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#31376
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SubAstris wrote...

Fingertrip wrote...

Leviathan of Dis.

I mean, seriously. 'Nuff said. The Catalyst is one big fat liar.


What? You can tell from the name of the titled of as yet undisclosed DLC that the Catalyst is lying. Come on, that's a little farfetch'd


You know, I've never liked your posts, and I aint going to start now. Infact, I'll just put you on ignore. Such a blatant troll.

TL;DR: Leviathan of Dis destroys the Synthesis/Control logic completely.

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Super-Model wrote...

Lord Luc1fer wrote...

What is this stuff about leviathan of dis dlc? link anywhere?


http://social.biowar...ndex/12777408/1

There ya go

thanks Posted Image

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llbountyhunter wrote...

SubAstris wrote...

llbountyhunter wrote...

SubAstris wrote...

Raistlin Majare 1992 wrote...

SubAstris wrote...

Raistlin Majare 1992 wrote...

paxxton wrote...

*SIGH* Honestly, I hoped for IT to be revealed in the EC and was a bit disappointed when it wasn't. The extended ending seems even more literal than the original one. Actually, the breath scene after Destroy serves the exact same role as the transcendence scene in Control (Shepard lives on). Maybe we should take BioWare's words more seriously and don't read between lines too much. *SIGH*


Negative, there can be no stepping back, no retreat, no stepping forward and no attacking reaper forces. :P

But really how can I look at this ending litterally with the enormous plotholes and problems with the ending which Bioware had 3.5 months to fix, but dident do.

Even more so they themselves said EC would not confirm or deny IT, so until someone can disprove it in its entirety I am sticking with IT. Better than having to believe in two endings which go against everything we have seen and been told over the cause of 3 games.


How would anyone ever be able to disprove IT in its entirety? What sort of evidence would an ITer look for?


If there was no evidence supproting it. If there was no mindcontrol ability in the series which is known to cause a wide variety of side effects many of which Shepard suffers throughout the cause of the game. If there was no giant plotholes which can be filled in so easily by IT or if said plotholes had other explanations. If there was no massively strange and ridicoulous sequences in the ending with no or few precedenst in the entire series leading up to that point.

If Bioware had not themsleves said that they would neither confirm of deny IT. Then I would consider this a delusion.

But the fact that we have not only strange happenings suggesting that not all is as it seems alongside a means that can cuase these strange quibs, a means which ahs been a major plotpoint trhoughout all 3 games, means I cannot help but feel there is more than meets the eye. 

They had three months to fix all those strange things, but just about the obnly thing they fixed was telpeorting squadmates...


Well we will disagree about evidence being convincing for IT or otherwise, I really just asked what piece, or pieces of evidence would convince that IT was not planned all along.

But he suffers from maybe dreams, but that is far from convincing. No whispers for example while walking around. If they intended IT in the game, it was incredibly poorly done in that case due to lack of symptoms.

In the same way that Shepard died at the beginning of ME2 and the rest is just a dream, or even died after contacting the Prothean Beacon, IT could fill in plotholes. That doesn't make it any more likely. All said plotholes have reasonable explanations for them without resorting to IT.

There are several moments of foreshadowing the role of the Catalyst, the Reapers being masters to the Catalyst,  the motives of the Reapers throughout ME.

Your last sentence is...unintelligible


You dont find this conclusive evidence sufficient?


Well thats ok, some people dont believe in science either. Its your opinion.


But please dont try to shove your opinion on to us.


"some don't believe in science"- Sorry what are you on? That's just rubbish, and you know it is



By science that means science theories, like evolution and quantom mechanics. Wich some people still dont believe in.

There you go again failing to connect the dots. Geeze you literalist need everything spelled out.... no wonder you cant see IT even though its so obviouse.


If you want to childish, be my guest. If you want to make strawmen, you can do that too. If you really want IT to be true, despite the fact that your support base has been decimated by the EC because they realise IT for the facade it is, and are only hanging on to it for purely emotional reasons, that's your decision.

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Fingertrip wrote...

SubAstris wrote...

Fingertrip wrote...

Leviathan of Dis.

I mean, seriously. 'Nuff said. The Catalyst is one big fat liar.


