My Thoughts on Springtrap in DBD
Since we are all having this discussion now and the community seems very divided on it I figured I’d give my thoughts on it
First thing I’d like to mention is yes I would like to see springtrap in dbd. I think he fits the games theme and I think fnaf is a popular enough horror franchise to be in DBD. What I wouldn’t like however is for there to be a whole chapter based around it. This is for 2 reasons firstly I don’t want another terrible indoor map and secondly there aren’t any good survivor candidates from the franchise.
Second thing I want to talk about is how springtrap “wouldn’t fit in dbd”. I just don’t see how this is true. Springtrap as a character definitely fits DBD’s darker tone and his appearance isn’t really childish (especially if you see some of fnaf 3’s hidden screens). Even if he was we have killers like clown or trickster who dress up in somewhat childish or colourful outfits so does that mean clown or trickster don’t fit in dbd?
As for his power we are kinda forgetting the powers they’ve made before. Myers is kinda just a man with a knife who stalks people and same with Ghostface yet they made very fun powers out of those characters. Fnaf is a franchise that spams 6 main games so they definitely have a lot to work with in terms of powers and perks.
I just think a lot of people are either misinformed about Fnaf or just simply don’t want it in the game because of the community (which admittedly is pretty bad but that’s not a problem with the games or characters themselves)
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To be fair lot of people were making tons of threads of Candyman.
Does not bother me at all since just gonna be covered up again by newer discussions but I do like to see opinions on what everyone has.
[Edit] Also yes I am in for Springtrap since why not.
[Edit] Just realized their comment got deleted.
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When one talks about Candyman, there seems to be no problems, but FNAF is the exception and ends up fighting like wild beasts for wanting his chapter. I would not mind having this chapter, the more licenses, the better for me, but the obsession of this chapter for many is as if they forgot that there are more special licensed killers in Dead by Daylight.
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The difference with Candyman is because it was fueled from speculation of the fourth anniversary's theme colour being honey and bee coloured as well as that oozing liquid from the skull as well as the upcoming release of the Candyman reboot.
And people haven't really let go of that. Like at all. I know a friend of mine who was convinced Binding of Kin was a rushed replacement for Candyman since the movie got delayed thanks to Covid.
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If you don’t care about the content of my thread why click and comment on it?
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From what I saw before, no one wanted Candyman in a long time, they started to love him when it was rumored that Tony Todd was doing indirect at Dead by Daylight and that was during the 4th anniversary.
The new movie will come out next week and now that "FNAF" steals its "hypothetical" chapter, it's like how stressful you can see, If it's not Candyman, there are already 5 chapters that it doesn't turn out to be him.
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Yeah all I want to do is have a discussion about the possibility of springtrap and people immediately dismiss it because “fnaf kids game lol”
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if they were to do a chapter/paragraph on it, I hope they go with the storyline of the books as they were more mature.
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well about the survivor, there is an option which is jeremy fitzgerald or mike schmidt. that OR you can make it like Leatherface and just have one killer and no survivor and no map.
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I think it could work, but it has to be done right.
FNAF took an extremely "soft" approach after some time, which is honestly infuriating and it completely betrays what the very first game aimed for (or are we forgetting that Springtrap is an insane man who killed children and stuffed their bodies inside animatronic costumes?)
Do it right, and there is potential for a good chapter. Do it wrong, and it will be just as garbage as All-Kill is.
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Yeah that is what I’m worried about. The first 3 games especially had great atmosphere and story so I hope they stick to them as much as possible
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I’d say if they were to do it they would go the Bubba route. Easier for them since they don’t have to make a survivor out of nothing pretty much
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Yeah. I just want a civil discussion about FNAF and people who despise it choose to hop in the conversation to bring in their negativity.
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Agreed.
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Honestly I think it would fit very well. I'm confident the devs could figure out some interesting power for Springtrap. Don't understand why people get so upset over the topic. Like we have Trickster. They can put in anything at that point. Guess we will see in like 2 weeks!
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We already got bunnies as a killer though, The Legion gang with the bunny costumes.
I'm messing with you
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"Were" being the operative word. Nobody's making them all that much. FNAF threads, on the other hand, are borderline spam at this point, IMO. They all start and end the same way, there's no unique perspective, it's all been said and done.
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You also kept saying Candyman in every post about what the next killer is going to be lol.
