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On ‎7‎/‎21‎/‎2018 at 12:55 AM, FauxFurry said:

Its better to use one's own shield to charge right through the bandit's defense than to power attack through his defense.

The best counter-defense is absolute defense...or something like that.

Knights and guards in witcher 3 with shields work two ways: One, the NPC and their shield are made of Meat, and Geralt slices through them like, uh, meat.

The second is, the shield has special and invulnerable powers far beyond those of Geralt (or Ciri).

The game never tells you which is which,

So

My new method is (Bam Bam Bam Bam ~killall)

[IGotBored]

Just realized that all of the Jarls are nords. Every single one of them.

[GimmeBACON]

22 minutes ago, IGotBored said:

Just realized that all of the Jarls are nords. Every single one of them.

... Does that surprise you? Are Elven kingdoms in LOTR controlled by Dwarves?

[IGotBored]

1 minute ago, GimmeBACON said:

... Does that surprise you? Are Elven kingdoms in LOTR controlled by Dwarves?

I was expecting a breton or an imperial. Like just one hold to have something different.

[GimmeBACON]

21 hours ago, IGotBored said:

I was expecting a breton or an imperial. Like just one hold to have something different.

8 out of 9 Counts in Oblivion were Imperials, even though Cyrodil is the cultural melting pot of Tamriel, something Skyrim is... not. How many Nords do you think are in positions of control and/or power in the Summerset Isles? Or Argonians rule in Hammerfell? Likely none, tbh.

 

Variety sounds nice, but in a world where there is real racial difference (Argonian/Altmer/etc) I can only assume it's even harder for an "outsider" to rule.

[FauxFurry]

22 hours ago, IGotBored said:

I was expecting a breton or an imperial. Like just one hold to have something different.

Brina Merilis can become Jarl of Dawnstar if the Empire wins the Civil War.

[IGotBored]

1 hour ago, GimmeBACON said:

8 out of 9 Counts in Oblivion were Imperials, even though Cyrodil is the cultural melting pot of Tamriel, something Skyrim is... not. How many Nords do you think are in positions of control and/or power in the Summerset Isles? Or Argonians rule in Hammerfell? Likely none, tbh.

 

Variety sounds nice, but in a world where there is real racial difference (Argonian/Altmer/etc) I can only assume it's even harder for an "outsider" to rule.

I would think that markarth would have a breton but apparently not. It was weird I finally decided to become thane in all the holds and after i got done it popped in my mind that "huh their all nords"

58 minutes ago, FauxFurry said:

Brina Merilis can become Jarl of Dawnstar if the Empire wins the Civil War.

Isn't she a nord though? I checked the wiki and it says she's a nord unless its wrong which there is a good chance that it is. 

[FauxFurry]

2 minutes ago, IGotBored said:

I would think that markarth would have a breton but apparently not. It was weird I finally decided to become thane in all the holds and after i got done it popped in my mind that "huh their all nords"

Isn't she a nord though? I checked the wiki and it says she's a nord unless its wrong which there is a good chance that it is. 

Oh, that's right. She is. Her name just threw me off in my memory for a bit. Skyrim truly does belong to the Nords. Only mods can alter that fact.

[Captain Cobra]

Bottle of scrumpy,

[Slorm]

 Do Bethesda even have the slightest clue as to what Mead actually is. I know the Nords are supposed to be tough but Mead is a Honey Wine so you don't drink it in pints (unless well watered down like the Romans did with wine).

[shencereys]

On 8/23/2018 at 6:31 PM, Slorm said:

 Do Bethesda even have the slightest clue as to what Mead actually is. I know the Nords are supposed to be tough but Mead is a Honey Wine so you don't drink it in pints (unless well watered down like the Romans did with wine).

I got curious.

 

It looks like low fermentation mead is 5-7 percent alchohol, which is right around where beer is at.   This kind of mead you could drink by the pint I think.

If you let it ferment longer it can get quite a bit higher.  Around here the hipsters who sell mead bottles are peddling mead that's about as strong as a typical schnapps.

