Fionavar

/wonders how to cash in on the derailment ...

Thread Pruned: AS of recently there has been a migration to Narrative Styles. And though I must admit to a certain literary character of these additions, they have progressively moved toward a line that is unacceptable for a public company's fora. Due to a request by the author, those posts have been removed. I am open and accepting of the narrative model, but I would request that they continue to honour the intent of the Forum Guidelines in regard to decorum and being of a constructive nature.

Thanks so much Chris! I suspect the community it very grateful for your taking the time to offer us some insight into your take on the questions posed. As mentioned at the outset of the Top Ten, the hope is now to open this discussion for more interaction with Chris. As I unlock the thread a few housekeeping issues: 1) Chris' current schedule is pretty cwazy (As I hope we can all appreciate) , so he may not be able to play in the sandbox as much as he would like; 2) With that in mind, Chris feels - if the community is okay with perhaps more spradic interaction from him - that we can proceed to open it up nonetheless, and; 3) As mentioned initially, I would appreciate that posting be constructive and respectful. The Top Ten threads will be a wee bit more stringent in expectation of decorum, so the old proviso "If ya ain't got nothin' constructive to add yada yada yada ..." Fionavar

Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation

Green - scaley - you know sort of like just to the left

I am seriously detecting some trollish tendencies that are apparently exacerbated by boredom ... closing threads takes a lot of energy ... placing people in a moderated timeout is often much simpler ... /subtle use of ellipses FLoSD.ObE

Thread Pruner: Community building good - derisive unnecessary innuendo bad ... play nice in the sandbox y'all ...

Family Stone

Rumour has It

Thanks Baley (Oh yeah thread pruned a bit ... this could be a fun thread, so let's try to avoid derailment before Monday ) 1: 2: Your political compass Economic Left/Right: -7.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.67

HL: Blue Shift

Well I know that this thread has gone wrong ... or in Geckling Lingo - we've got derailment folks ...

Thread Pruned: Could we try to avoid unsavoury sharing ...

Please feel free to contribute to the ongoing K3 discussion here: http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?showtopic=40521

Thread Pruned: Could we try to play nice and not throw sand about ... or do I actually have to move and do stuff?

Ditto ... play nice in the sandbox ... /public service announcement ...

Okay before this deteriorates further ... I would like to add a note in regard to recent interaction and trolling. If a member causes offense, please do make use of the PM system. Furthermore, continuing to berate members of the community, does not speak to me of respect or tolerance. Just because one person baits, does not in the end justify equal/petty responses. /preaching

I had something witty - but then I'm not known for that so ... yep we've derailed folks ...

/looks for reviews ...

SS 2 - for me - is still the best blurring of action/FPS/cRPG ... it's plot and depth remains to be surpassed. Note: I too like the HL2 plot line fwiiw ...

Thread Pruned Okay I am just going to request this once - though I cannot imagine where/why there is propensity among some to discuss necrophilia - it really is not appropriate. So, if you really must flaunt and toss the idea around, perhaps a private forum would be a better place ... /not so subtle warning ...

I just bought the Valve Complete Pack - I will now be playing a lot of Half life for the foreseeable future!

Well thanks for the thread and the discussion. I think it's time to bid this one adieu.

With the mod squad working diligently away at your suggestions, the following are the Top Ten for Chris. The thread will initially remain closed while Chris adds his reflections and responses. At that time, the thread will be opened for general discussion that will likely last approximately a week. I am grateful for the suggestion that this concept be opened to the rest of the devs and I hope in a few days to start a new brainstrorm/input thread for the next dev to play the Top Ten game. And so I know I have shared the Big Green's constructive posting schpiel, this discussion will be monitored closely for spam/flaming/and general trolling mayhem. Do feel free to enjoy yourself, but remember that respectful and constructive posting is hoped for from the Obsidian community. And now, here we go: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) >_Do you believe computer games as a medium, will ever enter into the world of art like film has done- or will it always have to remain a form of more or less commercial entertainment? Do you think that perhaps in 10 or 20 years from now, people will be ready for the game equivalents of Bergman or Truffaut? And would you consider yourself as an artist or a craftsman? 9) 10)

Darwinia - lots o'fun