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HagarIshay wrote...

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well, I think shepard was influenced by arrival, but not indoctrinated... kinda like how grayson was for the first few days... just resisting.

I dont really consider that indoctrination... more like a indoctrination attempt.



i answered the first question on another post... 


Yet again, the reapers didn't try hard enough. It would have been safer for them to try and indoctrinate Shepard. Just because one (sloppy) attempt didn't suceed, does it mean it's not possible at all to do it?



well I think the minor attempt has been going thoughout me3.... just chipping away at shepards will, and resitance.

then they hit him again at the end. 



that what I think anyways...

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SauliusL wrote...

HagarIshay wrote...

SauliusL wrote...

It is mentioned more than couple of times that Shepard is extraordinary strong willed. Maybe even Reapers did not expect that it would be so hard to indoctrinate him? Maybe they tried since Arrival, but saw it doesn't work and decided that Mr. Harbinger himself will do it on close proximity?


So was Grayson. So was Saren. So was TIM. They were all strong willed. That didn't stop the reapers from indoctrinate them. Why is Shepard be the expection if s/he was indoc? Again, why not simply try to indoc harder?

The reapers let humans guard Shepard in Arrival. They didn't even placed him/her near the artifact for the two days s/he was there. Obviously they didn't try hard enough to indoctrinate. 


Grayson - implanted, Saren - too much time in Sovereign, TIM - playing with reaper tech. All these are facts. All of it made the indoctrination easier.

Shepard in Mass effect universe is an exception. That's why he is the main character.

With TIM controling SHEPARD with indoctriantion in the end, it clearly shows that he is not an exception.

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llbountyhunter wrote...

HagarIshay wrote...

llbountyhunter wrote...


well, I think shepard was influenced by arrival, but not indoctrinated... kinda like how grayson was for the first few days... just resisting.

I dont really consider that indoctrination... more like a indoctrination attempt.



i answered the first question on another post... 


Yet again, the reapers didn't try hard enough. It would have been safer for them to try and indoctrinate Shepard. Just because one (sloppy) attempt didn't suceed, does it mean it's not possible at all to do it?



well I think the minor attempt has been going thoughout me3.... just chipping away at shepards will, and resitance.

then they hit him again at the end. 



that what I think anyways...

aka...the dreams.
Slow indoctriantion.

Modifié par dreman9999, 16 juin 2012 - 05:12 .


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AsheraII wrote...

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You arguments are best described as "theories" :)
But I agree, that it's no proof of anything. It just gives plenty of space for speculations. Equally valid.

Exactly, but they're not a definite truth, and nor is the IT.
IT is an interresting theory, but it's still only a theory. One of many possible theories.

What the OP, and I, and many other IT-ers try to bring across, is that it is still only a theory. But *many* pro-IT-ers try to present it as factual by now. If you don't support it / them, they're personally offended and brand you as a heretic. "Bring out the pitchforks, prepare the stake!", "There is no other solution, it must be IT"

And the thing is repeated over and over and bumped constantly, it's long past the point where the IT is being indoctrinated itself. Post a theory different from IT, and it'll get swamped with complaints how it doesn't fit with IT, how IT is better, and so on, and so on.

Sorry, some people simply don't buy the IT, it doesn't fit with their own experiences, their knowledge of Mass Effect (or even gamedesign overall), they simply have their own theories, or they simply like the endings AS THEY ARE NOW and would like to see some more closure at best instead of some The Matrix 3 flavoured overhaul / turn of events.
But saying any of those things will only result in remarks like "you tooo dumb fo' the IT", followed with those silly screenshots of four-axle MAKO's that we've seen for months by now.


Both sides have interesting personalities. I would not say that one side more than the other. But we cannot categorise people. If some are stupid, why to blame all others?

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dreman9999 wrote...

SauliusL wrote...

HagarIshay wrote...

SauliusL wrote...

It is mentioned more than couple of times that Shepard is extraordinary strong willed. Maybe even Reapers did not expect that it would be so hard to indoctrinate him? Maybe they tried since Arrival, but saw it doesn't work and decided that Mr. Harbinger himself will do it on close proximity?


So was Grayson. So was Saren. So was TIM. They were all strong willed. That didn't stop the reapers from indoctrinate them. Why is Shepard be the expection if s/he was indoc? Again, why not simply try to indoc harder?

