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article revealed that if the player typed in the word "Ascend" into a dialogue box with a NPC, the player would be taken to a secret section of the game. In this secret section, the game would claim that the rest of the game's contents was a front for the area, and that the area was designed to "help
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which has to be screen captured at multiple points in order to form the whole code. The website linked to the QR code had nothing but the name “Phoenix
Gregory” placed on the screen in a comic sans font. After inputting all of the needed codes, the player would be teleported to a final terminal that
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Another game would be connected to a group called
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claiming himself to be a god. A prophecy exists, claiming that Kanye West would return one day and overthrow Lil B. With this knowledge, Kanye West travels this dystopian society and teams up with other musicians such as
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teach you something beneficial". The section is full of terminals, and the player must enter a specific code into each one in order to complete the area. If the player goes backwards, they will enter a room with a
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would congratulate them on their ascension, and then prompt for another code. Upon entering the correct code and agreeing to participate further, the player would then be asked for their private information.
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around the same time as the game being released. Ascensionism has been described as a cult that believes in reincarnation and that was apparently hoping to recruit more members with
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within the rapping community. The player is challenged by different rappers wandering the streets and must defeat them to level up and progress in the game.
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was only known by the username "Phenix". In
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In the year 2010, Kanye West takes out his garbage before tripping and falling into a portal, which brings him to the year 3030. The
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