M.E.G. Investigation Log IS-01
This investigation details some of IronSoul's most well-known predictions and their surrounding history, as well as some additional commentary regarding their validity.
"Hey everyone! Let's make a bet, shall we? I bet the ARG are going to win the TSR. If I'm right you all owe me a drink :)"
On May 24th, 2019 IronSoul uses multiple chatrooms to announce to the tgochi.exe community that the Average Raisin Gamers would be the winners of the first TSR. Not only had the TSR only just begun, but TSRs, at the time, were a novelty to even the most experienced players, which meant that accurately predicting the outcome of the first TSR was nigh impossible due to the lack of information regarding its inner workings. Even if the mechanics were sufficiently understood, the Average Raisin Gamers were still sitting in third place when the prediction was made, bolstering a score of 23,793, whilst the leading team (the Skeleton Bone Boys) had 26,334 points. Surmounting this lead was thought to be unachievable at the time.
In what most tgochi.exe players consider one of the greatest strokes of luck in the game's history, the captain of the Average Raisin Gamers, thegrapemaster43, alongside his entourage, stumbles upon a B.N.T.G. caravan which was in the process of transporting electronic supplies during the first TSR's last hours. After a bloody clash with the B.N.T.G. that ended with heavy casualties on both sides, thegrapemaster43 manages to take the electronics for his own team, and he directs the relatively small amount of members still standing to set up an efficient transport chain with the goal of delivering the looted electronics to the nearest drop point. Despite the fact that thegrapemaster43 himself died later due to the injuries he had sustained in the battle, the Average Raisin Gamers win the TSR, cementing both him and his team as legends in the tgochi.exe playerbase. This particular episode is often cited as an example of how dedicated the "OG players" (slang for 'original players' in the community) were to winning the game, even without the end goal of escaping the Backrooms.
In total, this raid won the Average Raisin Gamers a total of 4,775 points, enough to climb the ranks and stand on top of the other teams by the end of the TSR.
The prediction turned out to be correct.
"Hey, peeps! I heard some of you thought my last prediction was just a fluke! Well, then, take some notes! I bet the MN and the BCC are going to destroy each other in their fight and it's gonna be so bad that they'll never come back from it! If I'm right you all owe me two drinks now! :)"
On March 8th, 2020 IronSoul once again uses multiple chatrooms to announce that the feud between the two most prominent player groups, the Midnight Harlequins and the Black Cloud Clan, would end up with both factions destroying each other beyond recuperation. The groups had been in some sort of dispute for months when this prediction was made, so it was no wonder that this prediction set the community ablaze with fearful excitement and fervent speculation.
Almost one month later, the two factions finally face each other in a heated battle in Level 817. Despite the strenuous resistance of the Dust Devils, the Midnight Harlequins, still recovering from the losses they suffered in open battle, manage to entrench themselves in the cave systems in Dragonskull Summit, with the intent of luring the numerically superior Black Cloud Clan into an ambush. Whilst they successfully manage to lure their opponents into the cave system, a subsidence of the ground above them (most likely caused by the Midnight Harlequins' tendency to make heavy use of explosives in battle) causes an entire section of the cave system to collapse, killing the bulk of both factions' forces. Due to the heavy losses caused by the battle's events, both player groups find themselves fading into obscurity as other more powerful groups rise to take their place.
The prediction turned out to be correct.
"Hey once again, my dear friends! I see most of you changed your mind about me after last time, but some of you still don't believe me… well, check this out! I bet the Stormbringers will mysteriously disappear in the next 7 days! :)"
On June 15th, 2020, IronSoul once again uses the tgochi.exe chatrooms to spread his new prediction. According to him, a group of obscure rookie players, the Stormbringers, would mysteriously disappear in around one week after his prediction. The group in question was reportedly preparing themselves for an expedition into an unknown level they claimed to have discovered some days prior to IronSoul's prediction. Members of player groups associated with them are interrogated by the M.E.G., but little information surfaces about the level in question, which was most likely caused by The Stormbringers' secrecy in regards to their findings. The only meaningful information the interviewees can provide is a rough description of what the level looks like: "dark tunnels with walls made of cables that faintly glow green". No known level corresponds to the interviewees' description. No information about the location of the level's entrance has been found to this day.