The reapers let humans guard Shepard in Arrival. They didn't even placed him/her near the artifact for the two days s/he was there. Obviously they didn't try hard enough to indoctrinate. 


Grayson - implanted, Saren - too much time in Sovereign, TIM - playing with reaper tech. All these are facts. All of it made the indoctrination easier.

Shepard in Mass effect universe is an exception. That's why he is the main character.

With TIM controling SHEPARD with indoctriantion in the end, it clearly shows that he is not an exception.



actually both TIM and grayson resisted full indoctrination for a long time...and there both humans.


arent humans supposed to be special in this game? best suited to be turned into a reaper or something?


*I realized how the post sounded... dont take it to seriously...

Modifié par llbountyhunter, 16 juin 2012 - 05:16 .


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Catamantaloedis wrote...

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If you're attacking the belief that IT is planned, I'm inclined to agree, but with the ending geared to promote lotsa speculation any interpretation is technically valid.
Oh and nice to see your green check marks are still crooked.


You can speculate on the endings. However, you cannot speculate on the facts of the endings which are very clearly presented to us.


not rly. They are presented too wierdly and open to interpretation.

They aren't good, but interpreting it as indoctrination is the best one can make of it to at least be somewhat better then the literal interpretation.

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dreman9999 wrote...

SauliusL wrote...

HagarIshay wrote...

SauliusL wrote...

It is mentioned more than couple of times that Shepard is extraordinary strong willed. Maybe even Reapers did not expect that it would be so hard to indoctrinate him? Maybe they tried since Arrival, but saw it doesn't work and decided that Mr. Harbinger himself will do it on close proximity?


So was Grayson. So was Saren. So was TIM. They were all strong willed. That didn't stop the reapers from indoctrinate them. Why is Shepard be the expection if s/he was indoc? Again, why not simply try to indoc harder?

The reapers let humans guard Shepard in Arrival. They didn't even placed him/her near the artifact for the two days s/he was there. Obviously they didn't try hard enough to indoctrinate. 


Grayson - implanted, Saren - too much time in Sovereign, TIM - playing with reaper tech. All these are facts. All of it made the indoctrination easier.

Shepard in Mass effect universe is an exception. That's why he is the main character.

With TIM controling SHEPARD with indoctriantion in the end, it clearly shows that he is not an exception.


But he almost is :) Even tired, having dreams, wounded and with no backup still manages to resist in one way or another. He is not an exception or immune, but super strong willed for sure.

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SauliusL wrote...

dreman9999 wrote...

SauliusL wrote...

HagarIshay wrote...

SauliusL wrote...

It is mentioned more than couple of times that Shepard is extraordinary strong willed. Maybe even Reapers did not expect that it would be so hard to indoctrinate him? Maybe they tried since Arrival, but saw it doesn't work and decided that Mr. Harbinger himself will do it on close proximity?


So was Grayson. So was Saren. So was TIM. They were all strong willed. That didn't stop the reapers from indoctrinate them. Why is Shepard be the expection if s/he was indoc? Again, why not simply try to indoc harder?

The reapers let humans guard Shepard in Arrival. They didn't even placed him/her near the artifact for the two days s/he was there. Obviously they didn't try hard enough to indoctrinate. 


Grayson - implanted, Saren - too much time in Sovereign, TIM - playing with reaper tech. All these are facts. All of it made the indoctrination easier.

Shepard in Mass effect universe is an exception. That's why he is the main character.

With TIM controling SHEPARD with indoctriantion in the end, it clearly shows that he is not an exception.


But he almost is :) Even tired, having dreams, wounded and with no backup still manages to resist in one way or another. He is not an exception or immune, but super strong willed for sure.

Being resistate to it doen't mean it can't happen to him. It just means he's resistate to it.

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HagarIshay wrote...

llbountyhunter wrote...


well, I think shepard was influenced by arrival, but not indoctrinated... kinda like how grayson was for the first few days... just resisting.

I dont really consider that indoctrination... more like a indoctrination attempt.



i answered the first question on another post... 


Yet again, the reapers didn't try hard enough. It would have been safer for them to try and indoctrinate Shepard. Just because one (sloppy) attempt didn't suceed, does it mean it's not possible at all to do it?


