So it the Tadc there’s two main theories on how the players entered the circus. The disappearing theory VS the clone theory. I guess this is my overview of both of them
The disappearing theory (were their bodies literally going to the circus meaning they disappear)
- 1996 October 15 The amazing digital circus was made
- 1999 October 15 several C&A workers go missing/enter to the circus
- 2000 October 15 Ragatha enters the circus probably when she was trying to sell the building
- 2000 - 2017 C&A likely got investigated when it several employees went missing at work. Likely nothing came of this as none of the C&A workers would of really known what was happened (I don’t think they’re pure evil Corporation just probably a shady one) but the company like me took a hit because of it causing them to close down and sell the building. And then Ragatha goes missing well inside the building this causes C&A rush closing down the building to avoid any more legal trouble. Likely no one at the bottom of the building and it remained abandoned
- 2017 it is likely become a ‘haunted’ location there are possibly rumours about more people going missing in that building but at least 8 are on record
-is this theory would explain why the headset was abandoned A presuming the expensive bit of tech and why C&A was trying to sell off the building a year after C&A workers into The circus. Also we know that pommi and Zooble like to explore abandoned buildings it being wanted is another motivation for them.
- The main bits of evidence against this is The mind files and it doesn’t explain how the other 8 members (Jax, Gangle and the abstracted) entered the circus
The clone theory (this theory suggests that the digital copies of themselves)
- 1996 October 15 The amazing digital circus was made
- 1999 October 15 several C&A workers get cloned into the circus
- 2000 October 15 Ragatha gets cloned into the circus while trying to sell the C&A building because she put on the headset for some reason
-2000-2017 for whatever reason C&A was unable to sell the building and left it abandoned presuming that the C&A still exists and it was just that particular branch they were closing for whatever reason they might be cloning people into the circus particular people that have been severely injured and they’re not likely to wake up
-there is quite a lot of evidence for the theory for example the main files which suggests they are due to Digital scans of the brain and that’s it no information about their bodies. And if they are scanning people that are not surviving it would line up with scratch’s  original motivation to create the circus (due to his cancer) also both Jax and  Gangle both are associated with car accident  likely meeting to severe injuries explaining how they ended up in the circus (Plus the extracted)  and pommi and Zooble  still being able to explore the abandon C&A building and put the headset on. It also fits in with the theme of the show (that there is meaning to be found in a second life)
-The main bits of evidence against this theory it doesn’t explain why C&A was trying to close down that particular branch and why it didn’t go through or how will be building ended up abandoned and why they left the headset behind presuming the again is pretty expensive and likely the first one made/prototype. Also relies on C&A being big enough to have other branches which are there isn’t really any evidence of other than how the office looks The only reliable information we have is what Kinger said and that’s not much what they said it could just be that one building. ( Sidenote it feels so strange to me that Ragatha would put on a The headset something that she probably shouldn’t do and I can’t think of a reason why she would)
