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[Sable Rhapsody]

If you're wondering why I have an image of Solas' lips on my computer - it's for research.

I really like to dive into the game, studying its' lore, art and characters, it makes sense I'll have an image of the lips of such a prominent character in Dragon Age.

 

Your dedication to the lore is my mid-afternoon distraction

 

*stares shamelessly*

[Moondreamer01]

His lips are rather rosy

 

 

If you're wondering why I have an image of Solas' lips on my computer - it's for research.

I really like to dive into the game, studying its' lore, art and characters, it makes sense I'll have an image of the lips of such a prominent character in Dragon Age.

Hmmm, those lips. So very kissable...

[Shari'El]

Your dedication to the lore is my mid-afternoon distraction

 

*stares shamelessly*

 

-Nods-

 

I also made sure to capture the lips of said character in different angles and varying light sources.

 

[Sable Rhapsody]

-Nods-

 

I also made sure to capture the lips of said character in different angles and varying light sources.

 

You are a true scholar.  And a terrible enabler.  How am I supposed to write code while those lips are just one alt-tab away?! 

[Moondreamer01]

You are a true scholar.  And a terrible enabler.  How am I supposed to write code while those lips are just one alt-tab away?! 

And they look so damn real too. If not for the fact I know it's Solas, I would wonder if it's someone's picture!

[Elessara]

 

 

MY RANT

Spoiler

I am very excited for Fallout 4 and I usually don't get hyped about non-fantasy games!

The Elder Scrolls series was my first game love. Oblivion was the first game I dumped hours into playing instead of sitting behind my brother watching him play.

I used to watch him play Morrowind, sometimes I'd play for a bit to pick flowers or set up candles but he always did all the fighting because everything in the game freaked me out! XD My younger brother by the way! My mother got him a used copy of Oblivion for his birthday that he played for a little then lost interest in. That night I decided I'd make my own character just for the fun of it (I already loved character creation at this point and always made my brother's characters). I stayed up all night eating icecream sandwiches and playing my bada** red guard warrior, mage, rogue (what I was overwhelmed by the options!). To this day whenever I play an Elder Scrolls game I get a craving for icecream sandwiches XD

But anywho, I fell in love with the game, it was the first game I really played and put a interest in. When Skyrim came out I thought I'd never emerge from our family room, it was so awesome! Like nothing I'd ever played before. I spent hours reading books in game, decorating my home with odd trinkets I found lying around, and reloading so my stupid horse and stupid Meeko and stupid villagers would live through the dragon attack!

I found Origins later, when I was finally burned out of playing Skyrim. It was an amazing experience, the characters, the choices, the romance, and world. It was unbelievable. My mind categorized games in "crap my brothers liked (Halo, CoD, ect.) < and Bethesda games. Dragon Age completely changed that! I thought a good fantasy RPG was its ability to immersive you and free range to be who you wanted to be. I was wrong! DA was waaay more structured and linear, but the world felt more real!

I could never say I like BioWare better than Bethesda. I just hold the ability to hoard a crap ton of junk, to travel to the farthest reaches of the lands, and to kill unsuspecting NPCs on a whim to close to my heart, but BioWare excels at story and characters. BioWare is like reading a great book and Bethesda like playing make believe like you did when you were a kid! They're completely different, and I love that. A bit more character to Bethesda's worlds would be welcome, and a bit more expansion and fine-grained this is so tedious I love it (seriously spent so much time getting troll skulls to sit perfectly on my shelves!) would be awesome in BioWare. But at the end of the day they take different routes to what it means to be a RPG and I want that! They are both are sparkly gems of specialness in my mind, and I couldn't choose between the two!

I went off! 

 

 

I don't hate Bethesda .. I've put hundreds of hours into Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, and Fallout 3.  Actually if you add them all up it's well over a thousand hours I'm sure.  I'm usually a fantasy person but I liked Fallout 3 more than the Elder Scrolls games probably because in the ES games, I just don't connect with the character at all.  Your character is too much of a blank slate.  All you really have to go on is that somehow you ended up in prison/a prisoner.  I like to have more than that to go on.  But my first real rpg game was Baldur's Gate which I loved.

 

Oddly enough I preordered DAO on a whim because it looked like a game I would enjoy.  I had no idea what I was letting myself in for heh.

[Cee]

That is thorough research we can all appreciate.

[Shari'El]

You are a true scholar.  And a terrible enabler.  How am I supposed to write code while those lips are just one alt-tab away?! 

 

You're a programmer? 

[Rascoth]

If you're wondering why I have an image of Solas' lips on my computer - it's for research.

I really like to dive into the game, studying its' lore, art and characters, it makes sense I'll have an image of the lips of such a prominent character in Dragon Age.

-Nods-

 

I also made sure to capture the lips of said character in different angles and varying light sources.

We all appreciate that you shared your marvelous research material with us 

 

*meanwhile cries in the corner because she found pics of her first Solas romancer and all feels are back*

[Sable Rhapsody]

You're a programmer? 

 

I'm a science peon  Which means I wear a few different hats.  Lab manager, researcher, programmer, wrangler of undergrads, etc.

[Solas]

His lips are rather rosy

 

 

If you're wondering why I have an image of Solas' lips on my computer - it's for research.

