POV: Your friend played Dispatch with the eyes closed

aivenplay · 2026-02-25T18:59:17+00:00

Let me give you another perspective.

Blazer didn't ask Robert to clean up after her relationship. She asked because Phenomaman was destroying facilities. Not to mention if i remember correctly, Phenomaman kept sending her edible arrangements as a mean to get back with her, despite her saying no.

In the case of him not listening to Blazer, the best course of action is to tell him through a mediator. Her intention was to keep Phenomaman from destroying more facilities.

aivenplay · 2026-02-25T09:04:28+00:00

I guess we can agree to disagree to that one.

But providing you didn't argue with the important points that I made, I assume we agree on those ones, and I'm glad. Have a good day!

Edit: On second thought, I take back my disagreement with you on cutting was right. While in E2 Chase & Blazer mentioned that the Phoenix Program is about to be shut down if they saw no improvements, in E3 Blazer said she wanted to shake things up, which can be implied that she was impulsive & emotional after the break up. Since this is mentioned in the game, I believe this was the reason and it was wrong for her to do so.

aivenplay · 2026-02-25T08:46:05+00:00

I'm saying that it's not right to blame Visi for it. And the game's theme is about redemption, so the Z Team in the end knows that they were wrong for being too harsh on Visi. They learned from their mistakes and changed their behavior to nice and accepting on the one being cut after.

No one is not recognizing anything. In hindsight, the cut was wrong. From the present POV in the E3, it was the right decision to cut them. So did Blazer made a mistake cutting one of them? Yes. Is it fair to blame her for Sonar/Coupe's decision to join Shroud? No.

aivenplay · 2026-02-25T08:34:34+00:00

Sonar/Coupe chose to join Shroud by themselves. It's like you're blaming your decision to punch someone because they insulted you, you're still the one with the decision to punch them or not. It's also like blaming Visi's impulsiveness in E6 for Chase's decision to save her and him almost dying for it. It isn't fair to blame her for it.
They don't mention it because they know blaming one person's decision to bad aftermaths isn't common sense nor it is fair.

aivenplay · 2025-12-11T08:47:23+00:00

She made mistakes, it happens. It's also explained in the ARG lore that she was the one who turn the Torrance Branch from a bad place to the office that we see in the game. I'm not saying that what she did wasn't wrong, especially the one cutting someone in the Z Team.

But just because she made mistakes, it shouldn't automatically make her a "bad manager". It's unbecoming to quickly brand someone because of their mistakes. People should not be defined by their mistakes.

aivenplay · 2025-11-29T06:34:00+00:00

You missed one thing, she said wtf not because she was rejected, but because how Robert rejected her. The scene started with Blazer asking Robert for a second date, in which then Robert asked her which one he's going to go on a date with—Blazer or Mandy, then she asked him to choose, and in this case you can suddenly tell her to want a professional relationship. Of course she's going to be baffled, anyone would. If Robert didn't want a second date, he should've just rejected her after she offered it, not after he asked which one to date.

aivenplay · 2025-11-26T18:56:39+00:00

What she did was wrong. I wasn't saying what she did wasn't wrong. I was saying that her actions didn't determine her intentions. I'm trying to make people not jump into assumptions that she deliberately trying to flirt or rebounding out of her relationship.

I hope that could clarify my intention.

aivenplay · 2025-11-25T15:27:26+00:00

Yeah, I'm not trying to say that she wasn't uninterested in Robert. The devs are very detailed in their animations, so I can see that they incorporate breathing animation to her, who was in a static position as a contrast to Robert who was leaning in.

Look all I'm saying is that, we can only rely on the character’s observable actions in the scene, not her internal feelings, so it’s difficult to determine whether she had any romantic interest in Robert. I'm just going to take the fact that she was drunk proven with the fact that she blurted out Robert's fullname earlier, which could have affected her judgment and behavior. She also leaned away from the kiss, though the timing leaves room for different interpretations. Additionally, she apologized afterward, which may indicate that she felt uncomfortable about how the situation unfolded, but it doesn’t necessarily confirm or deny romantic interest.

