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** The MCP hadn't yet assimilated the [[Evil Overlord List]].
* I have a text document stating for the record that I designed [[Super Mario Bros.]]., and that [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] totally stole it from me. By Tron's logic, I can just take it to a judge and get millions, right?
** The logfile might be something that has some sort of metadata attached to it, proving it to be an actual access log and not just some random thing that Flynn BS'd. To make his case, Flynn might had to have proven that the source of his text document was an official system file that had not been tampered with.
** Flynn outright says that he's looking for metadata that proves Dillinger stole the files from him. The text on the paper was simply evidence that it actually existed and that he could acquire them (especially after the MCP was down). He could show the original files in a court case and prove he was the original creator.
** Opposing council: "Code a few levels of Super Mario Bros. for me right now. Here, we've got a computer of the era to work with. Hop to."
** Your case would be far more plausible if it were on the record that you were also a PhD in computer programming, with a prior career in video game design, who had previously worked on the same project team as Shigeru Miyamoto. Y'know, like Flynn was with Dillinger. Remember, its in-dialogue that 'Flynn ''used to be'' the company's #1 programmer until Dillinger suddenly pulled a ton of hot stuff out of his ass and usurped him, then used his new rank to fire Flynn.'
* Where is the game world stored? Is it run on the company's servers? What would happen if it were shut off? And does this mean that every large computer system has an entire world of sentient programs living in it?
** It is run on company servers. A couple of trailers said so. If it were shut off then it would probably go off or stay on. It's possible that other company servers have this but it depends on what kind of company seeing how Encom is a generally computer related company.
** If it were shut off the Grid would probably just go into stasis without anyone in it ever noticing, and either it would resume as soon as the system booted up again, or the programs would revert to whatever initialization state they're supposed to have (which would essentially brainwipe them of anything that happened since the last backup.) If the MCP really did start off as a chess program at some guy's garage, it ''must'' have been switched off and on more than a few times for upgrades and hardware migration.
** And not just large systems. ''All'' computers have Grids, and in it every program on the system is represented by a Program in the Grid. my Chrome spends [[
* How did Flynn get out of the system? Last we saw he was busy messing up MCP from the inside, nowhere near the point he entered the system.
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