(1)Tyrion Lannister
--
I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience
| Board List | |
|---|---|
| Topic | Best SoIaF Character! FINALS!! [Tyrion vs. Jaime] |
| Kaxon 04/29/12 4:30:00 PM #25 |
(1)Tyrion Lannister
-- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Best SoIaF Character! Final 4! [Tyrion/Jon, Snador/Jaime] |
| Kaxon 04/28/12 1:03:00 PM #23 |
(1)Tyrion Lannister - Both of these guys belong in the final four, although it's not really close between them. Tyrion is on another tier, along with Arya, they should have faced each other in the finals.
(2)Arya Stark - Sorry, Sandor and Jaime just don't belong here. Neither of them is in the same league as Arya and Tyrion. -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Finished watching the last two episodes of Star Trek: TNG |
| Kaxon 04/28/12 11:56:00 AM #39 |
Oh right, and Vash. Why did she become a recurring character?
-- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Finished watching the last two episodes of Star Trek: TNG |
| Kaxon 04/28/12 11:54:00 AM #38 |
Well, I halfway agree with you. TNG had a better main cast. But DS9 had a really awesome secondary cast, that might be the single best thing about the show. One of the flaws of TNG was that it was really prone to having a guest star of the week who was never seen again. Some of them could have made interesting minor characters if they'd brought them back.
I have a hard time even thinking of recurring characters on TNG who were relevant to the plot. There was Q, Ensign Ro, Lwaxana, O'Brien, Guinan, Barclay... okay, I guess there were a few, but for the most part they weren't that great or that memorable (or that important to the overall plot). On the other hand, try to imagine DS9 without someone like Dukat or Garak, it wouldn't even be the same show. -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Finished watching the last two episodes of Star Trek: TNG |
| Kaxon 04/27/12 11:54:00 PM #21 | From: Anagram | #019 Nemesis was alright. But what they really needed was a movie featuring Q. From: IngmarBirdman | #020 What episode is that? I don't remember that one at all. -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Finished watching the last two episodes of Star Trek: TNG |
| Kaxon 04/27/12 11:41:00 PM #18 | From: IngmarBirdman | #010 Sub Rosa is so incredibly bad. It seems like it should have been made in the first season instead of the seventh. -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Finished watching the last two episodes of Star Trek: TNG |
| Kaxon 04/27/12 11:16:00 PM #12 |
Thanks. Like I said, Rascals is kinda bad, but it also has some really really great scenes. It's hit or miss.
I disliked the DS9 finale actually. I've only seen it once though, never watched it again after it first aired. The main thing I remember is that it included a montage of previous episode clips for each one of the the main characters, which I thought was pretty bad. -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Finished watching the last two episodes of Star Trek: TNG |
| Kaxon 04/27/12 10:56:00 PM #5 |
Fine, here are my second tier of episodes (in no particular order):
Redemption Gambit The Lower Decks (introduced characters that I cared more about in one hour than the casts of entire Star Trek shows) Thine Own Self Frame of Mind (awesomely creepy and surreal) Cause and Effect The Neutral Zone (the first episode that really showed what the series had the capability of becoming) Rascals (was bad in some ways, but had some of the best scenes of the entire series - the feremantle drive scene and the "number 1 dad" scene) Q Who Tapestry The Measure of a Man The Drumhead Data's Day The Defector Guess that's all I'm remembering at the moment among the ones I really liked. -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Finished watching the last two episodes of Star Trek: TNG |
| Kaxon 04/27/12 10:48:00 PM #4 |
All Good Things is such a great finale. And the show overall is still my favorite show ever.
I can't really pick a single best episode but here's my top tier: The Inner Light Chain of Command All Good Things The Best of Both Worlds Yesterday's Enterprise There are too many great episodes to name, though. Well, I could probably name most of them but it would take a while. :) -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | ~**~* Best Song by Band/Artist - Day 40: Third Eye Blind *~**~ |
| Kaxon 04/27/12 6:57:00 PM #20 |
+3 Jumper
+2 Semi-Charmed Life +1 Graduate -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Best SoIaF Character! Final 8! [Sandor/Ned, Jaime/Arya] |
| Kaxon 04/27/12 1:03:00 PM #36 | From: AlecTrevelyan006 | #034 I wasn't referring to Sandor, I don't really care who wins that match. It's Arya losing to anyone short of Tyrion that's a travesty. -- "Congratulations Thomas and Sylvia! But their happiness does not continue long..." |
| Topic | Best SoIaF Character! Final 8! [Sandor/Ned, Jaime/Arya] |
| Kaxon 04/26/12 11:18:00 PM #27 |
The majority of the people voting in this topic have awful taste.
-- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Just finished A Storm of Swords.... amazing (SPOILERS) |
| Kaxon 04/26/12 1:33:00 PM #43 |
On the bright side, the next Dunk and Egg story should be out before that, so that's something.
-- "Congratulations Thomas and Sylvia! But their happiness does not continue long..." |
| Topic | Just finished A Storm of Swords.... amazing (SPOILERS) |
| Kaxon 04/26/12 1:30:00 PM #42 | From: Eeeevil Overlord | #038 Summer 2013? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Yeah, that ain't happening. -- "Congratulations Thomas and Sylvia! But their happiness does not continue long..." |
| Topic | Best SoIaF Character! Final 8! [Sandor/Ned, Jaime/Arya] |
| Kaxon 04/26/12 12:59:00 PM #7 |
(9)Sandor Clegane - I like Ned, but I think Sandor's the more interesting character
(2)Arya Stark - Arya's the best character in the series hands down, but I'd probably vote for Jaime over either of the characters in the first match. -- "Congratulations Thomas and Sylvia! But their happiness does not continue long..." |
| Topic | Just finished A Storm of Swords.... amazing (SPOILERS) |
| Kaxon 04/26/12 12:04:00 PM #36 | From: AlecTrevelyan006 | #035 I've heard him say most of those things, just not the part about having the last two books all figured out, or that it was the stuff he wanted to do from the beginning. -- "Congratulations Thomas and Sylvia! But their happiness does not continue long..." |
| Topic | Crimson's Top 50 Female Characters of All Time [the list] |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 11:38:00 PM #438 |
Fang's character design didn't really appeal to me, and I didn't like her accent either. Not that she was bad, but not as good as Lightning or Vanilla imho.
-- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | I just don't get onions. |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 11:35:00 PM #32 | From: LeonhartFour | #025 Apparently your bad taste isn't limited to liking Squall! Sweet pickles are nasty. -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Just finished A Storm of Swords.... amazing (SPOILERS) |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 10:40:00 PM #34 | From: AlecTrevelyan006 | #032 Hmm, where'd you hear that part? I hope that makes it go more quickly but I'm not going to hold my breath. -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Just finished A Storm of Swords.... amazing (SPOILERS) |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 10:38:00 PM #33 |
No chapter at the end of the hardcovers. There might be one at the end of the paperback when it comes out. I think he's read some samples at appearances he's had. But basically, no one knows how long it'll take, including GRRM. The guy takes on way too many non-soiaf projects and he's slow in general, so I assume it'll be another 5 years if we get it at all.
-- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Just finished A Storm of Swords.... amazing (SPOILERS) |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 10:11:00 PM #29 |
There are some fun references to the stories in the first four books but they're not that important. But knowing the backstory makes part of the fifth book a lot better.
-- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | ~**~* Best Song by Band/Artist - Day 38: Red Hot Chili Peppers *~**~ |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 8:25:00 PM #20 |
+3 Under the Bridge
+2 Soul to Squeeze +1 Give it Away -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | I just don't get onions. |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 7:51:00 PM #24 |
Pickles are tasty too.
-- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | I just don't get onions. |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 7:42:00 PM #21 |
I think this is the most inaccurate assessment of anything ever.
-- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Best SoIaF Character! Final 8! [Tyrion/Sansa, Jon/Theon] |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 5:30:00 PM #19 |
Quote from yesterday (about Stannis):
Theon_Greyjoy | Posted 4/25/2012 4:33:14 AM | message detail | filter | (edited) | #031 His lines are fantastic for one. I love his sense of humor, which he's "technically" not supposed to have. If you want good lines, his opponent Arya easily dominates the field (except maybe Tyrion). Like the comment you quoted about "he's welcome to try" to hurt him seems like pretty generic tough guy talk... it earns him a few badassery points but I definitely wouldn't consider it anything special. Plenty of people in other stories have used the exact same line. On the other hand, I've never heard of anything like Arya's litany before, and I get chills when I read it. Stannis is pretty easy to sum up, he's basically honorable but unbending and sees everything in black and white. If he were a POV character it might be interesting to see him try to negotiate a complex situation with his inadequate worldview. But as a non-POV character he basically comes across as static and predictable. Arya is way more dynamic and complex, which makes her more interesting to read about. The stuff where she travels with the Hound is some of the best material in the whole series because of the way their relationship develops, and the similarities between them. -- "Congratulations Thomas and Sylvia! But their happiness does not continue long..." |
| Topic | Best SoIaF Character! Final 8! [Tyrion/Sansa, Jon/Theon] |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 5:11:00 PM #18 |
(1)Tyrion Lannister - Tyrion's way more interesting than his wife, and less annoying as well.