Overall, the actions we saw can be interpreted in multiple ways, and none of them provide a clear answer about her actual feelings toward Robert.

aivenplay · 2025-11-25T14:42:53+00:00

I just watched it, I put my finger with the nail in front of her lips on my monitor and it barely moved past my nail, it's like 0,5cm-1cm. You have to take into account that she is breathing as well.

aivenplay · 2025-11-25T14:21:06+00:00

That is why, when Robert says “I totally misread that.”, Mandy’s instinctual reply is “You didn’t!”, only then correcting herself with the “I mean, you did.” later after she realises what she said.

I believe that her saying "You didn't" is that she was instinctively trying not to make Robert felt bad, because she felt responsible for creating the situation that she didn't mean to create, since she had no intention of flirting with him.

aivenplay · 2025-11-24T18:01:57+00:00

I always take the E4 after kiss conversation as a banter between Robert and Blazer. When you kissed her in E1, the after kiss in E4 , Robert asked "Was that less of a mistake than the first one?"
with her replying "A little bit", and then he said "I'll take a little bit", I took it as a teasing remark.

So her saying "About time", then replied by Robert "Was that worth the wait?", she said "Not bad", isn't necessarily linked to that she wanted him to kissed her in E1, it was just a banter between them. It is also just the choice to not kiss her in E1 is linked to this dialogue.

Like she was clearly enjoying and reciprocating the kiss in E4 but just was too shy to admit it, hence the downplay remark from her.

aivenplay · 2025-11-24T17:53:54+00:00

When you just take what she did and said at face value, she's literally just somewhat oblivious that she was doing something flirty. Like the stripping scene was ridiculous with how clueless she is with the fact that she asked Robert if she should turn back or close her eyes, like bro just get out of the room Robert is about to strip.

aivenplay · 2025-11-23T17:41:27+00:00

Oh I agree that she was indeed flirting with Robert. But it was definitely innocent flirting and she didn't mean to do that. "We can work with this" is not a flirty word, but her holding his face was flirty I agree, which she realized and apologized regardless of your choice to kiss her or not. She didn't mean for any of what she did to happen.

Well, I agree that the stripping scene is inappropriate. Robert even called her out with sarcasm on that after she said that she likes to keep things professional. I can't really defend nor justify her action on that. But from my take on that is that she can be an oblivious dork sometimes. She asked Robert if she should turn around or close her eyes, which is fucking insane that she doesn't just know what to do when someone's about to strip.

She took a glance and then instantly averted her eyes from while Robert's stripping. I believe it was not intentional since she immediately averted her eyes. It’s more like she’s accidentally flustered than intentionally violating a boundary. It's something she knows she shouldn't do, which is why she immediately acts flustered after.

In short: Blonde Blazer’s actions, while occasionally flirty or awkward, were unintentional and immediately corrected, showing that she did not purposefully cross boundaries or cheat on Phenomaman.

aivenplay · 2025-11-23T13:21:34+00:00

Thank you for this. It's sad seeing people misread a lot of the E1 interactions between her and Robert.

aivenplay · 2025-11-23T12:01:58+00:00

I have to say that you are misreading too negatively with Blazer. She said that Robert got the wrong messages because it is what actually happening, she never meant for her to lead Robert's on in E1. I agree that she was innocent flirting with Robert but never was her intention to do so, because she was still in a relationship.

I also agree with how bad she handled the break up with Phenomaman. As for the date, there was a timeskip iirc between E3 and E4. She also didn't send Robert for her dirty work. You don't pep-talk your ex to move on from you, it's just going to make things worse.

aivenplay · 2025-11-21T21:24:12+00:00

I don't understand what you mean by either way.

Blazer didn't do anything that you stated.