What? You can tell from the name of the titled of as yet undisclosed DLC that the Catalyst is lying. Come on, that's a little farfetch'd


You know, I've never liked your posts, and I aint going to start now. Infact, I'll just put you on ignore. Such a blatant troll.

TL;DR: Leviathan of Dis destroys the Synthesis/Control logic completely.


You can't just assert something boldly and then expect it to be accepted right away by everyone. This is an IT forum, but some people have standards :)

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One question. I was wondering why Bioware used an asari and a child in the stargaze scene (in the others, there are two adults but one of them is a giant and it is like that after the patch) when you choose reject. Even they talk in a perfect english but this civilization has to be another different... This doesn't make sense to me...

Modifié par Lat2oo5, 27 juin 2012 - 01:55 .


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SubAstris wrote...

If you want to childish, be my guest. If you want to make strawmen, you can do that too. If you really want IT to be true, despite the fact that your support base has been decimated by the EC because they realise IT for the facade it is, and are only hanging on to it for purely emotional reasons, that's your decision.


One question SubAstris.

How can you deny IT in every shape or form when Bioware themselves said that Ec would neither confirm or deny it? The mere fact taht they mention this means IT is up for debate, straight from Bioware themselves. 

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paxxton wrote...

Sacifices are scarcely pleasant when they have to be made but I wouldn't mind infinite existence as a perfect being. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image


I hope we understand that we are agreeing here and not arguing.

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Fingertrip wrote...

You know, I've never liked your posts, and I aint going to start now. Infact, I'll just put you on ignore. Such a blatant troll.

TL;DR: Leviathan of Dis destroys the Synthesis/Control logic completely.


Oh, if only.  Sadly, the ignore function only ignores PM's.  They won't give us an actual ignore function that works for the forums.

LoD destroys Starbinger's entire "I'm the Reapers' collective mind" lies.  There wouldn't, couldn't be a rogue Reaper if they had a collective mind.  Not that we didn't already know that from Sovereign and Legion, but there it is.

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SubAstris wrote...

llbountyhunter wrote...

SubAstris wrote...

llbountyhunter wrote...

SubAstris wrote...

Raistlin Majare 1992 wrote...

SubAstris wrote...

Raistlin Majare 1992 wrote...

paxxton wrote...

*SIGH* Honestly, I hoped for IT to be revealed in the EC and was a bit disappointed when it wasn't. The extended ending seems even more literal than the original one. Actually, the breath scene after Destroy serves the exact same role as the transcendence scene in Control (Shepard lives on). Maybe we should take BioWare's words more seriously and don't read between lines too much. *SIGH*


Negative, there can be no stepping back, no retreat, no stepping forward and no attacking reaper forces. :P

But really how can I look at this ending litterally with the enormous plotholes and problems with the ending which Bioware had 3.5 months to fix, but dident do.

Even more so they themselves said EC would not confirm or deny IT, so until someone can disprove it in its entirety I am sticking with IT. Better than having to believe in two endings which go against everything we have seen and been told over the cause of 3 games.


How would anyone ever be able to disprove IT in its entirety? What sort of evidence would an ITer look for?


If there was no evidence supproting it. If there was no mindcontrol ability in the series which is known to cause a wide variety of side effects many of which Shepard suffers throughout the cause of the game. If there was no giant plotholes which can be filled in so easily by IT or if said plotholes had other explanations. If there was no massively strange and ridicoulous sequences in the ending with no or few precedenst in the entire series leading up to that point.

If Bioware had not themsleves said that they would neither confirm of deny IT. Then I would consider this a delusion.

But the fact that we have not only strange happenings suggesting that not all is as it seems alongside a means that can cuase these strange quibs, a means which ahs been a major plotpoint trhoughout all 3 games, means I cannot help but feel there is more than meets the eye. 

They had three months to fix all those strange things, but just about the obnly thing they fixed was telpeorting squadmates...


Well we will disagree about evidence being convincing for IT or otherwise, I really just asked what piece, or pieces of evidence would convince that IT was not planned all along.

But he suffers from maybe dreams, but that is far from convincing. No whispers for example while walking around. If they intended IT in the game, it was incredibly poorly done in that case due to lack of symptoms.

In the same way that Shepard died at the beginning of ME2 and the rest is just a dream, or even died after contacting the Prothean Beacon, IT could fill in plotholes. That doesn't make it any more likely. All said plotholes have reasonable explanations for them without resorting to IT.

