BruceVC

Yes RPG maker does count, as far as I'm concerned any coding or modding experience matters when it comes to a persons personal exposure to this type of work Thanks for sharing your Mod history, I would consider you someone who is definitely experienced and I look forward to your perspective when it comes to PoE and whether it is feasible to create Mods Oh without a doubt BG2 is also my favourite RPG of all time, Throne of Bhaal was my most entertaining RPG ever but I consider that part of BG2

I have never created a romance mod before, but I do have some experience modding. I have also read a lot of literature and do some writing as a hobby. Combining my mod abilities and my writing skills shouldn't be too challenging. That said; I'm not an expert on the unity engine. It could be a while before a mod made by me comes out for poe. That's very interesting, what games have you created Mods for? The reason I ask is I don't really know any Modders personally who create Mods for games I play and I'm interested in how long a Mod takes and how much work is involved? I know this is a very broad question as it obviously depends on the type of Mod. But if you don't mind maybe you can share the logistics and timelines around a Mod you have been involved in? I love using Mods and I have huge respect for people who are prepared to spend there personal time enhancing a game for the benefit of others.

Stumbling across this zambambo thread, it's not a matter of spelling so much as tone (like a pro wrestler,) and punctuation (ending every other sentence with more than one period.) Unfortunately (that's a lie, being younger puts me that much closer to cybernetic immortality,) I'm too young to have been around for the golden age to which you are referring. RPing is one thing, ending half your sentence fragments with three or more periods is just incessant. As I have mentioned to you before its not as incessant as people who feel the need to correct peoples grammar and spelling on a gaming website

I am back sooner than I expected. I also want to apologize for posting something a little depressing on a happy thread. Earlier while I was reading the thread something occurred and in a moment of foolishness I let my problem be the thread's problem. My bad; I'm sorry. It won't happen again. I like you, I'm glad you are still active on the forums, yaaaaaaaaaaay Anyone who can sit through several of our Romance debates and still be civil and offer constructive comments has the type of equanimity that is nothing short of impressive and is the type of personality we really want on these forums

@ Namutree I meant to ask you this earlier, I see you mentioned you are a Modder? I may have misunderstood you Have you created Romance Mods before ?

This kind of excitement is infectious

You being a naughty boy now, you said you weren't going to do this?

This has also been a point of contention and annoyance for me. We know all Romance is optional but people act they are being forced to partake. And trust me I have heard the counterpoint to this, its "but we don't want resources committed to Romance when they can be spent on other things in the game, so I still don't want Romance even if its optional " Oh welcome to the forums If you want to be entertained wait till Hiro and Lephys start debating later on, its unlike anything you have ever seen before

Nice. I watched as far as character creation, then as soon as the game proper began I turned it off immediately. I definitely liked what I saw out of character creation, though. That's interesting, you also don't want to ruin the surprise....but it was hard to stop watching?

Only if that arc happens to be: looking for love in allll the wrong places. Since, you know, there are no romances in PoE. But that's my point, what if Obsidian just said that so when we do find out there is Romance its a completely unexpected surprise ?

It is fun, I don't take it personally I can't speak for other promancers but I know for a fact you guys have offended people before. Do you know I had 2 people contacting me and saying that weren't coming back to this forum because of the anti-romance propaganda, aggression and dismissiveness of there Romance ideas Well I think that...deserves a round of applause, good work chaps. Little by little we can scourge the debased promancers from our ranks, and send them back to the perverted den of sickness that is the BSN, so long as we remain firm of constitution and purpose. Remember only you can halt the spread of this sickness! Oh you are funny

It is fun, I don't take it personally I can't speak for other promancers but I know for a fact you guys have offended people before. Do you know I had 2 people contacting me and saying that weren't coming back to this forum because of the anti-romance propaganda, aggression and dismissiveness of there Romance ideas

LOL Yep. When developers troll, it's a marvel to behold. Well, what are you guys waiting for? Take this info to the Romance thread and show it to Bruce already! Hold on, I haven't watched the video but how do we know its a fake because its seems like the beginning of an exciting Romance arc ....