I really like to dive into the game, studying its' lore, art and characters, it makes sense I'll have an image of the lips of such a prominent character in Dragon Age.

that's Dutch for fappin   'research' a likely story, I ask you 

[Shari'El]

I'm a science peon  Which means I wear a few different hats.  Lab manager, researcher, programmer, wrangler of undergrads, etc.

 

Hahaha  I'm a programmer, the fact I need to (and can) use internet at work makes it harder not to.. research other things.

 

[drosophila]

I'm a science peon  Which means I wear a few different hats.  Lab manager, researcher, programmer, wrangler of undergrads, etc.

 

python or MATLAB? Please tell me it's not Perl

[Solas]

Has anyone else noticed we're creepin up on the Cullen thread? We used to be behind them by several hundred more pages and now it's getting closer and closer

[midnight tea]

Speaking of research - just peeked on DA wiki in search of names for months they have. And the name for July (month I was born in?):
 

1st month: Verimensis / Wintermarch (Annum: First Day)

2nd month: Pluitanis / Guardian (Annum: Wintersend)

3rd month: Nubulis / Drakonis

4th month: Eluviesta / Cloudreach

5th month: Molioris / Bloomingtide (Annum: Summerday)

6th month: Ferventis / Justinian

7th month: Solis / Solace

8th month: Matrinalis / August (Annum: All Soul's Day)

9th month: Parvulis / Kingsway

10th month: Frumentum / Harvestmere

11th month: Umbralis / Firstfall (Annum: Satinalia)

12th month: Cassus / Haring

 

...

[Cee]

*adds thief of likes and peddler of smut to Sable's job description*

 

Actual picture of Sable wrangling an undergrad.

 

[drosophila]

Has anyone else noticed we're creepin up on the Cullen thread? We used to be behind them by several hundred more pages and now it's getting closer and closer

 

I've noticed, I've been loosely keeping track of this. I think we'll outpage them eventually. Which will officially make us the most viewed and biggest thread. 

[Sable Rhapsody]

python or MATLAB? Please tell me it's not Perl

 

Pascal, actually.  Or rather, MED-PC IV, which is a programming language for dummy behavioral scientists that then gets translated and put through a Pascal compiler.  I used to do some MATLAB, but I've forgotten most of it.  You lose programming language faster than real language if you don't practice.

 

 

Actual picture of Sable wrangling an undergrad.

 

Undergrads and cats are actually both highly food-motivated creatures.  Reinforcing good behavior with food reward works most of the time

[Cee]

 

Speaking of research - just peeked on DA wiki in search of names for months they have. And the name for July (month I was born in?):
 

1st month: Verimensis / Wintermarch (Annum: First Day)

2nd month: Pluitanis / Guardian (Annum: Wintersend)

3rd month: Nubulis / Drakonis

4th month: Eluviesta / Cloudreach

5th month: Molioris / Bloomingtide (Annum: Summerday)

6th month: Ferventis / Justinian

7th month: Solis / Solace

8th month: Matrinalis / August (Annum: All Soul's Day)

9th month: Parvulis / Kingsway

10th month: Frumentum / Harvestmere

11th month: Umbralis / Firstfall (Annum: Satinalia)

12th month: Cassus / Haring

 

...

 

 

Should we be worried about your plans for the world?

 

The one for my month, Kingsway....that was the name of my local movie theater growing up.
 

[Solas]

I've noticed, I've been loosely keeping track of this. I think we'll outpage them eventually. Which will officially make us the most viewed and biggest thread. 

WE WILL. tis only a matter of time my compadres. now FORWARD /o/

[Elessara]

Has anyone else noticed we're creepin up on the Cullen thread? We used to be behind them by several hundred more pages and now it's getting closer and closer

 

Cullen's story is pretty much over.  I doubt he'll appear in any more games unless it's a short cameo.  Solas however ... yeah.

[Cee]

Has anyone else noticed we're creepin up on the Cullen thread? We used to be behind them by several hundred more pages and now it's getting closer and closer

 

When Trespasser came out, the Cullen thread had about 15k more posts than this one. Now it's about 3k.
 

[Shari'El]

 

Speaking of research - just peeked on DA wiki in search of names for months they have. And the name for July (month I was born in?):
 

1st month: Verimensis / Wintermarch (Annum: First Day)

2nd month: Pluitanis / Guardian (Annum: Wintersend)

3rd month: Nubulis / Drakonis

4th month: Eluviesta / Cloudreach

5th month: Molioris / Bloomingtide (Annum: Summerday)

6th month: Ferventis / Justinian

7th month: Solis / Solace

8th month: Matrinalis / August (Annum: All Soul's Day)

9th month: Parvulis / Kingsway

10th month: Frumentum / Harvestmere

11th month: Umbralis / Firstfall (Annum: Satinalia)

12th month: Cassus / Haring

 

...

 

 

I was amused when I saw August is August 

But yeah, Solace/Solis, along with that village, Solas. I kind of wonder why.

Did they run out of names?

[Solas]

When Trespasser came out, the Cullen thread had about 15k more posts than this one. Now it's about 3k.
 

I hereby employ you as the Solas Thread Data Technician

i expect great things

hella piecharts

[midnight tea]

I was amused when I saw August is August 

But yeah, Solace/Solis, along with that village, Solas. I kind of wonder why.

 

Yeah.. makes me question whether going to Tevinter is a good idea after all! It seems to be his turf. Or was his turf? Then I suppose people inhabiting it may still be 'people he doesn't know'...