#off game theory

[ghostampede]

the worst thing about making off theories is that according to mortis ghost apparently the batter is somehow not actually a representation of the Father for hugo which throws a wrench into like 99% if my theories. my current hypothesis is that the batter is a manifestation of hugo’s illness and that he takes the form that he does because hugo associates his father with his own illness but the batter does not actually represent the father. he is the illness destroying hugo and bringing him to his death. i actually have ways i connect this to the post apocalyptic world, the guardians and their zodiacs, the role of zacharie and sugar, and some other stuff but i am tired so i will save that for another day

#dorian talks #off game #off #the batter #the batter off #off game theory #dead fandom #i know #but its still fun #even though im 15 years late to this mystery #off theory #off interpretation #off game interpretation

[lavenderlattefox]

Personality Connections between the Guardians and their Zodiac Signs

Hi fellow OFF fans, 

It’s been a while cause I was busy with school but now that it’s summer I can post more! So, I thought I’d start off my activity with basically diving into the three Guardians’ connections with their zodiac cards; specifically, zodiac signs and their personalities. Now I know that a lot of people write off zodiac signs as unreliable nonsense but I find it interesting personally and idkkk I may be going crazy but so far zodiac signs have been fairly accurate at describing some people I’ve met sooo let’s hop into it. I will be basing all my assumptions based on this book: “The Signs: Decode the Stars, Reframe Your Life” by Carolyne Faulker. It’s a pretty interesting read even if you don’t believe in Zodiac signs, well at least I had fun reading it. (SPOILER WARNING) Naturally, this post will spoil a large amount of OFF’s lore and story, so if you don’t want to be spoiled, please don’t read until you’ve experienced OFF in the way you want to experience it.

First off, we have Dedan, Guardian of Zone 1. When you defeat him, he drops his zodiac card, the Cancer card. Now, every sign has good traits and bad traits, and if a person exhibits more bad traits than good traits they can be very different from our usual expectations of that sign. I say that because a lot of people think of the Cancer sign as kind, sensitive, and nurturing, all things that our current Dedan is not. ‘Gone Wrong,’ as the book puts it, Cancer signs can be unforgiving, slow to trust anyone, over-ambitious, over-sensitive, and insecure. Dedan appears to exhibit most if not all of these traits. He cannot stand the thought of anyone other than himself being competent at defending Zone 1 from specters, as we can see from the scene at the barns with an Elsen: “And why does he think he's capable of destroying those stupid phantoms?” He is so overly sensitive of anyone being rude to him that he spits at the Elsen, “I'll be returning to Alma. At least the people there are polite. They ain't constantly cutting you off" despite the Elsen simply trying to explain the situation. He is overly ambitious in that he expects all employees in his “company” to be extremely productive and efficient and also in that he believes himself the only one in his zone who should defeat the specters. Also, Dedan is extremely slow to trust; he is extremely distrustful of the Batter, believing him to be a specter despite the Batter never directly harming normal workers of this zone. In fact, he outright threatens to kill the Batter. Whether he knows the Batter’s true nature and aims to stop that or if he is simply paranoid is still up for debate; however, Dedan does exhibit many of the negative signs of a Cancer ‘Gone Wrong.’ (It’s also interesting that flashback Dedan showed a lot of positive Cancer aspects to Hugo.) 

