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[NuclearBuddha]

RedTracer7 wrote...
Sounds like someone got a taste of a free market economy and got real addicted real fast.

Poor girl....

Ooo!  Never thought about it that way.  Sounds like pilgrimage training should probably include basic courses on capitalism for naive quarians.

Modifié par NuclearBuddha, 24 juin 2010 - 05:07 .

[Goat_Shepard]

Andaius20 wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...
Possibly.  But she didn't mention trying to find work.  She mentioned gambling everything on the freaking stock market.

that is lso correct. She is good with math and thought she could make unlimited money on the stock market. She's an Expert AI programmer, she never mentions looking for work in that field.

Gimme an R, gimme an A, gimme a C......

Or good business sense, quarians are more trouble than their worth. Except Tali of course, all she asks is....umm...the only thing she asks for iss....h/o I'll think of it.

[Dark_Helmet]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

Dark_Helmet wrote...
And the Batarians have probably been making Levaithans of Dis ever since they encountered humanity.

Then why let us just take their lunch money in the Skyllian Verge?  The batarians are a useless pack of despots.  Their sole export is criminals and terror.  They're like the North Korea of Mass Effect.

Because they think that everyone in the galaxy would side with humanity if they started a full scale war.
They are a paranoid dictatorship after all.
If say the fleet of every major sentient race in the galaxy was busy fighting for it's life against the Reapers, well they'd smell blood in the water.

[cannedcream]

Andaius20 wrote...


that is lso correct. She is good with math and thought she could make unlimited money on the stock market. She's an Expert AI programmer, she never mentions looking for work in that field.

Well a lot of people won't hire quarians either because it's bad for business due to stereotyping, or because of their special health and food requirements.

With every Mass Effect game, BioWare somehow manages to make the quarian race more awesome, yet at the same time sound like the worst thing in the world.

[Andaius20]

Goat_Shepard wrote...

Andaius20 wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...
Possibly.  But she didn't mention trying to find work.  She mentioned gambling everything on the freaking stock market.

that is lso correct. She is good with math and thought she could make unlimited money on the stock market. She's an Expert AI programmer, she never mentions looking for work in that field.

Gimme an R, gimme an A, gimme a C......

Or good business sense, quarians are more trouble than their worth. Except Tali of course, all she asks is....umm...the only thing she asks for iss....h/o I'll think of it.

The human love mahcine called Shepard? 

[NuclearBuddha]

I'm actually looking forward to the Reapers starting out in batarian space. Then I'll laugh for a while before doing the paragon thing and hurrying up to stop them.

[Andaius20]

cannedcream wrote...

Andaius20 wrote...


that is lso correct. She is good with math and thought she could make unlimited money on the stock market. She's an Expert AI programmer, she never mentions looking for work in that field.

Well a lot of people won't hire quarians either because it's bad for business due to stereotyping, or because of their special health and food requirements.

With every Mass Effect game, BioWare somehow manages to make the quarian race more awesome, yet at the same time sound like the worst thing in the world.

Well technically Turian have the same food requirements. the only thing they would need is a clean room so they can change suits/ or what not.

[Lividity Jones]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

I'm actually looking forward to the Reapers starting out in batarian space. Then I'll laugh for a while before doing the paragon thing and hurrying up to stop them.

Pretty much, yeah.

[RedTracer7]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

RedTracer7 wrote...
Sounds like someone got a taste of a free market economy and got real addicted real fast.

Poor girl....

Ooo!  Never thought about it that way.  Sounds like pilgrimage training should probably include basic courses on capitalism for naive quarians.

Yeah.  If you think of it, growing up in the communal market system the Fleet utilizes would make their Pilgrimmage hard!  They never have seen a store, never utilized credits.  It only seems natural that Quarians would usually fall below the poverty line.

[Lividity Jones]

RedTracer7 wrote...

Yeah.  If you think of it, growing up in the communal market system the Fleet utilizes would make their Pilgrimmage hard!  They never have seen a store, never utilized credits.  It only seems natural that Quarians would usually fall below the poverty line.

The whole racism thing doesn't help much either.

[Andaius20]

RedTracer7 wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

RedTracer7 wrote...
Sounds like someone got a taste of a free market economy and got real addicted real fast.

Poor girl....

Ooo!  Never thought about it that way.  Sounds like pilgrimage training should probably include basic courses on capitalism for naive quarians.

Yeah.  If you think of it, growing up in the communal market system the Fleet utilizes would make their Pilgrimmage hard!  They never have seen a store, never utilized credits.  It only seems natural that Quarians would usually fall below the poverty line.

Indeed, Tali and Shepard pilgamage training camp! Send you kids here a few years before you send them out into the wilds!

[RedTracer7]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

I'm actually looking forward to the Reapers starting out in batarian space. Then I'll laugh for a while before doing the paragon thing and hurrying up to stop them.

This could actually create alot of tension in Council Space.  The Batarrians would probably try to keep the fact that they are under attack a secret, because they are so crazy paranoid.  But an ever increasing trickle of batarian refugees would finally draw attention to the Reaper threat.  Thus, Shepard is given enough time to mobilize and concentrate a martial response.

