Cycloneman

Youngbrain. o.O Welp. Turns out the Hungarian language was created by man pounding randomly on typewriter.

Names for countries in this setting: Kju'han, Fa'gusr, Xfoj'iad, Gfu'igjal, Izuxf'g, Uoa'fgy, Ucfo'g, Ifj'agy, X'uzfgik, Fd'oig, Fg'ijx, and Xo'jd. Yes, I made those just by jamming on the keyboard and deleting the semicolons and numbers, then adding in random apostrophes.

Don't go around saying that you use them, is all I'm saying.

Cracks are illegal in Australia, just FYI.

No it doesn't. Here's how you actually metagame with character profiles: Open your browser. Go to "gamefaqs.com" Type "Alpha Protocol" into the search engine Go to the "FAQs" section Open the "Character Profiles" FAQ, which will probably be there within a week of release. Boom. "Metagaming" complete.

First they came for the Nazis, and I did not speak up because I was not a Nazi...

I like how Mike is behind cover, running in and out, shooting a guy. Then he comes back, slows down time, shoots the next guy, gets back behind the cover, right? And then he just sets "evade" to on and the only remaining enemy goes COMPLETELY RETARDED and moves in the OPPOSITE DIRECTION. Classy.

Nnnngh flash.

When people talk about the Chain Shot ability, I think of Red Steel.

Pretty sure there's a cap, I remember them saying there was early on (so that everyone's Mike is different).

I hope ME2 has the Pistol be the weakest weapon in the game, rather than the strongest.

wait are you guys also quoting from that masterpiece of headaches or what?

Quote Marx -> World falls to serfdom. Shoot woman -> World is saved

So, I was just thinking about the dialogue system and I realized something - what if the "Aggressive" option comes to be equivalent to ME's "Renegade" option? For those not aware, Renegade was suppose to be "does whatever it takes," but in-game it came out as pointless dickery to your team mates, blatant racism against your comrades-in-arms, and of course, since you could accomplish missions with or without choosing Renegade, just pointless dickery overall. It didn't end up being something you used when time was tight and you weren't sure if you'd be able to do your mission without it - it ended up being something you used if you wanted to be a **** vicariously through Shephard. Please don't let this be what the Aggressive option does, Obsidian! It would suck!

This post fits so well with the rest of the thread.

Today in Chimerica: EDIT: (somewhat relevant)

