OMFG, this forum is actually functioning!!!

[the Elfstone]

holy crap! real posts with actual questions and no posts like the ones on the official forum, here's a sample:
UbiSoftSux4Ever: "this game sucks, i'm taking it back then spending the next 3 months ripping it on these forums"
ILuvPOR:"F#ck you, this game is the best thing that ever happened to me and i am unable to accept any opinions other than my own"

seriously, its good to see the kind of posts you expect to see when coming to a board. we all know there are problems with this game, some technical and some with gameplay, but in reading posts on different boards i think that everyone who can play the game is agreeing that turn based combat makes this game a lot of fun once you get past some of the issues. i really liked buck's comment on the main page about the game getting better when you leave the first dungeon, i can still remember quitting BG the first time i played it because i thought it was too hard. yes, POR is a linear dungeon crawl, but so was icewind dale, and that game didn't have turn based combat, but for now i think its just fashionable to rip POR (see this weeks gamespoting feature). i think once the patches come out and the smoke clears people will realize that this game has a lot to offer. just my $0.02. just hope this board stays this way.