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In my last post about emails in The Stanley Parable, I mentioned that this email:
has more to it. If you want to know more about the emails, check my previous posts under the tag 'tsp analysis'. For now, let's talk about 1112800.
First off, this email is also seen in another place: The screen of the computer on 421's desk.
421's computer is always on when starting a new game, and always displays this screen. No other computers display this image.
While all the other emails seen are plausible to have been sent by real people, this one seems to have been planted by the developers. I can't find any evidence of the number 1112800 in any trailer, or the original mod. If I'm wrong, feel free to correct me!
So, either Anthony W sent this email to both the Narrator and 421, or he sent it to one and it was forwarded to the other. Why 421 was chosen over any other employee isn't known.
The number appears in another place as well: this clipboard in the mind control facility.
According to this forum, this is a message encoded using ASCII. When translated to plaintext, it reads as follows:
“I just played your game and I'd like to say i was the most annoying ting I ever played. t had its cool moment but overall the experienae was only of annoyance. The problem s that it does not touch the heart of people. It's a very emotionles game.
Did you ask ay girls to try ut your game? I ask because they are blissfully less logical than us guys. I am very logical myself, but also very emoional, so it was easy for me to find the game noying.
Wht happened is that you ame frustrated me. I felt like I was being taken into someone else's hallways, doors and plans, to deliver me an experience that didn't touch me. And worst of all, I'm watching you - 1112800
This is clearly Raphael's review from the Raphael Trailer, with some new spelling errors (the missing letters spell out "this is not an ARG"). However it cuts off early. Where it's supposed to say, "And worst of all, I had absolutely no free will in the game, no way to change anything, no impact, no power" it instead says, "And worst of all, I'm watching you" with a signature of 1112800 instead of Raphael.
So, what is the significance of 1112800? Well, this was supposedly the ID for the main thread for The Stanley Parable on the Facepunch forums, however this no longer seems to be the case, as the link leads to a 404 error. But, again, there's more to it.
There are papers scattered all over the office, however these are only found in the Mind Control Facility. These pages, titled "DATA POINTS FOR 1112800", have a list of employee numbers, and actions to take concerning their status. Employee 432 is a bit of a special case- I'll probably make a post just about him at some point.
That's about all I've got on 1112800. I get the feeling I'm missing something, so if anyone has any additional points, feel free to add on!
The 1112800 is not "supposedly" the ID of the main facepunch thread, it IS the ID of the main facepunch thread. It got deleted or misplaced when the Facepunch site got a redesign. The archives of the thread still exist.
The Doylist explanation is likely that the original devs wanted to shoutout the one of the original threads which got the original Half-Life mod popular.
The Watsonian explanation is still out there thought, but I feel like we should focus on the contents of the emails rather than the number itself imo.
You said that there's something missing in this post, so here you go, as I'm afraid that things would stray from the analysis further because of broken links or unintentional things.
I really want to draw, but I have no time for anything but sleep
all the people I meet at work make me feel uncomfortable
Nothing on my work can make me feel good. Good is only in my room. I don’t know how much time I can keep this feel inside. Real life is some sort of hell, nothing feels real or important.
My biggest issue is the absolute ice cold take of "Ariel gave up her life/voice for a boy" when the film repeatedly shows Ariel was preyed upon by Ursula. She was exploited and stalked by the literal antagonist of the film into making a really bad decision, especially when Ursula knew Ariel was at her most emotional and the least unable to reach out to her support network.
And the deal Ariel made was meant to be an impossible task that she was tricked into taking AND STILL Ariel was smart enough to almost achieve it if Ursula wasn't playing dirty and directly interfering in with it all.
Ariel was absolutely a victim of manipulation and circumstance, and people who use this as an irredeemable flaw in her character act like they got big brain energy when their brains are smooth as fuck.
Jesus christ Hitman 3 was a trip…But a good as fuck trip holy SHIT the locations are amazing, especially Chongqing, the attention to details. (I didn’t notice any translation error in the chinese texts like you usually find in other video games…
Rip Grey. Can’t believe they did my boi like that but he was trying his damnest to protect his only family…
I’m a bit confused about the ending though… Maybe it’s my natural attraction to tragic endings but I can’t help but interpret it this way… Spoilers warning for those who haven’t finished the game, also for my extremely cynical interpretation of the ending.