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We don't need a new post everytime someone wants to share their thoughts on fnaf. This is so obnoxious. Be nice if the mods would start merging all these fnaf threads like they do when people start making multiple posts about things actually in DBD.
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In appropriate threads, where you're supposed to comment on what killers/chapters/whatever you want. You don't see Candyman fans opening up 5 threads per day that all end the same way, then get surprised when they all end the same way.
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Um....yeah there was lot of Candyman discussions around every chapter release ever since the tweets including the Actor even if was not around chapter release dates.
Candyman has the same thing that Springtrap with everyone making a discussion about it all the time.
In this case if everyone spams Candyman no one complains but if it's Springtrap people complain even though he killed a lot and in the non cannon books he is a sociopath.
So again people also do spam Candyman which is no different then spamming Springtrap.
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There are always a lot of discussions around chapter releases, that's not unusual and it is the appropriate time.
What is unusual is people continuously making threads about a license that most people clearly don't want. Note that the Candyman threads stop after the releases, but FNAF threads don't. They just keep coming, almost like that's the point, to try to fake hype.
Don't try to "both sides" this.
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I can tell this is just gonna be the "Slenderman in Dead by Daylight" Discussion all over it again with back and forth comments, so just gonna make a final statement and move on cause not gonna get involved with this again.
I also include everyone that mentions Candyman in any discussion of who the next killer is going to be. Even though there is not many discussions about Candyman as much as Springtrap there is just as many comments about Candyman that matches the amount of discussions about Springtrap.
Springtrap might have fake hype but Candyman also has the same thought of "It's gonna be him this time".
Also I am not trying to "Both sides" IT IS both sides due to same amount of spam both of them get.
Candyman is just gonna keep being mentioned until he is ingame just like Springtrap so no point on arguing about it on "Who has the real Hype"
That's my statement and leaving at that.
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I also include everyone that mentions Candyman in any discussion of who the next killer is going to be. Even though there is not many discussions about Candyman as much as Springtrap there is just as many comments about Candyman that matches the amount of discussions about Springtrap.
Why, though, if people are complaining about the threads about FNAF, and not the comments about FNAF in threads about who you want the next killer to be?
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Ironically I actually forgot Legion had Robbie skins from Silent hill lol.
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I would love FNAF in this game but they have to do it right which I don't like it but I have extreme doubts that they would do it right. The last 3 chapters have been rather disappointing and as much as I get excited for the idea of FNAF being in this game,the thought of if the devs would even make it good worries me.
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If the killer is fun to play as and against I don't really care if it's candyman, springtrap, or the poop emoji
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Very much in favor of a FNAF crossover.
No reason why they couldn't, but a hell of a lot of excuses on the forum as to why they shouldn't.
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It’s not about the fact that he disagrees it’s how he literally said he didn’t read my post and that he was tired of fnaf posts which is fair but then why go on the post?
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Every chapter, for days on end, hordes of FNAF fans come to pander their lazy jumpscare flash game thinking it's on the same level as Candyman, RE or Wrong Turn
It's not. It's an overhyped meme game and I want it nowhere near DBD
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"I want it nowhere near dbd"
Yeah no one really cares what you "want" and the amount of posts about it today can agree with me on that.
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This entire thread is about what people want in DBD
That's what every chapter speculation post is about
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And another springtrap thread. You do realize that making constant threads about the same character over and over again makes people less likely to be accepting of that character right?
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Here we go again.
Yes, I think Springtrap is a good fit.
It's not a kids game. It features literal child murder as the inciting incident. Just because it had a large youth audience (and that was like 4-5 damn years ago) doesn't mean it'll bring in the entirety of the child population. Hell, this community is already childish enough anyways.
Regardless of whether or not you find the actual design of Springtrap horrific enough, we have fat pink elephants and yellow bunny mascots with a YELLOW AND PINK OVERCOAT WIELDING KPOP STAR as killers. I think that ship has sailed.
FNAF is rated between T and M.
No, Springtrap is not just "man in bunny suit hehe haha." He can teleport, warp around, and create phantoms that incite hallucinations.
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If FNAF does come to DBD, I expect a Samination short where one of the Legion plays as a night guard and puts on the Rabbit head/outfit. Also Clown cameo :p
I don't really care if Candyman or Springtrap comes to DBD, but they're both successful franchises and will bring new blood into the game. As long as the power is interesting and the perks aren't terrible I'll be happy.
