For me it's interesting simply because it is not all that well defined
darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 24/04/2012 11:16:14 PM
I share Sidous's unease with the casual disregard he displays to something like channeler strength, the identificaiton of individual angreal etc.
I'm curious about why people find relative strengths in the One Power to be so interesting. Being a physicist of the theoretical orientation, I absolutely agree that it can be interesting to study something with little or no practical application, but I've never had that much interest in strength. I'll happily discuss other aspects of the One Power, though, such as how Traveling became a lost Talent. If anyone can shed some light on why they are interested in One Power strength, I'd be happy to read it.
yet many of the main characters are obsessive about judging Strength. I like the vague nature RJ gave the subject as it allows for people to make their own determinations on how powerful a character is within the magic system. Ages old debate about how close Nynaeve and Egwene are in strength or how strong Moiraine is in overall terms which helps us understand just how much more powerful the Forsaken are than modern AS. Although I've long been a proponent that skill and training against a channelers specific Talents and Affinities are far more important than simple raw strength.
Egwene is a prime example of a Channeler who has mastered her Talents and Affinities and is incredibly effective as a Channeler despite not having the raw strength of Alivia who has little practical training and despite a bevy of tools and destructive weave knowledge couldn't manage to defeat a much more skilled opponent. IMO Egwene in that scenario would have performed much better against Cyndane because she knows how to most effectively use her abilities.
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Very interesting QA with Brandon
20/04/2012 11:19:02 PM
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I found it painful to read
21/04/2012 09:53:31 AM
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Agreed ... He got some softball questions here and couldn't answer them ... But there is a lot
22/04/2012 04:26:27 AM
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Re: Agreed ... He got some softball questions here and couldn't answer them ... But there is a lot
22/04/2012 08:06:38 AM
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Re: Agreed ... He got some softball questions here and couldn't answer them ... But there is a lot
22/04/2012 02:39:41 PM
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Re: Very interesting QA with Brandon
22/04/2012 02:53:38 AM
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This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
23/04/2012 09:50:51 AM
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23/04/2012 02:39:30 PM
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I think you may be giving RJ more credit than his due here
24/04/2012 10:35:28 PM
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24/04/2012 05:46:03 AM
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24/04/2012 08:10:15 AM
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It's got little to do with obsession...
25/04/2012 01:20:48 AM
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Re: It's got little to do with obsession...
25/04/2012 05:05:40 PM
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Re: It's got little to do with obsession...
27/04/2012 12:58:36 AM
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Question about TGS and ToM:
27/04/2012 02:20:34 AM
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Very similar to you
27/04/2012 09:50:52 PM
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Are there plans for rewrites / reordering of the books?
29/04/2012 01:17:48 PM
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of course there's no plan
30/04/2012 06:15:49 AM
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Egwene...
27/04/2012 05:41:13 AM
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Re: Egwene...
27/04/2012 09:30:32 PM
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Re: Egwene...
28/04/2012 09:44:43 AM
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I don't find it all that surprising
28/04/2012 03:56:41 PM
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Re: I don't find it all that surprising
29/04/2012 08:07:55 AM
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Re: I don't find it all that surprising
30/04/2012 07:54:14 AM
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I suspect Cadsuane will die before that happens
30/04/2012 07:06:04 PM
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Re: I suspect Cadsuane will die before that happens
30/04/2012 08:36:44 PM
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Not sure Cadsuane will ever be reigned in by anyone
01/05/2012 01:18:44 AM
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Re: Egwene...
30/04/2012 07:41:11 AM
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Re: Egwene...
01/05/2012 07:10:35 PM
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Re: Egwene...
01/05/2012 10:51:09 PM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
01/05/2012 12:08:33 AM
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24/04/2012 10:49:54 PM
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For me it's interesting simply because it is not all that well defined
24/04/2012 11:16:14 PM
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Elminster vs Karsus, Darth Vader vs Darth Revan, Demandred vs Sammael - who has more midichloriants.
25/04/2012 03:13:17 PM
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