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jaza wrote...

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Gonna answer my post, DJBare?

I did not answer your post because it "assumes" keeping the base is the only way to win, as my paragon said to garrus, to paraphrase "we do it the right way not the easy way", but you know, this argument has become pretty much moot after a dev clearly says there is no win for the reapers, so both paragon and renegade approaches will win, the difference is how they will be percieved by the survivors.


I suppose it won't matter if this "right way" results in billions dead?


Spoilers: Though it is old news...

http://www.examiner....ith-the-reapers

^^^ Read this but careful it has spoilers and Cerberus fans will weep Image IPB But then we won't know the full story till the game is released.

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jaza wrote...

I suppose it won't matter if this "right way" results in billions dead?

Your not making any sense, as a renegade I assume you gave the base to TIM(my renegade did), in ME3 TIM is working with the reapers, oops!, never mind, maybe they will give us the chance to go in and retake the base, but I would not hold my breath.

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I gave the Base to Cerberus because of the concept of building War assets.

I play Renegon, and so far I have a higher Paragon score as I used too. Neutrality works when you either want something, or you have a clear moral personality on what you think you should do. Pure Morality runs don't make sense to me, unless you're a true ass or a saint (had one in the family about a thousand years ago).

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Omilophile wrote...

I don't think anyone here denies all the extremely helpful things Cerberus has done, but a few good deeds should not acquit them of the evils they have committed. Paul Grayson's forced augmentation with Reaper tech was going way too far (as were several other things). Justify it however you want, but you have to draw the line somewhere. "Results at any cost" is pointless and amoral. If we get rid of everything that makes us human, then we might as well just give up and die, because humanity is already extinct.


Another one that judges all of humantiy and wants it dead? We're not loosing our "humanity", nor do we become "worthless".

As "evil" as it is, Paul Graysons augmentation was the best way to study reaper tech and indoctriation.

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Reaper have a mass effect core that outperforms the biggest DN's. You really think it would be easy to move it?
and installing all those thrusters would take a lot of time (look at Arrival).
And as far as I recall, the derelict reper was only recently discovered.

As for lab - setting up some walkways and brining in some equipment into a starship is really not a big deal. You don't need heavy security measures to place a lapton and some railings into a alien starship that already has corridors and rooms.
Tinkering with the biggest and most powerfull Ezoo core of alien design is whole nother thing....


You know those days or weeks they probably spent setting those labs up, complete with airlocks and everything? Yeah, they could have just spent that time finding a way to deactivate the Reaper's systems while having their own replacement for the core that keeps it from falling into the brown dwarf which they can also use to move it.

If people in Mass Effect can move asteroids that are bigger than mass relays or bigger than the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, they can move a Reaper.


Docking moduls and compartments are cheap and easy to do. And finding a wayto safely deactivate the system is not a 5 minute job. Again - alien tech.

An asteroid doesn't have a ME field keeping in place. And what part of "biggest alien ezoo core" are you missing?
To move it you'd need a even more powerfull core - something NO ONE in the galxy has.
Do you think Cerberus is made of resources?


You have no argument here. Be smart and move on...

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Lotion Soronnar wrote...

Omilophile wrote...

I don't think anyone here denies all the extremely helpful things Cerberus has done, but a few good deeds should not acquit them of the evils they have committed. Paul Grayson's forced augmentation with Reaper tech was going way too far (as were several other things). Justify it however you want, but you have to draw the line somewhere. "Results at any cost" is pointless and amoral. If we get rid of everything that makes us human, then we might as well just give up and die, because humanity is already extinct.


Another one that judges all of humantiy and wants it dead? We're not loosing our "humanity", nor do we become "worthless".

As "evil" as it is, Paul Graysons augmentation was the best way to study reaper tech and indoctriation.


Unfortunatley I have to finally agree with Soronnar.  The only way to study the effects of Reaper augmentation tech and indoctrination is to put it on someone.

As well, the reward does outweigh the cost.  Survival, you need to survive at any means.  If Cerberus didn't do illegal experiments, we wouldn't have many human Biotics.  We wouldn't have had a Normandy.  Someone has to do the dark things in the blackest parts of life to continue your continued, fragile illusion of a society.

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First of all, no we don't. Most animals used for food or other useful products are treated better because they need a healthy specimen in order to get the highest quality yields.

Secondly, even if we did torture animals, we can do that. We're at the top of the food chain. Torturing animals is not even close to being as bad as torturing people, so don't EVEN compare the two.


Yeah we do. We use animals for cosmetic and medical experiments and research.
And if you consider that torturing animals isn't bad, then you got a serious empathy problem.

And you are now basicly saying "might makes right". It's perfecly OK to torture animals, because they are not humans.
Which is bollocks.
"Worth" is nothing more than a subjective, biased quantifier. You can't prove to me that humans are worth more than animals - it's just somethnig that most humans agree on.

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Gonna answer my post, DJBare?

I did not answer your post because it "assumes" keeping the base is the only way to win, as my paragon said to garrus, to paraphrase "we do it the right way not the easy way", but you know, this argument has become pretty much moot after a dev clearly says there is no win for the reapers, so both paragon and renegade approaches will win, the difference is how they will be percieved by the survivors.



No, the argument is not moot.
At hte time of hte CB decision, no one knows how to fight the reapers. No one has a plan, no one has hte means. At that point we already know our chances to defeat them in a normal militaryengagement are non-existent.

There is no "right way/easy way". There is only "way that I know exists".
The CB is the best bet the galaxy has at that point.
A resource you decise to waste because of your own ego.

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DJBare wrote...

jaza wrote...

I suppose it won't matter if this "right way" results in billions dead?

