Or maybe he just didnt want to consider the possibility because its easier to blame Clem and focus on hating her then it is to admit to himself that if he hadnt stolen the medicine from his own group, lied about it, and then led them directly to us, his sister would still be alive.
like I said, I dont buy the whole "irrational with grief" argument. I think he knew exactly what he was doing. He blamed the consequences of his actions on a child because its easier then blaming himself, just like he was willing to scapegoat that same child to hide his own crimes.
but he seemed pretty freaking rational when he was quietly escaping with Mike and Bonnie.
That he seemed-at was-, rational when he was escaping with Mike and Bonnie doesn´t mean he was not blocking up any possibility that Clem was innocent.
What would I do if someone robbed me? Certainly not drag my "sick" sister into a potential gunfight with a bunch of strangers for one -_-
And guess who also didnt take responsibility for robbing someone? Arvo. He stole medicine from his own group and then blamed a little girl who was kind enough not to rob him back. Hes a coward and an asshole.
What would I do if some people tried to rob me? Make sure they're dead. It's the most practical thing to do. And don't you dare think you wouldn't want the same thing. When you're wronged, you want to make things even.
So what you are saying is that you agree that Kenny did the right thing trying to kill Arvo cuz he tried to rob us? I mean, Kenny just wanted to "make things even", right?
That sounds like the reasoning of a coward who doesn't want to take responsibility for robbing someone.
What would I do if some people tr… moreied to rob me? Make sure they're dead. It's the most practical thing to do. And don't you dare think you wouldn't want the same thing. When you're wronged, you want to make things even.
Don't act like you wouldn't have done that same thing, because I guarantee most people lack the "strength' to let grudges go. And that's really what Arvo reveals about many players - they're perfectly happy about victims of robberies putting up with it, and are HAPPY to kill them for wanting to do something about their mistreatment.
Y'all need to get robbed yourself before you open your big mouths.
This is Pizza vs Ice-cream all over again but with different flavours and toppings.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but you can't expect to change people's minds on how they feel about the matter or make generalised statements insulting their thought process. When people get too passionate about topics like this it leaves you open to trolling too, so everone relax and post fact only.
So OP thinks that the people who didnt bother reading the calm post will suddenly be struck by deep understanding and decide to read the post where he (she?) says their reasoning is idiotic just because they dont agree with his version of events?
Seriously, all my respect to WilderEVE for wanting to get the point across, but it kinda seems like a losing battle. From what I have seen, people dont hate Arvo cuz they dont understand why he did it or think he did it for no reason, they hate him cuz they think his reasons suck and cuz they think shooting a kid in revenge is dead wrong.
It's borne out of frustration after the calm, measured approach doesn't work. And evidently it hasn't changed - people who are set in their ways still refuse to even read, just as they refused to read or think when the OP was calmer.
We dont see him from Kennys perspective???? We see him from Clems. And from Clems perspective, it sure as hell looks like he stole supplies from his own group and then blamed it on her (after she was kind enough to not rob him). From Clems perspective, it sure as hell looks like Luke is dead because Arvo decided to be an asshole and lead his group to ambush us to cover up his own crime. From CLEMS perspective, it sure as hell looks like Arvo is willing to murder a little girl in revenge.
Maybe if he was such a "scared victim" he shouldn't have brought his "sick" sister and his group to try to ROB US AT GUNPOINT! Like, he specifically led them to us to cover up his own crime. How is he not that bad?
Dude take a chill pill. Yeah the writers created him like that but I don't think he was that bad. Nick shot Matthew, is he evil? What about … moreyour Kenny huh? Volent temper verging on psychotic, yet he cared for the kids. Does that make him evil? No of course not! My point is that Arvo had NO chance at all. We see him through Kenny's perception, a "Ruskie" who caused the deaths of Rebecca and Luke, and just because he is Russian means he's the enemy. But through anyone else's view, you can see a scared victim surrounded by hostile enemies who want nothing more than to cause him pain and misery. All he did was take advantage of a momentary chance at seizing power through the gun. That's the problem with people like you, **you can't see things from anyone else's point of view. ** Kenny calls Arvo the villain so he must be right. Kenny said we have to go to Wellington he must be right. Kenny calls Clem a stupid fucking kid for killing Sarita. Kenny is love, Kenny is life, blah blah blah. Screw Kenny.
