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Post by kalaong on Sept 8, 2010 18:47:23 GMT -6
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Post by convicter on Sept 8, 2010 23:46:27 GMT -6
!!!SPOILER!!!
Aye, the Shadow Broker DLC was fucking awesome. Not to mention a new race reveal, Yalg or something. They be sitting a Krogan on its ass.
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Post by kalaong on Dec 30, 2010 23:08:24 GMT -6
Gah. Just blew in from TV Tropes "Rooting For The Empire", and I've got something to say - an empire has to freaking blow the doors off whatever came before it for it to be good. It has to spread wisdom and pride and glory to everyone it touches. It has to spread civilization in such a way that people can choose to embrace or reject it.
A key point was at Chapter 15 - Shepard clearly had the power to drag that krogan out of that drug den and clean him up, but all he did was offer his help - it was up to the recipient to take that help.
A good statesman doesn't gauge his power by the breadth of his domain, but by the happiness and quality of his subjects. Switzerland is a postage stamp. China is a continent. Switzerland is light years better than China simply because they maintain a higher standard of living for their citizens and do a better job of caring and empowering them than China does. And as a result, they know that they can trust their leaders more, and that trust goes both ways. A number of speeches in Switzerland have everyone present - save the speaker - armed with swords. The speaker speaks untruth, they are fully expected to fall upon him and cut him to pieces. Compare that to the myriad bureaucracies and security paranoias of China.
No doubt the Terran Empire is good. It offers everyone in it the chance to be great, and lets those who reject that make their own fate, for good or ill - even thought it is likely to be ill. Choices are bullshit if you don't have the option of screwing up, simply because being aware that your choices have consequences is one of the most important things to know.
Rommel, you should highlight this when you write IG2. If it follows ME2, it delves into the darker corners of the galaxy, where the Empire has little influence - and there are many hoping for it to save them, right beside those rejecting that salvation. Every light casts a shadow, and light shines brightest in the dark.
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Post by convicter on Dec 31, 2010 18:51:39 GMT -6
Nice view Kal, your points are the reason powerful people are powerful. Step 1, conceive a plan. Step 2, foresee as many outcomes and "what if's" possible. Step 3, plan for every possible wrong thing to happen. Step 4, execute plan.
The ability to drill down an idea so many levels, or years to the point of near prophesying the outcome before it has even begun is not a gift everyone possesses. To find individuals that posses this "gift" find individuals that are savants at complex turn based games. Not linear ones like chess, but dynamic ones that involve multiple paths to victory.
This obsession stems from a need to avoid failure at all costs. Something typically drilled into young minds by controlling parents or parents whose discipline far exceeded the misstep.
Welcome to how men play God in our own small minds.
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Post by dalek on Mar 18, 2011 13:02:04 GMT -6
personally i would like to see the key A/U points revealed in a doctor who crossover (cant have to many of those in my opinion ;D).
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Post by anna18 on May 31, 2018 1:48:41 GMT -6
Interesting and fascinating stories.
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Post by anna18 on May 31, 2018 1:49:33 GMT -6
Interesting and fascinating stories.
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