Anybody enjoying Game of Thrones? (HBO TV series)

[The Stranger]

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i hate catelyn... she ruins everything for the king in the north -_-

[al Roumi]

There used to be a Game of thrones/song of ice and fire mod for Mount and blade... I think it died a death before M&B was ever released but it provided me with a bit more indulgence.

I really like the world Martin has created. On the face of it, it has the usual corny fantasy tropes (animal companions, dragons, undead, mystical quests, discovering new powers, prophesies, coming of age stories) but the way he works them in as the book(s) progress makes them more believable. Undoubtedly, the real success of the story though is how bleak the characters fates are -you really get the sense that there are no easy choices and that there are consequences to everything. My only concern is that the scope of the story (by the end of book 4) is ballooning as the fantasy stuff becomes more apparent. No wonder he's been struggling with the 5th book for so many years! -although at least it's coming out in July at last...

I'm glad HBO have done a high quality TV adaptation. It's not perfect but it has covered all the bases (and uncovered alot of flesh) IMO.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Fire and blood.

[johnhughthom]

There used to be a Game of thrones/song of ice and fire mod for Mount and blade... I think it died a death before M&B was ever released but it provided me with a bit more indulgence.

I believe there is a PC game released later this year, an RTS I think.

[Centurion1]

ironically if you look on panzers page we had a conversation just abut how well a mount and blade type game would be for this series. The engine is so fantastic it would be absolutely superb.

an rts sounds meh in comparison tbh.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

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i hate catelyn... she ruins everything for the king in the north -_-

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She ruins one thing. I mean, it's kind of a big deal, but it's not even that critical for Robb.

[Hooahguy]

Trailer for the RTS

Anyhow, saw the finale.

It was stupendous. The scene with Dany and the pyre was amazing and chilling at the same time. And the first 20 or so minutes was really sad, I almost cried, especially the scene with Cat and Robb.

And people are overthinking Cat.

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She ruins very little, except Jaime. But without her freeing Jaime, then he wouldnt have lost his hand, and we wouldnt have gotten anything interesting with him.

[Greyblades]

There's a SOIAF mod for Medieval 2 total war but its not exactly special, just character names, some portraits and afew pallet swaps for the factions, Map's OK though.

[Centurion1]

Trailer for the RTS

Anyhow, saw the finale.

It was stupendous. The scene with Dany and the pyre was amazing and chilling at the same time. And the first 20 or so minutes was really sad, I almost cried, especially the scene with Cat and Robb.

And people are overthinking Cat.

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She ruins very little, except Jaime. But without her freeing Jaime, then he wouldnt have lost his hand, and we wouldnt have gotten anything interesting with him.

that game looks retarded

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

A Crusader Kings 2 mod would be sick nasty

[Hooahguy]

There's a SOIAF mod for Medieval 2 total war but its not exactly special, just character names, some portraits and afew pallet swaps for the factions, Map's OK though.

I saw that too. Its called Westoros:TW. As you said, all it really is is character names and new factions. No dragons, last I checked.
Oh well.
It would be awesome though if CA made a SOIAF:TW.

[Kagemusha]

Aargh now the wait starts.Have to wonder do we have to wait for next spring before the second season will start airing.

[Hooahguy]

Aargh now the wait starts.Have to wonder do we have to wait for next spring before the second season will start airing.

Yeah I cant believe season 2 isnt airing until Spring of 2012...

[al Roumi]

ironically if you look on panzers page we had a conversation just abut how well a mount and blade type game would be for this series. The engine is so fantastic it would be absolutely superb.

Here's a link to the mod. It was dumped at M&B v 9.03
http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php...and-blade-mod/

It's a real shame no-one picked it up after the main author dumped it. I haven't played it in ages and i remember it being a little rough round the edges wrt some characters and plot wise, but that would take a massive mod.

an rts sounds meh in comparison tbh.

Yeah, I totally agree. It's got to be one of the lamest things to do with the IP.

[The Stranger]

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She runs one thing. I mean, it's kind of a big deal, but it's not even that critical for Robb.

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pretty critical if u ask me... not that he didnt do anything stupid himself but still. and dunno, shes alot more unpleasant in the books than in the series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOoA...eature=related

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Ultimately it wouldn't have changed anything if it had gone the other way.

[Centurion1]

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pretty critical if u ask me... not that he didnt do anything stupid himself but still. and dunno, shes alot more unpleasant in the books than in the series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOoA...eature=related

That actually put me in a bad mood. Eddard stark isnt even a main character for gods sakes. Will people just get the hell over it.

[The Stranger]

i think hes joking. hes too calm to actually be so mad as he tries to seem.

[Centurion1]

maybe so but it annoys me because i know there are people (mostly very stupid people) who ARE that mad.

[Kagemusha]

I guess then i will have to read the books while wating for the second season.

