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[Auora]

Goosefish wrote...

Japanistair?

No way....I couldn't stand Snow. He was such a punk. But to stay on topic....


Because I love being a tease. 

[Maricsblade]

@Yankee23  Ah, ok. Now I get it. The one I meant was a sepia-toned figure study from behind. How's that for a polite description?

Modifié par alisgirl, 31 janvier 2011 - 01:13 .

[Yankee23]

alisgirl wrote...

@Yankee23  Ah, ok. Now I get it. The one I meant was a sepia-toned figure study from behind. How's that for a polite description?

Lol. Here you go .

[errant_knight]

alisgirl wrote...

@errant -- Great fire shots! What res. is your monitor, if you don't mind my asking? Mine never turn out that good…
 

There's nothing special about the resolution of my monitor. It's probably that I use a crt monitor, and the picture on crt is MUCH better than lcd, even when viewed on an lcd monitor, which is probably what you're using. lcd just can't match the contrast.

[errant_knight]

SilverSentinel wrote...

To go slightly OT @errant_knight I love that it's your screen name. I've been writing a story for a video game and the first woo character is Alistairesque though perhaps far less innocent and goofilicious. His class his Knight Errant because he was wrongly accused of murder, which is how your pc meets him depending on your race/class. I've always been fascinated with the idea of Knight Errants and how to use it as a class. I guess you could say a warrior Grey Warden is a typical Knight Errant in a way.

Interesting idea! Yeah, a wandering knight without a particular lord to whom they owe allegience is an interesting idea. Of course, the wardens do have a kind of alliegience in that they have to put the blight first. On the other hand, that's not a whole lot different than the way Arthurian knights put religion first.

[errant_knight]

Sarah1281 wrote...

errant_knight wrote...

LadyDamodred wrote...

You know, Alistair generally talks about people he hates with vitriolic loathing rather than snark. In my head, he just looks at Anora when she tells him to do that and says "F*ck no." XD

Yep, I gotta agree with Lady D. I can't see it happening.

Really late reply to this but I wasn't well so I went to bed right after posting that.

I looked at the prompt about the hardest thing he ever had to do and my first thought was 'being forced to participate in something positive about Loghain post-Ostagar.' His speech wasn't gushing, it was short and mostly focused on how bad the Blight was.

I don't feel it's OOC that he could be dragged to the statue's unveiling because that's one of those things that would be planned months in advance and everyone wanted him to at least make an appearance because it would look bad for Ferelden's king not to show up to honor the deceased savior of Ferelden and that's just what Loghain is in the redeemer ending. Anora, Eamon, ect. have had months to pester him about it and I don't think it's OOC that eventually he just gave in and got through it although other people can think that he would have held firm and just stayed indoors that day.

I suppose I could have had him being vitriolic with Anora on the way home but I don't really like hateful Alistair. Post-coronation he seems more okay (but still nowhere near actually okay) with Loghain not having died at the Landsmeet if he's dead now. Given a few more months of Loghain being dead and I think that his hatred may have cooled slightly if only because it's really difficult to maintain such a strong and intense emotional feeling towards someone you never see over a long period of time. Alistiar still hates Loghain but since he's long-dead at this point I think it's gotten to more manageable levels and I think it's healthier for him to have reached that point, especially regarding his feelings towards a dead man.

YMMV but that's what I was thinking with that.

I can see that. My own take is that his anger wouldn't have faded that much, and that he wouldn't do it, but I can see as how other's opinions on that could differ. As to whether his vitrol toward Loghain is hateful, well, I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on that. Thanks for explaining your thinking. When another person has a widely different take as your own, it's always interesting to see the thinking behind it.

[errant_knight]

sevalaricgirl wrote...

errant_knight wrote...

Okay, we really need to see some nice pictures or something. Anyone got anything?
Here's a picture I made a while ago of the Cousland family sword being returned to Fergus
*snipped*

Ok, how did you get this????  Is it a mod?  I'd love to get that in my game. 

It's an image I made in the toolset, so no mod--sorry about that, Maybe I can make one someday once I'm done with my story, but that's a long way out. Part one is coming up soon, but there's part 2 after that.

[_Somebody]

errant_knight wrote...

alisgirl wrote...

@errant -- Great fire shots! What res. is your monitor, if you don't mind my asking? Mine never turn out that good…
 

There's nothing special about the resolution of my monitor. It's probably that I use a crt monitor, and the picture on crt is MUCH better than lcd, even when viewed on an lcd monitor, which is probably what you're using. lcd just can't match the contrast.

