Aller au contenu

Photo

Was the Ending a Hallucination? - Indoctrination Theory Mark III!


  • Ce sujet est fermé Ce sujet est fermé
80611 réponses à ce sujet

#19201
Bill Casey

Bill Casey
  • Members
  • 7 609 messages
What if they want Shepard to pull a Revan and be a villain in a coinciding piece?
Ending DLC would **** that up...

What if they want it to be like Blade Runner, where it's one of the great unanswered questions that is debated until the end of time?
Ending DLC would **** that up...

Modifié par Bill Casey, 05 septembre 2012 - 01:42 .


#19202
FreddyCast

FreddyCast
  • Members
  • 329 messages

AragonShadslayer wrote...

FreddyCast wrote...

Hey guys, I've been debating smudboy on his new vid on youtube. And it seems so awkward that someone so smart and intelligent is so ignorant of what IT actually states.
Here's the comments in Chronological order.

Me: "Although ME didn't have a storyline covering Shepard's indoctrination, it does however show Shepard being exposed to Reaper Indoctrination and showing symptoms of it throughout ME2 and ME3. Something which smudboy seems to not know.
Just look at this vid.
watch?v=4S3YW5cKrSQ"

smodboy: "Shepard, and others, are exposed to various Reaper artifacts in ME2 and ME3. However, Vendetta is very clear: no one in the party is indoctrinated. Shepard and co. are not showing any symptoms."

Me: "IT states that Shepard has been exposed to the indoctrination process, being attacked with indoctrination attempts on his mind, NOT that he is already indoctrinated. He only becomes indoctrinated if he chooses Control/Synthesis. It's unbelievable how many Non-ITers make this mistake."

smudboy: "Speculation, followed by nonsense. It is more unbelievable how gullible, or to guess what fantasy world you live in."

Me: "Part 2 And Vendetta can only detect those who have already been indoctrinated, not those who have been exposed to the indoctrination process. This is why Vendetta and the other Prothean VIs did not detect that the Prothean splinter group (which wanted to control the Reapers instead of destroy them) were indoctrinated until it was too late. Again IT states that Shep has been exposed to the Indoctrination process, NOT that he's already indoctrinated. Check my vid and you'll see what I say is true."

smudboy: "No. Shepard either is or isn't indoctrinated. Same with Benezia, Shiala, and the Salarians on Virmire. You either are pregnant or not; not "sort of" pregnant. ME1 is very clear on this. IT is an interpretative pile, so I have no interest in wasting time on a delusion."

Me: "Anyone with a powerful mental strength can resist indoctrination. Benezia was one of them before she realized she couldn't hold it back any longer and used her powers to make a "haven" in her mind free of indoctrination, which trapped her within her mind until she was injured. Point is, you can be exposed to indoctrination and still not be indoctrinated. Just like you can be exposed to smoking, but not develop cancer. This is what Shepard has been experiencing, which you seem to want to deny."

smudboy: "So? The only exception to not being indoctrinated was Shiala, due to the Thorian. Shepard was just as "indoctrinated" as any of his colleagues were.
Point is, you're indoctrinated, or you're not. You either have cancer, or you don't.
There is no evidence of Shepard experiencing the effects of indoctrination. He is exhibiting no symptoms that Benezia described, nor behaving like the Solarians on Virmire. Vendetta did not detect it.
You are deluded."

Me: "In-game evidence proves you wrong.
Shepard was exposed to a Reaper vision with a subliminal message, electromagnetic waves, and infrasonic noise in Arrival DLC.
He sees ghostly "presences", hears Reaper noise in the background, whispers of indoctrination, and infrasonic sound in all three Dreams.
He also shows symptoms, of betraying friends (Mordin, Wrex, Legion), trusting enemies (TIM inthe Catalyst convo.), and viewing the Reaper with superstitious awe (boy as Catalyst).
Read Indoc. codex"

Calling me delusional for having a different interpretation of ME3's ending is silly, biased, and closed-minded of him.


You forgot to mention the Rachni Queen and the "Oily Shadows" which we see in Shepard's dreams.

The "ghostly" presences is what I meant by Oily shadows in the dream. I wanted to use the words that was used in the Indoc codex. Oily shadows isn't mentioned in the Indoc codex, but it's clear that those oily shadows are "ghostly" presences.

