Welcome home.

I support this. 

2 hours ago, DojoToad said:

You mean before the producer credits???

🤣

I accept your terms.

1 minute ago, SinisterDeath said:

We see Balefire in Book 3, and since season 2 is books 2 & 3...

I mean like, in the opening seconds. 😛 

Caddy wants more use of the One Power moving forward.

In fact if they would like to accelerate showing Balefire I would not complain.

Gimme Gimme.

That is my hope as well.

The "new" ring Saga with that other company continues however lmao.

Welcome to all in this thread. yeah the site sees bursts of activity when something Wheel related happens haha.

*steers this ship back to opinions of Books 1-3*

Imagine being trusted so much that even when you say to take what you say with a grain of salt you are trusted beyond a shadow of a doubt hehe

And none of the current magic classes really would work with an Aes Sedai "reskin" because of inherent limitations on what spells are readied / usable. An Aes Sedai knows and can cast any weave they know at any time as long as they are not exhausted or burnt out.

SD and I were discussing ways that it would work more with a points and or fatigue/stamina system.

Embracing the source should have at most been a bonus action lol

Badali secured the rights to reintroduce it so here it is:

https://badalijewelry.com/collections/wheel-of-time/products/legacy-aes-sedai-great-serpent-ring™-gold

1 hour ago, SinisterDeath said:

Speaking of crude, want to take a rusty cleaver to this thread and chop it up like a squealing pig?

You are better at it than I, I delete threads. lmao

Let's steer this ship back on topic y'all. 

As long as it remains respectful (as it has been) and not overtly crude (as it has not been)  then I see no issue with the current thread aside from a tangent forming now 🙂

Exposition is such a sloppy way to cram information in. They should have simply launched Origins earlier than the show and had IT tell the appropriate backstories about the One Power, the world as it stands, and the appropriate familial backstories. 

Make Origins be a setup rather than a. addendum to the episodes. 

I am curious too, they however have provided no updates. 

*shrug*

*headtodesk*

Once again, with no courtesy emails to those who preordered. The website was discreetly changed to:

IMPORTANT: This is a preorder product. You may order now to secure your position in line and the ring will ship as soon as it is available. We currently estimate it to ship in Q1 or early Q2 of 2023. You may cancel your order at any time up until when the product ships for a full refund. 

Please remember to select your color and size when placing your order. 

Just the worst customer service in existence. Worse than SiriusXM, at least they have the courtesy to let you know they are about to ruin your day lol.

1 hour ago, SinisterDeath said:

Hard Disagree on that, if only because the man was ecstatic about having the writers that wrote NBC's Merlin (1998), write the script for Eye of the World.

As for Tolkien, he'd likely do the same over the Peter Jackson Trilogy. 

Ahem, Merlin was awesome for what it was 😛

And he probably would. That said the Jackson Trilogy did what it needed to - make an adaptation that the masses would actually turn out for.

As a Trekkie I have deep deep reservations about the Abrams movies in the Kelvin Timeline. But it brought Star Trek essentially back from the grave. So I appreciate it for that. 

But also mothers milk in a cup the Kelvin Timeline.

So... WoT was better.

Even though RJ rolled in his grave because of its changes...

Tolkien came back to life just to step in front of a bus over the changes to his.

P.S. Even though suicide was used as a joke in this post it is no laughing matter. If you or anyone you know expresses suicidal thoughts, help is available. In the US one can reach out to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 via SMS. Other countries have similar services so I implore you to check here https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/11181469

Annnd now January. And nope, found it out all on my lonesome. Lmao. 

With any luck I can get it by my birthday in April *snort *

I suggest the Green Rider series by Kristin Britain.

Nice unique bit of high fantasy. Still being written but there are multiple books in play already.

Also the Pern books by Anne McAffrey. There's got to be infinity of those now so that series will take a hot minute.

On 12/14/2022 at 3:56 AM, DojoToad said:

Dang. Sorry this is happening to you @CaddySedai  And thanks for the heads up. 

Thanks.

As I said I hate to kinda flame a merchandise partner because I desperately want more merch to come out but its just such a shock to the system to have a company ghost you.

They do allow for refunds up through shipping so its not like I fear the financial part of this. They are at no risk of going out of business so its nothing like that. I fully plan to ride this preorder train to the station.

I just wish they would like, post something to let us know where the bottleneck is, where the fix is at, and when they truly project the finish line to be. That way we are not in the dark.

So I'm not really sure why Amazon decided to roll with a collectible sword maker to also allowing them to create jewelry which, to the best of my knowledge, they had no prior experience with.

They probably should have stuck with Badali at this point but good news on that front is they let them bring back the silver classic Great Serpent ring and Badali seems hopeful they can get Amazon to roll with a full "classics" re-release. So that's lit.

That said, we find ourselves with having Jalic Blades (aka Valyrian Steel) putting out the first TV show ring.

I am willing to work with them when they are tooling to do something they have never done. Delays and growing pains were inevitable. That said my concern lies in their just terrible unresponsive and frankly non existent communication from a customer service perspective.

Preorders opened August 28, with a expected delivery date in late October. Now one goes into preorders knowing full well that timeframes slip. I have a Kickstarter finally delivering in 2023 that was supposed to be completed in early 2021 - that's fine. They keep us abreast of the problems and issues and development update, and the end is in sight finally (it is Firmament, a game by the makers of MYST). 

That said, the preorders slipped from October to November, and now November to December. Again, this would not be an issue if they were a responsive company and maybe, call me crazy for even thinking this, letting preorders know that the timeframe has slipped. Instead one has to go onto the site, click into the ring as if wishing to buy it, and see the updated preorder expectation. This, is stupid. This also was never communicated and one wandered into it by accident. And the only communication was a facebook post saying "its taking us a bit longer than expected" followed by posts wondering how their followers liked House of the Dragon. It's just, bewilderingly unprofessional, and forget trying to communicate with them via their website "questions about your order" option cuz apparently that inbox isn't even monitored lol.

I have no doubt they will come through, I actually have some of their blades and until now have never experienced an issue. But if you are interested in getting a Great Serpent Ring I would suggest you wait until they get their extremely delayed preorder situation handled.

And that maybe in the future Amazon pick partners who have experience in the industry they hope to produce goods in. 

On 10/29/2022 at 7:16 AM, DojoToad said:

I am probably the biggest (imho) antagonist of the show on this site, and not once was I threatened with any kind of discipline over what I have said. 

Ooooh, shoot I totally forgot back then that I'm absolutely threatening you with having to do lines *nods* A little late but hey, respect my authori-tay 

1 hour ago, SinisterDeath said:

 

tldr: sowing seeds of divisiveness through pop culture, helps amplify divisiveness on a national level... Either way this has gone pretty far off topic. Given that this starts to delve into politics, these conversations are best had in PMs.

 

Well, Since DM is owned by Jason Denzel, and he made me an Admin, it's not a problem for me. I get to be the Arbitrator of what is valid and what is not. 😉 

Valid Criticism = Not complaining about woke casting, or any derivative of wokeness. Not using all caps. Not using terms like "rolling in the grave", or "spitting on my childhood". Those kinds of "criticims" are sensationalist. They aren't in it to have a conversation. They remind me of "listening to your uncle at thanksgiving whine about politics".

The problem is that SD is always spitting on my childhood and Jordan would be rolling in his grave when he found out just how much SD refuses to admit that the pen is blue….. 

😛