User blog comment:The Milkman/Indoctrination Theorists Say the Darndest Things, Part II/@comment-25512343-20141007214015

I've played the trilogy through more times than I can count. I've read everything I can find from both the IT and non-IT camps. I'm embarrassed by just how obsessed I am with this series. Here's my take on the IT:

I'm torn on this matter. The truth is, neither side can prove the IT right or wrong and you know it. There is just as much evidence to refute it as there is to support it. Very strong arguments on both sides and I for one think it's an interesting theory.

If you refuse to believe the theory OR absolutely insist on believing it, then you're just being closed-minded and just don't want to accept that anything other than your ideas could ever be true. It's literally like listening to bleeding heart liberals argue with bible-belt conservatives. Both camps being COMPLETELY closed-minded, but claim not to be.

Could the theory be true and Bioware incorporated clues into the game on purpose? Absolutely. And if they did, they are enjoying f*****g with us all and making us dance for them. If the IT is true, they aren't confirming it for one reason: To continue this debate between IT and non-IT camps until ME4 is released and maybe even beyond that. How do you keep a game alive forever? Create a controversy just like this, and never directly answer for it.

OR....Could all the evidence to support the IT just be a bunch (astounding amount, actually) of major screw-ups and plot holes made by an incompetent Bioware staff because EA was pressuring them to just get the game done? That possibility is every bit as plausible as the IT.

Considering Biowares reputation, it could go either way. They have shown both incompetence and genius in the past.

I have a feeling that this whole debate might get addressed in ME4. I know they are saying that ME4 will not be based on the original series but think about it...

First of all, Bungee did the same thing. "Oh yeah, Halo is over. That story is done." Surprise! It wasn't true. Bioware could easily do the same thing.

I'm willing to bet ME4 won't be a prequel. It won't be based on the same galaxy on events that happened prior to the original trilogy. Why would anyone want to play that? 1. We already know what happened. 2. Nothing that happened prior to the trilogy was nearly as epic as the storyline of the trilogy. Why spend time and money to develop something that isn't equally or more intriguing.

ME4 COULD take place in some other galaxy, I guess, with a story that has nothing to do with ME1-3, but then it wouldn't even be ME at all, because if all technology in original ME galaxy was based on Reaper tech, then there is no reason any of that tech would exist in a different galaxy that wasn't in the same story line. That (most likely) means no mass relays, no medigel, none of the same weapon tech or armor, no familiar races, etc. Why even associate something like that with ME at all? It's basically just some other space-related game.

If ME4 has a lot of the same races from the trilogy, then it would HAVE to at least address the Reaper storyline. Good luck convincing people that Turians, Asari, Quarians, Humans, etc. all also exist in some other galaxy untouched by the Reapers.

So, ME4 could either be about: 1. Something that happened in the original galaxy, but in the past (lame and predictable). 2. Some side story that was going on during the original trilogy (lame and irrelevant, otherwise it would've been mentioned in the trilogy). 3. Some other galaxy far, far away (lame and not even really ME at this point). 4. Something that happens after the events of ME3.

Obviously the level of "lame" in each scenario is my opinion, and I'm going to bye the stupid game either way because I've lost control of my life thanks to this series. But scenario 4 is the only one that sounds good to me And if scenario 4 does happen, I'm willing to bet Bioware will answer the IT debate once and for all.

If not, the debate will live forever, and in turn, keep the original trilogy alive forever, which really would be genius and cruel of Bioware all at the same time.

They love watching us dance...