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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:20 PM
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oh now THAT'S A line LMAO
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pi is almost crying now
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CC CORP YOU DUMB MOTHERFUCKERS
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CAN TEN YEAR OLDS EVEN SIGN CONTRACTS
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Well
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That sure foregrounds the corporate dystopia side of things
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he teleports yata away
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I legit have no idea what Sakaki told them to make CC corp think he was gonna get this situation under control for them
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Skeith 10-Apr-22 10:28 PM
We've entered Sakaki troll arc
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:29 PM
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we're really gonna have to rely on Pi to figure out what's going on here, since she actually works as a programmer at CC corp
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anyways we basically gotta lay low for a bit and what says Laying Low like spending time with your buds
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 10:31 PM
fucking lmao
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clearly yata was making too many mistakes
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so let's sign our game over to a megalomaniacal ten year old
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:32 PM
I will point out some things at least
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 10:32 PM
who has never interacted with the company literally ever
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:32 PM
That players absolutely have been leaving the world due to AIDA incidents
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and I can understand CC corp foolishly just cutting yata out in a panic
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What Sakaki told them to convince him he was the better choice, otoh
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maybe he'll explain it at some point
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I'm not mad though
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 10:33 PM
"a 10-year old kid just called saying he wants total control, what do we do"
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"uhh, sure"
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:33 PM
even if this is stupid, it's too funny to be bad
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 10:33 PM
clearly it's vol 4 content
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:33 PM
presumably he is like "I am fully integrated with AIDA and can control it"
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to which well
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Ovan would like a word with you
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 10:34 PM
"here's my case: I don't have an epitaph"
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"checkmate"
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"my dad works at cc corp"
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:37 PM
In the first series of games basically right up until the last game CC corp is actively trying to stop you from solving the problem because they just want to prevent people from learning about it
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and if a couple people are just in comas indefinately for reasons nobody really understands
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well thats a fairly small rate of the playerbase, right?
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 10:38 PM
clearly the best way to prevent people from learning about it
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:38 PM
So I have to imagine that Sakaki is promising them the ability to sweep AIDA under the rug
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 10:38 PM
is to hand control over to the 10-year old kid prominently featured on ONLINE JACK
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:38 PM
with his own weird co-existance
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is to hand control over to the 10-year old kid prominently featured on ONLINE JACK
Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:38 PM
FWIW it's unclear exactly how canon we're supposed to take all that
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Skeith 10-Apr-22 10:38 PM
CC Corp will start a fire and then terminate your account for saying there is a fire
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:39 PM
Like Alkaid watches online jack but is never like "hey wait you're THAT sakaki"
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so that much I'll let slide for my own sanity
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 10:39 PM
alkaid is currently unavailable to comment though, right
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and sakaki only shows up after that?
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(on the show)
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:40 PM
No Sakaki was mentioned in Online Jack in Vol 1.
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 10:40 PM
oh you mean like that
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I assumed she already knew about him
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:40 PM
And of course if Haseo is watching Online Jack as the game implies he is then that just raises so many issues I wouldn't even know where to start
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 10:41 PM
haseo: not too bright, maybe
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:42 PM
anyways .hack has some interesting ideas about how much age and identity (not to mention gender identiy) actually matters in the digital space and it leads them to some wacky places sometimes
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 10:43 PM
Logging Out Is Always An Option
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:43 PM
Indeed
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Nice bit of character growth that Haseo is actually able to like
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decompress a little by just playing the game
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 10:44 PM
haseo how dare you vibe while playing ff14
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 10:55 PM
we go adventuring
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we're hunting an invisable dog
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I fnally get a chance to do the Avatar Awakening thing
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which is truely just Data Drain from the first games without the downsides
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I'll be using it as often as I can to power up weapons
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:29 PM
I'm a little out of it so I've been playing more slowly than usual but I feel like I've been searching for this dog for like an hour
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oh.
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found it
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lol
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anyways it's an easy enough boss fight
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a good time was had by all
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even haseo learned how to have fun
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 11:36 PM
Now is that
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CatHerder 10-Apr-22 11:37 PM
weh, Silabus and Gaspard are too pure and innocent for this game
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 11:37 PM
Regarding Sakaki...2
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:37 PM
we'll get to that
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 11:37 PM
Or Regarding...Sakaki 2
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:37 PM
a Level Beyond Sakaki
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 11:37 PM
Sakaki 2: How Is There More Sakaki
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:38 PM
also apropos of nothing I sent Atoli a greeting card regarding her hobbies and we're talking about her pet birds
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so you were asking how exactly Sakaki pitched himself to CC corp. Well, here we go.
