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[jla0644]

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Most of the evidence for IT doesn't count as evidence, imo. If you want my reasons you have to read, sorry.


Obviously no one is going to change their minds on the IT at this point. You either believe it and nothing will convince you otherwise, or you don't and no amount of "evidence" will convince you. This doesn't seem to stop anyone from arguing about, however, because what else are we going to do while waiting for the EC?

Many of you IT proponents don't seem to really understand why some of us don't believe your interpretation. It seems you prefer to think we're just haters, or we simply haven't heard all your amazing evidence and seen all your wonderful videos yet. But most of us don't hate it just to hate it, and most of us have seen all your alledged evidence many, many times.

I've said many times that I'm not convinced by your arguments. The reason is that once you really examine everything, the entire theory is nothing but specious reasoning, meaningless events that have been way over-anyalyzed, and "evidence" that I don't think should even be considered. Most of it boils down to what I consider to be criteria for evidence.

1. If IT is true, it has to be something that everyone can pick up on, even if ME3 is their introduction to the ME universe. Bioware has said ME3 is a great place to start, and they woudn't make it to where only people who have played the first two games can understand the ending. So stuff from the first 2 games, stuff from the books or comics, is not evidence, unless it is explained well enough in ME3 -- and I don't just mean in the Codex.

2. I disregard anything that has been found by digging through game files, or isn't visible in actual gameplay (i.e. only by using flycam). I shouldn't have to explain why, but it's because none of that helps you figure things out while you're playing. And besides, it's only available to PC players.

3. I don't place any importance on things that occurred AFTER you made your final choice. So the "indoctrinated eyes" in Control and Synthesis, and the "breath scene" in High EMS Destroy, (which seem to be two of the strongest points for most IT proponents) don't mean much to me. They don't help you understand what is happening BEFORE you make your decision. At most, if there was enough evidence leading up to the end, then these things might be confirmations. But I don't think there is enough evidence leading up to the end.

4. Are there other, simpler explanations for IT evidence? In practically every instance the answer is yes, from the kid on earth to the dreams to Vega's humming noise. Do not take this to mean I give a practical answer for everything that doesn't make sense about the game. Some things just don't make sense, but that doesn't mean they point to the IT.

Even if after passing everything through these filters there was enough compelling evidence for the IT, I'd still have a hard time believing it. First, in general I think the whole "it was all in your head" ending is kinda lame. Second, ME has never been about picking up subtle clues and piecing together a big mystery to figure out a twist. Why all of a sudden would ME3 be about that? And  third, I've never bought the idea that Destroy equals "resistance". Doesn't make sense. You are still accepting one of the Catalyst's options. If there was a "Reject all options" option, you might have a better case.

I don't expect to change anyone's mind. But perhaps some of the more reasonable IT proponents will realize why not everyone finds their "evidence" so compelling. But seeing as how even those that admit it's only their opinion have to back this up by saying "but the evidence is so obvious it HAS to be true", I don't hold out much hope for that either.