that they must PROVE it against all doubt(beyond a reasonable.. blah blah we both know)) and you too, relax and carry on.

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MassEffected555....he's not in the wards! He's not IN the citadel when talking to starkid....he's on the OUTSIDE of it! Or do your eyes not see that, just as you can't see him waking up in Concrete rubble?

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dazor86 wrote...

If the indoctrination theory is true, that makes the entire final dialogue with the Illusive Man absolutely silly. "The Reapers have already taken control of you Illusive Man, how can you not see that?"

Little did Shepard know that he, HIMSELF, was the indoctrinated one.
*DUMMM DUMM DUUUUUUMMM*


It's in his head, you're not actually talking to TIM.