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[Hrungr]

Andrew Baker ‏@ABakerN7

hey, I'm still waiting for Nug Elope alright? Zither happened. And Zither is awesome

 

Blair Brown ‏@TheFiddzz

the people demand Nug Elope

 

Conal Pierse ‏@ConalPierse

I can't comment on the development status of any nug related products

[AlleluiaElizabeth]

If Claudia Black could not do it, I would hope she gives the nod to her on-screen study because nobody could replace her, IMO.

P.S. Would rather see Tom Hiddleston as Solas; already has Loki in his repertoire

You semi-kid, but I think Tom could play an amazing Solas. lol

 

 

 

Cori Nicole May ‏@genevrael

Watch @KarinWeekes get angrier and angrier about a new company policy. Gently remind her that it's April 1st. Make @bengelinas sad. #cantwin

 

I'm guessing it was @Bengelinas who told @KarinWeekes about the "company policy" in the first place? XD

 

And for the one liner video, I have to go with "Your defenses... have been breached." That made me actually pause the video so I could do my best Cassandra impression as I facepalmed.

[Hrungr]

Sean.psd ‏@strayner 

 

 

 

- Patrick Weekes and... Mike Laidlaw?

- WHAT COULD THEY BE TALKING ABOUT?

[nightscrawl]

^ As a hunched over gargoyle myself, I applaud PW for his posture there! Especially given that he likely spends large chunks of time sitting at a computer writing.

[BioFan (Official)]

 

Sean.psd ‏@strayner 

 

 

 

- Patrick Weekes and... Mike Laidlaw?

- WHAT COULD THEY BE TALKING ABOUT?

 

 

 

I know Sean has been taking photos of several of the devs lately, but today is April Fools. Nothing should be trusted. NOTHING. 

[Hrungr]

 

Sean.psd ‏@strayner 

Spoiler

 

 

 

- Patrick Weekes and... Mike Laidlaw?

- WHAT COULD THEY BE TALKING ABOUT?

 

 

Patrick Weekes ‏@PatrickWeekes

Hmmm...

 

Jo Berry ‏@Joanna_Berry

Remember: first to blink goes in the rancor pit.

[Hrungr]

I know Sean has been taking photos of several of the devs lately, but today is April Fools. Nothing should be trusted. NOTHING. 

 

You never know... but it feels a little late in the day to be starting April Fools shenanigans.

[DragonKingReborn]

You never know... but it feels a little late in the day to be starting April Fools shenanigans.

It's totally April 2nd here, so I'm calling this legit....*wishful thinking*

[Hrungr]

Sam Carter ‏@SamMaggs

I cannot thank everyone at @bioware enough for making my first week such an absolute delight!! (Yes I'm still kinda in disbelief about it)

[midnight tea]

It's totally April 2nd here, so I'm calling this legit....*wishful thinking*

 

SInce when Bioware needed April 1st to just mess with us? :/

[Hrungr]

User

*decloaks from lurking* Spirits are the ancestors of the elven people. ??? Close? http://wyrdsistersofthedas.tumblr.com/post/142100590137/uthenera-and-back-again-a-theory-on-the-origins …

 

Mike Laidlaw ‏@Mike_Laidlaw

Great read, but I can’t confirm or deny it until the games do one way or the other.

 

Patrick Weekes ‏@PatrickWeekes

Awww, I was gonna give a clear and unambiguous answer, but I guess if we can't...

 

Patrick Weekes ‏@PatrickWeekes

(And also agreed! Fascinating reading and great to see what conclusions people draw.)

[QueenPurpleScrap]

 

User

*decloaks from lurking* Spirits are the ancestors of the elven people. ??? Close? http://wyrdsistersof...n-the-origins …

 

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Interesting. And it connects with a weird little theory of my own that I was playing with: according to the Chant, the Maker created the Veil . . . ergo the Maker = Solas. 

 

I haven't fleshed it out yet. I'm still working out the Andraste business but am thinking along the lines of Ameriden - you know, really an elf and a mage changed by history.

