As self appointed Grand Archivest, I think we can all agree that we can strike the thread from the record. Really all of it if we're being honest. Nobody needs to be reminded of this particular chapter in history. *holds down delete button until sticky keys prompt pops up*
Some of the more lewd stuff was deleted.
Thankfully.
That whole first page that's linked is terrible. I don't understand the fascination with "bedroom etiquette" talk involving virtual characters to such an extent. Checked out the previous page for context and yeah, the entire romance section deserved to hold that permanent L when it got locked.
I don't have an issue with things like that being discussed. It's not hurting anyone. Let them have their chats I say.
When it becomes an issue where threats of sexual violence occur, as did occur somewhere within a 10-20 page vicinity of the linked page either way, then yes, that's when things get serious.
You know who else I miss?
Qistina.
I miss translating some of Qistina's posts into proper English. Some of her posts had decent thought processed behind them, but they were brought down because English was her second language.
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I don't have an issue with things like that being discussed. It's not hurting anyone. Let them have their chats I say.
When it becomes an issue where threats of sexual violence occur, as did occur somewhere within a 10-20 page vicinity of the linked page either way, then yes, that's when things get serious.
I'm not sure I'm going to be able to stomach 10-20 pages in the "next page" direction. Poor Luis has already been mentally destroyed multiple times and the sensitivity is making me cringe.
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Well... I found the thread. Most of it...
I forgot how disturbing this was.
http://forum.bioware...ect-3/page-2573
It goes on for several pages.
Speaking of users who disappeared, I've had some good discussions with The Angry One when ME3 was released.
She was staunch and even a little abrasive in her opinions of the game but wasn't delusional like other users.
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Speaking of users who disappeared, I've had some good discussions with The Angry One when ME3 was released.
She was staunch and even a little abrasive in her opinions of the game but wasn't delusional like other users.
I think even David makes good points sometimes.
*Don't shoot*
I think even David makes good points sometimes.
*Don't shoot*
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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Mirandalorians know how to post fast and loose.
Lol haven't seen "Mirandalorians" in a while. Is that word still in use? I haven't frequented any part of the Mass Effect forums since the switch so I wouldn't know. I remember a few posters getting uptight about being called that for some reason.
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He was lurking around my profile about a week ago. I think it's because I told him that Miranda was boring.
Lol haven't seen "Mirandalorians" in a while. Is that word still in use? I haven't frequented any part of the Mass Effect forums since the switch so I wouldn't know. I remember a few posters getting uptight about being called that for some reason.
Okay, this is a bit of a cross-fandom tangent but I think it needs to be said. Every fandom has its group of people who become so obsessed with 1 part of the lore or setting that they end up being hyper-annoying. Dragon Age had its elves. Mass effect had the quarians or geth depending on who you asked. For star wars, its the mandalorians. I've mostly interacted with em via rps and such, but by god can they be a pissy bunch, especially if things don't go exactly how they want it. Like, here's a conversation with one of these types, "Mandalorians are a proud warrior race who could beat anyone including the sith or jedi and its only incompetent writers that hold them back as a proud race with an ancient culture, me and my VOD, that's mandalorian for comrade in arms cause I'm betting you didn't even know that, should be given the ability to auto-kill any faction that isn't mandalorian for lore reasons. They're the best thing to come out of star wars, here let me go into detail about how many clans there are and what each one of their gangland style symbols mean and vomit barf my fandom all in your face".
It's what makes it so funny to call miranda fans mirandalorians. 
And now you know.
The Miranda thread was my first real exposure to these forums
Baptism by fire and all that
I am glad I was never really a fan of Miranda then... 
I only kept track (if you can call it that) of the Tali thread during ME2 because it would go 1k+ posts within a single day. I think there were ten takes of that thread in one week.
He was lurking around my profile about a week ago. I think it's because I told him that Miranda was boring.
Creepy....
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Even Casey Hudson called Miranda "simple" once. Maybe he should stalk him too.
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He was lurking around my profile about a week ago. I think it's because I told him that Miranda was boring.
It's what makes it so funny to call miranda fans mirandalorians.
And knowing is half the battle!
