Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31371445-20170222233857/@comment-31536324-20180712190122

"If this is "just a videogame", then what are we still theorizing about, if all the answers are in the game's code? This is what I'm on about."

And that's what you're not getting. We KNOW it's a video game, a piece of fictional media, not real. But we're theorizing about it to piece together the lore and story of the game. You know how people theorize on how a plot in a tv show, comic, manga, series, etc, will go with the bits and pieces they get with each new installment or section? This is like that, we have the pieces, we know they fit together in some form, and we know that they make sense within the world of the game; the world presented to us via the game!

We know it's a game. But we're not trying to figure out how it works in the real world, we're trying to figure out how it all connects within the game's world. If it's not stated, hinted, implied, suggested, or used in any fashion, nor fit in with how the world is presented IN-UNIVERSE, then it's to be disregarded in the theory.

The real world definition of the traits work because they fit the with the game's world.

"patience - the ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite difficulties, or to suffer without complaining or becoming annoyed; the capacity, habit, or fact of being patient

bravery - the quality or state of having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty; brave behaviour or actions

integrity - the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change

perseverance - continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition; to try to do or continue doing something in a determined way, despite having problems

kindness - the quality or state of being kind

justice - fairness in the way people are dealt with; the quality of being just, impartial, or fair

determination - the ability to continue trying to do something, although it is very difficult; firm or fixed intention to achieve a desired end"

The game being a simulation, or a game, in-universe does not. Unless they're explicity stating, hinting, implying, and suggesting the idea that their world is a game or simulation within the game itself, like in say a Jumpstart game, then it doesn't fit. The information we find in the code is canon, but the code itself is not.