I am Painis Cupcake!
I will eat you!

But yes, Todd is awesome indeed.

This thread has degraded very quickly. If you have nothing to contribute to the thread, you should probably just leave, before the mods shut a perfectly good thread down.

On topic: I remember that interview. I laughed when I read that part, Todd is really awesome.

Okay, not here, and not ALWAYS. But I've seen you make frequent comments of this nature. You go into threads, and when you dislike them or find them useless (according to your tastes, but obviously not everybody else) and then you can't hold back from telling the OP how useless their thread is. And I've seen others do it, too--but my point is that it seems unreasonable and unnecessarily rude to comment in a topic you dislike/find useless, when you could do the polite thing and just leave the thread and ignore it. There's no reason to go around telling everybody who has a thread you don't like that their thread is pointless. Comments such as those are pointless.

As far as the person who was apparently rude to you first, I'll have to go back and see, and if they were, I'm sorry. I am disgusted by the way I've seen people talk to each other in these forums, and I just think it's high time people follow the old childhood rule that "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all."

My point exactly. This thread is useful to me, and others, so I hope it gets back on track. Again, I am glad the OP posted this thread, because I had not seen that interview yet.

Take this to PM please before you get this locked. Thank you.

Edit: Galen we just said pretty much the same thing at the same exact time haha.

Could we please just have this argument a PM thing so the thread doesn't get locked?
Edit: It must mean something!

Let's not make this thread into a argument about whether Danger Dan is attacking people or not.

I think Todd Howard is awesome, and he has humor and can at the same time be very serious!
And he's smart! Just look at his games for Thor's sake!

I swear, Todd's brother is Cliffy B. (Director of Gears of War) They act ALIKE! (Not to mention sound almost similar.)

Anyways, yeah, Todd's great.

Ok, so that this can all stop and we can just go back to the way the thread was meant to be, I have made a list for Dan on the things that are useful (Not just useful to him but useful for others as well).

Links
Discussions
Things related enough to Skyrim
Things people might find interesting or at least worth reading
polls on what you want to see
questions
etc...

Things that are pointless:
Things that pretty much say "OMFG Skyrim is going to ba A-MAZING!"

Yea I think Todd is pretty cool. He's smart and funny--that's a good combo, imo! Skyrim is in good hands.

Please give me a link where I have said such things and the thread was not locked nor moved.


Everything we're discussing can be considered pointless and off topic but are you going to just up and leave? I did not say anything of the like until someone said...


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Then I accept your apology for that is the case. My goal is not to be the jerk that tells everyone what to do. If this was posted in http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/forum/18-community-discussion/, I might have been inclined to talk about how awesome Todd is. A short and helpful...


Was not offensive nor was it intended to be taken as such. If you want to PM me about all this nonsense, that's fine. I don't care either way but some people can't seem to stop talking about how they believe I'm driving the thread off topic here.


As if that isn't hypocritical.

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Obviously not...

Ignore him Syl.
Thats what I'm doing.

Hey, does anybody have any othere links to new interviews by Todd (like from the last three or four months)? I've fallen wayyyy behind on the forums because I was sick...



I don't think she was being hypocritical because she only made two comments about this, and by the looks of it she was just trying to be nice and keep the peace. Althogh she was driving it off topic by not simply ignoring him I doubt that was her intention and I think people should really lay off her. From what I've seen, she's a really nice person, and I think all of us could learn something from her. She should ignore him, yes, or move it to a PM, but maybe she just didn't think of it...you know? Two comments is hardly that much to get so po'd about.

So is there a more recent Todd Howard Skyrim interview for us?

He's able to speak for 30 minutes, make it sounds intresting, But in the end you realise you didn't learn anything new.

okay maybe your right in a way, but I've learned something new from most of his interviews, even if its just something small. But even if you don't learn anything new, he is really entertaining to listen to!

Thats how you keep a business.
Look at EA.

Todd is great because: Well, the first reason that comes to mind is because he disseminates information about TES and that has us hanging on every word. Then everyone anolyzes every word about Skyrim and if they choose, they can read something into it that may be there, or not. The second reason is he has great hair. And I hope he doesn't get it cut for E3. Also, I don't mind him not giving too much information; I want to be surprised by the game as I play.

I'd still like to see a video of him encountering the 3 dragons. I bet it's great.

:tes: *maybe we need a little I heart Todd smiley.

Well, I know I'm walking into this one but...