 

So it's safe to assume skyrim nords are impatient and don't let their mead ferment very long.  Maybe its because they need quantity over quality for potable pathogen-resistant fluid intake?

 

Hmm, but they also got lots of mountain streams and snow.  That shouldn't be dangerous to drink one wouldn't expect.  So probably they are just milk-drinkers who like weak booze.

[GimmeBACON]

On 8/23/2018 at 4:31 PM, Slorm said:

 Do Bethesda even have the slightest clue as to what Mead actually is. I know the Nords are supposed to be tough but Mead is a Honey Wine so you don't drink it in pints (unless well watered down like the Romans did with wine).

 

17 hours ago, shencereys said:

I got curious.

 

It looks like low fermentation mead is 5-7 percent alchohol, which is right around where beer is at.   This kind of mead you could drink by the pint I think.

If you let it ferment longer it can get quite a bit higher.  Around here the hipsters who sell mead bottles are peddling mead that's about as strong as a typical schnapps.

 

So it's safe to assume skyrim nords are impatient and don't let their mead ferment very long.  Maybe its because they need quantity over quality for potable pathogen-resistant fluid intake?

 

Hmm, but they also got lots of mountain streams and snow.  That shouldn't be dangerous to drink one wouldn't expect.  So probably they are just milk-drinkers who like weak booze.

Maybe they're impatient and don't let the alcohol get stronger cuz they want to drink now. Maybe they don't even know that allowing the alcohol to ferment longer, the drink gets stronger. Or just maybe the mead is strong and they drink it like that because they're hardy Nords who can hold their liquor.

[shencereys]

10 minutes ago, GimmeBACON said:

 

Maybe they're impatient and don't let the alcohol get stronger cuz they want to drink now. Maybe they don't even know that allowing the alcohol to ferment longer, the drink gets stronger. Or just maybe the mead is strong and they drink it like that because they're hardy Nords who can hold their liquor.

Yeah maybe!  But it was a lot more fun calling the nords a bunch of milk drinkers!

[Slorm]

50 minutes ago, shencereys said:

Yeah maybe!  But it was a lot more fun calling the nords a bunch of milk drinkers!

Nah, it's Bethesda that are a bunch of milk drinkers . I just checked the bottles of Mead i have, one is 10% and the other is 14%. Well... it would be rude not to have a few samples and test this out... hic ... hic

[GimmeBACON]

1 hour ago, shencereys said:

Yeah maybe!  But it was a lot more fun calling the nords a bunch of milk drinkers!

I imagine actual breweries having the stronger mead, and the brews found out in the wilds by hunters and bandits are hastily brewed and likely of a less quality... then again, maybe it's the other way around, and Black Briar Mead is watered down because they're trying to make the mead stretch further, whereas homegrown mead is like moonshine.

[GimmeBACON]

Hard times create strong men,
Strong men create good times,
Good times create weak men,
Weak men create hard times.

[joemonco]

On 8/23/2018 at 7:31 PM, Slorm said:

 Do Bethesda even have the slightest clue as to what Mead actually is. I know the Nords are supposed to be tough but Mead is a Honey Wine so you don't drink it in pints (unless well watered down like the Romans did with wine).

 

One of the random bandit dialogues is "Mead, mead, mead. Kill 'em to get some beer now and then? Stupid bees and their stupid honey."

 

So, yeah.  They know what mead is.

[LordAureli]

I've beaten Medievil Resurrection on the PSP a total count of 24 times since I got it ten years ago. Last time I beat it (last year) it took me 4 hours. When they release the remake in PS4 I will buy it and try to beat my own record. 

[GimmeBACON]

Drinking heavily, re-watching the Blade trinity, thinking to myself... should Blade be redone or not.

 

... Who would play him anyway?

[KoolHndLuke]

4 minutes ago, GimmeBACON said:

Drinking heavily, re-watching the Blade trinity, thinking to myself... should Blade be redone or not.

 

... Who would play him anyway?

