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Also, it's easy to lose track of yourself if you are part of a group, as it becomes harder and harder to notice yourself as you gain more and more followers. However, it is hardest to find yourself when you are the gray person surrounded by a sea of radicalism and extremism. Just adding to the philosophy.
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Goes to show that barely anyone can accept absolute uncertainty is it?
I find a lot of people (but for sure not everybody) only want answers and subconciously can not take a slight bit of uncertainty. eg. we can not know what will happen to our conciousness after we die. But some people insist there is an afterlife (heaven), reinarnation, loss of conciousness etc.
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Life is all about balance...
If only people weren't so extreme. It's like they get angry because they can't find balance, and channel their aggression onto those who disagree with them.
Why? They just don't know any better..
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Figured it out..
Good game, the discussion on the boards is interesting. I need to show this to my sister - she doesn't believe videogames can be emotionally compelling...
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While I do believe it's very important to deconstruct binary thought in terms of politics, I do want to make sure we don't just fall into relativism and never solve anything at all. Sure, it's very nice to be completely centrist, but sadly, nothing can be done from a position believing all others are somewhat wrong and that you have stumbled upon the only correct answer, which is to say that there is no answer. What we need is an open dialogue, where we can actually figure out who is right and who is wrong on a certain subject, because not every solution lies in the middle. We can't sort of go to war with another country. I think this game does a great job showing the polarization in politics today, and enjoyed my time.
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This isn't a game. It shows that no one will ever one when they are in on group. It leaves no competition, which creates competition which makes people angry because they don't know what to do. The president fixes one problem the people just complain and say "Oh well I could do that better, go do this!" Its made me realize one thing. Today's Obama isn't bad. He has figured things out, no one will ever win. People need to stop complaining and see the truth. When you win you lose, when you lose you never won nor did you ever lose. You know why? The world never ended. Confusing right?
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And the moral of the story is, if you become an hipster, everyone will become an hipster too, and then you won't be an hipsters anymore. wait...
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you: Yeah, man! Lets all start riotig to the left! Other Guy:Well.. I don't ... You Interrupt him:LALALALALA Other Guy: OK!
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When I first looked at this game I thought "Gray... wow that's dumb" and then I played it, and I thought "I should join him and be gray"
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There's a riot going on in the city. The protagonist is opposed to the crowd's ideology, so he persuades people to switch to the opposite side of the conflict until the tide turns and a second riot with opposite ideology begins. The protagonist suddenly decides to change sides. He begins persuading rioters to return to the same side which he originally opposed. He changes the flow of the riot back and forth a couple of times, and then takes the middle ground of the argument which he's been channeling. Now nobody will listen to him. Then the game ends.
Thumbs Up!
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basically what this game is saying is: "people will always have an opinion that goes against someone else's, and coming to an agreement will always be impossible"
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these people are really indecisive. I sway them to protest something, then five seconds later, I convince them to protest the opposite thing. I must be an awsome persuader. At least, until I go gray.......
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I think a good way to sum the message this game sends up, is to say, and I hate to sound cliche, The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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actually, gray _is_ a correct spelling of grey, seeing prevalence in the U.S.
actually, grey _is_ a correct spelling of gray, seeing prevalence in the U.K.
life is funny like that
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This reminds me of school and the rumors that spread. They will be on ur side at first, but then someone will tell them a lie, then there gone.
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the first time i played it i got a sence of satisfaction after changing the whole tide of people into my colour. but that was before i realised i had to do it again
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You get everyone to follow your own beliefs, but then when you decide that they were wrong, everybody so fervently follows them that you're stuck alone. Seeing the futility of being a minority, it kinda makes me want to rejoin them. Nazi Germany, anyone?
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I encourage everyone to keep converting until they get to the end- there is an end, don't worry. I loved this game, it was a little bittersweet but reminded me of how slippery people's opinions can really be.