[Hooahguy]

Almost done with the third book. I truly think its the best of the first four so far.
There were times I wanted to cry, laugh, yell in anger, and shout for joy. And I still have another 100 pages to go.

[johnhughthom]

Almost done with the third book. I truly think its the best of the first four so far.
There were times I wanted to cry, laugh, yell in anger, and shout for joy. And I still have another 100 pages to go.

Both parts, or just the first? I'm about 150 pages from the end of part two.

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I have to say the Red Wedding was a shock, even though I saw it coming a million miles off, as I'm sure everybody else did. I'm hoping to get some chapters from viewpoints we haven't seen before, specifically Tywin, I keep changing my mind on how much he knew about certain things.

[Centurion1]

Both parts, or just the first? I'm about 150 pages from the end of part two.

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I have to say the Red Wedding was a shock, even though I saw it coming a million miles off, as I'm sure everybody else did. I'm hoping to get some chapters from viewpoints we haven't seen before, specifically Tywin, I keep changing my mind on how much he knew about certain things.

Its depressing aint it.

And also a spoiler for you to NOT look at John (like seriously dont look at this until you finish all the books he has released so far MAJOR SPOILER).

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who wants to see johnhughthoms face when he reads tyrion killing off tywin? lol. ]

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I think by then you should be accustomed to that sort of thing. Plus, if the previous "holy crap" moments angered you, that one will make you feel a bit better.

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I was depressed for two weeks after reading the red wedding. I'm also dumb, and I was hoping all the warning signs leading up to it were red herrings / not going to be *that bad*.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Plus, if the previous "holy crap" moments angered you, that one will make you feel a bit better.

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Intentional usage of "holy crap" there when describing the Tywin death scene?

[johnhughthom]

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Just got to that part, to be honest that's probably the only death that's actually annoyed me. If there was any character who's motivations and background I wanted to know more about, Tywin was the guy. I just hope Tyrion's words to his brother don't come back to haunt him, the truth about Tysha was probably the saddest thing in the books so far, as if we needed more reason to sympathise with Tyrion though...

[Centurion1]

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Just got to that part, to be honest that's probably the only death that's actually annoyed me. If there was any character who's motivations and background I wanted to know more about, Tywin was the guy. I just hope Tyrion's words to his brother don't come back to haunt him, the truth about Tysha was probably the saddest thing in the books so far, as if we needed more reason to sympathise with Tyrion though...

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Its quite ironic how we all love a character who committed such a grievous misdeed as patricide, no?

[Hooahguy]

Both parts, or just the first? I'm about 150 pages from the end of part two.

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I have to say the Red Wedding was a shock, even though I saw it coming a million miles off, as I'm sure everybody else did. I'm hoping to get some chapters from viewpoints we haven't seen before, specifically Tywin, I keep changing my mind on how much he knew about certain things.

I was lucky enough to get my copy of Storm of Swords all in one book, and Im loving all of it, all 1200+ pages of it.

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I cant say that I saw the Red Wedding 'a mile away.' Yes, I knew that Frey would try to do something, but I had no idea it would be that extreme.

[johnhughthom]

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Its quite ironic how we all love a character who committed such a grievous misdeed as patricide, no?

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Imagine what an opinion we would have of Tyrion though if we only saw his actions through the eyes of the people around him, like we do Tywin. He would probably appear even more of a monster than his father. Jaime is a character most people probably hate, until we actually get to see thing from his point of view when he becomes likeable. I'm not saying Tywin would suddenly become a nice chap, just misunderstood, it's just frustrating that we never really get to know somebody so central to the events of the story. Probably the only person who becomes (slightly) less objectionable without have their own chapters is Sandor Clegane.

I have to say, the epilogue of book three was probably the biggest WTF moment yet. I can just imagine the author thinking "Okay, I've killed off a load of characters, who would people least like me to bring back? I'll show them..."

[Centurion1]

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Imagine what an opinion we would have of Tyrion though if we only saw his actions through the eyes of the people around him, like we do Tywin. He would probably appear even more of a monster than his father. Jaime is a character most people probably hate, until we actually get to see thing from his point of view when he becomes likeable. I'm not saying Tywin would suddenly become a nice chap, just misunderstood, it's just frustrating that we never really get to know somebody so central to the events of the story. Probably the only person who becomes (slightly) less objectionable without have their own chapters is Sandor Clegane.

I have to say, the epilogue of book three was probably the biggest WTF moment yet. I can just imagine the author thinking "Okay, I've killed off a load of characters, who would people least like me to bring back? I'll show them..."

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No kidding i loath catelyn shes an imbecile. I want either robb back or brann + legs. Robb was an under discussed character i would have enjoyed reading from the pov though he seems a bit too pure. Then again he appeared to be a military genius and a formidable warrior. And bran with legs would create and interesting power dynamic up north.