Aren't crt monitors those old big ones? 

[Reika]

*sigh* Okay, I can't stay away from y'all for long after all. If only because I need folks to inflict my awful writing on.
(And if someone could click on my profile to help it update and get rid of the chili, I'd appreciate it. )

Anyway, prompt fill "Protests".


“Blessed Andraste! You’re going to do what to a child?” Alistair was horrified as he stared at the Knight-Commander Greagoir as he, and three other initiates, listened to the man outline what was involved with a Harrowing. The other three edged away from him as if to avoid incrimination with the protesting young man.


Stone grey eyes regarded Alistair while the older man’s lips thinned, “We do it for the good of all, even the mages. You know full well that mages are in danger of being possessed by demons every day, this is the best way to make sure they have the strength to resist them.”


“But…you’re going to put a demon into a girl who is barely fourteen! How is that right?”


Greagoir’s became even more stern, “She’s been training for ten years, either she is ready now, or never. Would you rather her be Tranquiled?”


Normally warm brown eyed were bleak as he shook his head. At least the Harrowing gave the child a fighting chance. Child, ha! He was only four years older…but it made a world of difference.


Content that there were going to be no further outbursts, they were led to the Harrowing Chamber. A large, circular chamber at the top of the tower, plain save only for the fount in the exact center, where the lyrium would be mixed to send the girl’s spirit into the Fade where she would confront the demon. The initiates were directed to their places amidst the full-fledged brothers. All wore their helms, save the Knight-Commander. Alistair tried, and failed, not to feel like a coward hiding behind the helm, even though he wasn’t the one who had the responsibility of striking down the abomination the mage might turn into.


The mage in question proved to be a quiet little thing, with mouse brown hair and eyes. She listened in silence as she was given her directions and still in silence went to her fate.


Even though Alistair didn’t know her, the moment her eyes opened and the look of glee appeared, he knew. And felt sick, though he was ready to cut down the thing the girl had been turned into, there was no hope for her now. But the assigned templar, he hadn’t bothered to learn the man’s name since he was indistinguishable from the others in his armor, fulfilled his Maker given duty. The abomination didn’t even have a chance to finish whatever spell it was casting as the brilliant light crashed down from the heavens, stunning it and draining its mana.


The Sword of Mercy went through the heart, then the neck to make sure it was finished. Grateful for the concealment of the helm, Alistair bowed his head slightly making sure that his armor wouldn’t reflect his movement.


Not surprisingly, the Knight-Commander escorted him specifically as the initiates were going to the boat to return to the monastery. “Now you see why we do the Harrowing, Alistair? This way we can protect the world from those not strong enough to resist the creatures.”


“No, I don’t, Ser. She was still a child and you threw her to those monsters. But who am I to argue?”


Ser Tarvish, the lucky soul who got to lead this group to Kinloch Hold, growled in warning, “Alistair.”


Greagoir waved him off, “It’s just as well the boy voices his protests now, but given time he’ll come to understand the importance of our work.”


Until that day, Alistair was convinced that lyrium addiction was the worst part of being a templar. But he realized he was quite wrong and vowed to the Maker, aware of the irony, that he was going to do what he could to avoid those terrible oaths.

[Eber]

errant_knight wrote...

alisgirl wrote...



@errant -- Great fire shots! What res. is your monitor, if you don't mind my asking? Mine never turn out that good…

There's nothing special about the resolution of my monitor. It's probably that I use a crt monitor, and the picture on crt is MUCH better than lcd, even when viewed on an lcd monitor, which is probably what you're using. lcd just can't match the contrast.

Screenshots are not shots of the screen but rather information gathered from the graphic card so the high contrast of your monitor would not matter. It just makes the screenshots look better when viewed on your monitor.

[inclemency]

Somebody wrote...

errant_knight wrote...

alisgirl wrote...

@errant -- Great fire shots! What res. is your monitor, if you don't mind my asking? Mine never turn out that good…
 

There's nothing special about the resolution of my monitor. It's probably that I use a crt monitor, and the picture on crt is MUCH better than lcd, even when viewed on an lcd monitor, which is probably what you're using. lcd just can't match the contrast.

Aren't crt monitors those old big ones? 