Also, if anyone speaks Russian there's some Russian in the game that the video creator missed, a conversation between Mike and Arvo if you let the timer run out when you approach them, I'd like to know what they said, it goes like this:
Not debating their bad writing at all! I agree they should have done better, and at first I thought Arvo saying we stole from him was a mistake/bug because you dont even get the dialog choice to deny it if you didnt rob him.
But I'm just very confused about #TeamSarahs reasoning??
In the end, this is the same kind of linearity that makes the idea of choice meaningless. Arvo shot you because the writers wanted you to h… moreate Mike and Arvo and thought that it'd be "shocking" to transition into the obligatory Lee dream sequence by having a child get shot.
Never mind that they then minimize the impact of said child getting shot by claiming that "Oh the bullet went through" and not using logic to realize that Clem should probably be maimed and close to death.
Or maybe he just didnt want to consider the possibility because its easier to blame Clem and focus on hating her then it is to admit to himself that if he hadnt stolen the medicine from his own group, lied about it, and then led them directly to us, his sister would still be alive.
Or maybe he just didnt want to consider the possibility because its easier to blame Clem and focus on hating her then it is to admit to hims… moreelf that if he hadnt stolen the medicine from his own group, lied about it, and then led them directly to us, his sister would still be alive.
like I said, I dont buy the whole "irrational with grief" argument. I think he knew exactly what he was doing. He blamed the consequences of his actions on a child because its easier then blaming himself, just like he was willing to scapegoat that same child to hide his own crimes.
Don't forget "I picked Kenny, as did the rest of the Kenny fanbase, so MY choice is now canon, any other is wrong. Also You're an idiot to go with any other ending. Kenny4life assholes"
I frankly understand his situation and why he acted the way he did.
But in the end, that doesn´t erase my anger towards him for shooting a child (Clementine, at that). So if I have the option in S3...it´s payback time.
I'm not calling people idiots here, it says ''idiotic reasoning''. And their reasoning itself is idiotic.
Regardless if it's your fault or not that the situation happened, if you believe a girl murders your sister--right in front of you, no less. It puts you in a situation where you have to beg and barter for your life, already humiliating as is, with the added humiliation of being abused mentally and physically along the way. Then the ADDED humiliation of being tied to a pole in the freezing cold--then your sister's killer has one opportunity to speak to you, which the player can ignore anyway, and all of the player's choices can be construed as mocking, considering she's the one that shot Natasha dead. Following further abuse and no more interactions between the appointed killer and you--who ogles you across the room while you are beaten and, once again, tied up--
People are going off as if they'd be 100% okay with that. Regardless of fault, there's 'taking responsibility for what you've done' and then there's 'cruel and unusual punishment for what you've done'.
So OP thinks that the people who didnt bother reading the calm post will suddenly be struck by deep understanding and decide to read the pos… moret where he (she?) says their reasoning is idiotic just because they dont agree with his version of events?
Seriously, all my respect to WilderEVE for wanting to get the point across, but it kinda seems like a losing battle. From what I have seen, people dont hate Arvo cuz they dont understand why he did it or think he did it for no reason, they hate him cuz they think his reasons suck and cuz they think shooting a kid in revenge is dead wrong.
Not really. The Walking Dead Game subreddit is far more mature and considerably calmer than this forum. You won't find heated arguments or s… morehit-slinging there, only the odd rational debate or friendly discussion. The content in general is also better on the subreddit.
Why did Bonnie and Mike gave him a gun at all, just because he was beaten by Kenny doesn't means hes suddenly a good guy and can be trusted. Also it was he and his group that caused their own to die, he ambushes you even if you didn't rob him. I so wanted to kill that little prick.
They didn't. He took it off the driver's seat. With his leg/ankle the way it is, I doubt he'd be driving so it was most likely Bonnie or Mike sitting there.