Your not making any sense, as a renegade I assume you gave the base to TIM(my renegade did), in ME3 TIM is working with the reapers, oops!, never mind, maybe they will give us the chance to go in and retake the base, but I would not hold my breath.



How does this do anything for your argument? :huh:

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As well, the reward does outweigh the cost.  Survival, you need to survive at any means.  If Cerberus didn't do illegal experiments, we wouldn't have many human Biotics.  We wouldn't have had a Normandy.  Someone has to do the dark things in the blackest parts of life to continue your continued, fragile illusion of a society.



Shhh....don't tell them that.
You will shatter that fragile illusion of the word of rainbows and puppies.

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incinerator950 wrote...

Lotion Soronnar wrote...

Omilophile wrote...

I don't think anyone here denies all the extremely helpful things Cerberus has done, but a few good deeds should not acquit them of the evils they have committed. Paul Grayson's forced augmentation with Reaper tech was going way too far (as were several other things). Justify it however you want, but you have to draw the line somewhere. "Results at any cost" is pointless and amoral. If we get rid of everything that makes us human, then we might as well just give up and die, because humanity is already extinct.


Another one that judges all of humantiy and wants it dead? We're not loosing our "humanity", nor do we become "worthless".

As "evil" as it is, Paul Graysons augmentation was the best way to study reaper tech and indoctriation.


Unfortunatley I have to finally agree with Soronnar.  The only way to study the effects of Reaper augmentation tech and indoctrination is to put it on someone.

As well, the reward does outweigh the cost.  Survival, you need to survive at any means.  If Cerberus didn't do illegal experiments, we wouldn't have many human Biotics.  We wouldn't have had a Normandy.  Someone has to do the dark things in the blackest parts of life to continue your continued, fragile illusion of a society.



Survival at any means is a crutch for the weak and fearful. Fear drives you, because you're afraid that what you have won't be enough. I don't need to stoop to a twisted, subhuman level to win. The reason is because you win no matter what thanks to game designers lol. Therefore Cerberus is unnecessary.

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Lotion Soronnar wrote...

Docking moduls and compartments are cheap and easy to do. And finding a wayto safely deactivate the system is not a 5 minute job. Again - alien tech.

An asteroid doesn't have a ME field keeping in place. And what part of "biggest alien ezoo core" are you missing?
To move it you'd need a even more powerfull core - something NO ONE in the galxy has.
Do you think Cerberus is made of resources?


You have no argument here. Be smart and move on...


It's not like they can have multiple cores or anything.

Also, the core(s) they need don't have to be as powerful as the Reaper's. They just need that element zero core so they can move the Reaper, nothing more. The Reaper won't instantly be destroyed the second its core is shut off, because then Shepard would have died. They can affort a short drop before they activate the external propulsion systems. Their cores would simply make it easier to move the Reaper by reducing its mass a bit.

Your arguments are weak.

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Omilophile wrote...

incinerator950 wrote...

Lotion Soronnar wrote...

Omilophile wrote...

I don't think anyone here denies all the extremely helpful things Cerberus has done, but a few good deeds should not acquit them of the evils they have committed. Paul Grayson's forced augmentation with Reaper tech was going way too far (as were several other things). Justify it however you want, but you have to draw the line somewhere. "Results at any cost" is pointless and amoral. If we get rid of everything that makes us human, then we might as well just give up and die, because humanity is already extinct.


Another one that judges all of humantiy and wants it dead? We're not loosing our "humanity", nor do we become "worthless".

As "evil" as it is, Paul Graysons augmentation was the best way to study reaper tech and indoctriation.


Unfortunatley I have to finally agree with Soronnar.  The only way to study the effects of Reaper augmentation tech and indoctrination is to put it on someone.

As well, the reward does outweigh the cost.  Survival, you need to survive at any means.  If Cerberus didn't do illegal experiments, we wouldn't have many human Biotics.  We wouldn't have had a Normandy.  Someone has to do the dark things in the blackest parts of life to continue your continued, fragile illusion of a society.


Survival at any means is a crutch for the weak and fearful. Fear drives you, because you're afraid that what you have won't be enough. I don't need to stoop to a twisted, subhuman level to win. The reason is because you win no matter what thanks to game designers lol. Therefore Cerberus is unnecessary.


Do not assume you know my motives for anything.  Survival by any means is how you survive.  This is a game, with a very butterfly linear plot based on Shepard winning by means of self power.  How you get there has been roses to appeal to more people not to cry at being nice and eventually getting a rocket or a bomb blowing up in their face by the same person they let go.

Same with Fable, you can be the best moral shining beacon of light.  Everyone dies because you squander the resources of the kingdom to help them out.  Their survival is important.  Besides being a dick, you need to work your ass off to get the money. 

I have a personal question, you ever serve in the military?

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incinerator950 wrote...

Omilophile wrote...

incinerator950 wrote...

Lotion Soronnar wrote...

Omilophile wrote...

I don't think anyone here denies all the extremely helpful things Cerberus has done, but a few good deeds should not acquit them of the evils they have committed. Paul Grayson's forced augmentation with Reaper tech was going way too far (as were several other things). Justify it however you want, but you have to draw the line somewhere. "Results at any cost" is pointless and amoral. If we get rid of everything that makes us human, then we might as well just give up and die, because humanity is already extinct.


Another one that judges all of humantiy and wants it dead? We're not loosing our "humanity", nor do we become "worthless".

As "evil" as it is, Paul Graysons augmentation was the best way to study reaper tech and indoctriation.


Unfortunatley I have to finally agree with Soronnar.  The only way to study the effects of Reaper augmentation tech and indoctrination is to put it on someone.

