[quote]CulturalGeekGirl wrote...
[quote]Zulu_DFA wrote...
I can admit that at the time of posting that thread I
had already dismissed previusly postulated possiblility, that there would be what I called "playeable cameos" at the time. Later the term "temporary squadmate" became more common (and much less clumsy than mine), although basically it's had the same meaning. And with the LotSB's release I returned to admitting of that as a possiblility for the ME2 expendables' treatment in ME3, and a quite probable one (and the one that's now is definitely confirmed).
And if you are determined to catch me on my word and insist that I don't have this thing you call "intellectual honesty", I'm prepared to dig my earlier post as well as the more recent ones (from the linked thread) postulating that some (a few) ME2 squadmates could be given the LotSB or Kasumi treatment in ME3.[/quote]
I'm just saying that it would make more sense if you said "I was probably wrong about the idea of returning permanent or temporary squadmates when I wrote that thread, just like I'm wrong about most of my predictions I made early on when there wasn't much data. Still: here's my new theory. Maybe this time it'll be right, it's based on the same premises as my original theory, but now it incorporates new data."
You linked to that thread when starting this one. "These are the shadows of the things that have been, that they are what they are, do not blame me." (To quote a popular Dickens paraphrase.) You asked the question "Was I right when I created that thread?" to which the answer, given the evidence we have right now, seems to be "probably not." You provided a single link. Upon clicking that link, I find sound evidence that you were probably wrong. If you want to prove that you were, in fact, right later in that thread, that is up to you.
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And I'm just saying that I was mostly right. If you're fixated on Tali and Garrus, just like the majority of the flamers here are, then you naturally can't see that th firs line of my thread is the link to a poll about squad quantity/interactivty.
Then it goes with the prediction (based off the poll's overwhelming results) which way Bioware would choose, and which squadmates would be put on the ME3 default squad, with others (the ME2 expendables) being added to the game as DLCs and cameos.
Now isn't that what Casey Hudson has explicitly confirmed with the quote I've put in the OP of this thread? As opposed to vague, evasive and ambigous PR talk such as "playeable to some extent" (Garrus) and "will be back" (Tali).
[quote]CulturalGeekGirl wrote...
I change my theories based on evidence all the time, and openly admit it. I've admitted that, given the high probability of frequent temporary squadmates and the focus on a smaller team, my original list of "3-7 squadmates likely to return permanently" is may not be valid beyond the first few entries. I'm not going to be so bold as to say "when I said those seven were likely to return, I meant some of them would be permanent and some temporary" because I feel that would be disingenuous.
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Good for you.
[quote]CulturalGeekGirl wrote...
I guess I'm saying that I've had enough of your disingenuous assertions.
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That almost sounds like I've insulted you on a personal level. Which happened I fail to guess how.
[quote]CulturalGeekGirl wrote...
[quote]Zulu_DFA wrote...
[quote]CulturalGeekGirl wrote...
You can't just define your terms vaguely and come back eight months later to redefine them and prove you were "right." That's not how the internet works.[/quote]
And I can't write a treatise on every single topic I choose to speculate about. Not so much that I'm unable to, but I prefer to get spam pics than TL;DR-s in response. The pics are usually funny.
And I know what I meant. That's good enough for me to make clarifications any time I see people don't get it.
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So you're more interested in inciting than communicating? I guess that makes sense.
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The people who post spam pic are interested in inciting. I guess that's the only form of communication they can effetively participate in.
If you haven't nociced, you and I have been having a quite sensible if somewhat sour communication, even without either of us writing a wall of text. (Even with this post, if you don't count the quotes.)
[quote]CulturalGeekGirl wrote...
And if knowing what you meant is all it takes, then I will say this:
"ME2 characters will return in ME3."
There. Now no matter what happens, I am completely, totally, and inarguably right. I've perfectly predicted every character's exact role and appearance in ME2, down to the exact number of lines of text they have and how many outfits they can wear. If you don't get it, that's fine. I'll clarify what I mean. Meet me back here in... say... May of 2012.
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Well, I can agree with that, but that statement has no value and warrants only a "Thank you Captain Obvious" response.
As opposed to the "people want a smaller more interective squad, so bye-bye expendables" statement.
And I understand the desire to slap me with "See Garrus, Zulu?" stuff, but it in no way diminishes the relative value of HTTP 404's poll, and my thread based around it (which is admitteldy very small in the big picture - I don't mean to sound megalomanical).
Oh, and for the record, Liara still is out of place on that "Variables" banner people are sporting, because stil nobody has ever asserted that she had any problems with the "Variables".
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