In the mission in Mendoza you can overhear conversations between Diana and Vidal and they also talked about 47. Diana was asked what 47 would feel if he saw her now, she said “He wouldn’t, 47 is a weapon and weapons don’t judge. They go where they are pointed.” And when Diana was waiting for 47 to save her upstairs, 47 shows up and she orders him to clear the floor, put on a gaurd’s outfit and wait for her signal. After she stabs Yates she ordered 47 to finish him and Yates snarled to 47 “such a good…boy”. I’m definately reading too much into it but her tone was just so cold when she said these things… And when she stabbed Yates (what I thought she would never do cause she wasn’t an “apathetic killer” like 47 was bred to be. Sure she works in the killing business but she never knew “what it was like to take lives”), I legit thought for a second that she really changed into a cold-hearted Constant.
I knew Diana wasn’t really gonna betray 47 (we already saw this in Blood Money so I thought they were going for a more polished version of it) and Diana was playing her part but… even when no one was watching though? Even when he was writhing on the ground thinking he was on the verge of death - betrayed by the one who he trusted the most? What was the plan here? Hoping Edwards wouldn’t kill him? Hoping he was gonna wake up safe in the train before getting mind-wiped again - his worst nightmaire? No whispered words of reassurance or hinted encouragemnet before he goes unconscious? Just…“this (death) is a kindness. Goodbye, agent”? Not even addressing him by his name in what he thought was the last thing he would hear?
Was there ever a plan? Or was it just 47 convincing himself that there was one in his mind? She didn’t give him any hint of hope. No wonder he imagined all those awful things Diana said in his dream. In the end it was Grey who snapped him out of it - his emotions personified, convincing him that Diana was plotting against Edwards, that Diana forgives him, that Diana trusts him to act on his own.
His emotions - love and loyalty for Diana brought him back. But to what end?
I always thought that the best ending of Hitman was to be the retirement of everyone. Tearing down this horrible and, in its core, immoral business of endless lies and bloodshed that ruined the lives of many. People like 47 and Grey could finally, like Grey said, “think about the future and not go back”, could have the freedom to choose options other than killing, hurting and being used as weapons.
But alas, in the end, 47 came back to his old ways. Did he really choose this path of murdering people for money on his own, or did he choose it because of Diana? With the unwavering belief that she could do no wrong, that she is uncorruptable by power, that she is untouchable?
Maybe 47 wasn’t bred to be the perfect specimen of human capabilities after all. Maybe he was bred to be loyal to whomever he has imprinted on.
Maybe he was bred to not have free will.
It’s just my very grim view on this story. Still though, I like the canon one a lot. Really hope this isn’t the end of the Hitman franchise… we’ll see. I’d love to hear what you guys think of the ending.
QvQ Also someone please write a fix-it fic where everyone rides off into the sunset and get married with each other.
aaaah, I love your interpretation! So far, I’ve only seen the cutscenes so I can’t say much about what happens throughout the missions, but I feel the exact same way about the ending as you do I think?
(well first I gotta admit I’m not satisfied with how quickly and unceremoniously they got rid of Lucas at all. He was the one who started planning Providence’s downfall ever since he was still a child, he should have at least been there in spirit when it was brought down imho.)
That being said, I enjoyed most of Diana’s and 47′s plot sooo much! But the end also confused me a little? 47′s choice to basically return to status quo doesn’t feel much like a choice. It feels like him returning to the one thing he knows how to do because there’s nothing else for him out there. And imho that would be a pretty reasonable and strong ending, if a bit tragic - if it was framed that way? But I feel like the writing wants us to think of this as triumphant and hopeful… when the implication that for all intents and purposes, 47 is still a slave to his upbringing and purpose hangs so heavily over it all.
