Gromnir

you know, people also talks 'bout how they completed kotor in 12 hours or some similar figure. Gromnir tooks 40+ hours to play kotor, and is not like we got arthritis or is a quadriplegic that gotta use our mouth and a long straw to prod the controller... am not sure how folks can complain

talking 'bout Gromnir or vol? as we said, vol brain and his fingers not seem to work in synch. occasionally he starts arguing a point w/o thinking... but folks like yourself, who has been around these boards, is already well aware o' that. find inconsistencies with vol posts is not hard. however, when vol is asked his opinion o' nwn, what score he would award, he is consistent: 75%. he notes many flaws. he complains 'bout many nwn shortcomings. catch vol in a seeming contradiction is somewhat meaningless. people argue with him more to see him say silly stuff than they does to actually make a point or discover his opinion. folks know what vol means, but they focus on what he says just to see him dissolve into apoplexy. *shrug* still think it is unfair. HA! Good Fun!

vol can be a bit of a maniac sometimes... fingers get to typing ahead o' the old synaptic responses, but we does feel for the guy in one respect: vol has stated 'least a thousand times that he woulda' given nwn a 75% or some such. is always his contention that nwn were an ambitious project that had many flaws... but weren't near as bad as some folks pretended. he also noted that unlike so many other games he had played, nwn had considerable longevity. regardless, how vol gets tagged as town fool 'cause of his nwn fanboism seems manifestly unfair to Gromnir. he makes himself such an easy target that we not know why folks would continually harp on his mindless nwn support... considering he ain't never revealed such a flaw. HA! Good Fun!

d&d 3e ability scores: all 9s... 'cept in strength. get a 17 in strength. am freaky mutant strong. *shrug* HA! Good Fun!

works the other way too. some people is complaining 'bout a game they ain't never played. "how could ign possibly rate it 9.9? no doubt they were paid off..." or some such similar nonsense. we almost always ignore the numbers. w/o context the numbers is worse than meaningless ... and most of the times they is still meaningless. we recall a desslock review of a bis d&d game... complained 'bout how bis folks invented spells and critters n' such rather than sticking with established stuff. this got one bis developer hopping mad. the developer pointed out that pretty much every noteworthy d&d adventure module had introduced new monsters and spells and magic items. regardless, desslock identified an aspect of game and discussed why he thought it were a weakness... he were thorough. Just

our favorite game were ps:t, but ps:t were busted. Had great story, but were lacking in so many other areas. bg2 were the best d&d game

you got a point? HA! Good Fun!

there is very few things we liked better 'bout bg than iwd. were not a big fan of some of the donkey kong levels in dragon's eye, and a little less linearity woulda' been nice... and fergie went a little nuts with some o' his 1007, but for the most part, iwd were a far better product. better music. better art. better writing. etc. however, we does think that iwd helped kill bis. iwd were a short development by a largely inexperienced team... and it were very successful. set up expectations that bis could produce similar products... get interplay more bang for less buck. also, when it came time to try and save bis bacon, iwd2 were the project fergie put forward. *shrug* HA! Good Fun!

am not sure why vis is worked up. were a joke. would have been a better joke if tt and exit weren't so clumsy, but it were clearly a joke. is not even likes the subject matter were offensive... which, given the oddities of the codex peoples, is something we should try 'n reinforce. none of the childish pr0n or profanity one might otherwise expect. is no making fun of the disabled or retarded. no bigotry or hate or anything remotely offensive. were just a joke. were obvious and banal, but it were still just a joke. maybe you not think joke were funny. okie dokie. is a valid response. but to be angered by codexian attempt at humor is

"You're making fun of our writing skill? You, of all people? Please take a good look at yourself in the mirror. " as you still don't seem to get, we do on purpose. if Gromnir were trying to fool people into believing that a press release were genuine, we would not post so broken as exit. we got intent. exit were doing his best. "If we managed to piss off both Gromnir The Retarded and Visceris The Other Retard, then it was time well spent. Have fun!" confused. what on earth makes you think that Gromnir were pissed off? we said that it were silly and obvious. "could not take serious. would not be angered. were just silly and kinda banal. " sure sounds like we were pissed off, no? ... am never sure if tt and exit is as stoopid as they act or if is some intentional obtuseness. HA! Good Fun!

"The return of this exceptional series is aimed at the core fans of Fallout

is written too poorly and in such an obvious codexian/nma/dac style that it can be nothing other than a hoax. somebody at one of those sites musta' gotten burned lately... this faux presser feels like an attempt at saving face or retribution or some such. HA! Good Fun!

if that is the way you swing, then more power to you. we ain't here to judge. HA! Good Fun!

generalizations is, in large part, suspect... which is itself a generalization, making it suspect... anywho, we has met all kinds of celebrities. has met actors and politicians and athletes, but writers tends to be the least impressive of the lot. writers seems to got all these weird quirks and insecurities that leads to peculiar or offensive behaviors. ... most folks get stoopid and unpleasant when they get drunk. is noteworthy that of the writers we has met, we has almost always preferred their company when they were well and completely sauced. writers is best met in bars. HA! Good Fun!

