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It's the Plaid Jedis!

Nobody expects the Tremayne Inquisition! Oh, did I say that out loud? :"> :D What's a Fallnassi Mage?

So you have been playing KotOR2, then? :D Almost as bad as that disco in Deus Ex:IW with four people in a room big enough to build the Pyramid of Giza in.

Mmm? Did you say something? I'm sticking with my definition, dunno about yours ... you've gone all sky-pilot on me and added some metaphysical touchy-feely sentience to it. I like hard science! Just the facts.

Gender-respectful Monarch of all she ... err (Royal Plural) one surveys. Looks like the "cut content" spy article was subjected to a rush job, too -- didn't have time to even check the boards. I wonder if the berk who reviewed it last issue is taking this into account after he graded it 89%. Nice to see he played it through to the end.

I subscribed to the traditional philosophy espoused in the OT. That's why I was taken aback by The Kreia Revelation, and decided to bring it up for conversation. The only reason I am persisting with it is that it struck me as a neat plot to have The Force as cast as "The Empire" and the rebellion manifested as the true underdogs, those that had to fight with "bows and arrows against the lightning" (Orson Welles was a dude). As I mentioned just above, Occham's Razor suggests that, based on logic, The Force is some sort of small "f" force, without sentience. (No need for it, so its out, too. Of course this is just building a fit hypothetical model to fit the known evidence, minus the unnecessary stuff: there is no reason to say that The Force isn't actually sentient and scheming to turn the Jedi Council into a pile of poodoo -- that would be a faith based judgement.) So it acts like a big gravity well on every particle in the universe (according to some intrinsic component -- like those damnable midichlorians -- and the "distance for a set point* in the alignment of The Force"*). Every time you take it pulls, every time you pull it takes (relative to said point of reference). This leaves plently of room for Eastern philosphies to assist in the explanation and attainment of true enlightenment of The Force, too. How's that for a definition? :cool: *Interestingly, this point may be true neutral or some other point, perhaps affected by the initial creation of the universe. **I'm using "alignment" in its broadest sense and because there just isn't another word I can use to convey the concept: I'm not specifically talking about the one- or two-dimentional moral compass-type alignment from AD&D.

That's anthropomorphizing Nature. ;-) Nature just is. It doesn't seek anything since it is a thing. Also, the idea of balance had to come from city-living academics/philosophers. If you grew up on a farm or in a rural area you'd know there Nature was in a constant state of struggle and conflict. Balance, like, apathy, is death. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ahh, another Eastern concept: creative tension! *Lights a bulb in the deep recesses of my brain * ... From when I studied Confucianism ... the creative tension between Jen and Li ... hmmm, just checked some research, looks like that's a dead end. (*Mumbles* Stupid brain *Mumbles*) Still, you have a good point: Peace is death -- the big sleep: when Entropy finally wins and all energy is in the lowest form. Chaos theory tells us that everything is in motion, and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle ensures that we can never know both the exact time and place and the velocity of a sub atomic particle at the same moment ... still, this tells us nothing about the Mind of The Force. But, Jen is a good concept for out discussion on the True Nature of The Force. "... Jen can be viewed as a single principle with three interlinked dimensions: human-cosmic unity, moral-metaphysical goodness and practical-universal love. Jen may be humanity, virtue and love

Ahh, young grasshopper, good question. Is The Force Yin or Yang? Or both? Even though the Dark Side is the sinister Yang, perhaps we see now how the animus manifests itself so strongly, counter-balancing the anima of the LightSide Yin. Certainly don't get on its Dark Side, or you're definitely screwed .... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You should read up on your Yin Yang philosophy again .. it's the other way around .. Yin is the Feminine and darkness while Yang is male and Light! ^_^ http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CHPHIL/YINYANG.HTM <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He shoots ... he -- misses as the ball bounces into the waiting hands of the defender who clears it and, with less than a second on the clock, shoots an amazing 60 yard basket to win the game! :"> Dang! I was shooting from the hip to intercept the heckling in order to prevent the thread de-railing ... Well, just pretend I said Yang instead on Yin and vice versa. (I never proclaimed to be an expert of Eastern mysticism ... "I know enough to know I know nothing.") Dang!

Pretend I haven't read any of the fiction *ahem* ... any variation on the Force-Sensitives-are-the-only-magic-users-every-other-class-is-either-a-theif-or-a-wookie-or-a-fighter ? Because that's one of the biggest limitations IMNSHO.