As well, the reward does outweigh the cost.  Survival, you need to survive at any means.  If Cerberus didn't do illegal experiments, we wouldn't have many human Biotics.  We wouldn't have had a Normandy.  Someone has to do the dark things in the blackest parts of life to continue your continued, fragile illusion of a society.


Survival at any means is a crutch for the weak and fearful. Fear drives you, because you're afraid that what you have won't be enough. I don't need to stoop to a twisted, subhuman level to win. The reason is because you win no matter what thanks to game designers lol. Therefore Cerberus is unnecessary.


Do not assume you know my motives for anything.  Survival by any means is how you survive.  This is a game, with a very butterfly linear plot based on Shepard winning by means of self power.  How you get there has been roses to appeal to more people not to cry at being nice and eventually getting a rocket or a bomb blowing up in their face by the same person they let go.

Same with Fable, you can be the best moral shining beacon of light.  Everyone dies because you squander the resources of the kingdom to help them out.  Their survival is important.  Besides being a dick, you need to work your ass off to get the money. 

I have a personal question, you ever serve in the military?


I never understood why games have to go so "bipolar" about the choices. Like in Fable, it's either burning orphanage and then bathing in the blood of the babies to get money or doing good deeds and saving babies (and then playing banjo in the street corner to raise the funds). Sometimes you need to do tough choices and I always seem to find the "better" way of doing things. Banjo and realestate deals are my answer to Fable. So yes, you can be a saint, but you gotta be smart about it. Guess Illusive man lacks the brains to make it work.

And I served in military.

But now I gotta go and attend to my brother's son's birthday! See you. :wizard:

Modifié par Arppis, 29 janvier 2012 - 11:25 .


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incinerator950 wrote...

Omilophile wrote...

incinerator950 wrote...

Lotion Soronnar wrote...

Omilophile wrote...

I don't think anyone here denies all the extremely helpful things Cerberus has done, but a few good deeds should not acquit them of the evils they have committed. Paul Grayson's forced augmentation with Reaper tech was going way too far (as were several other things). Justify it however you want, but you have to draw the line somewhere. "Results at any cost" is pointless and amoral. If we get rid of everything that makes us human, then we might as well just give up and die, because humanity is already extinct.


Another one that judges all of humantiy and wants it dead? We're not loosing our "humanity", nor do we become "worthless".

As "evil" as it is, Paul Graysons augmentation was the best way to study reaper tech and indoctriation.


Unfortunatley I have to finally agree with Soronnar.  The only way to study the effects of Reaper augmentation tech and indoctrination is to put it on someone.

As well, the reward does outweigh the cost.  Survival, you need to survive at any means.  If Cerberus didn't do illegal experiments, we wouldn't have many human Biotics.  We wouldn't have had a Normandy.  Someone has to do the dark things in the blackest parts of life to continue your continued, fragile illusion of a society.


Survival at any means is a crutch for the weak and fearful. Fear drives you, because you're afraid that what you have won't be enough. I don't need to stoop to a twisted, subhuman level to win. The reason is because you win no matter what thanks to game designers lol. Therefore Cerberus is unnecessary.


Do not assume you know my motives for anything.  Survival by any means is how you survive.  This is a game, with a very butterfly linear plot based on Shepard winning by means of self power.  How you get there has been roses to appeal to more people not to cry at being nice and eventually getting a rocket or a bomb blowing up in their face by the same person they let go.

Same with Fable, you can be the best moral shining beacon of light.  Everyone dies because you squander the resources of the kingdom to help them out.  Their survival is important.  Besides being a dick, you need to work your ass off to get the money. 

I have a personal question, you ever serve in the military?


Whether or not I have served in the military is none of your business, nor is it relevant to the discussion. We're on a forum for a damn video game. Besides, why should I care if everybody dies in the process, as long as I'm alive? Survival at any means, right?

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Whether or not I have served in the military is none of your business, nor is it relevant to the discussion. We're on a forum for a damn video game. Besides, why should I care if everybody dies in the process, as long as I'm alive? Survival at any means, right?

So, why exactly is it that you want to survive? 

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As well, the reward does outweigh the cost.  Survival, you need to survive at any means.  If Cerberus didn't do illegal experiments, we wouldn't have many human Biotics.  We wouldn't have had a Normandy.  Someone has to do the dark things in the blackest parts of life to continue your continued, fragile illusion of a society.

Yup, the technolgy. convenience, comfort and medical you take for granted today came about mostly as the result of war, does it justify it?, of course not.

Now I have a question for you, if winning meant forcing your family and friends into those pods, would you do it?

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DJBare wrote...

incinerator950 wrote...

As well, the reward does outweigh the cost.  Survival, you need to survive at any means.  If Cerberus didn't do illegal experiments, we wouldn't have many human Biotics.  We wouldn't have had a Normandy.  Someone has to do the dark things in the blackest parts of life to continue your continued, fragile illusion of a society.

Yup, the technolgy. convenience, comfort and medical you take for granted today came about mostly as the result of war, does it justify it?, of course not.

Now I have a question for you, if winning meant forcing your family and friends into those pods, would you do it?


Of course not, I'm a hypocrite like the rest of us.

Surprise Edit:  That wasn't a joke either, but to be honest if it was up to me, I wouldn't be putting people in Collector Pods.  Nor would I want Cerberus too.  It would take too long what my opinion and plan would be, and so far my point is using the Reaper and Collector tech to prepare for the inevitable invasion to help win.  These people are dead, they're not going to complain unless the Human Reaper was already concious using the human's concious minds as the base for the programs to run it.  If someone gives you a weapon, you don't complain that its dirty, you use it.  Unless, the weapon happens to be dirty in the broken or dirty and viable to explode in your face. 