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CC corp is just like this
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they really are that stupid
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CatHerder 10-Apr-22 11:39 PM
truly they have learned nothing over the past 7 years
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:40 PM
lets remember the og project GU ALSO ended with a egomaniacal youth trying to use it to become an internet god.
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LettuceKitteh 10-Apr-22 11:40 PM
do they know he's 10, do you think
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:40 PM
They really cannot help themselves
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I hope not
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Of course
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that's almost even sadder
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CatHerder 10-Apr-22 11:41 PM
can you just imagine the shareholder's meeting
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:41 PM
honestly Sakaki being 10 is so weird I can't help but wonder if like the writer for Online Jack and the writer for the main game were maybe not in perfect communication during development
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and by the time they realized it it was too late
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CatHerder 10-Apr-22 11:42 PM
idk
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:42 PM
Though, again, I have to emphasize, evil 10 year old being mistaken for adults with disasterous consequences is absolutely like, a running theme of the franchise.
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Haseo himself the very first of these!
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 11:43 PM
On the other hand
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It is Very Funny how incompetent they are
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:43 PM
absolutely
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CatHerder 10-Apr-22 11:43 PM
AI generated portrait, fake ID from the dark web, his trusty voice changer, and remote work
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:43 PM
I could buy that, CH
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That tech all exists
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LettuceKitteh 10-Apr-22 11:44 PM
I mean I mind the "put a 10 year old in charge of CC corp" less than I mind the "let's have the 10 year old emotionally manipulate Atoli for months on end"
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:44 PM
There is that
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LettuceKitteh 10-Apr-22 11:44 PM
like if CC Corp is dumb that's funny but the stuff with Atoli is just...
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:44 PM
yeah it does weaken it from something fairly realistic into something just kinda sad
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 11:45 PM
On the other hand emotionally manipulative 10 year olds is something I very much buy
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:45 PM
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so now we are notably fugatives from the system
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CatHerder 10-Apr-22 11:45 PM
maybe if the "actually a 10yo child" reveal was later?
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:45 PM
which I think is a cool spin on the whole thing
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Skeith 10-Apr-22 11:46 PM
I can totally believe that this tutorial pop up is one CC Corp made because this keep happening
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:46 PM
lmao
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CatHerder 10-Apr-22 11:46 PM
lmao
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:46 PM
We walk around until we find a space with some static noise
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whatever you say, Pi
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 11:46 PM
CC Corp: Incompetent in the most hilarious ways
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This is their company motto
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:47 PM
If they do remake IMOQ we can see how it goes for them there
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because if anything CC corps incompetance is even more frontloaded
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now THIS is a secure place
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 11:48 PM
You know what's funny
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CatHerder 10-Apr-22 11:48 PM
oh boy
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:48 PM
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CatHerder 10-Apr-22 11:48 PM
now we get to the real shit
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:48 PM
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Skeith 10-Apr-22 11:48 PM
In AI Buster 2 there's CC Corp admins are required to kill living AIs while wearing evil looking uniforms and get offended when people inevitably start comparing them to nazis
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 11:48 PM
I'm just thinking that Pi knows about this because employees use it to sneak around their bosses backs
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:48 PM
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In AI Buster 2 there's CC Corp admins are required to kill living AIs while wearing evil looking uniforms and get offended when people inevitably start comparing them to nazis
Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:49 PM
This probably contributed to Aura's decision to just go away, in retrospect
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CatHerder 10-Apr-22 11:49 PM
I can see that
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In AI Buster 2 there's CC Corp admins are required to kill living AIs while wearing evil looking uniforms and get offended when people inevitably start comparing them to nazis
Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 10-Apr-22 11:49 PM
Cc Corp: Are we the baddies?
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"our uniforms have skulls on them"
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Shaiapouf 10-Apr-22 11:50 PM
So much of the tension in the franchise comes from the fact that The World is a machine that uses data of human behavior and turns it into AI, and CC Corp is too focused on Quarterly returns to figure out a better way to use such a thing to make money than "sell it as a MMO" (edited)
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It's as tragic as it is absolutely hilarious
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and frankly only more realistic as the years go on
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