There are several moments of foreshadowing the role of the Catalyst, the Reapers being masters to the Catalyst,  the motives of the Reapers throughout ME.

Your last sentence is...unintelligible


You dont find this conclusive evidence sufficient?


Well thats ok, some people dont believe in science either. Its your opinion.


But please dont try to shove your opinion on to us.


"some don't believe in science"- Sorry what are you on? That's just rubbish, and you know it is



By science that means science theories, like evolution and quantom mechanics. Wich some people still dont believe in.

There you go again failing to connect the dots. Geeze you literalist need everything spelled out.... no wonder you cant see IT even though its so obviouse.


If you want to childish, be my guest. If you want to make strawmen, you can do that too. If you really want IT to be true, despite the fact that your support base has been decimated by the EC because they realise IT for the facade it is, and are only hanging on to it for purely emotional reasons, that's your decision.



How is bioware saying IT isnt false an emotional reason?

Your doing more clinging than we are.

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Lat2oo5 wrote...

One question. I was wondering why Bioware used an asari and a child in the stargaze scene (in the others, there are two adults but one of them is a giant and it is like that after the patch) when you chose reject. Even they talked in a perfect english but this civilization has to be another different... This doesn't make sense to me...


If that's an Asari, then I can image Asari were able to hide out long enough to survive, like the prothean scientists and Javik. They can live for 1000 years and don't depend on the same species to reproduce. They could mate with each other or any other species and produce children.

It would make the language barrier no existent and the capsule would have been easier to understand. Therefore, the people of the next cycle were ready for the reapers and found a way to destroy them.

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EpyonX3 wrote...

paxxton wrote...

Sacifices are scarcely pleasant when they have to be made but I wouldn't mind infinite existence as a perfect being. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image


I hope we understand that we are agreeing here and not arguing.

Yes. So where do we disagree?

Modifié par paxxton, 27 juin 2012 - 02:08 .


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How many slaves did it take to build that quote pyramid? :(

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llbountyhunter wrote...

Your doing more clinging than we are.


LMFAO :lol:

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I think the indoctrination theory could had been implmented...but through the WHOLE GAME:
For example they could have played with the idea of Shepard fighting indoctrination through the game, and replace the dream/nightmare sequences with conversations with a yet as unrevealed Catalyst or Harbinger, thus adding to the tension and the enigma of the reapers...and then pull the endgame, where Shepard, having fought off the indoctrination attempts, confronts the catalyst and then makes his choice, but in his own terms; hell, there could even had been a Catalyst for each ending, as different voices of the Reaper's collective intelligence, each trying to get Shepard to choose a different outcome.

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Samuel_Valkyrie wrote...

llbountyhunter wrote...

Samuel_Valkyrie wrote...

I don't believe in IT, but I am curious about its present state: can someone give me a short summary of why, post-EC, there are still arguments to be found in favor of it?


We'll EC itself added new evidence.

The refuse option supports IT
The catalyst is now harbinger.
The normandy is ignored by harbinger(maybe)
The control ending is a violation of shepard and the lore.
The destroy ending makes less sense now.


OK, I will accept that Refuse does very heavily imply Star Child being Harbinger, with the "SO BE IT" response.

However, how does 'Control' violate Shepard and the Lore?
And how does 'Destroy' make less sense now? In case of this one, I can imagine that, if you view the slideshow as being in chronological sequence, it might raise some odd things, but I suspect that the rebulding sequences takes place far, far after the dedication ceremony and any potential rescue of Shepard.


Anyone?

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Sorry to interrupt again, but an idea's been stronger than my resolve.

To the ITers who take BW word for true (truly only stating, not judging) :
before the game release, they repeated that you wouldn't have to play multiplayer to get the "best" ending.
If I remember correctly, you can only have like 7500 GMS. If you take the readiness of 50% (without multi), it gives you like 3800 EMS.
With that, the "best" ending you can have, is synthesis (between 3000 and 4000).

So my thought is that, for BW, synthesis was supposed to be the best possible ending.

And for those who got more, you had the "easter -fan- egg" of seeing Sheppard breathe, as a "reward" for having played a lot, solo + multi.
(EMS between 4000 and 5000 + TIM interrupt in the final scene OR 5000+)
But for this scene to happen, it could only be possible with "Destroy" since it's the only one where your body still exists ^^

Just a thought that has been bothering my mind for some time now :)
(and, BTW, it doesn't make me happier about the endings)

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Raistlin Majare 1992 wrote...

