Some of you have still not accepted the Truth of the matter, that the CEO of fCom is not Ed Dillinger.

The CEO of fCom is the Master Control Program.

First let's go over the reasons why Dillinger could not be the CEO. First, remember in the original movie, Flynn tells Allan & Lora that Dillinger was "not so young" and "not so bright" as Flynn, but "very sneaky". This tells me that while Dillinger has the brains to steal his way to the top he is not smart enough to create an entire company on his own.

Second, the Official Strategy Guide tells us that Dillinger escaped from the authorities and went on the run. Somone who is a fugitive from the law would have a hard time creating a new company, I would think.

Aside from a memo from the laser digitization team, I'm sure that Dillinger did not know about the digitization process, and he certainly did not know of it's potential to insert Users into the Digital World especially as after Flynns adventures it was kept secret afterwards.

Dillinger is not interested in information or "controlling the minds" of people. He's interested in power and money, to be sure, but fCom seemed to me to be more along the lines of information control. It just seems to be something more than what Dillinger would want to be involved in. Dillinger seems more small minded than that.

If Dillinger did ever get control of Encom, do you think he would be content to be a ball & microphone? No, he would be strutting around the place making sure everyone knew it was him who was in charge again.

Now, here is why I believe that the CEO of fCom is the MCP.

First, it was the MCP that knew of the digitzation process, indeed it was him that brought Flynn into the Digital World so he would be very familiar with the process even if it were keps secret.

Next, it is very possible that the MCP kept an emergency backup of himself, his core progamming and a number of utilities kept in an emergency file to be activated at the time where the original would be lost. Powerful as he may be, the MCP couldn't have been blind to the fact that he could have been erased.

The MCPs main goal is information gathering and control. This meant absorbing or otherwise controlling the destinies of Programs (making them play video games, for instance, or making them subservient by supressing them). The more he did so the bigger he got.

The MCP hated Users. He felt that he was at least their equal and to be subservient to them was something he hated. To have Users enter his world at his whim and do his bidding is the ultimate irony. The Program has become the User and that is something the MCP would relish.

The MCP could have created a company without being physically present. As shown in the game, the CEO is never present but always giving orders. While I realize that Dillinger could have done the same think I don't think that he could pull off creating a new identity the way the MCP could have.

So there you have it. That's my theory.

Dillinger != CEO
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Suzzy, you make some pretty good arguments. The fact that you never actually see the CEO, but that he (it) is shown as a camera/microphone does seem now VERY suspicious.

Plus, your right that Dilinger theft of Flynn's work is a crime, so shouldn't he be in jail?

However, I do have to disagree/comment on a few points:

This tells me that while Dillinger has the brains to steal his way to the top he is not smart enough to create an entire company on his own.

Did it ever say he started fCon? He may have sneaked his way up to the top in fCon too (or purchased it with leftover/stolen Encom money) with the sole intent to ultimately use it to take over Encom again. In addition, have you ever worked in corporate america? Intelligence is definitely not a prerequisite for starting/running a coporation.

Aside from a memo from the laser digitization team, I'm sure that Dillinger did not know about the digitization process, and he certainly did not know of it's potential to insert Users into the Digital World especially as after Flynns adventures it was kept secret afterwards.

That one is just wrong. It said in the game that Thorne (who was previously an Encom security guard) was the one leaked the info to fCon. So it WAS known both inside and later outside Encom. I think this is covered in a very obscure e-mail though, so you may have missed it.

Dillinger is not interested in information...He's interested in power and money

Information IS power and money in today's world. Remember that it was Dillinger who originally programmed (or 'told') the MCP to appropriate (steal) programs from other companies. However, at some point the MCP became sentient and started working without Dilinger's consent (like when it went after national air defense). Perhaps Dilinger, being burned by the MCP's rebellion, decided to use people (who in his mind are probably more trustworth as long as they're on the payroll).

Actually, I think that's the one big flaw with the MCP being CEO: Why would the MCP feel the need to digitize humans? Because they're more powerful than 'normal' programs in the digital world? Perhaps, but the MCP himself was pretty damn powerful, why not do it himself, or with copies of himself. This and one other thing still makes a good argument for Dillinger.

If the MCP wants to take over computer systems and gain information, why does he need Encom? Couldn't he just as easily do it from any server? Sure Encom has the digitization facilities, but as discussed above, that really shouldn't be neccessary for his goal. Plus even if he does need digitization, if he was the one who originally allowed for digitization shouldn't he have the knowledge and plans to rebuild the facility on his own - why does he need Encom's? Certianly it would be cheaper to just build his own digitization rig, than purcahse the entire company that owns one. The whole buying out of Encom and that "slip through my fingers" line sounds very much like a matter of personal revenge, which is not something a logical computer mind would be interested in, but it would fit Dillinger very well.


I haven't totally changed my mind, but you do make some very convincing arguments. Guess we'll have to wait for Tron 3.0

I dont think its the MCP because if it was then why would he need the correction algorythams? they said in the game he was the one who perfected the digitisation

The MCP hated Users. He felt that he was at least their equal and to be subservient to them was something he hated. To have Users enter his world at his whim and do his bidding is the ultimate irony. The Program has become the User and that is something the MCP would relish.

Hmm...I don't know, you may be attributing more emotion to him than he really had. Then again, maybe I'm attributing less emotion to him than he had. I just saw the MCP as a operating off pure logic (he was was originally a chess program). I think what he hated was things getting in the way of his goals, and humans had a habit of doing that; but I think introducing the notion of the MCP having a sense of his 'slavery' and desiring personal revenge may be too much.

I just can't see why the MCP would want to use people. People are illogical and unpredictable, and I can't imagine the MCP using them as a sort of comeuppance. I mean even if you go with your idea of his hating people, he's actually sort of empowering them. The Wraiths have way more power in the digital world than they have in the real world and there's nothing to suggest any sort of control method in place on them.

Anyway, if they do ultimately reveal that the CEO is MCP, it's not a big deal. As you've shown he's just as (if not more) likely than Dillinger. Plus, as I'm fond of mentioning, it's a fictional universe. They can do what they want as long as it's nothing too disparate from the established content, and I don't think either of those options are (in fact they may have intentionally left it ambigous so they could choose later). I do enjoy conjecturing like this though. However, I must say regardless of which makes more sense, I think I would like it to be the MCP. I'd much rather get a chance to go up against the MCP in a sequel than Dillinger.

Hmm...I don't know, you may be attributing more emotion to him than he really had.

I base my findings on these premises:

SARK: "But the Users wrote us, a User even wrote you!"

MCP (Angry): "No one User wrote me! I'm worth millions of their man-years!"

(MCP proceeds to torture Sark for questioning him)

Also, why would the MCP want Programs to not believe in the Users, whom they have a very close interpersonal relationship with (Crom talking about Mr. Henderson, for instance)? It's a power play.

Finally, the MCP taunted Tron by saying, "Your User can't help you now, my little Program!"

These are all agressive stances against what is equal to God for Programs. The MCP rails against the Users at every turn.

But ultimately you're right. This is just speculation and we will have to see when (!!) the Expansion comes out.

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All I can say is in the truely unfortuante event that we aren't blessed with a sequel (knock on wood) they better just tell us who they intended the CEO to be, rather than leave us to guess for eternity