Oracle_Summon
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Especially if the claims happened after one already claimed it to be true? There is a thing called dog piling on information what others assume to be true. "Near-unanimous"? Tell me, when were these claims made and if they followed after another source said it? If these "near-unanimous" claims are made after another source claimed them to be true then they are piggy-backing off the other leakers.I wish I had the time to say why this is a fundamental misunderstanding of how credible insiders operate. Suffice it to say, people are really bending themselves backwards to justify how a near-unanimous wave of insiders with matching claims somehow isn't indicative of accurate info proliferating.
Is that why multiple "sources" with reputations called the Grinch Leak fake? Besides, playing it safe is exactly why people are very skeptical. Surely someone who has insider information would not be bothered if someone else who has insider information says something different? They need more information to give out otherwise it is complete hearsay.These aren't people who just showed up with claims expecting to be taken seriously, like some 4chan post. That's when you try to keep it safe and believable. These are people with existing reputations, not trying to convince, but trying to inform. If they were trying to convince, they would've said more than "don't believe it". They're not here to pull a quick caper, their basis is their reputation. Meanwhile the few insiders that do share more are lambasted and accused of this kinda conspiracy-weaving stuff.
And the very reason why others believe the Grinch Leak more is because there is more information that people can track down and digest, like the character banner portrait and the LinkedIn Bricard employee. Even if Bricard says opposite, you can still base it off of being under the NDA.
So Mystic isn't someone making a tenuous theory based on the Sprout Orb? How is it not throwing out claims after Mystic claimed Isaac to be in after the sprout orb leak? Just claiming Isaac is in the game after the Sprout Orb leak and not mentioning it is all it takes to be proven a reliable source?No leaker who hopes to continue operating within insider channels is going to throw out claims predicated on tenuous theories like the sprout orb or guessing as to the identity of Vergeben hints. Basing claims on such speculative conjecture will catch up with them, they will eventually be wrong, and will find themselves blacklisted. Only if you're some anon would that kind of stuff be inconsequential.
I have looked at it and it seems Mystic is the only one to have claimed Isaac after the fact, but do not be surprised if others decide to "get more information from their sources".Don't work backwards trying to justify a conclusion by filling in the gaps. Look at things from all angles and keep an open mind. Oh and fwiw "No "insider" is going to ignore Isaac after the sprout leak." Literally they all have, minus one.
tl;dr Unless these "insiders" give us more information than claiming it was what their "sources" said then it is just hearsay and can easily be based off of the other claims.
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