SubAstris wrote...

If you want to childish, be my guest. If you want to make strawmen, you can do that too. If you really want IT to be true, despite the fact that your support base has been decimated by the EC because they realise IT for the facade it is, and are only hanging on to it for purely emotional reasons, that's your decision.


One question SubAstris.

How can you deny IT in every shape or form when Bioware themselves said that Ec would neither confirm or deny it? The mere fact taht they mention this means IT is up for debate, straight from Bioware themselves. 


I am of the view that BW never intended IT. As BW have said, they don't want to be prescriptive, they want it to be open to interpretation, but that doesn't mean that all interpretations are equally valid or credible. You could make a similar argument for everything after ME2 beginning is a dream; it's an interpretation, doesn't mean it is correct. By what BW has said, they have invalidated that theory either

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Samuel_Valkyrie wrote...

Samuel_Valkyrie wrote...

llbountyhunter wrote...

Samuel_Valkyrie wrote...

I don't believe in IT, but I am curious about its present state: can someone give me a short summary of why, post-EC, there are still arguments to be found in favor of it?


We'll EC itself added new evidence.

The refuse option supports IT
The catalyst is now harbinger.
The normandy is ignored by harbinger(maybe)
The control ending is a violation of shepard and the lore.
The destroy ending makes less sense now.


OK, I will accept that Refuse does very heavily imply Star Child being Harbinger, with the "SO BE IT" response.

However, how does 'Control' violate Shepard and the Lore?
And how does 'Destroy' make less sense now? In case of this one, I can imagine that, if you view the slideshow as being in chronological sequence, it might raise some odd things, but I suspect that the rebulding sequences takes place far, far after the dedication ceremony and any potential rescue of Shepard.

Anyone?

The slideshows are sorted in context, not time.

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"In the "High EMS" Destroy ending, the only ending where Shepard survives (shown in the pile of rubble breath scene) is left unexplained. However, in the Low EMS Destroy ending, there is a new scene with a similar pile of rubble in london and a man pulling a helmet from it. This may reaffirm Shepard was on earth the whole time. Unless the crusible is made of stone and rebar."

Found this on ign wiki. What is this? We need vids.

Is it some random helmet or is it Shepard's helmet? But Shepard wasn't even wearing helmet (at least mine wasn't lol)
If it is a random helmet, why is this scene there? On the Low EMS ending and not on the High EMS?
Bah, forget it. I'm done speculating. I'M DONE.

#31395
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llbountyhunter wrote...

SubAstris wrote...

llbountyhunter wrote...

SubAstris wrote...

llbountyhunter wrote...

SubAstris wrote...

Raistlin Majare 1992 wrote...

SubAstris wrote...

Raistlin Majare 1992 wrote...

paxxton wrote...

*SIGH* Honestly, I hoped for IT to be revealed in the EC and was a bit disappointed when it wasn't. The extended ending seems even more literal than the original one. Actually, the breath scene after Destroy serves the exact same role as the transcendence scene in Control (Shepard lives on). Maybe we should take BioWare's words more seriously and don't read between lines too much. *SIGH*


Negative, there can be no stepping back, no retreat, no stepping forward and no attacking reaper forces. :P

But really how can I look at this ending litterally with the enormous plotholes and problems with the ending which Bioware had 3.5 months to fix, but dident do.

Even more so they themselves said EC would not confirm or deny IT, so until someone can disprove it in its entirety I am sticking with IT. Better than having to believe in two endings which go against everything we have seen and been told over the cause of 3 games.


How would anyone ever be able to disprove IT in its entirety? What sort of evidence would an ITer look for?


If there was no evidence supproting it. If there was no mindcontrol ability in the series which is known to cause a wide variety of side effects many of which Shepard suffers throughout the cause of the game. If there was no giant plotholes which can be filled in so easily by IT or if said plotholes had other explanations. If there was no massively strange and ridicoulous sequences in the ending with no or few precedenst in the entire series leading up to that point.

If Bioware had not themsleves said that they would neither confirm of deny IT. Then I would consider this a delusion.