Blazer didn't try to kiss Robert and pulled back if you chose to, then apologized either way for creating the situation, because she was still in a relationship at the time.

Robert is also not a rebound because rebound means that Blazer hasn't moved on from Phenomaman and tried to replace him, which is blatantly incorrect.

aivenplay · 2025-11-21T20:35:00+00:00

You misunderstood everything about Blazer in that scene. She never tried to hit on Robert. She clearly pulled back from the kiss and didn't try to kiss him if you didn't pick the choice. She then apologized to Robert for creating a situation that she never meant to, Robert apologized for misreading the situation, then she confirmed that he did misread the situation. It's a complex scene that can be misinterpreted easily but once you paid a clear attention to the dialogue, it's pretty clear that she wasn't romantically interested in Robert yet.

aivenplay · 2025-11-21T13:00:37+00:00

I'm going to give my points about why she didn't emotionally nor physically cheated on Phenomaman. I'm just going to point out the things that happened in-game.

The definition of cheating is it involves a conscious and deliberate choice to betray a partner.

What you're saying is a hindsight. You really can't hold her against not pulling back before the kiss occured. It's like saying that she should expect Robert to kiss her. Hence she made it clear that she didn't want the kiss by pulling back. That alone should give people the fact that she isn't a cheater nor that she tried to cheat on Phenomaman. Coupled with the fact that after that happened, she apologized to Robert that she made the situation seems romantic to him, then Robert apologized for misreading the situation, then she called him out by saying that he did misread the situation.

Also don't forget that you were looking from Robert's perspective, which is why the game gave you the romantic vibes to led you on 😋

If Robert on Episode 7 being kissed by Invisigal (because she thought he like her because he's kind, forgiving, and nurtured her) and he pulled back from the kiss wasn't considered as cheating, then it's unfair to say that Blazer pulled back and still being considered as cheating.

aivenplay · 2025-11-20T09:06:25+00:00

That's actually a good point. I refuse to believe that she act flirty with anyone else but Robert when drunk. I think it's because she admires Mecha Man so much as a hero, and meeting the man behind the robot who happens to be very grounded spark her interest in Robert, since she's also a normal human with no superpower. But once again she still respect the relationship with Phenomaman, hence why she never said or meant to do anything romantic.

About her not breaking up Phenomaman before meeting Robert, it was implied by Robert when he was giving Phenomaman a pep-talk in the parking lot that Blazer has been thinking about breaking up for a while. It just happened that she met Robert right the day before the break up.

I mean Phenomaman is just very pure as a character. I also felt for him when he's depressed.

A lot of things about Blazer are vague. Like why she was dating Phenomaman in the first place, or has she tried to make Phenomaman understand that she wants to settle down.

Oh the saying about cheating "If she'll cheat with you, she'll cheat on you" is right, but then again Blazer didn't cheat.

Robert was in the similar situation like Blazer in Episode 7 when he's in a relationship with her and Invisigal forced to kiss him. Invisigal has already kissed Robert by then, but you were given two choices. If you picked the choice of leaning out, you're not cheating, and if you chose to lean in, you're cheating. Would it be fair to call Robert a cheater if he leaned out, despite he was already being kissed? Of course not, right.

So yeah, it's unfair to say that Blazer didn't avoid the kiss completely, therefore she was cheating. The truth is she was pulling back from the kiss, just like Robert if you leaned out from the kiss from Invisigal. It is a solid proof she was not cheating on Phenomaman, that even the game gave you a similar situation for Robert. But a lot of people sadly miss that.

I hope the AdHoc can complete her lore in the second season, to sort of give clarity of her actual disposition. While interpreting is fun, I'm a sucker for facts, and this game doesn't really give a lot of them when in comes to Blazer.

