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Subject: Psychology of a Gamer: Is the developer manipulating its consumers?

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In the Septagon is where I spend most of my days.
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Talking about Halo, life and some school.
Got in one little argument, and the mods got scared,
they said "You're gonna get banned and your member title'll be bare!"

As everyone is well aware of, DARE's gender is female. What you may not know, however, is that Bungie is manipulating you.

It is quite evident how most gamers respond to females. An almost obsessive, and sometimes possessive, nature overcomes the subject in proximity of the uterus-bearer. By placing a female companion in the player's squad, the developer is encouraging behavior in the gamer to protect and ultimately ensure the survival of the female, and by proxy the rest of the squad.

There is already evidence to support this. The billowing of posts and threads dedicated solely to Dare, the female, is just the precursor to the type of behavioral modification that Bungie Studios has set up. Players will be psychologically and -blam!-ly bound by the developer, slaves to their agenda.

  • 06.03.2009 1:55 PM PDT

its ok, its cool if you're into guys

  • 06.03.2009 1:57 PM PDT

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True.

I kill her the 1st time I get a chance. Again, and again, and again.

  • 06.03.2009 1:58 PM PDT

The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's to late to stop reading it.

I think you're looking a little to far into this.The obsession about Dare is that there is little to no information about her yet it seems she will be playing a major role in ODST.

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Or maybe people can't use the Search tool and are confused as to why her details are hidden and she has Recon but none of the other ODSTs do and all the weird transcripts we've read?

  • 06.03.2009 1:59 PM PDT

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Got in one little argument, and the mods got scared,
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Posted by: Venator360
I think you're looking a little to far into this.The obsession about Dare is that there is little to no information about her yet it seems she will be playing a major role in ODST.


Yes.

Thank you.

You have made every thing so...

much...

more...

clear.

  • 06.03.2009 2:00 PM PDT

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I agree Prometheus; clearly Dare is the teabagable version of Cortana we've been hoping for.

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I don't really play Halo because of Cortana or any other female characters. If i wanted to get a boner or protect some female i would go watch pronz or hang out with my girlfriend.

  • 06.03.2009 2:00 PM PDT

she's part of ONI, all their stuff is always secretive

  • 06.03.2009 2:00 PM PDT

i know why the -blam!- does she get recon amour

  • 06.03.2009 2:00 PM PDT

You Dumb-blam!-. You can't even tell she has boobs. Not to mention she sounds like a frickin' -blam!-. Everyone cares because she is ONI and has Recon.

  • 06.03.2009 2:01 PM PDT

lol...What? wow, people are crazy.

  • 06.03.2009 2:02 PM PDT

Posted by: RAVENYER
its ok, its cool if you're into guys


Be my friend NAO!!

  • 06.03.2009 2:02 PM PDT

Old school Bungie, born and raised,
In the Septagon is where I spend most of my days.
Relaxin', maxin', posting all cool,
Talking about Halo, life and some school.
Got in one little argument, and the mods got scared,
they said "You're gonna get banned and your member title'll be bare!"

Explosive and unexplained anger can be a result of steroid use. Lay off the juice.

  • 06.03.2009 2:04 PM PDT

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Hmmm.... What happens when you hit her?

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  • 06.03.2009 2:07 PM PDT

Posted by: prometheus25
As everyone is well aware of, DARE's gender is female. What you may not know, however, is that Bungie is manipulating you.

It is quite evident how most gamers respond to females. An almost obsessive, and sometimes possessive, nature overcomes the subject in proximity of the uterus-bearer. By placing a female companion in the player's squad, the developer is encouraging behavior in the gamer to protect and ultimately ensure the survival of the female, and by proxy the rest of the squad.

There is already evidence to support this. The billowing of posts and threads dedicated solely to Dare, the female, is just the precursor to the type of behavioral modification that Bungie Studios has set up. Players will be psychologically and -blam!-ly bound by the developer, slaves to their agenda.


Rampant AI, DETECTED

  • 06.03.2009 2:09 PM PDT

I disagree, I have no more care for her than any NPC.

One word:

Recon

  • 06.03.2009 2:11 PM PDT

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This is true. I can't wait to hear what Bungie will come up with when the IWHBYD skull is on when you betray her. lol :D

  • 06.03.2009 2:12 PM PDT
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Dude she has Recon!

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What is with the tirade of joke threads recently?

In the odd circumstance that any of the other responses here are serious:

The presence of a female in any circumstance doesn't instantly turn a person's brain upside-down, forcing males to growl and shout with guttural exhalation under the wake of either emotional or hormonal influence. Given what we know about Dare, she is the last person of my squad I would be trying to save, if it were even a selective situation, which from what we know thus far, it is not. Not because she is female, but because she seems secretive even from the squad she has taken control of, and because I have considered her defection (whether en masse or simply from the group) a possibility.

If you want to call the survival of the squad manipulation, go ahead. I call it a plot point.

  • 06.03.2009 2:18 PM PDT

Wort Wort Wort???

Also, hilarious quote:
Posted by: Vgnut117
True. Now that I think about it having the -blam!- beat out of you with a pool ball in a tube sock by your degenerate pimp is the better choice.

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Best joke thread ever.

Posted by: SonicJohn
I agree Prometheus; clearly Dare is the teabagable version of Cortana we've been hoping for.


Best quote ever.

  • 06.03.2009 2:30 PM PDT

Yeah and Males 18-24 drive on average 1 MPH faster when they hear manly words, such as beard or muscle
And they slow down for female words like pink and fluffy

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Posted by: RAVENYER
its ok, its cool if you're into guys


Epic win for first post.

  • 06.03.2009 2:32 PM PDT

HACK THE PLANET!

I can see many unnecessary T-bags in the future.

  • 06.03.2009 2:35 PM PDT

I have to disagree with the OP. When I play Left 4 Dead, Zoe is usually one of the first teammates I throw to the zombies to save my own ass. The only person I throw ahead of her is Bill. How I hate Bill...

  • 06.03.2009 2:43 PM PDT

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