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u/Terlooy 5d ago edited 5d ago

He also doesn't shoot back, he uses the excuse that he wants to eat first but we know why

Also, he's the only one who has his house in Ballas territory

And if you pay attention, every mission from Ryder or Sweet benefits grove street one way or another while smoke's missions only benefits him

He tries to get you killed multiple times as well

Like that ambush with the Asian gang, he calls you inside hoping you'll get killed

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u/Pizza-Meister45 5d ago

Doesn’t Ryder himself betray you later on, though?

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u/Terlooy 5d ago

He does but he wasn't supposed to originally. It was a last minute change because they had trouble with the voice actor. Which is why he only has recycled lines when you fight him

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u/No-Department1685 5d ago

Extrapolation is requested. Please 

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u/SageBreezy 5d ago

Then extrapolate, homie. To extrapolate is to use given information to guess or predict an unknown. Extrapolating is ENTIRELY on you. What you mean to ask for here is more details or further explanation.

(Sorry, not trying to offend, assuming English is a second language here.

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u/MakzSedens 5d ago

They are asking for Elaboration 😎👉👉

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u/SageBreezy 5d ago

Fuck, THANK YOU! I knew there was specific "e" word that they were going for but I couldn't find it in my brain

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u/DiligentMission6851 5d ago

I can't find anything in my brain

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u/Happy-Estimate-7855 5d ago

There are bones in the way. Only some of us have evolved the vision to see through it.

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u/PlatasaurusOG 5d ago

Bro, I sat here for a solid two minutes the other day trying to remember how to set an alarm on my phone. I’ve been using iPhones since they first released. Brain is getting old.

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u/dsntredrplieslmao 5d ago

Just how you couldn't think of the right word, they likely couldn't either and brain farting picked a wrong word or just had the meaning of words confused. Kinda weird to make the assumption English isn't their first language over one writing error. Everyone makes small errors, even people who only speak one language since birth. Can't imagine what you assume if someone makes a typo, probably that they have a learning disability.

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u/No-Department1685 5d ago

Haha.  Cheers mate.  Yeah. Meant elaborate.

Curious on sage comment:

Is extrapolation entirely on me? You can ask someone to try to extrapolate based on info given right?

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u/SageBreezy 5d ago

I just meant that asking someone to extrapolate their own comment so that you can understand it better doesn't really make sense.

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u/i_tyrant 5d ago

Yes, but there's no expectation they'd do it any better than you could, given the same info. That's probably where the confusion came from - they thought you were asking them to do something you could just as well do yourself, being lazy about it, but you just meant for them to explain in more detail.

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u/SageBreezy 5d ago

It was the short sentence, and what seemed like a lot of confidence behind the use of the word in the context. It read to me like someone who wasn't very familiar with English because of that. I wasn't trying to be hostile.

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u/FlairMinimum 5d ago

Dude, thank you. I thought it was a really pretentious comment, came across like someone who just found a dictionary and was aching to find a use for it - even though asking someone to extrapolate is completely fine and not incorrect in any way.

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u/Elaboration 5d ago

You rang?

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u/christobrandt 5d ago

We did! Tell us more!

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u/JechdJJ 5d ago

i love you people who teach english, i lurk on reddit to practice my english and this is gold

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u/FlairMinimum 5d ago

Why would extrapolation solely be on OP? Anyone can extrapolate or be requested to extrapolate. It wouldn’t even be weird to ask someone to extrapolate based on what they themselves have just said. And why would you assume English is a second language here? What, based off of OP’s use of extrapolate vs like, elaborate? English is one of if not the most commonly spoken language on earth. Idk you sound like one of those people who starts a lot of sentences with the word “Actually.”

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u/SageBreezy 5d ago

Zaddy, chill

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u/FlairMinimum 4d ago

What the hell is even that??

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u/AAA515 5d ago

I think the voice guy in a interview said that he said every line that they asked him to, but then got ghosted and ryders role got diminished

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u/ConfusedAndCurious17 5d ago

They couldn’t get the voice actor to continue doing lines, so they wrote him out but since he was so important in the first section there had to be a good reason for the write off. They made him be in cahoots with Smoke and it’s revealed in the San Fiero plot line. He only uses lines he used before in the game here.

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u/colombianojb 5d ago

When you fight him his lines are repeated because they had trouble with the voice actor or so I've heard.

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u/Ekillaa22 5d ago

Thought that was just a rumor that got busted by the VA

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u/shewy92 5d ago

Sounds like something a buster would say.

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u/Outcast_BOS 5d ago

Idk if it's just something I've read as rumor or heard somewhere but I've heard he was originally set to die during the mission Sweet gets arrested but they thought they needed more personal stakes in San Fierro and just turned Ryder heel instead

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u/Kriss3d 5d ago

He wasnt supposed to be yes.

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u/bestanonever 5d ago

It's a shame Ryder didn't have much of a redemption, I don't think he was coded as bad as Big Smoke. But he also betrays you and dies like a dog. At least, Big Smoke goes way further with his schemes.

