Enough's enough! Show us an ARGONIAN!

Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:07 am

Later. Dunmer first :)


Which makes me feel compelled to hit someone over the head with a blunt object, though in the interests of not causing anyone undo pain, I will refrain from doing so. We've already seen a Dunmer in the E3 video, and it's not like I've ever been terribly worried about how Dunmer look to be begin with. On the other hand, I do very much care how Argonians look, so they should go ahead and show us. And saying that they'll post screenshots of the characters created by people at Quakecon without telling us when doesn't help much, I want pictures, not claims that we will get a picture at some unspecified point in the future.

hey're going to look average, everyone is going to complain, and then fault Bethesda for overhyping them.


And when did Bethesda overhype them? I don't recall them ever saying a single word about how Argonians look. If in the absence of a picture of what they actually look like people imagined their own which turned out to be much more impressive than the real thing, they have only themselves to blame for that.

Of course, if people aren't satisfied with how they look, they'll probably still blame Bethesda for overhyping them anyway, because it's easier to accuse developers of that than to admit that you are the one responsibile for setting your expectations too high.
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:16 am

I won't be viewing it, I want it to be a surprise :D
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:42 pm

Which makes me feel compelled to hit someone over the head with a blunt object, though in the interests of not causing anyone undo pain, I will refrain from doing so. We've already seen a Dunmer in the E3 video, and it's not like I've ever been terribly worried about how Dunmer look to be begin with. On the other hand, I do very much care how Argonians look, so they should go ahead and show us. And saying that they'll post screenshots of the characters created by people at Quakecon without telling us when doesn't help much, I want pictures, not claims that we will get a picture at some unspecified point in the future.



And when did Bethesda overhype them? I don't recall them ever saying a single word about how Argonians look. If in the absence of a picture of what they actually look like people imagined their own which turned out to be much more impressive than the real thing, they have only themselves to blame for that.

Of course, if people aren't satisfied with how they look, they'll probably still blame Bethesda for overhyping them anyway, because it's easier to accuse developers of that than to admit that you are the one responsibile for setting your expectations too high.
agree 1000%
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:03 am

Yes, I want to see Lizzle-Bob, the "sixy, big-boned lizard lady" :D

If it's the first Argonian we see I doubt it looks like an average Argonian.
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:03 am

When I first played Oblivion and didn't know much of TES, I thought Argonians were birds. Hope they're more lizard-like now, like they should be.

you thought they were BIRDS? They should be MORE lizard-like? Did you even notice that they were covered in scales and had no beaks, but sharp teeth and slitted eyes? Birds have feathers, beaks, NO teeth, and their pupils are round, and MOST of them do not swim under water so why would they be able to breathe under water as a bird? http://www.google.com/imgres?q=argonian+oblivion&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1440&bih=747&tbm=isch&tbnid=vfIfkta-W4YuWM:&imgrefurl=http://the-elder-scrolls.tumblr.com/post/6232079570&docid=0FYHxdcYqvurcM&w=500&h=342&ei=iAlATuLoE8KtsALhzY0Z&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=410&vpy=447&dur=4927&hovh=186&hovw=272&tx=108&ty=106&page=4&tbnh=135&tbnw=178&start=92&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:92 http://www.google.com/imgres?q=bird+face&um=1&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=747&tbm=isch&tbnid=Hee3nIMw5O7MpM:&imgrefurl=http://critteristic.com/birds/hello-dr-bird/&docid=_4GDZOHtWw7HBM&w=500&h=456&ei=HApATt_GMOmDsgLZ7JWwBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=175&vpy=401&dur=5862&hovh=214&hovw=235&tx=228&ty=56&page=1&tbnh=133&tbnw=145&start=0&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:11 am

you thought they were BIRDS? They should be MORE lizard-like? Did you even notice that they were covered in scales and had no beaks, but sharp teeth and slitted eyes? Birds have feathers, beaks, NO teeth, and their pupils are round, and MOST of them do not swim under water so why would they be able to breathe under water as a bird? http://www.google.com/imgres?q=argonian+oblivion&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1440&bih=747&tbm=isch&tbnid=vfIfkta-W4YuWM:&imgrefurl=http://the-elder-scrolls.tumblr.com/post/6232079570&docid=0FYHxdcYqvurcM&w=500&h=342&ei=iAlATuLoE8KtsALhzY0Z&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=410&vpy=447&dur=4927&hovh=186&hovw=272&tx=108&ty=106&page=4&tbnh=135&tbnw=178&start=92&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:92 http://www.google.com/imgres?q=bird+face&um=1&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=747&tbm=isch&tbnid=Hee3nIMw5O7MpM:&imgrefurl=http://critteristic.com/birds/hello-dr-bird/&docid=_4GDZOHtWw7HBM&w=500&h=456&ei=HApATt_GMOmDsgLZ7JWwBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=175&vpy=401&dur=5862&hovh=214&hovw=235&tx=228&ty=56&page=1&tbnh=133&tbnw=145&start=0&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0

maybe it was wearing a wig
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:26 am

Indeed. One of the journalists who got to play an Argonian said they looked like Oblivion's and Morrowind's. Think I read it on twitter.


This confuses me, was it a little of both or...i dont know. My brain hurts
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:12 am

it's coming.

each of the journalists who did the 60-minute demo at QuakeCon will get a screenshot of their character.

one of them played an Argonian named Lizzle-Bob.

