I hope the extra kills don't matter because I didn't get that much of them in the first wave, and I still haven't been able to get past the Neo lag to get started on the second one.
As for everybody "winning", I've been wondering about that too since I saw that the three visible sides of the obelisk (six sides in total?) each seem to have a panel/door with a symbol above it. Maybe each side gets to open one door, or solve one piece of a puzzle? Maybe each side has to reach a certain stage for all sides to be able to go through?
Or in the next stage only 3 of the factions advance and everyone that loses has to quit or join a new faction
The Smug Philosopher has a freezer. A shame, because I was looking forward to beating him up. The name reminds me of my ex. >.>
Lens flare unfortunately isn't an option. I'm using (er, was using) an ancient lupe wand for freezing, but it has disappeared for the second time. Going to see how long I last without it.
Edit: the Roadside Bandit is really easy to beat without a freezer.
Just one hit them and it wont matter if you have a freezer or not