Volourn

Yeah, yeah, I expect the internetz snobz to bash me for daring to watch this show or say something positive about it but when did I care about that? Heh. Anyways, onto topic. F3 was decided and my fave Haley Reinhart actually made it. This gal was supposed to be voted off weeks ago but is still kickin' butt despite the judges trying to throw her under the bus every week. And, every week she continues to get stronger as her fanbase grows larger. Ms. Reinhart likely won't win against the two country based contestant s(or sold but no Haley); but she deserves kudos for getting much farther so this is my pimp thread for her. Some will likely claim I like Haley and her popularity comes stricktly from her looks byut plenty of gorgeous ladies have been on this show and I gladly say they suck. Not her for sure but beforer pre judging take a listen to her body of work: Some of her awesome performances (all of them are awesome) are below.... House of the Rising Sun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=035GStnLOaI You & I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6oeoob-gWc...feature=related Earth Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGDFUWVifiI...feature=related I Who Having Nothing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxpCPxYhBf4...feature=related You've Really Got A Hold On Me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5uwt045kGs...feature=related Benny & The Jets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBbSvcJdGO4...feature=related Rolling In The Deep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuVj846jkd4...feature=related She's the first AI contestant who matches (and maybe even surpasses) the original AI. GO HALEY GO!

That doesn't make sense since I played NWN so the name matters. R00fles!

It doesn't matter what the name is I didn't play it.

"rest of you should say the same." Huh? Why? I never played FO:LV. Sop... why should I thank them for adding on to the worst FO game ever in FO3? I'll stick to the classic FOs. Thanks. And, for that, I think Interplay and BIS. Nobody else. And, i did, my paying for them. That is how I thank businesses who provide me services or products.

I love list threads. Let me bore you guys like you just bored me: TOP STORIES IN RPGS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER ------------------------------------------------------- BL FF8 PST BG2 MOTB JE FF6 U7:TBG ME series DA series

I'm not arguing. I loved the repetive areas myself. One of major hates of DA2. But, their excuse makes sense which is what was argued.

"First time I've heard a reason for the repeating interiors that makes sense. Because the dev's excuses sure don't. " Actually, whether you like it or not, their 'excuses' make sense. It was a length of time plain and simple and they had to make tough chocies of either less overall content like quests or more varied areas. It's really not complicated.

"Merril was incredibly annoying and even Anders thought of her as a lost cause. The only reason that i helped her to rebuilt the mirror was a hope that she would've learned her lesson. She didn't. I think that i ended up with 90% rivalry with her in the end." If you refuse to help her there is a chance she'll admit she was in the wrong. "All the characters in the game that you could romance were Bi-sexuals. The only heterosexuals where where nono-zone. Quite odd if you think about it. " Sebastien is heterosexual. Funny thing is he won't sleep with you even in a romance.

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"This gotta be the most stupid thing I've ever heard. Carry on, Volo. " Insulting me like a little crybaby troll doesn't change the truth, dude. take your lumps and deal with it. Games aren't art. I don't care if they are super awesome and 'deep' like PST or as shallow as a puddle ala POR2. Their games not art. Mona Lisa (which i don't cae for) is true art. The hand painting my nieces make is true art. BG2 is not.

No mention of Miranda? Come on. That AZZ! has to make apart of my squad. No new romances.. makes sense... they likely alreayd have enough romance stuff to deal with as is. The different reaperfied enemies sound interesting. Overall good stuff. Still, bring me MIRANDA'S AZZ!

Games aren't art. Movies aren't art. Books aren't art. Poetry isn' art. Art is art. Just because something is creative doesn't make it art. The term art has gotten so broad it's ridiculous that it can conceivably cover anything if you want to push it.

This is what happens when your MVP is basically either misisng games or playing with serious injuries in the playoffs. Plus, like the Caps, they *really* need a goalie.

"I don't know how the Dragon Age expansion, Awakenings, even make sense if you don't read the book first. So I guess I'm comfortable with this whole approach of using different formats to move story forward. " I never read the books, and the expansion made sense. Did I know all the background stuff? No. Nor did I need to.

"C'mon Volourn you are being intentionally obtuse. It is not optional in the (very clearly made) sense of - this is not a side story this is the canonical story. To play the core ME experience it is no longer enough to simply buy the games. You have to buy the DLC." It is totally optional. I totally opted not to buy the DLC, and I feel fine. I never felt obligated to purchase it nor do I intend to anytime soon or ever. I don't feel like I lost out. It's 100% optional. If you feel 'forced' into doing so, it means you got hoodwinked by creative amrketing and hence EA/BIO did a heck of a job since that's what they're supposed to do - make it so you feel that you just 'have' to have it. They are winnin'. So am I.

"When they retroactively add that information to an "optional" DLC its not really optional." It's 100% optional. I chose not to buy it. Many others chose not to buy it. This isn' food, air, or water. It's not mandatory.

That's where we differ. There is no strongarming or forcing here. You either buy it or you don't. It's 100% about you. Companies make things and try to sell it to customers. That's their job. It's 100% up to potential customers tod ecide if they want to fork the cash over.

"Sorry for my mean words Volourn, I assumed you didn't sign. " You assumed right.

"Did you play it at the time? BG1 along with Fallout helped save western RPGs. It was an amazing game for its time and I still enjoy it today. Sometimes classic games have a timeless feel to them. I still play Doom 1 & 2 today, almost as a sort of 'comfort' game. " Yes, i did, And, I loved it. A I rated it 90%, and was in my top 5. BG1 is also the game the internet can blame for causing me to start posting on line. But, I've started to (try) to replay it and it simply doens't hold up. Very dissapointing. A truely awesome game should always be awesome and BG1 just doesn't do that. I hope when I move on to BG2 that my memories of it hold up. "But am I the only one that is annoyed that a DLC pack is now not only part of the canon, but helps make sense of the beginning of ME3?" From their very first intro to the world of DLC, BIO has always stated that they were gonna use DLC to tie games into one another. I was kinda surprised they didn't do that to tie ME1 and ME2 together like they said they would. Not that i agree with that philosphy since I don't really go for DLC myself.

Caps need a star goalie. These young guys just aren't cutting. poor Ovie. Don't the other Capital players realzie he can't do everything himself?

BG1 is overrated. BIO's 2nd worst game amongst the ones I've played.

"Censorship is only a problem when it removes worthy content - which it obviously is if the whole game is banned. I doubt any of the breasts and sex in TW2 will be worth the time." Disagree since 'worthiness' is different from person to person.

It is moranic censorship like this that makes me feel like buying 'mature' games like W2 just out of sipte for such punks like this who do their best to intervere in others' personal chocies that effect nobody but themselves.

"I don't think it matters that much whether the game was good or not, peoples expectations based on previous releases would make them buy it. Interesting is to see how expectations may or may not change after DA2 and affect sales of future titles." This is silly. DA1 sold 3-4mil copies. DA2 had 400k pre orders only. I say people are buying DA2 in spite of DA1. Lots of people couldn't even be bothered to finish DA1.. why would those people bother with the sequel? L0L "I will no longer be pre-ordering ME3. I now have lost all interest. WHY ARE YOU RUINING BIOWARE EA!!! STOP!" Jokin' right? ME2 was already dumbed down. This isn't new at all. Yet,a rguably, ME2 is better than ME1. Arguably. Not fact.

They're sold. Get over it.