The next poem comes from Peter Abelard, his 6th planctus.

More than a brother to me Jonathan,
One in soul with me...
How could I have taken such evil advice
And not stood by your side in battle?
How gladly would I die
And be buried with you!
Since love may do nothing greater than this,
And since to live after you
Is to die forever:
Half a soul is not enough for life.
Then--at the moment of final agony--
I should have rendered
Either of friendship's dues:
To share the triumph
Or suffer the defeat;
Either to rescue you
Or to fall with you,
Shedding for you that life
Which you so often saved,
So that even death would join
Rather than part us.

I can still my lute,
But not my sobs and tears:
A heart is too shattered
By the plucking of stricken hands,
The hoarse sobbing of voices.

Hilary the Englishman studied under Abelard, but we will address Hilary later. Hilary's poetry is exquisite.

Citation: Oxford Book of Medieval Latin Verse, ed. F.J. Raby.
Translation: Boswell, Raby, and JC.

~Lore

Engadget: EA addresses LGBT issues in gaming in first ever 'Full Spectrum' event

Very true! I just meant that at launch, Bioware may have been hampered by dealing with Lucasfilm. When the license changed hands, gay-inclusive content very quickly appeared in the game. That narrative doesn't really scream "blame Bioware" to me. I wouldn't be surprised if there's more to come.

Well, I think we should look on the bright side... after this experience with EA on Simcity, I don't think I'll be so hard on Cryptic and poor Brandon. LOL.

I will say that the little I have gotten to play on Simcity has been quite fun. It has the potential to be a great game... but need major work on some pretty serious flaws (and not just the server backlog).

Sent some friends requests out im Gravity27

Got a character made and its awesomeness crashed the shard. :laugh:

I'm really liking Neverwinter thus far and this is the second beta weekend that I've taken part in. It feels much newer and more polished than STO does and I love the combat system, especially on the melee classes (Guardian fighter being my favourite, so far).

However, for all it's strong points I can't argue with Geo's problem. The character models are certainly not the best looking.

Awww, that sucks you didn't like it. I honestly have no idea what to expect. However, since I'm pretty sure it's free-to-play, I'll definitely give it more tolerance than I would a full-price game. Of course, it's also possible that PW knows this and skimped on game design and execution, so we'll see.

Thankfully, we have STO regardless!

it finally came up i played for 30mins over it ugly toons are a huge deal breaker plus its fantasy I was never gonna play it anyway

No idea, but I'm going to be at work for a while, so I can't go home and try mine out.

If it isn't showing the Play button, that likely means it's waiting on notification from the server on whether or not there's an update. That means the most likely culprit is the login/update servers on Perfect Worlds' side are sluggish, probably from being bombarded by everyone trying to log in.

can anyone help I'm tryin to log on NW and i cant get past the log in screen it just hangs here no PLAY-ENGAGE button

Listened to the "shipboard concert" last night while working away on the forum event. Made for good listening - thanks, Ras! :)

Thats me in SimCity at last woohoo!!!

Anyone that wants to add me, sparkz88 on origin :)

I'm on as well. Haven't had too many problems. Just trying to be patient. eel free to add me on Origin. GannonMT21

May have to play some STO and let the servers catch up in the meantime.

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Bioware has a pretty good track record on inclusion. Lucasfilm, on the other hand, does not. It's also, as a licensing company, notoriously bitchy about what does and doesn't belong in a Star Wars story.

Lucasfilm may not have a history of inclusiveness but Disney is more LGBT friendly (for such a family-oriented franchise) and has been for some time. Let's see if the puppet masters can be bothered to light a fire under BW.

Bioware has a pretty good track record on inclusion. Lucasfilm, on the other hand, does not. It's also, as a licensing company, notoriously bitchy about what does and doesn't belong in a Star Wars story.

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I had not realized they worked on "Mass Effect" too.

So I think that, sooner or later, SGR's will be commonplace.

Bioware worked on ME but not this branch of it, this studio has no record in this sort of thing, they are located in Texas.

Salve omnes!

Before I post another poem it is time to get you started on basic vocabulary and grammar.
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Wheelock's Latin

Chapter One

Verbs; 1st and 2nd Conjugations

mē - me, myself quid- what

nihil- nothing nōn- not

saepe - often sī- if

amō, amāre,,amāvī,amātum - to love, like. amābō, tē - please

cōgitō, cōgitāre, cōgitāvī, cōgitātum- to think, ponder, consider, plan.

dḗbeō, dēbḗre, dḗbuī, dḗbitum- to owe; ought, must, should.

dō, dare, dedī, datum - to give, offer

errō, errāre, errāvī, errātum - to wander; err, go astray; make a mistake, be mistaken

laudō, laudāre, laudāvī, laudātum- to praise

moneō, monēre, monuī, monitum- to remind, advise, warn

salveō, salvēre- to be well, be in good health

salvē, salvēte- hello, greetings

servō, servāre, servāvī, servātum- to preserve, save, keep, guard

cōnservō, cōnservāre, cōnservāvī, cōnservātum- to preserve, conserve, maintain.

terreō, terrēre, terruī, territum- to frighten, terrify.

valeō, valēre, valuī, valitūrum- to be strong, have power; be well

valē, valēte- good-bye, farewell

videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsum- too see; observe, understand.

vocō, vocāre, vocāvī, vocātum- to call, to summon.

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Are we getting the back row on the bus to?

http://www.gamespot.com/news/ea-disabling-non-critical-simcity-features-to-address-server-woes-6404970

Granted, these are not really features I care about. But it demonstrates that EA will realistically not have this game up to snuff any time soon.

On a completely unrelated note, I LOVE the Teddy you're holding in your avatar!