Why did Bonnie and Mike gave him a gun at all, just because he was beaten by Kenny doesn't means hes suddenly a good guy and can be trusted.… more Also it was he and his group that caused their own to die, he ambushes you even if you didn't rob him. I so wanted to kill that little prick.
I hope a moderator gets around to editing the title of this thread. Calling out the rest of the fanbase for being "idiots" smacks of hypocrisy and self-loathing.
So getting elbowed in the face while trying to defend him is considered mocking now?
Look, I get why you are upset at how people react to him, but dude, he is a video game character. Not only are people gonna react to him differently then real people, but the motivations and thought process you gave him are not canon, they are just your interpretations of his mindset. Saying everyone else has "idiotic reasoning" just cuz you seem to think that the way you see him is the most logical is kind of a dick move.
You wrote up this sob story for Arvo but where you see "impulsive stupidity" all I see is calculated intent. He didnt just do it on impulse, he knew that if he stole the supplies and blamed it on Clem he could get away with it because of the language barrier. He brought his group there to rob us with the intent of covering up his own crime. You say "combination of fear and spite" but all I see is misplaced blame and the intent to murder. He knew to do CPR, so its only logical he knew how CPR actually works. He should have figured out his sister was a walker, or he should have at least suspected it, but its easier for him to focus on hating Clem and plotting revenge on her then it is to admit that it was his own selfish plan that got his sister killed. He shot Clem with the intent to kill cuz he doesnt want to take responsibility for his part and just blames a little girl instead.
Personally, even thought I see him as less of a victim then you do, I still think its wrong for Kenny to beat him cuz I'm sensitive like that and he cried. But that doesnt mean that I'm gonna get all bent out of shape because other people are ok with watching a fictional, virtual character get beaten up because they arent gonna dig deep and try to come up with fake motivations for a fake person that doesnt exist. I watched Carver get his face smashed in and knees blown out, and hell yeah I was 100% okay with that it cuz he slapped my Clem, but that doesnt mean that in RL I would feel the same way.
I'm not calling people idiots here, it says ''idiotic reasoning''. And their reasoning itself is idiotic.
Regardless if it's your fault o… morer not that the situation happened, if you believe a girl murders your sister--right in front of you, no less. It puts you in a situation where you have to beg and barter for your life, already humiliating as is, with the added humiliation of being abused mentally and physically along the way. Then the ADDED humiliation of being tied to a pole in the freezing cold--then your sister's killer has one opportunity to speak to you, which the player can ignore anyway, and all of the player's choices can be construed as mocking, considering she's the one that shot Natasha dead. Following further abuse and no more interactions between the appointed killer and you--who ogles you across the room while you are beaten and, once again, tied up--
People are going off as if they'd be 100% okay with that. Regardless of… [view original content]
Just because I think something's idiotic doesn't mean I'm seething with emotion over it? I mean, I've called a lot of things idiotic. People are debating me so I'm debating back--that's literally it. The only thing I'm trying to accomplish is the 'two sides to every story' angle we've been taught as a conflict resolution tactic. Because, I find, when you don't understand something, you hate it a lot more--fictional or not, I've seen people get invested into way worse source material. But that doesn't mean understanding leads you to hate it a lot less--I understand why various dictators did what they've done but that doesn't make them any less of an insane menace--you just ''get into their head'' and can see 'oh, that's why'.
I'm an author, what can I say. It just sort of.. happens that I can apply things that don't seem like they're there... make up scenarios in my head based on the information I'm given, basically.
So getting elbowed in the face while trying to defend him is considered mocking now?
Look, I get why you are upset at how people react to… more him, but dude, he is a video game character. Not only are people gonna react to him differently then real people, but the motivations and thought process you gave him are not canon, they are just your interpretations of his mindset. Saying everyone else has "idiotic reasoning" just cuz you seem to think that the way you see him is the most logical is kind of a dick move.
