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#4151
SmilesJA

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Yeah. That white hair is a total turn off. I mean the rest of him is sexy but that white hair is a deal breaker. Plus his chin is too manly. He's too tall. His shoulders too broad. His muscles to well formed. ..Uh. yeah.  :lol:

 

I always felt that Geralt was a boring character. Until Witcher 3 where he really opened up. Oh wait we're off topic are we? XD


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#4152
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While I haven't watched it myself, I've gotten the impression that one of the points that many dislike is that Voldemort has a child with Bellatrix Lestrange which, given that he was pursuing immortality, would be kind of an odd thing especially, I think, given the way he was trying to attain immortality.

 

Also and this is only my interpretation of his character, I cannot see him as having much, if any, interest in the kind of thing that can lead to a child. Maybe in his younger years in Hogwarts but after that, I just don't think it seems like something he'd do.
 

 

I can't believe Bellatrix cheated on Rodolphus, the tart. 


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Well, I could not find the post I was looking at yesterday but basically, yeah, I see the same attitude from some on tumblr that the bioware forums are accused of having. It tends to just be that the attitude is on the opposite.
 
Example: I saw a post that said that the only reason people were interested in Wrench from Watch Dogs 2 is because he's white.  

 

For the record, here is what Wrench looks like; http://static9.cdn.u...EMEA_258707.jpg & http://static9.cdn.u...EMEA_258705.jpg

 

He's wearing emote goggles, is dressed like a human procupine and in my personal opinion, sounds like he's fun but yeah, sure, him being white is why people are interested in him.

 

Then there's the post, which I've also seen elsewhere, that basically says you are not allowed to like Wrench if you wanted a black protagonist in more games.


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While I haven't watched it myself, I've gotten the impression that one of the points that many dislike is that Voldemort has a child with Bellatrix Lestrange which, given that he was pursuing immortality, would be kind of an odd thing especially, I think, given the way he was trying to attain immortality.

 

Also and this is only my interpretation of his character, I cannot see him as having much, if any, interest in the kind of thing that can lead to a child. Maybe in his younger years in Hogwarts but after that, I just don't think it seems like something he'd do.
 

 

Theres also a ton of ridiculous nonsense with time-turners (which still exist because **** you) allowing the main characters to go back decades and create alternate realities, despite time-turners not working that way. Plus just generally **** characterization of older characters.


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AngryFrozenWater...you should make that a TOP for every page! But it will need an OT title I think.

 

Might need a couple mods for the eyelashes and eyebrows, but this isn't the right thread, or section, for that.

Sorry. Can't do that. The OT-forum is closed for some reason. :P


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Wait what about the new book (or play) was bad? It's okay to spoil it as I'm not really interested in it.

 

In one brief sentence: Cursed Child has decharacterized the Harry Potter universe as we know it. The characters, the laws of magic, most of it were distorted and fit into a nonsensical plot.

 

Found this review, which summarizes the main problems with the book. I highly reccomend you read it: https://www.inverse....story-not-canon


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Theres also a ton of ridiculous nonsense with time-turners (which still exist because **** you) allowing the main characters to go back decades and create alternate realities, despite time-turners not working that way. Plus just generally **** characterization of older characters.

 

Here is confirmation of what byne is saying: the plot involving the Time-Turners contradicts the very laws of magic Rowling herself created for how they function.

 

The image was taken from the very official online source for Harry Potter: Pottermore.

 

Spoiler

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There was a guy called Joe on facebook (among the huge mob of fans literally lynching Bioware right now), who posted he is big fan of ME and then expressed his big disappointment for the BSN's closing and the impending deletion of thousand of very useful posts throughout the years (solving bugs, glitches, mods, blogs, etc)

 

and this is the reply Priestly was very quick to give him,

 

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That reply must has been posted either immediately before or after Priestly came here to post his all sentimental adieu to BSN forum community. Does he suffer from split personalities?

 

The replies from Bioware have been much friendlier.........and so very useful,

 

 "BioWare technical support will continue to be available through help.ea.com and answers.ea.com."

 

Do they know that those sites usually never have an answer or if they have one, is "We strongly recommend you to go to BSN to find a solution to your problem".

I'm "that Joe guy." Didn't realize at the time who Chris Priestly was. Even knowing that, wouldn't change anything, including my response, which was: 

"Chris Priestly So... should Steam also close their forums to encourage users to look for "new opportunities", discourage them from dwelling on negatives and discourage them from criticizing without factual basis? How about Ubisoft, should they close their forums for the same reasons?"


