"Out of Control" is the Beginning of the Discovered Self

Mable 2022-04-20 09:02:10

Share the impressions that guy and buddy bring to me~

"Out of Control Player" tells the story of a guy who is an NPC one day after triggering the hidden condition "unrequited love" of the game developer's key in the virtual world, and begins to have autonomous thinking and gain experience and grades through unconventional game behaviors in the virtual game world .

Guy's anti-NPC behavior quickly caught people's attention and started to pique the thinking of players in the real world - did we pay attention to the pass away around us? If one day we become an NPC in the eyes of others, will we know what we are doing? Will we lose ourselves?


In the virtual world, guy and buddy are bank staff. They take a fixed route every day and do predetermined events. They have never thought about whether they should not do it (violating the professional ethics of NPCs). Until one day, Guy suddenly opened a God's perspective to the world, when he discovered that in addition to his daily life accidents, this (virtual) world can also become so interesting. But when he wanted to share it with his good friend buddy, buddy refused to join because he was afraid of the unknown.

Sunglasses are the key to discovering the other side of the world

Buddy's discomfort with the guy after the makeover. It also reflects the unease and anxiety about stepping out of the comfort zone, masked with rejection and negative attitude.

Life as an NPC has long been preset

Repeated work day after day, even if you know that what you do every day is a mechanical thing, but you don't ask yourself why you do it, you can choose not to do it.

Guy told buddy, what if we could make our own choices about life?

This kind of mutual respect and friendship is really comfortable to get along with. Guy doesn't force buddy to accept the other side of the world, and buddy doesn't ask guy to give up his whimsical ideas.

(Haha, the first person to make a mess of buddy)

In fact, buddy's mentality is very normal and realistic. First of all, there is no precedent for NPCs to become players (wearing sunglasses) around, and secondly, buddy does not have the halo of the protagonist of the guy, and will not try to upgrade and fight monsters in order to win the attention of the heroine. Buddy is just an ordinary and ordinary 996 worker, with a single operation every day and a living environment of three points and one line. Do you really have the courage to jump out of your familiar living environment?

Think about yourself in reality. When the opportunity comes, what is your choice and why? Is it for a reason or because of character? No one has the right to ask others to become what kind of person. Only you can decide what kind of person you are. At every fork in the road of life, the right to choose is actually in your own hands.

Why is it called a runaway player? Is the guy really out of control? Yes, the code turns the guy from an NPC into a thinking individual, and the behavior itself is out of the game maker's control; however, the guy isn't out of control either. Compared with other players in the game, what the guy does in the real world can be said to be normal and fully permitted by law. Do not burn, kill and loot, but rely on your own good deeds to gain experience and wealth. In my opinion, this loss of control is the self-awakening of the individual and the beginning of the pursuit of freedom.


When Guy found out that he was just a virtual character, he was confused and helpless to himself. Who the fu*k am i ? As his friend buddy chose to accept him unconditionally and enlighten him. "Whether we are flesh or not, our interesting soul and interior are the same, and so are the relationships between individuals."


Looking at the guy and buddy in "Out of Control", I thought of the sentence "Do what you want, don't ask anything." You must always remember that there are always people behind you who support you, and do what you want bravely and firmly Whatever you do, no matter whether there is a precedent or not, as long as you choose to go to the moon, you will at least get stars.

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Free Guy quotes

  • Revenjamin Buttons: Mom! Do not touch that sock! I swear to God if you touch that sock you will be in therapy for the rest of your life! No! It's my special sock! Put it down!

  • Mouser: Lose the skin!

    Guy: Lose...? Wha..? How am I supposed to get rid of my skin?

    Mouser: Take it off, man. Just take it off. What are you doing?

    Guy: What?

    Keys: Seriously.

    Mouser: The whole thing: the face, the outfit, everything.

    Guy: How?

    Mouser: Ditch it! If you don't, we're gonna kill you.

    Guy: Why?

    Keys: And we're gonna KEEP killing you.

    Guy: Still why?

    Mouser: Until we do find out who you are, and then we're going to ban you for life!

    Guy: Okay. I WANT to comply. I just find the order of those threats very confusing.