But the fact that we have not only strange happenings suggesting that not all is as it seems alongside a means that can cuase these strange quibs, a means which ahs been a major plotpoint trhoughout all 3 games, means I cannot help but feel there is more than meets the eye. 

They had three months to fix all those strange things, but just about the obnly thing they fixed was telpeorting squadmates...


Well we will disagree about evidence being convincing for IT or otherwise, I really just asked what piece, or pieces of evidence would convince that IT was not planned all along.

But he suffers from maybe dreams, but that is far from convincing. No whispers for example while walking around. If they intended IT in the game, it was incredibly poorly done in that case due to lack of symptoms.

In the same way that Shepard died at the beginning of ME2 and the rest is just a dream, or even died after contacting the Prothean Beacon, IT could fill in plotholes. That doesn't make it any more likely. All said plotholes have reasonable explanations for them without resorting to IT.

There are several moments of foreshadowing the role of the Catalyst, the Reapers being masters to the Catalyst,  the motives of the Reapers throughout ME.

Your last sentence is...unintelligible


You dont find this conclusive evidence sufficient?


Well thats ok, some people dont believe in science either. Its your opinion.


But please dont try to shove your opinion on to us.


"some don't believe in science"- Sorry what are you on? That's just rubbish, and you know it is



By science that means science theories, like evolution and quantom mechanics. Wich some people still dont believe in.

There you go again failing to connect the dots. Geeze you literalist need everything spelled out.... no wonder you cant see IT even though its so obviouse.


If you want to childish, be my guest. If you want to make strawmen, you can do that too. If you really want IT to be true, despite the fact that your support base has been decimated by the EC because they realise IT for the facade it is, and are only hanging on to it for purely emotional reasons, that's your decision.



How is bioware saying IT isnt false an emotional reason?

Your doing more clinging than we are.


This is going nowhere. We will accept that support for IT is dying and move on

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Daryslash wrote...

"In the "High EMS" Destroy ending, the only ending where Shepard survives (shown in the pile of rubble breath scene) is left unexplained. However, in the Low EMS Destroy ending, there is a new scene with a similar pile of rubble in london and a man pulling a helmet from it. This may reaffirm Shepard was on earth the whole time. Unless the crusible is made of stone and rebar."

Found this on ign wiki. What is this? We need vids.

Is it some random helmet or is it Shepard's helmet? But Shepard wasn't even wearing helmet (at least mine wasn't lol)
If it is a random helmet, why is this scene there? On the Low EMS ending and not on the High EMS?
Bah, forget it. I'm done speculating. I'M DONE.



OMG that helmet is in every ending epilouge. It's either laying there or someone picks it up. And it's not an N7 helmet either.

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This whole cinematic is so cool with the music:

Modifié par paxxton, 27 juin 2012 - 02:06 .


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Please start to snip those posts.

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Daryslash wrote...

"In the "High EMS" Destroy ending, the only ending where Shepard survives (shown in the pile of rubble breath scene) is left unexplained. However, in the Low EMS Destroy ending, there is a new scene with a similar pile of rubble in london and a man pulling a helmet from it. This may reaffirm Shepard was on earth the whole time. Unless the crusible is made of stone and rebar."

Found this on ign wiki. What is this? We need vids.

Is it some random helmet or is it Shepard's helmet? But Shepard wasn't even wearing helmet (at least mine wasn't lol)
If it is a random helmet, why is this scene there? On the Low EMS ending and not on the High EMS?
Bah, forget it. I'm done speculating. I'M DONE.


:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o

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Daryslash wrote...

"In the "High EMS" Destroy ending, the only ending where Shepard survives (shown in the pile of rubble breath scene) is left unexplained. However, in the Low EMS Destroy ending, there is a new scene with a similar pile of rubble in london and a man pulling a helmet from it. This may reaffirm Shepard was on earth the whole time. Unless the crusible is made of stone and rebar."

Found this on ign wiki. What is this? We need vids.

Is it some random helmet or is it Shepard's helmet? But Shepard wasn't even wearing helmet (at least mine wasn't lol)
If it is a random helmet, why is this scene there? On the Low EMS ending and not on the High EMS?
Bah, forget it. I'm done speculating. I'M DONE.


No,...your not. None of us are. At least not until we lose interest completely in ME3, which for me should happen around november...