Amentep

Would you consider yourself a verbose person? I've never met a simple sentence I could not make into something far more complex, convoluted and less easy to read and understand the intent of, despite all my efforts to achieve the clarity of crystal spring water.

IIRC if you talk to Isabella enough you find she comes from a hedonistic culture, one in which sex is free and saying no is un-thought of. So I'd agree ultimately the character is a hedonist. I'm not sure it makes her a bad character, though. The real reason why the Mage registry and relocation to a Circle is enforced - free access to STD cleansing.

I thought it was Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria/King of Hungary who annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina, not his nephew Archduke Franz Ferdinand. IIRC Franz Ferdinand actually disagreed with Franz Joseph on the treatment of Serbia (although I believe to what degree was always unclear) and some have speculated his stated desire for more autonomous rule for distinct ethnic groups in the empire (I recall Czechs and South Slavs were mentioned) might have been sign that had Franz Ferdinand lived and taken the throne from Franz Joseph (already 84 and only to live two more years) that a reunited Serbia might have been achievable via diplomacy (not sure I buy it, but it's certain an opinion I've seen espoused more than once). All this to say, I think Valiant Hearts is using WWI as a backdrop for the story as opposed to really be about fighting WWI.

It's probably the final chapter, just like there originally were only going to be three Mass Effect games (but hey, if there's money to be had... I don't really blame them for milking their franchises btw, it makes perfect business sense). No, Dragon age is open-ended, but since the pc changes, there are other obvious differences, too. IIRC, though, Dragon Age is a set time frame and they were near the end of it when the first blight happened (isn't it like 100 years). Eventually they'll end up having to end Dragon Age because of the Age naming system (to be followed by some other "Age" series - "Reborn Old God Age"?). http://www.ign.com/games/final-fantasy-tactics-advance/gba-480116 is not pc, but is only ff game we could recommend. we would prefer to eat a sandwich filled with aluminum foil shavings than play ff rpgs. we tried to play ff 7. *shudder* HA! Good Fun! Final Fantasy VI is the best one; I don't think any of the ones before or sense have managed to be as compelling. But then I did enjoy 7, so... IMO, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is worse than (and a generally poor sequel to) FFT which itself isn't as good as Ogre Battle: Let Us Cling Together.

I think I visited this town in a D&D session.

RIP Eli. He's great in THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY, but also good in THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. He was the third Mr. Freeze in the 60s Batman (following George Sanders and Otto Preminger) but honestly his credits are too numerous.

Hucksterism 101: The rubes don't pay to see worthless, un-notable items. I realized upon re-reading this it could be seen as me calling Hurl a rube, not really my intent. I think these roadside shows can be interesting if you know what you're getting into. But the ballyhoo is there, regardless.

Its good that you moved so swiftly to prevent said murder, what would happen later when kitty gets older and reflects on its life. Imagine the guilt Cats hunt - its what they do. They're obligate carnivores and as they can't produce etinol, taurine, and arachidonic acid IIRC and they have to get it from the flesh, organs and/or bones or prey. Or cat food. But while you can take the animal hunting out of the cat food, you can't take the animal hunting instinct out of the cat. But murder is murder, and what about the long term psychological consequences when Kitty realizes all the lives that he/she has ended? Just because Kitty is an animal this needs to be considered...don't you think? So you're suggesting that cats abstain from hunting... ...and thus go blind and die because they can't synthesize proteins they need from eating plants? And what about plant murder? Why is that bird okay to save, but not the grass. WON'T ANYONE THINK OF THE GRASS? I am quite sure Bruce was joking. I certainly hope so! I'm sorry, no one jokes on a message board. This is serious business™

Hucksterism 101: The rubes don't pay to see worthless, un-notable items.

Its good that you moved so swiftly to prevent said murder, what would happen later when kitty gets older and reflects on its life. Imagine the guilt Cats hunt - its what they do. They're obligate carnivores and as they can't produce etinol, taurine, and arachidonic acid IIRC and they have to get it from the flesh, organs and/or bones or prey. Or cat food. But while you can take the animal hunting out of the cat food, you can't take the animal hunting instinct out of the cat. But murder is murder, and what about the long term psychological consequences when Kitty realizes all the lives that he/she has ended? Just because Kitty is an animal this needs to be considered...don't you think? So you're suggesting that cats abstain from hunting... ...and thus go blind and die because they can't synthesize proteins they need from eating plants? And what about plant murder? Why is that bird okay to save, but not the grass. WON'T ANYONE THINK OF THE GRASS?

The corners are rounded?

There's a button on the upper left of the editing window "BBCode Mode" that will toggle you to where you see the [ quote ] tags and makes it easy to remove pyramidal quotes.

