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shinobi602 wrote...

Fine, it'll just be me and you andy. We don't need them. Us two will do just fine in horde. See how handy my ninja skills came last night against those guys? :innocent:

:whistle:


Hey man, I'm pretty good with a shotgun these days, we'd be fine. Besides, we have that connection only "twins" can have, we'll be the perfect team, hehe. :lol:

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She does seem to think quite highly of her biotics. I suspect it drives her crazy that she is (in game terms) average and that Jack is better despite having no discipline or control.


Why do you figure?  She qualifies it by pointing out they are only good 'for a human'.

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What the heck is this horde game you guys keep talking about?

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andysilv87 wrote...

shinobi602 wrote...

Fine, it'll just be me and you andy. We don't need them. Us two will do just fine in horde. See how handy my ninja skills came last night against those guys? :innocent:

:whistle:


Hey man, I'm pretty good with a shotgun these days, we'd be fine. Besides, we have that connection only "twins" can have, we'll be the perfect team, hehe. :lol:


We'll just stay back to back:bandit:

One of those guys kept violating me in strange ways every time he downed me...pretty weird :ph34r:

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*feels so lost and alone and left out*

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Valmy wrote...

What the heck is this horde game you guys keep talking about?


Gears of War 2 buddy.

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shinobi602 wrote...

andysilv87 wrote...

shinobi602 wrote...

Fine, it'll just be me and you andy. We don't need them. Us two will do just fine in horde. See how handy my ninja skills came last night against those guys? :innocent:

:whistle:


Hey man, I'm pretty good with a shotgun these days, we'd be fine. Besides, we have that connection only "twins" can have, we'll be the perfect team, hehe. :lol:


We'll just stay back to back:bandit:

One of those guys kept violating me in strange ways every time he downed me...pretty weird :ph34r:


I'm...afraid to ask for anymore details. :?

@Valmy: Just talking about Gears of War mate, sorry to leave you feeling left out.

@Mavi: Get a 360! Me, you and Reavus would be the ultimate English team! ^_^

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For the "continuity errors make my head hurt" file: Timeline says the Blitz took place in 2176. Yet, in ME Haliat says he instigated the attack three years ago, in 2180. Which was it?


I try to ignore the timeline as much as possible.  I mean the timeline suggests humanity just arrived on the galactic stage a few decades ago but everybody acts as if they have been around for a century or more. 

It's even worse: humanity becomes a galactic power less than 30 years after they stopped being system-bound. That's laughable. In that time, humanity has founded so many colonies that the Turian councilor speaks of "a dozen human colonies" as if it weren't a great deal. 

It's not just that everybody acts as if humanity had been around for 300 years instead of 30, things really *are* as if they had been. It's my biggest worldbuilding issue with the ME universe, followed closely by inter-species romance. I can live with the latter, because it was clearly an important design feature, even though I'd have liked an explanation of that curious fact, but the timeline - that could've been done better without any unwanted side effects.

Modifié par Ieldra2, 03 avril 2010 - 05:50 .


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Valmy, let me rephrae. I think the fact that Jack is better than her at anything rankes, because she represents everything Miranda holds in contempt. Not to mention, they're both human, so Miranda could theoretically be as powerful.

Tangentially, having Miranda handle the barrier is the only wrong decision I can justify in game without Shep being either spiteful or stupid.

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Hey guys don't forget me! I owe Nadia and Flashy a game though, so who should we play some horde with eh? I got all my skillz lined up hehe, I can do anything ;)

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Hmmm...could be tempted if I found one cheap enough, would barely be used though so would 'have to be' cheap hehe....



Though least can use it through my pc monitor...one saving grace I guess...

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redBadger14 wrote...

Hey guys don't forget me! I owe Nadia and Flashy a game though, so who should we play some horde with eh? I got all my skillz lined up hehe, I can do anything ;)


Do I have you on my friend's list badger? What time zone are you in?

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Maviarab wrote...

Hmmm...could be tempted if I found one cheap enough, would barely be used though so would 'have to be' cheap hehe....

Though least can use it through my pc monitor...one saving grace I guess...


Do it! Do it! Do it! :o:O:O

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jtav wrote...

I don't know if any of you have read the "Abridged Mass Effect" parody, but there's a joke that Miranda is constantly saying "pick me, pick me!" during the suicide mission. Shep chooses her for the barrier, with the usual result. She does seem to think quite highly of her biotics. I suspect it drives her crazy that she is (in game terms) average and that Jack is better despite having no discipline or control.

I read that. It is quite funny - but I resent that the author went to great lengths to make Miranda the butt of his jokes but avoided making even a single one about Tali, who is *very* obviously his favorite character.

Apart from that, yes, I think it irks Miranda that Jack's better than she is. At first. Once she realizes the price Jack pays I think that would change. She still won't like her, of course.

BTW, I don't think she's average in game terms. Jack is better than her only in the narrative and in the suicide mission, never in normal gameplay, where Miranda is far more useful.

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Tangentially, having Miranda handle the barrier is the only wrong decision I can justify in game without Shep being either spiteful or stupid.

I think choosing Zaeed for the fire team is another wrong decision you can be excused for. After all, the man lead a mercenary company, you would expect him to do a bit better....

Modifié par Ieldra2, 03 avril 2010 - 06:03 .


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@shinobi: No I don't think you are. I'm in Eastern Standard Time in America. I'm not online right now but try sending a FR to my gamertag, it's the same as my username here. I my FL is full, send me a Live message telling me to remove someone and add you, kthnx :D

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Fine fine fine....lemme go check some prices.....and no Im not doing it for you :P

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Maviarab wrote...

Fine fine fine....lemme go check some prices.....and no Im not doing it for you :P


*Gets excited*

(Not like that Mavi, before you get any ideas ^_^)

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redBadger14 wrote...

@shinobi: No I don't think you are. I'm in Eastern Standard Time in America. I'm not online right now but try sending a FR to my gamertag, it's the same as my username here. I my FL is full, send me a Live message telling me to remove someone and add you, kthnx :D


Lol ok, I'm in the east too.

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Oh, I agree. Warp and Reave are really the only abilities worth having after they nerfed biotics. Judging by the little bit we saw, I also suspect Miranda would handily defeat Jack because of that self-control. Jack's stronger, but she brute forces everything. Miranda's capable of more finesse and creativity.

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Just gonna throw this out there...warp and reave? Did we all play the same game or did I get some uber fantastic version?



Shckwave is amazing in the game....

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Ieldra2 wrote...

jtav wrote...
Tangentially, having Miranda handle the barrier is the only wrong decision I can justify in game without Shep being either spiteful or stupid.

I think choosing Zaeed for the fire team is another wrong decision you can be excused for. After all, the man lead a mercenary company, you would expect him to do a bit better....



ahhh Zaeed did such a good job of leading that group he ended up getting shot in the face plus that all his stories after that point end up with "and im the only one that lived" yup good leader not sure i agree with seeing him as a fire team leader. nope i dont dislike Zaeed and think theirs no way to excuse him of anything (that last sentence may have been sarcasm i couldnt tell myself)


to the barrier im sure im the only one that read into her "in theory" as her kind of saying she wasnt so sure she could do it through she never say that out loud

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Maviarab wrote...

Just gonna throw this out there...warp and reave? Did we all play the same game or did I get some uber fantastic version?

Shckwave is amazing in the game....


I don't know man, it was always "Pull" & "Slam" for me.

Did that sound dirty? Or is my mind just in the gutter right now? :? Where's Nadia when you need her, lol.

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andysilv87 wrote...

Maviarab wrote...

Just gonna throw this out there...warp and reave? Did we all play the same game or did I get some uber fantastic version?

Shckwave is amazing in the game....


I don't know man, it was always "Pull" & "Slam" for me.

Did that sound dirty? Or is my mind just in the gutter right now? :? Where's Nadia when you need her, lol.

Your mind is definitely in the gutter, and that's a perfect cue for Nadia to make her entrance. *Looks around expectantly*


:D

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andysilv87 wrote...

Maviarab wrote...

Just gonna throw this out there...warp and reave? Did we all play the same game or did I get some uber fantastic version?

Shckwave is amazing in the game....


I don't know man, it was always "Pull" & "Slam" for me.

Did that sound dirty? Or is my mind just in the gutter right now? :? Where's Nadia when you need her, lol.


Miri can slam me any day.