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I don't think the posters on BSN are representative of everyone who enjoys playing Bioware games (they don't even always represent a large segment of the people who post there!). There was a nice group of people who talked about what they wanted to see in a Jade Empire sequel, for example. It was a fun discussion and for the most part didn't talk about Romance at all. There are some very... seemingly obsessed posters over there though. Sometimes what they post I find disturbing*. In that sense though, relative to me, they're not all that different from some regulars at the RPG Codex.... All kidding aside, I don't think any forum should be judged by its most radical members. I'd hate to think of what these forums look like to the BSN or Codex or other big gaming forums if judged only on the posts of a random and limited population of posters. *The "make Bethany romaceable crowd" for example

You make it sound like we're making out in this thread... I can't disagree; I think the spindly walking leg design of the AT-AT makes them a poor design choice.

Well I should have said "jet fuel", really. Isn't Jet A similar to Kerosene while Jet B is similar to gasoline?

There's been some good points raised in the various romance threads; I enjoyed discussing the pros and cons of relationships and what made sense and what didn't with a number of the more pro- and more anti- romance crowds. But some of it was really "ooo, look at those icky Bioware fans - they make me feel dirty" to "how dare you take away my sex fantasies!"; its not debate - its taking things personally without looking at the actual point of discussion IMO.

What mode of transportation can't be improved by a jet engine? Why I bet if gasoline was cheap, even kids tricycles would come with a jet engine strapped to them.

Console plebians vs PC Master Race? Fallout 1 vs Fallout 2 vs Fallout 3? Eastern European Communism vs The World? Romance Fans vs Non-Romance Fans? Turn Based vs Real Time? EA or Microsoft vs Gamers? But aren't almost debates going to have 2 opposing topics? How do you have a debate with someone without some kind of dichotomy? Because in most of these, the dichotomy is false. There's no reason to, for example, to actually be for/against consoles or PC. They both have their strength or weaknesses. Most "VS battles" are less about the topic and more about someone trying to validate their "fandom" in some way (either by backing the thing they like or being against the thing that they feel tarnishes what they like). And that's why they differ from debates. IMO.

Console plebians vs PC Master Race? Fallout 1 vs Fallout 2 vs Fallout 3? Eastern European Communism vs The World? Romance Fans vs Non-Romance Fans? Turn Based vs Real Time? EA or Microsoft vs Gamers?

Vesperia was only okay (IMO). Tales of Graces f I really liked though.

What!? How can anyone dislike Anna Torv? Not the actress, the character. Olivia. No real opinion on the actress as I've seen her in a grand totality of one episode of a television show I didn't like.

At one point, the more time spent under the sun, his power accumulates. Ergo he's stronger at 30 years under a yellow sun than at 20 years. So its not a one-to-one relation in that sense anymore (although probably not a geometric increase either). (Mind you he's ****ing Superman - he actually traveled forward in time past the death of the universe via collapse into the next universe created by the new big bang and then kept travelling until he got back to 20th Century earth where he picked back up as if he never left because the next universe ended up being exactly the same as the last one).

I'd be interested; of course I'd be more interested once I'm more familiar with how PE will be in the game. But I like PnP stuff too.

I never played anything past 3. I hated 3 that much. Ditto with the BoF series. YMMV. I know plenty of people who enjoyed Suikoden 3.

I thought this was going to be a "who'd win, Internet or Debates" topic. I was disapoint. I think who'd win stuff is fun if its not taken seriously. Sadly too many people take it seriously. I remember the lengthy Superman vs Goku from DBZ debate in the old usenet rec.arts.comics.* hierarchy (which also included pretty much Goku vs everyone, but usually Superman). Too many people were invested in proving that Goku or Superman would win.

I became "a dolt". It was (nearly) phonetically the same, and easier to achieve.

The only time I reloaded was when the character got chunked (or if it was very early and paying for a spell was beyond my means).

No I hated it. I disliked all the "playable" characters, I hated the story, I hated how it didn't feel at all like the first two games. It wasn't, IMO, even in the same league as the original two games (which I loved and played many times).

You'll get over it when you're 4 days and 1 year from being 40.

Personally I hated the first episode, and disliked the main female lead. So didn't watch beyond that.

The plot really hasn't been revealed, but from what I've pieced together (and this is an estimated guess), Riddick is betrayed by the Necromongers and dumped on the planet and left for dead. Karl Urban's Vaako is rumored to be in the new film, so I'd suggest his death in CHRONICLES was a subterfuge and he's behind it. Why the new set of mercenaries come after Riddick and who is behind them is a mystery.

Huh...I never saved before using the Lum machine.

Breath of Fire was dead to me after the third game (as was Suikoden, now that I think about it). Anyhow, I liked the last Tales game enough that my interest is high for Xillia.

Yeah that looks right Ah...never chose that option there. What i don't like about this is that can become a cop out. " oh, a gate to the fade is open and we need the mages help to close it and templars to fight the demons. Let's unite and fight the archdemon Flemeth the BIGBAD. The templar-mage war was the only element in any Bioware game in the last decade with no clear black and white solution, and i was curious how Bioware would deal with it. Does seem like its an easy way to get out of that conflict; hopefully it won't be used as such.

Eh? I am talking about the desire demons, they can be hot. You even have the option to have sex with one in DA:O I don't remember anything like that in DA:O. Possibly I missed it because I wasn't seeking such, but...

Didn't all the abominations look the same in DA:O? Melty-faced?

zeh-DIG-eve gill-ex would be my wild stab in the dark. Hmmm, wrote fark instead, not sure what that means. Ultimately with regards to the constructed language, I think as long as the terminology doesn't go overboard (as in the old Planescape setting warning of going overboard with cant slang) so that the context is understood I'm okay. I don't worry about pronunciation that much personally (one of my first jobs involved calling people's names out - you kind of get over mispronouncing things quickly). Lol, no no no... it's pronounced exactly how it looks! That's how it looked to me! Unlike Raymond Luxury Yacht, which is pronounced "Throat Warbler Mangrove".