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[Fraevar]

FieryPhoenix7 wrote...

Oh, my GOD! 

Yar I linked it over in the group. Good read and about time, if you ask me!

[jlb524]

JamieCOTC wrote...

FieryPhoenix7 wrote...

"It isn’t a stretch to say that BioWare has managed to, seemingly unintentionally, create a female protagonist that has attracted the attentions of hundreds if not thousands of people."

This is probably my favorite line.

Also, Ryn HAS to include this article in the OP.

Loved the article and yeah, that line speaks volumes.  I know BW will stick to its statistics to the death and femShep will never grace the cover of a box, magazine or promo vid.  They will contend that dudeShep is there for branding purposes, but I got to tell you, that branding didn't work on me.  I didn't buy the first ME game until a year ago and I never would have bought it  if hadn't I found out you could play as a female.  Had I not come across some stray article about customization of ME characters, I wouldn't be here now.  Quite frankly, BW's branding backfired completely with me.  I thought the dude on the box looked like a doofus Vanilla Ice clone.  Hell with that. 

Hmmm...now that you mention it, he kind of does look like that.

As for me, being that this was a BW game, I figured you could play as a female, so I still bought the game, even though I had never known for a fact that you could play as a female.  If it had happened that the option to play female wasn't there, I probably would have cursed for 10 minutes and then took the game to GameStop to get my money back.

Edit:  Closing in on 200 pages too....even more cause for celebration! 

Modifié par jlb524, 10 septembre 2010 - 11:07 .

[xxSgt_Reed_24xx]

omg, ryn... did you know that there is an article about FemShep love that links to this group!? O.O

XD

edit: damn, I'm late... but yeah, AWESOME!

Modifié par xxSgt_Reed_24xx, 10 septembre 2010 - 11:09 .

[Cypher0020]

Woooow....an entire article dedicated to the awesomeness of Femshep!



she'll see marketing yet!

[Fraevar]

Cypher0020 wrote...

Woooow....an entire article dedicated to the awesomeness of Femshep!

she'll see marketing yet!

I just hope that, given the relative mass market failure of ME2 (still hasn't beaten 2 or 3 million as far as I know) that BioWare are realizing that their lowest-common denominator Sheploo marketing hasn't really worked and that they realize there's more customers to be found in the demographics that don't just default to shiny looking action fests. I think the example above of a person deliberately skipping ME1 because they thought you couldn't play as a female is particularly telling of how BioWare's marketing for Mass Effect has managed to alienate the groups that used to rush out and buy their games.

It's counter productive, so hopefully ME3 will feature more femShep exposure and more substance over style.

[jlb524]

Cypher0020 wrote...

Woooow....an entire article dedicated to the awesomeness of Femshep!

she'll see marketing yet!

We can only hope.

[ADLegend21]

Yeah Sheploo's getting stale! We want femshep to be in trailers!!!!

[Orkchop]

That article was fantastic and I hope it gets linked in the OP! The article even links to this thread

[ADLegend21]

^that's awesome!!!

[brotag]

Tighue wrote...

One last render before I call it a night. There will be just one more render after this; I'm going to play around with the lighting some.

I might miss your posts a couple pages back, but I'm wondering what are you planning to do with these renders? They look amazing.

[Jane Shepard]

Few more Jane screens...

Modifié par Jane Shepard, 11 septembre 2010 - 01:35 .

[Ross42899]

Fan Teaser (german)




Fan Trailer (german):

[MrCasperTom]

Thought I would post this, after being spurred into action by AshriaShepard. Some of my better writing but still a fry-cry from decent. So blame Ashria for having to read the shoddy writing

The memories flicked through her mind again, as they sometimes did when she closed her eyes. Blood, screaming, the retort of gunfire. Shifting to a weak figure, crying softly to herself as the world outside fell quiet. Alone, her eyes closed, letting the suffocating darkness take her.

The feel of rubble beneath her feet as the monsters ran at her, rifle bucking in her hand. Satisfaction failed to reach her despite her desires that it would. She felt nothing as she took the lives of those who had take away hers. The chatter of her squad mate has his quips sounded over the com, his voice just an added noise to the canopy that was this field.

The darkness returned the feeling of weakness present again. No longer was she on the field of battle, at least not psychically. And then the light reached out to her. The light and the voice...

“Err, Commander think you need to get your ass up.” Kiara opened her eyes as the voice broke over the ships intercom, glad to be away from her memories. She swung her legs, still encased in her armour, over the side of the bed before replying.

“What’s up Joker? This better not be another prank.” Silence greeted her irate reply and she frowned before rising to her feet. “Joker...”

“Brace for evasive manoeuvres”. The same voice came over the com, only this time broadcast to the entire ship. Jolting her into action, the urgency clear in the voice’s tone, Kiara leapt across the room, grabbing her helmet before making for the door.

Her movements were greeted by the ship bucking horribly, its movements erratic as the urge for more speed conflicted with the impact of something against its hull. Struggling to maintain her footing, Kiara dashed out of her room securing her helmet in place. Conflict tore through her mind, whether to dash for the bridge or turn towards the distress beacon console only metres away. The choice was tore from her as a second impact tore into the hall. Fires sprang up along the deck as equipment sparked and pieces fell from the ceiling. Turning to her left, Kiara dashed down the passageway before reaching the console as more impacts rocked the ship, creating the image of it trying to tear itself apart.

