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[*Kioux*]

The joy of Internet abbreviations! I admit I do tend to use 'lol' and sometimes 'rofl' but that's about it. Being confronted with a bunch of letters that don't make any sense to me is rather frustrating. The attempt of making things faster to read and type turns out to be a challenge for me and I usually need more time to decipher it than it would have taken to spell it out.

And now I am not even sure if that sentence makes any sense at all..

[*Kioux*]

I keep having massive problems with the forums today. It's down for 10-15 minutes and then works again... it's getting rather annoying.

[Nightodie]

In my line of work we use a lot of abbreviations.  I found when I was righting I would revert to the abbreviations I use for work, so if I had to write the word towards for example I would right twds and then when I would reread it I would find it.  or I would be updating a unit and be on the wrong screen.  Our officer use numbers and then there are number codes to add the information into the computer - Yesterday I was reading my fic and I found this sentance:
He couldn’t help himself he put his arms 107 7 37 around her to comfort her – her crying was breaking his heart
as you can see I tried to update a unit's location in the middle of the sentence. silly me.
and just so we stay on topic / which of course is Kaidan:

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[Sialater]

Kioux wrote...

I keep having massive problems with the forums today. It's down for 10-15 minutes and then works again... it's getting rather annoying.

You're not the only one.

[Shenzi]

Just put up the latest chapter for my fic Just Because Horizon Was That Bloody Awful, more Shenko fluff!

Thank you Ki, Sia and Flaky for your patience with me as usual .
Feedback on the story is always appreciated.

I am out of here for an hour or so, just found out that today's the first day for pickup at the organic farm I belong too, hopefully the forums will be behaving better once I get back.

[fortunesque]

Herro everyone!



I hope they get that dlc announcement out of the way so we can all be like, "that figures" rather than "omg could it be Kaikais?"

[Sialater]

My husband did it. He killed Kaidan and kept Ashley for his ME2 import.

[sagefic]

 morning. just stopping by to say hi and drop off a kaiden. he's not lovely and unshirted like some of these, but here he's contemplating how much he doesn't get women (you know the line i mean)

Modifié par sagequeen, 11 mai 2010 - 04:45 .

[*Kioux*]

Sialater wrote...

My husband did it. He killed Kaidan and kept Ashley for his ME2 import.

*mumbles incoherent insults in German*
LoL... j/k. I am not really surprised... men are man (yes I am generalizing). It gets bad when he tries to rub it in.

[Sialater]

Kioux wrote...

Sialater wrote...

My husband did it. He killed Kaidan and kept Ashley for his ME2 import.

*mumbles incoherent insults in German*
LoL... j/k. I am not really surprised... men are man (yes I am generalizing). It gets bad when he tries to rub it in.

Nah, I told him he should give Ashley a chance.  He usually goes for Liara.  Which meant he always saved Kaidan before at my request.  I figured one of us should give poor Ash a chance and I can't Virmire Kaidan. Ever.

[syllogi]

Sialater wrote...

My husband did it. He killed Kaidan and kept Ashley for his ME2 import.

  Did he leave him with the nuke?  That scene is just heartbreaking.  I can't do it to Ashley, either, she always goes with the salarians.

My seven year old has been playing Mass Effect on and off lately, and we were talking about Ashley.  I think because he watches me play, he assumes that Ash *has* to die, and that's a part of the story.  I don't know if he'd be mad at me if I told him I make that choice.  He's totally a Tali fan, though, he might not care about Ash at all. 

[Sialater]

TeenZombie wrote...

Sialater wrote...

My husband did it. He killed Kaidan and kept Ashley for his ME2 import.

  Did he leave him with the nuke?  That scene is just heartbreaking.  I can't do it to Ashley, either, she always goes with the salarians.

My seven year old has been playing Mass Effect on and off lately, and we were talking about Ashley.  I think because he watches me play, he assumes that Ash *has* to die, and that's a part of the story.  I don't know if he'd be mad at me if I told him I make that choice.  He's totally a Tali fan, though, he might not care about Ash at all. 

I honestly don't know.  I didn't ask.  However, he agrees with me that the nuke is the more tactically sound choice to save, so you stick the person you want to rescue there.  So... Kaidan probably went with the salarians.

[Sialater]

TeenZombie wrote...

Sialater wrote...

My husband did it. He killed Kaidan and kept Ashley for his ME2 import.

  Did he leave him with the nuke?  That scene is just heartbreaking.  I can't do it to Ashley, either, she always goes with the salarians.

My seven year old has been playing Mass Effect on and off lately, and we were talking about Ashley.  I think because he watches me play, he assumes that Ash *has* to die, and that's a part of the story.  I don't know if he'd be mad at me if I told him I make that choice.  He's totally a Tali fan, though, he might not care about Ash at all. 

I honestly don't know.  I didn't ask.  However, he agrees with me that the nuke is the more tactically sound choice to save, so you stick the person you want to rescue there.  So... Kaidan probably went with the salarians.

[legbamel]

TeenZombie wrote...

Haha, I've offered my beta services only once here, but I'm a little relieved they didn't take me up on it.  I was an english tutor in college and do a lot of proofreading and grammar correction in my job; I wouldn't want to be too critical of the nice people here.  I am extremely picky about my own writing when it comes to grammar and style, so I don't want anyone else to be offended by my standards.  If it's not just chatting on the internet, I'm the proverbial grammar police. 

I'm a stickler, too.  I can't even read some fic because the grammar is so bad that the story can't hold my attention.  I don't care about grammar in dialogue, though.  People speak far more casually and a dangling participle or a split infinitive is par for the course, not to mention slang and in-character language quirks.  But awful grammar and spelling throughout a piece destroys its readability for me. 