I avoided watching this video, it was hard as I started it and heard the initial 1 minute of conversation. But I avoided it, has anyone else made a conscious decision to try to not watch any gameplay videos so your first play through is a complete surprise on every level ? hey bruce, they already summoning you in giantbomb thread . Anyaway Its not spoilery too much if you dont want so feel free to look at it Okay good, I think I'll do that

I've never played FC2, but I really hope your not enjoying those awful fake aussie accents that are often used in games and television. I am enjoying the accents but I'm not sure how accurate the Australian accents are? Have you played Dead Island? If they sound anything like that, they are bad, very bad. Truth be told accents can be hard to recognize in cases, for example on different occasions I've been told my accent is, Dutch, South African and English. Yeah same as me, Americans generally always get me wrong. They think I sound Irish or Australian

I avoided watching this video, it was hard as I started it and heard the initial 1 minute of conversation. But I avoided it, has anyone else made a conscious decision to try to not watch any gameplay videos so your first play through is a complete surprise on every level ?

Nah, what should disturb you much more is people that say that don't care about Romance but feel the need to tell everyone on the thread about Romance that they don't care about Romance. I find that much more disturbing

I've never played FC2, but I really hope your not enjoying those awful fake aussie accents that are often used in games and television. I am enjoying the accents but I'm not sure how accurate the Australian accents are? I think South African accents are not bad and there is some Afrikaans if I'm not mistaken?

Yes actually we are and we are enjoying it because its relevant to the discussion of what type of Romance implementations we want and why we want them

Hiro I'm going to clear this up for you so there is doubt. I am going to be methodical in my post and try not to skip any details. You can thank me later for learning something new I am a feminist, so the first thing to agree is "what is a feminist". A feminist is someone who believes in feminism. So what is feminism? http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/feminism?q=feminism Feminism is where a person believes that the sexes, male and female, are equal and should be treated equally in society. This includes considerations like If a male can vote, a female should be able to vote. if male gets a certain salary doing a job then a female should get the same salary doing the same job If a male can go to certain bar or establishment then a female can also go to that same bar I can give more examples but I think you get my point A feminist does not mean You cannot think a women is attractive in chainmail bikini armour That because I try to pickup a girl in a bar I am not a feminist Because I am attracted to a certain look, like Isabela, then I am betraying the principles of feminism Because I like Romance in RPG as part of a more immersive RP experience I can't say I'm a feminist The sexualisation of characters does not mean that a feminist cannot like how these characters look and say they are attractive In a RPG you could argue, but I wouldn't, that if all the female NPC's are represented a certain way then is not a fair representation compared to how the males are represented. But this would be a strange criticism as many people think the male characters are also clichéd and stereotypical Now if I supported and approved of the objectification of women in RPG I would be betraying my feminist principles, but as I've explained many times that's not what I do or think Isabella is a hottie, but that's not the only reason I Romanced her. I enjoyed her story and she played an invaluable part in combat. I hope this explains my motives where I say " I am a feminist but I enjoy Romance and I can appreciate the beauty of a women"

Now you are making your argument sound a little desperate, gaming is just another medium for entertainment. The exact same principles should apply around the definition of sexualisation and objectification of people? So you should answer the Catwomen question as it is relevant?

So are you a feminist? Also can you show me a link where a feminist is okay with the sexualisation of females in video games? We don't need a link, I am a feminist and mentioned by others there are different types of feminists and different interpretations of feminism So I am letting you know as a feminist that in the context of a RPG the sexualisation of characters is fine as long as you don't objectify them.

Look at you, jumping into the conversation and reminding us we aren't spelling her name properly But you right you do spell her name Isabela, my bad

I agree with this sentiment, I don't think 1 million sales is impossible but its unlikely. I am hoping for 600-800 k in sales figures

I'm enjoying Far Cry 2, I have got use to the driving as it is a little awkward in the beginning. I also find it very entertaining to see most of the mercenaries you fight are basically South Africans or Australians, I like hearing the accents