As I said(didnt read that post, i think), They probably never got the chance(the destroyers shepard faced were all pretty much dead already) and didn't bother putting extra effort into taking down shepard(like sending in a reaper fleet to Tuchanka or Rannoch immediately). As for Thessia, i don't think the reapers took notice, honestly. 

I realise this is me trying to find an explanation that supports my viewpoint but it is at least somewhat reasonable, yes? Even if viewed as a plothole, IT is one of the better theories that can fix and improve upon several ME currently has, especially its ending

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Reapers had better ways to do so? How do you know that? You work in bioware?

IT is not confirmed. But never denied also. All speculations are valid at this point.

If reapers made anything similar to Shepard as they did to Grayson - there is no way galaxy would trust him the same way they did. That's why indoctrination to have any use for reapers has to be subtle without Shepard knowing. At least for me that's more than obvious after playing all games, reading codex, and the books.


No, I don't. But I'm talking from what I know about the reapers. I know they are very advanced machine race. I know they have things like what TIM touched. If Shpeard would have touched the same thing, and place him/her near reaper technology, wouldn't the indoctrination be quicker?

And now that I think about it, there were also the Cerberus agents that were near a delerict reaper. They were not mindless husks (until they made themselves, that is).

I know the IT was not denied. But we don't need to treat it as it was (not need to treat it as it completley false, of course).

Like I said, if the reapers will only indoc Shepard, not upgrade him/her, then why wouldn't people trust Shepard? Shepard will look the same, and after the reapers will read his mind, s/he will also sound the same.

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dreman9999 wrote...

Who said they stopped. What do you think the dreams are?


Wild guess: The dreams were dreams. What a surprise...

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The problem with disproving the IT is that there is no proof of it to begin with, it's jsut a lot of loose ends that people have been speculationg and fanticising about... It's like an old fashiend witchhunt, it would never hold in any court it the purpose was to prove a crome had hapend, assuming the indoctrination was the crime.

The best proof against the IT is the lack of proof to the contrary. There is no single piece of evidence that tells us 100% that Shepard was indoctrinated, or that shepard was indoctrinated to the lvl needed for the IT to be valid. Reused graphics or Keeper salvaged materials is no proof of anything.

To me IT seems to have become a religious cult that's more interested in protecting it's "Faith" thereby all evidence and reasoning would be pointless. Secondly since all the evidence for IT are loosely knit anomalies with no explanation or indication given by the originator of this piece of art/story any of these things can be interpreted in one of hundreds of different ways. Only afew would intercept with IT, and for IT to hold all anomalies must be interpreted in a way that supports IT or it fails.

However, since IT is no longer about reasoning or logic or proof but a leap of "Faith" there is nothing left to discuss. The only valid question is, do you support IT as your religion? Does it comfort you when the ending becommes to painful, does it bring you solave when shepard stands there saying he/she doesn't know. Does it bring you a feeling of relief each time the Catalyst tells you the "truth" that shepard won't question, that doesn't matter because you have your "Faith"? Then you are an IT cultist.
Normaly I wouldn't care at all but it's getting a little tiresome to see an IT person jump into every thread and say it's untrue mention something about IT and link the IT threads that have been bumped to the top of the forums for moths... We all know there are there thank you very much. We have seen them, it's hard to miss the works of the space jehovas of Mass effect.
I'm sure the future of the Mass effect francise will picture Sheard like some kind of messia among pretty much all the races in the galaxy... Not sure about the Batarians , they could be the exception but Sheaprd did save them aswell.
I'm not looking for an opportunity to bash anyone in particular idea/s but all this IT evangelism is getting out of hand, I was hoping it would quiet down after a while. Maybe the EC will slow it down even if it won't route it out. Having their visions fail and proven wrong and forcing them to reevaluate didn't disband the Jehovas. They just adapted and whatever hapend they would "edit" their beliefs to keep it alive.

I wonder what it will sound like when the 5th installment is about to hit.. Well people IT didn't get proven in the 4th installment but we found a lot of anomalities indicating that something weird is indeed going on, out belief is stronger than ever before, the 5th game will prove it!

I'm actualy starting to look forward to the EC even if it's crap.. I'm sure a few things will amuse me at the very least. And I love the ME universe even if the ME3 ending was horrible in it's execution. New cinematics will be welcome.


