Nottravis

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While I concur the books are phenomenal, and I love them dearly, I must say Yen is not much than a glorified tsundere. I mean, sure, she's complex, she's got a cold and often abrupt demeanour at first, then you peel layer after layer....
...and find she asks you to risk your life to go get her some shopping - and when you get back to take your shoes off before you tread mud in all over the carpet.

Horrid woman.

Besides, I can't cosplay her. So there! *considers this is the killer argument*
 

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To be honest though I would be even more likely to fire up Baldurs Gate II again. Viconia. :love: That game together with Might & Magic 6 reinvented the role playing genre when they came out and BG II really comes close to having it all. If people can handle outdated graphics and some bugs Arcanum is also a really great game that has been forgotten in the mist of time.
I wholeheartedly agree with this! I spent so many hours playing those games...
 
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Huitieme

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Well, the "tsundere" part as you call is just a shell. A defense mechanism, if you will, that has much to do with her childhood, her being born a hunchback, mistreated by her own parents, and being shunned by everyone else. That's not who she really is. (I'm not awfully familiar with that tsundere term though, maybe I just misinterpret it wrong, but I wouldn't use the label).:)
Well, I admit the tsundere part was really caricatural, in substance, it stands for someone who acts all mean and hostile in order to hide their true feelings, out of shyness mostly. Thing is, I like a bit of depth into my protagonists, but Yen can get aggravating, even though you know her past and the reasons why she put such an armor around her. She's not a badly written character, of course not, but as a reader, I sometimes got fed up of her bitchy facade. We get it, you had a shitty childhood. You know who else had a shitty childhood? Fucking everyone in that world!

So I can get why a lot of people, mainly those who didn't read the books, would likely prefer the perky Merigold to the bitchy Vengerberg.
 

Nottravis

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Well, I admit the tsundere part was really caricatural, in substance, it stands for someone who acts all mean and hostile in order to hide their true feelings, out of shyness mostly. Thing is, I like a bit of depth into my protagonists, but Yen can get aggravating, even though you know her past and the reasons why she put such an armor around her. She's not a badly written character, of course not, but as a reader, I sometimes got fed up of her bitchy facade. We get it, you had a shitty childhood. You know who else had a shitty childhood? Fucking everyone in that world!

So I can get why a lot of people, mainly those who didn't read the books, would likely prefer the perky Merigold to the bitchy Vengerberg.
*has read them - and still thinks she's horrid!*

In other news, I came third in the best writer thingy!

Not bad considering the size of the player base for H5. Not bad at all. Thankees for those that voted for me :)

3/10's of a game from a newb vs two of the most pop devs with completed games under their belts. Yeah...I did alright!
 

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*has read them - and still thinks she's horrid!*

In other news, I came third in the best writer thingy!

Not bad considering the size of the player base for H5. Not bad at all. Thankees for those that voted for me :)
You are welcome, think you deserve at least second though in that poll, but Philly is hard to beat with Depraved Awakenings completed and the rightful hype for City of Broken Dreamers.
 

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In other news, I came third in the best writer thingy!

Not bad considering the size of the player base for H5. Not bad at all. Thankees for those that voted for me :)

3/10's of a game from a newb vs two of the most pop devs with completed games under their belts. Yeah...I did alright!
This is an outrage! Hopefully, those poor misguided souls will see the errors of their way when chapters keep getting realasing with ever-increasing quality!
 

Nottravis

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You are welcome, think you deserve at least second though in that poll, but Philly is hard to beat with Depraved Awakenings completed and the rightful hype for City of Broken Dreamers.
*nods nods* Would have been nice to have beaten Pinkie, but he has far more fans than little old me, so never really going to happen. So third was really the best I could ever do.
 

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*nods nods* Would have been nice to have beaten Pinkie, but he has far more fans than little old me, so never really going to happen. So third was really the best I could ever do.
Who knows, times may change. Besides popularity is not always a measuring stick for quality, just look at games like Angry birds or that farming game in the past. :p
 

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Bewbs. *only cosplays a char if she looks -right- as it*

Edit: Otherwise it's just dressing up, no?
just curious... Could you cosplay Mrs Turner?
*has read them - and still thinks she's horrid!*

In other news, I came third in the best writer thingy!

Not bad considering the size of the player base for H5. Not bad at all. Thankees for those that voted for me :)

3/10's of a game from a newb vs two of the most pop devs with completed games under their belts. Yeah...I did alright!
sorry.... couldn't rigg the polls further
 

Huitieme

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*nods nods* Would have been nice to have beaten Pinkie, but he has far more fans than little old me, so never really going to happen. So third was really the best I could ever do.
Well, quantity of fans do not equal quality of writing (not berating Philly here, his work is magnificent). I mean, look at Big Brother...
I might be a little biased here, but I still think that on the writing alone, you're far better than the 9 other contenders, who are already at a great level of writing. I say "writing alone", but I take into account all the details, the careful planning, the character's depth and intricacy level, the numerous hints you drop here and there that have us talking for hours! I mean, the only point where you can't compare is on hardware stuff, and that says more about your other abilities than it does if you had the equivalent of a Marvel movie budget.
 
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