...so it's going to have to be me? Really? Well, alright!

You know, I was really hoping somebody would address this so I wouldn't have to besides a silent nod, which nobody would actually see, but I assure you would actually take place. I could probably find a .gif of somebody nodding, probably even Captain Picard (he seems to be in a lot of .gifs) but I'd first look for Rambo (but I'm not sure if he silently nodded in any movies, haven't seen the new one though, plenty of silent grimaces (and what was the point of the McDonald's guy Grimace? Did he have any powers?)), and we could work something out.

But first, let's take a look at some screens:









I'm getting in a bad habit of putting these up before they are populated. Anyway, this another of the noble houses, leaving only 2 left once I've populated this one, so I should be working on the next one later this week. Of course, populating them includes putting in NPCs to do things and their "player has no quests here" conversations should somebody curious walk into one of those areas with no purpose, so it's not as simple as slapping down some NPCs and an enter script to do the random ones. But it won't be so bad, either, because those conversations tend to be short.

Anyway, I'm taking a leisurely pace here. It is my projected release month, but I'm pretty close and the ongoing testing helps. Maybe I'll make it, maybe I won't, but it'll be very close, surprisingly because it was, at the time, just a guess. I really like June, my birthday is this month and so is my wifes. It would be awesome to be done by the 4th though, so I could be done, go blow my fingers off with some drunken fireworks fun, and be healed enough to see my wife in August for the first time since September last year without having to think about how I'm not getting anything done.

In any case, the title and first paragraph need to be addressed. So, this is what I'm talking about:

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I've been thinking about this like, how can I say this without sounding like a hater? How can I say this without seeming like a jerk for my involvement with the beholder and drider?

Well, the simple answer is I can't. But the fact is, and hopefully we all know this, is that these models should not be getting ratings this high, period. And hopefully both the people who voted, and the people involved with making them agree, because that would squash this potential beef. But if it has to be a beef, then that's what it is.

Seriously, these models are from an old game, and I say this without reservation, that is quite graphically challenged (is that the PC term these days for ugly?) The models were built with that in mind, not to detract from them because frankly they do look much better than the models that came with NWN. But honestly, this is the jump I'm talking about: NWN2 vs NWN. Again, not to detract because those heads linked look leagues better than both of the official content released with each respective game. No, the difference is NWN2 looks a lot better than NWN. Think about it, if I took that head pack and ported it over to NWN2 because of the elf head shortage...well I mean, what would you say? Would you put one of those on your PC?

And I can't really stress that this isn't a diss to anybody, but honestly my impression of the project is that it's a model placeholder project until better ones come out, people have something to work with. A good idea! But if you're not treating these for what they are, then it kind of does a disservice to those who are working on, what I'd consider, top quality models. There is a stark difference between the two you have to admit. Plus, do they even work properly?

What is it? Don't want to hurt somebody's feelings? Think they need the encouragement of high votes to continue? I really don't understand it. A respectable vote reflective on the content should be sufficient, and dare I say anyone who doesn't like it needs to buck up.

And I don't think I'm being unreasonable. Let me know if I am.

OK, now you can call me a hater.