The Boogies decision #60
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what I'm interested in is the boogie cyoa planed from start to the finale or is there room for improvisation?
While it was planned from start to finish, adjustments and some key changes were made along the way which I'll tell you guys about later.
we all can fail her and there, all the better to have good friends to help you out...
I feel like ending up alone is a very boogie thing, since they're all assimilated thus are technically always together, personal experience for me says A, but my instinct for this COYA says B....
Go A
Just something to note, independent of the question itself, there is something moving on the map behind the boogie. Worth taking note of.
It looks like the scenario that Jingle was in which happens simultaneous to this.
While I am enjoying this scenario and have been honestly answering the questions based on personal experience, there is still the nagging feeling that perhaps there is some "trick" to these queries. This is a "game" after all, and one would expect choices to have some risk/reward component. Whether this is paranoia or not, let's go down the rabbit hole a bit. If we look for hidden or dual meanings to these questions, perhaps they are subtly referring to our agents' experiences thus far. Day/Night could refer to staying free/clear-eyed, or being blinded/losing one's self. The latter describes a Game Over. The current question may also refer to Game Over scenarios, since an incorrect choice can result in mission failure but you get to join a collective (not be alone), and vice-versa. Perhaps these questions are not as innocent as they seem and are in fact leading us to a potential Game Over. Granted, this is purely speculative....unless you think this whole place is a trap and everyone among us is out to get you. Everyone...
Don't you fuckers forget that just because the cruel and unforgiving universe doesn't care about us that means we will take it laying down. You've got that indomitable human spirit inside! The universe fears that spirits power! Even if you end up alone and a failure in your mind you still keep going! You fight for it! The world is beautiful and there are plenty of things to be happy about! Also does the therapist like Fish Sticks? I bought 5 bags
Hard hitting questions here >~>
Nothing really to add here -- I do find the conversation and justifications in the comments interesting to read though. And how it seems like the audience is pretty nearly evenly split.
Makes sense. Fear is a powerful thing, and can be both good and bad depending on the situation and degree. Which is "scarier" is mostly going to come down to personal preference/experience. Unless you start thinking these are trick questions...
Being a failure is relative to the person. Ending up alone is a curse...it means something went horribly wrong (or horribly right) and now the only thing you have to entertain your time is the damning quiet that creeps into your soul. While its easiest to work alone sometimes there's simply things you as a person could never do alone. and thus being alone causes the concept of failure to pale in comparison.
Failure brings people you know to help you stand up again. Being alone means no can help you stand when Failure dies come again.
Random question: if they're not a part of the collective does that mean they could be hugged without getting boogiefied? Or maybe if they were to boogiefy someone they would also not be a part of the hivemind?
Those are indeed interesting questions.
I'm gonna do the simple and straightforward to apply this question towards how our actions work and/or are impacted by the mindset one tends to have...especially in a 'game' that many do not see as a 'game'. Ending up alone is still a success of some kind, as you still survive a tough and/or dangerous situation. You still essentially come out of it in a better state than you entered and will inevitably have success happen. However, if we were to switch it around from a Boogie's point of view, it would be a fail state and a swift end could be preferable to ending alone. Being a Failure only really comes at the cost of what it actually would mean in context. Here, its so far out of context that the only thing it could mean is an alternate success path. For a Boogie, Failure is a way to grow and change....but the same is so for pretty much everyone, regardless of Boogie or not. tldr; Both. Both are good. Neither of these choices honestly sways me one way or other and it generally sounds like a useless throw-away query. edit: I pick 'ending up alone' even though that is my preferable state of being. I say this as I still have desire to romance someone and be a complete couple at some point in my life.
Failing is generally good. It's how you learn. On the other hand, being a failure means that one has no path to prosperity and have given up looking for that path. That's pretty damn scary. Being alone is no fear of mine. In many ways, I prefer it.
Damn, these are actually some interesting questions. Personally, while failure is terrifying, when it happens, it's it. then it's over and it usually doesn't feel nearly as bad as before it happened. Being alone on the other hand... As someone that live an entire country from most of their friends and loved ones, isolation can really start to get to you. It's not that bad to start, but over time, it *really* starts to eat away at your soul.
I personally feel being alone is worse. Grew up with no kids my age in the neighborhood. By the time there were they were my little sisters age
I am quite certain that the being's solution would be to help us embrace the collective, should "being alone" be our greatest fear. However, the fact she says that she is not "part of the others" intrigues me. It also reminds me that we might be the baddies, thanks to Ozone's comments from a while back...
What happens when you just, prefer being alone?
Failure can be scary for some. But losing all my friends and family? No. I don’t even want to think about that…
A failure only lasts, as long as you live But imagine that cosmos, has no fricks to give A prayer is sent, bounces back like an echo Not even a glimmer of heavenly glow You're alone, in matters material But also abandoned, in ways most spiritual To be forgiven by God is a generous gift To be forsaken by God is... the ultimate rift Nobody answers, not even a glare Your soul adrift, in immortal despair If you truly think, that loss is the worse Know loneliness, is an everlasting curse.
Failing is bad. We fail, we don’t end up alone, because we’re gonna be part of the collective. This is again, probably a pointless filler choice, but at least I can throw SOME degree of logic I to my answer.
Failing is part of our nature. Without failure we can't learn how to be better
Failure is scarier in my opinion, it keeps you up at night and makes you wonder if you could have done different