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[JanisaryJames]

In an effort to renew my vigor for the series I've decided to create a video-walkthrough and post the steps on YouTube covering the entire spanse of Shepard's story. Seems simple enough, but I thought of an interesting social experiment of sorts to try out with all you kind folks here on the Bioware Social Network. 

The idea for this experiment is to see what the results will be if each and every major decision Shepard undertakes is taken to a vote and applied in-game by a majority rule. We'll put the premise of democracy to the test here and see if it really works and then post it on the world's largest video databank for the public to see the results.

So, what do you all think? Good or bad idea? Suggestions? Comments? I wanna hear them all.

The first round of voting has ended and your voices have been heard. The results of the first round can be found here.

In the mean time, the second round of voting has BEGUN! This time you choose the fate of the mission and where Shepard's heart will be lead. (ONLY VOTE ONCE FOR EACH CATAGORY OR YOUR VOTE CANNOT BE COUNTED!!!)

Vote now for...:

First mission as Spectre: (Noveria, Therum, Feros)
Shepard's first love interest: (Kaidan, Liara, None)
The fate of the Rachni Queen: (Lives/Dies)
Who gets evidence on Analaious': (Lorik Qui'in/ Gianna Parasini)
Fate of the colonists of Zhu's Hope: (Saved/Slaughtered)
Fate of Shiala: (Lives/Dies)
Outcome of interview: (Looked bad, Knocked her out, Excused self politely)
Fate of Conrad Verner: (Charmed him, Intimidated him, Got him killed)

Great voting last round guys, keep the ideas coming. It will be interesting to see how things end up.

And as always, lay your comments, concerns, and critisisms on me thick. I'm always looking to improve.

Modifié par JanisaryJames, 20 février 2011 - 04:18 .

[CroGamer002]

Male.

There are so many FemSheps on Youtube.

Make sure it's also costume made Shep.

[Severyx]

Go for it. I like the community involvement part. If you plan to narrate it, be comical. Funny narratives are best. That said, here's my first section votes:



Male

Adept (Keeps things interesting!)

Earthborn

Sole Survivor (Akuze is the most interesting backstory of the three, IMO)

[JanisaryJames]

Mesina2 wrote...

Male.
There are so many FemSheps on Youtube.
Make sure it's also costume made Shep.

I agree that there are almost too many Femsheps, but Manshep's voice acting makes me want to bang my head against the wall, not to mention I'm nearly never satisfied with the look of any Manshep that I or anyone else has made, yet this will be left to the public to decide

Severyx wrote...

Go for it. I like the community involvement part. If you plan to narrate it, be comical. Funny narratives are best. That said, here's my first section votes:

Male
Adept (Keeps things interesting!)
Earthborn
Sole Survivor (Akuze is the most interesting backstory of the three, IMO)

I'm sure that I'll end up narrating the RPG aspects, such as the dialogue and roaming around hub worlds and there's no way I'll be able not to crack a few jokes, but for thee most part I'll have the combat dubbed with some sweet battle themes as there's alot of stop an go play that I'll have to edit out when I play as I'll be on 360 and am in my radial menu for almost 50% of my game time.

[Loki330]

Male, so you can romance Jack. (And yeah, custom for god's sake.)

Engineer-while I am biased in thinking Engineers are actually brilliant, there's far too many soldier, vanguard and infiltrators around. As for adept\\\\sentinal, I personally don't see it really working as a 'crowd pleaser'. Engineer arguably isn't either, but fireballs and drones (especially the drones) can lead to some funny happenings.

Background: Not really sure honestly. I suppose Earthborn.

Psych: again, far too many War Heroes usually. Colonist seems populer so I say Ruthless. ;D

Modifié par Loki330, 08 février 2011 - 11:02 .

[JanisaryJames]

Loki330 wrote...

Male, so you can romance Jack. (And yeah, custom for god's sake.)

Engineer-while I am biased in thinking Engineers are actually brilliant, there's far too many soldier, vanguard and infiltrators around. As for adept\\\\\\\\sentinal, I personally don't see it really working as a 'crowd pleaser'. Engineer arguably isn't either, but fireballs and drones (especially the drones) can lead to some funny happenings.

Background: Not really sure honestly. I suppose Earthborn.

Psych: again, far too many War Heroes usually. Colonist seems populer so I say Ruthless. ;D

Yes, I'm tired of seeing all the vanilla shepards on YouTube. It makes me think that they're all just the same guy posting thousands of videos. I agree whole heartedly with you about Soldiers, Vanguards, and Infiltrators, but with Adepts as Severyx said, throw and singularity always makes for some interesting battles and sentinels are a great class to watch as their shields make them by far the best class to "run and gun" through battles on insanity (atleast in ME2). Engineers would definitely be interesting for ME2, but in my opinion they brought little to the table in ME1 as their most powerful skill (AI hacking) did little other than just put a geth trooper into a blind fury and force him to rush you headlong, often times leading to one's demise.