I actually think Todd's a bit of a dork. Not in a seriously bad way of course, considering he's the director of a hardcoe RPG game franchise he could be a lot worse, and his comments are far more relaxed than those given by most other game devs, which makes them much more natural and likable, but sometimes it gets a little... toooo relaxed, like he's talking to a group of friends who he assumes have his sense of humor, which if he were addressing this forum directly might make perfect sense, but when he's talking to IGN and game informer and whatnot it just comes off kinda awkward. The example that always comes to mind is when Todd was talking about the Dragon Shouts to Adam Sessler. I'm sorry but introducing your showcase mechanic as "dragon debate" (his literal words) just seems like it'll give people the wrong impression, I listen to TONS of podcasts from IGN, Gamespot and GameInformer among others, and most of them agree that its a very confusing and kind of sissie sounding mechanic. Don't get me wrong, I TOTALLY get what he's trying to say, Dragon Shouts-type magics have existed since the dawn of fantasy, in fact most early forms of magic were based on the idea of a "primal language" that can bend the laws of physics. I get that Todd's trying to seperate Dragon Shouts from "magical chanting" because then the obvious question would arise, why isn't it just another form of magic, but still, watch the G4 interview, when Todd says "Dragon Debate" even Adam looks at him funny.

But whateve, if he's a bit dorky its in a cute way I guess.

More relevant to Skyrim, I like most of the gameplay directions that Todd has driven his team in. Yes streamlining can have its down sides, but, say in melee combat, I can remember how frustrating it was trying to level a low level skill like short blade in morrowind and it takes hours just because you keep "missing" even though you just watched your polygon of a sword slice that mudcrab in twain... but whateve. So I trust the gameplay of Skyrim to be awesome, I loved all the gameplay of Morrowind and Oblivion, and I can only see the issues in each AFTER playing the game for hours and hours and hours. All that being said, I haven't much liked Todd's... I guess I'll call it atmospheric direction since art direction doesn't quite say it. Basically, yes I get that Morrowind is supposed to be a very foreign land, but the step back into the medieval ages in Ob just felt... bland. I mean, except for the occasional mystical creature, which often felt less mystical since almost all of them ended up resorting to just clawing you to death, Ob felt like I was playing around in ancient Rome, not Tamriel. I already KNOW Skyrim will be better at this, and I can't complain TOO much, but the fantasy setting of Skyrim seems almost a bit too cliche fantasy. Now, I'll admit, the more Todd interviews I hear on the subject the more he sells me on the idea, with the "this is the home of men so it should feel familiar" argument, but I dunno. I guess with Morrowind being my introduction to the series (i have gone back and played arena/daggerfall) I don't necissarily want more Morrowind, I wanted Skyrim to be very VERY different from Morrowind, but I also wanted it to be very very different from reality unlike Oblivion, and very very unlike classic fantasy... to be completely original. Thats what I loved about Morrowind, it wasn't just foreign, it wasn't like any fantasy or even science fiction setting I'd ever heard of, ever even dreamed of!

But I realize thats a hell of a lot to ask. Sorry for the wall of text.

So Todds great, yes, definately the right man for TES compared to anyone else in the industry, and not just cause he's been with the series for so long.

But he's still a 9/10

Oh oh....
Not bowing before the Golden Statue?
Gonna get in trouble.

In Bethesdistan we have re-education centers to deal with the likes of you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31g0YE61PLQ

Why would you temp the gods with words like these HLVR? lol

Beth's secret weapon, I'm surprised that this forum hasn't started a Official Todd Howard Fan Club.

You forgot to mention how sixy he is, and whenever making a thread about Todd howard you should always mention a Collectors addition including something related to Todd howard (preferably not a blood relative)

Perfectly good example of how Bethesda greedily seeks whatever strategy gains the most money.

In America, You look at computer screen.
In Bethesdistan, computer screen looks at you.


Off topic: If you look at the http://au.pc.ign.com/dor/objects/93395/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/images/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-20110330052311168.html;jsessionid=2qgtt1mhuem8h the forum people say: "When you voice your concerns, please do so in a way that offers a vehicle for improvement. If you see something going wrong, feel free to say so, but also say something about how to set it right."

It does seem to be rather common on this forum for people to forget about that rule when a new member comes along. Remember guys, that some of us are pretty inexperienced when it comes to forum use and make mistakes because we are still just learning the ropes, so to speak.



The single reply you got from it was probably just intended as constructive criticism. I think that it was probably intended in quite a lighthearted manner, but yes, it could come across as rude. However, two wrongs never do make a right.

I personally see Danger Dan making contributions to threads that in my opinion either provide a critical point of view or have a joking, teasing manner. He's one of the posters I look out for in a thread because often his comments are quite light or insightful. A big virtual bro hug to you, my friend.

and On-Topic again.


H5. Thanks for the link! I hadn't read that article either. One question I got from it, however, is why is that guy holding what appears to be an axe or a similar pole arm in his left hand in such a weird way (Picture captioned "A new game, a new look") Can anyone provide an opinion on this?

I pray to him every morning. :bowdown: