Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24140363-20140727101435/@comment-4616231-20140923201413

Idiot is more of a general term. I don't mean it to anyone in particular. I do say I get mad at the theory, not the person, however the way I word it may make it seem otherwise. But holding grudges or something would be pointless so I don't do it. If for some reason I did call someone in particular an idiot, I usually forget it the next time they talk to me anyway.

Now what I don't get is why you told me facts from the show, yet have your "plausible" examples as your own speculation. What you listed is simply possible, but we have no reason to believe it's the case. Especially for a big reason I've said before: The show is clearly moving away from Freelancer. You have possible motivations for these people, but are they plausible? If it was plausible, there should be some kind of evidence in the show or in the show's writing to support it. I still say yes, the other Freelancers may as well not exist. The story doesn't support it. Obviously, they should've been around in the backstory, so where were they? You can't expect people to not be asking that if another one shows up. If they were any good, they should've been on the leaderboard. If they were just there, they should've talked about them or something. And they did, with Georgia and Utah. Yeah. Clearly the early phase of cunning evil masterminds. So where were they? Ultimately: doesn't matter. They're not important. Seems the Director got them to compete for who the best Freelancer was and then gave the top ones AI. The rest must've sucked. That's all there is to it and so far the writing supports it, because if they were important or any good then they should've been there. But they're not, so they're irrelevant. Also RT has apparently confirmed they're all gone anyway, though we do still need a source.

Don't even get me started on the Meta again I'm tired of writing that argument. But I'm 100% certain he's dead. And if he could make his shit work without his AI, he would've done it already.

It could be the Counselor simply because he was very involved with PF and his fate was left ambiguous. The writing is moving away from PF guys, but at least he's more likely than some random Freelancer we've never met. He would also already fit the bill for money and resources and whatnot. Unlike the Meta or some random guy, at least the Conselor already makes sense without having to assume too much. Though I'd still prefer someone new.

People also say Hargrove, but, he has a legitimate operation going in the UNSC, so I say it's more likely to be someone who's already a criminal.