You wrote up this sob story for Arvo but where you see "impulsive stupidity" all I see is calculated intent. He didnt just do it on impulse, he knew that if he stole the supplies and blamed it on Clem he could get away with it because of the language barrier. He brought his group there to rob us with the intent of covering up his own crime. You say "combination of fear and spite" but all I see is misplaced blame and the intent to murd… [view original content]
Man, I was really looking forward to your response and you just latch on to the most inconsequential thing in my post? Geez, sorry I implied you felt any emotion on the matter. You are right, your post -definitely- doesn't sound like you are getting kinda aggravated with how people are treating him.
Just because I think something's idiotic doesn't mean I'm seething with emotion over it? I mean, I've called a lot of things idiotic. People… more are debating me so I'm debating back--that's literally it. The only thing I'm trying to accomplish is the 'two sides to every story' angle we've been taught as a conflict resolution tactic. Because, I find, when you don't understand something, you hate it a lot more--fictional or not, I've seen people get invested into way worse source material. But that doesn't mean understanding leads you to hate it a lot less--I understand why various dictators did what they've done but that doesn't make them any less of an insane menace--you just ''get into their head'' and can see 'oh, that's why'.
I'm an author, what can I say. It just sort of.. happens that I can apply things that don't seem like they're there... make up scenarios in my head based on the information I'm given, basically.
If anyone's interested you can see the Russian translations here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnJuqRUilhY
Also, if anyone speaks R… moreussian there's some Russian in the game that the video creator missed, a conversation between Mike and Arvo if you let the timer run out when you approach them, I'd like to know what they said, it goes like this:
Mike: Kenny must have the keys.
Arvo: Just hot wire it.
Mike: What?
Arvo: (Speaking Russian)
Mike: I still can't speak Russian man.
First off i don't think he WANTED this, but yeah he provoked kenny. I think he knew he was going down and didn't want to go into the books as the man who cried before his death.
People claim that if you do enough compressions on Larry before Kenny drops the salt lick on him that they catch him breathing... I don't know how true this is I'm going to test it out next playthrough.
Huh, just like how people believed that performing CPR on Larry would have brought him back...
Larry was unsalvagable. Besides, what does this have to with what I said?
"OMG I'M SO SCURRED OF THIS 11 YEAR OLD KID LITERALLY HANDING HER GUN OVER TO MIKE" What you say has no bearing on those of us who gave up our gun... It looks more like he made sure I didn't shoot back... Like the pissant coward he is.
We dont know if Arvos intent was to kill Clementine, he shot her in total fear you can see his reaction afterwards he wasnt trying to kill Clementine.. Arvo isnt some murderer he is just a teenager.
Well didnt the same this kind of happen to Nick, you can yell at him to not shoot and he still shoots Matthew in the neck and Nick seemed to be forgiven quickly.
Handing over the gun is the biggest part... Makes it look like he was just waiting for a chance to shoot Clem without her having the chance to shoot back. Thats pretty cowardly on top of everything else.
I don't give a fuck how old he is.. My Clem stood up for him and gave him his meds back and tried to help him out and he goes and SHOOTS AN … more11 YEAR OLD GIRL! who gave up her gun... He was a person who knew exactly what he was doing.
When he pulled that trigger he knew he could of ended a little girls life at any moment.
Well i never called stupid or an asshole. I never said what your stating is wrong, infact i never even said i like Season two more.. i dont i stated that everyone has there reasons and too respect them.
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Or maybe he just didnt want to consider the possibility because its easier to blame Clem and focus on hating her then it is to admit to himself that if he hadnt stolen the medicine from his own group, lied about it, and then led them directly to us, his sister would still be alive.
like I said, I dont buy the whole "irrational with grief" argument. I think he knew exactly what he was doing. He blamed the consequences of his actions on a child because its easier then blaming himself, just like he was willing to scapegoat that same child to hide his own crimes.
What would I do if someone robbed me? Certainly not drag my "sick" sister into a potential gunfight with a bunch of strangers for one -_-
And guess who also didnt take responsibility for robbing someone? Arvo. He stole medicine from his own group and then blamed a little girl who was kind enough not to rob him back. Hes a coward and an asshole.
So what you are saying is that you agree that Kenny did the right thing trying to kill Arvo cuz he tried to rob us? I mean, Kenny just wanted to "make things even", right?
