KuReshtin's Kallously Konfusing Konsternations - Random Banter #208

[AtlanteanTroll]

Well yes, nobody really pronounces things perfectly. Take kittens. Saying it fast, it's more like "ki-ens". Same with mittens. There's an arabic letter whose closest english equivalent is that sound.

Speak for yourself. I deteriorate into "kid-enz."

[Rawhide]

The "L" in Australia is optional.

[Asta Kask]

Tan-ji-bull is probably the closest approximation.

[AtlanteanTroll]

The "L" in Australia is optional.

Somehow I knew this, and yet I have never met someone from Oz in my life. Must be the television...

[Feytalist]

The "L" in Australia is optional.

As is the "B". And the "W".


...okay, so that joke doesn't quite make sense, but I thought it was timely, at least

[Rawhide]

Somehow I knew this, and yet I have never met someone from Oz in my life. Must be the television...

It's been on several lists, like this one.

[Razanir]

Well yes, nobody really pronounces things perfectly. Take kittens. Saying it fast, it's more like "ki-ens". Same with mittens. There's an arabic letter whose closest english equivalent is that sound.

It's called the glottal stop, and, as any fan of Buffy should remember, it's represented in IPA as ʔ. As in mʔ, the Slayer's scythe.

[Asta Kask]

I sneezed near my sleeping cat. I am evil.

[Septimus Faber]

I sneezed near my sleeping cat. I am evil.

Yes, you heartless human! The great goddess Felinia shall have her revenge upon your puny mortal soul! Prepare for an eternity of suffering in the Realm of Endless Shed Fur Upon Your Clothing!

... Or something. Cats never sleep very deeply.

[HalfTangible]

I'd offer, although I'm not all that likely to pick up DA3 any time around launch.

That's fine. I don't have DA2 anyway.

[Teddy]

Ya know what I want to do with Dragon Age 1, 2 and 3 since they have different protagonists in each game?

I wanna try out swapping protagonists. Like, someone does a run-through of origins, and sends the game file to someone else. Then the second person plays through Da2 and make their own decisions in-game based on what they find. Then the second person sends it to a third person who plays through the third game. And all 3 players do this, passing along their own playthrough of the individual dragon age games to the next person in line.

It'd be time-consuming (and possibly a pain in the ass to move saves over) but potentially really interesting.

I would do it, but A) i have no friends B) I don't have DA2 C) DA3 isn't out yet.

Uhm... What would the point be? I mean, wouldn't it just be three different people playing three different games, since you can't transfer characters?

[HalfTangible]

Uhm... What would the point be? I mean, wouldn't it just be three different people playing three different games, since you can't transfer characters?

Well, you can't transfer characters (like in, say, Mass Effect) but you can transfer your character's deeds. For instance, I would play the Hero of Ferelden, then Lala would play that universe's Champion of Kirkwall, and then a third person would play the Inquisitor. And since a character's deeds are transferred forward into the other games, you would get a varied story each time and get to learn what choices the others made as if you were just that one hero.

So you would get three different worlds, all influenced in some way by three different people playing 3 different heroes. It just struck me as a really interesting idea. Sure, I'm gonna have my own universe where I play all 3, but I'd also very much like to see another world with someone else's choices. There's one particular choice in DA1 that I kinda regret that will probably echo forward into DA3, if I'm right.

[Asta Kask]

... Or something. Cats never sleep very deeply.

He is a very sensitive cat. Not like my mom's cat Caesar, who you have to physically lift up and carry away in order to get him out of the way for the vacuum cleaner.

[Mx.Silver]

That's fine. I don't have DA2 anyway.

In that case, if I manage to find my registration key for DA:O I will let you know.

[Septimus Faber]

He is a very sensitive cat. Not like my mom's cat Caesar, who you have to physically lift up and carry away in order to get him out of the way for the vacuum cleaner.

I stand corrected. Mind you, all the cats I know would jump about three feet in the air if you so much as coughed near them, so maybe my experience of cats is not as comprehensive as it should be.

[Coidzor]

I stand corrected. Mind you, all the cats I know would jump about three feet in the air if you so much as coughed near them, so maybe my experience of cats is not as comprehensive as it should be.

That is quite unusual. Are they feral cats where the only way you can get close to them is by running them down like dogs, trapping them, or somehow sneaking up on them?

[HalfTangible]

In that case, if I manage to find my registration key for DA:O I will let you know.

Cool .

[LaZodiac]

All my foot bones are now knives.

[Rawhide]

In that case, if I manage to find my registration key for DA:O I will let you know.

Why would that help? You'd have DA:O and so would HalfTang.

[Coidzor]

All my foot bones are now knives.

