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#1  Edited By _Psy_

Hello goooood people of the Off-Topic forum, thank you for visiting the thread! =s

This is something that I'm pretty sure has been done on other sites with other games, though I've never gotten much of a chance to witness it personally progress; where a internet community works together to make important decisions on the game. I've chosen to do this with one of my personal favorite free-roams, Skyrim.

Now I understand the whole Skyrim-hype has died down a bit, but it's a game the majority of the internet are at least sorta familiar with and understand the decisions that are to be made. Just in case though, I'll try to provide some information on some of the major decisions within the game as we progress together.

Now, obviously I can't accept everyone's answers; for most options it will be me taking an unofficial poll (with pencil and paper and all that) of what everyone chose, but for more important decisions like the Name of the character, I will take notice of everyone's ideas (combined with their choice of race) and see which one is the best by personal preference. These important things will be listed here in the OP, with the maker of the name being listed as well. Guess that could be interpreted as allowing you bragging rights :u

Now, I haven't launched the game yet as I want to see if people are interested first, but seeing as the main decisions at the beginning of the game are the same regardless, I'll list them down below if you are interested in providing answers.

(Note: I am playing Skyrim with all the DLCs on the Playstation 3)

Beginnings in Helgen

It seems we were caught trying to cross the border between Cyrodiil and Skyrim, but ended up being caught in the middle of skirmish between the Empire and the Stormcloak Rebels, and were mistaken for a rebel ourselves. As we await our execution, one of the Imperials ask- who are we?

Character Name?

Character Race?

Male or Female?

Who do we trust, the Empire or the Stormcloaks?

Current View-

Race:

  • Dunmer- 3
  • Orc- 1
  • Argonian- 2
  • Khajiit- 2

Allegiance:

  • Empire- 6
  • Stormcloaks- 2
  • Neutral- 3

Names (with a point):

Dragonborn (general)- Cave Duck

Umbra (general)- I Like Swords

Lizard Wizard the Second (Argonian)- Squares

Olgoth the War Chieftan (Orc)- Thedailybagel

Ja'Aznable (Khajiit)- DarthAznable

Sethis Nieren (Dunmer)- Mandarinestro

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#2  Edited By JediXMan  Moderator

I like it. This reminds me of what Jim Sterling did. Might I recommend doing something as strict as that? It might make it more interesting.

Are you intending to stream or upload to YouTube?

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This is pretty cool

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@jedixman: I'm not familiar with Sterling's take on this, might you have a link?

Unfortunately I don't possess a capture card or any other recording equipment, so I won't be able to do either at the moment. I'll try to provide as much visual representation by picking a Racial preset for appearance, one that has images available online, as well as pictures of his/her current armor and weapons.

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Alright, I'm game.

  • Name: Assburglar
  • Race: Dunmer
  • Gender: Male. A female assburglar would be kinda awkward.
  • Empire or Stormcloaks: Neither! F**k the Civil War! But for the sake of advancing the story I'd say the Assburglar would go with the Stormcloaks, he'd probably like their shameless racism.

Also, if the name "Assburglar" is chosen the Dragonborn will be henceforth referred to as the Assburglar.

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@smashbrawler: I was expecting some joke names, so this doesn't surprise me.

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@_psy_ said:

@jedixman: I'm not familiar with Sterling's take on this, might you have a link?

Sure.

Language warning:

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This video is basically just a description of what he's going to do. When it comes to skills, he will not use any skills that were not voted on (will not pick locks without the lock picking perk, will not use a weapon that his character is not skilled with, etc. Only exception is speech).

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@_psy_: Joke? Watch your mouth, you insolent whelp! The Assburglar is no joke!

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#9  Edited By _Psy_

@jedixman: That sounds pretty interesting, though without an ability to record my progress I'm not sure there would be a point to avoiding skills.

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How about "Dragonborn" for the name? So he can be Dragonborn the Dragonborn?

Race: Khajit (Love the crazy cat people!)

Empire for the civil war side

I love Skyrim, but I'm afraid to play it again in case I get sucked into its hypnotic depths...

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How about Lizard Wizard the Second? Argonian, of course.

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@_psy_: I think name will always be preference, and it doesn't make any change to our in-game progress anyway. How can there be a "best name"?

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How about "Retarded Bastard of Mustard" for the name?

Race: Khajitt

Gender: Male

Civil War (See what I did there? LOL Marvel fans are gonna like that joke) Empire.

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Character Name: " Not Dragonborn"

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@mandarinestro: There cannot be a "best name"; however, as I am the one actually playing the game I shall be picking the name based on the preference that I don't feel like it being pointlessly silly.

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@_psy_: how about...

Name: olgoth the war chieftain

Race: Orc

Sex: male

Allegiance: stormcloaks

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I hate Skyrim but I'll use my most recent character

Character Name: Ja'Aznable

Character Race: Khajitt

Male or Female: Male

Allegiance: Empire

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Is this going to be one of those LPs where we all say stuff you should do and you pick which suggestions you think work best?

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@squares: For the most part no, names are just a special case. Other decisions will be based on how many people vote for a certain decision.

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Race:

  • Dunmer- 1
  • Orc- 1
  • Argonian- 1
  • Khajiit- 2

Allegiance:

  • Empire- 3
  • Stormcloaks- 2
  • Neutral- 2

Names (with a point):

  • Dragonborn (general)- Cave Duck
  • Lizard Wizard the Second (Argonian)- Squares
  • Olgoth the War Chieftan (Orc)- Thedailybagel
  • Ja'Aznable (Khajiit)- DarthAznable

So far an Empire-supporting Khajiit seems to be the favorite.

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#27  Edited By Mandarinestro

@_psy_:

Name: Sethis Nieren

Race: Dunmer

Sex: Male

Allegiance: Empire

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@_psy_:

Name: Sethis Nieren

Race: Dunmer

Sex: Male

Allegiance: Empire

I agree with this. ^^^^

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#29  Edited By _Psy_

An interesting turn! Dunmer takes the lead, and the Empire is winning by a good bit.

Race:

  • Dunmer- 3
  • Orc- 1
  • Argonian- 1
  • Khajiit- 2

Allegiance:

  • Empire- 5
  • Stormcloaks- 2
  • Neutral- 2

Names (with a point):

Dragonborn (general)- Cave Duck

Lizard Wizard the Second (Argonian)- Squares

Olgoth the War Chieftan (Orc)- Thedailybagel

Ja'Aznable (Khajiit)- DarthAznable

Sethis Nieren (Dunmer)- Mandarinestro

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' i'm thinking about playing.

- is it a good game anyways?

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' i'm thinking about playing.

- is it a good game anyways?

If you are a fan of Fantasy RPGs I'd highly suggest giving it a try.

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@_psy_:

' i mostly play world of war-craft , dungeons and dragons, and Terra Online. I've been thinking of playing it but i didn't think it was worth it.

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@kingvenus: Well the main difference is Skyrim is solely single player while the games you mentioned are multiplayer. It depends on your play style, mostly.

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@_psy_: ' Thanks i will surely download it now. Hope it's fun. lol

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@_psy_: Did you play the previous Elder Scrolls games? Maybe Oblivion or Morrowind?

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@mandarinestro: I played but never finished Oblivion, and sadly Morrowind was just a bit before my time. I'm assuming the name is a reference?

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@_psy_: The name I gave to my character? No, I made it up myself. The Dunmer is my favorite race haha.

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@mandarinestro: Ah, kk. I'm an Orc person myself, but Dark Elf history and lore is more in depth.

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@_psy_: Lol I love Orc gameplay cause 1) finding, smithing, and enchanting armor is easy, and then 2) you can just storm in without sneaking and smash stuff.

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@_psy_: Awesome idea mate.

Character Name? - Umbra

Character Race? - Argonian

Male or Female? - Male

Who do we trust, the Empire or the Stormcloaks? - Neither, or empire.

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#42  Edited By _Psy_

@i_like_swords: Thanks for supporting it.

That makes Argonians tied with Khajiit for second, though Dunmer still have the lead.

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Name- Jeff. Just Jeff.

Race- Dunmer.

M/F- Male.

Empire or Stormcloaks- Empire, of course. It'd be pretty silly for a Dunmer to join the Stormcloaks.

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#44  Edited By _Psy_

Yep, seems like the Empire-representing Dunmer Dude is gonna win it.

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#45  Edited By Mandarinestro

@_psy_: How goes the project? I suggest tagging everyone who gave votes when progress is made.