According to the interviewees, the Stormbringers were aware of both IronSoul's prediction and his reputation, but either due to sheer ignorance or doubts of his claims, they still decide to go on their expedition, dismissing him as a fraud. No one sees them again after their departure from Level 11. Four days after their disappearance, M.E.G. agents are informed of a rather peculiar event: the Stormbringers' clothes are found waving from a flagpole near the center of the Trading Sector in Level 230, and their belongings are found scattered in the main square. The fate of the Stormbringers remains unknown, but the likelihood of them being alive is now considered close to zero.
The prediction turned out to be correct.
"Greetings, tgochi enthusiasts! I'm glad to know that after the unfortunate disappearance of the Stormbringers, almost every single one of you believes me! Before you ask, no, I have nothing to do with their disappearance, I simply predicted it! Anyway, now that you trust me so much, I'll let you in on a little secret, as a reward :). The "big secret about the Backrooms" that tgochi reveals to people who complete all achievements is where the exit from the Backrooms is!"
- Prediction: Self-explanatory.
- Result:
Due to IronSoul's accuracy in his previous predictions, as soon as he announces his prediction in the tgochi.exe chatrooms, the community is shook to its core. Most players immediately accept his prediction as truth, and several people outside of the community who hear of this prediction are enthralled by it as well. What used to be a playerbase that was mostly interested in creating chaos and finding a diversion in tgochi.exe's challenges grows exponentially, and for many wanderers, becomes the most concrete opportunity they have to return to their previous life. The playerbase is speculated to have decuplicated in the year following this prediction. This day also marks the date the Completionists were founded. Further information about the Completionists can be found in Investigation Report IS-03.
Due to the nature of this claim, it is currently impossible to verify whether IronSoul's prediction was correct or not.
"Hi, hello there, my fellow players! Sorry for the prolonged hiatus but I've had a lot of stuff on my hands lately! One of which was… some Merch! That's right, I received my Merch a few months ago, but I bet most of you are just waiting for the prediction, huh? How heartless T_T. Well, today's prediction is: there are four more people with Merch in the Backrooms! If you're one of them, seek out the Completionists and tell them you wanna get in touch with me! I need your help for… something :)"
After a prolonged period of absence, IronSoul once again makes an announcement on the chatrooms and states that not only had he been in possession of an object called "Merch" for several months, but that there are four other people in the Backrooms who are also in possession of said "Merch". To this day, it is unknown what "Merch" is or could be. In his announcement, IronSoul also invites these four people to seek the Completionists.
Thanks to intel gathered by M.E.G. agents who managed to infiltrate tgochi.exe communities, the M.E.G. discovers that only three of the four people carry out the task without hesitation and get in contact with him. One seems to be more hesitant at first, but ends up getting in touch with him anyways at a later point after some consideration,. The identity of these people is unknown, but they all seem to be "Merch wielders".
As of late, IronSoul seems to have begun collaborating with one new individual. It is fairly certain that they are not part of the "Merch wielders" that he asked to reach out to him in one of his predictions, and their identity is currently unknown. This fourth accomplice does not appear to have notable abilities or skills, but they will still be kept under strict observation, especially since IronSoul and his group's capabilities have been underestimated before.
The goals of this newly formed group are thus far unknown, although their existence puts IronSoul's divination into a new light. The possibility of IronSoul being a direct threat to the M.E.G. has become far more real, and a decision on how to handle this situation needs to be taken urgently. His power and influence, especially on tgochi.exe players, seems to be rapidly growing and he could become a significantly more troublesome force to deal with in due time.
As far as it is possible for the M.E.G. to know, the prediction turned out to be correct.