... or become an assassin in one of the guilds, maybe a cleric/preist (where are all the religions in Star Wars?), perhaps gnome technician (

Ahh, young grasshopper, good question. Is The Force Yin or Yang? Or both? Even though the Dark Side is the sinister Yang, perhaps we see now how the animus manifests itself so strongly, counter-balancing the anima of the LightSide Yin. Certainly don't get on its Dark Side, or you're definitely screwed ....

Contractual obligation with LA: they had to make the LA boards look less gimped. So they "archived" a lot of the content on these boards, hoping that in the ensuing chaos a lot more name-calling would break out and thus the other boards wouldn't suffer as much in comparisons ... Darth Flatus: Jedi Headcrab Level 5 / Sith Sloth Level 23

Oooh, sorta like a real-life Farehheit 451 scenario ... where hundreds of filesharers each store one graphic model / subplot / miscellaneous derivative component each ... "... In other news today, software publisher LucasArts confirmed they had continued with their court approved action of 'putting [the] malicious software code beyond use' by burning at the stake all impounded computer equipment, droids and pirate-dog-costume-wearing miscreants. ... "Also, reports have been coming in from pet owners who have seen masked offenders 'going postal'. Authorities are treating it as serious, and advising anyone who sees a pet in prisoner robes to avoid them at all costs. These pets are dangerous, but as yet the two incidents are not being linked. ..." :D

Yeah, but that's not a RPG. I just figured some of the folk that a)like Jedi Knight and b)like RPG (which I assume people do if they're posting on here), would mean they'd be interested in a RPG set during that time period. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, I wasn't criticising the idea, more the fact that the game was a bit disapointing ... we need a game that they can make badly that will still be a good game ... (gratuitous dead animal abuse removed on legal advice) "

KotOR3: The Plaid Jedi

Just curious, how does that work -- using Xbox live to update it?

Probably because of Star Wars:Jedi Knight.

Or it could be a roleplaying game about how the PC goes from an administrative aide to Grand Chancellor of the senate. Just imagine the possibilities: Assemble a party of adventurous cabinet members, and other politcal hopefuls. Including, rogueish space yatcht captains, quirky protocol droids, devoted secretaries, aging war heros, and the token wookie ambassador Growwerrrowrrroarrrowlarlowlrorill. Travel to exciting new worlds on good will tours of the galaxy. Gain political influence by pandering/bribing to the various factions you meet along the way. Help the galaxy's less fortunate, or sell out to crime and corporations. Your choice of honesty or corruption, will decide "The Fate of The Galaxy!"tm. (untill LA decides that it didn't and that your char. was really an HS male ) ..actually I *would* play that... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> As long as gaining political influence could be reduced to a mindless abstract, like pressing the "g" key as many times as possible whilst in "clandestine negotiations" mode, the secret Jedi mind mode the Ambassador can activate during normal conversations .... Maybe a civ-like game that lets you build your own Galactic Empire (

I'm particularly disrurbed by the 'Leia Slave outfit'. I'm not sure what kind of relationship they are suggesting their customers might have with their pets. " <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There are so many disturbing items, it's hard to pick a favourite(!). (Maybe they're just casting aspersions about Princess Leia ... y'know: she's a biatch.) ... There's more than a few adult costumes there, too ... If you look a few pages on, you'll see all sorts of cash-ins (lightsabers for all the characters that "light up and extend" ... (gratuitous innuendo removed). I particularly want to know how that actor feels now he has been photographed in the Count Dooku outfit. He looks genuinely distressed!) :D

No Force powers? Then you must be a Scoundrel, with that uncanny knack for always surviving as long as your not the last party member standing! Or a bowl of petunias.

I thought I read (PC Gamer? in the last couple of issues) that Sam & Max 2 had been picked up by another publisher. Or was that a new development house? Whatever, it'll probably be excellent when it comes out because it won't be squeezed into a 200 day development cycle ... " I don't think LA are totally financially illiterate: any old story with a light saber would sell by the millions, even if I did the art work. Sam & Max is a niche market, so it probably has been de-emphasised and not abandoned altogether, and will be more in tune with the better-defined market segment. ( Well, it sounded good before I wrote it, anyway.)

On behalf of the entire community of loyal and disloyal >insert name of popular sci-fi opera first seen in 1977< fans, I apologise profusely and without reservation for the criminal neglect displayed by >insert publisher's name here< in their cavalier attitude towards their audience.

KotOR3: Return of Sam & Max