History Film / TheGamersHandsOfFate

After the Cliffhanger ending, there were several attempts to continue the story with future installments, (with ''The Gamers: The Series'' and ''The Gamers: The Shadow Menace'' being two attempts), as well as a mini series ''WebVideo/TheGamersNaturalOne'', but sadly any proper continuation of the main story never came to be due to a lack of budget, constant delays and cancellations.

After the Cliffhanger ending, there were several attempts to fully flesh out certain characters with the intent of continuing the story with a future installment, but sadly it never came to be due to a lack of budget.

Unlike the previous installments of the series, [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zombieorpheus/the-gamers-hands-of-fate this one was]] Website/{{Kickstarte|r}}d and can be watched for free [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DvlNV0riXw&list=PLwDmZhGpP6STJJfNqCdQ2IOTHaHSydmJ1 on YouTube]].

* ScrewDestiny: The main theme of the in-game story is Myriad's realisation she isn't just a CosmicPlaything and growing a spaine to act on her own. [[spoiler: When Cass is playing against The Meach in the finals, he literally can't find her card in his deck, while she has a quest on her own]].

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*** proportionally to his height and age, the child playing the representative of the Cult of the God King

* RecruitingTheCriminal: Leo equips and trains Cass to win the nationals and save the game from The Legacy, who view the game more like Cass does than the rest of the player base.

* {{Corpsing}}: During the LARP, it's hard to say if it is In-Universe or Meta, Natalie (or the actress playing her) cannot avoid to smile openly when the child representing the Cult of the God King growls toward Jason the second time (and, when the same child enters the scene growling the first time, possibly the actor playing Jason is on the verge of it, since for a moment he moves his head to hide his mouth from the camera).
* [[CosmicChessGame Cosmic CCG]]: The fictional characters seem to become aware they are playing pieces in a game.

* [[AGodAmI Delusion Of Grandeur]]: In his HannibalLecture Louis tries to really, really impress Cass. Cass, [[JerkAss being who he is]], doesn't even blink and almost instantly leaves the room after bluntly shutting down Legacy's leader with few rude cuts into his monologue.

* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: The Meach trained Louis and now even he can't oppose the starvation deck Louis is using to completely kill off any story-telling from the game. And story is the main reason why The Meach is playing in the first place]].

* [[RecruitingTheCriminal Recruiting The Power Gamer]]: Leo equips and trains Cass to win the nationals and save the game from The Legacy, who view the game more like Cass does than the rest of the player base.

* MenActWomenAre: In the extended cut, Joanna calls Lodge out for having [[DoubleStandard this attitude]]. He thinks he has to do something to deserve her, but he doesn't think she has to do anything to deserve him.

* ArrangedMarriage: The one between Myriad and the Malchior's prince. They are both perfectly aware it's political, nobody is trying to pretend otherwise, the prince is having sort-of an affair and he basically tells Myriad to go search for the next Apple of Life to resurrect [[OneTrueLove Dundareel]] and find her happyness.
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: PlayedForLaughs and perfectly justifable, since Dundareel has no clue about firearms, so he's putting a barrel of a machine pistol to his armpit while playing with the trigger.

* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: To complete astonishment of everyone present during the final round, [[spoiler: Cass ends up ''starving the starvation deck''. Louis is so confused it takes him a while to understand what happend]].

* ChekhovsLecture: Leo explains to Cass the mechanics behind [[spoiler: giving items to enemy for renome and possibly buying a turn in the process]].

* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Cass just wants to win the tournament. He doesn't care much about either of the agendas. Which means he's more frustrated about mechanical loses when one of his hero cards is permamently removed from the game, but is also completely unimpressed with perspective of being paid for playing, since that's his first and last time. [[spoiler: He still ends up as the story-players' champion]].

** Story-players' alliance combines a Powergamer obsessed with winning, a tough GamerChick, [[spoiler: an InsufferableGenius]] and what can best be described as a [[GenkiGirl Genki Boy]]. They made a suprisingly effective team supporting each other, even if some level of teeth-clenching is initialy involved.

* ShowWithinAShow: ''Ninja Dragon Riders'', a FictionalCounterpart JustForFun/XMeetsY of... quite a few shows. The protanogists look a lot like Franchise/PowerRangers and are [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} secretly rock stars]]. The dragons are also ninjas who [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles wear masks, and the red one uses sais.]] Hikaru is searching for [[Franchise/DragonBall the seven Dragon Crystals]]. Oh, and it's [[Series/{{Firefly}} a canceled cult classic.]] The last aspect is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Gary, during his final goodbye to the show, ends with a line from Firefly's theme song.

** Subverted during the finals - from all the players, ''none'' is consideren to be an underdog.

* BreakThemByTalking: The Legacy tries this on Cass, with a heavy dose of NotSoDifferent and WeCanRuleTogether. See Characters tab for details and result...

* NotSoDifferent: Cass and [[spoiler: Lewis]] are both preoccupied with winning and the prize, rather than any other aspect of the game, up to the point [[spoiler: the Legacy is trying to recruit Cass into their ranks, noticing he's "just like us"]]. On a flip side, they both have HiddenDepths and come to realisation [[spoiler: they can also play for the fun it brings, rather than trying to achieve victory no matter the costs]].

Unlike the previous installments of the series, [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zombieorpheus/the-gamers-hands-of-fate this one was]] Website/{{Kickstarte|r}}d and can be watched for free [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp9h_6g1Ik0 on YouTube]].

* ShowWithinAShow: ''Ninja Dragon Riders'', a FictionalCounterpart JustForFun/XMeetsY of... quite a few shows. The protanogists look a lot like PowerRangers and are [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} secretly rock stars]]. The dragons are also ninjas who [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles wear masks, and the red one uses sais.]] Hikaru is searching for [[Franchise/DragonBall the seven Dragon Crystals]]. Oh, and it's [[Series/{{Firefly}} a canceled cult classic.]] The last aspect is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Gary, during his final goodbye to the show, ends with a line from Firefly's theme song.

-->'''Osric:''' You will release the princess at once!
-->'''The Shadow:''' And what in our long relationship suggests I would do this?
-->'''Brother Silence:''' There is but one way this can end: with your death and us departing with our prize.
-->'''The Shadow:''' For women are prizes to be won, yes?

** Similarly, Chibi-Chan seems to be one for Pikachu/Pokemon in general, and ''Ninja Dragon Riders'' seems to have some similarities to PowerRangers.

* NotSoDifferent: Played straight a first time, with [[spoiler: Lewis trying to convince Cass that he belongs to the Legacy]]. Double subverted at the end [[spoiler: when Lewis accepts gracefully the defeat, claims it was the best game he had in years and, in an almost freeze frame bonus, shows a melancholic smile; now, if I'm talking about the one who starts as a jerkass, shows interest only in mechanics, prizes and victory and ends up admitting he was wrong toward his fellow players, am I talking about Cass in the second movie or Lewis in the third one? They were really not so different, the catch was that was '''Lewis''' the one who had still to realize it.]]