Next, we have Japhet. Japhet possesses the Pisces card, a sign known for perception, spirituality, and connecting with nature. Looking again at the negative traits of the Pisces sign, we see Pisces ‘Gone Wrong’ can be flaky, overly-strong willed, sensitive, and having a fierce temper. The book I am referencing from notes, “Pisces rarely walk the middle ground: you are either the most reliable and committed people or simply flaky!” Japhet was certainly one of if not the most committed Guardians to his zone, as a book in Zone 2′s library reads, “"He was constantly on his feet, doing his best to provide safety and peace to his subjects." Japhet is certainly more on the committed side (even in his rampage) rather than flaky, so we’ll move on to the other traits. In fact I think he is more overly-strong willed than flaky, in my interpretation. However, Japhet is certainly sensitive. When he fails to gain his peoples’ recognition and gratitude, he falls into despair and curses the people he once protected. I guess maybe this could be interpreted as a reasonable reaction to being forgotten to the people you once dedicated your life too, but perhaps another reaction could’ve been to ignore and forget the people or even stage events to make yourself known again. But, Japhet does lash out at the batter upon meeting him for no other reason than to inflict his wrath. And I think it’s safe to say that Japhet does have an explosive temper. 

Third comes Enoch. Enoch, the Guardian of Zone 3, keeps the Aquarius card. Aquarius’ “bad” traits include controlling, difficult, contrary, emotionally detached, prone to extreme views, and elitist. We don’t have much information on Enoch due to how briefly we interact with him, so we’ll mainly be examining implications from the condition of his zone. Sprinkled around his zone from the bunkers to the cafeteria are many instructional posters, such as “Do not bring the desert to bed” and "Chew your meat well or you will not get any dessert." It seems a little controlling that these rules are abound whereas we have never seen such posters in other zones. Besides, it’s a little odd that an institution would even care about how well their employees chew their meat. Enoch is certainly emotionally detached, as he tells his employees false information that the ghosts are friends in order to acquire more bodies for sugar production, regardless of the inhumane effects it has on his employees wellbeing. Not to mention that sugar consumption, the basis of life in Zone 3, has some pretty grim effects on Elsens that consume it in the long run. Enoch’s views seem pretty extreme regarding himself, as he enjoys comparing himself to gods; upon meeting him, he says in the conversation: "We are a little like gods, drawing the infinite power of the sun to sculpt our worlds into the nothingness. Ahaha, I love that metaphor." While it is true that the Zones are powered by the Guardians’ life force, comparing oneself to a god can be seen as a little excessive or at least prideful. Also, when confronted by the Batter on the depravity of his zone, Enoch exclaims that “This is my fortress of happiness! My wall against the specters!" Based on the twisted condition of many employees, this doesn’t appear to be a “fortress of happiness,” at least not for the majority. Lastly, concerning the elitist trait, the book describes this trait as, “fighting for the one per cent to keep their status and obscene wealth to build an Elysium, which they hope will protect them from the rest of us when the balloon goes up.” This concept seems to hold up in Zone 3. It doesn’t seem to have any meaningful connections with the other zones, and Enoch even describes it as his “wall against the specters.” Enoch appears to stay in his office, surrounded by signs proclaiming, “Executive suite's note: You must not be here." He has pretty much barred himself off from the world in his protected zone, careless of any suffering outside it. He seems only concerned with protecting the one percent: himself. 

Almost done now. If you’ve read this far I applaud you and thank you putting up with my awful writing, as you didn’t have to but here you are. Last but not least, we have the Judge, Pablo. I argue that he is a Guardian, as he gives us the Leo card at the beginning and seems to be the keeper of Zone 0, patrolling it now and then. The Leo card is already highly fitting for the Judge, as the lion is a species of big cat. Also the Judge is more of the ‘gone right’ kind rather than ‘gone wrong’ so we’ll be looking at more positive traits. Leo ‘Gone Right’ exhibits integrity, loyalty, generosity, and bravery. The Judge certainly values integrity, as he praises the player in the beginning for their noble quest but berates them once he sees what their quest has truly become. The Judge appears to be loyal to us, or at least consistently helpful. Now, concerning generosity, the Judge is not extremely generous but he is generous to help us learn to reigns of the world in Zone 0 and gives us hints throughout the game despite us giving him nothing. The Judge is rather brave to stand up to the Batter, a being of unstoppable destruction near the end of the game. Picking the Batter to side with will end in his demise, but he attempts to stop us nevertheless. It’s also interesting to note that a ‘gone wrong’ trait of Leo signs is being grandiose and ostentatious, as the Judge frequently speaks in long, complicated sentences with fancy words. 