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Don't understand why everyone hates FNAF. I see plenty of ideas of other chapters, but none of them not getting anywhere close to the same hate as FNAF.
I never understood the FNAF hate here.
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Same
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Yeah, it's bizarre. People seem pretty keen on gatekeeping the horror genre, which is odd. Or freaking out about kids playing the game when they aren't supposed to anyway.
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I feel like this would be a really good addon to the game, I hope to see him in the game soon and i feel like his power would be something like (Power scream/Burst Scream) Basically it acts just like the doctors power but not just in the direction doctor is facing, it effects all around him in lets say a 10-15m radius, This power will make him scream and when doing so people in the radius will get effected by the scream and freeze for a couple seconds covering their ears, this gives the killer time to find them and catch up
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I believe a lot of people hate FNAF because at the beginning, the majority of the population who played it was young youth. Thinking that it's not meant for DBD, but they don't want to acknowledge the FNAF lore nor the cool bunny legion cosmetics in DBD.
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Even with that in mind, they don't seem to have the same opinion of things they can wear their nostalgia glasses with like Are You Afraid Of The Dark? or Goosebumps (which were undeniably for kids). I'd guess streamers could be another thing, but in that case they'd probably hate Amnesia as well.
But yeah, I agree that there's more than enough to work with for DBD.
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I'm for it. I'd be down for a chapter with just Springtrap + A new map; no survivor.
I agree that there are not many good and notable survivor options.
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Wich map do you think it would be the best option? I liked the 1 and 2 games maps, but if i had to pick one i wouldn't know which I would choose.
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So here's the thing, for those of you who detest the idea of Springtrap in DBD:
Dead By Daylight has kind of become the Super Smash Bros of horror: Characters from iconic horror games, movies, and shows are brought all together in one place, for one reason or another, because we love the genre.
Mike Myers, Freddy Kreuger, the Demogorgon, Bubba, Pyramid Head, Nemesis, Ghost Face, and probably others who have entirely slipped my mind, all in one place, where we can enjoy them as one community.
Granted, the devs have plenty of original Killers going in, but that doesn't change the fact that, at the end of the day, that's what this game is.
Nobody can deny the raw popularity of FNaF, even if it mostly consists of cringey children.
Hell, as a fan since the beginning, I know the cringe of the community, which is why I don't associate with them.
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I don't like FNAF at all and would not like to have a FNAF chapter in the game.
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So, based on this, why should people care if others want FNAF in the game, if "no one really cares" when someone doesn't want it?
Discussions of adding certain chapters to the game are a matter of wanting and not wanting, it's as simple as that. Everyone is entitled to stating whether they like something and want it in a game or not. It's just people stating their opinions.
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It's super kewl and awesome to hate on things that are popular.
In other words, it's mostly a circlejerk that people partake in.
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Then keep scrolling. You can avoid them, it's not that big of a deal. They're not even clogging the forum, I have no clue why you guys make such a fuss about it.
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Or some people just genuinely dislike it? I've personally never liked it as a game and don't think it's very good, or very well put together, which is why I don't want to see it in Dead by Daylight. I genuinely find it overhyped, massively.
However, I do understand the whole "bandwagon" mentality. For some people, it is trendy to hop onto things that others dislike and say they also don't like them as well. But I do think it should be recognised that this may not always be the case and people may actually just not like the game.
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Don't get me wrong, I respect genuinely disliking it for the games themselves, but there are people out there who tend to hop on the bandwagon because the fandom is "cringe" or whatever.
I get what you mean though.
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I'm not going to add to the part about ignoring it, just about it clogging up the forums.
I personally have seen 3 different threads made, just today, about Springtrap. These 3 were only seen on the first page of discussions and I'd be willing to guess that there are more as you go along. I would also like to point out, I haven't been on the forums very much today so this is quite a lot to see over the short timespan.
Based on this, I can see why people would be frustrated by seeing the same discussion pop up often. It gets tiring to see, even if you don't click on it. Plus it doesn't help that often the same ideas are used for Springtrap, making them very repetitive to read and discuss. I don't think people would mind as much if they saw more varying ideas.
Also, I feel like that if there is already a discussion about a certain topic you want to talk about, you should just add to that one instead of having the same conversations across multiple. This would save people from having to re-read the same or similar ideas across multiple different threads and allow a wider group of people to discuss their ideas. It just seems like common courtesy to me. But maybe that's hoping for too much.
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