Dude! You've ruined the context for my post about the inequality in Zevran's relationship with the Warden vs. his relationship with the Champion of Kirkwall and how I'm hoping they're avoiding the former for DAI... I'm confused. Were broodmothers created through rape (among other things) or do they turn through entirely non-sexual means? I'll stop. Well in the lore, as I understand it, they are typically created against their will by being fed humanoids tainted by the blight. So they aren't born, but it is a creation against will (although, its also a bit unclear as to whether the broodmother is really the person it was before it came to be; is a person taken over by THE THING in the movie(s) of the same name really the person anymore even if it has the same memories?)

To me, True Neutral doesn't ascribe to an ethical motivation of action (ie a Neutral person would see no good or evil in an action done to further their goals) and would only really be limited from causing large degrees of pain to others (like an evil alignment would) if they held a belief that others should be left to their ideals as much as they are and/or holding an interest in not tipping the balance between order and chaos. A true neutral Druid would try to achieve a preservation of nature, but would balance that preservation with an understanding that humanoids were a part of the natural order; the druid wouldn't just kill human developers encroaching on their preserved lands unless they were forced to choose to save the greater aspect of nature at the expense of the lesser. The same druid might encourage a town to have open, natural areas but wouldn't advocate the destruction of an existing town either as humanoids have to live somewhere, just as rabbits in a warren or birds in nest. I'd also argue that while "crazy" could describe chaotic neutral, pretty much any anarchist could also be described as Chaotic Neutral. To me the chaotic neutral person should be against law/order in any form they find it (or, if weakly chaotic, against specific forms of law and order). I had a Chaotic Neutral Priestess of Talona I played and the goal with the character was that (a) death was an expression against the forced order of living and (b) any chance to kill (preferably with poison or disease) people who represented order should be considered. So she could do good or bad as long as there was an end result that destabilized an ordered structure (including her own adventuring party if they got too structured). She might join an adventuring group and help kill the leader of the orc warband to destabilize the leadership of the raiders, then use the opportunity of the feast celebrating the freedom of the town from the orcs to sneak a snake in the bed of the town mayor. Good times. Lawful Neutral to me is the knight sworn in service who will give out bread to peasants and then cut the peasants down as they sat to eat at the order of the king. The law is the law, and it applies to all and s/he doesn't question his/her place in the order of things. But I'd also argue that an assassin who would never break a contract and didn't care if the kill was "good" or "evil" would also be Lawful Neutral as they're dedicated to the order created by the contract, all other considerations being irrelevant.

Never heard that before either, and in fact I think if I uttered in my neck of the woods, I'd get jumped.

Its good that you moved so swiftly to prevent said murder, what would happen later when kitty gets older and reflects on its life. Imagine the guilt Cats hunt - its what they do. They're obligate carnivores and as they can't produce etinol, taurine, and arachidonic acid IIRC and they have to get it from the flesh, organs and/or bones or prey. Or cat food. But while you can take the animal hunting out of the cat food, you can't take the animal hunting instinct out of the cat.

Did you ever read the thread I linked the last time Bethany as a romance came up? http://forum.bioware.com/topic/124511-bethany-as-love-interest/ And for bonus points: http://forum.bioware.com/topic/191432-good-news-for-those-of-us-wanting-to-romance-bethany/ I think there were other threads, but the new Bio forum is hard to search...

Since TrueNeutral is now a mod, if this thread did come to be about him (and not alignment systems like D&D as it was to start), wouldn't he have to close the thread because it'd become off topic? ObTopic: I think its a wise move to eschew alignment systems like D&D.

Learn something new everyday, never heard of spodie before.

Is that a hat? Don't want to be a pedant, but 'Pulp' is good. Pulp is Robert E. Howard. Pulp is Fritz Lieber. Bio has created a new flavour of lameness based on schmaltz, adolescent angst and hyper-sexualised fan-service. Whatever it is, it isn't pulp. You've seen the covers of some of the pulps, yeah? And you still say this with a straight face? I mean no comment on schmaltz and adolescent angst, but the pulps have the reputation they do (rightly or wrongly) because a large percentage of their covers were half-naked (or even naked) women imperiled. Even Conan's home in Weird Tales wasn't immune - see this gallery of Margret Bundage art - http://weirdtalesmagazine.com/2013/03/01/90-years-of-weird-margaret-brundage-cover-gallery/ And Bundage was a great cover artist, but she was certainly playing up sex and/or violence in her covers.

Lightbulbs, internet message boards? Where will it stop?