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Omilophile wrote...

incinerator950 wrote...

Omilophile wrote...

incinerator950 wrote...

Lotion Soronnar wrote...

Omilophile wrote...

I don't think anyone here denies all the extremely helpful things Cerberus has done, but a few good deeds should not acquit them of the evils they have committed. Paul Grayson's forced augmentation with Reaper tech was going way too far (as were several other things). Justify it however you want, but you have to draw the line somewhere. "Results at any cost" is pointless and amoral. If we get rid of everything that makes us human, then we might as well just give up and die, because humanity is already extinct.


Another one that judges all of humantiy and wants it dead? We're not loosing our "humanity", nor do we become "worthless".

As "evil" as it is, Paul Graysons augmentation was the best way to study reaper tech and indoctriation.


Unfortunatley I have to finally agree with Soronnar.  The only way to study the effects of Reaper augmentation tech and indoctrination is to put it on someone.

As well, the reward does outweigh the cost.  Survival, you need to survive at any means.  If Cerberus didn't do illegal experiments, we wouldn't have many human Biotics.  We wouldn't have had a Normandy.  Someone has to do the dark things in the blackest parts of life to continue your continued, fragile illusion of a society.


Survival at any means is a crutch for the weak and fearful. Fear drives you, because you're afraid that what you have won't be enough. I don't need to stoop to a twisted, subhuman level to win. The reason is because you win no matter what thanks to game designers lol. Therefore Cerberus is unnecessary.


Do not assume you know my motives for anything.  Survival by any means is how you survive.  This is a game, with a very butterfly linear plot based on Shepard winning by means of self power.  How you get there has been roses to appeal to more people not to cry at being nice and eventually getting a rocket or a bomb blowing up in their face by the same person they let go.

Same with Fable, you can be the best moral shining beacon of light.  Everyone dies because you squander the resources of the kingdom to help them out.  Their survival is important.  Besides being a dick, you need to work your ass off to get the money. 

I have a personal question, you ever serve in the military?


Whether or not I have served in the military is none of your business, nor is it relevant to the discussion. We're on a forum for a damn video game. Besides, why should I care if everybody dies in the process, as long as I'm alive? Survival at any means, right?


If you've served anything more than a desk job, you'd learn more about the Government beurocracy and wouldn't be surprised at the things people have to do.

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If you've served anything more than a desk job, you'd learn more about the Government beurocracy and wouldn't be surprised at the things people have to do.

 
Yeah, I suppose you're some hardcore motherf***ing high speed, low drag badass. Rangers? Delta? Pararescue? 479 confirmed kills? That about right?  

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Guys guys, the only thing worse than a heated argument is pyramid posting, please clean up and quote the relevant only.

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Well I was expecting that things make sense. So yeah, my expectations were different.

That's vague enough as to be meaningless. You have to define better: what would you consider a sensible premise, and what wouldn't you.


You've argued against multiple things simaltaneously: the only one I particularly find non-sensical is the Council not believing in the Reapers.

The rest is flawed execution, not senseless premise. That the Council might not want to get involved in the Terminus? Plenty of reasons that could make sense. Greater priorities elsewhere. A lack of desire for a Terminus War.

That Shepard would end up having to work with Cerberus? Reasonable, depending on the circumstances. Cerberus has the ability to operate where the Alliance and Council can't, the Terminus.

One question would be why is something the business of a Council Spectre if it is not the business of the Council. It's not like the meeting between Shepard and the Council is official. At least I don't consider them to be. So basically Shep doesn't get support from his superiours, not even inofficial. At best they look the other way so Shep can do whatever he wants. I don't understand either why Udina and Anderson seem to not care about the abductions of colonies when in ME1 Udina asks for Council support for human colonies.

My problem in ME2 is that the Alliance/Council are basically inactive. They go dormant like the Reapers or something. The only thing they do is sending the VS to Horizons with what result? None really. They didn't trust Shepard to begin with because of Cerberus, send the VS to investigate and the result is that nothing happens. The VS sees what Collectors do to the colonies, sees how Shep saves half the colony while the VS him or herselfs probably hides under a rock or something but ... what is the consequence? That the VS is disappointed that Shep works with Cerberus.

What exactly is the problem there? Why does nobody care about Collectors, Reapers, human colonies? In my opinion just to give the stage to Cerberus. It makes no sense that nobody aside from Cerberus cares. Anderson is the fricken councilor now. Honeslty, Shepard knows the whole alliance lead. Udina, Anderson, Hackett, the soon-to be Spectre VS. They believe him about the Reapers, send him to extra missions (Arrival) but they don't do ANYTHING to help. What is Shepard to them, really? All they have against Shep is a rumor placed by TIM that Shep 'is with Cerberus'.

Then you fly with your Cerberus vessel right into the Citadel. You dock at the Citadel. With a Cerberus vessel, Cerberus logo, Ai on board, probably Geth on board, etc. Why is the ship not confiscated. Explain that. Because Shep's a spectre? Spectre status doesn't mean anything. Or they would not treat you like a double agent. I mean at one side they don't trust you and then again they do. If they WANT you to work with Cerberus they can just say so. It's an official meeting and everyone taking part probably has highest security priority. Why not just say Shep, we want you to stop the Collectors with Cerberus, but don't trust them so do what you have to do and get the hell out. But instead they act as if it's Shepard's choice and Shepard's business. I never ****ing chose to work with Cerberus. The only reason I can see is that the Alliance/Council drop their greatest hero/asset for no apparent reason other than leaving Cerberus the stage in ME2.

