The Irony of Prophets

[Scott667]

Over the past couple of weeks there have been numerous amount of 'prophets' confirming / deconfirming (which is not a real word) characters and stages among other things.

Many people on various forums have been claiming too have insider information, trying to gain fame by exploiting the hype for Brawl. However I feel that the whole thing is very ironic.

People are skeptical by nature, most people refuse to believe anything without proof and the same stands for the internet, unless you have a reliable source people will refuse to believe you. A prophet can only be proved by one thing; Brawl coming out and the information being proven true.

No think, if we have to wait till Brawl comes out to prove the prophet right, why are they leaking the information at all. If I say Ridley is a playable character because my friend from Nintendo said so, it means nothing; the information is useless until Brawl comes out, and then no one will care.

Prophets predictions are useless, 90% are making it up and not being helpful at all. What do they gain from making stuff up; nothing, abosulutally nothing.

If there is a Prophet who is right then what do they gain? Nothing. If I know for a fact that Bowser Jr is a playable character three weeks before Brawl comes out, am I effected in any way, shape or form? No. It's only important to me when I can actually play the game, knowing in advance doesn't do anything, so a Prophet telling me means nothing.

I guess what I am trying to say is that the concept of a Prophet is flawed, it can only be proven when the game comes out, thus they don't do anything.

What are your opinions on Prophets?

-Scott667

 

[Reyairia]

There is little to no way to tell.
The only thing we know is that a leaker is probably going to try to avoid losing his job.

 

[Xarias]

You forget another part of the nature of people: They suck. People suck. Some more than others, of course, and these prophets are those that suck the most. They don't gain anything by doing what they do. They just enjoy messing with people.

Basically, its what gets them off, because nothing else will, especially a girl.

 

[Lipucd]

I've...given up all hope...

Everyone on here is on edge, taking whatever little info they can as if they were dogs that haven't been fed for weeks...

I could say, "YuGiOh is in brawl!" and somehow find supporters in said statement even though I JUST MADE THAT UP.

Soon though all shall be known and this hell we live in will just be a passing dream...

Intill then Lurking might be a good idea...this place is turning into GameFAQs by the second...0-o;

 

[Reyairia]

I've...given up all hope...

You had hope to begin with? o_O
Anyone can lie on the internet and get away with it with no consequences.

 

[Ruggeth]

There is no such thing as prophets. They have access to as much information as anyone else does. They are just making it up because they are attention whores.

 

[Reyairia]

There is no such thing as prophets. They have access to as much information as anyone else does. They are just making it up because they are attention whores.

There are such things as leaks, but don't expect it to be more than a stage or something, not a whole roster in one go.

 

[dookieSMASH]

the state of human beings

Prophets predictions are useless, 90% are making it up and not being helpful at all. What do they gain from making stuff up; nothing, abosulutally nothing.

there is certainly lots of things to be gained! namely: the quick attention of others, sick satisfaction of lying (many people are not healthy individuals), the thrill of fooling others, sitting back and playing out a silly hoax (thealmightygoat im looking at you) in the end, sure nothing was really "gained".

the participant in the game is all that is needed.

 

[Lipucd]

You had hope to begin with? o_O
Anyone can lie on the internet and get away with it with no consequences.

As I know this is true...Yet I can't say that I would believe so many people would just go "YOU MUST BE TRUE!" >_>;

Its...Quite saddening really...But I guess as of right now it can not be helped...

 

[The Kirby Kong]

Over the past couple of weeks there have been numerous amount of 'prophets' confirming / deconfirming (which is not a real word) characters and stages among other things.

Many people on various forums have been claiming too have insider information, trying to gain fame by exploiting the hype for Brawl. However I feel that the whole thing is very ironic.

People are skeptical by nature, most people refuse to believe anything without proof and the same stands for the internet, unless you have a reliable source people will refuse to believe you. A prophet can only be proved by one thing; Brawl coming out and the information being proven true.

No think, if we have to wait till Brawl comes out to prove the prophet right, why are they leaking the information at all. If I say Ridley is a playable character because my friend from Nintendo said so, it means nothing; the information is useless until Brawl comes out, and then no one will care.

Prophets predictions are useless, 90% are making it up and not being helpful at all. What do they gain from making stuff up; nothing, abosulutally nothing.

If there is a Prophet who is right then what do they gain? Nothing. If I know for a fact that Bowser Jr is a playable character three weeks before Brawl comes out, am I effected in any way, shape or form? No. It's only important to me when I can actually play the game, knowing in advance doesn't do anything, so a Prophet telling me means nothing.

I guess what I am trying to say is that the concept of a Prophet is flawed, it can only be proven when the game comes out, thus they don't do anything.

What are your opinions on Prophets?

-Scott667

100% true. But you're forgetting one thing:

Leaked screenshots and videos.

That's what we should be hoping for.

 

[Darkurai]

The information doesn't mean anything to us...
...yet we check the Dojo every day.

 

[Kelexo]

I'd like to know how anyone plans to believe it whenever its all coming out at the SAME TIME.

Like that 'leaked brawl' iso thing. Two files of it came out at the same time and one was fake, why should the other be real? It's plausible, but so unlikely.

 

[Corax The Cold]

now that i looked it up, ur right its actually Disconfirming

 

[Kittah4]

There are such things as leaks, but don't expect it to be more than a stage or something, not a whole roster in one go.

Melee's whole roster was textually leaked, much to the disbelief of others. So, there you go. I'm looking for full roster leaks sorta, though I'm tired of rumors personally, its interesting at least.

I am sick of the "information teases" though, like goat and that fool who has his asinine "three-lie" buffer.

 

[volbound1700]

Zelda's FS was leaked in a magazine pic.

 

[Crossjeremiah]

theres a bigger hype to play that character

 

[verditude]

theres a bigger hype to play that character

That's part of it. The only impact a "prophesy" has is if one person would not get the game unless X character was in, and even then this person could find out from an actual source post-release.

 

[KosukeKGA]

One of the finer aspects of life is to laugh and play around with the lesser intelligent.

This is what these so called prophets do.

 

[Kittah4]

One of the finer aspects of life is to laugh and play around with the lesser intelligent.

This is what these so called prophets do.

*lesser intelligence

Sorry, the irony was too thick for me.

 

[Azureclipse]

If you ask me, the real irony is the fact that sooner or later, a prophet is going to pop out of nowhere and tell us some really random character, like Baby Bros, or Vaati, or Dr Phil, is playable. Then we all dismiss it as fake because Issac isn't there. Then Brawl comes out, we start up SSE, and halfway through the game we unlock Dr Phil.

I'm saying, its going to be Pichu and Doctor Mario all over again...

note: no offense to any Issac fans, he's just the best example I could think of.