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[M3cHr3p71l]

rynluna wrote...

I don't think they even needed to make an iconic female character to market from the beginning.  Though it would be nice and I'd like to see it one day.  Chud and the doctors always talk about choices and decisions in their interviews.  It would have been nice to see this shown through marketing.  That you can play as either female or male, the different backgrounds, and different ethnicities...etc.  Instead we are only shown one side of the story in marketing and that's their White male model that every young boy wants to grow up and be. 

Considering they have spent a good amount of time and money making FemShep available for three games now, wouldn't it make sense to at least show her in some advertisements or the covers(be it an alt cover or the back, which only happened in ME1) so that she is actually known to exist?  I hear stories every couple of weeks about people who weren't thrilled about playing the game but when they finally saw FemShep, it changed everything.  I have friends who don't understand what I see in this game because advertising makes it look like something they've become bored with.

BioWare didn't take any risks by choosing to not show FemShep.  I realize they are a business and need to make money and a risk is something they don't think is worth.  However, I honestly believe that they are not gaining any potential customers by not showing some FemShep in advertising.

yeah, ryn. Or Bioware marketing team’s intuition is not very fine or It seems how if they budge, it damages their company's pride. Because the claims are reaching them everywhere, and not only FemSheperds.

[jwalker]

scampermax wrote...

Jih says: Take that, EA marketing.

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Tup3xi wrote...
Let's add some more.

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Where's this one ? The shipwreck mission ? Nice for screenies but I hate it.
I often get stuck and I have to restartit

[Interactive Civilian]

jwalker wrote...

Where's this one ? The shipwreck mission ? Nice for screenies but I hate it.
I often get stuck and I have to restartit

N7: Endangered Research Facility - Your objective is to reactivate the station's magnetic shield in order to protect a colony from Solar Flares. This mission is in the Caleston Rift. It's a solo mission.

(no, I didn't know the mission name or location off the top of my head; just recognized the place, so looked it up on the Wiki)



Random:
http://cloud.steampo...7568F278933E33/

Liara isn't the jealous type, is she?

Off-Topic aside: will anyone else's Shepard be going MIA for a few hours or days soon? Apparently, Joker has found some old game called Portal 2 out there on the extranet. EDI's working on decoding the files and expects them to be ready in about 2 hours, barring "unforseen consequences". Apparently Joker will need a partner for co-op, and EDI has elected to take the role of GladOS, so she's out.
:innocent:

If any of you talented folks would like to photoshop femShep with some Portal technology, that would be wicked awesome!

Modifié par Interactive Civilian, 15 avril 2011 - 02:14 .

[TheChris92]

rynluna wrote...

I don't think they even needed to make an iconic female character to market from the beginning.  Though it would be nice and I'd like to see it one day.  Chud and the doctors always talk about choices and decisions in their interviews.  It would have been nice to see this shown through marketing.  That you can play as either female or male, the different backgrounds, and different ethnicities...etc.  Instead we are only shown one side of the story in marketing and that's their White male model that every young boy wants to grow up and be. 

Considering they have spent a good amount of time and money making FemShep available for three games now, wouldn't it make sense to at least show her in some advertisements or the covers(be it an alt cover or the back, which only happened in ME1) so that she is actually known to exist?  I hear stories every couple of weeks about people who weren't thrilled about playing the game but when they finally saw FemShep, it changed everything.  I have friends who don't understand what I see in this game because advertising makes it look like something they've become bored with.

BioWare didn't take any risks by choosing to not show FemShep.  I realize they are a business and need to make money and a risk is something they don't think is worth.  However, I honestly believe that they are not gaining any potential customers by not showing some FemShep in advertising.

Indeed. They took the risk, by going a different direction with Dragon Age 2. I wonder why they can't do the same in the marketing department. Of course, the Dragon Age team is different from that of Mass Effect, but it would still be great to see them take some more risk every once in a while. 

[jwalker]

Captain Crash wrote...

Mines Even Bigger!!


hmmm a little too big!! :happy: 


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It can happen, you know

[sagefic]

Shenzi wrote...

@Interactive Civilian - I prefer the orginal hair on Artemis.

I've done more than my share of experimenting as well.



The top two are Kate's cannon look, the longer hair for ME1 and the short hair for ME2 with the others being things I've tried out at various point in time.

Okay, completely off topic of what's going on, but I found this and love it. It makes me happy to know that i'm not the only person who went round and round and round on hairstyles for femshep. 



I, too, finally just latched onto one and thought, "eh, close enough." I like the "smoother" styles of the cute and the classy, but something about the default hair evoked what i wanted. for me, it's more about suggesting the character, rather than saying "this is the hair she has." the texture of the default and that messy, slightly out-grown bob just worked for me. somehow, i have this notion that biotics must need haircuts constantly because of the high metabolism.

but again, i really want more short cuts for me3. the only short ones being the buzz cut and the slightly curly "afro" one is silly.