Partly true, but the focus on the religious portion of IT does expose some fallacy as well. Many of us just think that IT could work well if put into ME3, especially since there are already some clues(who are not proof, evidently) supporting IT. 




I'm sure some IT arn't as fanatical as others, but sometimes it feels like they are always entering threads, saying IT is the only truth even if it's loosely relevant to the thread in question and linking the IT threads.
I don't like the current ending, I can understand the need for it to be a hallucination, dream or anything but the truth.
But it feels like some people are referign to the IT in any given situation as if hoping that it will save the game if they make it seem like the only thing fans care about, therefor Bioware have to include it.
Im starting to get a little bored with it. a few days agao I didn't care much about IT I was still ignorign it hoping it would go away but it's still here, after months of bumping. months of repeated linking of old IT threads. months of turning anything gamerelated to have somethign to do with the IT. I know the feeling... most of the game makes me remebmer the ME3 ending that was horrible. Yet  I can't subscribe to an idea and see it as the only answer when it lacks any kind of proof or credibility to make it better than all other ideas out there.
Personaly  I think the people at Bioware ran out of time and put in the "original" ending, I don't think its a new ending at all... It's the original sketching of an ending with no extra work to make it a good ending that fits the story of ME that has evolved since the sketched ending was first concived years back.
After that the game evolved the universe evolved with the Krogan, the geth the quarians and countless stories and adventure that changed the theme of the series. Also the basic endign need fine tuning and personalization to fit more than one shepard, however there was no time for that and maybe they are out of disc space/console memory and other issues. Also the original writer/s might have objected to several changes in the game and it's story that put the ending out of sync with eachother.

All in all I think the failure of the ending is a combination of fan expectaions and human failure to predict the need that was there. Like the people on the pressconference said, they didn't expect the needs of their fans.
It was probably that simple, no need for a huge conspiracy that does more harm than good for the people supposedly behind the conspiracy... Be that the company or employees, disgruntled or otherwise.

I think it's all very simple, it's not a theory that requier proof or that I care about proving or that I care if anyone belives.
It will be very interestign to see the EC and see what BW thinks the fanns need, and what the "fans" reaction will be.
Im going to make a point of trying the EC before reading what everyone else things, just the way I experienced the original ending. That way my thoguht's will be myown, then it will be interesting to see what other fans thinks about it.

This is my advice, try the EC before you read other peoples reviews about it. It's more fun that way and then you got your own ideas to compare with other people's thought's on the subject. Instead of jumping on the bandvagon before checking it out.  You might miss out on something otherwise.

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dreman9999 wrote...

SauliusL wrote...

dreman9999 wrote...

SauliusL wrote...

HagarIshay wrote...

SauliusL wrote...

It is mentioned more than couple of times that Shepard is extraordinary strong willed. Maybe even Reapers did not expect that it would be so hard to indoctrinate him? Maybe they tried since Arrival, but saw it doesn't work and decided that Mr. Harbinger himself will do it on close proximity?


So was Grayson. So was Saren. So was TIM. They were all strong willed. That didn't stop the reapers from indoctrinate them. Why is Shepard be the expection if s/he was indoc? Again, why not simply try to indoc harder?

The reapers let humans guard Shepard in Arrival. They didn't even placed him/her near the artifact for the two days s/he was there. Obviously they didn't try hard enough to indoctrinate. 


Grayson - implanted, Saren - too much time in Sovereign, TIM - playing with reaper tech. All these are facts. All of it made the indoctrination easier.

Shepard in Mass effect universe is an exception. That's why he is the main character.

With TIM controling SHEPARD with indoctriantion in the end, it clearly shows that he is not an exception.


But he almost is :) Even tired, having dreams, wounded and with no backup still manages to resist in one way or another. He is not an exception or immune, but super strong willed for sure.

Being resistate to it doen't mean it can't happen to him. It just means he's resistate to it.


That is exactly what I mean. Sorry if I made myself not clear enough :)

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HagarIshay wrote...

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well technically at the later stages, he WAS a mindless husk... he had no control over his body actions, whil TIM does.. it was also pretty obvious that grayson was not completly human anymore.


the reapers may view it as a trap... the fleet doesnt seem to do much damage to the reapers anyways.

perhaps they underestimated shepard?


Right, he wasn't. Just like Shepard will not have control over his/her actions. But he did talk like he was fine.