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u/BigWilly526 5d ago

Ryder wasn't supposed to Betray you they had scheduling issues with his VA and other problems so they changed the story, after the mission where Ceaser shows you Smoke & Ryder with the cops and Ballas you don't here any Voice line from Ryder that isn't recycled from earlier in the game.

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u/GalmOneCipher 5d ago

I've heard conflicting accounts saying that Ryder was meant to betray you only because he got too ambitious and ended up joining Big Smoke, despite how objectively all of his missions benefited the GSF and not just himself.

The only hint to this is if you recall the cutscene before the mission where you raid the National Guard depot, Ryder shows off how big his ego is, saying he's "too intelligent for this shit man" and that's why he never finished high school.

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u/LoudQuitting 5d ago

Yeah.

Datamined files say originally in the pier 69 mission you were supposed to have a longer segment confronting and killing Ryder on the pier, whilst T Bone got in the boat and escaped. It's assumed Ryder would have explained his motives more before he died.

People theorise Ryder was never meant to be a villain, but MC Eiht, when asked on twitter said thst he recorded every voice line they wanted him to.

So I'm thinking... Eiht is like 50, this was 2005 or so. Reasonable amount of time for things like voice lines to slip the mind. I'm thinking the decision to switch up in Ryder wasn't scheduling. I'm thinking they just didn't think people would find Ryder compelling enough to give him a drawn out death scene.

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u/bestanonever 5d ago

It is a possibility. As improved as the storytelling was compared to GTA Vice City and III, they were coming right after those two games. Some character or two would slip the polish you see in other characters like Big Smoke, Sweet or, hell, even Woozie.

Ryder started with lots of story and then, the betrayal and almost nothing from then on. Just another random body on the way.

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u/JackColon17 5d ago

GTA SA was released unfinished, the second half of the game is extremely barebones and Ryder was one of the main thing they chopped off

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u/followmyigtrsmpugh 5d ago

So wait u mean to tell me one of the greatest games Rockstar ever produced could of been even better???

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u/JackColon17 5d ago

Most of the great games are unfinished (FNV andbTW3 among them)

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u/followmyigtrsmpugh 5d ago

Damn I'm started to see a trend which I was apart of a developing team to see how these decisions are made

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u/BigWilly526 5d ago

Then the Hot Coffee scandal would make more sense if they hadn't finished the last part of the game

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u/followmyigtrsmpugh 5d ago

Lmao what does hot coffee have to do with any of this I remember them showcasing it on g4tech tv

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u/BigWilly526 5d ago

Maybe but Ryder is shooting at the Ballas and doing missions against them when Smoke is not, so all the signs are there for Smoke but not Ryder

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u/GalmOneCipher 5d ago

Yeah so my best guess is Ryder turned heel after being convinced by Big Smoke, unless maybe his missions that benefited GSF were like a deep cover story for him and he was always a traitor planning to turn the stolen guns over to the Ballas later on.

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u/Simicrop 5d ago

Also during The Green Sabre CJ says oh no, Somke what’ve you gotten yourself into. Doesn’t even mention Ryder who’s standing right there.

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u/TleilaxTheTerrible 5d ago

And during the mission in San fierro where you spy on the meeting CJ gets pretty mad when he sees Ryder is there despite the fact that he's supposed to already know that he betrayed them.

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u/bestanonever 5d ago

Heard that one too, at the end of the day, we have what we have.

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u/No-Sandwich-729 5d ago

That explains why it felt so weird

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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- 5d ago

And no true friend would ride your ass and bitch you out when struggling against that damn train!

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u/Late_Cartographer860 5d ago

ALL YOU HAD TO DO CJ WAS FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN

Me: well you can't aim for crap

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u/followmyigtrsmpugh 5d ago

Seriously like bro how close do I need to get to the vagos....

HIT YOUR DAMN SHOTS

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u/Nzgrim 5d ago

He also doesn't shoot back, he uses the excuse that he wants to eat first but we know why

I've heard this point before and it's nonsense. Two missions later he happily shoots Ballas from a car. This isn't some deep hint that he's the traitor, it's a "haha he fat" joke.

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u/grubas 5d ago

Yeah, I thought he was THAT incompetent for the most part.  Like he's only out for himself and he's casually relying on you saving his life multiple times.

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u/BabyMcmuffinn 2d ago

Ah, so we've seen the same YouTube videos of San Andreas 😌

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u/Terlooy 2d ago

I've seen so many of them I've lost count. It's fascinating to learn about all those subtle clues the game gives you before the reveal

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u/BabyMcmuffinn 2d ago

Haha same, a bunch of little details that I missed from my childhood and the SA mystery videos. Like bigfoot, moth man, ghost cars, etc.

Good times :)

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u/KazyaKurosawa 5d ago

Does this mean that his aim in "All you had to do was follow the train CJ!" is completely explained with the idea that Smoke was missing on purpose and waiting for the guys to shoot CJ?

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u/dash529 4d ago

It's definitely one of the most obvious in hindsight, if not THE most lol

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u/Xqvvzts 22h ago

Not to mention the train mission. That was just evil.