I mean if I was Councilor, especially Anderson, I would be curious. Why is Shep not dead. Why is he working with Cerberus. How did it happen, etc. I mean in the real world. If a CIA agent returns after his superiors thought he was dead, what would happen? Would they just let him go to whatever he thinks has to do or would they make hearing, etc. What happens in ME3, the hearing, should have happened in ME2. Guys, Shepard is back. Let's not treat it like nothing happened and it doesn't concern us. But no, they decide that it is somehow not their business, they give Shepard leave to do whatever he wants as long as he stays in the Terminus and then give him an assignment to deal with the missing research team. And when then 300000 slavers die in the Terminus it is suddenly an issue because Shepard was there.

Sorry but nothing of this makes sense. If you can't see that ok, but that's not how politics work, that's not how military work, it's not even how companies work. It is just a silly story that doesn't even try to make sense. I can easily believe that Bioware is making up the story as they go, because it reads exactly like that. What do I care what I said yesterday, today we have a new idea and we are not looking back.

You know, TIM would never have revived Shepard. And know why? Because Shepard wouldn't work with him. But TIM doesn't concern with the question whether Shepard will screw him over. Because the plot says so. Shepard is not taking the Normandy to the Citadel to let the Alliance have it, pick it apart, unlock the AI, etc. Because that would be the reasonable thing to do. Shepard just believes TIM that they did nothing to him. TIM said in Shep's reconstruction they didn't put any drones or anything into him and who are we to not believe him? He is a reasonable guy after all. I mean there is no reason to let the alliance check on all the implants etc, we just assume everything is ok. And the Normandy. Well there is certainly no need to let the Alliance check the systems and AI if TIM has put any suprises in there. After all TIM is, as I said, quite the trustworthy guy.

Are you really telling me that what Shep does after his revival makes sense? It only makes sense for a Renegade Shep who never thought much of the Alliance or Council anyway and who would rather trust TIM. I mean Shep could as well be a running time bomb and TIM holding the trigger without anyone even thinking of it. Same with the Normandy. They have a ****ing illegal AI on board and all they do about is giving Shepard a line that shows that he doesn't like AIs but then we go over to business as usually because obviously we have no options to remove the AI or whatever.

Sorry but after ME1 the story just stopped making sense. I don't know what else to say if you can't see that. Shepard should have returned to the alliance, should have ordered to check the Normandy, check himself and his implants and decided with the Alliance/Council and maybe other Spectres what are the next steps. But instead Shepard doesn't care, the Council doesn't care and the Alliance doesn't care. The only way this would make sense is when the Alliance/Council have an own project going on. If they knew everything about Shepard, Liara, the SB, Cerberus. I'm curious if we learn more in ME3 why nobody cares about obvious problems/threats in ME2 or if they will just go on like nothing happened.

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Lotion Soronarr

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Lotion Soronnar wrote...

Docking moduls and compartments are cheap and easy to do. And finding a wayto safely deactivate the system is not a 5 minute job. Again - alien tech.

An asteroid doesn't have a ME field keeping in place. And what part of "biggest alien ezoo core" are you missing?
To move it you'd need a even more powerfull core - something NO ONE in the galxy has.
Do you think Cerberus is made of resources?


You have no argument here. Be smart and move on...


It's not like they can have multiple cores or anything.

Also, the core(s) they need don't have to be as powerful as the Reaper's. They just need that element zero core so they can move the Reaper, nothing more. The Reaper won't instantly be destroyed the second its core is shut off, because then Shepard would have died. They can affort a short drop before they activate the external propulsion systems. Their cores would simply make it easier to move the Reaper by reducing its mass a bit.

Your arguments are weak.


So they have to bring several large starships ther just to counter the Repaers core.

Yeah, and again - safely turnign off the alien Ezzo core is NOT something that can be does easily. And why should they do it? If something goes wrong with the moving OP, the loose hte derelict.
The derelict was perfectly fine where it was, there were no indication it is in danger of falling, so there was no rush to move it.

You have no arguments. You are jsut lookign for anything - regardles how far-fetched or redicolous - in an vain attempt to justify your decisions.

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[quote]Lotion Soronnar wrote...
If you don't want me editing your owrds, don't edit mine.[/quote]
Your imagination is still manufacturing things. You created an all new exchange that you wish would happen. I merely pointed out that you spoke for no one but yourself, and that you certainly didn't prove anything. No one but yourself accepts that anyway. When, however, you talk to yourself and admit that "you have nothing", well that's a bit worrying, I reckon.


[quote][quote]
I am sure that if you tried to read a bit more carefully, you'd see that I specifically called TIM's actions frequently moronic, rather than "treating everyone as a moron". I reckon that you are doing it, when you mask your failures to come back with a proper rebuttal as complete dismissals of the argument. So I'll quote myself again. No problem, I can be very patient.[/quote]

Stupid argument remains stupid.

Aside from ressurecting Shep, no action of TIM can be described as moronic.[/quote]
Logical contradiction.

I accept that X has done stupid things in the past, but there is no reason for X to do stupid things in the future.



[quote]And TIM is after efficiency. He is after results.[/quote]
TIM is his after his own goals, and that's that. He passed valuable intel on humanity just to see how indoctrination works. Saren managed to study indoctrination without a single turian victim, therefore, he is inefficient and moronic.

Anything about efficiency and results is pulled out of thin air. It is your personal interpretation of the character, and is unprovable, as there is any source that conclusively proves such wild claims.



[quote]Your redicolous[/quote]
This is the fourth time you get this word wrong. I have pointed it out to you, Spell Check has pointed out to you. Why continue to do it, regardless of the big red line under it?

