Stereotypes

Comic 016: It's All In The Wrist

I've come to find that in Reach there are three groups of players: the Rational, the Irrational, and the Madmen. Now it should be made known these groupings are solely based upon the actions of the player rather than what the player is actually saying. If classes were based solely on dialogue, then we would have 35 different subsets in the classification of "Asshole" alone. Therefore, in order to simplify, I've narrowed it down to just three:

"The Rationalist" is a player who would not dare to throw himself against a tank without ample equipment.  He/she (for the sake of argument) values every life as if it is sacred and knows the effectiveness of teamwork- a concept nonexistent in this game. Left to their own devices, the Rational player stays low, strikes only when necessary and tries to make every shot count.

"The Irrationalist" is a player who acts how a chimp might when given an Xbox controller. They twirl about at random and  occasionally shoot an enemy, but mostly they tend to strike their own teammates. They are most often identified as "that asshole" that gets in the way of their teammate who grabbed the sniper rifle. To the uninformed, they might seem selfless and dogmatic, but the sniper rifle is their black obelisk and it calls out to their idolatrous nature. They must simply throw themselves at it with arms raised and emit cries of rapture a la "2001:  A Space Odyssey."

The Madmen blow shit up. They'll blow you up. They want this world to be baptized in the cleansing flames of war. Enough said.

-J