#19203
Home run MF

Home run MF
  • Members
  • 805 messages

Bill Casey wrote...

What if they want Shepard to pull a Revan and be a villain in a coinciding piece?
Ending DLC would **** that up...

What if they want it to be like Blade Runner, where it's one of the great unanswered questions that is debated until the end of time?
Ending DLC would **** that up...


I have news for you, Ridley already said something about that.

#19204
Rifneno

Rifneno
  • Members
  • 12 076 messages

Bill Casey wrote...

What if they want Shepard to pull a Revan and be a villain in a coinciding piece?
Ending DLC would **** that up...

What if they want it to be like Blade Runner, where it's one of the great unanswered questions that is debated until the end of time?
Ending DLC would **** that up...


That's just stupid.  Deckard's biology being speculative had a deeper moral point: you're supposed to ask yourself "if we can't figure it out, then maybe the two aren't so different?"  There's no deeper meaning to intended IT without closure.  It's just BW's writers trying to be deep and sucking like holy hell at it.  More importantly, the fate of trillions of lives doesn't depend on Deckard's biology.  Without post-breath scene content, the Reapers are never dealt with in IT.  Some things can be ambiguous.  Whether the galactic genocide monsters are stopped is NOT one of them.  That is not negotiable.

#19205
desert_beagle

desert_beagle
  • Members
  • 74 messages

Rifneno wrote...

Bill Casey wrote...

What if they want Shepard to pull a Revan and be a villain in a coinciding piece?
Ending DLC would **** that up...

What if they want it to be like Blade Runner, where it's one of the great unanswered questions that is debated until the end of time?
Ending DLC would **** that up...


That's just stupid.  Deckard's biology being speculative had a deeper moral point: you're supposed to ask yourself "if we can't figure it out, then maybe the two aren't so different?"  There's no deeper meaning to intended IT without closure.  It's just BW's writers trying to be deep and sucking like holy hell at it.  More importantly, the fate of trillions of lives doesn't depend on Deckard's biology.  Without post-breath scene content, the Reapers are never dealt with in IT.  Some things can be ambiguous.  Whether the galactic genocide monsters are stopped is NOT one of them.  That is not negotiable.


+1

#19206
XXIceColdXX

XXIceColdXX
  • Members
  • 1 230 messages

TJBartlemus wrote...

OneWithTheAssassins wrote...

So what, IT is dead and Bioware never intended it in the first place and there won't be and post-breath dlc like project x?
I'm losing faith here people, I need a boost in hope.


WNT is still alive and kicking. ;) No one has yet given a single thing that disproves it. It's almost like it's troll proof!!!

Regarding the IT...I think that nothing has changed in my understanding of it. Why people listen to trolls confuses the hell out of me...

EDIT - Seriously I am leaving now. For reals. See ya in a couple days!!! ^_^

I havent spent the time to read through the WNT. Ill read through your OP later on.

#19207
Arian Dynas

Arian Dynas
  • Members
  • 3 799 messages
Hey guys. Been getting shotgunned by college classes. What have I been missing?

#19208
FFZero

FFZero
  • Members
  • 1 072 messages

Arian Dynas wrote...

Hey guys. Been getting shotgunned by college classes. What have I been missing?



Trolls, drama and some speculations brought on by Leviathan. Oh and more drama.

#19209
Arian Dynas

Arian Dynas
  • Members
  • 3 799 messages

FFZero wrote...

Arian Dynas wrote...

Hey guys. Been getting shotgunned by college classes. What have I been missing?



Trolls, drama and some speculations brought on by Leviathan. Oh and more drama.


Business as usual then eh?

#19210
OneWithTheAssassins

OneWithTheAssassins
  • Members
  • 462 messages

FFZero wrote...

Arian Dynas wrote...

Hey guys. Been getting shotgunned by college classes. What have I been missing?



Trolls, drama and some speculations brought on by Leviathan. Oh and more drama.

But mostly drama and doubt spreading through the ranks.

#19211
Arian Dynas

Arian Dynas
  • Members
  • 3 799 messages

OneWithTheAssassins wrote...

FFZero wrote...