She will be our first Argonian pic

When will these be expected to come out?

And is that a w-w-w-wight-ht your avatar?!?!
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:14 am

I play as a Nord but i REALLY want to see what Argonians are going to look like.
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:55 pm

Am I the only one who thinks there is only so much that the Argonian model can differ ? (from Oblivion anyway). That's not to say that I'm not completely hyped about seeing a screenshot of an Argonian, but in terms of, say the Khajiit we saw, where the new model emphasised the fur and the more animalistic qualities, scales would be harder to change.


Hmmm, that probably didn't make much sense.


I'd quite like to see an Argonian whose just come out of a lake/ river, where we can see some awesome light effects as it reflects off of their scales. *sighs*.
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:26 am

That's because it does! Wait, what was that? Oh, it doesn't? Besides, everyone knows that the secret to life is
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42


42 is a common misnomer. The true meaning of life lies not in the pages of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It lies in the least random number possible, that is, 17. 17 > 42 (not mathimatically though)
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:10 pm

Like I said in another thread of very similar "demand" - I don't care much about finished character pics, I want to see the process of creating some kind of humanoid shape (something I can relate to) rather than beast races.
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:51 am

probably within the next week or two.

I think it was the Destructoid journalist, so keep checking Destructiod


I'm a little worried that this is only a rumor. I've emailed Destructoid asking them if there's any truth to this. If I hear anything back you guys will be the first to know :)
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:08 pm

42 is a common misnomer. The true meaning of life lies not in the pages of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It lies in the least random number possible, that is, 17. 17 > 42 (not mathimatically though)


Oh god. Once more, number 17 proves that it has been haunting me for the past four years, everywhere I look. I am not joking.

But yeah, I've been waiting for an argonian pic since the game was announced.
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:53 am

Why is everyone so obsessed with seeing an Argonian?
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:51 am

Later. Dunmer first :)
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:48 am

Isn't every journalist that made a character for the game getting a screen shot of said character?

Didn't one journalist make an Argonian?

Why are you n'wahs still demanding crap?
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:58 am

Honestly, whether they release a picture of an Argonian or not will not phase me. I'm not going to play as an Argonian, so why care?


But since people want the pictures... Beth, show them the [censored] pictures!
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Post » Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:42 pm

For now here is a http://www.partyvibe.com/forums/attachments/drugs/3800d1244643836-smoking-lizards-tails-lizard_man.jpg
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:15 am

Tbh, I don't understand the Argonian obsession, but since we know what the other races look like, I guess it's only fair that the (large group of) Argonian fans get their wish.
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:45 am

you thought they were BIRDS? They should be MORE lizard-like? Did you even notice that they were covered in scales and had no beaks, but sharp teeth and slitted eyes? Birds have feathers, beaks, NO teeth, and their pupils are round, and MOST of them do not swim under water so why would they be able to breathe under water as a bird? http://www.google.com/imgres?q=argonian+oblivion&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1440&bih=747&tbm=isch&tbnid=vfIfkta-W4YuWM:&imgrefurl=http://the-elder-scrolls.tumblr.com/post/6232079570&docid=0FYHxdcYqvurcM&w=500&h=342&ei=iAlATuLoE8KtsALhzY0Z&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=410&vpy=447&dur=4927&hovh=186&hovw=272&tx=108&ty=106&page=4&tbnh=135&tbnw=178&start=92&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:92 http://www.google.com/imgres?q=bird+face&um=1&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=747&tbm=isch&tbnid=Hee3nIMw5O7MpM:&imgrefurl=http://critteristic.com/birds/hello-dr-bird/&docid=_4GDZOHtWw7HBM&w=500&h=456&ei=HApATt_GMOmDsgLZ7JWwBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=175&vpy=401&dur=5862&hovh=214&hovw=235&tx=228&ty=56&page=1&tbnh=133&tbnw=145&start=0&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0


Woah woah, calm down. I saw my first argonian ever and thought it was a bird. Probably it wasn't too scaly with all the clothes etc on. No need to jump out on me now.
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:34 am

I think they'll be pretty cool looking but I'm not to concerned because I never play as an Argonian anyway.
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Post » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:39 pm

sadly this is the most likely conclusion argonians are gonna look not much different than in oblivion and people will rage at how secretive bethesda was over nothing and some of these raging people wont buy the game out of spite.

Whereas in fact they are not being that secretive at all I think. There are tons of aspects of the game that Bethesda hasn't revealed yet, I don't think they're doing this on purpose. At least not in a 'our argonians are so awesome so we're going to save them for much later' way. It's just the forumers who want to see Argonians so badly, which makes it more obvious that we haven't seen a screenshot of them yet.

I don't think we've seen a Breton or a Redguard yet either.
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:03 am

Argonians are going to be awesome anyway.
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Post » Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:42 am

Whereas in fact they are not being that secretive at all I think. There are tons of aspects of the game that Bethesda hasn't revealed yet, I don't think they're doing this on purpose. At least not in a 'our argonians are so awesome so we're going to save them for much later' way. It's just the forumers who want to see Argonians so badly, which makes it more obvious that we haven't seen a screenshot of them yet.

I don't think we've seen a Breton or a Redguard yet either.

We've seen two Redguards: There's a picture of a female before the skin tone was applied and Todd fights one in the gameplay demo(there's a decent screen of him somewhere).
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