Kiara’s hands darted across the console, her movements trying to work while the interface erratically flickered on and off. Keying in commands the screen flickered to life, the beacon waiting for the final instruction to activate.

“Shepard!” Another voice cut across the din, a contrast of almost harshness yet feminine tones combined. 

“Distress beacon is ready for launch” Kiara said, before turning to the figure behind her.

“Will the Alliance get here in time?” The worry in Chief Williams tone shocked Kiara; from a woman so used to holding herself strong the doubt brought into light the harsh reality of the situation. The only time such concern and fear had slipped into her voice had been after the events of Virmire. After another death was added to Kiara’s tally.

Before she could form a reply the ship bucked violently, the motion threatening to send Kiara sprawling. Turning around she witnessed the interface flicker and then die, refusing to hold up a moment longer. “I’m not doing this just so they can find our frozen corpses! Get everyone onto the escape shuttles.”
Turning she tore off a panel to gain access to the wire behind it, working to get the beacon back online.

“Joker’s still in the cockpit, he won’t abandon ship. I’m not leaving either.” Inwardly Kiara cursed Williams, slamming together to wires and lending life to the console once more. Turning she grabbed Williams by the shoulder, anger obvious in her voice “Get to the damn shuttles! I’ll drag Joker’s crippled ass out of here!” She could see the conflict raging in Williams’s eyes behind the visor, before Kiara turned around and staggered back to the console.

“Commander...”

“Get the hell out of here!” Turning she looked straight at Williams, showing that she was not to be denied. Her voice dropped to a whisper “Ash. Go.” She said, the words echoing around William’s helmet in an almost resigned tone.  Kiara watched as Williams sprinted away, before turning back to the beacon interface behind her. Hand slamming down on the console, the beacon sprang into life.
“Right. Time to go save the cripple” she voiced, in a weary tone completely at odds for the scene raging around her.

Sprinting back the way she came, moving around the considerable wreckage that stood in her way Kiara made for the stairs leading to the deck above.
“Mayday, mayday, mayday! This is the SSV Normandy.” Joker’s voice crackled across the com, in an almost sick parody of early events. “Well guess hoping he already got spaced was a tad too much to add” Kiara thought wryly as she climbed the stairs. The door whistled open to reveal a scene of horror and beauty alike.

The top of the hull had been torn off, as if an overeager child had found a toy without a removable roof. Pieces of the ship, “my ship” floated by, the gaping hole revealing the planted that the ship orbited. A tear fell down Kiara’s face at the sheer horrid, sickening beauty of the scene as she moved towards the cockpit. Shaking her head she crossed the last remaining stretch before moving through the kinetic barrier separating the bridge from the rest of the ship.

“Come on Joker! We have to get out of here”. She leant over the chair head resting close to his shoulder, outwardly exhibiting calm, inwardly wanting to knock him out and carry him away.

“No! I won’t abandon the Normandy! I can still save her!” Kiara sighed before leaning over some more, her tone becoming softer as she worked to save Joker’s life.

“The Normandy’s lost Joker. Going down with the ship won’t save that”.

“Yeah...ok. Help me up”.

“Glad you saw it my way, you ******” she replied, before grabbing his arm and draping him over her shoulder.

“Hey watch the arm”, irritation obvious in his voice, causing Kiara to roll her eyes. Just then another blast tore its way through the ship, mere feet from the bridge itself. Dragging him along, Kiara pushed Joker into the escape pod. Reaching in she turned her head as another blast tore its way into being, the shockwave slamming Kiara against the bulkhead and pushing her away from the escape pod.
“Commander!” Anguish filled her at the prospect of losing another, before her eyes noticed flicked to the interface near her arm. Fist slamming into it she watched with satisfied eyes as the escape pod closed, firing away as Joker’s cries of disbelief slowly faded from her hearing.

The shockwave from carrying her out of the ship, she realised with horror that her suit was ruptured. Struggling to no avail, her hands grasped at her armour. As her life slipped her way she left the hands drop, feeling herself drift away from the wreckage that was her ship. Her home.

Once again, the darkness settled. Once again, she was helpless.

Modifié par MrCasperTom, 11 septembre 2010 - 02:15 .

[TMA LIVE]

Delerius_Jedi wrote...

FieryPhoenix7 wrote...

Oh, my GOD! 

Yar I linked it over in the group. Good read and about time, if you ask me!

The person mentions something about gaining a quest from dancing. Am I missing something?

EDIT: Never mind. Probably just meant dancing was important, and not because it had a benefit.

Modifié par TMA LIVE, 11 septembre 2010 - 02:27 .

[Captain Crash]

 Whats even more impressive is that Bioware have actually recognised it and put a direct link on facebook  :happy:

[Chignon]

I just found this FemShep tribute on youtube - I must say that this is the best one I've seen so far, hands down!

[Captain Crash]

 Yeah logged into facebook and it was right there looking at me 

Needless to say I was impressed and the amount of likes, feedback and comments its got is also a really good thing.    

Things are really looking up for femshep recently :happy: