• GuyWTriangle [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        The Courier is the player, not an abstracted third party. It's fine to argue that you wouldn't trust yourself to be a communist but to act as if The Courier has some conscious that acts independently of the player's actions is wrong

        • QuillQuote [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          The Courier is the player

          so you feel like you can trust video game players to have good politics

          • GuyWTriangle [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            Regardless of what my hypothetical politics in a post apocalyptic future would be, if you gave me the Hoover Dam, a Casino with a nuclear reactor under, an army of robots at my back, and a supercomputer friend who manages everything for me, you better believe I would wield power. Who wouldn't?

            • QuillQuote [they/them]
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              3 years ago

              I thought we were talking about whether or not that'd go well not whether or not we would

        • GoroAkechi [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          The courier has a set background. Unless you can find some Parenti in the game, how likely is it that the courier has been exposed to communism?

          • GuyWTriangle [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            The Courier has no set background. Things like mentioning having sex with a woman in Montana or having been to New Reno are all optional dialogues you don't have to pick. I've seen many players make the argument Ulysses is insane and is mistaking you for someone else, which I can agree with. You could argue that you (The Courier) weren't even a career courier and simply agreed to deliver the Chip on a whim in order to visit New Vegas. The only things totally set in stone are you are delivering the Chip to new vegas and get shot in the head