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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:34 PM
Well...TO BE FAIR OVAN IS A PRETTY GOOD SCAPEGOAT
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not that CC corp doesn't have more than its share of blame but
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:35 PM
Isn’t he just the like
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Goat
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There’s no scape
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Just like, the goat
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:35 PM
lmao
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:35 PM
greatest of all scapes
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:35 PM
I mean the situation wasn't entirely his fault, he just took extremely drastic steps to resolve it
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:36 PM
Like hiring two bad project managers in a row isn’t exactly criminal negligence
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:36 PM
But yeah lmao
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:36 PM
The fact that one was 10 notwithstanding
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LettuceKitteh 16-May-22 10:36 PM
no i think that might make it criminal rko
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:36 PM
it's technically not wrong that the network trouble caused by ovan is caused by ovan
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LettuceKitteh 16-May-22 10:36 PM
there are these things called child labor laws -
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:36 PM
haseo if anything seems vaugely amusing that at least this is all as vexing for CC corp as it is for him
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:36 PM
CC Corp still tried to do something and probably have a solid defense in re: Sakaki’s lies
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:37 PM
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:37 PM
I would still keep my CCC stock
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:37 PM
"welp, I guess yata and pi don't get to sleep for the next week"
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:37 PM
Oh right
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LettuceKitteh 16-May-22 10:37 PM
Haseo: hah it's not just my problem now!
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:37 PM
CC Corp CEO: "LOOK HE WAS AN EXTREMELY CHARASMATIC TEN YEAR OLD OKAY?"
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:37 PM
lol
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:37 PM
"He groomed me"
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:37 PM
I mean I assume he didn’t SAY he was 10 in the resume
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:37 PM
keeping CCC stock probably not a bad idea as developers of the Extremely Online MMO
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and in a world where there are no other Extremely Online MMOs
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:37 PM
I'm sorry now I'm just laughing at like a 50 year old japanese CEO claiming he was groomed by a 10 year old
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:37 PM
Hell CCC even probably did the interview in The World!
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The CEO all coming out to do a twenty-minute bow to apologize
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:38 PM
anyways
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this is fine
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:38 PM
Just an ancient Japanese man bent over on a black stage as the cameras go
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Do you think this is what Microsoft emails are like
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:39 PM
CC Corp CEO: “He got me. That f***ing Sakaki groomed me." CC Corp CEO: "He’s so good" repeated 4 times (edited)
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:39 PM
Gates’ prophesy has become reality
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:39 PM
after reading all the emails, Haseo talks for a bit about how the Rebirth has caused The World to be unstable and have a lot of crashes, but at the same time AIDA appears to have vanished entirely. He's unsure how to feel about it.
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:40 PM
the background is very choice
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:40 PM
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:40 PM
shouldn't have switched it off ovan for that though
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:40 PM
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:40 PM
welcome to MORRIGU BARROW WALL
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:41 PM
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remember this place? It's been a while, huh
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:42 PM
lol
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:42 PM
those two screenshots got reversed for some resons
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after haseo asks what the email was about Yata is just silent for like, 10 seconds
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:43 PM
lol
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:43 PM
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:43 PM
pretty sparking lights
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:44 PM
no i don't know what you're talking abo--YES I FUCKING SAW IT
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:44 PM
lmao
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:44 PM
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:44 PM
Push Yata off
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:44 PM
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:44 PM
"I'm blind Yata"
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:44 PM
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:44 PM
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:45 PM
LMAO
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:45 PM
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:45 PM
ah yes, the anti-spiral
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:45 PM
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lol. lmao.
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:46 PM
millium
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:46 PM
that was not as impressive as you meant it to sound
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:46 PM
@LettuceKitteh so you played the first games right?
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For everyone else
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there is a topic I have been avoiding getting into
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regarding the og .hack games
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and that topic is Cubia
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LettuceKitteh 16-May-22 10:47 PM
(I didn't play them, I read the novelization from BlackRose's POV and also that was in middle school and I don't remember shit)
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:47 PM
I can't believe you've been hiding stuff from us shaia
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:48 PM
I mean “Cubia” is just like, a brand name for some kind of workflow organizer for administrative tasks
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:48 PM
Cubia from the first game
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:48 PM
Oh
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Oh I was wrong
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I don’t think that’s an enterprise software logo
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:48 PM
I mean who knows
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:48 PM
why not rko
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:48 PM
Cubia is really interesting in the context of the first games
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which I have largely characterized as a conflict between the .hackers--fairly normal people trying to figure out why this video game is haunter, CC corp, those fuckers, and Morganna and her Phases
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and that much is true
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but there was also another party involved. Cubia.
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Cubia shows up in the sky randomly when Skeith is killed and slowly gets bigger and stronger as the game progresses
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:50 PM
yeah we're really trying to evolve this video game into gengar
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this weird fucked up skeleton tree thing
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:51 PM
Exdeath*
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:53 PM
Anyways, the main character in .hack, Kite, has a bracelet, given to him by Aura, that is basically his version of the Morgana Factor. It allows him to hack the game directly with Data Drain, which Haseo and the rest need to use thier avatars to do. Cubia, as it turns out, is in fact a "shadow" or "anti-existance" of the bracelet. Basically, imagine there is extremely complicated code, and it causes a memory leak. That leak manifests itself as Cubia
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Ultimately what Kite is forced to do to destroy Cubia is destroy his own bracelet, which leaves him temporarily defenseless against Moganna, which triggers the ending of that game
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so, with all that in mind
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:54 PM
Cubia: I'm back
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:54 PM
consider what Ovan just did
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and how much data was filtered through his own Morganna factor
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and imagine how incredibly massive this new Cubia now is
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:55 PM
Ovan: your problem now suckers
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:55 PM
more importantly, that's why they are throwing out the name cubia like that lmao
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:55 PM
Reasonable!
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:55 PM
yes Haseo I just explained this, scroll up.
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thanks buddy
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:56 PM
/ I knew this is the kind of continuity lockout BS I would encounter in .hack
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:56 PM
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:56 PM
Haseo: "oh no he's talking about his past again"
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:56 PM
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:57 PM
Was…Haseo not there?
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:57 PM
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archaeo
Was…Haseo not there?
Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:57 PM
Haseo was in a coma at that time
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:57 PM
Oh ok
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:57 PM
I love how neither of them are facing each other
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:57 PM
Man these comas
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:57 PM
also note the fat luigi guy flying in that one screenshot
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that's a CC corp admin
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 10:58 PM
you know that makes sense
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:58 PM
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:58 PM
Wait hold up
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:58 PM
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:58 PM
Yata that seems really dumb
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:58 PM
wait what does
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:59 PM
Ohh I thought he was like
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Gonna jump in and kill himself to become an anti-god or whatever
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:59 PM
LMAO
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no he's joining our party
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archaeo 16-May-22 10:59 PM
I thought Haseo was gonna be like “dude we just fuckin went over this”
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 10:59 PM
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archaeo 16-May-22 11:00 PM
“Talk first, jump after”
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 11:00 PM
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archaeo 16-May-22 11:00 PM
Anyway good for you, White Haseo
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Haseo the White
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 11:00 PM
I will say
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archaeo 16-May-22 11:00 PM
The Joy of Life
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 11:00 PM
is it just stolen from FF4?
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yes
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but as you said
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if you're gonna steal, steal from the best
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archaeo 16-May-22 11:00 PM
Everybody who made a good JRPG stole from FF4
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 11:01 PM
It's a very satisfying dark knight to paladin story arc
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archaeo 16-May-22 11:01 PM
(I’m going to steal the 64 stair glitch)
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 11:02 PM
anyways, now we have news stories
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 11:02 PM
The World News, you might say
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 11:02 PM
we do have a new Online Jack actually
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but I'm gonna hold that for now
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so I know there is a lot to blame ovan for
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but when they say they are making him a scapegoat
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they are really making him the scapegoat
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 11:04 PM
me, a secod ago: huh one of my friends in this game is named Haseo
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 11:05 PM
....well.
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Okay.
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Mysterious Stranger "Cyouni" 16-May-22 11:05 PM
have you considered that your nuclear power plans being hooked up to FF14 is a problem
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Shaiapouf 16-May-22 11:06 PM
to be fair at this point the issues affecting FF14 are not exactly localized to it
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