Rand disliked taim in part to foreshadow the demanded reveal which was a possibility until ~lord of chaos?

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On 25/05/2018 at 4:29 PM, Wulf said:

 

Well, at least until the 18 year old Amyrlin promoted all her BFFs above everybody with actual experience and wisdom.

She promoted them to Aes Sedai, it's Aes Sedai tradition that puts them in front

Those arcs don't irritate me half as much when I'm not waiting for them to finish lol :)

Moving to the main discussion board...

I can't check at the moment, but I'm pretty sure that people remember what happened in the balefired time, which puts it into a position where those events both did and didn't happen, so mat did die even though he didn't

3 hours ago, Sabio said:

It's not that Stone Dogs wouldn't retreat, as the companion says they were often used as the rear guard for a retreat.  So it was more of a they would be the last to go type thing.

 

Also each clan had many holds, some small and some large.  So small hold might be a small village thus easier to take.  As Forshookt said also not everyone would fight, wiseones, blacksmiths, women who weren't maidens, any gaishain currently at the hold, etc.  So there are going to be people left behind to rebuild.

 

Also the Aiel weren't out to wipe you out, which is why they had things that couldn't be part of the fifth.  I think food was one of the things they couldn't take.  So it was set up so the people could rebuild there.

 

 

Just pregnant women or women with children under the age of 10 (to complete the list of people who can't be captured) 

Eg married women aren't allowed to be maidens but can still be captured

Im pretty sure that at least in the books time period she hasn't yet because she's pregnant. I'm not sure what stance Cadsuane will have on oath swearing so I don't know if she'll swear or not in the future

The white tower has never been an institution that represents male channeling, nor do they have the resources (currently) to change that.

In aviendhas future vision there's no indication the towers merge before they're destroyed by the Seanchan

We know male and female channelers will work together when the wheel turns, but I don't think it happens officially in the next age

If one towers wiped out I could see an underground resistance movement combined but?

I would guess the bigger problem is with who knows her talents. Around Rand the only people who know what she can do are Min (spent life trying to keep it secret), Rand (who a, wants her safe and b, will do what she wants) and several Aes Sedai (the majority of whom will undervalue her because she isn't Aes sedai). As far as most people are concerned she's his lover and that's it, so why would they trust her to do anything? As soon as Tuon discovered her abilities she made use of them (if not in the most effective way, then in a way that makes sense for someone that doesn't understand the ability)  

I'm not sure it's a case of Sanderson disliking the character, more that the character wasn't in a position to be utilised easily

That's a fun question lol 

Obviously the futures up in the air, but Elayne is no longer Queen in Aviendhas granddaughters lifespan, so in that version of the future she's missing or dead or retired early for some reason

The wolfdream is telaranrhiod, but wolf brothers, Aes Sedai and dreamwalkers are all different things.

Aes Sedai don't have the ability to use saidar in the dreamworld, but because they believe they do they still can (but it's their belief creating the weave, not their actual ability) 

I dont think it's the scenery or descriptions that needs cutting (lol how opinions change) 

After Shadow Rising almost every character ends up with at least a filler arc, or extra characters are added to show events that could have been left off screen etc

But, cutting that out makes it a different story and there's part of me that appreciates the organic nature of the world we ended with 

This is true, but was the point to make it challenging? From the Aiel perspective, seeing the history/being those people is a way that may connect him with them as people, something the Wise Ones were worried about all the time. The Car'a'carn was always going to be a wetlander so always going to be someone that doesn't understand them/isn't going to struggle seeing their history

1 hour ago, Andrej said:

Realistically I can’t even fathom 700 football teams entering a tournie. There’s so much game planning/practice that goes into one game, not to mention the recovery time between. A bracket that big would literally take an entire year to play out.

Lol, it is played over a year (more or less). Winning the premiership and fa cup in the same year is the 'double'

I would guess that a lot of the organisation for the qualifying rounds (~600 of the teams) is done at a club level. So their are dates set aside for that round of the fixtures and the draw is done by the FA officials, but anything else needed (match officials etc) organised by the teams. 

Premier/championship play up to 6 games (plus rematches if necessary) but this is on top of the league (premiership is 38 games) charity shield (just one game, but draws a bit of attention) and any European games. 

Equally football is lower impact than American football and the better players may sit out or sub games that should be easy so they can rest (and other players gain match experience) 

Also travel times are shorter :p

On 24/01/2018 at 6:38 PM, Andrej said:

 

Its pretty interesting now that I looked. I assume that scheduling would be based on what league you’re in for the upcoming season? Top tier plays top tier, etc. Is there any overlap? And as far as playoffs go, who gets in?

Lol, wombat answered most of this. Within each season their's no overlap between the league's.

But we also run an annual FA Cup which is a knockout tournie for most football teams in England/Wales where theoretically your local kick around club (clubs can enter down through the tenth tier, last season there were over 700 entries) could play one of the big teams. In practice the tournament is seeded so the better leagues enter at a later date (the first proper round consists of the entrants from the qualifier rounds and the English leagues 1 and 2, the championship and premiership leagues enter in round 3) and I think only one none league (top 4 tiers) team has ever made the quarter finals. 

So for example Yeovil town (english second league - essentially 4th tier league) play man utd (premiership, 1st tier) tonight in the fourth round of the FA cup

Sooh has at least 1 point :)

#11 nordic combined?

2 hours ago, Illian Tear said:

Ok question: how do you do spoilers in threads that aren't necessarily spoiler friendly? Like if I wanted to say something about what happened in a book and I'm not sure if everyone's read it.

Use spoiler tags: 

[spoiler]

Thoughts and stuff[/spoiler]

Outdoor rink?

Subs bench? 

Couples time in the ring? (i have no idea if it has an official name)

10 hours ago, kukasö said:

This is a place.

 

6 hours ago, Mashiara Sedai said:

Yes, Kukasö, I don’t mind if you say it’s a general ice skating place—not a city.  Your drawing is amazing!  Great details!

 

One thing that’s surprising me is everyone is trying to draw the actual picture instead of breaking it up into smaller words.  *lol* 

49 minutes ago, kukasö said:

BFG, no, not Helsinki :)

 

It's general ice skating place not a city :)

All the clues (new page quote)

Ice skating rink?

Helsinki?

Im only on 7 :P I didn't get the 4 sports one in full :(