[xiiz]

You know what would be Really awesome? If you made it interactive and then showed all/most of the possible decisions. 
Probably way too much work though. 

[JanisaryJames]

xiiz wrote...

You know what would be Really awesome? If you made it interactive and then showed all/most of the possible decisions. 
Probably way too much work though. 

Not sure if that was sarcasm I sensed there. But that's actually the idea. Every decision will be put to a vote. I don't count banter between shepard and random NPC's as a decision though, so pretty much anything that will net you 10+ paragade points roughly and any decision that transfers from ME1 to ME2 (as defined by those items that can be flagged in Gibbed's save editor) will be put to a vote.

I really hope it is alot of work so I'll have something to tide me over until we get closer to ME3. All I'm hoping for now is to get enough votes on these topics to get the ball rolling. Once we get enough votes to create a character, I'll post another round of voting for any upcoming decisions. Its just difficult to do too much voting at once because some votes effect possible outcomes of others.


EDIT: Oh, now I think I get what you're saying. Well, that WOULD be alot of work, not to mention Bioware might not be too happy that I post every possible second of their game and made it interactive too. That would be more of one giant spoiler rather than a social experiment. Besides, who would rather watch the game be played for them on YouTube instead of playing it for themselves?

Modifié par JanisaryJames, 09 février 2011 - 06:44 .

[Biotic_Warlock]

1. Gender: Male
2. class: Vanguard
3. Origin: Spacer
4. Psychological Profile: War Hero

edit: what is the reckless back story?

Modifié par Biotic_Warlock, 09 février 2011 - 06:28 .

[xiiz]

JanisaryJames wrote...

xiiz wrote...

You know what would be Really awesome? If you made it interactive and then showed all/most of the possible decisions. 
Probably way too much work though. 

Not sure if that was sarcasm I sensed there. But that's actually the idea. Every decision will be put to a vote. I don't count banter between shepard and random NPC's as a decision though, so pretty much anything that will net you 10+ paragade points roughly and any decision that transfers from ME1 to ME2 (as defined by those items that can be flagged in Gibbed's save editor) will be put to a vote.

I really hope it is alot of work so I'll have something to tide me over until we get closer to ME3. All I'm hoping for now is to get enough votes on these topics to get the ball rolling. Once we get enough votes to create a character, I'll post another round of voting for any upcoming decisions. Its just difficult to do too much voting at once because some votes effect possible outcomes of others.

Ah, maybe I didn't quite follow you. But I was thinking like you recording every possible choice/outcome then allowing the viewer to choose, so one could essentially "play" the game on YouTube. But like I said, that would just take forever to get done.  
If that's what you're planning then I'm sorry for not reading it properly. 


Cool idea though. If I were to vote, I'd say Male, Adept, Spacer, Sole Survivor. 

Modifié par xiiz, 09 février 2011 - 06:39 .

[JanisaryJames]

xiiz wrote...

JanisaryJames wrote...

xiiz wrote...

You know what would be Really awesome? If you made it interactive and then showed all/most of the possible decisions. 
Probably way too much work though. 

Not sure if that was sarcasm I sensed there. But that's actually the idea. Every decision will be put to a vote. I don't count banter between shepard and random NPC's as a decision though, so pretty much anything that will net you 10+ paragade points roughly and any decision that transfers from ME1 to ME2 (as defined by those items that can be flagged in Gibbed's save editor) will be put to a vote.

I really hope it is alot of work so I'll have something to tide me over until we get closer to ME3. All I'm hoping for now is to get enough votes on these topics to get the ball rolling. Once we get enough votes to create a character, I'll post another round of voting for any upcoming decisions. Its just difficult to do too much voting at once because some votes effect possible outcomes of others.

Ah, maybe I didn't quite follow you. But I was thinking like you recording every possible choice/outcome then allowing the viewer to choose, so one could essentially "play" the game on YouTube. But like I said, that would just take forever to get done.  
If that's what you're planning then I'm sorry for not reading it properly. 


Cool idea though. If I were to vote, I'd say Male, Adept, Spacer, Sole Survivor. 

Actually I misinterpreted what you were saying.  See edited post above.

[xiiz]

Ah well yeah, I hear ya. Was just a random thought really anyway. 
Still a cool thing you're doing, keep it up! 

[AdmiralCheez]

Shepard's gender: Female, as it's harder to get a male to look good.

Shepard's class: ALWAYS VANGUARD. ALWAYS.