I would spoof the whole thing with some overweight, lazy, dirty old lecher and turn it into a porno/comedy. 

[FauxFurry]

22 hours ago, GimmeBACON said:

Drinking heavily, re-watching the Blade trinity, thinking to myself... should Blade be redone or not.

 

... Who would play him anyway?

Justin Timberlake.

[joemonco]

Babylon 5's CGI looks like ass.  Who ever thought it was a good idea to not use practical models and matte paintings needs their head examined (if they're still alive).

[RitualClarity]

3 hours ago, joemonco said:

Babylon 5's CGI looks like ass.  Who ever thought it was a good idea to not use practical models and matte paintings needs their head examined (if they're still alive).

Well at the time that CGI was terrific and recognized as quite good. yes, there were great limitations for it but it was a series and most series never even gotten close to that level. It was expensive as it was to create those effects and as a result and due to budget restraints... they repeated those many, many, many times over and over... They couldn't even create new ones as needed due to this reason. Keep in mind that series is quite old, also, it is quite different to creating a series as opposed to a movie.

 

However, it does look like ASS    I will give you that.

[joemonco]

13 hours ago, RitualClarity said:

Well at the time that CGI was terrific and recognized as quite good. yes, there were great limitations for it but it was a series and most series never even gotten close to that level. It was expensive as it was to create those effects and as a result and due to budget restraints... they repeated those many, many, many times over and over... They couldn't even create new ones as needed due to this reason. Keep in mind that series is quite old, also, it is quite different to creating a series as opposed to a movie.

 

However, it does look like ASS    I will give you that.

 

Except the cost of practical models was cheaper than the CGI of the time, Star Trek: TNG and DS9 (before they switched to CGI) showed it could be done cheaply.  It looked bad even on an OTA station with periodic static back in the '90s.  Sadly, it looks worse now that they've pushed it to 16:9.

[RitualClarity]

6 hours ago, joemonco said:

 

Except the cost of practical models was cheaper than the CGI of the time, Star Trek: TNG and DS9 (before they switched to CGI) showed it could be done cheaply.  It looked bad even on an OTA station with periodic static back in the '90s.  Sadly, it looks worse now that they've pushed it to 16:9.

The author/producers chose CGI to do the special effects, and that was the best that could be done. After a bit (later episodes) it did improve but not terrific. yes, (compared to models)  models would be cheaper but I believe they wanted to separate themselves from the other space stories at that time. Their writing is terrific (for the most part) and it looks bad now compared to other shows regardless of whatever ration they choose to do above the original.  

 

https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/22/babylon-5-digital-video-quality/

 

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Babylon 5 used CGI a lot because it was the only way to make the show with its very tiny budget. And it was the early days of CGI, so early that the pilot episode's visual effects were produced on a network of Amiga computers. For the first three series, effects house Foundation Imaging used 12 Pentium PCs and 5 DEC Alpha workstations running Lightwave 3D.

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Unfortunately, the CGI and composite elements only existed in 4:3, and so Warner Bros. decided to crop and stretch those sequences. That involved chopping the top and bottom off every frame in a scene, and then increasing its width to fit the aspect ratio. The issue was explored in detail by Henrik Herranen from Finland, who published How Babylon 5 Is Transferred to DVD in 2001.

So primative CGI components were cropped and then stretched... not good. Not good at all. I remember watching it when it was released and I can tell you I was blown away compared to other shows. I loved the story and accepted the CGI components (looked not great but not horrible at that time ... 1995 )  so it was acceptable.

 

If you read the above article they had the ability to do a full HD higher quality result but was turned down (the special effects team)  and the cost wouldn't have been much higher for each episode.

 

https://www.geek.com/games/cgi-first-introduced-to-tv-in-babylon-5-by-mit-presentor-771051/

Keep in mind ... Babylon 5 was the first show to present CGI to the public.  There were bound to be issues however, most of those were fine at the time but effected the future of the shows changes from standard tv format to the more accepted current one. (stretch and skew etc)