I think that one of the devs just plays a lot of Warcraft 3 at battle.net , but I could be wrong

Good guess, too, but that doesn't make it any easier to translate the darn thing.

Pretty sure it is mostly an ED reference. The subtitles suggest the timing in a sequence or act of a story to me.

i'm telling you, if in "Darkest Hour" the Matrix sheds some light and allows for a leadership test, i am going to point and laugh.

But will you play it straight?

No, i'm gonna blow up a rediculous looking sports car.

I'm going to point you back to page 3 of Dusk. The answers about the name are there, beyond that there's some sound logic in this thread about the other parts.

Stahlseele--The next time you and friends are running from a Barghest, your Face has failed their leadership test.

Well, we have at least someone whom i would not put it past to say "me grimlok"

me GRIMLOK rawr

You have the touch. You have the powerrrrrr!

*cue synth drums*

Ah, good to see at least SOME nerds still know their classics ^^

German, please. I was pulled out of school to see that movie on opening day.

Well, considering that the movie was released on the 17th of September 1984, i'd have been all of one half year old by that time . .
I'm just a bit disappointed, because somehow most people around me don't know that movie AT ALL . .
I have started distributing DVD's with the Movie in HD Quality to rectify this issue.

if you could only remove blurr and wheelie...

I wouldn't even have been a twinkle in my father's eye!

Forget them, KILL HOTROD!

bah, cub <.< . . GET OFFA MY LAWN! ò,Ó;,

All of you make me feel old. Is there anyone else still left here that's over 40?

They all went to Carousel, but none of them Renewed.

One day I will own a lawn, and a silver topped cane, and I will sit on my porch just so I can shout that at people. Or at least, be correct when I do.

Or maybe not, because I don't like mowing.

A silver topped can would be fucking awesome though.

I think i have a Pimp-Cane with a Silver Skull somewhere . .

Seen it and dumped it again. I know, it bears some resemblance, but... heck, what significance does the name of a silly matrix game mentioned once in a piece of intro fiction really have for an entire adventure series? The only bells ringing here are those on my fluff alert.


Zu Diensten! Actually, the reason why I'm worrying so much about that silly title is that I have to come up with some German translation of it. If it can be translated at all, that is. 'cause the odds aren't good for that, I reckon.

Booo! Hiss! Boo!

(I'm only 27)

Mine would have a dragon's head.

The youngins are taking over - I'm 22, and my players are 25 (my fiancé), 29 (my secondary), and 22 (my best friend).

NYA NYA NYA NYA-NYA! singsong

That would be Me... In '84, I was signing up for the Marine Corps...

Keep the Faith

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Sadly, i am feeling much older than my 26 Years of Age <.<

Every atom in my body was once part of a star.
I feel so old.

1984... I was 9 years old.

My dad took me to see it. I was 7. I watched my childhood heores get swallowed by a planet...

31 for the record

Excellent! I was a year behind you, and went Army instead. Guess that makes you the old curmudgeon of the group, not me.

I feel Old...
But Not TOO Old Mind You...

Keep the Faith

In the above context, what is a "secondary" ?

Semper Fi, brother. I went to MCRD in '98.

Bah! Striplings, both of you. In '84, I was 31.

I'm polyamorous. My secondary romantic partner.

You just brought a lot of hate down on you from a lot of lonely people here.

I'm 37 going on 10.

And pity from others.

Possibly both!

I'll give you the stock answer: Take the work inherent in keeping one relationship stable. Raise it to the power of the number of people besides yourself in the relationship.

I'm lucky - my primary and secondary are best friends, and help keep the communication level high - but as a general rule, poly is a LOT more work than most people realize.

You know, this actually raises an interesting question...

How are relationships like these and others translated into the SR Universe? Most of canon stays away from this explicitly, but seems to imply a continued norm of "traditional" heterosexual relationships.

all the best things in this world were made in 1984 from movies to technology to me.

A few more questions...

Which of the named horrors survived through the end of the 4th world? Surely some of them must have been killed off between the time covered by Earthdawn and the start of the 5th age.

What is the minimum mana level to sustain the various horrors and horror constructs? We know that it requires a lower mana level to keep horrors on Earth than to allow them to cross over, but how low can mana levels get before they have problems? And what happens when the levels do get low enough? Does the horror die, return home, go dormant, what?

How many other horrors are/were 'trapped' during the down cycle? If there was one prison, how many more are there? And how were the prisons made in the first place?

Don't forget Big Brother

Semper Fi....

Hollywood Marine or Island Marine? I was a Hollywood Marine Myself...

Keep the Faith

I generally assume a continuation of the current trend of greater societal acceptance of fringe culture, especially with the whole 80's "fight the power" mentality shaping the future. I think it could be argued either way. Anyone else have thoughts on this?

Hollywood here. Platoon 2002, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion.

i think i would agree about acceptance of fringe groups with btl's, the matrix and such all your dreams and desires are at your fingertips... so u can do it discreetly or in a club...

back to the side note of multiple partners i think kudos to you if your sucsefull at it its hard enough to fail at my one relationship at a time ... of course if its like a triangle it may be easyer because everyone who wants attn has the potental for 2 partners to give it(from a social view anyway)

I'm going to actually disagree. "Street culture" might be more accepting. Might. Only in some areas, though.

Corporate culture would likely...not be. In fact, if there's actually a heavy influence of Japan Inc, it'd suggest a rather more conservative outlook than Westerners are used to.

What's acceptable on the street and what's acceptable when you're a professional are sometimes very different things.

Pop culture will really, really depend on where you are. It's unwise at best to apply the mores of California, for instance, and presume they'll translate automatically to Pennsylvania or Ohio without a fight.