as we understand it, the lithtech engine that bis licensed did not perform as advertised... and nobody at bis seemed to be aware of the lithtech limitations until development of torn were pretty far along. torn were a doomed project... as so many bis projects seemed to be. HA! Good Fun!

bg started as a bio project, and gaider were a bio developer... he were also as much a fan of bg as anybody. initially, bg:tob was gonna be part 3 of a trilogy... full game. ended up making it an expansion instead. as it were the first game that gaider were ever the lead guy on, he had soooo many more things he wanted to do with it but could not. gaider did during free time... as darrah had done in coming up with the wild mage. also, while there is revisionist history going on 'bout it, the overwhelming fan feedback for tob were positive. sure, some folks noted that woulda' liked for A or B or C to be different, but the fans and critics were largely complimentary. kotor2 were the sequel to a bio game. we doubt that anybody at obsidian really had any kinda emotional attachment to the game. the chances seem slim that some obsidian developer would wanna continue working on it, 'specially given the fact that so many of the fans has been belligerent and unfair with their criticism of kotor2. HA! Good Fun!

"I think thats pretty clear. " not really. you think it is clear 'cause you wish it to be clear. k2 is the primary source of bitterness and and frustration for obsidian 'cause they made a good game and they were getting so much negative feedback 'cause of it. that not mean that off-topic is okie dokie. *shrug* HA! Good Fun!

very rarely we will play some archetype... but usually in an over-the-top manner. generally, we plays characters who is... odd. seems like a waste o' our effort to play a familiar character... so we takes rp opportunity to do different things. is no specific typical character type for Gromnir... though we almost never play a d&d druid... 'less there is one of those birkenstock wearing, patchouli stinking folks who likes to play elf or half-elf rangers in the group... play a wacky druid can really cheese those folks off. HA! Good Fun!

when off-topic portions of message boards require more mod scrutiny than any other portion of board, then they is no longer a benefit to obsidian. am recalling off-topic at black isle, and as much as some of you were sad to see those closed down, we do not doubt that the powers that be thought it were necessary. can off-topic be policed in less restrictive ways? sure... but that ain't the point... 'least not from obsidian perspective. when a very small and tangential aspect of these boards becomes a disproportionate drain on resources, then the obvious thing to do is kill'em. as of now, obsidian ain't killing the off-topic... but obsidian no doubt believes that they gotta do something to make off-topic less of a drain... so you all is being trained in a straightforward, albeit very crude manner. we not mind harsh moderation as long as it is applied in a fair and evenhanded manner... and heck, we not even mind if sections of board is shut down... as long as obsidian is honest in the way they do it. no explanation is better than bs. HA! Good Fun!

winning ain't really a goal, but thanks anyway, we seen it linked at the alfa board... wouldn't really use any of those, but we appreciate the thought. HA! Good Fun!

"Feeble, is it? Ironic, since I thought that term would better suite your thread. " that ain't really ironic... you and allanis morissette (sp?) should take a class

p.s. we not mind the feeble but well-intentioned attempts of posters to defend fergie. we told fergie that such would happen... and that by posting more often he and the other obsidians would get a more loyal and tractable fan base. keep it up. such responses will hopefully encourage even more frequent obsidian posts. "And he didn't close them after looking into it." a threat does not require that the threatening principal follow through with the threat. "I fail to see your point here. " yes, Gromnir can see that. "And the needless flames were beginning to overrun the board, not just a single percent." the flames were not needless to those posting... and the "DONKEY BALLS" posts that s'possedly inspired and required fergie's threats did not account for even a single %. we hate replying to each sentence, but you seem kinda all over the place. HA! Good Fun!

'course it was a threat. just 'cause somebody not say, "i am threatening you," does not change it from threat to simple observation. also, you should read fergie's threats more close. he specific noted that negativity not bother him... it were the way in which the negativity were being posted. "DONKEY BALLS" posts as he so colorfully described 'em. now, if we take as true and accept that negativity weren't really the issue... 'course we all knew that were not really the whole of it, eh? he threatened to close the boards 'cause of the "DONKEY BALLS" posts which accounted for some fraction of a single percentage of total posts on this board... bah. HA! Good Fun!

where we ever said that fergie not got a right to close the boards on a whim or for any cause he could imagine or concoct? Is obsidian boards and we fully recognize that they can do as they wish with

real story malak and revan got drunk after glassing some rim world... all that blood and carnage made the sith boys kinda rowdy. anywho, after both sith had imbibed maybe one too many, revan dared malak to shave with his lightsabre. malak took the dare... and lost his jaw. to save face (apologies for bad pun,) malak made up some ridiculous story 'bout having lost his jaw during a life n' death duel with a jedi master. the concocted story seemed far more plausible than did the truth and so most folks accepted it as genuine. however, from that point on, malak's relationship with revan were never the same... always suspected that revan weren't really all that drunk at the time he dared malak. this stuff is all made up. your story or Gromnir's ain