Okay, this is a bit of a cross-fandom tangent but I think it needs to be said. Every fandom has its group of people who become so obsessed with 1 part of the lore or setting that they end up being hyper-annoying. Dragon Age had its elves. Mass effect had the quarians or geth depending on who you asked. For star wars, its the mandalorians. I've mostly interacted with em via rps and such, but by god can they be a pissy bunch, especially if things don't go exactly how they want it. Like, here's a conversation with one of these types, "Mandalorians are a proud warrior race who could beat anyone including the sith or jedi and its only incompetent writers that hold them back as a proud race with an ancient culture, me and my VOD, that's mandalorian for comrade in arms cause I'm betting you didn't even know that, should be given the ability to auto-kill any faction that isn't mandalorian for lore reasons. They're the best thing to come out of star wars, here let me go into detail about how many clans there are and what each one of their gangland style symbols mean and vomit barf my fandom all in your face".
It's what makes it so funny to call miranda fans mirandalorians.
Any real Star Wars fan would know that all of those aspects of Mandalorians was created almost exclusively by Karen Traviss, who is an acknowledged nut that Lucasfilm and other authors found difficult to work with. She retconned Mandalorians heavily, highly inflated their position, and took to targeting anyone who challenged her extremely negative opinions of Jedi and other factions that she didn't agree with. And she did this while proudly pronouncing that she didn't care about or read any of the supplemental material given to her to give perspective on how other parts of the SW EU dealt with Mandalorians. In fact, she did that with the universe as a whole. When challenged by several fans who had intimate knowledge of the lore and especially the KotOR/TOR era of the galaxy and the Mandalorians then (who are portrayed as brutal conquerors who more or less war for sport, commit genocide against races they deem dishonorable or unworthy, and enslave everyone else they conquer, and in which this portrayal of Mandalorians is by and large seen as the much more common and supported portrayal in almost all non-Traviss related works), Traviss didn't even address the issue, but simply fell back and said something along the lines of "See, these are the rabid Talifan Jedi supporters that have this delusion that something like the Jedi are a good idea, and they're the ones who mercilessly attack and degrade my work and writing abilities." She's also been known to send angry letters to authors who dealt with Mandalorians after her involvement with them, who portray them in much more negative terms (which tend to be more realistic in the Universe), and she has stated that she doesn't deal in Fantasy, only hard science fiction (which Star Wars is not.) I think you could go on for days about Traviss and the **** she always pulls in every universe. She tried it in Halo, but 343 put a damper on that real quick, outright explicitly telling her to keep to the material they told her to stick to.
Granted, I can't think of many Miranda fans who might fit this description honestly. I'm arguably one of the more hard-core ones, and I certainly don't think I go that far in defending her. I usually pull out the defense on people who are being complete idiots or aren't thinking. Which, as you may know, tends to be quite frequent on these boards.
Even Casey Hudson called Miranda "simple" once. Maybe he should stalk him too.
It was the idea of a lot of Miranda fans at the time that Hudson wasn't very fond of Miranda.
There was an interview he did once where he said she was supposed to be a 'temptress' figure for Shepard, and one time post-ME3, when he was doing a live panel about the final results of the trilogy run and player choices, he asked a group of fans in the audience about whether they were more for Jack or Miranda. I don't know if the video is still up, but he pretty clearly heavily favored Jack, as he had a "Do you want this?" then referenced Miranda, where he encouraged the audience to do a meh, leave it alone sort of expression to Jack where he was much more passionate about and encouraged the audience to support Jack.
I mean, I can't complain. Someone at BW obviously got the message that after ME3, several of the ME2 squadmates who were romances got especially left out in the rain, and Citadel really fixed those romances quite a bit. It's why I'd even go so-far as to say that, content-wise, Miranda feels like she might actually be the 'best' LI for a Male-Shepard (player preference aside of course).
Yeah, I like Miranda and all, but I really don't care if others don't like her. People like different characters, it's natural.
I kind of regret not being here after me3. It seems there'd have been a lot of threads I'd enjoy reading
I can understand this; that said (and I'll do it for a lot of people), I will defend her when people are being stupid about their dislike. That's more of my own overwhelming desire to be orderly and correct than anything else.
Lol haven't seen "Mirandalorians" in a while. Is that word still in use? I haven't frequented any part of the Mass Effect forums since the switch so I wouldn't know. I remember a few posters getting uptight about being called that for some reason.
Well, in all honesty, it is a rather derisive moniker. I mean, look at Brotarian's description of Mandalorians in the Star Wars universe, and look at how he portrays them.
It's really not meant to be flattering.
Don't think I'm getting on your case here. I'm just trying to give you perspective on why someone wouldn't like being called that.
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