alanschu

I have this friend, who knows a guy that sold his soul to become friends with some dude's wife's girlfriends little girl, that knows a guy in vicinity of LA that overheard a security guy that said something along the lines of KOTOR 3 being in development. WOOHOO!! Another KOTOR. AND IF I DON'T GET IT ASAP!!!!!11111ELeventy-one I'm gonna so fug up LA beeecuz I am l33t h4x0r and demand KOTOR 3, and it better bees Revan becuz Revan ROX....imagine how coolz0rs it wouldz be if we was Revan and r0x0red like 10000 guys at once with lightsaber because he's l33t with madz skillz0rs d00d! EDIT: I actually feel dumber having written this post.

*ding* *ding* *ding* However, as much as I love the influence system and what it wanted to accomplish, there is one glaring flaw with it, which has been mentioned elsewhere. The characters should have reacted more to their alignment. After convincing Handmaiden to fall to the dark side and become one of my apprentices, it kind of ruins things when she still comments that I should have helped Person X instead of leaving them to die But I love the idea of reputation and influence.....it's just not always implemented the way I like it

[RANTMODE] ****ALANSCHU INFLUENCE: DECREASED**** I think that's EXACTLY the problem with people that complain about the influence system. People get pissed because they can't be a good guy and have Kreia with them for the Refugee Sector. I say suck it up! The thing I liked most about the game was that sometimes people would get pissed at you. Trying to play the game so that you have maximum influence with everyone simply for the sake of having maximum influence defeats the purpose of having the influence. If you're going through the Refugee Sector thinking "Damn, I want to be good, but I need more influence with Kreia, so I better not bring her along since there are events that will force me to choose between being good or being buddy, buddy with Kreia and that's just geh" then you're metagaming, and defeating the purpose of the influence system (or just powergaming). Although it was not nearly fleshed out enough, and allowed you to circumvent influence changes by skipping party members, the influence system was an attempt to create a certain autonomy for the NPCs in the game. But noooooooooooo, as soon as someone said something that caused negative influence with a character they influenced, they cried "WTF! This suxx0r I want to be wubbed by that NPC......<loadgame>" never realizing that if they wanted to influence that NPC, they should have just picked that option. But wait, now I gained a few darkside points and I no longer have full lightside bonus because I just *NEED* that +3 bonus to my attributes. I'm not lightside unless it's ALL the way up there The first time I played KOTOR, I tried roleplaying my character as someone that tried to use my new found power to be a positive force in the galaxy. Unfortunately, I would rationalize doing some "evil" things, if I thought it was for the greater good. And when on Korriban, I felt I had to fully "embrace" the Sith teachings to keep my cover. With the combination of being indoctrinated by the Sith Master, and the lure/hold of the Dark Side, I came out of Korriban a permanently changed man. And by the time of the big twist on the forgotten planet, I had *just* finally received my darkside bonus, as I know embraced my heritage of being the Sith Lord Revan. It was seriously perfect timing, and was easily one of the most enjoyable experiences I had ever had playing any game, let alone an RPG. [/RANTMODE] Don't worry about the next level, next attribute point, or a precious LS/DS mastery bonus, and just play the character. If your good decisions piss off someone in your group, then roleplay with it. My LS play through was a self-sacrificing Jedi, that already understood many of the gray areas Kreia reminds me of. Because of her dogmatic teachings, my character began to intentionally go against whatever Kreia said, simply because I was feuding with her. I had maximum negative influence with her, and heavy negative influence with GOTO and HK-47 as well. If you want to be good, understand and accept that some people are going to not like your actions. If you want to influence someone, understand that you're going to have to sacrifice that precious LS/DS bonus (in some cases). Just play the game without worrying about crap like that. You don't need max influence with everyone. You DON'T need to say the exact same thing every time, because you DON'T need to have max influence with everyone. My Darkside playthrough (first playthrough) liked Atton and his cynicism. Turning him to the darkside was one of the coolest things I had done in a video game. It didn't matter that Handmaiden thought I was a prick, because I was such a jerk to her. She deserved it! On a final note, to refute the "say the exact same thing every time" bit, don't you play through the character quests in KOTOR 1 the exact same way and everything too? Often talking with them in the exact same way as well?

I think you've got it the wrong way around. Those character quests were good. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Character quests != character development.