[Gilli]

Interesting. And it connects with a weird little theory of my own that I was playing with: according to the Chant, the Maker created the Veil . . . ergo the Maker = Solas. 

 

I haven't fleshed it out yet. I'm still working out the Andraste business but am thinking along the lines of Ameriden - you know, really an elf and a mage changed by history.

 

I have my own little theory about Andraste 

Spoiler

I say Andraste was a mage, because most of the things ascribed to her remind me of DAO spells

 

The Maker's sword was creation itself: fire and flood, famine and earthquake. [X]

 

Flaming Weapons, Frost Weapons and Earthquake are all spells of the Primal Tree

 

Famine could be a general nod to the Entropy Tree which has spells like Life Drain, Weakness etc.

 

As for the Maker(Solas?), I say he was a Spirit and possessed her.

 

She was an Alamarri, which are related to the Avvar. In JoH we learn that every Avvar mage gets possessed by their teacher. A spirit that guides them.

So I thought maybe the Spirit that possessed Andraste was the Maker.

 

This also made me think, what if Maferath didn't kill Andraste out of jealousy, but because she had turned into an Abomination? 

 

This was just a short-summary of my thoughts about her.

I once wrote a really long text about it in the Origin Chat, but forgot to screenshot it. 

[Hrungr]

The Dialogue Wheel ‏@DialogueWheel

Another week, another great @BioWare interview. This time Renata and Justin from the @DragonAgeKeep team! http://bit.ly/1RFd2v3 

 

Dragon Age Keep ‏@DragonAgeKeep

IT WAS AWESOME WE HAD A GREAT TIME!

 

Justin Edmond ‏@iAmSparkkie

YOU DONT SPEAK FOR ME! I had a great time, thanks for having me on

[Hrungr]

GDX Edmonton ‏@GDXEdmonton

Lead designer of #DragonAge will be coming to #GDX2016 to talk about Game Design. Come listen to @Mike_Laidlaw.

http://gdx2016.eventbrite.ca

[Hrungr]

BioWare ‏@bioware

Arrows. Arrows. Arrows. Sera by Feli Tomkinson http://bit.ly/1YbCNag  #DragonAge

 

[Hrungr]

Cori Nicole May ‏@genevrael

.@User found the Arishonk needing his own parking space this morning. Next it'll be the Viscount's head.

 

 

Cameron Harris ‏@camharr

I love following the BioGeese's adventures every year.

[ElitePinecone]

Cameron Harris ‏@camharr

I love following the BioGeese's adventures every year.

 

 

 

SAME

[Rascoth]

SAME

You're getting a like because THAT TITLE 

[Hrungr]

BioWare ‏@bioware

The stories behind some of our favorite mugs: http://bit.ly/1SNMn1D 

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

Mugshots

 

April 4, 2016 by Sean Trayner

 

Coffee and tea propel productivity in offices across the world, and BioWare is no exception to this rule. Behind each fresh brew is a vessel to contain these life-giving liquids. And when you use the same mug each morning, you start to get attached to it.

Below is a small cross-section of some of our developers’ prized porcelain and the stories that come with them.

 

 

My “Yes Sir” mug was a gift from Patrick Weekes.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Patrick across multiple projects, and have discovered over the years that Patrick has an amazing knack for on-the-fly sycophancy. At a moment’s notice, he’s capable of delivering a remarkably sarcastic, yet utterly obsequious, compliment on one’s skills as a leader or manager, usually with the phrase “MisterLaidlawSir” appended to the end as a sign of joking (non-) respect.

Funnily, every time I look at it, the “Yes Sir” mug brings to mind a time he deployed this skill not with me but with Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah. The quote—which should be delivered in an overly keen and intensely nasal manner—was “Well, MisterDarrahSir, if I’ve achieved anything at this company, it’s because you inspired me to reach up, so that I might kiss the ass of giants!”

 

I grew up in New Mexico, and this mug makes me happy when I miss it: the blue is the color of the summer sky, and I flew hot-air balloons when I lived there. We did a high-altitude flight once, and were briefly above the Sandia Mountains just like the balloons in this picture. Taos Pueblo makes me feel connected with my native roots. It all makes me smile. Also the mug holds an entire can of soup, which is perfection.