Well, that’s all of the Guardians and their Zodiac symbols. Thank you for reading if you read to the end! Forgive my poor writing and grammatical mistakes, I wrote this at 2:40 AM because I couldn’t sleep. Good night. 

#off game #off mortis ghost #off game theory #off game guardians #off dedan #dedan #off japhet #japhet #off enoch #enoch #off judge #off pablo #zodiac signs #zodiac

[tooomuchtofu]

I wonder if Zacharie and Sucre might have represented Hugo’s concepts of what parents should be like or what they are, contaminated and affected by the ways Hugo’s understanding of those roles shifted. Obviously, the Batter and the Queen are more direct representations of his father and mother within the world of OFF, but Zacharie and Sucre might have been parents he imagined for himself, in a way, or his hopes for his own parents, damaged by the shattering of those hopes.

Zacharie, firstly, has the background of being some sort of heroic figure of legend for no discernible reason, having killed the dastardly Toad King. He also owns the amusement park. To Hugo, fathers are supposed to be heroic, successful, hardworking. But Zacharie also isn’t really any of those things, not during the game. He stands in passive support of the Batter’s mission for the world’s eradication. Hugo didn’t particularly like his father, wishing his mother would rescue him from the Room. He hated the pills and he hated the Room. When the Batter kills Sucre, Zacharie says, “I suppose that’s for the best,” complacent, if reluctantly, in the elimination of a “mother figure.”

Sucre is barely even present. She spends the length of the game tucked away in a basement, the secret, optional boss, until she dies at the hands of the Batter. She’s easy to miss. She’s the X’s to the Batter’s O’s, but she’s not difficult to beat with a little bit of poison. She’s supposed to be a hard boss, she’s supposed to be the strongest, but she isn’t, because of her great critical flaw. She wears X’s over her chest, and though there are far more appealing interpretations of this imo, the tape(?) seems to cross out her breasts, traditional symbols of a mother’s role in the nourishment of a child. She chooses to hide herself away, she chooses not to stand in the way of the Batter unless sought out, she chooses to look for an escape from the reality she fears via distance and sugar. She’s supposed to be sweet, but she’s only ever distant and afraid. 

#off game #off mortis ghost #off game theory #off #off spoilers #off sucre #off zacharie

[medicalunprofessional]

ohhh hell yes

#psychonauts #g-men #trainofthought #pls ignore the hand i know its kind of ass i dont care 🏃🏃🏃🏃 #i drew this like 2 days ago but i just had to post it on a friday or it would be wrong #sometimes i draw shoes really good and this is one of these times for some reasob #i fucking love drawing these thingd #wait like do the g-men actually get the weekend off or.:.?????? #i dojt care. i think they shpuld be allowed a day off (they will discuss their theories and like. play board games. but really boring ones)

[jel-jel-jel]

So no Marina?!?!

#my art #splatoon #side order #splatoon spoilers #agent 8 #pearlina #my current theory is marina did an oopsie and shes the one who made this world #and thats why it doesnt seem like shes a companion this game #because shes like a secret (accidental) antagonist whos high off digital godhood or smth #she just wanted a perfect world with her pearlie where nothing changes and theyre together forever 🥺🥺🥺 is that so evil? #anyway im terrible at predicting the plot of these games lol but its a fun idea regardless #i just think marina not being shown is just SO COOL like..... girl what did you do..