So you're a foot fetishist Wolverine now? Interesting, I guess, but you'd probably have more luck with just extending the toes or maybe something on the ankles and adjusting the rest of them to support the additional stresses.

Also, Dr. Scholl's and gel insoles and the like.

[LaZodiac]

Why would that help? You'd have DA:O and so would HalfTang.

My understanding of the situation is that we all play DA:O, and then we switch save files, then play DA2, switch save files,then all play DA3.

So you're a foot fetishist Wolverine now? Interesting, I guess, but you'd probably have more luck with just extending the toes or maybe something on the ankles and adjusting the rest of them to support the additional stresses.

Also, Dr. Scholl's and gel insoles and the like.

You silly!

I HAVE those Coidzor my feet just hurt so much oh my god why.

[HalfTangible]

My understanding of the situation is that we all play DA:O, and then we switch save files, then play DA2, switch save files,then all play DA3.

Yup, that's basically it. It's a rotation thing.

We COULD just do the one, if you both prefer, but I figured we'd all do it so we all get the full experience =/ Like I said, it's just an idea, and it can benefit greatly from input.

[LaZodiac]

Yup, that's basically it. It's a rotation thing.

We COULD just do the one, if you both prefer, but I figured we'd all do it so we all get the full experience =/ Like I said, it's just an idea, and it can benefit greatly from input.

That's how it should be done, so we can all experience it and stuff. Also we'd need all the DLC, or at least the important DLC (Awakening, Witch hunt, and so on).

[Rawhide]

My understanding of the situation is that we all play DA:O, and then we switch save files, then play DA2, switch save files,then all play DA3.

Ah, so all three people would need all three. I figured it would just be a progression thing, Person A to B to C, where each person needs only game 1, 2, or 3 respectively.

[LaZodiac]

Ah, so all three people would need all three. I figured it would just be a progression thing, Person A to B to C, where each person needs only game 1, 2, or 3 respectively.

We could do that too, but it'd mean that I'd HAVE to play DA2 since I'm apparently the only human being who enjoys playing it

[Coidzor]

You silly!

I HAVE those Coidzor my feet just hurt so much oh my god why.

I yam what I yam.

Hmm, sounds like something horrible happened, then.

Speak for yourself. I deteriorate into "kid-enz."

Speaking of Kid Ends, I was at the zoo yesterday and man-oh-man were there an awful lot of pregnant women and mothers with small children there. I think that was the largest concentration of such that I've seen since I stopped being a chillen myself.

Also, they actually had a separate baby-changing alcove-room-thing between the bathrooms. Know their audience there, I suppose.

And today is the Coke place and picking up the stuffs to gets into the place on Friday. ...If I can get to bed...

[Somensjev]

I yam what I yam.

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ION: just did some working out because of another thread, apparently if i was a D&D character, my strength would be somewhere between 16 and 24
there is also now a picture of my floating around on the forum

[HalfTangible]

That's how it should be done, so we can all experience it and stuff. Also we'd need all the DLC, or at least the important DLC (Awakening, Witch hunt, and so on).

Eh, not necessarily, i don't think. You just need a save that can transfer to the next game, which i think is as simple as sending the folder over. Then again I've never tried this before, we might need the DLC for our games to be compatible.

Actually no, pretty sure you just need the file. You can remove DLC from an installed copy of the game with a single click, so it can't be integrated too deeply. All you would need is the save file, and that can go to the next game.

[Teddy]

Eh, not necessarily, i don't think. You just need a save that can transfer to the next game, which i think is as simple as sending the folder over. Then again I've never tried this before, we might need the DLC for our games to be compatible.

Actually no, pretty sure you just need the file. You can remove DLC from an installed copy of the game with a single click, so it can't be integrated too deeply. All you would need is the save file, and that can go to the next game.

How deeply it's integrated does in no way influence save compatibility. In other words, just because something is modularised doesn't mean it has any idea about what to do when the modules responsible for a certain subset of data isn't there. It depends on whether the games allow you to load a DLC-active save when you've turned it off.

That said, since the three games hardly use the same DLC packs (correct me if I'm wrong), the save compatibility of a succession game shouldn't be of issue...

ION:
Our Internet was down pretty much all of yesterday. I can do without, but some days are definitely more frustrating than others...

[LaZodiac]

Eh, not necessarily, i don't think. You just need a save that can transfer to the next game, which i think is as simple as sending the folder over. Then again I've never tried this before, we might need the DLC for our games to be compatible.

Actually no, pretty sure you just need the file. You can remove DLC from an installed copy of the game with a single click, so it can't be integrated too deeply. All you would need is the save file, and that can go to the next game.

No I meant for completion since they have important choices. Not that we'd require them for our save files to work (they wouldn't. I know how this entire system works, trust me, I know) but that we'd need them so we could have more variances.