[quote]ideathat he wants to build a human reaper is unsupportted. It is stupid. It doesn't fit TIM, it doesn't FIT Cerberius..it doesn't fit ANYONE. No one would do that...no one.[/quote]
Wrong.

Not only has he not denied the idea that he could do it, not only have you accepted in your previous post that he would do it, but you have also accepted that he has done stupid things in the past, without his judgement being clouded. As a result, it is a logical anticipation for TIM to repeat his stupid line of action, especially when he is desperate, and he is race, towards he is supposedly so devoted towards is one step from extinction.




[quote]It just a too big, too long, too impractical waste of resources. And even if he wanted to, he couldn't. A human reaper would need millions of humans.[/quote]
Further logical contradiction. Genetic goo does not instill intelligence or power to the Reapers. You have, yourself said that you may be giving a criminal group a big dreadnaught. The danger that the Reapers pose is maintained in their synthetic components.



[quote]You fail to turn on your brain on a regular basis.[/quote]
Oooh, another failure to address a portion of my post, turned into a desperate half-arsed insult here, try again:

[quote]
[quote]You can't just say "X is an idiot so Y is exactly what he would do!". that's bollocks and you know it.
You know what? Anderson is an idiot. Hence I postulate he will shoot Shepard in the back. According to oyu, this makes perfect sense. [/quote]

No, it makes no sense, but that is alright, because you seem to have failed to read properly through my posts again. Morons are not bad people. They don't stab you in the back, not necessarily. Where did I say that TIM would stab you in the back because he is moronic? These are your own words, not mine. I certainly don't attribute his complete untrustworthiness to his potentically low intelligence.

I specifically said that just because it seems moronic to you, it doesn't seem that TIM won't do it.
In fact, I pointed out that TIM has indulged in even more far fetched and immature ideas. It's like giving thousands of dollars to an overexcited eleven year old on Christmas Eve. People can do stupid things if they have the means to do it.[/quote] 


And no, really, you have managed to mistake gravity for magnetism the last time you were desperate. I can't wait where this will get you this time.


[quote]You got nothing. There's no reason for TIM to build a human reaper. And your logic is broken that I can use it to attack anyone. Like I did with Anderson. Didn't Grayson get loose because of him? Even tough he knew about the reapers. Tell me that isn'tmoronic! So by that logic, Anderson is a moron. Hence he MUST do moronic thing in the future.
Also, since Shep did stupid thing, he's a moron too.
See how easy it is?[/quote]
First off, I edited your post to make it somewhat readable. Use SpellCheck in the future.

I actually like how you failed to answer to my post and just repeat your previous point. It's OK, it's always fun to see you not even try to backtrack but just repeat the same thing again and again.

1) If you do a stupid thing once, it is likely that you will do it again, yes.

2) TIM did more than one stupid things. He has a record in that sort of stuff. In fact, fanatical ultranationalism is stupid by itself.

3) Anderson helped plan the raid. He didn't take a part in it, and he didn't issue any orders.

4) Even if they had known that TIM could indoctrinate people, they'd think that he'd be smart enough to not use it on the human hostage. They would be wrong. However, they knew nothing of the sort. Grayson was considered a harmless hostage during the entirety of the operation, and as such, the fact that Grayson went loose is certainly not their mistake, as it was their very goal.

5) Anderson didn't get "Grayson loose".


6) People who show repeat reading comprehension issues, both while reading books and online may be stupid.

7) TIM's problem is not merely his stupidity. I don't assume that stupid people will backstab me. That would be you, and your pathological fear towards people who you consider to have lower intelligence than you.

8) You clearly make no attempt at reading or thinking. TIM is stupid AND ruthless AND not loyal at all. Therefore, not trustworthy. Instead, you just blame Anderson for being potentially stupid. Better luck next time.


[quote]Building a human reaper isn't moronic to me. It IS moronic. On ever level.[/quote]

No more moronic than trying to indoctrinate an entire race just by smooth talking to them, developing overglorified jenisars, learning how to rebuild and rebuilding someone with no investigative skills to investigate the random extinction of human colonies.

If build an HR seems moronic to you, then we can just agree that TIM is a moron.




[quote]Why? Because stabbing Shepard would be illogical and counterproductive. [/quote]
Well, sh*t son, it already happenned.

Yes, TIM is an idiot.
You chose to play with the fire, you got burned.
You were wrong, others were right.
I just wish that it was your hand that was burned not any internal components of your body.


[quote]Just like building a human reaper. And yet you insist TIM would do it - excatly because it's illogical. Hence I insist Anderson would do it. Simply because it's stupid and he CAN do it.[/quote]
No, that's what you think that I am saying, simply because you aren't very good at reading comprehension.

TIM wouldn't do it because he is stupid. He would do it because he is stupid and ruthless and unloyal to Shepard. 

You just seem to not agree that people can be ruthless or unloyal, which falls in line with your utter lack of ethics.





[quote][quote]
Anyway, my argument most certainly stands unanswered.
What makes you think that TIM wouldn't do it? Because it is stupid?
Fanatical ultranationalism is stupid. So what?[/quote] [/quote]
So, you just quoted a portion of my post and didn't even answer it? Lol.




[quote]And like I siad - he didn't needot deny. It's so stupid it warrants no denial.[/quote]
He replied to the question specifically and he said "I'd do anything". So much for warranting no reply, heh.

[quote]No, they can't. Youre talking aout of your a**.[/quote] 
Cute.