Shepard's background: Colonist/War Hero.

First Love Interest: Liara. It'll get you pageviews.

Second Love Interest: Garrus for gits and shiggles.

Fate of Zhu's Hope Colonists: SAVE!

Fate of Shiala: SAVE!

Fate of Rachni Queen: SAVE!

Wrex's Fate: SAVE DAMMIT SAVE!

Who stays on Virmire: Ashley.

How to deal with Conrad Verner: I'll leave that up to you.

How Interviews will be handled: Out-talk her--it's more fun to make her look bad.

[Aggie Punbot]

Gender: Male. Not only do we see far too many female Shepards on YouTube, it'd be nice to have an opportunity to try to discount all of the male Shep haters out there.
class: Adept. I agree, too many soldiers and vanguards already out there.
Origin: Earthborn
Psychological Profile: Ruthless
First Love Interest: Ashley
Second Love Interest: Tali
Fate of Zhu's Hope Colonists: Alive
Fate of Shiala: Alive
Fate of Rachni Queen: Dead
Wrex's Fate: Alive
Who stays on Vermire: Ashley
How to deal with Conrad Verner: Neutral until the end where you shove a gun in his face.
How Interviews will be handled: Wait until the last possible moment and then POW!

Modifié par TS2Aggie, 09 février 2011 - 10:02 .

[JanisaryJames]

AdmiralCheez wrote...

Shepard's gender: Female, as it's harder to get a male to look good.
Shepard's class: ALWAYS VANGUARD. ALWAYS.
Shepard's background: Colonist/War Hero.
First Love Interest: Liara. It'll get you pageviews.
Second Love Interest: Garrus for gits and shiggles.
Fate of Zhu's Hope Colonists: SAVE!
Fate of Shiala: SAVE!
Fate of Rachni Queen: SAVE!
Wrex's Fate: SAVE DAMMIT SAVE!
Who stays on Virmire: Ashley.
How to deal with Conrad Verner: I'll leave that up to you.
How Interviews will be handled: Out-talk her--it's more fun to make her look bad.

TS2Aggie wrote...

Gender: Male. Not only do we see far too many female Shepards on YouTube, it'd be nice to have an opportunity to try to discount all of the male Shep haters out there.
class: Adept. I agree, too many soldiers and vanguards already out there.
Origin: Earthborn
Psychological Profile: Ruthless
First Love Interest: Ashley
Second Love Interest: Tali
Fate of Zhu's Hope Colonists: Alive
Fate of Shiala: Alive
Fate of Rachni Queen: Dead
Wrex's Fate: Alive
Who stays on Vermire: Ashley
How to deal with Conrad Verner: Neutral until the end where you shove a gun in his face.
How Interviews will be handled: Wait until the last possible moment and then POW!

I really appreciate the enthusiasm, and all your votes will definitely be Talied (<----See what I did there?) But please, future posters try to stick to voting only on Shepard's gender, class, and background choices for now.

Again, thanks for all your input. At this rate it should be quite an interesting project.

PS. Aggie, how would I choose Ashley as my love interest AND as my sacrifice on Vermire? Necrophelia is illegal in most parts of the galaxy I think.

Modifié par JanisaryJames, 10 février 2011 - 01:31 .

[earthbornFemShep]

Female

Sentinel

Spacer

War Hero



Why not make a poll for each category for easy vote counting?

[Ramirez Wolfen]

Male
Engineer
Earthborn
War Hero

Modifié par Ramirez Wolfen, 10 février 2011 - 06:48 .

[JanisaryJames]

earthbornFemShep wrote...

Why not make a poll for each category for easy vote counting?

I had considered that, but 4 threads for one topic would more than likely just get locked. And even if it didn't get locked, it still would look a bit tacky. If I get enough votes that it becomes a problem to count them all, well that's a problem I wouldn't mind having.

[NM7]

Female

Infiltrator

Spacer

Sole Survivor

[Ieldra]

Male

Engineer

Earthborn

Sole Survivor



And of course you can have your LI die on Virmire. He or she won't be your LI anymore after their death of course, but that doesn't change anything. A tragic romance.

[Merlin 47]

Male



Infiltrator



Spacer



War Hero

[Paul_Grayson]

Male

Infiltrator

Earthborn

Sole Survivor

[philiposophy]

Male

Sentinel

Colonist

Ruthless

[JanisaryJames]

Thanks for all the votes so far, but I know there's more people out there with opinions on these forums. Or does anyone else have suggestions for things they might wanna see in a video walkthrough that no one has done yet. This is your chance to make them heard guys, c'mon.

[Aedan_Cousland]

Male

Soldier

Spacer

War Hero