Mass Effect 3: Retake This
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So does this mean you'll be joining me in my re-take the Matrix campaign? Or re-take 2001: a space oddessy? I mean that ending just came out of nowhere, and nothing got resolved! Or perhaps re-take the Mona Lisa!El Dwarfio said:
The game was never OURS to begin with! It was Bioware's! There is literally NOTHING for the re-take movement to re-take! If they picked a better name they probably wouldn't be called self entitled so often!
I find it rather hilarious that this comic is doing what it's poking fun at, which other people have already pointed out.
Though, I only see this spiraling into worse from here on out. Not this thread, the whole ME3 debacle.
Though, I only see this spiraling into worse from here on out. Not this thread, the whole ME3 debacle.
Then there's a miscommunication here. The reason EA/Bioware responded the way they did wasn't because the internet was buzzing with "The ending to ME3 absolutely sucked, ruined the franchise, etc etc." It was quite specifically "The ending to ME3 absolutely sucked, ruined the franchise, and they OWE us something better!!!" That's where the term "entitled" came into the situation. Again I point to the comparison of any other story out there. You can read a series of novels, enjoy them thoroughly, get to the end and find a big middle-finger of an ending. Are you suddenly going to start writing to the author demanding they give you a better ending? Or would you write a review of the books, tell everyone the author is a hack because he/she couldn't come up with a proper ending, and decide never to buy anything by said author again?Scrumpmonkey said:
The former response is a rather crazy one if you ask me, and DOES seem like it's coming from someone who feels they are entitled to a better ending. The latter is the more sensible way of doing things, it punishes the author for making poor choices by damaging their reputation and their future income.
You know, after I read this, I chuckled... than turn around to look to see if anything was there...cursedseishi said:
Heh. That was pretty good. What makes it even more sweet is the fact that many of the Retake ME don't get the joke. Not sure who that says more about, the Retakers or people on the internet in general. 
Comic strip writing =/= game journalismPatrick Anderson said:
Those of us with the intelligence not to rely on the media to form our opinions can notice that this is all intended with humour. Don't make an account on the site just to insult its content unthinkingly.
> Retakers complain that people don't "get" what their movement is all about.
> Same people don't get the joke behind the comic.
This, my friends, is what we call "irony".
> Same people don't get the joke behind the comic.
This, my friends, is what we call "irony".
Did everyone who is whining willfully misinterpret this? It's not making fun of the retake movement. It's showing the evil boss lady purposefully antagonizing one side of a controversy in order to profit of their feelings. If anything it's lampooning how frankly reactionary a lot of these arguments have become, people instantly siding one way or another without thinking about the arguments or even whats going on; resorting to pointless ad hom attacks and gratuitous use of the word "entitled" whilst throwing money at random things.
LIKE THEY HAVE DONE IN THIS THREAD.
LIKE THEY HAVE DONE IN THIS THREAD.
So...
I have indeed signed up for the retake ME3 page, didnt have time to give money for the cupcakes, but i thought it was funny and clever.
I tho still dont get why so many game journalists have the -you whinny morons asking to change the ending, you stupid crybabys blabla bla- threads, videos and comics, going on for how many weeks already? 4? 5?
Ill tell you exactly what you tell us: GET OVER IT ALREADY.
Thank you.
I have indeed signed up for the retake ME3 page, didnt have time to give money for the cupcakes, but i thought it was funny and clever.
I tho still dont get why so many game journalists have the -you whinny morons asking to change the ending, you stupid crybabys blabla bla- threads, videos and comics, going on for how many weeks already? 4? 5?
Ill tell you exactly what you tell us: GET OVER IT ALREADY.
Thank you.
Having skipped the bajillion angry posts... does anyone else get that the joke is
"Get people mad, then profit off it"
The punch line is the intended profit, not upsetting the people here.
"Get people mad, then profit off it"
The punch line is the intended profit, not upsetting the people here.
Well its aimed for moking the retake movement, in one way or another. So i guess as part of the movement i cant laugh at the joke.trollpwner said:
While i dont consider myself victimized, in all and all its just a couple of ppl making a joke of already old news.
Again tho, cant laugh.
am i the only one who actually expected that ending? i mean stuff was messed up and there was no way anything was going to be the same again. just kinda saying that everything blew up and everyone died just kinda made sense to me.
Man, I could have lived with that ending, I wish that's how it endedryanthemadman said:
the one we got was worse than rocks fall everyone dies.