[LivParticipant]

Oh man, @jkomouse I think both of those fears are going to be played with. A lot. Good luck to you!

[LivParticipant]

Does anyone know what the difference between “Spectator” and “Blocked” is?

[LivParticipant]

Very nice!

[LivParticipant]

Good point, Chelsea. I hadn’t even thought of that. Of course “help” could also be used in that form. If that’s the case, I wonder what she requires help with? Creating oracles?

@shinobi that’s very interesting! I don’t recall if anyone else has said she introduced herself that way. I don’t think she ever introduced herself to me one way or the other, come to think of it…

[LivParticipant]

“To those who are trying to save me, simply come and help your own damn selves”

At first I was wondering if Addison was actually asking for help, like please come help me, but with the new translation, I’m thinking that’s not the case. I think the rest of what I have to say might have mild spoilers so I’m just gonna waste some characters here and write SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS. Hopefully that will be enough. Ok let’s see… So the first time I went through Ascension I ended up on a path of trying to “save” Addison. I was in the red room with her and the entire cast, as she asked me why I was there. Once I told her and mentioned her father, she got VERY upset and started going on about how he couldn’t save her and no one could. Then she asked me to try. Right there. Just go on and save me then, was the idea. This last translation reads to me in the same way. Like go ahead and try, see how far you get. I want to believe that she knows what she is doing and is fully in control, but after I admitted I couldn’t help her, she came back to apologize, saying that sometimes she didn’t even know why she was there. I’m confident that Addy is still in there somewhere and this Overseer is not her. I have faith in Addison, not The Overseer.

[LivParticipant]

Well that escalated quickly. I was going to quip that a Keymaster who has to have facebook security protocol explained to him probably isn’t much of a threat, but in light of current events, I agree with Andrew and Taylor, don’t mess with Samson. >.<!

[LivParticipant]

Lol Dan, I’m picturing that now!

It sounds like we did have a similar conversation, @electrichippo. That interaction ended up being one of my favorite of the evening because it did seem triggered by the type of person I am.

[LivParticipant]

That’s an interesting thought, @shinobi I wouldn’t be surprised if it were a possibility. Now I’m also wondering if there are rooms within Ascension that no one has found yet. Just like there are apparently puzzles from Indoctrination that were never solved…

[LivParticipant]

I actually did end up having an interaction with Addison that left me feeling like some of her true self was still in there.

[LivParticipant]

I definitely don’t think anyone is intentionally trying to break the game, I just think there is some confusion. When you are told very clearly to do one thing and then told by someone else NOT to do that thing, so you try not doing it and are then told you’ll be taken out of the experience if you don’t, where does that leave you? If you don’t have the freedom to do something that a character tells you to do, then why tell you not to do it at all unless it’s specifically designed to make you feel helpless. If it is designed to make you feel helpless, I understand, but that also sets you up to feel like you don’t actually have a choice. Again, maybe that was part of it. They did ask if we believe in free will after all.

[LivParticipant]

Yeah, I just wanted to make sure no one had encountered this. It was definitely not a great way to start the day.

[LivParticipant]

Oh man, I hope so. Well, hopefully I won’t hear from him again.

[LivParticipant]

Nope, nothing at all. The only thing I can think of that relates to the call are a few experiences I had going through Ascension, but those are more than likely coincidental. I’m 99% sure this has nothing to do with tension, which has me worried.

[LivParticipant]

Right? So what the heck? I think I’m going to have to go back to not answering phone calls from people I don’t know…

[LivParticipant]

Oh that’s very interesting! Man, I can’t wait to hear everyone’s experiences after this is over. Thank you, I’ll take that advice into consideration if I go back.

[Author]

Posts