Gromnir

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

albert pinkham ryder's "the flying dutchman." it just kinda speaks to Gromnir. HA! Good Fun!

male: bob female: betty jedi bob seems to work for us. HA! Good Fun! p.s. the seemingly random use of apostrophes in sci-fi/fantasy names is a shibboleth o' the creatively impaired. quality o' character is inversely proportional to the number of apostrophes. thankfully the practice seems more common in fantasy than sci-fi.

d&d alignment notions is silly oversimplifications that do nothing good for games... not need alignment in d&d games, and such things clearly hinder non-d&d games. unfortunately, star wars, has the light v. dark thing woven into the fabric of its universe... and we doubt lucas would allow developers to just chuck his childish and oversimplified polarity in favor of something more... mature. as much as we dislike the light v. dark aspect of star wars, we recognize that all star wars games will have it. we accept it and simply hope that a developer will do the best they can with something we ain't a fan of... is kinda like when keanu reeves is in a movie. keanu reeves is, in our estimation, a really bad actor. nevertheless, just 'cause keanu reeves is in a movie it does not necessarily follow that we will hate the movie. just 'cause a developer gets stuck with star wars light v. dark it does not follow that the game is doomed or crippled... gotta work with what you got. HA! Good Fun!

Would you prefer to see the writers posting as Kreia calling everyone "fools and imbeciles?" <{POST_SNAPBACK}> as 'posed to what we get now? yeah... yeah, we would prefer that. josh could be... how shall we say... "prickly" mayhap? nevertheless, folks often read the bis/interplay boards just to get josh's feedback. "I think Mr. Urquhuart's reply was quite civil and honest." yup... his response in THIS thread seemed civil and honest... but for some folks to suggest that he should gets a UN negotiator job 'cause of his diplomacy is... laughable. threaten board closure 'cause of a fit of pique is sorta the equivalent of Gunboat Diplomacy. were hardly completely civil or honest. "I can see why most developers don't keep in such close touch with their communities if they get flamed for it so much. Neither insults nor adoration are real communication. " personally, we cannot see why developers would fail to keep in touch with fans. is just the hypersensitive folks that would be discouraged. given how expensive print ads is, wasting an opportunity/avenue like these boards, a resource with goodwill cultivated and paid for in large part by Black Isle and Interplay, would be the height of folly. *shrug* HA! Good Fun!