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Civilized Fishbot: Apr 3, 2011

chiasaur11 posted:

I kinda hate that name.

Like, actual low key loathing.

It's not just that it's a bad fantasy name, but it doesn't fit. These aren't ancestral weapons, or ancient religious artifacts, or anything of the sort. This is a rusty old shotgun you duct-taped to a grenade launcher.

I mean, there's nothing wrong with naming your fancy rifle, but even with all the star-warsing, Mass Effect is science fiction of the sort where the use of weapons is fundamentally pragmatic. This is your rifle, there are many like it. Naming it is a personal thing, and done with some degree of humor, or at least recognition of the absurdity. (You will give your rifle a girl's name because this is the only pussy you people are going to get. )

That kind of name feels very out of place, even for an asari. And no other species even gets that close to having an excuse.

You're mad that someone named their Mass-Effect Andromeda weapon after a meme from World of Warcraft

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Poops Mcgoots: Jul 12, 2010

chiasaur11 posted:

I kinda hate that name.

Like, actual low key loathing.

It's not just that it's a bad fantasy name, but it doesn't fit. These aren't ancestral weapons, or ancient religious artifacts, or anything of the sort. This is a rusty old shotgun you duct-taped to a grenade launcher.

I mean, there's nothing wrong with naming your fancy rifle, but even with all the star-warsing, Mass Effect is science fiction of the sort where the use of weapons is fundamentally pragmatic. This is your rifle, there are many like it. Naming it is a personal thing, and done with some degree of humor, or at least recognition of the absurdity. (You will give your rifle a girl's name because this is the only pussy you people are going to get. )

That kind of name feels very out of place, even for an asari. And no other species even gets that close to having an excuse.

It's a world of Warcraft meme.

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chiasaur11: Oct 22, 2012

Civilized Fishbot posted:

You're mad that someone named their Mass-Effect Andromeda weapon after a meme from World of Warcraft

As I am unfamiliar with World of Warcraft, I was unaware of this.

That makes everything much better. That is, in fact, the right kind of stupid, and I was a fool to think otherwise.

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THE BIG DOG DADDY: Oct 16, 2013; Rasheed was, with Aliases, the top 7 PvPers in Bone Krew.

No one talks about this.

My handgun is named Phallumax, Turgid Vessel of Spooge

# ? Mar 8, 2017 01:10

Number Ten Cocks: Feb 25, 2016; by zen death robot

chiasaur11 posted:

Don't be too quick to judge. Here�s the twist, and there is a twist: They show it. They show all of it. Because what�s the one major thing missing from action games these days? �Full penetration. Guys, Bioware's gonna show full penetration and they're gonna show a lot of it! I mean, we�re talking, you know, graphic scenes of Ryder really going to town on this hot asari lab tech. From behind, 69, anal, vaginal, cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, all the hits, all the big ones, all the good ones.

The only thing big on Ryder is his head, though, so you won't actually see much.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 01:12

Number Ten Cocks: Feb 25, 2016; by zen death robot

YA BOY ETHAN COUCH posted:

My handgun is named Phallumax, Turgid Vessel of Spooge

Guilty Compensation and Talisman Against Fear, Over Regulated

# ? Mar 8, 2017 01:13

frajaq: Jan 30, 2009; #acolyte GM of 2014

chiasaur11 posted:

I kinda hate that name.

Like, actual low key loathing.

It's not just that it's a bad fantasy name, but it doesn't fit. These aren't ancestral weapons, or ancient religious artifacts, or anything of the sort. This is a rusty old shotgun you duct-taped to a grenade launcher.

I mean, there's nothing wrong with naming your fancy rifle, but even with all the star-warsing, Mass Effect is science fiction of the sort where the use of weapons is fundamentally pragmatic. This is your rifle, there are many like it. Naming it is a personal thing, and done with some degree of humor, or at least recognition of the absurdity. (You will give your rifle a girl's name because this is the only pussy you people are going to get. )

That kind of name feels very out of place, even for an asari. And no other species even gets that close to having an excuse.

I love this thread

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SubponticatePoster: Aug 9, 2004; Every day takes figurin' out all over again how to fuckin' live.; Slippery Tilde

Oh come on, like we aren't all going to have at least one gun named Jessie.

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Hedrigall: Mar 27, 2008; by vyelkin

More like world of SNOREcraft

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Lollerich: Mar 25, 2004; The little doctors are back,
they want to play with you!

I'm going to name my weapons after spaceships from the Culture novels, because I have no imagination.

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Civilized Fishbot: Apr 3, 2011

im going to name my guns the way I name my word docs and excel spreadsheets, in a way that maximizes the potential for confusion

gun1, gun2, gun, gunfinal, gunfinal2, gunfinalrevised3, gun_final

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Arglebargle III: Feb 21, 2006

Hot cakes ITT.

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Pattonesque: Jul 15, 2004; johnny jesus and the infield fly rule

chiasaur11 posted:

I kinda hate that name.

Like, actual low key loathing.

It's not just that it's a bad fantasy name, but it doesn't fit. These aren't ancestral weapons, or ancient religious artifacts, or anything of the sort. This is a rusty old shotgun you duct-taped to a grenade launcher.

