ps3 system and steam are differend plattforms so there are no crossover

Episode 364 - Deep Space Nine - "Starship Down" - 11/06/1995

http://www.allstepisodes.com/megvid.php?n=3407

The USS Defiant becomes trapped in a planet's volatile atmosphere after battling with the Jem'Hadar.

Enjoy!

Well there be teams? A fittness buddy if you will?

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This is a great idea, I need to get back in shape. I was wondering what the prizes are if any? Thanks.

Eternal Glory!

This is a great idea, I need to get back in shape. I was wondering what the prizes are if any? Thanks.

Before, during and after pictures will be optional. I could set something up to display them. Maybe I can bribe the editor of the Times and have them placed there at the end of the contest. :whistle:

If you would like, you can send pictures to douglaslgoodwin@gmail.com.

Holy crap! That actually worked!

Here is how to see them:

Sit about an arm’s length away from your computer monitor. Keep your head level and look at the two images. Cross your eyes until you see four images. Relax your eye a little until the four images start to pull together, when you see three images keep your eyes there and the middle image should be in 3D. You may have to tilt your head a little bit from shoulder to shoulder to dial in the effect

Do we need 3D glasses? I don't see any difference =/

For those that I'm friends with on Facebook, check out the 3D pictures that some dude took of me. He posted pictures and tagged me in them. They are really neat.

Anyone is welcome to friend me if you would like to see them. Just tell me who you are, cause I ignore people I don't know.

http://www.facebook.com/doogiegood

I had no idea there was a 3D camera, but it is kind of weird and cool at the same time.

I will no doubt have a jedi/sith of some kind. If only because I want a purple lightsaber :)

I know I said I wouldn't be playing a Jedi, but I changed my mind. :3 I still want to play a trooper and a bounty hunter and an agent, but I REALLY like my race/class combination on my Jedi.

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I would normally say any Trek on TV is better than none but that was before Enterprise so I won't say that - I do think anything in the prequel area would be a bad idea though. It's been done, it didn't quite work, let's go forward again.

I think Enterprise was just as good as the other series.

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Zep, whats pink and sticky?

A pink stick.

Back to the topic at hand, I'm skeptical (or sceptical, if you prefer). Ever since the Galactica remake became "one of the best shows on television" (TV Guide), everyone thinks they have to copy its tone and style, even where that tone and style go against the grain of the project. Star Trek is not gritty and morally ambiguous. Or at least it never has been, at its root.

To turn Star Trek into Galactica misses the points of both shows. While both shows (or rather the ST franchise and the BSG remake series) commented on current events, as good sci-fi does, they come from very different places and different times.

In my opinion, there have been several missed opportunities in the Star Trek franchise. Voyager could have really broken out of the ST mold. They were isolated from the Federation, a mixed Star Fleet and Maquis crew. The possibilities for showing how real people would respond under those circumstances were truly intriguing. They could have shown the compromises and diplomacy involved in merging two cultures. Instead the Maquis crew just got assimilated into Star Fleet, and it became yet another ESNWSONL show. (Explore strange new worlds, yadda yadda.)

Then Enterprise came along. They made a point of leaving the "Star Trek" out of the name, because it was going to be such a departure from the other shows. What a great opportunity to show the dangers of early exploration! I thought it would be cool to see the new warp 5 ship treated like something special, unique, and dangerous. Every time they went to warp, it should have been a big deal, with alarms sounding, and people preparing for it. Picture a submarine movie: dive, dive! The ship should have been cramped. Accidents should have claimed more lives. But instead we got still another ESNWSONL show. Business as usual, ho hum.

I suspect Paramount (and possibly inertia) played a role in stifling these opportunities. I can imagine the suits telling the showrunners "Just give the people what they expect." Or maybe the inertia was in the producers themselves. (I always thought Brannon Braga seriously overstayed his welcome.) Or it could have been the fans, themselves, who pressured them into making it more Star Trek-y (by not watching it when it wasn't).

