[MatthTheGeek]

Hey, also first time I can't play a mission because even with the lowest settings evar the fps is below 1. But I guess everyone know that already.

[General Battuta]

* First time since Tomb Raider I've played as a female character
* First time I've played a lesbian. I can't already relate easily to a female character, I can relate even less to one attracted to women

Waaaaaait. Are you straight? If so, shouldn't being attracted to women be....more relatable?

* First time I've paused in the middle of a FS2 campaign because I couldn't stomach more scenaristic punches to the gut
* First time I've posted on these boards. W00t.

What's scenaristic?

[Darius]

Well I guess a female acquaintance who he knows IRL who isn't attracted to women will make a similar character ingame more relatable.

[Erkhyan]

General Battuta, I'm a gay male. I have trouble relating to women at all (at least with straight women I share the attraction to men?). Don't mistake my words though — having a lesbian character makes it harder for me to relate, not impossible. So far I'm doing okay with WiH.

As for "scenaristic", sorry, I guess I did some dumb translation from French there (I have English as a third language...). Please understand "scenaristic punches to the gut" as "punches in the gut dealt by a scenario." I've been through this last year and still have to deal with the aftermath (the wiki doesn't mention that the crisis is still ongoing as of now), so playing a game as the constantly losing side hits rather close to home.

[General Battuta]

General Battuta, I'm a gay male. I have trouble relating to women at all (at least with straight women I share the attraction to men?). Don't mistake my words though — having a lesbian character makes it harder for me to relate, not impossible. So far I'm doing okay with WiH.

A ha! Makes sense. And my bad for making assumptions.

As for "scenaristic", sorry, I guess I did some dumb translation from French there (I have English as a third language...). Please understand "scenaristic punches to the gut" as "punches in the gut dealt by a scenario."

Also makes sense.

[Javito1986]

It strikes me that Laporte's sexual orientation is a very, very small part of the story isn't it? Future Earth seems to find same-sex relationships to be quite normal. Either way, seeing as it's hardly a big deal I don't see why that in itself would prevent anyone from relating to the character. She has quite a lot else going on in her life!

[Mongoose]

I barely noticed it myself, other than my inner 12-year-old having the occasional, "ooh, hawt" thought.  Their relationship was portrayed about as realistically as it could be.

[Lukeskywalkie]

Two firsts for me, one of which I've been pleading for ever since I signed up on the boards:

1.

Spoiler:

  The first time I've gotten to go from launch, to jump, to combat, and then jump away, in ONE mission, complete with subspace entry.  Seriously, that was fantastic. I've always wanted to jump from one place to another in-game (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=55640.msg1124230#msg1124230)

So having that was like christmas...a present just for me. So thanks guys!  (spoiler tags since if anyone had spoiled that surprise for me, I would have gone on a killing spree

2.  First time I've cared about my wingmen.  Creating a compelling military drama, and eliciting sympathy from the player, are two separate, equally difficult things. This is the first time I've seen them both in the same mod.

[redsniper]

First time I felt bad for the families of all the poor bastards on that freighter I couldn't protect.

Which freighter?

One of the civvie ships in the first mission. I found myself swearing under my breath when it blew up. Not because I failed the mission or anything, but because the briefing was so well written I was able to suspend my disbelief.