I mean, there's nothing wrong with naming your fancy rifle, but even with all the star-warsing, Mass Effect is science fiction of the sort where the use of weapons is fundamentally pragmatic. This is your rifle, there are many like it. Naming it is a personal thing, and done with some degree of humor, or at least recognition of the absurdity. (You will give your rifle a girl's name because this is the only pussy you people are going to get. )

That kind of name feels very out of place, even for an asari. And no other species even gets that close to having an excuse.

Someone on twitter asked the dev if they could fit long names and gave that as an example so that was the one they used, hope this help's

# ? Mar 8, 2017 01:32

FronzelNeekburm: Jun 1, 2001; STOP, MORTTIME

marshmallow creep posted:

So apparently the names you can put on crafted items are quite long:

I wonder if you can spice them up with HTML tags like in FO4.

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Milkfred E. Moore: Aug 27, 2006; 'It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.'

my gun will be the 'we'll bang, okay'

it works on so many levels

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neonbregna: Aug 20, 2007

Hedrigall posted:

Can stick dick in aliens, doesn't matter if the rest of the gameplay is terrible

Put the nomad model in your butt

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neonbregna: Aug 20, 2007

chiasaur11 posted:

I kinda hate that name.

Like, actual low key loathing.

It's not just that it's a bad fantasy name, but it doesn't fit. These aren't ancestral weapons, or ancient religious artifacts, or anything of the sort. This is a rusty old shotgun you duct-taped to a grenade launcher.

I mean, there's nothing wrong with naming your fancy rifle, but even with all the star-warsing, Mass Effect is science fiction of the sort where the use of weapons is fundamentally pragmatic. This is your rifle, there are many like it. Naming it is a personal thing, and done with some degree of humor, or at least recognition of the absurdity. (You will give your rifle a girl's name because this is the only pussy you people are going to get. )

That kind of name feels very out of place, even for an asari. And no other species even gets that close to having an excuse.

Don't be too quick to judge. Here�s the twist, and there is a twist: They show it. They show all of it. Because what�s the one major thing missing from action games these days? �Full penetration. Guys, Bioware's gonna show full penetration and they're gonna show a lot of it! I mean, we�re talking, you know, graphic scenes of Ryder really going to town on this hot asari lab tech. From behind, 69, anal, vaginal, cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, all the hits, all the big ones, all the good ones.

Source your quotes

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omg chael crash: Jul 8, 2012; Macys paid for this. Noodle Boy and Bonby are bad at video games and even worse friends.

chiasaur11 posted:

I kinda hate that name.

Like, actual low key loathing.

It's not just that it's a bad fantasy name, but it doesn't fit. These aren't ancestral weapons, or ancient religious artifacts, or anything of the sort. This is a rusty old shotgun you duct-taped to a grenade launcher.

I mean, there's nothing wrong with naming your fancy rifle, but even with all the star-warsing, Mass Effect is science fiction of the sort where the use of weapons is fundamentally pragmatic. This is your rifle, there are many like it. Naming it is a personal thing, and done with some degree of humor, or at least recognition of the absurdity. (You will give your rifle a girl's name because this is the only pussy you people are going to get. )

That kind of name feels very out of place, even for an asari. And no other species even gets that close to having an excuse.

Don't be too quick to judge. Here�s the twist, and there is a twist: They show it. They show all of it. Because what�s the one major thing missing from action games these days? �Full penetration. Guys, Bioware's gonna show full penetration and they're gonna show a lot of it! I mean, we�re talking, you know, graphic scenes of Ryder really going to town on this hot asari lab tech. From behind, 69, anal, vaginal, cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, all the hits, all the big ones, all the good ones.

What if Ryder could literally smell crime

# ? Mar 8, 2017 02:02

omg chael crash: Jul 8, 2012; Macys paid for this. Noodle Boy and Bonby are bad at video games and even worse friends.

Syzygy Stardust posted:

Do you need 6 or 7 Andromeda Initiative videos to qualify for the helmet? I thought it was 7, with the last unlocking recently, but I can only see 6 available.

What's this? Can we get some gear from watching these videos?

# ? Mar 8, 2017 02:04

Number Ten Cocks: Feb 25, 2016; by zen death robot

omg chael crash posted:

What if Ryder could literally smell crime

Love crimes? Depending on the air filtration and laundry on the Tempest that might not be too hard.

omg chael crash posted:

What's this? Can we get some gear from watching these videos?

Cosmetic helmet. And a Nomad skin for registering(?). The videos take like 15 minutes total, you can run them in the background.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 02:05

TEENAGE WITCH: Jul 20, 2008; NAH LAD

a lot of posters seem on the verge of mentakl breakdown over this game. pls relax with nice video game romances like jack from mass effect2 or tali from mass effect 2 and mass effect 3

# ? Mar 8, 2017 02:07

THE BIG DOG DADDY: Oct 16, 2013; Rasheed was, with Aliases, the top 7 PvPers in Bone Krew.