That said, I've been writing too fast to catch all of my own errors as I've published.  (As a brief self-promotion, please note that Chapter 16 is now available for your perusal.)  I have the whole thing compiled and have been working my way through the painfully embarrassing errors as I go.  Once I've actually finished the story I'll be posting updated chapters without stupid typos and grammatical horrors, I hope.  If anyone catched a particularly humiliating one I hope you'll let me know!

[sesheta255]

Morning all, its 3am and I'm awake as usual. finally finished Kotor 2. I have to say that the restoration does make it a better game. Malachor definitely makes more sense at the end, although there were still a couple of things left up in the air. My exile is light side so she got a good ending (ps Jho, so did Atton). I should say though that I think I rushed through it because I was under the impression that the HK50 factory part of the story could be found, but I never found it, lol. so I may have to do another playthrough. My advice to anyone playing is to save often. I had a couple of crashes, luckily on those occassions it was right after I'd saved.



and back on topic :

re dlc - not holding my breath or getting my hopes up for it to even have a Kaidan cameo.

re fic - I laughed when I read what you guys where saying about grammer. My only excuse for lack of 'gramma' & punctuation is that I'm an Aussie, we're too lazy to worry about stuff like that, lol. Luckily my writing has stalled so my beta's get to have abreak and let their brains return to normal function after wading through one of my rough drafts.

re Virmire - I tried sending Kaidan with the Salarians once & rescued him, but it didn't feel right. In every other playthrough I've done Kaidan goes with shepard to set the nuke and thats the one she rescues. Can't bring myself to rescue Ash. I've tried to convince the teens that logically Kaidan is the one who should be rescued because he's more important to the Alliance but I don't think they're buying it, lol

[legbamel]

sesheta255 wrote...
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re Virmire - I tried sending Kaidan with the Salarians once & rescued him, but it didn't feel right. In every other playthrough I've done Kaidan goes with shepard to set the nuke and thats the one she rescues. Can't bring myself to rescue Ash. I've tried to convince the teens that logically Kaidan is the one who should be rescued because he's more important to the Alliance but I don't think they're buying it, lol

I sent Kaidan with the Salarians on my last run, just to see how it went.  I hated hearing him in danger and not being able to shoot whatever was threatening him. 

[jillyfae]

Every soldier's valuable in the military. Arguments that Kaidan is a more valuable soldier because of his biotics and/or training always vaguely bother me. (Probably cause my husband has no particular special forces training, and even in a support MOS he does get deployed,and I'd want someone to rescue him if the opportunity arose.) Ashley deserves to be rescued too.

And, I join the general consensus that it is probably the more valid tactical decision to reinforce whoever is at the bomb, cause you have to make sure it goes off. As I know the bomb goes off regardless, however, I usually rescue whoever is with the Salarians, so my poor dying squad mate gets the cut scene at the bomb. Make sure they get a particularly heroic send-off.

eta:  And yes, that means I've Virmired Kaidan.  Twice, even.  It's sad, but he goes out with dignity.  He's a good marine.  And I like the chance to see Ashley give the Terra Firma folks after the lockdown a good what-for.

Modifié par jillyfae, 11 mai 2010 - 05:27 .

[Isaantia]

Hi Ladies! I've missed you all. I've been so incredibly, insanely busy.



But I thought this tumblr would be relevant to your interests:

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Its not Kaidan, but it is hot guys reading books.

[Shenzi]

I've only played through ME a few times but I always sent Kaidan with the bomb.

[fortunesque]

If I strictly look at Virmire with a clinical and impartial eye, Kaidan is the logical choice.

1. He's a powerful, stable L2- extremely rare

2. He's got tech skills along with his biotics

3. He's the only squadmate with medicine- this is a skill that alludes to the idea that he's had medical training

4. He's an officer, 4 ranks above Ashley.

5. He's worked with aliens before. This is crucial given the aliens on board the ship.



As much as I love Ash, she dies in every one of my games. The reasons above make me have to do it that way because it would feel irresponsible to do otherwise.

[sagefic]

Sialater wrote...

the nuke is the more tactically sound choice to save, so you stick the person you want to rescue there.  So... Kaidan probably went with the salarians.

i always felt the ash/kaiden choice is one of the few truly morally grey choices in a game - ever. i think they're both awesome soldiers with reasons to save both. but with that said, i always felt you should go back and protect the nuke. plus that person was on *your* strike team - you have an obligation to them first.

plus, if i'm honest, i just can't stand to watch the person at the nuke die. send them with the salarians and you only have to see the explosion, not their last moments on earth - er - virmire.

[shotgun-shepard]

Hi everyone



I remember the first time I was faced with the Virmire choice and I literally stared at my screen like ?!?o.O?!? I'd never faced such a choice in a game before and I loved both the characters, but since Kaidan captured me from the start I had to choose him, it took minutes and tears to decide though.



I normally send him with the bomb (highest officer, biggest priority mission, Shepard picking him up...) but I'm gonig to send him with the salarians this time and save him there, probably be worse becasue I here that you see Ash with the bomb watching you fly off. Why couldn't they have nuked it from orbit!!!!!! It was the only way *sage nod*.

[jillyfae]

@Fort/Somebody: I didn't mean to disagree w/the logic for saving Kaidan, as I think it's all accurate. It still bothers me a bit though. *shrugs*

[fortunesque]

jillyfae wrote...

@Fort/Somebody: I didn't mean to disagree w/the logic for saving Kaidan, as I think it's all accurate. It still bothers me a bit though. *shrugs*

I understand. It's what makes the choice difficult, knowing that Shepard likely cares a lot for both of them and that Ash has a big family. We can insert "logical conclusions" into it all we want, but Shepard still has to make the choice to allow someone to die.