(also asdfgfgh before the game was even released I already wrote a fix it fic where Lucas and 47 travel to Sicily on their path towards their future! I can shoot u a link if u wanna <3)
yes yes yes! essentially, nothing changed. that’s what i’m getting from the ending. 47 is just being more and more characterized as a slave to Diana and his own way of life, but to make himself feel better, he says he does it by choice. honestly it’s great for shippers but not great for people who really wanted him to carve his own path in life. the writers reused what they knew worked, and while it’s very comforting, it’s also quite redundant :(
Jesus christ Hitman 3 was a trip...But a good as fuck trip holy SHIT the locations are amazing, especially Chongqing, the attention to details. (I didn't notice any translation error in the chinese texts like you usually find in other video games...
Rip Grey. Can't believe they did my boi like that but he was trying his damnest to protect his only family...
I'm a bit confused about the ending though... Maybe it's my natural attraction to tragic endings but I can't help but interpret it this way... Spoilers warning for those who haven't finished the game, also for my extremely cynical interpretation of the ending.
In the mission in Mendoza you can overhear conversations between Diana and Vidal and they also talked about 47. Diana was asked what 47 would feel if he saw her now, she said "He wouldn't, 47 is a weapon and weapons don't judge. They go where they are pointed." And when Diana was waiting for 47 to save her upstairs, 47 shows up and she orders him to clear the floor, put on a gaurd's outfit and wait for her signal. After she stabs Yates she ordered 47 to finish him and Yates snarled to 47 "such a good...boy". I'm definately reading too much into it but her tone was just so cold when she said these things... And when she stabbed Yates (what I thought she would never do cause she wasn't an "apathetic killer" like 47 was bred to be. Sure she works in the killing business but she never knew "what it was like to take lives"), I legit thought for a second that she really changed into a cold-hearted Constant.
I knew Diana wasn't really gonna betray 47 (we already saw this in Blood Money so I thought they were going for a more polished version of it) and Diana was playing her part but... even when no one was watching though? Even when he was writhing on the ground thinking he was on the verge of death - betrayed by the one who he trusted the most? What was the plan here? Hoping Edwards wouldn't kill him? Hoping he was gonna wake up safe in the train before getting mind-wiped again - his worst nightmaire? No whispered words of reassurance or hinted encouragemnet before he goes unconscious? Just..."this (death) is a kindness. Goodbye, agent"? Not even addressing him by his name in what he thought was the last thing he would hear?
Was there ever a plan? Or was it just 47 convincing himself that there was one in his mind? She didn't give him any hint of hope. No wonder he imagined all those awful things Diana said in his dream. In the end it was Grey who snapped him out of it - his emotions personified, convincing him that Diana was plotting against Edwards, that Diana forgives him, that Diana trusts him to act on his own.
His emotions - love and loyalty for Diana brought him back. But to what end?
I always thought that the best ending of Hitman was to be the retirement of everyone. Tearing down this horrible and, in its core, immoral business of endless lies and bloodshed that ruined the lives of many. People like 47 and Grey could finally, like Grey said, "think about the future and not go back", could have the freedom to choose options other than killing, hurting and being used as weapons.
But alas, in the end, 47 came back to his old ways. Did he really choose this path of murdering people for money on his own, or did he choose it because of Diana? With the unwavering belief that she could do no wrong, that she is uncorruptable by power, that she is untouchable?
Maybe 47 wasn't bred to be the perfect specimen of human capabilities after all. Maybe he was bred to be loyal to whomever he has imprinted on.
Maybe he was bred to not have free will.
It's just my very grim view on this story. Still though, I like the canon one a lot. Really hope this isn't the end of the Hitman franchise... we'll see. I'd love to hear what you guys think of the ending.
QvQ Also someone please write a fix-it fic where everyone rides off into the sunset and get married with each other.
My interpertation was that 47 proved his free will to us by convincing himself that that Diana did trust him despite all the evidence to the later. Like lying to yourself to carry on with a task that bothers us. Maybe he was thinking how could she not hate him, he knows he killed her parents after.
But he feels like it has to be a plan NOT because of his inate "programming" but because of the shit they have been thought in Blood Money and Absolution. They grown to trust each other and deep down in his instincts he knows he still trust Diana.
On that note, I just thought Diana literally guessed that is what Edwards was going to do since she know he like to use people as pawns. And she know 47 will kill him because that's what he does.