Does it matter? Better safe than sorry, no?

And if the fleet don't do damage, how will Shepard defeat the reapers without the crucible?



1.it makes more sense for the reapers to try to take out the whole fleet as well.

2. that will presumably be answers in EC...

however  it is possibe that IT can be a way to actually defeat the repears. (my personal speculation at this point)

in my eyes I view IT as a huge, epic mental boss battle with harbinger. perhaps, after choosing detroy, harbinger is destroyed in the real-world, or maybe even the reaper fleets shields are taken down. (similar to how killing saren disabled sovereign in me1), this then allows the alliance fleet to have fair odds in destroying the reapers and a chance for your war-assets and choices to shine. 

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Well this is going to take a long time. And as soon as we all reach a better level of understanding and leave another bunch of people are going to argue the same crap all over again.

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You can't prove IT is wrong. You can't prove IT is right. Wait for the EC.

The only thing you CAN do is not attack people for believing IT was used in ME3. My first play through I saw the kid run through the locked door, the oily shadows, the gigantic dialog wheel in the end, a bunch of things that just screamed "something is wrong!" to me. IT clicked everything into place, and the indoctrination of the player blew my mind.

Is it what Bioware did in the final product? I don't know, but the truth is, YOU don't know either. Be civil guys.

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SauliusL wrote...

Grayson - implanted, Saren - too much time in Sovereign, TIM - playing with reaper tech. All these are facts. All of it made the indoctrination easier.

Shepard in Mass effect universe is an exception. That's why he is the main character.


Exactly. So what is the problem take Shepard and place him/her near a reaper? Or let him/her be near reaper tech? Was the artifact supose tp make Shepard mindless indoc? S/he wouldn't be a usefull tool...

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Catamantaloedis wrote...

 The most pathetically astonishing contribution that this community has granted to the Internet is one of the most detestable gathering of unrelated ideas, speculations, non sequiturs, fallacies, optimistic guesses, and genuine idiocies ever assembled among humankind. It is the most vile, repugant denial of apparent truth, being, of course, the ending of the Mass Effect series, which is (quite apparently) meant to be taken at a literal, face value. Therefore I ask, I demand, that each person reevaluate his interpretation of the ending. Do so long, and hard. Finally, realize the delusion of your ways and the fallacy of the Indoctrination Delusion and reject is as it is and as it always has been--the fan fiction of a mentally disturbed 10 year old child which has reached the very levels of religion. It is delusion. It is a lie.

http://desmond.image...ng&res=landing 

Wow.

Some of what you say may be true, but that doesnt make it any less of a childish, self righteous and supremely stupid way of thinking.  I have my own serious issues with the ending, but trying to take the high road while simultaneously belittling others and providing no actual evidence of why the ending should be taken literally makes you look like a ****ing infantile fanboy.  Grow up and realize that people are going to have different view points.

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HagarIshay wrote...

dreman9999 wrote...

Who said they stopped. What do you think the dreams are?


Wild guess: The dreams were dreams. What a surprise...



well, the dreams DO have those reaper noises, and the last dream showed shepard dying with the kid?

I dont its very common for that to happen in a normal-uninfluenced dream. also in one dream shepard wasnt even in his bed! he was sitting down, looking at a datapad!

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Catamantaloedis wrote...

 The most pathetically astonishing contribution that this community has granted to the Internet is one of the most detestable gathering of unrelated ideas, speculations, non sequiturs, fallacies, optimistic guesses, and genuine idiocies ever assembled among humankind. It is the most vile, repugant denial of apparent truth, being, of course, the ending of the Mass Effect series, which is (quite apparently) meant to be taken at a literal, face value. Therefore I ask, I demand, that each person reevaluate his interpretation of the ending. Do so long, and hard. Finally, realize the delusion of your ways and the fallacy of the Indoctrination Delusion and reject is as it is and as it always has been--the fan fiction of a mentally disturbed 10 year old child which has reached the very levels of religion. It is delusion. It is a lie.

http://desmond.image...ng&res=landing 


You mad bros? I think you just need a big hug!! :devil:

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HagarIshay wrote...

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Reapers had better ways to do so? How do you know that? You work in bioware?

IT is not confirmed. But never denied also. All speculations are valid at this point.

If reapers made anything similar to Shepard as they did to Grayson - there is no way galaxy would trust him the same way they did. That's why indoctrination to have any use for reapers has to be subtle without Shepard knowing. At least for me that's more than obvious after playing all games, reading codex, and the books.


No, I don't. But I'm talking from what I know about the reapers. I know they are very advanced machine race. I know they have things like what TIM touched. If Shpeard would have touched the same thing, and place him/her near reaper technology, wouldn't the indoctrination be quicker?

And now that I think about it, there were also the Cerberus agents that were near a delerict reaper. They were not mindless husks (until they made themselves, that is).

I know the IT was not denied. But we don't need to treat it as it was (not need to treat it as it completley false, of course).

Like I said, if the reapers will only indoc Shepard, not upgrade him/her, then why wouldn't people trust Shepard? Shepard will look the same, and after the reapers will read his mind, s/he will also sound the same.

Yes - why reapers didn't put some secret derelict into Normandy to make the indoctrination quicker - that is a question only writers can answer. I have seen plenty of good movies where things could have gotten one way, but went another because director chose so, and it was better and gave more to the storyline.

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NoSpin wrote...

You can't prove IT is wrong. You can't prove IT is right. Wait for the EC.

The only thing you CAN do is not attack people for believing IT was used in ME3. My first play through I saw the kid run through the locked door, the oily shadows, the gigantic dialog wheel in the end, a bunch of things that just screamed "something is wrong!" to me. IT clicked everything into place, and the indoctrination of the player blew my mind.

Is it what Bioware did in the final product? I don't know, but the truth is, YOU don't know either. Be civil guys.


Agree with you but the OP makes a lot of troll threads 

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1.it makes more sense for the reapers to try to take out the whole fleet as well.

2. that will presumably be answers in EC...

however  it is possibe that IT can be a way to actually defeat the repears. (my personal speculation at this point)

in my eyes I view IT as a huge, epic mental boss battle with harbinger. perhaps, after choosing detroy, harbinger is destroyed in the real-world, or maybe even the reaper fleets shields are taken down. (similar to how killing saren disabled sovereign in me1), this then allows the alliance fleet to have fair odds in destroying the reapers and a chance for your war-assets and choices to shine. 




1. Can they do that? If they can, then why not? 

2. The reapers are independet, no? If one reaper's shield has been taken out, does it mean every other reaper got his sheild taken out?

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shodiswe wrote...

OrginaVendor wrote...

shodiswe wrote...

The problem with disproving the IT is that there is no proof of it to begin with, it's jsut a lot of loose ends that people have been speculationg and fanticising about... It's like an old fashiend witchhunt, it would never hold in any court it the purpose was to prove a crome had hapend, assuming the indoctrination was the crime.

The best proof against the IT is the lack of proof to the contrary. There is no single piece of evidence that tells us 100% that Shepard was indoctrinated, or that shepard was indoctrinated to the lvl needed for the IT to be valid. Reused graphics or Keeper salvaged materials is no proof of anything.

To me IT seems to have become a religious cult that's more interested in protecting it's "Faith" thereby all evidence and reasoning would be pointless. Secondly since all the evidence for IT are loosely knit anomalies with no explanation or indication given by the originator of this piece of art/story any of these things can be interpreted in one of hundreds of different ways. Only afew would intercept with IT, and for IT to hold all anomalies must be interpreted in a way that supports IT or it fails.

However, since IT is no longer about reasoning or logic or proof but a leap of "Faith" there is nothing left to discuss. The only valid question is, do you support IT as your religion? Does it comfort you when the ending becommes to painful, does it bring you solave when shepard stands there saying he/she doesn't know. Does it bring you a feeling of relief each time the Catalyst tells you the "truth" that shepard won't question, that doesn't matter because you have your "Faith"? Then you are an IT cultist.
Normaly I wouldn't care at all but it's getting a little tiresome to see an IT person jump into every thread and say it's untrue mention something about IT and link the IT threads that have been bumped to the top of the forums for moths... We all know there are there thank you very much. We have seen them, it's hard to miss the works of the space jehovas of Mass effect.
I'm sure the future of the Mass effect francise will picture Sheard like some kind of messia among pretty much all the races in the galaxy... Not sure about the Batarians , they could be the exception but Sheaprd did save them aswell.
I'm not looking for an opportunity to bash anyone in particular idea/s but all this IT evangelism is getting out of hand, I was hoping it would quiet down after a while. Maybe the EC will slow it down even if it won't route it out. Having their visions fail and proven wrong and forcing them to reevaluate didn't disband the Jehovas. They just adapted and whatever hapend they would "edit" their beliefs to keep it alive.