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In one brief sentence: Cursed Child has decharacterized the Harry Potter universe as we know it. The characters, the laws of magic, most of it were distorted and fit into a nonsensical plot.

 

Found this review, which summarizes the main problems with the book. I highly reccomend you read it: https://www.inverse....story-not-canon

 

Sssesh, that is very bad.



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I'm "that Joe guy." Didn't realize at the time who Chris Priestly was. Even knowing that, wouldn't change anything, including my response, which was: 

"Chris Priestly So... should Steam also close their forums to encourage users to look for "new opportunities", discourage them from dwelling on negatives and discourage them from criticizing without factual basis? How about Ubisoft, should they close their forums for the same reasons?"

 

Criticism doesn't necessarily mean harassment.


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I'm "that Joe guy." Didn't realize at the time who Chris Priestly was. Even knowing that, wouldn't change anything, including my response, which was: 

"Chris Priestly So... should Steam also close their forums to encourage users to look for "new opportunities", discourage them from dwelling on negatives and discourage them from criticizing without factual basis? How about Ubisoft, should they close their forums for the same reasons?"

 

Jesus Christ! How can you live with yourself after being so extremely toxic?!


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Theres also a ton of ridiculous nonsense with time-turners (which still exist because **** you) allowing the main characters to go back decades and create alternate realities, despite time-turners not working that way. Plus just generally **** characterization of older characters.

 

What the HP franchise needed was not yet another whiny story about drama and daddy issues, but something like "The Aurors".

The new "fantastic beasts" movie at least seems more about adventure than the usual pathetic drama and "power of love".


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Wait, so that guy thinks MEA is going to be disappointing already?
 
You see when people write stuff from a biased viewpoint they give others the chance to misconstrue and twist their words :)


Heh heh. Yeah, the thought that ME:A might be good enough to not generate significant negative criticism didn't seem to occur to him. Despite his sycophantic bias for Bioware. I think Bioware's astonishing ineptitude for PR is catching.
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lol



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Jesus Christ! How can you live with yourself after being so extremely toxic?!


"That Joe Guy" needs to keep that Toxic energy at Facebook. We don't need to give them any reason to close the BSN even sooner!

Side note: He's like, BSN famous now. I'm jelly. :P
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I think this former BW employee is taking the saying "You don't defecate where you eat" way too seriously, that only applies when you are still on their payroll.

 

He may still comment regarding the closure of forums as a customer, but I sincerely doubt any customer would enjoy having an official forum to converse about BW products being taken away from them, even with all this negativity around


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If that is their stance on the matter then Bioware's era has truly met it's fin. I say that as a way to say goodbye. I won't lie that i did enjoy this place years ago, yet with the mistreatment of their fans, trying to pin it on us for their faults such as "spreading hate, etc, and not showing a strong force on the BSn.

 

Think of this as Salutary Neglect. Bioware let the BSn run it's own course for too long, and when the ME3 ending hit the media it was an end game for Bioware right from the start. They tried to do so much damage control, only to further cause damage by having multiple endings stand as the are, and not easily clarify many things that stuck out of ME3's end run. All I can say is I hope Bioware has gotten their plans straightened out, yet this action is Biowares true stance on the fans and rather have a market of money rather than a fan base feed back to which many have been apart of in the days of Jade Empire, KoToR, and more.


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Devs joining the new forums is one more thing that highlights the lack of logic and nonsensical nature of the reasons given for the closure. We're closing the forums because devs no longer have the time, energy or desire to be here. Instead they are going to use even more time and energy to be on multiple new forums. LOL
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The decision has been made, accept it and move on. BioWare doesn't care and showing how much this move hurt you won't change anything. People are saving the important threads, that's all we need really. Let the rest die in peace and remember it fondly.

 

It's a decision that makes no and a lot of sense at the same time. It's a mistake and we all know it. It has been said a hundred times by now, let's just stop here.

 

BioWare doesn't value their fanbase anymore, so why should we waste any time or energy on them? We already know that nothing we do or say will have any effect. Instead we should take a deep breath, lean back and watch them struggle with their social media. In a year or two they'll need a place for ME:A Multiplayer, a place they can moderate themselves because Reddit is not going to work for that and all their other options are even worse for weekly balance threads and similiar things. They'll have to create a new forum for that then... or watch their shiny new game go down in flames because there is no multiplayer without an online community.

 

I wonder what their marketing team had to say about closing the forum, or if they were consulted at all.