This is Pizza vs Ice-cream all over again but with different flavours and toppings.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but you can't expect to change people's minds on how they feel about the matter or make generalised statements insulting their thought process. When people get too passionate about topics like this it leaves you open to trolling too, so everone relax and post fact only.
So OP thinks that the people who didnt bother reading the calm post will suddenly be struck by deep understanding and decide to read the post where he (she?) says their reasoning is idiotic just because they dont agree with his version of events?
Seriously, all my respect to WilderEVE for wanting to get the point across, but it kinda seems like a losing battle. From what I have seen, people dont hate Arvo cuz they dont understand why he did it or think he did it for no reason, they hate him cuz they think his reasons suck and cuz they think shooting a kid in revenge is dead wrong.
We dont see him from Kennys perspective???? We see him from Clems. And from Clems perspective, it sure as hell looks like he stole supplies from his own group and then blamed it on her (after she was kind enough to not rob him). From Clems perspective, it sure as hell looks like Luke is dead because Arvo decided to be an asshole and lead his group to ambush us to cover up his own crime. From CLEMS perspective, it sure as hell looks like Arvo is willing to murder a little girl in revenge.
Maybe if he was such a "scared victim" he shouldn't have brought his "sick" sister and his group to try to ROB US AT GUNPOINT! Like, he specifically led them to us to cover up his own crime. How is he not that bad?
If anyone's interested you can see the Russian translations here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnJuqRUilhY
Also, if anyone speaks Russian there's some Russian in the game that the video creator missed, a conversation between Mike and Arvo if you let the timer run out when you approach them, I'd like to know what they said, it goes like this:
Mike: Kenny must have the keys.
Arvo: Just hot wire it.
Mike: What?
Arvo: (Speaking Russian)
Mike: I still can't speak Russian man.
Not debating their bad writing at all! I agree they should have done better, and at first I thought Arvo saying we stole from him was a mistake/bug because you dont even get the dialog choice to deny it if you didnt rob him.
But I'm just very confused about #TeamSarahs reasoning??
That too.
thanks for shitting on my and others opinion
I understand totally. Regardless of my view on the Arvo situation, my only goal was to get people to look at both sides.
I'm not calling people idiots here, it says ''idiotic reasoning''. And their reasoning itself is idiotic.
Regardless if it's your fault or not that the situation happened, if you believe a girl murders your sister--right in front of you, no less. It puts you in a situation where you have to beg and barter for your life, already humiliating as is, with the added humiliation of being abused mentally and physically along the way. Then the ADDED humiliation of being tied to a pole in the freezing cold--then your sister's killer has one opportunity to speak to you, which the player can ignore anyway, and all of the player's choices can be construed as mocking, considering she's the one that shot Natasha dead. Following further abuse and no more interactions between the appointed killer and you--who ogles you across the room while you are beaten and, once again, tied up--
People are going off as if they'd be 100% okay with that. Regardless of fault, there's 'taking responsibility for what you've done' and then there's 'cruel and unusual punishment for what you've done'.
I said ''joke or not'', didn't I? I obviously don't think it's entirely serious.
Why did Bonnie and Mike gave him a gun at all, just because he was beaten by Kenny doesn't means hes suddenly a good guy and can be trusted. Also it was he and his group that caused their own to die, he ambushes you even if you didn't rob him. I so wanted to kill that little prick.
They didn't. He took it off the driver's seat. With his leg/ankle the way it is, I doubt he'd be driving so it was most likely Bonnie or Mike sitting there.
Arvo is like 12-13 lol.
I hope a moderator gets around to editing the title of this thread. Calling out the rest of the fanbase for being "idiots" smacks of hypocrisy and self-loathing.
So getting elbowed in the face while trying to defend him is considered mocking now?
Look, I get why you are upset at how people react to him, but dude, he is a video game character. Not only are people gonna react to him differently then real people, but the motivations and thought process you gave him are not canon, they are just your interpretations of his mindset. Saying everyone else has "idiotic reasoning" just cuz you seem to think that the way you see him is the most logical is kind of a dick move.