"...details of the new land reform program have yet to be announced. May the forces of reason and moderation yet prevail over the foolish passions that seem to have swept through the capital like a hurricane..." - Chimerica Ahora MEETING #1: REFUSE The Campesino, Ernesto Alarcon Mendez Puzzled, Alarcon looks from his children, to you, and back again. "When the need is so great, who can say no? Only those who have nothing to give... and maybe those who have too much." Julio Olivares Las Casas, Internal Affairs Minister (img) Olivares looks troubled. "Very well, Presidente. But for how long can we stand aside and wash our hands, like the Roman procurator of ancient Judea? "Shall we try to imitate Christ in our lives, or Pontius Pilate?" MEETING #2: ADVICE Coffee Grower, Jesus Cabrales Murillo Cabrales looks out over his long, bushy rows of coffee trees. "Very well, Presidente. But will you do something for me? Every morning when you finish your coffee, take a look in the empty cup. "Ask yourself: what will happen to Chimerica if there isn't any more?" Ignacio Nunez Laranjera, Agricultural Minister (img) Nunez nods. "The overthrow of the dictator was not our most difficult task. The most difficult task lies ahead: we must build a bright future on a shadowed, underdeveloped past." MEETING #3: ACCEPT Rights Activist, Gloria Mendoza de Lerma Mendoza bows her head and stands silent for a moment, as if praying. Then she looks up, eyes moist. "As it says in the Bible, 'How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace.'" Julio Olivares Las Casas, Internal Affairs Minister (img) "If a revolution truly serves the people," Julio Olivares says, "it will remind us of those crosses that we ought to bear but find it convenient to ignore. "It is good to see you take up your responsibilities with such an even hand." MEETING #4: ADVICE Sub-Comandante, Gabriel Correa Fernandez Commandante Correa stands staring at you, silently, for the better part of a minute. He seems to be struggling with himself. "It is sometimes hard for me," he finally says, "to understand the world of politics. I am trained as a soldier, not as a diplomat. "Perhaps there is some logic here that I will one day come to understand. But I wonder. I wonder." Antonio Alejos Espinales, Defense Minister (img) Alejos smiles. "Though there are still a few clouds on the horizon, it seems the sun has come up at last, here in Chimerica." MEETING #5: ADVICE Landless Laborer, Claudio Aguilar Herrera A smile comes to Aguilar's weather-worn face. "My Presidente, your words fall on my ears like the first rains on the earth at the end of the dry season. "We will pray for you." Ignacio Nunez Laranjera, Agricultural Minister (img) "Once again, you have chosen well," Nunez says with measured enthusiasm. "We will use all means at our disposal to attain our policy objectives." MEETING #6: ADVICE Industrialist, Tomas Diaz Valenzuela "If you pay the musician before he plays, what kind of song are you going to get, eh?" Diaz shakes his head. "A bad song. A song with too much rum in it, for example, and too much pain." Julio Olivares Las Casas, Internal Affairs Minister (img) "We have taken up our cross," Father Julio says with satisfaction. "Now let us carry it, and work to find some way to lighten the burden of those many crosses we have forced on others." MEETING #7: REFUSE Shopkeeper, Esmeralda Manzon de Osorio Manzon reaches out and snatches your wrist, as if she's just caught you filching a tomato. "You have a lot to learn, Presidente," she says, shaking your arm furiously. "People will try to buy low and sell high, whatever you say. To try to force them to do otherwise is complete foolishness!" Ignacio Nunez Laranjera, Agricultural Minister (img) Nunez thinks for a moment, then speaks his mind. "You are right, Presidente. It is best to wait until we are sure our actions will make things better, not worse. When the time comes to move, we will carry out your wishes to the best of our abilities." MEETING #8: ADVICE TNC Representative, Andreas Von S. Weiser Weiser closes his briefcase with a snap. "Well, I suppose that's it then," he says, masking considerable irritation with a feigned yawn. "Whether we have anything more to discuss is entirely up to you. I cannot make my position more clear. You may take it -- or we will leave it." Francisco Ferrante Oberon (img) Ferrante smiles with approval. "To cross a river, you must be willing to get your pants wet. It is time to start wading, Presidente." MEETING #9: ADVICE Coffee Worker, Sergio Espinosa Castaneda Espinosa scowls. "What will I tell my companeros, eh? They're expecting eggs from the new government. What will they think when all they get is the same old tortillas?" Ignacio Nunez Laranjera, Agricultural Minister (img) Nunez nods. "The overthrow of the dictator was not our most difficult task. The most difficult task lies ahead: we must build a bright future on a shadowed, underdeveloped past." We can talk to the same batch of people (nine, as previously, but the concerns of our ministers have changed slightly: Our Agriculture Minister is concerned about: > Shortages of Food > Nationalism, Popular Organizations and Democracy > Corruption Our Defense Minister is concerned about: > Control of the Army > Shortages of Food > Corruption Our Internal Affairs Minister is concerned about: > Death Squads and Human Rights > Nationalism, Popular Organizations and Democracy > Education Our External Affairs Minister is concerned about: > Military Aid from the USA > Aid from Socialist Countries > Corruption Vote, as last time, on who you wish to speak with, or what about (in the case of our Ministers). A total statistics update follows.

Sooner or later, the military always splits up, with one segment becoming insurgents. I have heard that if you don't do elections and keep the two fairly balanced, it won't, but we don't want to override the will of the people, right?

Doesn't your country offer automatic asylum for women from countries like Iran or Saudi Arabia, but not for LBGT people from the same countries?

Did you ever consider that maybe it's just because you Europeans hate Turks so much? You could've said the same thing about Irish-Americans perhaps a hundred years ago, and now look at them - part of our national heritage!

It's pretty much just "unrealistic expectations" to anticipate any first generation immigrant (that is, off-the-boat immigrants) to ever totally fall into the local cultural norms. The more important question is if second generation immigrants are behaving according to local cultural norms. If they aren't, it reflects societal influences, such as ostracization or ghettoization, which are generally as much (if not moreso) the fault of the dominant group as they are the fault of the immigrants. Do you mean that second generation immigrants living in your country still behave according to their "home" country's cultural norms?

I'm sorry, once was enough. Perhaps you could explain how I "misinterpreted" your posts?

"Gosh durn Turks coming to our country! They don't speak our language or pray to our god, and they live in ghettos!" That's what I'm talking about. Hmm, no, the separateness of ethnic Turks from white Europeans couldn't possibly have anything to do with our discrimination against them. Must be because TURKISH MACHO-NATIONALISM. Why don't you just start up "Stolen Generations" version two, and get it over with?

Jesus Christ Morgoth, I thought Europe was a shining beacon of liberalism or some such? Look, sometimes immigrants never integrate. Cry some more. There is still a massive gulf between African and European immigrants here in the USA, in terms of education, location, social position, and oftentimes culture, even those that have been divorced from their "home countries" for centuries. Ethnic ties were forged thousands of years ago, and the idea that people must be expected to completely abandon them immediately, in a society which does not tolerate and accept their differences (especially with that great divider we call religion), is preposterous. While to say that it is ideal that we retain ethnic separatism is equally preposterous and even more immoral, you cannot force integration. Sorry.

The best character in Mass Effect was Refund Guy (the guy at the Citadel Kiosk trying to get his money back) qtiyd.