But have another go at trying to reply to my post:

[quote]
I insist that TIM may very go for it, firstly, because he didn't deny that option, and secondly because a lot of similar projects could be described as "wastes of resources, inefficient, ineffective, illogical and stupid."[/quote] 

[quote][quote]
Anyway, I explained my reasons. Now explain why you think that they won't do it. They have gone for such "wastes of resources" in the past, that is well established. Is it simply because you love TIM almost as passionately as you do Cerberus?[/quote]

No it isn't established. A human reaper is NOT conductive to their goal, is NOT practical, is NOT feasable, does NOT bring results fast, etc, etc - it is everying people like TIM should HATE.[/quote]
Aha!

Contra-di-ction time! 

You have just admitted, twice, that TIM has done stupid things on the past. Therefore, it is established that TIM has gone for such "wastes of resources". Your personal interpretation of the antagonist matters not. What matters is that you claim that TIM will not go for it. Simply because it is a waste of resources. When in fact, in the very same post, you accept that TIM has gone for such "wastes of resources" in the past.

As a result, the "it's a waste of resources so he won't do it" argument is invalid and self-contradictive.


[quote]
Either way it has been established once more that Project Lazarus was what you would consider a "waste of resources". As such, any other "waste of resources" may very well end up in the canonical timeline of the MEverse, be it an exception to the rule or not.[/quote]

I wouldnt' call researching tech to brign back dead a "waste".
Slecting Shep might have been tough...[/quote][/quote]
And I wouldn't call creating a super duper dreadnaught a waste of resources by itself. It's all a matter of context. Researching how to bring back the dead for a SINGLE person, and having him or her find out who is abducting human colonies, regardless of their lack of investigative skills.

Now, that's what I call a huge waste of resources.


[quote]
Slecting [/quote]
What.




[quote]TI catapulted hte understanding of geth[/QUOTE]
Source?

[quote]and proved they CAN be controlled. I'd say that is a big plus. And triyng to control Gethis not stupid.[/quote]
It proved the exact opposite, which is why the whole concept of the Project Overlord was stupid.
Only a mathematical savant was able to communicate with them. Not a machine, a human. This is well established, as they had to tie up David and force him to relay orders. The problem with humans, however, you see, is that they need to sleep.

If a machine couldn't replicate David's thought process, no one could. And since David  is a single person, David needs to sleep, or he'll go gaga, coockoo. Which he did.

[quote]
No, the project was goign very well IT's not moronic. [/quote]
HOLY BATMAN. What an amazing argument you got there. Let's close our ears, slip into denial and repeat what Lotion said:

"No, the project was going very well! IT'S not moronic!"
"No, the project was going very well! IT'S not moronic!" 
"No, the project was going very well! IT'S not moronic!" 
"No, the project was going very well! IT'S not moronic!" 
"No, the project was going very well! IT'S not moronic!" 

Let us also not provide any further argumentantion, because otherwise, we won't fall under the trope of the fanatical propaganda-driven blackshirts. Anyway, here is the portion of my post you failed to reply towards:

[quote]I need not. Again, you seem to have serious problems comprehending written text. Never did I accuse TIMmy and co. of unleashing a human wrecking ball across the galaxy. What I did, rather, was them establishing connection with the Reapers, which, hint, hint, gave them a LOT of intel about humanity.[/quote]

[quote]But then agian, I assume you will categorize everythingCerberus does as moronic, out of some compulsive need to do so to justify your broken viewpoint..[/quote]
By all means, I will indeed admit that Cerberus are master morons, seeing as they chose to give to the Reapers all that they needed to know about humanity. Stupid, untrustworthy and unloyal. Yep.





[quote]So it is your fantasy.[/quote]
No, I specifically said that I have as many masochistic fantasies, as much as you are skillfull at reading.

[quote]Dont' use things that never happened as proof. but wihout that oyu got nothing I guerss.
There never was a "human repaer" project. There is no indication there ever will be one.[/quote]
Yeah, just as I said, as skillful as you are at reading.

[quote]
What I do, however, is point out potential projects which TIM didn't deny in expressing interest towards and compare them to other (failed) Cerberus projects, further demolishing your idea of "moronic" and "waste of resources". [/quote]

It is funny, because you ask me for indications and to stop speculating, while quoting the same post that addresses both of those.

[quote]Yoiu have demolished nothing - except your own credibility.[/quote]
Magnetism.




[quote][quote][quote]
Reapers >>>> Cerberus
Priorities... Dude... You could learn a bit about that.[/quote]

Aha! So you then accept that TIM could fancy making a single Reaper? I mean, your post is supposed to be a reply to that specific portion of my post. A single Reaper who has no chance against a single Reaper fleet?[/quote]

No, I dont' accept your delusional fantasiees.[/quote]
That is OK. I will keep quoting your post until you explain what you meant. 

Well, not really. I know what you mean, I just want to see you desperately trying to get out of the hole you have dug. There's your post, go explain it.

[quote][quote][quote]
According to you, all that TIM does is affirm that he'd put his own goals before anything else.[/quote]

so do you apprently. So what? His goal is to defeat the reapers.[/quote]

Source? All I have heard is about advancing humanity. He definitely doesn't want to destroy the Reapers, actually. And don't accuse me of metagaming. We are discussing TIM's "morality" and his record of failures.[/quote]

And his record is good enough.[/quote]
His record of failures? Of course.

Anyway, I'll be requoting my post, because, once again, you have utterly failed at replying towards it:

[quote][quote]
According to you, all that TIM does is affirm that he'd put his own goals before anything else.[/quote]

so do you apprently. So what? His goal is to defeat the reapers.[/quote]

Source? All I have heard is about advancing humanity. He definitely doesn't want to destroy the Reapers, actually. And don't accuse me of metagaming. We are discussing TIM's "morality" and his record of failures.



