[OOC] Mass Effect: Nova

[Tick]

I was getting to it, y'know, eventually.

Thanks for the link, I'll go ahead and add 'im now.

And I think Kosso (sorta) summed up Roland nicely in that one SB post.
"Wow Roland, color me surprised. You've got some serious balls. You're just lucky that Aria didn't tear them off.

Look, I'll be honest: I'm already dealing with Marianna and Kasyra's idiocy, and it's giving me a headache so I'll make this short. You're a fucking idiot, I can't believe you fucked up so badly, etc., etc. Whatever. We can spare one of the reserve gas canisters, so at least you managed to salvage the whole situation. And I do admire your naive ambition. You really tried to contact Aria? That's so helplessly stupid that it's kind of endearing. Like a puppy trying to wrestle with a lion.
"

[Tick]

I'd like to point out that some of the old members are also semi-absent, as well as the new members. :p

I'd help start something up, but that'd probably require an NPC first.

[Vakte]

I'm lurking around.... It's one of my traits, to lurk. Wonder if I can get Barb to lurk somewhere lol

[Voltaire]

GAIZ! Srsly. Go see Robocop.

Unfortunately it's missing one of the most iconic parts of the original, but it's still pretty damn good in its own right. And I mean DAMN good!
9/10
Would pay to see again.

[Salroka]

I'm still here. Just... well, not really sure what I can do.

[Vakte]

Just do a post similar to me, introducing the character and what not to lead to a collaboration yay autocorrect :/ gives us a chance to start off the arc and such as well.

[Tick]

I still need to see the original Robocop, so remakes are put on hold.
I keep hearing the Lego movie is actually good, which confounds me.

Vakte, do you already have a solid plan for how Barb is gonna meet Nova, or is that still up in the air?

Beta: If Vakte's got a plan that can fit you in, it'd be a good idea for the two newbies to get in Nova together.
Otherwise, there's always a job to do or something to look into that would be nearby Nova's more recent location (A bar between missions, a side activity or job during one of their missions, etc.). He could even offer a job to them when he knows they exist, that involves himself, though that'd probably require you to be acting (in-game) GM.

[Dervish]

Robocop honestly looks abysmal to me via the trailers, and having watched the original a couple times, I can already tell they shit on everything that made that movie great.

Then they have the stupid stylistic choices of having the bare hand (which in the original, was blown off rather graphically by a shotgun) and then the fucking black armour. Really? REALLY?

Tick, I plan on seeing the Lego Movie tonight or tomorrow because the trailers promise actors I really like and the stupid humour I seem to enjoy despite having an above average IQ. Will let you know!

For Beta and Vakte (I seriously can't read that without immediately thinking 'Bac-T', is is a kind of sample I do at work. >_>), I actually was rather fond of the whole shit hitting the fan distress signal on a ship that was being attacked due to Blood Pack and our errand nerve gas cannisters. Maybe mister turian and krogan were both taking up assignments on one of those ships and know each other that way and it can set the two of them off for some crazy fun action right off the hop, as well as a chance for their two characters to build a relationship of sorts as well as establishment before hopping into the game?

[Voltaire]

Dervish said
Robocop honestly looks abysmal to me via the trailers, and having watched the original a couple times, I can already tell they shit on everything that made that movie great. Then they have the stupid stylistic choices of having the bare hand (which in the original, was blown off rather graphically by a shotgun) and then the fucking black armour. Really?

It's actually quite good. I'm a fan of the original myself, but I didn't go in expecting a bunch of fan service. It's a reboot, not a remake after all. I'm disappointed it wasn't rated R but whateves.

They put a lot of emphasis on Murphy's struggle to remain in control of his actions and prove that he is still human while Omnicorp does it's best to remain in control of what it considers to be its product. And his family plays into the story a lot more in this one. Personally, I never felt bad for Murphy in the first one because I don't recall ever seeing his family. They do a better job of making him relatable now. Well, after he gets blown up. He was kind of a douche when he was normal.

I'm not sure why black armor is such a big deal though. It actually makes sense honestly. Cops in the us wear black or dark blue, so why shouldn't Robocop? If it makes you feel better, they eventually make him the original color.

[Vakte]

I forgot to pm tick about that arc lol. Incoming tick.

[Tick]

The general consensus I've heard, from only a few people, is that remake's somewhere between OK and good, and does a good job of taking it a different direction instead of just copy-pasting the original into new graphics.

Hey peeps, we should get to more poststuff. I don't usually pester about this, but I'm blanking on doing anything more right now. :P

[Dervish]

Oh yeah, interesting bit of trivia, I was going through that Mass Effect concept art book (I am a sucker for that kind of stuff), and apparently Virmire was originally supposed to be this beautiful resort world with floating walkways and the works before BioWare decided it was going to be Saren's fortress thing. The concept art for original Virmire is pretty friggin' cool and I wonder what they originally had planned for it.

A thought came to me about that. The in-game codex about Virmire says that it would have been claimed long ago but it's too close to lawless space to make it safe. Imagine somebody tried to set up a resort there that was abandoned and forgotten, could make for one hell of a cool/ creepy mission setting.

[Tick]

Dervish said
Oh yeah, interesting bit of trivia, I was going through that Mass Effect concept art book (I am a sucker for that kind of stuff), and apparently Virmire was originally supposed to be this beautiful resort world with floating walkways and the works before BioWare decided it was going to be Saren's fortress thing. The concept art for original Virmire is pretty friggin' cool and I wonder what they originally had planned for it.A thought came to me about that. The in-game codex about Virmire says that it would have been claimed long ago but it's too close to lawless space to make it safe. Imagine somebody tried to set up a resort there that was abandoned and forgotten, could make for one hell of a cool/ creepy mission setting.

You, good sir, owe me a Lego review.
(Unless you haven't seen it yet.)

Neat. :] I knew the latter part, but I didn't know about the out-of-game background to it.
It would be, I imagine some uncompleted and oddly pristine/empty place in the middle of nowhere, and it'd fit well in the canon. Though I've still got my eyes on the world made of alcohol.

[Dervish]

Going tonight. Had a shitload of laundry to go through last night, and I was still pretty off from getting over sickness. D:

Haha, yess. Booze world is best world.

[Vakte]

Whole knew.meaning yo drinking a world dry

[Dervish]

Vakte said
Whole knew.meaning yo drinking a world dry

Your drunkeneeze is impeccable.

[Tick]

Sickness always sucks. You don't get days off, unless you're deathly ill - maybe, and it's a pain in the ass that won't go away. I'd hate getting ill on top of the negative degree weather going on half the time. I've been lucky, a runny nose is all I've had this winter.

I assume that was a phone's auto-correct creatively toying with the English language.

"'New?' Obviously they meant knew. Phone should name a file! Throw a dot in there and the extension 'meaning.'"

The only auto-correct that ruins more sentences than it fixes them.

[Vakte]

Least I'm not trying to post a ic with auto on lol.

[Grif of Hearts]

The Lego film was incredible. I loved it. ^^

[Dervish]

Vakte said
Least I'm not trying to post a ic with auto on lol.

Oh, man. I thought you were trying to intentionally type like you were drunk lol. Damn autocorrect.