People are huge hypocrites!!!

[firedog122]

When episode three came, everybody was complaining on how they hated ben and wanted him to die. They failed to realize he was trying to help the group. Episode four comes along and ben tries to sacrifice his life. 78% of people saved him instead.
During the first two episodes, people were complaining how duck was a burden to the group. Episode three comes and everybody is depressed because duck died.
Why do people act this way??????

[Motordead]

I dropped his ass.

[Yertos]

Well I never liked Duck before or after his death, always stood up for Ben as well. I guess Larry is the only one I changed my opinion on.

[Maarschalk]

Never liked duck, I coulden't drop Ben though. He's just a kid and he tries to bad he's a coward, but something tells me he will earn his keep later on.

[BourbonTeacup]

Because of good writing.

[firedog122]

I also forgot about larry. We all hated him until his heart attack came.

[cormoran]

You might wnt to refrain from using words like 'everybody' and 'we all'.

For one, I hated Larry, the only thing that dissapointed me about his death was that I couldn't do it myself then drop trou and lay a steamer down his neckhole.

I also really liked Duck, I have a nephew that makes Duck seem like a lovable miniature Einstein by comparison. I also never blamed Ben for the bandit attack (though I wish I could have gut-punched him for abandoning Clem like he did).

What you're seeing isnt necessarily 'everyone' being hypocrites, it's just a very diverse set of opinions by a large group of people.

[Rommel49]

Everybody's hypocritical about something. Anyhoo, that being said...

These positions aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. For example, there's a difference between wanting Ben dead, and murdering the kid yourself... People like to keep their hands clean, I guess. Ditto for Duck dying off - was he a burden to the group? Absolutely. That doesn't make it any less sad that the poor kid had to bite it, even if the group's better off with him gone.

[ThatNickGuy]

I'll admit, I almost dropped him. But then I pulled him up.

Like Lee says to Clem at the end, Ben's a good kid who has made some mistakes. He didn't do anything purposely to hurt anyone (unless he's secretly an evil genius). I nearly threw him off the train, but that was just to scare him.

Besides, he's another possible person to join you at the end.

[Snake Liquid]

I said in another thread that I dislike him after Episode 3, but there was no way I'd let him die if given the opportunity. Like Rick said from the TV show, we survive by pulling together, not apart.

Turning our backs on our group will just end in everyone dying.

[CaliforniaBear]

I didn't want him to die but at the same time, he didn't want to go on and I wasn't going to force him to. Kenny pissed me off with that little smart ass remark he made though. Fucking D bag

[Natalie1213]

I myself always liked Duck and always hated Ben, and let him die. Felt bad afterwards, but I still did it anyways because I do hate him.
Had to actually think it through, though. I was shocked. Great writing does that.

[KMatt]

Originally Posted by BourbonTeacup

Because of good writing.

Agreed!

Ben is a clutzs but he means well. I've never gone in for the 'kill ben' ranting. Out of all the characters he is probably the most relatable. We all wish we could be a Lee-type character (or Molly) but face facts; in that sort of situation we would probably act more like Ben.

[Matt7895]

I didn't even get as far as dropping Ben. I let the zombie pull him down. I found his character to be thoroughly unlikeable. Don't get me wrong, Kenny is unlikeable too but at least he's useful to the group.

[YamiRaziel]

He backed me up the only time I really needed him to. I guess in my game he's now much more than Kenny ever was and will ever be.

[Kiel555]

Originally Posted by firedog122

When episode three came, everybody was complaining on how they hated ben and wanted him to die. They failed to realize he was trying to help the group. Episode four comes along and ben tries to sacrifice his life. 78% of people saved him instead.
During the first two episodes, people were complaining how duck was a burden to the group. Episode three comes and everybody is depressed because duck died.
Why do people act this way??????

Easy now. I never said I didn't like Duck and Ben is at the bottom of the bell tower receiving a traitor's reward.

[Red Panda]

I just can't let someone needlessly die, even if he is an idiot. If you kill Ben you become Ben b/c then you have blood on your hands. Killing an enemy isn't the same as killing an idiot that's on your side.

[Abel]

Originally Posted by firedog122

When episode three came, everybody was complaining on how they hated ben and wanted him to die. They failed to realize he was trying to help the group. Episode four comes along and ben tries to sacrifice his life. 78% of people saved him instead.
During the first two episodes, people were complaining how duck was a burden to the group. Episode three comes and everybody is depressed because duck died.
Why do people act this way??????

Serious question? Its like in real life, we hate each other sometimes, but nobody really wants to kill each other for reasons showed in TWD. Ben failed in many ways, but he never wanted that. He is that kind of person crawford would have killed and I don't like that idea. I'm with Dale in the TV show: "The world we know is gone, but keeping our humanity? That's a choice."

[That1Guy]

I said I'd have his back ever since I found him and I did.

[Hidan13]

We may feel a hatred towards a certain character, but in the end we're all human, and we don't really want others to die. It's a form of good writing, as in most games if we had characters like Larry or Ben everyone would probably kill them.