You just couldn't ignore me, could you, TAO?
The Angry One wrote...
saracen16 wrote...
The Angry One wrote...
Ieldra2 wrote...
Ever since the EC the idea that the Reaper minions and Synthesized people are in some way similar is off the table. I have no idea why people bring that in through the backdoor. Except for the usual suspects of course.
Oh really? Explain why it is. The only difference between a husk and a victim of synthesis is autonomous control, and in the end it's just a different form of indoctrination.
I have no idea why people think otherwise. Except for the usual suspects, of course.
Riiiight. Everything you speak, TAO, is 100% truth and we're all blithering idiots for thinking otherwise. You've failed to argue that husks and synthites are the same to the core. A form of "indoctrination" based - according to another of your posts - on seriously superficial similarities between EDI's speech and the conversation with Sovereign. There is nothing "indoctrinating" about changing the fundamental matrix of life (DNA) into something hybridized with synthetics (i.e. nothing at all like the husks who, according to Mass Effect Retribution and other sources, are organic bodies infiltrated with synthetic tubing), and there is nothing to indicate that the cycle continued.
You're the one who needs to do the explaining, not Ieldra2. As far as we know, you made the outrageous statement and therefore the burden of proof is with you.
We're waiting.
Do you have anything except buzzwords? "Matrix of life" means nothing. Either come up with real answers or don't sit there and judge what others say.
To you, it means nothing. To me, it means the framework of life, the fundamental building blocks of it. There is no more real answer than what I have answered to Ieldra2 or what Brooker_T proposed. That's not judgement, that's speculation. And if anyone is judging, it's you.
Once again. The method is different, but the ultimate result is the same, and none of you have yet to prove otherwise.
And here you go again: repeating the same asinine lies and expecting us to believe it as the truth without any proof of it whatsoever. You're the one who made the statement and thus the onus of proof is on you. Your arrogance and smugness are showing.
There are MANY stark differences. Organics gain synthetic technology, while synthetics gain an understanding of organics. For organics, the matrix of life is changed. For synthetics, they gain an understanding of the complexities of organic behavior. These are quoted verbatim from what the Catalyst explained in the game. The changes for both are different, but the end result is removing the barriers of misunderstanding between them (i.e. removing the source of conflict).
However, they are not husks: they retain free will and are not brainless zombies who follow a hive mind collective. There is no proof that they do not lose their individuality, especially from the EC slideshow and EDI's dialogue. They don't even follow the Reapers anymore. Hell, the Reapers help the organics REBUILD. If the Reapers were being followed, there wouldn't be such a thing. Hence, your point falls short.
And really people, taking stuff from other unrelated fictional universes and saying that makes synthesis okay?
Well, if you can do that, so can I. Synthesis works!
Wait, what?! Mass Effect Retribution is an unrelated universe?! OMG... you really have lost all credibility. Next time, you come out and try to claim some fictional high-ground, I'll remind you of your intellectual dishonesty... and your ignorance of the source material.
But back to the debate: you're being dishonest as usual. Synthesis is not at all like the Borg collective, who are absorbed into one hive mind. The Borg's construction is a parasitic machine-organic relationship, parasitic in the sense that the machine component absorbs the individual into the Borg Collective's hive mind consensus. Synthesis is different: it involves fundamental changes in the building blocks of life. It does NOT sway individuals towards a particular viewpoint. If anything, the JC Denton ending in Deus Ex Invisible War connects everyone to Helios by making them fully augmented with nanites and linking them to the AI. This is different from synthesis, where people are not conjoined towards one individual consciousness.
And you're still lacking in proof.
We're waiting.
Taboo-XX wrote...
Refuse isn't so much giving in in my opinion, as it is a complete betrayal of everyone who put their trust in you.
It's beyond ridiculous.
You have permission to use the Crucible. Any of the three options will most likely be accepted by the galaxy. Regardless of my feelings on Synthesis and Control I cannot believe someone could be so irresponsible.
No other cycle succeeded in using the Crucible. Thousands of cycles have passed. This cycle is the first to use it. There is irresponsibility in even not trying to use the Crucible, the only thing known to possibly defeat the Reapers themselves. There is no other recourse that is responsible. Trying to defeat them conventionally would be repeating the same mistakes of previous cycles, condemning your species to ash.
On retrospect, the Illusive Man was right during Shep's accusation of him being indoctrinated on Thessia: "I could say the same about you, wasting your time on a war that can't be won." To fight the Reapers 100% conventionally would be to submit to their cycle and allow it to continue. To fight them on their own terms, with the Crucible, would be to defeat them.
Modifié par saracen16, 07 août 2012 - 09:24 .