Pathways Into Darkness - NamedroppersFrom: PoetOTR@aol.com
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 05:14:49 EST
Subject: PID -- Who's Naming Whom?
To: Hamish.Sinclair@tcd.ie

Hamish --

Here's another little Pathways file I put together.  Hope you like it.  
Please check and see if it's accurate.  Thanks.

-- Matt Heath

Pathways Into Darkness - Namedroppers


It's kind of strange, but true -- many of the dead soldiers in the game 
appear not to know the names of some of the other men in their own units.  
(Either that, or they disliked them so much that they refuse to recall their 
names.)  Here's the list of who knows whom -- and who doesn't.


American Soldiers:

John (A Plague of Demons): Knows Steven and Greg.  Doesn't know about Ed, 
Darren, Jason or Sean.

Ed (Need a Light?): Knows all the Americans.

Darren (Light): Knows Greg, Steven and Ed.  Doesn't know about Jason or Sean. 
 Won't reveal or answer to his own name.

Sean (Light): Knows John, Ed, Greg, Steven.  Doesn't respond to "Darren" but 
will talk about Darren when you ask him (Sean) about his own death.  Doesn't 
know Jason.

Jason (Light): Doesn't respond to any of the others' names.  Doesn't reveal 
his own name under "name", but will acknowledge it if you type in "Jason".

Steven (Light): Knows John, Ed and Greg.  Doesn't know about Darren, Sean or 
Jason.

Greg (Watch Your Step): Knows John, Ed and Steven.  Doesn't know about Darren 
or Sean.  Only mentions Jason is you type in "street" or "fighter".


German Soldiers:

Anonymous Soldier (Ground Floor): Knows only about Muller.

Anonymous Soldier (Lock and Load): Won't respond to any names at all.

Gunther (Lock and Load): Knows Hans, Behrens, Joachim and Muller.  Doesn't 
know about Claude, Friedrich, Thomas or Walter.

Hans (They May Be Slow): Knows Muller, Behrens, Joachim and Claude.  Doesn't 
know about Gunther, Friedrich, Thomas or Walter.

Anonymous Soldier (They May Be Slow): Knows Muller, Hans, Behrens, Claude and 
Joachim.  Doesn't know about Gunther, Friedrich, Thomas or Walter.

Anonymous Soldier (But They're Hungry): Won't respond to any names at all.

Claude (Evil Undead Phantasms): Knows Muller, Gunther, Hans, Behrens and 
Joachim.  Doesn't know about Friedrich, Thomas or Walter.

Joachim: (Ascension): Knows Muller, Gunther, Hans, Claude, Behrens and 
Friedrich.  Doesn't know about Thomas or Walter.

Behrens (Wrong Way!): Knows Muller, Gunther, Hans, Joachim and Friedrich.  
Doesn't know about Claude, Thomas or Walter.

Anonymous Soldier (Welcome, Tasty Primate!): Won't respond to any names at 
all.

Anonymous Soldier (We Can See In the Dark): Knows Muller, Gunther, Claude, 
Joachim, Behrens and Friedrich.  Doesn't know about Hans, Walter or Thomas.

Anonymous Soldier One (Happy Carnage, near the save rune):  Knows only about 
Muller.

Anonymous Soldier Two (Carnage, inside the sealed room): Knows only about 
Muller.

Thomas (Carnage): Knows everyone but Hans and Walter.

Friedrich: (Carnage): Knows Muller and Walter.  Doesn't know about Gunther, 
Hans, Claude, Joachim, Behrens or Thomas.

Muller: (Carnage): Knows Hans, Joachim, Walter and Friedrich.  Doesn't know 
about Gunther, Claude, Behrens or Thomas.  [This is ludicrous; here is Thomas 
in the same room with three of his dead buddies, and none of them acknowledge 
him.  Talk about giving somebody the silent treatment....] 

Walter (Feel the Power): Knows only about Muller.

Anonymous Soldier (Beware of Low-Flying Nightmares): Knows only about Muller 
and Walter.  Doesn't know of Gunther, Hans, Behrens, Claude, Joachim, 
Friedrich or Thomas.


Mr. Dead Solder Congeniality Contest

Now that we know which soldier knows which other soldier, we can easily find 
out which soldiers were the most popular (or the most infamous).  Here are 
the results, in descending order of notoriety (the figures don't count each 
soldier recognizing himself):

American Soldiers:

Steven: five of six, or 83%
Greg: five of six, or 83%
John: four of six, or 67%
Ed: four of six, or 67%
Darren: two of six, or 33%
Jason: two of six, or 33%
Sean: one of six, or 17%

German Soldiers:

Muller: 14 of 17, or 82%
Joachim: 8 of 17, or 47%
Behrens: 7 of 17, or 41%
Hans: 6 of 17, or 35%
Friedrich: 5 of 17, or 29%
Gunther: 5 of 17, or 29%
Claude: 5 of 17, or 29%
Walter: 4 of 17, or 24%
Thomas: 0 of 17, or 0%

Comments: Poor Thomas!  Although he himself knows everybody else but Hans, 
nobody else knows him, even the three that are lying in the same room with 
him!  Of the eighteen dead Germon soldiers, three know nobody else (or at 
least refuse to talk about them).  Four others know only Muller.  As for the 
American contingent, it's very strange that none of the other soldiers in the 
sealed section of Need a Light? know Sean or Jason, even though they're lying 
only a few feet away from them.  Very similar to the treatment (or lack of 
it) the Germans give to Thomas.  I guess some people just don't fit in.



From: PoetOTR@aol.com
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:06:05 EST
Subject: PID - Joachim and Gunther
To: Hamish.Sinclair@tcd.ie

Hamish --

You might want to include this little bit of info in the "Namedroppers" 
article --

Joachim doesn't recognize Gunther when you type in "Gunther", but he will 
mention Gunther when you type in "seven."  Weird.