[wolfennights]

I really want someone to Photoshop their femshep onto the GameInformer cover.

[Cyansomnia]

There is a whole bunch of those a few pages back.

[ReiSilver]

just finished some fanart of my femshep
link to deviant art

[Tup3x]

rynluna wrote...

I don't think they even needed to make an iconic female character to market from the beginning.  Though it would be nice and I'd like to see it one day.

I don't actually care at all about iconic femShep. It wouldn't be my femShep anyway.

Modifié par Tup3xi, 15 avril 2011 - 03:19 .

[Captain Crash]

wolfennights wrote...

I really want someone to Photoshop their femshep onto the GameInformer cover.

Yep theres about 7 or 8 different pics if you go back about 5 days    

ReiSilver wrote...

just finished some fanart of my femshep
link to deviant art

Wow thats fantastic!!  I love the solemn look on her face.  The expression says more words then I can write here! It tells a story in itself!

What that saying.  A picture is worth aa thousand words.   In this case I agree!! :happy:   Really great drawing! 

[jwalker]

Valagil wrote...

I'm super nervous about posting this, but... here is my first ever attempt at a fanvid. This is a tribute to FemShep/Liara.

Crap, I missed this, even when it was right after one post of mine

No reason to be nervous. You did a great mix between ME1 and ME2 shots and excelent music
And it's nice to finally see Alex on screen

[ELE08]

sagequeen wrote...

Shenzi wrote...

@Interactive Civilian - I prefer the orginal hair on Artemis.

I've done more than my share of experimenting as well.

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The top two are Kate's cannon look, the longer hair for ME1 and the short hair for ME2 with the others being things I've tried out at various point in time.

Okay, completely off topic of what's going on, but I found this and love it. It makes me happy to know that i'm not the only person who went round and round and round on hairstyles for femshep. 

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I, too, finally just latched onto one and thought, "eh, close enough." I like the "smoother" styles of the cute and the classy, but something about the default hair evoked what i wanted. for me, it's more about suggesting the character, rather than saying "this is the hair she has." the texture of the default and that messy, slightly out-grown bob just worked for me. somehow, i have this notion that biotics must need haircuts constantly because of the high metabolism.

but again, i really want more short cuts for me3. the only short ones being the buzz cut and the slightly curly "afro" one is silly.

More short cuts would be nice.  If they could do a pulled back style that looks less "severe" I'd be happy.

Really don't get me started on hair.  It's my biggest roadblock to character creation, male or female.  I'll have everything how I like it and then spend forever in the chargen just toggling back and forth between hairstyles.

It was rather worse with Mass Effect because the hair is so limiting.

@sagequeen, that chart makes me chuckle.  my fav is black haired cyberbabe Kyrie, ready for the Halloween party she's going to as Elvira.  It's like, "next...next...next...oh gods no!"
My brother's blonde highschool girlfriend dyed her hair black once.  It was all kinds of wrong.

@shenzi, the short 'afro' suits Kate perfectly.  I thought it looked cute on Teagan, but I picture her with long red hair, always.

Where the *bleep* is my hair, ELE08?

[Influ]

Interactive Civilian wrote...

Off-Topic aside: will anyone else's Shepard be going MIA for a few hours or days soon? Apparently, Joker has found some old game called Portal 2 out there on the extranet. EDI's working on decoding the files and expects them to be ready in about 2 hours, barring "unforseen consequences". Apparently Joker will need a partner for co-op, and EDI has elected to take the role of GladOS, so she's out.
:innocent:

If any of you talented folks would like to photoshop femShep with some Portal technology, that would be wicked awesome!

Oh, yes. All my Shepards are having a nostalgic Portal break. And apparently gmod works again, so I'll whip up the femshep/Portal thingy I was thinking about doing earlier. Nothing as epic one could do with photoshop, but oh well. And depending what happens in the next ten minutes it might take a while. 

[Sinapus]

Ah, yes. The Cain. Maxim 37 personified.



"...and now I need a whole bunch of heavy weapon power cells."

[ReiSilver]

Captain Crash wrote...

ReiSilver wrote...

just finished some fanart of my femshep
link to deviant art

Wow thats fantastic!!  I love the solemn look on her face.  The expression says more words then I can write here! It tells a story in itself!

What that saying.  A picture is worth aa thousand words.   In this case I agree!! :happy:   Really great drawing! 

XD thank you!

[Sinapus]

jwalker wrote...

Valagil wrote...

I'm super nervous about posting this, but... here is my first ever attempt at a fanvid. This is a tribute to FemShep/Liara.

