Lyson

If you have any questions about the ending feel free to ask :)

I've posted the link for the novel in the forum section above on this page, but here is the direct link:
https://kisskh.at/discussions/death-kaleidoscope/125101-kaleidoscope-of-death-novel-links-online-epub-pdf

Lol, it's called acting 🤡 anyway, she won't notice you not watching her content, move on.

I like Esom. I will try this.

Anyone from Thailand here willing to let me use their cell number for an otp, I'm over waiting to watch this.

Love this pair, hope to see more from them.

Yes, you seem to grasp it just fine, it's exactly that even if the players players have different levels of difficulty they've reached and go back to an early door, that door level's set difficult is unchanging, however, having the new players and returning 'farming for experience' players affects the level outcome and can complicate things to the point it could even get the experienced players killed.

I would recc the book for sure, it's actually VERY different in some satisfying ways, but I do understand not having the time to get to reading XD

Hope this might help, because or non-game players, it may not be familiar, but because of the game theme of the show, the doors are based on something similar to RPG 'outcome' game theory. This is a basic explanation from wiki:
[In game theory, the outcome of a game is the ultimate result of a strategic interaction with one or more people, dependent on the choices made by all participants in a certain exchange. It represents the final payoff resulting from a set of actions that individuals can take within the context of the game. Outcomes are pivotal in determining the payoffs and expected utility for parties involved.

Each player’s strategy is based on their expectation of what the other players are likely to do, often explained in terms of probability. Outcomes are dependent on the combination of strategies chosen by involved players and can be represented in a number of ways; one common way is a payoff matrix showing the individual payoffs for each players with a combination of strategies.]

So basically, the actions of every person playing can change the events in the doors. Every time Lanzhu goes into a door, things may be different or more difficult because of the game's 4 levels of difficulty and also what other players do or don't do.
There's more to it, which also makes the doors (as a video game make sense), but for non game-players, it might be confusing or uninteresting

That's why I asked the question LOL, I was waiting for the silence in place of an answer.

The trailer looks lit. Horror/dark comedy is a great genre, love it.

I was waiting for a song to inspire me enough to make a TrinTanwa edit and I finally found one that hurts in a good way, because I like angst with feels! Anyone who knows my edits will know
🖤 TrinTanwa
On YT https://youtu.be/JmlRSwXFsv4

Some shows on MDL get locked on a certain rating due by the admin due to stupid fan wars where desperate fans who vote up or vote down on shows they like or don't like with fake accounts to inflate or sabotage a rating unreasonably. That happened to TS, it hit 9 at one point and then the very next day it was down and it hasn't moved again. Likely won't change ever again. lol

How do you know it flopped?

Consistently entertaining, like the first 2 seasons, I'd watch a S04.

I discussed this further down the page actually and since it seems to be the thing blocking you from agreeing with one of the three most commonly accepted outcomes, or even your own outcome, my take on Jiushi remembering the names was that we know Jiushi is supposed to be intelligent and observant and he'd lived in that area for many years. We can see people everyday and never know them, we may even bump into them, greet them and consciously forget them, but subconsciously we don't forget a face or we remember something about those interactions. For me that could explain why he dreamed so vividly filling in people visually. But he didn't pick up all their full names, when he refers to them in the aftermath mentally or addresses the ones he does talk to who do not know who he is, it's only by first name. So whatever full names he gave them in his head, inside the game world, doesn't count.

That's my take on the idea that it's a virtual world, and it also matches with my own ending take on the series which is that is was all him being comatose.

I posted an answer about the endings for the OP, it might answer some of your questions as well. If you'd like to know more about the novel and series differences, let me know :)

The ending of the series has three main scenarios as of now:

1) Comatose Jiushi wakes up and everything was a dream, so he spends the next 50 years creating the virtual world he dreamed about so he can see everyone one he dreamed of.

2) Jiushi had entered a virtual game world, then he 'wakes up' back in his reality after having purified the game, and the virtual world ceases to exist. Lanzhu included, he ceases to exist as he states he would in ep 36. So he spends the next 50 years creating the virtual world he experienced and the people in it, as a comfort for his loss before he dies.

3) Everything that happens in the series happens inside a virtual world, and after the virtual world is purified, everyone from the real world who lived/died in the virtual world returns to the real world with all their memories wiped and they go back to their normal lives.

Which one do you feel most likely fits the series ending? You can decide.

Also, keep in mind the TV series differs a lot from the novel, they had to adjust the ending and large chunks of the story for censorship.

When a show gets to into your bloodstream there's not escaping it XD

I've already rewatched it enough times that I can watch it without subs and still know what they're saying in the scenes.

Ep2: I was not expecting him to rappel down from the top of the building, that was very SWAT-eqsue of him. Noice.