So now that I've completely departed from the topic, I wonder what would shape a new Star Trek series would have to take to succeed in today's market. The latest movie did well because it was a big blockbuster, with special effects and exciting visuals. (There was probably a plot somewhere in the mix, too, but I honestly don't remember it as clearly as I remember Chris Pine's boxer briefs.)

For years there has been talk of a "Fall of the Federation" series. Given the state of the world today, I could see some good opportunities for social commentary if the show were set in the years leading up to the fall. They could show the Federation becoming complacent, being slowly becoming either a police state, or bought up by the Ferengi, who then put in place laws that benefit business at the expense of people. They could show the infrastructure slowly crumbling, and no attempt to invest in the future, because it would adversely affect today's bottom line. The Federation's military could be stretched too thin, because of various police actions around the galaxy. The galactic economy could be suffering, leading to riots and refugees.

Or they could just go back and remake Andromeda, and pick it up years after the fall, and follow the attempts to rebuild.

Hmm, didn't mean to go on so long. I'll shut up now.

Oh so we really don't get to mix and match our armor like WoW, okays then there shouldn't be a problem. (sorry I only have wow or rift end game to compare armor and stuffs too) I'll probably gravitate to a healer as that's what I always seem to like doing. :) But blowing up stuffs would be fun for a change.

I really like the ship styles on the Sith side. But the smuggler ship is looking pretty snazzy.

The troopers ship is the least appealing to me.

Heck I don't know I want one of each. :)

After Vegas, family coming into town, 3 birthday, a bunch of dinner dates and everything in-between, I will DEFINITELY be joining you all LOL

I am absolutely loving this season! Sad that it's gonna send soon-ish :(

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i play it on the ps3 system :-) duels of the planeswalkers

While it's a different game than MTGO, I do play that as well :D I wonder if we would be able to play the online co-op mode, even though you are on a different platform -- I run the game through Steam on my PC

P.S. I went to my first (well, second, but I just watched at the first one) Friday Night Magic! It was a blast! The play type was Booster Limited and I surprisingly was able to make a pretty decent 40-card deck -- I was quite proud for being such a noob >

The fact that he names J. Michael Straczynski and Joss Whedon as inspirations gets me a little more exicted for the idea than I have been for most others (except the actual JMS pitch) ;).

JMS for his ability to craft an epic story that spans time and space...

JW's for his ability to even out the good and bad valleys of character interaction and stories that JMS seemed to struggled with in B5...

And hell, if I'm putting together the dream team, I'd toss in Rockne S. O'Bannon from Farscape to add in someone who is willing to bring in the truly alien (not to mention the top notch quality of the writing).

What drives this fandom? B5, in my opinion, is the greatest epic ever told. A story that spans millions of years with interesting twists on the nature of time, filled with political intrigue, mythology, and the belief that even a villain can be likeable, or a hero dispised. I could stand to see a reboot of B5 (as much as I loved the original characters) with all that JMS has learned.

Farscape - best. written. scifi. ever. The unique twist of the main character talking TO the audience because we're the only ones who understand his references, jokes, etc. was absolutely brilliant. But thanks to Henson, the truly alien came to life on a regular basis. The incredible care taken with character development and interaction made you fall in love with a 2-foot tall slug (Rygel) and a 6-ft wide crab (Pilot). A series that initially appeared to a SciFi story-of-the-week slowly spun into larger cohesive arc. Don't TOUCH my Farscape. ;-)

If you watch the class progression video for the Trooper, the Commando and Vanguard are quite distinct (Commando being the Minigun/Healer route, the Vanguard being the Armor/Close-Range damage route), so visually there should be no mistaking one for the other.

If I were to play this game for ship along, the Agent or either Sith would be my way to go. Hell, I could even TOLERATE the Jedi ship. Ironically the class I want to play most (Commando) has my least favorite ship. I won't let that hold me back though.