Crap, I missed this, even when it was right after one post of mine

No reason to be nervous. You did a great mix between ME1 and ME2 shots and excelent music
And it's nice to finally see Alex on screen

Finally managed to see it. Very well done. Like the custom textures for Shep and Liara in the footage as well.

[Gilsa]

Valagil wrote...

I'm super nervous about posting this, but... here is my first ever attempt at a fanvid. This is a tribute to FemShep/Liara.

That was so sweet! I liked how it looked like both Shepard and Liara were waking up in bed to find themselves alone and thinking of the other person. That was great editing work there!

[Interactive Civilian]

sagequeen wrote...

I, too, finally just latched onto one and thought, "eh, close enough." I like the "smoother" styles of the cute and the classy, but something about the default hair evoked what i wanted. for me, it's more about suggesting the character, rather than saying "this is the hair she has." the texture of the default and that messy, slightly out-grown bob just worked for me. somehow, i have this notion that biotics must need haircuts constantly because of the high metabolism.

In the interests of promoting further experimentation, in case anyone else is interested in trying out more hairstyles for their femsheps, I found a list of codes on the GameSpot forums, reproduced here:

Females:
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Afro.HMF_HIR_Afr_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.classy.HMF_HIR_Cls_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Cute.HMF_HIR_Cte_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.HighBun.HMF_HIR_Hbn_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Iconbun.HMF_HIR_IBun_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.LowBun.HMF_HIR_Lbn_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.LowBun.HMF_HIR_Mbu_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.MidBun.HMF_HIR_Mbn_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.PonyTail.HMF_HIR_Ptl_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.PROCustomAfro.HMF_HIR_PROCustom_Afr_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.PROCustomCute.HMF_HIR_PROCustom_Cute_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.PROCustomSexy.HMF_HIR_PROCustom_Sexy_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Short02.HMF_HIR_PROShort_MDL

Ashley:
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Ashley.HMF_HIR_PROAshley_MDL

To get the right texture, just change the MDL to NORM and DIFF in the appropriate place in Gibbed, following the Tutorial on MassEffect2Faces.

I'm looking forward to going through them all with Athene, as her hairstyle isn't "set" yet for ME2. It may very well stay the same "custom sexy", but we'll see.


As far as "suggesting the character goes", "Sexy" definitely fits (canon) Artemis's character. I'm not sure is it fits Athene's, though, despite the fact I think it looks good. We'll see.

Modifié par Interactive Civilian, 15 avril 2011 - 04:13 .

[Gilsa]

sagequeen wrote...

Shenzi wrote...

@Interactive Civilian - I prefer the orginal hair on Artemis.

I've done more than my share of experimenting as well.

Beautiful hairstyles!

The top two are Kate's cannon look, the longer hair for ME1 and the short hair for ME2 with the others being things I've tried out at various point in time.

Okay, completely off topic of what's going on, but I found this and love it. It makes me happy to know that i'm not the only person who went round and round and round on hairstyles for femshep. 

More beautiful hairstyles!

I, too, finally just latched onto one and thought, "eh, close enough." I like the "smoother" styles of the cute and the classy, but something about the default hair evoked what i wanted. for me, it's more about suggesting the character, rather than saying "this is the hair she has." the texture of the default and that messy, slightly out-grown bob just worked for me. somehow, i have this notion that biotics must need haircuts constantly because of the high metabolism.

but again, i really want more short cuts for me3. the only short ones being the buzz cut and the slightly curly "afro" one is silly.

(Converted the images to link so it wouldn't seem so spammy from me!)

I laughed when I saw this, too, because I go through this every time I restart my canon. The face is pretty much the same, but the hair is what I agonize over. For ME1, I pretended that her hair was naturally black, but bleached blonde because you could see the "roots" in the hairstyle. Of course, that was gone in ME2 so I had to think long and hard about whether or not Miranda would return her to her natural black hair color or if an engineer would have messed up and made it blonde. I tried both colors, went back and forth, and ultimately told myself, screw it, keep the blonde as you know her and use the black hair version for a different romance. OKAY! =p

[f1r3storm]

Captain Crash wrote...

Wow thats fantastic!!  I love the solemn look on her face.  The expression says more words then I can write here! It tells a story in itself!

"Damn, i forgot my my cookie jar on the Collector base."

[f1r3storm]

Someone mentioned GI cover earlier?

Modifié par f1r3storm, 15 avril 2011 - 05:07 .

[Captain Crash]

 Another well made GI pic! I love these!! Good work!  :happy:

Valagil wrote...

I'm super nervous about posting this, but... here is my first ever attempt at a fanvid. This is a tribute to FemShep/Liara.

Sorry Valagil, forgot to comment earlier, but I watched it twice now and I love it!!    very emotive! 

Modifié par Captain Crash, 15 avril 2011 - 05:18 .

[Sinapus]

Be careful on the wishes for more hairstyles.

You might get them.