I wonder what it will sound like when the 5th installment is about to hit.. Well people IT didn't get proven in the 4th installment but we found a lot of anomalities indicating that something weird is indeed going on, out belief is stronger than ever before, the 5th game will prove it!

I'm actualy starting to look forward to the EC even if it's crap.. I'm sure a few things will amuse me at the very least. And I love the ME universe even if the ME3 ending was horrible in it's execution. New cinematics will be welcome.


Partly true, but the focus on the religious portion of IT does expose some fallacy as well. Many of us just think that IT could work well if put into ME3, especially since there are already some clues(who are not proof, evidently) supporting IT. 




I'm sure some IT arn't as fanatical as others, but sometimes it feels like they are always entering threads, saying IT is the only truth even if it's loosely relevant to the thread in question and linking the IT threads.
I don't like the current ending, I can understand the need for it to be a hallucination, dream or anything but the truth.
But it feels like some people are referign to the IT in any given situation as if hoping that it will save the game if they make it seem like the only thing fans care about, therefor Bioware have to include it.
Im starting to get a little bored with it. a few days agao I didn't care much about IT I was still ignorign it hoping it would go away but it's still here, after months of bumping. months of repeated linking of old IT threads. months of turning anything gamerelated to have somethign to do with the IT. I know the feeling... most of the game makes me remebmer the ME3 ending that was horrible. Yet  I can't subscribe to an idea and see it as the only answer when it lacks any kind of proof or credibility to make it better than all other ideas out there.
Personaly  I think the people at Bioware ran out of time and put in the "original" ending, I don't think its a new ending at all... It's the original sketching of an ending with no extra work to make it a good ending that fits the story of ME that has evolved since the sketched ending was first concived years back.
After that the game evolved the universe evolved with the Krogan, the geth the quarians and countless stories and adventure that changed the theme of the series. Also the basic endign need fine tuning and personalization to fit more than one shepard, however there was no time for that and maybe they are out of disc space/console memory and other issues. Also the original writer/s might have objected to several changes in the game and it's story that put the ending out of sync with eachother.

All in all I think the failure of the ending is a combination of fan expectaions and human failure to predict the need that was there. Like the people on the pressconference said, they didn't expect the needs of their fans.
It was probably that simple, no need for a huge conspiracy that does more harm than good for the people supposedly behind the conspiracy... Be that the company or employees, disgruntled or otherwise.

I think it's all very simple, it's not a theory that requier proof or that I care about proving or that I care if anyone belives.
It will be very interestign to see the EC and see what BW thinks the fanns need, and what the "fans" reaction will be.
Im going to make a point of trying the EC before reading what everyone else things, just the way I experienced the original ending. That way my thoguht's will be myown, then it will be interesting to see what other fans thinks about it.

This is my advice, try the EC before you read other peoples reviews about it. It's more fun that way and then you got your own ideas to compare with other people's thought's on the subject. Instead of jumping on the bandvagon before checking it out.  You might miss out on something otherwise.


Yeah that is actually pretty good advice, unless EC is even more depressing than the current ending, haha. Nah i'm the type who just thinks IT is something that that can better the story we currently have, being pretty ambitious without being too big of a stretch. Far from perfect, obviously, which gives all the anti-IT ppl a lot to latch on to, but ultimately very workable. I myself don't really believe that BW planned it from the beginning anymore, though. 

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llbountyhunter wrote...

HagarIshay wrote...

dreman9999 wrote...

Who said they stopped. What do you think the dreams are?


Wild guess: The dreams were dreams. What a surprise...



well, the dreams DO have those reaper noises, and the last dream showed shepard dying with the kid?

I dont its very common for that to happen in a normal-uninfluenced dream. also in one dream shepard wasnt even in his bed! he was sitting down, looking at a datapad!





Yesterday I watched a movie "Take shelter". I wonder how anti ITers would comment on the dreams the main character is having there.
By the way it's quite a good movie.