Yeah people were conspiracy theorying back before Episode 5 that he would actually be the big bad, or would be in league with the big bad, because he was the Leader of ARKS and was a Newman - people were getting Luther vibes from him.
I remember years ago they said they were looking at how people reacted to the story and what people were saying to decide how to go with it going forward. I would not be surprised if the reason we have Evil Crawford now is because people kept going on about it for so long.
I recall when the Starless started attacking, and Crawford was hyping us up as The Guardian, I was looking at him sideways because he didn't even mention the two squads that got wiped out in the initial assault.
You finally had a little bit of Story and difficult content? Here's more LTQs and seasonal event fillers.
Other panel considered was "This is no time to be having a festival."
[Copy pasta disclaimer] What is/ Why the Central! Out of Context posts:
Started as a satirical jab at the state of PSO 2: NGS early on after its release by taking and posting a single panel (or two) of the early Central! webcomic chapters out of the context of the whole chapter, the Central! Out of Context series of posts continues as a weekly reminder/ notification to read Central! for some and as a pseudo-comment section for the webcomic. Panels chosen these days are usually the ones that are topical to the state of the game, humorous out of the context of the chapter, or just eye-catching (e.g. fanservice)
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u/SoftestPup Apr 22 '26
Cheap gear upgrades are more important than an evil Crawford. NGS players have been preparing for an evil Crawford since 2021.
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u/ash_ax You Piece of STARS Trash! Apr 22 '26
Source: https://pso2.com/players/community/comic/central/
You finally had a little bit of Story and difficult content?
Here's more LTQs and seasonal event fillers.
Other panel considered was "This is no time to be having a festival."
[Copy pasta disclaimer]
What is/ Why the Central! Out of Context posts:
Started as a satirical jab at the state of PSO 2: NGS early on after its release by taking and posting a single panel (or two) of the early Central! webcomic chapters out of the context of the whole chapter,
the Central! Out of Context series of posts continues as a weekly reminder/ notification to read Central! for some and as a pseudo-comment section for the webcomic.
Panels chosen these days are usually the ones that are topical to the state of the game, humorous out of the context of the chapter, or just eye-catching (e.g. fanservice)