NOT THAT ANYONE GIVES A FUCK ABOUT WHAT I HAVE TO SAY BUT IN PERFECT HONESTY? THE GAME WASN'T THAT BAD. THE DEATHS AND FAILURES CAME ABOUT DUE TO PLAYER INCOMPETENCE AND COSMIC HORROR- THE ACTUAL GAME ITSELF? WE KIND OF KICKED ASS AT! A 600 HOUR CAMPAIGN FOR A TWELVE PLAYER SESSION? I THINK WE DID THAT SHIT IN RECORD FUCKING TIME. MY FRIENDS DYING AND BILIOUS SLICK BECOMING BILIOUS SICK WAS *MY* FAULT AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. AND DON'T TAKE THIS TO BE SOME SELF PITYING BOO HOO WOE IS ME BULLSHIT- THAT'S PAST KARKAT'S THING. I CAN OWN MY MISTAKES WITHOUT GETTING INTO MY HEAD ABOUT THEM BECAUSE WHAT'S DONE IS DONE. WE SURVIVED, WE MADE IT THROUGH, AND WE'RE HERE NOW. MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE FROM MY SESSION OR THE SESSIONS ADJACENT THAT WE GOT SHUNTED INTO MIGHT DISAGREE, BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE? SGRUB IS A SOLID 7/10.
I MEAN, THERE ABSOLUTELY IS NUANCE? I WAS TECHNICALLY A PART OF *THREE* SEPARATE SESSIONS, AND THE LEVEL OF NUANCE TO JACK'S CHARACTER IS KIND OF CRAZY. IN OUR HOME SESSION WITH OUR ORIGINAL TWELVE? THAT DUDE HAD MY FUCKING *BACK*, THE FACT THAT WE HAD TO BETRAY AND EXILE HIM FELT LIKE I WAS THROWING A FRIEND OFF OF A CLIFF. ...ACTUALLY, MAYBE THAT COMPARISON IS CHARGED, LET'S MOVE ON. IN THE SECOND SESSION I GOT TO HAVE A HAND IN (THE UNIVERSE WE MADE BUT DIDN'T GET TO VISIT), JACK WAS UNEQUIVOCALLY THE BAD GUY AND ALSO A BARKBEAST FOR WEIRD BULLSHIT REASONS THAT WOULD TAKE, LIKE, FIVE ACTS OF SOME BULLSHIT PLAY TO EXPLAIN. THEN IN THE THIRD SESSION, THE ONE THAT GOT SCRATCHED AFTER SESSION TWO GOT FUCKED UP BY BARKJACK, I DON'T THINK WE EVER EVEN SAW HIM! COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT CHARACTER THAT I TOTALLY LOST TRACK OF. *THAT'S* NUANCE.
Okay, FAIR! Our Jack got manipulated and mega murdered early on, so I never even got to meet him!!! That's a fair assessment though. I guess another thing is the seeding. You don't know if your session is a dud until you get there! Mine wasn't a dud, thank goodness, because a 28 player session scratch sounds like a total headache!!!
OKAY THE SEEDING TO A DUD REALLY DOES FUCKING SUCK, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THE SCRATCH IS FOR THOUGH, EVEN IF THE ACTIVATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT SHIT ARE SO GOD DAMN ESOTERIC.
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OKAY WELL THE LIFE AND DEATH STAKES DIDN'T REALLY MEAN A LOT TO US AS INHERENT TO THE GAME BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE KICKED SGRUB'S ASS? THE PUZZLE SHIT IS BASICALLY THE ONLY THING I'LL GIVE YOU HERE AND WHAT ARE YOU EVEN COMPLAINING ABOUT?! YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD AT PUZZLES, DUDE.
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I FEEL LIKE YOU COULD SAY THAT ABOUT MOST THINGS IF YOU TRACE IT BACK FAR ENOUGH THOUGH? LIKE, IT'S WHATEVER DUDE. YOU CAN NOT LIKE THE GAME. BUT I'M NOT GONNA CHANGE MY STANCE THAT IT WASN'T THAT BAD BECAUSE YOU'RE THOUGHT YOURSELF INTO A NEUROSES SPIRAL AND KEEP POINTING FINGERS AT A VIDEO GAME FOR SOME SHIT THAT WAS THE FAULT OF ONE SUPER AWFUL GUY!
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