Arian Dynas wrote...

Hey guys. Been getting shotgunned by college classes. What have I been missing?



Trolls, drama and some speculations brought on by Leviathan. Oh and more drama.

But mostly drama and doubt spreading through the ranks.


:unsure: To be honest, I feel kinda guilty at not being here as much lately...

#19212
byne

byne
  • Members
  • 7 813 messages
Arian!

#19213
Dwailing

Dwailing
  • Members
  • 4 566 messages

Arian Dynas wrote...

OneWithTheAssassins wrote...

FFZero wrote...

Arian Dynas wrote...

Hey guys. Been getting shotgunned by college classes. What have I been missing?



Trolls, drama and some speculations brought on by Leviathan. Oh and more drama.

But mostly drama and doubt spreading through the ranks.


:unsure: To be honest, I feel kinda guilty at not being here as much lately...


I'd link you to my recent hypothesis about the reason that the Leviathans created The Intelligence under the assumption that synthetics would always destroy organics, but I can't find the page that I put the added bits on.  Anyone remember?

#19214
Arian Dynas

Arian Dynas
  • Members
  • 3 799 messages
Ohai byne.

#19215
FFZero

FFZero
  • Members
  • 1 072 messages

Arian Dynas wrote...

OneWithTheAssassins wrote...

FFZero wrote...

Arian Dynas wrote...

Hey guys. Been getting shotgunned by college classes. What have I been missing?



Trolls, drama and some speculations brought on by Leviathan. Oh and more drama.

But mostly drama and doubt spreading through the ranks.


:unsure: To be honest, I feel kinda guilty at not being here as much lately...


Honestly I can understand why they feel that way. I’m starting to. It’s all starting to sound like the ME team wrote themselves into a corner and didn’t know how to end the trilogy themselves, so they came up with this BS and thought it would be good enough.

However if they don’t end up using IT in any way to save the ending I’m banking on them making a conventional victory DLC of some kind. I said earlier there are a few reasons why they could/would do this.

1. By making a conventional victory possible they don’t ****** off the Pro or Anti-ITers and we get a better ending.

2. Why would they keep adding war assets and recruitable allies like the Leviathans in DLC if they don’t have a plan like this? Also why would they add more lines to the Catalyst? It seems like a waste of time/resources that could be put elsewhere.

Modifié par FFZero, 05 septembre 2012 - 02:26 .


#19216
byne

byne
  • Members
  • 7 813 messages

Arian Dynas wrote...

Ohai byne.


Long time no see!

I thought you got trapped under one of your text walls or something... :unsure:

#19217
TSA_383

TSA_383
  • Members
  • 2 013 messages

spotlessvoid wrote...

byne wrote...

spotlessvoid wrote...

There is not a shred of ambiguity in Jessica's tweet, and given that context, I'm taking Mike's at face value..
Whatever their intention was, they've lost my attention. Good luck my friends


So Jessica, who doesnt actually know what Gamble is planning, said something, and Gamble didnt actually confirm it, but just said something we already knew, and you lose hope?

Ok I guess.


I'm just done with them. Nothing in game has ever proven IT wrong. I know. But either Jessica was wrong and Gamble is being coy, or Jessica was right and that was Mike's agreement but can't be bothered to say it simply. Whatever, I'm done waiting for a non community manager to say something clearly. I would love nothing more than to like a foll who gave up too soon....but I just....all good things must come to an end. For me personally, I just came to my end.


Nothing but love for all of you, but I'm done. 

This is exactly how I feel and it's why I've not been around so much lately.

#19218
Bill Casey

Bill Casey
  • Members
  • 7 609 messages

Home run MF wrote...

Bill Casey wrote...

What if they want Shepard to pull a Revan and be a villain in a coinciding piece?
Ending DLC would **** that up...

What if they want it to be like Blade Runner, where it's one of the great unanswered questions that is debated until the end of time?
Ending DLC would **** that up...


I have news for you, Ridley already said something about that.


It's not news to me...
I have talked multiple times about how it took Ridley Scott twenty years to confirm Deckard was a replicant...
I know all about that, and how Quaid is still in Rekall...

Modifié par Bill Casey, 05 septembre 2012 - 02:33 .


