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''Plainview'' is a piece of interactive media created by Tumblr user [[https://campyvillain.tumblr.com campyvillain]]. It launched on June 16th, 2022, and serves as a reboot of the [[WebOriginal/EverPlayThisGame everplaythisgame]] ARG, keeping many of the same characters but vastly changing the framing device and plot. Anonymous asks, sent on Tumblr, allow the audience to essentially play as the protagonist and control how the story proceeds.
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''Plainview'' is a piece of interactive media created by Tumblr user [[https://campyvillain.tumblr.com campyvillain]]. It launched on June 16th, 2022, and serves as a reboot of the [[WebOriginal/EverPlayThisGame [[Blog/EverPlayThisGame everplaythisgame]] ARG, keeping many of the same characters but vastly changing the framing device and plot. Anonymous asks, sent on Tumblr, allow the audience to essentially play as the protagonist and control how the story proceeds.
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* DenserAndWackier: While Ever Play This Game had bits, they're far more prevalent and common in Plainview.
* FollowThatCar: Ralph drops this immediately after hijacking a child's bicycle.
* FollowThatCar: Ralph drops this immediately after hijacking a child's bicycle.
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* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Ralph's Catty 200.
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* LighterAndSofter: Plainview as compared to Ever Play This Game.
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* LighterAndSofter: Plainview as compared to Ever Play This Game. This is probably most obvious when looking at Mr. Maxilla compared to his EPTG counterpart, but is pretty clear with most of the characters (at least so far) who returned for Plainview.
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* AerithAndBob: Some of the characters who were originally in Ever Play This Game had their names changed. Some of them didn't. This leads to characters named Angelo and Larry in the same setting as characters named Cerebelle and Mr. Maxilla.
** That's not even mentioning the characters ''without'' body part names, but with names that are just plain weird.
** That's not even mentioning the characters ''without'' body part names, but with names that are just plain weird.
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* InSeriesNickname: Mr. Maxilla still calls Cerebelle Sarah Belle.
* LighterAndSofter: Plainview as compared to Ever Play This Game.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Plainview lands pretty hard on the idealism side of the scale, ultimately sending the message that bad things are inevitable, but what's really important is that you get back up again.
--> '''[[spoiler:Scarlet Devlin:]]''' Getting better from something is like climbing a mountain. You gotta push through all the nasty, bad, grotty, gross-feeling stuff and all those sharp rocks and stones to get to the manageable top. And from there, you’ve got another side of the mountain, and that one goes down so it’s easier to go through. It’s just a matter of running up the hill.
* OverlyLongName: Max Maxine Maxwell Maximilian Maxilla.
* LighterAndSofter: Plainview as compared to Ever Play This Game.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Plainview lands pretty hard on the idealism side of the scale, ultimately sending the message that bad things are inevitable, but what's really important is that you get back up again.
--> '''[[spoiler:Scarlet Devlin:]]''' Getting better from something is like climbing a mountain. You gotta push through all the nasty, bad, grotty, gross-feeling stuff and all those sharp rocks and stones to get to the manageable top. And from there, you’ve got another side of the mountain, and that one goes down so it’s easier to go through. It’s just a matter of running up the hill.
* OverlyLongName: Max Maxine Maxwell Maximilian Maxilla.
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* TrappedInTVLand: [[spoiler:The Communicore]]
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* TrappedInTVLand: [[spoiler:The Communicore]]Communicore.]]
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!!''Plainview'' provides examples of:
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!!''Plainview'' provides examples of:of:
* AllLowercaseLetters: Every email [[spoiler:Helpy]] sends.
** This is in contrast to the emails [[spoiler:[[FanNickname Vocal Cords Guy]]]] sends, which are written in all caps.
* CartoonCreature: As with Ever Play This Game, a lot of the characters are pretty ambiguous.
* CastFullOfGay: Ever Play This Game already had a heavily LGBT cast, but Plainview takes it up to 11. Every character with a confirmed identity is some form of queer, and the vast majority of the (very large) cast have confirmed identities. If they don't have a ref sheet with their flags, it's probably been confirmed on discord.
* CerebusSyndrome: When the reboot was announced, it was specifically announced as being tonally lighter than Ever Play This Game. And while Plainview isn't as unrelentingly dark as EPTG was, it certainly has its moments, and as it's gone on, the horror that was a mainstay in its preboot has crept back in.
* TrappedInTVLand: [[spoiler:The Communicore]]
* AllLowercaseLetters: Every email [[spoiler:Helpy]] sends.
** This is in contrast to the emails [[spoiler:[[FanNickname Vocal Cords Guy]]]] sends, which are written in all caps.
* CartoonCreature: As with Ever Play This Game, a lot of the characters are pretty ambiguous.
* CastFullOfGay: Ever Play This Game already had a heavily LGBT cast, but Plainview takes it up to 11. Every character with a confirmed identity is some form of queer, and the vast majority of the (very large) cast have confirmed identities. If they don't have a ref sheet with their flags, it's probably been confirmed on discord.
* CerebusSyndrome: When the reboot was announced, it was specifically announced as being tonally lighter than Ever Play This Game. And while Plainview isn't as unrelentingly dark as EPTG was, it certainly has its moments, and as it's gone on, the horror that was a mainstay in its preboot has crept back in.
* TrappedInTVLand: [[spoiler:The Communicore]]
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''Plainview'' is a piece of interactive media created by Tumblr user [[https://campyvillain.tumblr.com campyvillain]]. It launched on June 16th, 2022, and serves as a reboot of the [[WebOriginal/EverPlayThisGame everplaythisgame]] ARG, keeping many of the same characters but vastly changing the framing device and plot. Anonymous asks, sent on Tumblr, allow the audience to essentially play as Ralph Devlin and control how the story proceeds.
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''Plainview'' is a piece of interactive media created by Tumblr user [[https://campyvillain.tumblr.com campyvillain]]. It launched on June 16th, 2022, and serves as a reboot of the [[WebOriginal/EverPlayThisGame everplaythisgame]] ARG, keeping many of the same characters but vastly changing the framing device and plot. Anonymous asks, sent on Tumblr, allow the audience to essentially play as Ralph Devlin the protagonist and control how the story proceeds.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Your name is Ralph Devlin.
You are 35 years old. You drive a rectangle-like car called a Catty 200. It’s painted orange on the side and blue on the top.
You are something between a man and something known only to you. You live a mundane life out in the quiet parts of the state. You have never understood conventional relationships, and you’ve never been attracted to anyone enough to want to change that. Such a way of life is simply not for you.]]
You are 35 years old. You drive a rectangle-like car called a Catty 200. It’s painted orange on the side and blue on the top.
You are something between a man and something known only to you. You live a mundane life out in the quiet parts of the state. You have never understood conventional relationships, and you’ve never been attracted to anyone enough to want to change that. Such a way of life is simply not for you.]]
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You are 35 years old. You drive a rectangle-like car called a Catty 200. It’s painted orange on the side and blue on the top.
You are something between a man and something known only to you. You live a mundane life out in the quiet parts of the state. You have never understood conventional relationships, and you’ve never been attracted to anyone enough to want to change that. Such a way of life is simply not for you.]]
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[[Your name is Ralph Devlin.
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[[Your name is Ralph Devlin.
You are 35 years old. You drive a rectangle-like car called a Catty 200. It’s painted orange on the side and blue on the top.
You are something between a man and something known only to you. You live a mundane life out in the quiet parts of the state. You have never understood conventional relationships, and you’ve never been attracted to anyone enough to want to change that. Such a way of life is simply not for you.]]
[[Your name is Ralph Devlin.
You are 35 years old. You drive a rectangle-like car called a Catty 200. It’s painted orange on the side and blue on the top.
You are something between a man and something known only to you. You live a mundane life out in the quiet parts of the state. You have never understood conventional relationships, and you’ve never been attracted to anyone enough to want to change that. Such a way of life is simply not for you.]]
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''Plainview'' is a piece of interactive media created by Tumblr user [[https://campyvillain.tumblr.com campyvillain]]. It launched on June 16th, 2022, and serves as a reboot of [[WebOriginal/EverPlayThisGame]], keeping many of the same characters but vastly changing the framing device and plot. Anonymous asks, sent on Tumblr, allow the audience to essentially play as Ralph Devlin and control how the story proceeds.
''Plainview'' follows an amateur detective by the name of Ralph Devlin, who is called to Plainview, Manesy, a town/social experiment/tourist trap that functions under an invite-only system: the only people allowed to live there are those who have demonstrated themselves to be some of the best in their respective fields- but not everything there is idyllic as it seems.
''Plainview'' follows an amateur detective by the name of Ralph Devlin, who is called to Plainview, Manesy, a town/social experiment/tourist trap that functions under an invite-only system: the only people allowed to live there are those who have demonstrated themselves to be some of the best in their respective fields- but not everything there is idyllic as it seems.
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''Plainview'' is a piece of interactive media created by Tumblr user [[https://campyvillain.tumblr.com campyvillain]]. It launched on June 16th, 2022, and serves as a reboot of [[WebOriginal/EverPlayThisGame]], the [[WebOriginal/EverPlayThisGame everplaythisgame]] ARG, keeping many of the same characters but vastly changing the framing device and plot. Anonymous asks, sent on Tumblr, allow the audience to essentially play as Ralph Devlin and control how the story proceeds.
''Plainview'' The story follows an amateur detective by the name of Ralph Devlin, who is called to Plainview, Manesy, a town/social experiment/tourist trap that functions under an invite-only system: the only people allowed to live there are those who have demonstrated themselves to be some of the best in their respective fields- but not everything there is idyllic as it seems.
seems.
Chapter one of Plainview (out of a scheduled three) ran from June 2022 to August 2022. Chapter two, titled "Cakewalk", is set to launch in October 2022.
Chapter one of Plainview (out of a scheduled three) ran from June 2022 to August 2022. Chapter two, titled "Cakewalk", is set to launch in October 2022.
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''Plainview'' is a piece of interactive media created by Tumblr user [[https://campyvillain.tumblr.com campyvillain]]. It launched on June 16th, 2022, and serves as a reboot of [[WebOriginal/EverPlayThisGame]], keeping many of the same characters but vastly changing the framing device and plot. Anonymous asks, sent on Tumblr, allow the audience to essentially play as Ralph Devlin and control how the story proceeds.
''Plainview'' follows an amateur detective by the name of Ralph Devlin, who is called to Plainview, Manesy, a town/social experiment/tourist trap that functions under an invite-only system: the only people allowed to live there are those who have demonstrated themselves to be some of the best in their respective fields- but not everything there is idyllic as it seems.
Plainview can be read on Tumblr [[https://plainviewwelcomesyou.tumblr.com/ here]].
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''Plainview'' follows an amateur detective by the name of Ralph Devlin, who is called to Plainview, Manesy, a town/social experiment/tourist trap that functions under an invite-only system: the only people allowed to live there are those who have demonstrated themselves to be some of the best in their respective fields- but not everything there is idyllic as it seems.
Plainview can be read on Tumblr [[https://plainviewwelcomesyou.tumblr.com/ here]].
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