You wrote up this sob story for Arvo but where you see "impulsive stupidity" all I see is calculated intent. He didnt just do it on impulse, he knew that if he stole the supplies and blamed it on Clem he could get away with it because of the language barrier. He brought his group there to rob us with the intent of covering up his own crime. You say "combination of fear and spite" but all I see is misplaced blame and the intent to murder. He knew to do CPR, so its only logical he knew how CPR actually works. He should have figured out his sister was a walker, or he should have at least suspected it, but its easier for him to focus on hating Clem and plotting revenge on her then it is to admit that it was his own selfish plan that got his sister killed. He shot Clem with the intent to kill cuz he doesnt want to take responsibility for his part and just blames a little girl instead.
Personally, even thought I see him as less of a victim then you do, I still think its wrong for Kenny to beat him cuz I'm sensitive like that and he cried. But that doesnt mean that I'm gonna get all bent out of shape because other people are ok with watching a fictional, virtual character get beaten up because they arent gonna dig deep and try to come up with fake motivations for a fake person that doesnt exist. I watched Carver get his face smashed in and knees blown out, and hell yeah I was 100% okay with that it cuz he slapped my Clem, but that doesnt mean that in RL I would feel the same way.
God damn - I haven't been in these forums for a good while, but you guys are making some progress on the whole "good people" characteristic.
Except Carver reveled in it. Knowing his final actions would manipulate someone into doing something so barbaric.
No, Carver wanted that.
who the hell has time to read all that crap you just typed?
Just because I think something's idiotic doesn't mean I'm seething with emotion over it? I mean, I've called a lot of things idiotic. People are debating me so I'm debating back--that's literally it. The only thing I'm trying to accomplish is the 'two sides to every story' angle we've been taught as a conflict resolution tactic. Because, I find, when you don't understand something, you hate it a lot more--fictional or not, I've seen people get invested into way worse source material. But that doesn't mean understanding leads you to hate it a lot less--I understand why various dictators did what they've done but that doesn't make them any less of an insane menace--you just ''get into their head'' and can see 'oh, that's why'.
I'm an author, what can I say. It just sort of.. happens that I can apply things that don't seem like they're there... make up scenarios in my head based on the information I'm given, basically.
Man, I was really looking forward to your response and you just latch on to the most inconsequential thing in my post? Geez, sorry I implied you felt any emotion on the matter. You are right, your post -definitely- doesn't sound like you are getting kinda aggravated with how people are treating him.
The people who commented and didn't say some variation of "Too Long Didn't Read, LOL"?
You should have used this:
What Arvo said: It's because you're, you know...Urban?
"Well you are, how you say...urban??"
First off i don't think he WANTED this, but yeah he provoked kenny. I think he knew he was going down and didn't want to go into the books as the man who cried before his death.
Good... I was just hoping for a lecture on how I play video games wrong.
I feel so bad for the fictional character QQ!
People claim that if you do enough compressions on Larry before Kenny drops the salt lick on him that they catch him breathing... I don't know how true this is I'm going to test it out next playthrough.
There's a subreddit dedicating to hating Arvo.
"OMG I'M SO SCURRED OF THIS 11 YEAR OLD KID LITERALLY HANDING HER GUN OVER TO MIKE" What you say has no bearing on those of us who gave up our gun... It looks more like he made sure I didn't shoot back... Like the pissant coward he is.
I honestly forgot about Nick. Why are you constantly bringing him up?
Handing over the gun is the biggest part... Makes it look like he was just waiting for a chance to shoot Clem without her having the chance to shoot back. Thats pretty cowardly on top of everything else.
Is that actually what he said??!! HAHA!
Me to Arvo: Bitch please you must have a mental disease! Bitch please II by Eminem reference.
We're just making up dialogue to be funny and get likes. sniff what's that...you got a like? Give it here!
zombie drool Liiiiiiiiiiiiikes...
Well, it certainly startled a laugh out of me, so here is your Like XD
I respect their right too it, I was just pointing out people who lecture other peoples opinions