>>281781238
"cutting out" NEs that we know nothing about yet is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever read.

The Game, the Tree and the Curse might very well become fan favorite NEs that nobody would want out of the story when they get a proper introduction / showdown, like the giants. Furthermore, this whole NE battle royale is basically an immense and more complex game of rock paper scissors, meaning that NEs are designed from the get-go as potential counters for other NEs. As someone else said, the Game might be the designed countermeasure to God, etc.

ONE is smart and knows his shit. Each and every single NE has a place and a role in the story. We're simply not done with every NE introduction yet, so we're lacking pieces of the puzzle, but some of them can be guessed.