[Marcov]

It's been a while since I played Derelict, but I can see why Homesick ranks alongside it as one of the best user-made campaigns ever made in the Freespace Fanverse.

You just never run out of fun fuel in Homesick. I just don't know how to describe it, but blowing fighters and bombers to hell literally never got so fun. And the chatter is possibly the best ever.

Also Battuta, I think your persuading them to see the new campaigns stems from your enthusiasm in taking a role in the BP team, which is understandable.

Anyway, I'm not actually a veteran here, but I'm somewhat sure they played the newer campaigns too, they just love the nostalgia factor and the "classic" thing behind Derelict. For me, user-made campaigns that uses RETAIL instead of any add-on has its own flavor, while things like Blue Planet have some other type of charm.

I haven't played much of BP:WiH yet (finished BP:AoA though), but sad to say, it's kinda lag in the first mission. I hope the lag somehow stops in the succeeding ones, otherwise it's going to be a bit of a problem.

Okay, *expects wave of flames*, but I somehow find it a minor setback to play as a female.

[Mongoose]

Should we spoil Marcov about Samus Aran's true identity?

[The E]

By all means. Maybe introduce him to Ripley as well.

[Deadly in a Shadow]

By all means. Maybe introduce him to Ripley as well.

Ye mean Ridley?

[General Battuta]

By all means. Maybe introduce him to Ripley as well.

Ye mean Ridley?

No...

[SpardaSon21]

I'm guessing The_E is referring to Ellen Ripley of the Alien movies.

[Nuclear1]

By all means. Maybe introduce him to Ripley as well.

Ye mean Ridley?

Nope, Ripley.

[Zacam]

I somehow find it a minor setback to play as a female.

...

I can appreciate that you have an opinion on the matter. And it was decent of you to encode in a way so as not to call unnecessary attention to it...but what the hell?

I don't know what to do here. On the one hand, I want to eviscerate you. Call down lightning bolts of doom, sort of thing. But that would be inappropriate. Not anywhere near as inappropriate as I find what you said to be, but still inappropriate.

Do me all of us a favor, stay out of FSU.

[Coli]

I... think he just meant he can't connect/relate to a character of a different gender than he is, making the comment a lot less chauvinistic than it initially seems.

[General Battuta]

One more thing: the fact that BP is successful doesn't mean that pretty much everyone here wants a talking player character and, more in general, a pure character-based environment. I see people making major assumptions on "changes to the community's tastes" without actual evidence.

I've said over and over again that people don't want this, that there should always be a variety of narrative approaches, not a single one. In fact I've told you several times over the years that the great strength of the community is diversity and heterogeneity, rather than everyone doing something one way. (This is the same position Volition's always taken, incidentally). I don't know what you're talking about.

No. I believe some more modesty would be appropriate here - new campaigns are awesome because the SCP and FSU made a lot of things possible, not because new campaign designers are smarter and/or more skilled than the older ones. I'd like to clarify this because many community members think the halo of sacred awesomeness recent campaigns have is imputable only to said campaigns' respective FREDders.

And again, here, I don't think I've seen anyone claim this. I don't know what you're trying to say or who you're trying to argue against.

[Marcov]

I somehow find it a minor setback to play as a female.

...

I can appreciate that you have an opinion on the matter. And it was decent of you to encode in a way so as not to call unnecessary attention to it...but what the hell?

I don't know what to do here. On the one hand, I want to eviscerate you. Call down lightning bolts of doom, sort of thing. But that would be inappropriate. Not anywhere near as inappropriate as I find what you said to be, but still inappropriate.

Do me all of us a favor, stay out of FSU.

Honestly, I can't understand why the BP:WiH team had to make the player character a female. Why did you do this? What inspired you to do so?

Why do you want to exterminate me from the Universe? Are you offended?

What's all this defensiveness for Blue Planet?

[General Battuta]

I somehow find it a minor setback to play as a female.

...

I can appreciate that you have an opinion on the matter. And it was decent of you to encode in a way so as not to call unnecessary attention to it...but what the hell?

I don't know what to do here. On the one hand, I want to eviscerate you. Call down lightning bolts of doom, sort of thing. But that would be inappropriate. Not anywhere near as inappropriate as I find what you said to be, but still inappropriate.

Do me all of us a favor, stay out of FSU.

Honestly, I can't understand why the BP:WiH team had to make the player character a female. Why did you do this? What inspired you to do so?

Why do you want to exterminate me from the Universe? Are you offended?

What's all this defensiveness for Blue Planet?

Banned from IRC for sexual harassment, banned from GenDisc for racism, still swingin' for the fences

[Marcov]

Do not answer for someone else.

[Unknown Target]

Calm down, folks.

If anyone's offended by his question, MattTheGeek had a decent enough response here;

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=76176.msg1512425#msg1512425

[General Battuta]

I'm sorry, didn't you just ask a question about the sex and gender of the main character in Blue Planet

You're really working this one pretty hard

[Marcov]

No I didn't. I merely said that it was a minor setback for me to play as a female, nothing else.

also im tired off youre cyber buliyng

[Unknown Target]

Marcov, I can see how some people may find what you asked offensive, for the things that it could possibly imply.

General Battuta, you're not answering his question and it looks, to me, like you're more interested in Marcov's past infractions than what he's saying now.

Why don't you guys read some other threads for a bit?

[Marcov]

Marcov, I can see how some people may find what you asked offensive, for the things that it could possibly imply.

No offense as I'm just curious as to why they designed a female protagonist for BP:WiH. Usually Alpha 1 will be a male, or even more usually, asexual (gender not dictated, just called "Alpha 1").

[General Battuta]

Honestly, I can't understand why the BP:WiH team had to make the player character a female. Why did you do this? What inspired you to do so?

I don't know this looks a lot like a question to me

also im tired off youre cyber buliyng

People responding to your statements doesn't qualify as bullying. This is a forum for discussion, discussion will occur.

[Marcov]

People responding to your statements doesn't qualify as bullying. This is a forum for discussion, discussion will occur.

I think Unknown Target has a reason for trying to let this stop, but frankly this was directed towards you (singular).

You will try to initiate an excuse saying "you've been banned frequently so people generally don't like you" when it doesn't really have to do with the topic at hand.

I think this is some kind of habit of yours, you may be doing it to other forum members. I don't know why, but you seem to be having fun at labeling people "trolls", which is actually trolling in itself.