VivaLebowski

All hell is gonna break loose.

If Grunts were really supposed to be arthropods of some weird sort, they sure never seemed like it. They are too humanoid for that.

Oh god, they changed the appearance to suit game design? As opposed to the Science fiction Halo Canon which makes so much sense, as we all know! Espiecally the gas powered guns even though its 500 years in the future, OR the open gunner seats on Warthogs, or flipping tanks, or the Armor Abilities which all just happened to be wiped out on Reach! OMG, could you imagine if Bungie had put those things in just for the sake of game design, and not for the sake of them making sense? I mean, CAN YOU IMAGINE? If Bungie had ever done anything like that, I would refuse to buy their games. I would have rioted...protested...declared war on a small European country, like China, for instance. Okay, I just don't know what I'd do, but it would be bad, and when I did it, I would be foaming at the mouth rabid. And I'm dead cereal about this. So cereal. I'm talking Kellogs frosted flakes cereal. Without any milk.

I don't care for the visual design, but they look like they'll be fun to fight. I just hate how top heavy the promethean knights look...and the watchers and the crwlers and the knights don't look stylistically similiar enough for me...they don't seem like part of the same force.

To that I say, oh pishaw, wild immature accusations are practically a duty of my station. Also, with regards to Lenin...are you one of these funny types who thinks things would have been fine and dandy if only Lenin had remained in power and Stalin hadn't took over? I don't want to hijack the thread but I just had to ask. Might be a good subject for a PM. Interesting how my sarcasm turns into a serious question.

Promethean vision is for people who couldn't handle using the motion tracker...that said, it seems just a tad OP, I was hoping it wouldn't be a constant effect but rather a pulse which only very briefly illuminates people.

This is a bit like refusing to even accept the possibility that Giant Squids might exist beacuse, thanks to bad luck, the only things you've heard about the Ocean was Leviathans and Mermaids...or refusing to even consider the possibility that God exists beacuse you were raised by fundamentalist idiots.

Haha, that made me think, there's an interesting thing called parrellel evolution where two populations which evolve in completely different habitates evolve similarly to be pretty much like eachother. There's these plants in India which are exactly like Cactus but arent Cactus, at least they are slightly different genetically and evolved from seperate things completely independant of eachother...its weird. I always thought, it there was intelligent life of our own level, it will almost certainly be twolegged with a similiar anatomy simply beacuse thats the most effective model...this is assuming life has to emerge on planets like our own...if not, you could have all sorts of wacky, exotic things evolving on planets very different from our own. Also, don't mean to be a ****, but I think even if they were Human's they would still be aliens

You cannot have totalitarianism without the iron fist mate, Gorbachev learned that the hard way . You would make a horrible dictator, as in, you'd fail at it haha! Now, with regards to your office, is it ceremonial or do you have any actual authority vested in you by we, the people? (Of the forum). I tuned out of the forums at the end of that whole process, though I remember I refused to vote for you espiecally beacuse of yours suspected ties to known members of the Nazi party.

Its worth pointing out that the Universes's sheer size cannot really be considered an argument for their being life elsewhere until we know for sure that Life is the kind of thing which could emerge elsewhere automatically. What I mean to say is, the emergence of life, howevor it happened, was not a simple chemical reaction. I think that much can be deduced from simple common sense. OTHER than that fact, though, little else is known, and I doubt anyone's going to be able to find out more about life spontaneously being created (I think they call it abiogenesis?). No one has any idea how inanimate matter without genetic material could have made that jump to animate matter with genetic material and when you think about it, that jump from, essentially, a piece of dust to a bacteria is mindboggling. For someone of the religious persuasion I might say miraculous. Point is, life may not neccasarily be something that results automatically when the right conditions come togethor and thus, its not neccasarily true that life could just crop up anywhere in the Universe when certain prerequisites were met. It may well be that the entire Universe was seeded with DNA at creation, or that the creation of life itself at a later date in the history of the Universe was an act of God. This isn't to say that Life is not a result of conditions coming togethor, I could believe that as well, but only that we dont know. Since we don't know how life was created we can hardly say where life was created. Also, I ain't purposefully trying to inject religion into this, but you simply cannot have a complete discussion of something like this without crossing over into metaphysical/theological grounds. Bear in mind that I'm a strict evolutionist, certainly not any type of biblical literalist. I might not accept all the component parts of Darwinism, but I certainly don't belive in all that pseudo scienfitic BS you'll get from certain fundamentalist Christians. Sorry if I offended anyone, but I had to say it.