(1)Jon Snow - Jon can be a little bland sometimes but he's pretty good overall, probably the closest the series has to a traditional protagonist (after Ned). Theon... well, based just on the books I pretty much hated him. ADWD and the show have made me more sympathetic to him than I was before, but he's still not in Jon's league. -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | hey is anyone here good at composing vgm and willing to help me? [vgm] [game] |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 4:31:00 PM #70 |
That answers my question. How is GameMaker? I've never tried it. I was planning to write my game in PyGame, although I haven't done much experimenting with it yet - I want to get an idea how I like it before NaGaDeMo starts. I love Python but I'm not sure how good the framework is going to be.
-- "Congratulations Thomas and Sylvia! But their happiness does not continue long..." |
| Topic | Just finished A Storm of Swords.... amazing (SPOILERS) |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 3:18:00 PM #21 |
Feast and Dance are still pretty good though.
BTW you NEED to read the short stories before you start Dance. The Hedge Knight, The Sworn Sword, and The Mystery Knight. -- "Congratulations Thomas and Sylvia! But their happiness does not continue long..." |
| Topic | hey is anyone here good at composing vgm and willing to help me? [vgm] [game] |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 3:10:00 PM #67 |
Ah nice. What technology stack are you using?
-- "Congratulations Thomas and Sylvia! But their happiness does not continue long..." |
| Topic | hey is anyone here good at composing vgm and willing to help me? [vgm] [game] |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 12:51:00 PM #50 | From: saveus_Maria | #046 Cool, well, I'll be interested to see what you produce. What technology are you using to create this thing? Just watched the video, good progress so far. I didn't realize you were doing a vertical scrolling shmup, but it looks good. My plan is to do a Metroidvania style game for my project (which Liquid already signed on to do music for :)) -- "Congratulations Thomas and Sylvia! But their happiness does not continue long..." |
| Topic | Just finished A Storm of Swords.... amazing (SPOILERS) |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 12:37:00 AM #13 |
Man, I don't even remember Ibben being mentioned. lol ibben indeed.
-- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Just finished A Storm of Swords.... amazing (SPOILERS) |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 12:31:00 AM #11 |
Azor Ahai, dude who tried three times to forge a magic sword, the first two times it broke, finally he quenched the sword by stabbing his wife with it and killing her.
"It is written in prophecy as well. When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone." Seems pretty obvious it's supposed to Daenerys, although Martin could be tricking us of course. She was born on Dragonstone, she hatched dragons out of stone, trying three times and sacrificing her husband on the final try to do it. -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Just finished A Storm of Swords.... amazing (SPOILERS) |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 12:15:00 AM #9 | From: Menji76 | #001 Yeah, Stannis's "Lightbringer" is obviously fake - it was cool how easily Maester Aemon saw through it. But as the readers we already know who Azor Ahai reborn (probably) is - we saw the replay of his story happen to one of the characters in book 1. -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Just finished A Storm of Swords.... amazing (SPOILERS) |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 12:11:00 AM #7 | From: Menji76 | #004 I think Dany's in Mereen at the end of SoS. -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Just finished A Storm of Swords.... amazing (SPOILERS) |
| Kaxon 04/25/12 12:10:00 AM #5 |
SoS is the best book I've ever read.
-- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | hey is anyone here good at composing vgm and willing to help me? [vgm] [game] |
| Kaxon 04/24/12 11:42:00 PM #45 |
saveus if you want to do a short game project you might want to do it as part of this thing - I'm planning to do a project for it myself: http://nagademo.com/
-- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Best Song of Ice and Fire Character! [SoIaF] [Jaime/Joffrey, Stannis/Arya] |
| Kaxon 04/24/12 11:30:00 PM #28 | From: Eeeevil Overlord | #020 I'm curious what you think is hard to do about Stannis, or done so well. Personally I see him as pretty bland and not that interesting. Meanwhile I'll freely admit that Arya's archetype is probably pretty easy to do, but she is done amazingly well. Far and away my favorite character in the series. -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Best Song of Ice and Fire Character! [SoIaF] [Jaime/Joffrey, Stannis/Arya] |
| Kaxon 04/24/12 11:27:00 PM #27 |
(1)Jaime Lannister
(2)Arya Stark These decisions were about as easy as it can get. -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Topic | Best Song of Ice and Fire Character! [SoIaF] [Snow/Varys, Theon/Syrio] |
| Kaxon 04/22/12 12:08:00 PM #18 |
(1)Jon Snow
(26)Syrio Forel -- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| Board List |