Provocation 1

After defeating Acererak, Wade encounters his virtual crush Art3mis who is searching for the copper keys he has just found. At first, Wade is distracted by her appearance but quickly snaps out of it and responds aggressively towards her. Art3mis, who was a 52nd level warrior, had been defeated several times when trying to find the copper keys, however Wade had been successful on his first try. He ends up lying to her about beating Acererak but she reads right through the lie when the leaderboard is posted. They continue to converse and in the end he ends up giving her the helpful hint of playing on the left side.

Question:

Do you think the Wade should have given this hint to Art3mis since they are competing for the same reward? Do you think he would have given this hint to someone else or he only did it because he had a crush on Art3mis? Do you think this hint will end up benefitting Wade at all on his journey for Halliday’s reward?

Chatlink Session with Sorrento

Wade’s OASIS avatar, Parzival, has joined a Chatlink session with the head of Innovative Online Industries, Nolan Sorrento. Sorrento wants Parzival to join him and IOI to help him find the easter egg in Halliday’s program, OASIS. He gives Parzival two offers to try to convince him to join which include money and a job offer. Parzival is not interested in these offers because he hates the IOI. Then the situation gets tense after he rejects Sorrento’s first two offers. Sorrento reveals that he knows Parzival’s real name, Wade Watts, and that he knows where he lives. Sorrento makes one last proposal to Wade; either give up what he knows about the hunt for the egg or die.

What would you have done in this situation? Would you have told Sorrento what you knew and possibly save the lives of the people who died in the explosion? Or would you have chosen Wade’s route and thought Sorrento was going to try to kill you either way?