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[mibu_roshi]

I think it's fine for anyone to have an opinion.

It just baffles me if you don't like EMH why you come here to complain about it. Just move on to something else that you enjoy more. I have tired a couple of different Slenderman blogs/stories that I found on here that I didn't think were good, so instead I just didn't return to those threads and moved on looking for things that interested me.

I mean if you have constructive criticism or ideas and want to send them on to the guys or post them here, I think that is great.

Just complaining about something you are getting for free that you know TONS of people here really enjoy is just asking to be called a troll.

No offense meant to anyone, it's just a simple fact.

[AlecZeal1989]

I don't think anyone here doesn't like EMH, or at least most of the people complaining right now.

The problem is just that we are frustrated with how it has been going for the past two or three months. I wasn't chosen to be part of the trials, and I'm having a really hard time keeping up with it even with the wiki and the thread. And since the trials seem to be the focal point of the story it becomes frustrating because I feel like I'm being left behind.

[Lewa]

[Kor]

[Trygon]

There will never be a civil debate on the possibility that EMH is 'not all that' in this board. Fact is a decent chunk of the people here are diehard EMH fans. I bet half of them probably saw this thread, shoved their fingers in their ears and started screaming 'TROLLLZZZ!!111' to make it go away or something hilarious like that. lololol

To make this thread is to insult the Cult of EMH, and now their Witch Hunters will burn you in a giant Wicker Man made entirely of Vince's face fungus.




And as for what I think of EMH? They should kill off all the characters and just have Evan fighting off Slender Man and the Rake with his knife. And also they should somehow have all the 'rabbits' fighting each other Battle Royale style. The winner takes the Rake on in the final battle on the deck of the Black Pearl whilst Slendy defends his position as Captain of the Flying Dutchman from Evan's prying hands.

Did I mention that they would all have guns and rockets too? It would be totally awesome guyz.

[elizibar]

[TheNightmareComplex]

[sp103]

[AlecZeal1989]

[Watson]

Alright, honestly? i know I haven't been here in some time, but here goes...

I don't like EMH. I never have, from the moment it started. When they were selling t-shirts I suspected something was up, something was wrong, and I was right. Their story is a convoluted and incomprehensible mess to any outsider. It is impossible to explain to someone not dedicating several full hours of each day to following it, and that is unacceptable.

It caters so specifically to internet nerds that it is ridiculous...I understand that it is based on an internet phenomenon, but so is Marble Hornets and that is doing a fantastic job with the source material and telling an engaging tale. EMH is not faring nearly as well. And no, having cheeky, witty characters does not make up for the fact that the story is garbage.

The amount of material EMH throws around on a weekly basis is fucking ridiculous. To follow their story, you have to be engaged in several Youtube pages, a couple of twitters, a blog or two, infrequent and sudden live shows, and to top it all off a fucking terribly confusing 'game' from HABIT.

And that's another thing that pisses me off. The Trials. Asking people to sever connections with close friends? Really?! That is fucking bullshit. When you tell a story, you have an obligation to add something to your audiences' life, especially when that story is formatted as an interactive 'game.' You do not abuse that interactive capacity to tear people's lives down in any way for your own amusement. As a writer myself, that not only makes me angry, that insults me.

Now, I know that a lot of other ARGs in the past have been deeply fan-based and complx. I followed the Cloverfireld viral marketing for eight months or so, I know. But here's the problem for EMH; with things like Cloverfield, there was an expected payoff. You knew that at the end of it all you were going to get a movie or a TV show or an end-product that summed it all up nicely.

In the case of Cloverfield, that didn't work out so well, but I digress. You don't have that with EMH. What you have is a bunch of confusing story threads loosely tied together by a series of shitty Youtube videos that is going to end with another vague Youtube video that answers nothing and gives no payoff. That is where EMH is headed, I guaruntee it.

You may say I am a troll and i know that the diehard fans will not feel any different for my having posted this. But it is something I have wanted to get out for a long while. I shall now return to my regularly scheduled lurking sessions, kthnxbai

[SolDL]

You know who wouldn't have liked EMH?

Hitler. Hitler wouldn't have liked EMH.

The question is, are YOU Hitler?

[dahel]

[distilled]

Yeah I have no idea what's going on in the trials, but I'm fairly sure that you wouldn't have to sever ties with friends OOG, just seem to sever them IG. It's kind of an argument for keeping all your IG contact with characters restricted to certain IG portals (a seperate fb account to your OOG one, an ARG related email address etc).

[TheNightmareComplex]

I direct everyone's attention to my "ARG" comment from earlier.

[JinseiZetsumei]