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\\\"Both choices cause the player to lose karma, leaving little doubt that the point of the scenario is to try and push the Aesop that no matter how good and moral you try to be, evil actions are inevitable. The problem is, this \\\"betrayal\\\" is forced by the game for no real reason other than creating unnecessary conflict. Even with 100 Speech and 10 Intelligence, the only objection the player can make to House is \\\"I don\\\'t want to kill off the entire Brotherhood,\\\" which is hardly convincing.\\\"

Stuff like \\\"it leaves little doubt\\\" \\\"push the Aesop\\\", \\\"the problem is\\\". You\\\'re writing this as if you\\\'re arguing against the creators. You\\\'re free to disagree with their design decisions, but main page examples aren\\\'t the place for lengthy critiques or analyses. You could still have an example you could write up beyond the ButThouMust aspects of it, it might still fit somewhere else on the main page. You just need to tone it down a little.
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Not going to post all of it or try and go through it with a red pen, but:

\\\"Both choices cause the player to lose karma, leaving little doubt that the point of the scenario is to try and push the Aesop that no matter how good and moral you try to be, evil actions are inevitable. The problem is, this \\\"betrayal\\\" is forced by the game for no real reason other than creating unnecessary conflict. Even with 100 Speech and 10 Intelligence, the only objection the player can make to House is \\\"I don\\\'t want to kill off the entire Brotherhood,\\\" which is hardly convincing.\\\"

Stuff like \\\"it leaves little doubt\\\" \\\"push the Aesop\\\", \\\"the problem is\\\". You\\\'re writing this as if you\\\'re arguing against the creators. You\\\'re free to disagree with their design decisions, but main page examples aren\\\'t the place to do it. You could still have an example you could write up beyond the ButThouMust aspects of it, it might still fit somewhere else on the main page. You just need to tone it down a little.
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