#19219
Dwailing

Dwailing
  • Members
  • 4 566 messages
OK Arian, here's my hypothesis: http://social.biowar...20/blog/220828/

#19220
Bill Casey

Bill Casey
  • Members
  • 7 609 messages

Rifneno wrote...

That's just stupid.  Deckard's biology being speculative had a deeper moral point: you're supposed to ask yourself "if we can't figure it out, then maybe the two aren't so different?"  There's no deeper meaning to intended IT without closure.  It's just BW's writers trying to be deep and sucking like holy hell at it.  More importantly, the fate of trillions of lives doesn't depend on Deckard's biology.  Without post-breath scene content, the Reapers are never dealt with in IT.  Some things can be ambiguous.  Whether the galactic genocide monsters are stopped is NOT one of them.  That is not negotiable.

It's implied that we will win...
You need everything spoonfed to you...

Modifié par Bill Casey, 05 septembre 2012 - 02:37 .


#19221
Dwailing

Dwailing
  • Members
  • 4 566 messages

TSA_383 wrote...

spotlessvoid wrote...

byne wrote...

spotlessvoid wrote...

There is not a shred of ambiguity in Jessica's tweet, and given that context, I'm taking Mike's at face value..
Whatever their intention was, they've lost my attention. Good luck my friends


So Jessica, who doesnt actually know what Gamble is planning, said something, and Gamble didnt actually confirm it, but just said something we already knew, and you lose hope?

Ok I guess.


I'm just done with them. Nothing in game has ever proven IT wrong. I know. But either Jessica was wrong and Gamble is being coy, or Jessica was right and that was Mike's agreement but can't be bothered to say it simply. Whatever, I'm done waiting for a non community manager to say something clearly. I would love nothing more than to like a foll who gave up too soon....but I just....all good things must come to an end. For me personally, I just came to my end.


Nothing but love for all of you, but I'm done. 

This is exactly how I feel and it's why I've not been around so much lately.


Don't give up yet!  Note that Gamble didn't affirm what Jessica said about DLC, only what she said about the next game.  There's still hope!

#19222
Bill Casey

Bill Casey
  • Members
  • 7 609 messages
I'm pretty disgusted with all of this "DLC or Bust" nonsense...

#19223
JamieCOTC

JamieCOTC
  • Members
  • 6 355 messages

Rifneno wrote...
 It's just BW's writers trying to be deep and sucking like holy hell at it. 


Pretty much. I understand people not wanting to believe this, but this is what happened.  It's sad, even tragic, but what's done is done.  I never believed in IT, but I did think it was a beautiful concept and really showed off the imagination and determination of the fans.

#19224
Bill Casey

Bill Casey
  • Members
  • 7 609 messages
IT is correct...
The ending is perfect...

#19225
Arashi08

Arashi08
  • Members
  • 612 messages

Rifneno wrote...

Bill Casey wrote...

What if they want Shepard to pull a Revan and be a villain in a coinciding piece?
Ending DLC would **** that up...

What if they want it to be like Blade Runner, where it's one of the great unanswered questions that is debated until the end of time?
Ending DLC would **** that up...


That's just stupid.  Deckard's biology being speculative had a deeper moral point: you're supposed to ask yourself "if we can't figure it out, then maybe the two aren't so different?"  There's no deeper meaning to intended IT without closure.  It's just BW's writers trying to be deep and sucking like holy hell at it.  More importantly, the fate of trillions of lives doesn't depend on Deckard's biology.  Without post-breath scene content, the Reapers are never dealt with in IT.  Some things can be ambiguous.  Whether the galactic genocide monsters are stopped is NOT one of them.  That is not negotiable.


I agree, if the literal ending was all we got, them BW FAILED at trying to be deep and complex.  A GOOD story has real closure.  If you have to use an open ending, then at least have it mean something.  this ending doesn't seem to have any real meaning to it that is meaningful to the story.  it is a weak, weak ending, no matter how you slice it...

I feel that If BioWare truly intended this and ended up pissing off so many people, then the game failed at its storytelling and they need to own up to it and stop pretending like their ending is the best thing in the world.  if people don't like the ending to the story, then chances are it wasn't a good ending, and ultimately that means the story ultimately wasn't that good either.