Quote Originally Posted by Shippuu View Post
Going "Here's a clue for something that's right, but then I'm gonna say it's not a clue" is not a red herring,
You're looking at it from hindsight. It's right after the fact. But at the time, you had to take it with a grain of salt. He could have just liked Batman or Bond. Just like now. Everyone believes the Spider-man shirt is a tease to a new job. But that won't be proven right, until it's revealed that it did, in fact, tease a job. Right now it's serving as a distraction. If he comes out on the 18th and says RDM was it, or the new job is Rune Fencer, the shirt will make no sense.

A red herring is not a lie. It is a misdirection; a distraction. Something to lead an audience down a rabbit trail. But it could lead right back to the truth that it started from. In other words, the shirt became the truth, but he said it wasn't relevant at the time, which led people to discuss if it was or was not. Ultimately, they learned it was, but at the time it caused uncertainty.

Just like the SAM files could be real, or they could have been tossed in to distract us from the real job, but then later they would add SAM. So while SAM wouldn't be true now, in the end, it could be true. So they didn't lie and say it wouldn't be in the game. They simply distracted us with something else.

I really don't care what the next job is. I'll play it anyway (probably after RDM). I think it will be BLU. It makes more sense than an obscure Sam Raini, or one picture reference, even with the files. But who knows?

All I said, and I'll say it again, I find it rather odd that anyone would toss in files for a new job before it's announced. It seems rather trollish to me.