 

 

Robocup, a birthday present from one of BioWare’s finest producers. Coffee or tea, you’re drinking with me!

 

 

What is it? – A teapot.

What do you use it for? – To make tea.

Holy !@#$% why is it so dirty? – 1. You aren’t supposed to wash your teapot; it improves the laminar flow of the pour and reduces drips (though I can find no internet corroboration of this). 2. Laziness.

 

 

I use an Aladdin Migo wide-base travel mug with a very secure lid—allowing me to carry coffee without spilling, thus compensating for my low DEX score.

 

 

I wrote on Twitter that I wished I had a mug that said, “If this mug’s a noggin’, don’t come a knockin’,” and a few weeks later, this showed up in the mail. If I’d known that’s what I was spending my wish on, I would have asked for something less selfish. Like year-round egg nog.

 

 

My wife made the mug for me during Dragon Age: Inquisition‘s development. I’ve been a coffee drinker since age 16, and normal coffee cups didn’t hold enough coffee for me. With the aptly named “John Likes Coffee” mug, I could put four cups in and then drink it all before it got cold. My caffeine needs have gone down since then, but the mug waits—ready to re-enter service when I need it most.

 

 

This mug belongs to Sylvia Feketekuty and is a survivor of a set of mugs Karin Weekes made for the ME3 writing pit just before Mass Effect 3 went gold. The game includes a “cave drawing” of a krogan riding a dinosaur, and these mugs celebrate the team moment that lead to it: John Dombrow had several awesome dinosaurs on his desk, and Karin had a Grunt action figure on hers. During various spirited writer room discussions, Grunt MAY have ridden a few dinosaurs. This was around the time Preston Watamaniuk, our Lead Designer, wanted the writing team to do some ambient planet-scan-and-collect missions related to general war assets, and he’d written out an asset list for us.
 
Patrick: HE thought he was putting in general examples, but >I< thought he wanted exactly what he had written in there. Like “Fossilized Kakliosaur,” which I looked at and went, “How the heck am I supposed to make that help the war effort?”
 
Sylvia: At which point a “Jurassic Park dinosaur-in-amber” discussion started. We were all maybe a little punchy, which explains why it seemed like such a great idea.
 
Karin: So Patrick wrote it up and sent them back for review. When Preston subsequently came into the room to say, “Wait, WHAT is going ON in here? You actually made kakliosaurs?”, we launched into a simultaneous, impassioned defense of the idea. Preston remained dubious until John put Grunt on the T-Rex to illustrate the awesomeness of KROGAN RIDING DINOSAURS, and that stunning visual won him over.
 
John: About that time, I needed a cave painting in the Genophage mission to show off ancient krogan cave art. Thanks to our awesome artists, that painting eventually came to fruition; we put it into the caves where Shepard and squadmates get lost for a bit.

Anything is possible when you work as a team.

 

 

NOTE: This whole article is FAIL without Derek Hollan...

[Hrungr]

Dragon Age ‏@dragonage

What makes Flemeth so intriguing? #DragonAge

 

[Hrungr]

John Epler @ Home ‏@eplerjc

Watching our GDC talk on the Vault. I talk with my hands a -lot-.

[Hrungr]

Cameron Harris ‏@camharr

Mumbling to myself as I edit. You have to read stuff out loud to hear if it works. Most important thing for writers and editors to do.

 

Cameron Harris ‏@camharr

I hope it's providing entertainment to my nearby colleagues as well.

 

John Epler @ Home ‏@eplerjc

I do this all the time. Biggest reason I can never write in a coffee shop.

 

Cameron Harris ‏@camharr

ur doin it rite

 

John Epler @ Home ‏@eplerjc

bonus: when I do cinematics, I gesture and emote at my desk to see if it feels right.

 

Cameron Harris ‏@camharr

def doin it rite

[Reznore57]

Well must be fun to watch John Epler prepare for a romance scene.

[Elhanan]

Well must be fun to watch John Epler prepare for a romance scene.

Especially if he forgets and is in a coffee house