# Pastebin lN3XrjQT
11:28 AM <~barredowl> as a preliminary question, what are your first impressions?
11:28 AM <~barredowl> i, for one, really liked the presentation of this; i was attached pretty much the whole way through. i didn't quite get the team bird connection but then again i'm not too familiar with team bird
11:29 AM <+cybersqyd> The team bird connection is just the presence of MTF Eta-4 ("Begone Thoth"), I believe
11:29 AM <~barredowl> yeah
11:29 AM <BlueJones> I liked this one and how the story/narrative went
11:29 AM <~barredowl> hmm
11:30 AM <+cybersqyd> I like it in general but it feels...overly long?
11:30 AM <~barredowl> yeah i did like the narrative presented here
11:30 AM <+cybersqyd> The first iteration of the five files feels like a notable weak point; even if the ending is really strong
11:31 AM <~barredowl> yeah; in retrospect compared to everything else a lot of the first iteration feels a bit on the weaker end
11:31 AM <BlueJones> To get rid of the obvious, I loved the bottom five texts due to it telling two sides of the same but I would not have known that they are a different side had cyber not said that there is more to it
11:31 AM <~barredowl> don't really push the story forward in the same way, i guess?
11:31 AM <+cybersqyd> yeah
11:32 AM <+cybersqyd> I believe the blue text that flashes up in the final log is meant to indicate there's another iteration?
11:32 AM <+cybersqyd> but it's too subtle
11:32 AM <+cybersqyd> (I only realised when I was poking through the comments)
11:32 AM <~barredowl> what flashing text in the last log?
11:33 AM <BlueJones> I did get a chuckle out of the tests with the D-Class. Also cybersqyd I thought I was going crazy and needed more sleep cause I tabbed out to check here, went back to it and then letters were flashing in blue
11:33 AM <~barredowl> oh fuck
11:34 AM <~barredowl> so that wasn't just my eyes just being shitty
11:34 AM <~barredowl> well hmm, so
11:34 AM <~barredowl> anything else we want to say here?
11:34 AM <BlueJones> I thought my eyes were like "you saw blue screen here (my irccloud is blue) so you must see blue here!"
11:35 AM <+cybersqyd> I don't really have much to say he
11:35 AM <+cybersqyd> it's,,,a reluctant upvote, I think
11:36 AM <BlueJones> Also I do like Eric and Maxwellism being used here. With the Maxwellist practically winning right up to the end and achiving essentially apotheosis
11:36 AM <~barredowl> i think i'm gonna go with a low-to-medium upvote. i don't really have a lot to say, either
11:36 AM <BlueJones> Its an upvote from me :D
11:36 AM <~barredowl> and yeah, the eric-maxwellism angle was like, something you think wouldn't work but here it does
11:36 AM <+cybersqyd> yeah I liked that
11:36 AM <+cybersqyd> I feel...like perhaps this wasn't the best medium to tell that kind of story but *shrugs*
11:36 AM <~barredowl> i suppose
11:37 AM <~barredowl> yeah; guess we can't continue the discussion as far, since there aren't a lot of people actively participating
11:37 AM <BlueJones> Like I wouldn't have expected to see a Maxwell going beyond flesh to the internet in an article about bike helmets
11:37 AM <BlueJones> oh :(
11:37 AM <+cybersqyd> yeah