That's not quite accurate.  CRTs are still better than any but S-IPS panel LCDs, which can be calibrated to exceed CRT colour accuracy.  However, most gamers use TN-panel monitors, which, in fact, do not compare favourably with CRTs.  I do use an S-IPS (and still have my old LaCie CRT as well), and even though it has a slower refresh time, it works perfectly playing games.     But, we all see out of our own monitors so pics will look different on each. That's where colour calibration  comes into play.

Colour calibration is a huge project, how to make sure others see what you created accurately.  All you can do is to keep your own colours true, and hope for the best when others view on their equipment.

Edit:  Shoot, where is my head!  errant, your pics are fabulous, I"ve missed them and so glad you've posted more!  Keep posting them, please, even the old ones, I just love them all.

Modifié par inclemency, 31 janvier 2011 - 02:05 .

[Maricsblade]

Yankee23 wrote...

alisgirl wrote...

@Yankee23  Ah, ok. Now I get it. The one I meant was a sepia-toned figure study from behind. How's that for a polite description?

Lol. Here you go .

Yes, yes, that was it. Lovely! Thank you.

[Goosefish]

Auora wrote...

Goosefish wrote...

Japanistair?

No way....I couldn't stand Snow. He was such a punk. *snip*

I actually don't really like Snow either.  At least I think I don't.  I just bought the game yesterday and I'm not very impressed so far.  Does it get any better??

Sorry for the off-topicness.  Here's a pic of Alistair looking like the devil to make up for it.

[Maricsblade]

cmessaz wrote...

Alisgirl...wow. Thanks a lot, I always felt that scene seemed a bit...empty in game. I really your take on it.

You're very welcome, and thank *you* -- so far I only have DahliaLynn's mods installed because I have a bit of ADHD/anxiety when it comes to mod installation, but I have really been looking forward to checking yours out.

[errant_knight]

Somebody wrote...

errant_knight wrote...

alisgirl wrote...

@errant -- Great fire shots! What res. is your monitor, if you don't mind my asking? Mine never turn out that good…
 

There's nothing special about the resolution of my monitor. It's probably that I use a crt monitor, and the picture on crt is MUCH better than lcd, even when viewed on an lcd monitor, which is probably what you're using. lcd just can't match the contrast.

Aren't crt monitors those old big ones? 

Yep, and while the new ones are lighter and save space, they don't have a better picture, no matter how much the companies that make them will say that they do. They save space, and probably power, but they aren't better, not for graphics, anyway. The good thing about that is that with people giving their old monitors away, one can get a large monitor that would once have cost hundreds of dollors for next to nothing, or even free.

[Sarah1281]

@Rekia: I hadn't really thought about how horrible that Harrowing must have been for him despite how he sounds when explaining it and the girl's age just made it all the worse.

[errant_knight]

Eber wrote...

errant_knight wrote...

alisgirl wrote...

@errant -- Great fire shots! What res. is your monitor, if you don't mind my asking? Mine never turn out that good…

There's nothing special about the resolution of my monitor. It's probably that I use a crt monitor, and the picture on crt is MUCH better than lcd, even when viewed on an lcd monitor, which is probably what you're using. lcd just can't match the contrast.

Screenshots are not shots of the screen but rather information gathered from the graphic card so the high contrast of your monitor would not matter. It just makes the screenshots look better when viewed on your monitor.

Really? I did not know this. Still, what I said about crt monitors remains true. I have a two monitor system, with the same graphics card on each (well, very close), and the CRT is miles better.

Modifié par errant_knight, 31 janvier 2011 - 02:45 .

[Maricsblade]

So am I the only one here who didn't know that there was romance in this game? I'd been playing WoW for three years and I stopped for a bit to play DA:O. I was enjoying it well enough, but when I hit Redcliffe...well, things suddenly got verrrry interesting.



And to think that my hubby bought it for me because he thought I'd play a non-MMO *less*. Oops.

[Yankee23]

alisgirl wrote...

cmessaz wrote...

Alisgirl...wow. Thanks a lot, I always felt that scene seemed a bit...empty in game. I really your take on it.

You're very welcome, and thank *you* -- so far I only have DahliaLynn's mods installed because I have a bit of ADHD/anxiety when it comes to mod installation, but I have really been looking forward to checking yours out.

Go get IRS-A now! No self respecting Ali girl goes to the tent without it!

[Reika]

Sarah1281 wrote...