[abd-illustrates]

I might’ve spoiled the plot of Natlan | Genshin Impact THEORY

In which I read so much lore that I gained the power to see the future (maybe) This ended up being a real challenge to make - but it was also really fun! Please do lemme know what you reckon of these ideas, and whether y’all wanna see me pattern-recognition my way into several corkboards worth of theories about any other topics sometime down the line! (^^)/

(also: HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥳🎉 Here's wishing y'all every good thing for 2024)

#artists on tumblr #abd illustrates #genshin impact #natlan #game theory #idek how to tag this one i've never made a vid like this before uhm-- sgdfksdf #anyway oh my GOD i have had so many brain bees about this topic for the longest time #ik making a half hour video about it is unhinged enough but the fact that nobody else seemed to be talking about some of the patterns #was drivin me BONKERS #im so normal about this lore y'all mhm #but also silly tho the energy of this one is #im really proud of it! it was wierdly scary to branch out from my usual content like this #so i do sincerely hope it's a fun watch (^^)/ #i'd love to make more off-the-wall and like deep-dive type stuff like this sometime if it goes over well 💖 #it also took-- sO LONG TO MAKE #full time video essayists are to be feared i have learned #Youtube

[puppyeared]

au where asriel comes home early

#this came to me in a dream but i dont remember the rest #i just think it would be pretty interesting if asriel comes home since im assuming the game #takes place over a series of days until he comes back from college #i havent kept up with deltarune since chapter 2 came out so i dont remember much abt the theories around asriel #esp what ralsei is supposed to be- im kinda suspicious of ralsei actually since he didnt mention the roaring until #the end of chapter 2. plus we dont know why hes able to go between dark worlds without freezing so im a little sus #plus noelle points out that he looks like asriel so it makes me wonder if ralsei knows abt that or ow he would react to that information #and when noelle points it out she gets cut off because she says ralsei turned to face them as she was thinking that. hmmmm #im also curious if we actually get to see asriel and what he looks like so im looking forward to that #my art #myart #doodles #utdr #deltarune #ralsei #asriel dreemurr #deltarune asriel #kris dreemurr #deltarune kris #deltarune fanart #au #i dont think id actually call it an au its more of a one off but if anyone wants to take this and run go for it ^_^ #its probably already been done at some point anyway lol

[ay-its-grey]

Matthew Patel can be shortened to MatPat

#hey look something original #matthew patel #scott pilgrim #scott pilgram takes off #game theory #matpat

[mortispoxi]

Seeing Twitter users recommending the People Make Games documentary as a good way to get insight on the issue is so….

I know, I’m always extremely disappointed whenever I come across someone who thinks it’s the end all be all explanations regarding the Studio ZA/UM situation.

Recommending that video always comes with a heavy caveat from me that the person needs to stop around the 40 minute mark since the interviewer shows a very clear bias that’s unbecoming of a journalist.

Regardless, now that more people are finding out about these layoffs, which might take out members of the studio that have been there since the beginning, it could finally help smack some sense into those Twitter users that actually thought, FOR SOME REASON, Rostov, Kurvitz, and Hindpere were lying for shits and giggles rather than seeing what's ACTUALLY going on which is that the investors have a very obvious agenda against the real wronged party. Hopefully this'll also open their eyes to how the People Make Games video fed into this twisted narrative that Kurvitz was somehow at fault/responsible for the theft of his own IP, but that might be asking too much from their concrete brains. Here's hoping though!

#disco elysium #studio za/um #za/um #people make games #and I’m not even getting into Bratt’s response to the criticism he got #this man deleted so many YouTube comments that pointed out the inconsistencies and bias #it’s such a reddit conspiracy theory but at the time I briefly thought Kompus paid him off to push the narrative in his favor #now I’ve talked about this before in a post from almost a year ago #but i truly believe Bratt’s heart was initially in the right place but let his anger cloud his judgement #after kurvitz rightfully denied him a way to wrap up his video in a neat little bow cause he knew the studio would use his words against hi #something in Bratt must've snapped cause all the blame got pushed on Kurvitz for no reason other than he felt slighted by his response #it's kinda tainted PMG's work for me b/c moving forward I'll have doubt if the story truly is being accurately reported #my response #mp

[personishfive]

in which his life is like a video game

#persona 5 #joker p5 #morgana p5 #akira kurusu #ren amamiya #my art #p5 spoilers #<- i mean. i dont like. say anything outright but like. i feel like i say *enough* in this one. lol #this ones actually pretty old i was just bored and wanted to draw but didnt want to draw enough to do anything serious so i finished it #i almost scrapped it because well it was hard to wrangle and had a minor tone problem but well. they cant all be winners <3 #not my best work but i think the concept is. um. kind of really funny. lol #morgana: shit maybe it'll help him a little to play a game. get his mind off recent events. (it does not do this) #i still think this game is the funniest addition to royal. like they went out of their way to add this akechi themed video game in royal #im gonna be real with you. i think the gray pigeon theory thing is kind of silly. but goro akechi featherman parallels r so real. real shit #have you guys seen proof of justice. wasnt that crazy. that was crazy. #anyway. i want a love so strong it'll bring me back from the dead! or however that featherman episode goes. seeya #comics

[goldensunset]

literally don’t talk to me don’t touch me

#IF THIS IS PLAYER’S HEART. because they don’t have a canon appearance #so they made do by including just everyone player is close to… #i understand from a game design pov it’s bc well they did what they could y’know #but i want to look at things from an in-universe meta pov. the idea that player doesn’t have their own identity #but is just composed of the love of other people who have touched their life and made them someone #something something that thing about how player starts out as a silent blank slate #but by the end of the story has the agency and wit required to think of a plan and pull it off all on their own #something something player being a type of replica theory #kingdom hearts #khml #mine: kh #IT’S GORGEOUS MAN

[trix-or-treatz]

Everyone get ready for one of the biggest farewells the internet has to offer, because like matpat or hate him, you cannot deny his impact on youtube and the internet as a whole

#hes going either way. might as well send him off strong #matpat #game theory #trix talks

[lively-run-away]

these drawings were done like a year and a half ago. like 2 month or so after the ultra deluxe version released. i was too busy doing assessments but i needed to draw him to cope with the work.

i kept thinking " ah i'll sketch it down and redraw a better version of these jokes" and then i never did so here you go. mostly just me making fun of the limitations that stanely must face as a little video game guy.

#tsp #the stanely parable #tspud #my art #the love walking drawing is still funny to me cos i drew that while waiting for a friend and when they saw i just drew that they said they #had the same exact quote happening in their head on their way to me #also yes i do have a theory/ interpretation that stanley can only truely speack through the visual text of Press this button to do this #when i get the energy i will make a post with all the evidence to prove that the press the button text prompt is stanely's real voice #within the game i am not too insane i swear #also i love the eating game it pissed off my friend when i was doing a play through with them #like the man's gotta eat bro! starving for 10 plus years!

[tacticaldiary]

I'm someone who hates goodbyes, it's one of the only things that really makes me emotional. I've been watching Matpat and Steph since I was a kid, and when a constant in your life that's been there for over a decade says goodbye...dude that was rough I won't lie.

I know the coming 4 hosts are going to kill it and I'm excited to see where the channels are going to go, but for nostalgia's sake, nothing is ever going to beat the original for me.

The ability to take topics and spin them into something so digestible to kids and adults alike without sounding condescending or talking down to them is a remarkable, special ability that those guys have. It's like magic how this guy made me excited to learn about topics I dreaded going to school for. I remember I learnt about permutations once from a video and it was so fascinating to me, I was beyond excited when I went to school a month later and the topic got brought up in math class. I got to ace the test and take pride in the fact that I already knew so much.

Matpat's made me cry 4 times over the past 2 weeks with his goodbyes- 5 if you could right now.

I guess what I'm trying to say is thank you, Matpat. Thank you for being a role model adult me is proud of having grown up with.