No one talks about this.

chiasaur11 posted:

Don't be too quick to judge. Here�s the twist, and there is a twist: They show it. They show all of it. Because what�s the one major thing missing from action games these days? �Full penetration. Guys, Bioware's gonna show full penetration and they're gonna show a lot of it! I mean, we�re talking, you know, graphic scenes of Ryder really going to town on this hot asari lab tech. From behind, 69, anal, vaginal, cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, all the hits, all the big ones, all the good ones.

I would say

:getin:

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Turbl: Nov 8, 2007

I'm holding out hope that I will be able to see Drack's lovingly rendered krogan quad.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 02:15

DO IT TO IT: Mar 3, 2008; I know "mon" means man, but I don't think "Och" means anything.

chiasaur11 posted:

I kinda hate that name.

Like, actual low key loathing.

It's not just that it's a bad fantasy name, but it doesn't fit. These aren't ancestral weapons, or ancient religious artifacts, or anything of the sort. This is a rusty old shotgun you duct-taped to a grenade launcher.

I mean, there's nothing wrong with naming your fancy rifle, but even with all the star-warsing, Mass Effect is science fiction of the sort where the use of weapons is fundamentally pragmatic. This is your rifle, there are many like it. Naming it is a personal thing, and done with some degree of humor, or at least recognition of the absurdity. (You will give your rifle a girl's name because this is the only pussy you people are going to get. )

That kind of name feels very out of place, even for an asari. And no other species even gets that close to having an excuse.

fuckin lol

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marshmallow creep: Dec 10, 2008; I've been sitting here for 5 mins trying to think of a joke to make but I just realised the animators of Mass Effect already did it for me

Mass Effect: Andromeda -- like, actual low key loathing

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Hedrigall: Mar 27, 2008; by vyelkin

neonbregna posted:

Put the nomad model in your butt

On it, fam. I'm doing some stretching now in preparation

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ugh its Troika: May 2, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

more like poo poo Rider :twisted:

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Number Ten Cocks: Feb 25, 2016; by zen death robot

marshmallow creep posted:

Mass Effect: Andromeda -- like, actual low key loathing

# ? Mar 8, 2017 02:34

escalator dropdown: Jan 24, 2007; Like all good stories, the second act begins with a call to action and the building of a robot.

Any sense of which Ryder's likely to have the better VA yet, or too early to tell? That's how I usually pick between options in RPGs when given a choice.

Lollerich posted:

I'm going to name my weapons after spaceships from the Culture novels, because I have no imagination.

So Much For Subtlety... :v:

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SgtSteel91: Oct 21, 2010

Deakul posted:

https://www.vg247.com/2017/03/07/everything-we-know-about-banging-in-mass-effect-andromeda-after-going-hands-on-and-quizzing-bioware/

quote:

Liam: A former cop, among other things, Liam fulfills the unfortunate role of early BioWare companion who says a lot of obvious things and asks eye-rolling questions in order for exposition to be delivered to you, the player, who unfortunately cannot be trusted to remember things for whole seconds or form simple connections, due to years of over-stimulation and instant gratification. Hopefully he improves as time goes on. He does not bang dudes and stated this explicitly when I tried it on.

Certain people on the internet are so angry because of this

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Ainsley McTree: Feb 19, 2004

SgtSteel91 posted:

Certain people on the internet are so angry because of this

That's not why I'm angry #whitegenocide

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Arglebargle III: Feb 21, 2006

Is there a quest where you find out you gave an entire colony space STDs and have to race to deliver an anecdote?

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ub: Feb 9, 2003; no dont; Pillbug

Arglebargle III posted:

Is there a quest where you find out you gave an entire colony space STDs and have to race to deliver an anecdote?

Hopefully. That sounds like a legit TNG episode.

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Mr. Baps: Apr 16, 2008; Yo ho?

Arglebargle III posted:

Is there a quest where you find out you gave an entire colony space STDs and have to race to deliver an anecdote?

"Hey, sorry I gave all three thousand of you the space-clap. Speaking of space-clap, though, there was this one time..."

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a primate: Jun 2, 2010

I just want a cool shootmans with space people and lots of adventure and intrigue and I think it will probably deliver on these modest wishes.

# ? Mar 8, 2017 03:17

Crabtree: Oct 17, 2012; ARRRGH! Get that wallet out!
Everybody: Lowtax in a Pickle!
Pickle! Pickle! Pickle! Pickle!; Dinosaur Gum

Arglebargle III posted:

Is there a quest where you find out you gave an entire colony space STDs and have to race to deliver an anecdote?

Turns out this was the planet of no vaccines and, well, none of you can really resist now, can you?

# ? Mar 8, 2017 03:19

FronzelNeekburm: Jun 1, 2001; STOP, MORTTIME

omg chael crash posted:

What's this? Can we get some gear from watching these videos?

https://www.masseffect.com/andromeda-initiative

Sign in with your EA account, scroll down to "view briefings."

# ? Mar 8, 2017 03:22

Trast: Oct 20, 2010; Three games, thousands of playthroughs. 90% of the players don't know I exist. Still a redhead saving the galaxy with a [Right Hook].