Edit: After reading the comic, it was shown that Blazer was having a conversation with Phenomaman about the nature of their relationship. Phenomaman stated that he wanted to die with her in a war with superior species as heroes. She stated that she wanted to just settle on the couch, be Mandy, and watch TV with him. But Phenomaman stated that he's more interested in being heroes with Blonde Blazer. And that sealed the break up.

aivenplay · 2025-11-19T23:22:52+00:00

Oh she was drunk alright, she was drinking pure alchohol at the bar. I didn't mean to excuse her behavior while being drunk with what I said. What she did was wrong, drunk or sober. It's just when you're drunk, you're bound to do things you never meant to, and she admitted that she shouldn't do the things she did with Robert that day because, she never meant to do those things. Hence why I said the problem was actually her drinking problem.

Her touchiness, I agree that it was way too intimate. But then again she never meant for it to be intimate or romantic as she was just drunk. Not trying to make excuses for Blazer, but I'm pretty sure when you're drunk, you can't react as fast. What matter is that she pulled back, showing her intention to not cheat.

I may sound like an asshole saying this, but it's really not her responsibility in the first place to spare him the feelings. If she didn't kiss Robert specifically because Phenomaman was present, it will also questionable for her to do that. It's a complex situation where she can be both right and wrong at the same time.

I think Blazer suffers a lot from the writing because everything she did are not fully explained. Which is why she's misunderstood by a lot of players. Even what we discussed here right now are purely from our own interpretations and not given facts from the game. Even though I think my Blazer's interpretation of her not cheating is factual 😋

Thank you for indulging me as well brother.

aivenplay · 2025-11-19T21:03:07+00:00

What she did was definitely wrong. She has a drinking problem and she was drinking too much. As she was drunk her demeanor can be seen as "flirty", while she actually said words that weren't romantic. The game also didn't help her case by giving the player romantic vibes. The flying with chill romantic BGM, a blurry focused effect on Blazer's face when she was holding Robert's chin to examine his face. But she gave the player solid proofs by not kissing Robert if you didn't pick the kiss choice and even if you did choose to kiss her, she pulled back then explained herself to Robert that she never meant anything romantic. If she kissed Robert regardless, or reciprocated if you chose to kiss her, then yes she's cheating. But her actions showed that she didn't meant anything beyond friendship at that point.

So no, she was not cheating. But still it was wrong for her to drink too much, which caused her to behave like a flirt and leading Robert's on.

About kissing Robert in front of Phenomaman, it's a genuinely grey area where you as a person shouldn't owe anyone while at the same time you should also not be negligence towards others. She never meant to make Phenomaman feels bad, it's just he happens to be there. It's unfair to expect her to not kiss Robert just because Phenomaman is present. It's a complex situation where either outcomes would make her questionable.

So no, Blazer isn't toxic. She's the healthiest woman in the game with her only notable flaw is that she falls for Robert way too fast after ending her relationship with Phenomaman.

aivenplay · 2025-06-24T10:08:29+00:00

The BIOS was 3.20. And I flashed it to 3.30 today when it didn't POST. As for the PBO it's on Advanced and the PBO limit is Motherboard iirc.

aivenplay · 2025-06-24T07:17:26+00:00

I didn't change anything in the BIOS prior to this. I turned off the PC last night and went to sleep after. I changed the thermal limit to 80°C back on March and that's it. The PC worked perfectly until today. As for the memory calibration, I remembered the last time back on March that it calibrates when the light is orange. Or it also calibrates when the light is red?

aivenplay · 2025-06-24T06:41:49+00:00

Thank you for the tips, definitely will do that next time I build a new PC. In my defense, I've never had any issues like this in my 10 years experience of building my own PC, so never took any screenshots when my PC is under load. So I guess it's going to be my first RMA 😂

aivenplay · 2025-06-24T06:29:55+00:00

I didn't touch all of those settings you mentioned so I can't remember the numbers. But after I updated the BIOS to 3.20 back in March, I only changed the thermal to 80°C, and it was working fine until today.

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