#ray talks #game theory #matpat #goodbye #i'm literally crying again stop #me trying to crack the little arg through the tears #it was a really good send off

[anonymous-eggy]

*smacks touchstarved fandom with a stick*

LEANDER DIDNT REACH FOR YOUR THROAT TO BE AN ASSHOLE! HIS WHOLE GOAL IN THE BEGINNING IS TO. GAIN. YOUR. TRUST.

WHAT PART OF REACHING FOR YOUR THROAT GAINS YOUR TRUST???

IT MAKES YOU DOUBT HIS POWER, HENCE WHY HE PLAYED IT OFF BY SAYING "LMAO JK JK" YOU FOOLS FELL FOR IT AND ATE IT UP BELIEVING HE WAS JUST BEIN A LIL JESTER. A LITTLE BITCH. A LITTLE ASSHOLE.

THATS WHAT HE WANTED YOU TO THINK BC FOR A MOMENT THE CURSE DID AFFECT HIM A BIT.

"BUT EGGY, HE DOESNT DO IT IF YOU WILLINGLY TOUCH HIM?!!?! HE WAS JUST SO OFFENDED YOU DIDNT TRUST HIM!!" DO YOU KNOW HOW CURSES CAN WORK? CATCH MC OFF GUARD AND THEIR CURSE FLARES UP TO BE STRONGER. THE CURSE'S STRENGTH PROBABLY DEPENDS ON HOW FREAKED OUT MC IS.

MC IS CALMER AND TRUSTING AND EXPECTANT WHEN THEY WILLINGLY TOUCH LEANDER. SO THE CURSE DOESNT FLARE UP.

THE CALMER MC IS THE LESS THE CURSE FLARES UP AND THE EASIER IT IS TO COUNTER WITH LEANDERS OWN MAGIC.

LEANDER GAINING YOUR TRUST COMES BEFORE ANY SORT OF RETALIATION. HE MAY BE A MAN CHILD OF A DOG, BUT HE IS DEDICATED. HE WILL CALMLY CHASE YOU UNTIL YOU'RE TOO TIRED TO KEEP RUNNING. YOU THINK HE GOT ALL THAT POWER BY BEING AN ASS TO PEOPLE WHO DONT IMMEDIATELY TRUST HIM?! HE WILL PLAY THE LONG GAME IF HE HAS TO. HE GIVES YOU THE WHOLE FACADE OF "you can come and go as you please, but i can be home for you :)"

HE HAS DUPED YOU ALL AND I WILL GIGGLE AT ALL OF YOU WHEN THE FULL GAME COMES OUT.

#smh smh #you all are ALREADY falling into his trap #he wants you to think that was just an asshole move for not trusting him #thats how he works. he covers any imperfections up and presents himself as a charming powerful man #and you guys have already fallen for it #i cant wait for the full game to come out and see everyone get repeated tricked by him bc i knew immediately when reading that scene #bro was sweating under all that leather #why ELSE WOULD HE PLAY IT OFF LIKE THAT #HE WANTS YOUR TRUST #his choices in that moment were 'admit that the curse almost fucked him up' OR 'play it off like you were just being silly goofy' #SO HE CHOSE PLAY IT OFF SILLY GOOFY #leander #touchstarved leander #touchstarved game #leander touchstarved #leander ts #leander theory

[savethegrishaverse]

So first Freddy and Ben post photos together, than Leigh and Calahan, and now Ben and Calahan are together lifting weights??

It's all a little TOO suspicious. Also thank you to our discord Third Army members for crafting up these hilarious memes!

#grishaverse #six of crows #shadow and bone #netflix shadow and bone #sab #soc #six of crows fandom #netflix #soc and ck #saveshadowandbone #save the grishaverse #six of crows spin off #save shadow and bone #six of crows spinoff #sixofcrowsspinoff #grishaverse fandom #netflix series #meme #change the game #conspiracy theories #netflix cancellation #renew shadow and bone #no mourners no funerals