In the Train mission, you can see that 47's objectives were not given by anyone. It's not by Diana since they didn't talked about a plan for very long. I feel like 47 gave his objective himself and I also feel like he would have still spared Edwards with the scrum there aren't other chooses we can choose from.
The ending suggested that both 47 and Diana had the same idea to continue to take down corrupt people. I don't think it's because 47 likes to follow Diana like a puppy dog but because they know more than anyone how it is like for powerful people to abuse their people on those who are weak to stop them.
To think 47's following Diana because of his inate programming is a disservice to his arc as he tried to gain himself in this whole trilogy.
But that's just my thoughts and I do respect your opinion if you feel that way.
So you know how Nirvana hated “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Brendon Urie is sick of “I Write Sins, Not Tragedies,” and Tweny One Pilots getting sick of “”Blurryface?”
What if Gorillaz got sick of “Feel Good Inc.” ?
Imagine the gang, sick of it, performing it:
2D fucking up the lyrics on purpose
Noodle is bored out of her mind playing the guitar parts
Murdoc fully clothed and just not feeling it
Russel dutifully keeping the beat but he’s also not as into it as he used to be
Reminds me of "Camels breaking down in the cities back!" and all the other time 2D/Damon changes the lyrics up in other live performances in concerts. So I'll accept this headcanon. It makes them feel a bit realistic.
IMO, Phase 1 is great, but it’s a case of them getting their footing and working out what they’re doing, which makes some of the characterisation a little wonky and unfocused. But Phase 2 improves on absolutely everything that Phase 1 started, adds to it, refines it and overall improves on almost everything in terms of characterisation, art, and dialogue.
Phase 3 takes a totally different route and pretty much scraps everything Phase 2 did brilliantly and does something completely different and wacky and unbalanced, except for the music itself. Some people prefer this, I think it’s basically a scar on Gorillaz lore and indirectly fucked up Russel and Noodle by not developing them any further.
Phase 4 goes back to what the first two phases had set up, but just misses out on a lot of Phase 2’s fine-tuning since they were getting back into it again, so I see it on pretty much the same level as Phase 1 in that there’s the makings of something great there.
Phase 5 dips its toe back into Phase 3 plot territory, but still tries to remain semi-grounded and give all the main characters something to do (even if it’s not much). There’s a lot less content in general and a lack of balance in character interviews/content, which puts it under P1 for me since it loses a lot of the focus on the things I love 1, 2 and 4 for in favour of other plotty elements.
I’d like Phase 6 to go for the more grounded, character-focused route that 1, 2 and 4 go for, but improve on some of the issues that P4 faced with finding its footing again, since I feel like they could do something great if they improved on what they’d started with Phase 4, similar to how P2 refined what P1 set out to do rather than going for something completely different again and not living up to be as good as it could be.
Unfortunately I’m getting the impression that they’re going to bring time travel into this, which is sadly not a good sign for me whatsoever and makes me very, very worried.
Eh, the possible time travel plot doesn't bother me since if grounded characterizations are what you are after then I've seen wackier adult shows achieve this quite well (see Bojack Horseman, Rick and Morty or Futurama for example).
Also, I let most of the other faults slide because the decline in writing was due to a lot of external factors (EMI cutting the budget which let to the rest Phase 3 being botched, Cass Browne (dialog writer for Phase 1-3) leaving, Ace not getting to speak due to contract reasons ect.). I kinda feel really sorry for them because they do try really hard to make to make an engaging story but things just don't work out as expected all the time.
My main problem for Phase 5 (and most of the phases) is the accessibility and minimal marketing because I didn't even know #FreeMurdoc ended like 11 months ago after the fact and had this whole big ARG thing and had to do research about the chats to just caught up with everything.
I suggest to just take a break from this fandom for a while because I honestly think your expectations are already dead in the water as you bet you'll delete all your accounts for it (a bit much?). If time travel or less grounded stuff isn't your thing then that's fine. It's not for everyone. But I just don't want you to be disappointed again for a band (or show) that you seemingly admire a lot. Trust me, I've been there. Your energy would better spend on something that meet or surpressed your expectations.
But hey, that's just my honest opinion. No hate or anything.