I guess it would just be really difficult to program something like that cuz Bungie has definitely thought of that before...I mean, I wished this when I first started playing infection.

This is all I'm gonna say since Religious conversations are looked down on here, BUT speaking as one Christian to another, there are allot of things which obviously exist which the Bible never talks about. Food for thought, good sir. All I'm gonna say before the forum police come down on mah ass.

Your argument amuses me. What is that I hear, young squire? The small ones are fighting again? How very quaint. They shall soon tire of their useless exploit but before they do, let us observe then and learn their ways,while sipping a fine wine. What's that? I shall have the white chardonnay, from the valley of San Fernando. Mmmmmmm, haha, indeed, fine sir, they are woolen slippers, thank you kindly for noticing.

As much as I hate popularity contests, dont be a communist

How in the name of gods green earth did you get elected? With the introduction of an executive office, the forum is on a no holds barred death spiral into authoritarian dictatorship. Calling it right now, we are one step away from totalitarianism people!

I'd say yes, simply beacuse the Universe would be more fun, more colorfull and make for better stories that way. I'm not talking scientifically here...allot of this depends on how inanimate matter made the jump to life...very mysterious when you think about it. BUT I'm a theist, and I think God is an artist, and he pursues effects in the Universe beacuse, among other reasons, they make for a better piece of art. I'm not God but I think ,Considering how big the universe is, and how interesting life is, the big man up stairs would not leave it all empty of life except for our tiny infentismal speck, simply beacuse the Universe would make for a better work of art full of life then almost completely empty of it.

As a relatively new member, I appreciate your post for the insight it gives to how the forums evolved. Interesting to see how communities grow and change. I havent been here too too long, nor am I a high intensity poster or participant, but congratz on the last year and heres to the future!

Wha'd yall who have seen the New Ridley Scott Flick think of it? I'd give it a solid 3 and a half out of 5 stars for awesome effects, scary sequences and some pretty entertaining characters. Have to take points off beacuse I thought the back story and science fiction elements of it did not hold up too much or stay consistent even if it was a very intriguing premise. I'd say it asked the big questions but failed to deliver any sort of response. Not that it needed to neccasarily but the profound questions were lost in the standard, Alien-esque horrible gooey things are happening, people are touching things for no apparent reason, sticking their faces close to unknown substances and or creatures, that kind of thing. I thought it was one of the best looking movies I've seen in several years though, an absolutely dynamite visual sense.

Well said, Doctor, well said. The eloquence of that statement brought a tear of admiration to my eyes. It touched the very fathoms of my jaded soul. Verily, I say sir, an earthskaing revelation. But with regards to the OP, I like the avatar. I can see no Sig, howevor.

I'm about to start crying. Someone hold me. Whats that? He's not leaving permanently? Hurray!

If you seek to give us a SHOT we'll riddle you. I'll give you a hint: Its a Helicopter. Welcome to the forums.

I'm betting fiddy dollas (aka, 1 fat Benjamin, if you know what I'm saying) that Cortana ends up sacrificing herself at the end of the series after spending some time as a villain after rampancy is reached... Though I like your idea...kinda seemes like an appropriate end to her arc...evolving into something new via ancient tech. Intriguing.

How in the name of Gods Green earth am I number 17? Does trolling and being sarcastic as hell earn me brownie points towards that? I mean...if this was the Most Obnoxious Members, first or second place would not surprise me. But thanks for the ranking!