 

Self made problem* aggravated over years until the only easy solution left was to burn it all down. Because hiring an actual community manager to connect the fanbase with the devs through the forum would be too difficult, they'd have to undo years of damage first and then navigate the BioWare office politics to get the information they need to answer the questions coming up in the forum.

Someone was clever and decided that a complete reboot would solve most problems with the forum. In typical BioWare manner they overlooked the new problems that would create though.

"We don't want to deal with critique anymore, so we're concentrating on venues where we have little or no control over posts." - BioWare logic. ^^

 

So, an era comes to an end. Remember the good times and move on. There will be new memories made in the future. Maybe not based on a BioWare game, but does that really matter to us in the end? It's not like they are the only game studio around.

 

 

*I especially love the part about the self fulfilling prophecy of "The BioWare forums are toxic!" Yeah well, if you repeat it over and over again, people will believe it and that changes how they interact here


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I also canceled my Pre-Order for ME:A...I mean what am I supposed to do play it once?

Come on. What if I have questions? What if I want to discuss the lore, the new world, someone's (what's the word Alistair used) hindquarters, what I did wrong in the romance? Where will I turn to without the forums? They will not be here. Will they?

I am living in some fantasy world where the ending changes. That doesn't happen here, does it?

I concur. After a while of being member on here and several BioWare releases since, playing MEA without having access to an official discussion board will be quite the oddity.


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I would take CP, DG, Stan, and Bioware over many here. ME:A also pre-ordered.

Sad that the forums are closing, but I do not drink; too much whine around the place as is.
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I would take CP, DG, Stan, and Bioware over many here. ME:A also pre-ordered.

Sad that the forums are closing, but I do not drink; too much whine around the place as is.

Hey, I'm surprised. You are out of character. Is that sarcasm? I thought you would stand above that. After all, a person like you, who defends the values, virtues, and ethics of Bioware, wouldn't want to make a place like this "toxic", would you?


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"You know, I just can't believe that things have gotten so bad in this city that there's no way back. I mean sure, it's messy, it's crowded and it's polluted, and there are people who would just as soon step on your face rather than look at you. But come on! There's got to be a few sparks of sweet humanity left in this burned-burg. We just gotta find a way to moblize it!"--Ray, Ghostbusters 2.

I had to get that out there. The BSF/BSN is like that for me. Sure, it's like a noisy crowded city. Sure, there are bad neighborhoods and you have people throwing garbage in the streets. Yes, the police presence in some areas is very lacking. But there are plenty of folks willing to give someone a hand when the other needs it. There are folks that are happy to share support and friendship through loss.

It's our city. Give us some of the tools and we can start to get this place cleaned up. Many of us know what some of the problems really are. It's amazing how many moderation issues that folks that (again) normally disagree are supporting each other on. We've seen the problem posters, such as one person that wouldn't stop whining about Cassandra's manly jaw. We know how to nip that in the bud.

Don't throw it away because of behavior largely committed in 2012. The short term investment boost (I noticed that big drop in January of EA's stocks) isn't worth the long term damage to your fans. I know the next EA quartely ends on the 12th of this month. It doesn't showcase how much faith you have in your company when you drop the official forums. Much less delete it. It's gonna hurt your bottom line, as well as your reputation. Please, don't do this just because a few employees loved to talk crap about the forums. Please don't do it because you're afraid of the backlash. For the majority of the posters I've seen and read on this forum, we're here because we love your games.

Many of us weren't active during some of worst of it (like Straight Male Gamer and the death/rape/gods know what else threats,) and others were around but didn't partake in some of the alarming insanity from the ME3 backlash. Most of the people I've talked on the forums, even some of the most critical of BioWare's decisions, felt that death threats against BioWare employees or fans over things like mods or game design was too darned far.

I wish people would stop throwing around death threats and horrific insults because of video games.

We know this city. Please, don't throw a MOAB on this place and reduce it to dust. Give us the tools to clean it up, with a little bit of support, and we can show you that we aren't this awful, destructive, malignant evil on the reputation of EA or BioWare.

I know this post is largely going to fall on deaf ears/blind eyes. I already see those posts coming and no one needs to tell me that. But I'm a stubborn lady and as long as I have a voice here, I'm going to use it. :P
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In one brief sentence: Cursed Child has decharacterized the Harry Potter universe as we know it. The characters, the laws of magic, most of it were distorted and fit into a nonsensical plot.

 

Found this review, which summarizes the main problems with the book. I highly reccomend you read it: https://www.inverse....story-not-canon

 

Good lord, they turned Beep Boop into a Death Eater?


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I didn't expect to find Harry Potter new book spoilers in here out of all places.... <_<


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