[quote]
You aren't backtracking out of this one so easily, ol' boy. So, according to you, there is a logical point in life. I want to hear it. Because it doesn't exist. Everyone will end up dead anyway, sooner or later, it doesn't matter. We are after all, just a few particles of mass, according to your...ethics. The wanna-be consequentialist one.[/quote]

I don't need to backtrack, because youre not making any sense. Find me a quite where I specificly say that there is a logical point in life. You won't. But it doesn't matter.
You are again, using philospohical bulls*** to justify your genocide.[/quote]
I'll do that exactly.

You accuse us of having "messed up morals", specifically replying to the notion that "It's better to die fighting than turn into your worst enemy". Of course, you are again, full of sh*t. The only value of life is given to it by ethics.

[quote][quote]
If you are still not getting it, I am simply sniping at your "morals".
People aren't born with price tags hanging from their ears. Every human value is crafted by ethics. Do you think that Human Rights existed forever? No. Moral people made them. To maintain what they wisely valued as right, and to protect others towards who they felt empathy.[/qujote]

And interesting that YOU are the one assiging value and judging people - deciding if they are "worthy" to live or not. Not me. [/quote]
But, alas, Lotion, I find it more intriguing that you are not assigning values to people.

I, and anyone else who believes in ethics, have assigned an equal value towards all people, considering all as equally worthy. You on the other hand, see every human as nothing but your personal toys, them holding no value at all, only existing to help you succeed in your goals.

Our lives are by themselves, of no value at all. We will eventually all die, anyway.
Our lives have value because we choose to give them one. And when we choose to value our lives, we choose the way of self-respect and respect towards the lives of others. We don't kill people unless we can avoid it, we don't brainwash anyone, and we sure as hell don't control an entire race to do our own bidding.

And yet, it is you who compares humans to bacteria.
Creatures of no importance, past their own survival.
There are worse things in life, than in death, and to think the opposite is a direct effect of cowardice upon facing your own mortality.


[quote]I'm not making any value judgments. I'm not saiyng that Timmy should die because the galaxy doesn't conform to my morals.[/quote]
And that is you, but it is not me.

No one talked about killing TIM, unless absolutely necessary,  but rather of stopping him from claiming any more lives. That needed to happen since ME2, and the revelations of ME3 make this even more important. And, hey if TIM even redeems himself through actual remorse, everyone is a winner.

What you, however, do, is dumb down TIM's hundreds if not thousands of direct victims as a mere difference in opinion, further showing what a monstrosity you have turned yourself into.

[quote]You are the one who casts out and proclaim millions of women and children (even those unborn) as worthless. Their lives are worthless. Their future is worthless. Their culture is worthless. Just because they are trying to survive. Yes, that's their big crime. Survival.[/quote]
Maybe in your wildest dreams. The mere choice of people dumbing down themselves to flesh and bones and nothing else doesn't make them immoral or even criminal. They are as worthy of saving as everyone else.

And we are talking about you personally here. You dismiss morals completely, yet you claim to be more than flesh and bone. You are lying to yourself.

Just as you are lying to yourself and everyone else when you proclaim that ethical people consider other people worthless. You have just accused them of actually putting "value" and "worthiness" to people, when they should not, and then you go ahead and accuse them of considering everyone but them as "worthless".

Let's see you backtrack out of this one, big boy.

[quote][quote]
Ethics. Yes.
Next time you think that it's bad that people act on their morals, and the world needs to be saved, regardless if we become as monstrous, or even worse than our enemies, please bang your head in the wall until you suffer a mind-changing concussion.[/quote]

Become as monstrous? Loosing all worth?
You already have become a monster. A monster willing to sacrifice anyone and anything for your own piece of mind.

Don't talk to me about ethics. You couldn't recognize them if they ran you over in a dreadnought.[/quote]
Dreadnoughts can't run over people. They are in space.

You dismiss any worth of the human life, and then accuse moralists of assigning worthiness to people, equally.
You certainly need someone to sit down by you and teach you some basic ethics.

Your irrational fear of death is the one which has rendered you incapable of understanding that it is worse to convict millions of people to a life of suffering, without any respect to any life but their own , than keeping them alive for a few more decades.



[quote][quote]
You'd cause amusement either way. To read a post discarding clean and pure "logic" which attacks your belief that people shouldn't act on what they feel right and recognize it as an amoralist worldview is beyond hillarious.
[/quote]

There's is nothing clean and pure in what you said. And neither do you describe my belief correctly.

[/quote][/quote]
It's OK Lotion. You aren't very good at reading, so I'll just quote myself again and again.

[quote]
You'd cause amusement either way. To read a post discarding clean and pure "logic" which attacks your belief that people shouldn't act on what they feel right and recognize it as an amoralist worldview is beyond hillarious. [/quote]


Since you can clearly not get this into your head, for the second time in a row, I'll just explain that "discard" stands for "abolish". Not "support". Regardless of what you wish I was saying.

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Lotion Soronarr

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Omilophile wrote...
Survival at any means is a crutch for the weak and fearful. Fear drives you, because you're afraid that what you have won't be enough. I don't need to stoop to a twisted, subhuman level to win. The reason is because you win no matter what thanks to game designers lol. Therefore Cerberus is unnecessary.



Those who are not prepared to fight for their survival tooth and nail are weak.
And your argument is flimsy adn stupid. "you will win no matter what" is not an argument.

It's like saing that Shepard deactivating his barriers and walking right into enemy fire is not a stupid thing for Shep to do, because the palyer cna always relaod a save game.