[cannedcream]

Andaius20 wrote...

Well technically Turian have the same food requirements. the only thing they would need is a clean room so they can change suits/ or what not.

True, but there's a lower health risk for turians and their food does not need to go though special sanitation. Where as if you have a quarian for long-term employment there's a lot of extra costs to attend to, costs that don't always justify the skill.

And, again, there also just good ol' fashioned racism.

[Dark_Helmet]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

I'm actually looking forward to the Reapers starting out in batarian space. Then I'll laugh for a while before doing the paragon thing and hurrying up to stop them.

*In ME3*
Hackett: Shepard the Reapers have invaded Batarian space.
Shepard: Have they asked for help?
Anderson: No they insist that they can handle this "incursion" on their own.
Shepard: Sucks to be them I guess.
*2 years later*
Hackett: Shepard the Batarians just killed the last Reaper.
Shepard: So the Batarians saved all life in the galaxy from extinction?
Anderson: That's how it looks.
Shepard: *looks at screen* F*CK YOU BIOWARE DEVELOPERS I WORKED FOR TOO F*CKING LONG TO LET THOSE BLINKING DOUCHEBAGS STEAL ALL MY GLORY!!!!
Bioware Dev: Did Shepard's character just act on it's own?
Ray: Yes. I'm scared.
Bioware Dev: We'll just change it to where Shepard saves the day. That'll be more exciting.
Shepard; You better because I have Tali and she has a shotgun!

[cannedcream]

RedTracer7 wrote...


Yeah.  If you think of it, growing up in the communal market system the Fleet utilizes would make their Pilgrimmage hard!  They never have seen a store, never utilized credits.  It only seems natural that Quarians would usually fall below the poverty line.

Elders help them if they get their hands on a credit card.

In debt FOREVER.

[NuclearBuddha]

RedTracer7 wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

I'm actually looking forward to the Reapers starting out in batarian space. Then I'll laugh for a while before doing the paragon thing and hurrying up to stop them.

This could actually create alot of tension in Council Space.  The Batarrians would probably try to keep the fact that they are under attack a secret, because they are so crazy paranoid.  But an ever increasing trickle of batarian refugees would finally draw attention to the Reaper threat.  Thus, Shepard is given enough time to mobilize and concentrate a martial response.

Totally.  Space North Korea, I'm telling you.

Anyway, what I was thinking was the Reaper invasion as a sort of time-limit.  You have to run around gathering allies, but each mission you undertake has more worlds ravaged by the Reapers or something.  They'd start in batarian spaces because in general the players aren't going to be too worried about that.

[Dark_Helmet]

SenHai wrote...

Damnit anyone have link for the pic change thing? I need to read it again.

Are you still saying that your a Necron?

[NuclearBuddha]

SenHai wrote...

Damnit anyone have link for the pic change thing? I need to read it again.

Here.  The easy way to do it is about halfway down the page in Ray Joel Oh's comment.

[Lividity Jones]

Shameless self-promotion!

The final chapter of Last Son is up!

http://social.biowar...7003/blog/6081/

Read and please comment!

The emotional and exciting conclusion to the critically-acclaimed series.

[NuclearBuddha]

Also, good god, can you imagine Council space trying to absorb millions of batarian refugees?

[RedTracer7]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

RedTracer7 wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

I'm actually looking forward to the Reapers starting out in batarian space. Then I'll laugh for a while before doing the paragon thing and hurrying up to stop them.

This could actually create alot of tension in Council Space.  The Batarrians would probably try to keep the fact that they are under attack a secret, because they are so crazy paranoid.  But an ever increasing trickle of batarian refugees would finally draw attention to the Reaper threat.  Thus, Shepard is given enough time to mobilize and concentrate a martial response.

Totally.  Space North Korea, I'm telling you.

Anyway, what I was thinking was the Reaper invasion as a sort of time-limit.  You have to run around gathering allies, but each mission you undertake has more worlds ravaged by the Reapers or something.  They'd start in batarian spaces because in general the players aren't going to be too worried about that.

Thats possible, but I think gamers have made it rather clear that they don't like time-limits. The original Fallout, for example, was well receieved, except for its timelimit.


But then again, I think Bioware is good enough to make it work.  That idea would create a hell of alot of "what should I do moments".

[Lividity Jones]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

Also, good god, can you imagine Council space trying to absorb millions of batarian refugees?

Velarn: What is this I don't even.

[cannedcream]

NuclearBuddha wrote...

Totally.  Space North Korea, I'm telling you.

Anyway, what I was thinking was the Reaper invasion as a sort of time-limit.  You have to run around gathering allies, but each mission you undertake has more worlds ravaged by the Reapers or something.  They'd start in batarian spaces because in general the players aren't going to be too worried about that.

Oh man, I hope not.
I don't need that kind of pressure.

[NuclearBuddha]

Lividity Jones wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

Also, good god, can you imagine Council space trying to absorb millions of batarian refugees?

Velarn: What is this I don't even.

I mean, the turians could probably do it, they'd just stick 'em in camps and not worry too much.  But humans?  Oh, man.  Humanity already hates the batarians, and it would be "why should we feed them when we're trying to fight off the Reapers" 24/7.