Golden Girl

Originally Posted by BigFish

GG, we value the aged because of their experience. The fact that they can help the pack through unusual circumstances because of KNOWLEDGE. It's another survival tool that came about because of our communication skills

Originally Posted by Luminara

Incorrect. Preservation and care of the elderly was not a development due to morals, but instead because the elderly are repositories of information which aided in survival and allowed family and tribal groups to prosper. Grandpa knew the best method of trapping prey, the best hunting grounds, the time of year when planting was optimal, etc.

With the burden of survival eased by advances in civilization, care of the elderly gradually became an act of kindness and appreciation, but even today, the elderly provide valuable services for people, such as remembering how old technology works or being able to give observations and insights into historical events.

Originally Posted by Luminara

Hequat was an ancient Egyptian goddess of frogs and childbirth, from the era before Upper and Lower Egypt were united. She fell into disuse when the dynasties began and is almost unknown today.

Originally Posted by Veritech

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes!"

Originally Posted by Flea_Mark_Evil

Good and evil are abstract concepts created by humans to justify our own instinctual behaviours and even then we can't stick to them. And that is that.

Originally Posted by BigFish

GG, we have no more "developed beyond" our animal nature than a bacterium has. What we developed was a complex mental/verbal communication ability that allows us to make excuses for our bad actions. There is still crime, violence, and useless war in this world. That would not be the case if we were "beyond" our animal nature.

Originally Posted by lionheart_fr

You just described the way my wife, daughter, and I play -- though my wife prefers LOTRO, while I lean toward CoH, but we truly enjoy both games. I get both my superhero and fantasy games that way.

I16 is fantastic to me because it adds just that much more customization and creativity to our characters. And the AE provides a limitless source of actual content (we never farm/PL). Even my daughter (age nine) has written her own arc.

Of course, my daughter spends almost as much time in the SG base or her Hobbit house (depending on which game she is playing) as she does questing. She puts a lot of RPers I've known to shame with her imagination. Whereas many RPers I've seen seem to think spouting off lore tidbits constantly constitutes roleplaying, she spends time in her house or in the other areas of the game world playing the same way she plays with her dollhouse. She has her own little stories going on all the time -- and even manages to connect them to CoH/LOTRO as she goes. That is, she's aware of the game world and just weaves it into her own stories. It's fun to listen to her play.

She doesn't require other players to interact with to have fun with her own stories, any more than when she's playing with her toys by herself. The other day in CoH, she had one of her characters being a super Longbow agent. For a while, she ran all over Atlas Park looking for Longbow patrols. She would check in with the leaders, give instructions, and move on to the next one. If they were in combat, she would join, and act concerned if any were knocked out or nearly defeated.

In LOTRO, one day I noticed she had her little Hobbit girl (a Guardian) in, dressed in a dress instead of armour, and walking around all the bushes in her yard, pausing every now and then. I asked her what she was doing; she replied that she needed to trim the bushes. She said that there wasn't an emote for that, so she just pretended that's what she was doing.

A few days later, her Hobbit invited a couple of our characters (both Hobbits, of course) over for a party. While we were logging in, she ran her character over to the neighborhood shop and pretended to buy food and such for the party. The she ran back to her house and pretended to cook. When we arrived (having doffed our armour and donned more party-appropriate clothing), she served several courses (from appetizers to desserts), then we went outside and played party games (e.g., tag, hide-and-seek).

We didn't gain a single point of XP, we didn't "progress" our characters one iota -- but we had a blast using our imaginations and playing together as a family.

The next day we geared up and stomped some Orcs together. That was fun too.

Originally Posted by DMystic

That makes you a criminal in Paragon City, not the Rogue Isles.

People always seem to forget that the Rogue Isles are a sovereign nation ruled by Recluse. So the laws that apply in any country we might be from do not necessarily apply to our characters in the Rogue Isles.

Originally Posted by Blood Spectre

Right. So.. never.

Originally Posted by jwbullfrog

Heh. Shows you've been paying attention.

If you include the latest films, the clone wars series, and the novels, there are a lot more female role models in the Star Wars Universe.

I think Leia would still be the top choice...unless you're really a Mon Mothma kinda gal

Originally Posted by Blood Spectre

And we never will be either.

Originally Posted by Scythus

Boba Fett.

Originally Posted by Pyrokine

Its a bit like the Star Wars thing where first you want to be Luke then you realise that Han is cooler, but eventually you realise that you really want to be Vader!
(Now of course I realise that I actually want to be Yoda! Although I probably look more like Jabba!)

Originally Posted by Nethergoat

Maybe you need to step out of Atlas?

Originally Posted by DMystic

and super powered citizens of the Isles aren't criminals either.