Problem with the weeping angels is they should never have brought them back. Like every villain, the more you see them the less interesting they are and they don't really stand up to repeated viewings in the way the "army" villains (Daleks, Cybermen) can. I liked Eccleston and early Tennant (despite RTD's really terrible attempts to inject family drama in the show) but by the end of his run, Tennant wasn't interesting and the stories just felt weak (I pretty much dislike most of the specials, for example, most of which were poorly executed even if the base idea was solid). Moffat era has had some dud stories (A Town Called Mercy may be the worst episode of the new series), but I've liked the characters enough to forgive those. But again part of his problem is relying on the Angels (and creatures with similar hooks to the Angels) and how poorly they fare in repeated use. It'd be like Pertwee facing the Daemons every third episode and the Chronovores every fifth. And yes the sonic screwdriver is more of a "get out of jail free" card now than it was when they destroyed it in the 1980s precisely because it became the solution to too many problems.

Well just in terms of naming mods: kattja (BG2?) Pirotess (BG2?) Melodie the Lady Paladin Alla'Deaty Kate [Gold?] Fionavar (Tech files, Industry news) Magena J.E. Sawyer (Ye Olde) Sir Buliwyf Kevin Osburn Rivanstar Mistress Lady of Pain (Torment Forums) Namirrha Sir Boris Michel Onkel (Tom's Music Corner) Petrond Silverbow (BG?) KraziKat (Admin) Lord Chaos hankinator (Fallout?) helgi (Ye Olde?) BIS_FRENCH (Tom's Music Corner) Rachel Xandar Dae'Ithil The Citybuster (Ye Olde) Overseer (Admin, multiple users including JE Sawyer and Feargus Urquhart) Derek French [aka BIS_FRENCH?] Kevin [not Osburn?] Alan ray Dave Maldonado Darren Monahan MaxiMoose KillRoy The guy who modded the BG: DA boards on Interplay went on to be a mod for Snowblind Studios and I can't remember his name for the life of me.

Well, I happened to agree with another poster that it was hard to be a moderator and a member with one account because the lines became blurred. So when I volunteered to mod PST's forum because it had no mods but a lot of good information that needed stickying, I also asked them to change that account, then recreated my normal account so there wouldn't be confusion over whether I was wearing my mod hat or not. And they nicely agreed! But I really wasn't a spammer so much as...persistent. I guess it depends on what time frame you want. Moderators and sub-forums changed (IIRC both the TORN and NeverWinter Nights forums got removed, for example). I can't recall what all was on the Interplay threaded forums (seem to recall they had a lot of broad game categories, then games that fell in each category) What I recall from the early BIS board was - BG2 and Throne of Bhaal Feedback BG2 and Throne of Bhaal Story Discussion BG2 and Throne of Bhaal Troubleshooting BG2 and Throne of Bhaal SPOILERS Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Discussion Icewind Dale and Heart of Winter Feedback Icewind Dale and Heart of Winter Tips and Tricks Icewind Dale and Heart of Winter Troubleshooting Icewind Dale: Trials of the Luremaster (later HoW: Trials of the Luremaster TORN Feedback TORN S.P.E.C.I.A.L. System Discussion TORN: The World of TORN Black Isle Studios General Feedback BG1 and Tales of the Sword Coast Discussion (later Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast) Fallout Miscellaneous Planescape: Torment Discussion (later, Torment Discussion) Tom's Music Corner WAY WAY Off Topic Ye Olde Pages of Historey (later, History, Philosophy, Religion, and Political Stuff) Before volunteer mods it was Overseer, Derek French (also BIS_FRENCH?), Kevin (not Osburn?), Alan, ray, Dave Maldonado, Darren Monahan, Kevin Osburn, MaxiMoose, KillRoy, and JE Sawyer listed as mods. Other than BIS_French on Tom's music corner, JE Sawyer on "Ye Olde" I don't remember who modded what (well Overseer was the admin account). Xandar was the first volunteer mod, IIRC. I remember Onkel was volunteer mod for Tom's Music corner. After volunteering, I had PST and I think we all had WWOT eventually due to a persistent spammer who loved to spam threads with dozens upon dozens of BISIMGs on the weekends; during the Interplay boards era and before stepping down I had PST, Run Like Hell, and Hunter the Reckoning. Before I volunteered, KraziKat became the primary admin for the boards and the Overseer admin account wasn't used as much.

...hehehe...damn, 'Tep; that Kirby Dance was the beginnin' o' me downfall from kranky-arse ol' troll ta Xandar's spammin' buddy & Alla's Sing-a-Long partner...Rayt e'en called me out on it, said I was gettin' soft...hehehe...but, fer you, ol' friend: DANCING KIRBY!!! (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> Huzzah! To be fair, it was either referencing the Kirby Dance or ask how far a dragon could fly from Lac Dinneshire... I'm in stealth mode... Remember my primary account I switched to be a mod only account for the Planescape: Torment forum... ...and then I re-registered as Amentep so I could spam my little heart out. Amentep is Lady of Pain. Also, I'm sure Amir ul'mumineem went by another name as well. Curses! Rumbled! *runs away* IIRC, my combined total for both accounts was over 5000.