What is this Daggerfall that everyone talks about. Apparently it's supposed to be pretty good ^_^

I don't even experience half the bugs people see in most games either. :\ Many people complained about horrible bugs in Silent Hunter 3's forums, but the only one I ever saw that was a big deal was that you would frequently crash to desktop when using the auto crew management buttons. Considering how easy crew managment actually is in the game though, it's better to not use them so I don't worry myself with it. I have seen some bugs, particularly when loading a game while at sea, but considering I almost never do that, I don't concern myself with it much either :\ The only game stopping bug I got in KOTOR 2 was the Dantooine bug. Fortunately I liked the game enough that I didn't mind starting over (although I was darkside ). I don't know if I'm just lucky, or maybe I'm doing something that most people don't bother with that screws things up

How was Morrowind buggy? I played it a long time ago, but I don't remember it being buggy.

I disagree with the weight being an issue. Fly-weight Chun Li obliterates Super Heavy Weight Edmund Honda.

Silent Storm is fantastic.

Well, he should really be more concerned with the adverbs. They are scary!

What the heck is a "clandestine?" Is he knocking out spies??

Heh, you can't just mash on escape like an absolute maniac can you?

Nah, he's talking about the game that will redefine the way Fallout is played, and make us look back on the classics as if they were 3rd-rate trash, as the story, combat, and AI will revolutionize the entire gaming industry ^_^

I like the way Hearts of Iron 2 does things. Technology is traded as blueprints, rather than the full on tech. So the other side still needs to research it, but he gets large bonuses for his research so it goes pretty fast.

Ender commented on the thread being Napalmed....so I figured I'd quote Mr. Duvall's line in Apoclypse Now.

I love the smell of Napalm in the morning

Birth rates would likely increase immediately after a war though wouldn't they? Well, just going on our baby boom anyways.

That is likely a GOOD thing.

They aren't fighting in a boxing ring.

Errr, I wouldn't say either Holyfield nor Lewis built their legacy by beating the a shadow of a fighter that was once considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. Lewis seemed bored and dis-interested in his fight with Tyson. But I'll admit, I'm not a huge follower of Tyson. Although the few fights I saw of Tyson in his prime, his opponents generally seemed pretty intimidated. Although I did see him fight Buster Douglas. Douglas didn't seem scared and actually used his reach to his advantage. He frustrated "Iron Mike" and let Tyson take care of the rest. His frustration of not just walking over Douglas like every other fighter he fought pissed him off, and he played right into Douglas' gameplan. Because Larry, at almost 40 years old (almost 20 years older than Tyson), and in his "fit" condition during the fight was clearly at his prime. Yet lowly underdog Buster Douglas had no problems jabbing Tyson into a frenzy. But then I guess at the age of 34 Tyson was no longer in his prime (although a 38-39 year old Holmes still was??) Spinks was also a man that didn't even try to defend his title after he won it! He came up from a weight class, got the title and refused to defend it, getting it taken away from it. Clearly a heart of a champion there. At 35 (which is still apparently prime age since he hasn't hit 40 yet), Tony Tucker lost to a Lennox Lewis. What do you mean? Tyson still wasn't as old as Holmes when Tyson beat Holmes. He was still in his prime!

Bruce Lee. Mostly because Tyson is overhyped and the only time he ever really faced "real" boxers...he lost. (or bit their ear off)

Ooo, word must have gotten out or that Gamebanshee dude lurks in these forums. Thanks for the feedback....still a little reserved however

I prefer Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far to all of them. But I voted Starcraft...it was good too.

Just started the co-op missions with my roommate in Splinter Cell 3

Mathematically correct, but misleading from the standpoint of precision in writing. In terms of a conclusion in a technical report, "most" isn't strong. Would you fly on an airlines that tells you, "Most of the time, we don't crash."? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not any less than if the airline report said "We can say with that we don't crash an overwhelmingly majority of the time." Since you're analyzing it so deeply though, when is most no longer "most," but more "overwhelmingly majority" or something else so to speak? Furthermore, what if someone disagrees with your interpretation, or your interpretation isn't as known so someone uses it under a different standing? Is 80% most? 90%? 95%? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you really want to know, and not just argue, just get a copy of that report and read the whole thing. I can assure you from the language of the conclusion that the entire report will include discussions with real percentages. The summary, on the other hand, is an attempt to put the report into layman's language. Believe what you want, but in the world of technical writing, "most instances" means a majority and nothing more. It isn't a comforting thing. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Where can I get it?