@Rekia: I hadn't really thought about how horrible that Harrowing must have been for him despite how he sounds when explaining it and the girl's age just made it all the worse.

Well, he also tries to downplay some of the other stuff he'd gone through with that.

[errant_knight]

inclemency wrote...

Somebody wrote...

errant_knight wrote...

alisgirl wrote...

@errant -- Great fire shots! What res. is your monitor, if you don't mind my asking? Mine never turn out that good…
 

There's nothing special about the resolution of my monitor. It's probably that I use a crt monitor, and the picture on crt is MUCH better than lcd, even when viewed on an lcd monitor, which is probably what you're using. lcd just can't match the contrast.

Aren't crt monitors those old big ones? 

That's not quite accurate.  CRTs are still better than any but S-IPS panel LCDs, which can be calibrated to exceed CRT colour accuracy.  However, most gamers use TN-panel monitors, which, in fact, do not compare favourably with CRTs.  I do use an S-IPS (and still have my old LaCie CRT as well), and even though it has a slower refresh time, it works perfectly playing games.     But, we all see out of our own monitors so pics will look different on each. That's where colour calibration  comes into play.

Colour calibration is a huge project, how to make sure others see what you created accurately.  All you can do is to keep your own colours true, and hope for the best when others view on their equipment.

Edit:  Shoot, where is my head!  errant, your pics are fabulous, I"ve missed them and so glad you've posted more!  Keep posting them, please, even the old ones, I just love them all.

So this would mean that my LCD monitor isn't an s-ips panel lcd (being something that someone gave me, and likely entirely un-awesome), but I could get a better one if I wanted to shell out the bucks?

Thanks, Inclemency! For you... Although this one is too recent to really be anything you haven't seen for a while, I suspect.



Oh, and if my monitor doesn't have anything to do with image quality of toolset pictures or screenshots, I suppose I should mention my graphics card. It's nothing all that special--a GeForce 8600 GTS

Modifié par errant_knight, 31 janvier 2011 - 02:44 .

[errant_knight]

alisgirl wrote...

So am I the only one here who didn't know that there was romance in this game? I'd been playing WoW for three years and I stopped for a bit to play DA:O. I was enjoying it well enough, but when I hit Redcliffe...well, things suddenly got verrrry interesting.

And to think that my hubby bought it for me because he thought I'd play a non-MMO *less*. Oops.

I had no idea. Alistair came up to my PC with the rose, and I was all 'What? Really? For me? Wow!"

Modifié par errant_knight, 31 janvier 2011 - 02:46 .

[_Somebody]

errant_knight wrote...

Eber wrote...

errant_knight wrote...

alisgirl wrote...

@errant -- Great fire shots! What res. is your monitor, if you don't mind my asking? Mine never turn out that good…

There's nothing special about the resolution of my monitor. It's probably that I use a crt monitor, and the picture on crt is MUCH better than lcd, even when viewed on an lcd monitor, which is probably what you're using. lcd just can't match the contrast.

Screenshots are not shots of the screen but rather information gathered from the graphic card so the high contrast of your monitor would not matter. It just makes the screenshots look better when viewed on your monitor.

Really? I did not know this. Still, what I said about crt monitors remains true. I have a two monitor system, with the same graphics card on each (well, very close), and the CRT is miles better.

Arent they like the old tvs though when it comes to fine detail like text? 

[Maricsblade]

Yankee23 wrote...

alisgirl wrote...

cmessaz wrote...

Alisgirl...wow. Thanks a lot, I always felt that scene seemed a bit...empty in game. I really your take on it.

You're very welcome, and thank *you* -- so far I only have DahliaLynn's mods installed because I have a bit of ADHD/anxiety when it comes to mod installation, but I have really been looking forward to checking yours out.

Go get IRS-A now! No self respecting Ali girl goes to the tent without it!

Not that I needed much...any...convincing, but all right...I shall do it!  

[cmessaz]

alisgirl wrote...

Yankee23 wrote...

alisgirl wrote...

cmessaz wrote...

Alisgirl...wow. Thanks a lot, I always felt that scene seemed a bit...empty in game. I really your take on it.

You're very welcome, and thank *you* -- so far I only have DahliaLynn's mods installed because I have a bit of ADHD/anxiety when it comes to mod installation, but I have really been looking forward to checking yours out.

Go get IRS-A now! No self respecting Ali girl goes to the tent without it!

Not that I needed much...any...convincing, but all right...I shall do it!  

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