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Re: It doesn't mean no one in this Age can be at Talented or Intelligent. Shannow Send a noteboard - 10/11/2012 07:34:34 AM
It simply means those people are more rare. Just look at Logain, Taim, Nynaeve, Alivia and Sharina ... These people are all modern Age and as gifted as any of the Forsaken. They all seem to be as intellectually gifted as well, the entire main cast are all a match for any of the Forsaken and I'm fairly certain in real life someone like Charlemagne or Queen Elizabeth or a dozen other major world leaders are an IQ match for any world leader of today.

Sure there are more people of genius IQ or extreme OP strength in a dramatically large population, but that doesn't mean those people cannot exist in a smaller population.


That's just the author's bias. In reality, a 20 year old Egwene should be nowhere close to politically savvy enough to mix it up with a 300 year old Mesaana.

That's just silly.

You and DomA would call it the Pattern spinning out remarkable individuals when it needs them. I call it a poor writing technique, no better than Eddings's Prophecy that makes Garion invincible despite all odds.
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[Mik's Warp] - Demandred is.....*click to find out* Mik - 05/11/2012 01:06:42 PM 2647 Views
There are only 2 months left before AMOL comes out (or less)... Tom - 05/11/2012 02:10:07 PM 1227 Views
Nah.. forget that DomA - 05/11/2012 08:29:53 PM 1080 Views
Re: Nah.. forget that RandAllThor - 05/11/2012 10:07:46 PM 932 Views
Re: There are only 2 months left before AMOL comes out (or less)... Mik - 06/11/2012 12:40:54 PM 1124 Views
I'm not saying it's not a well-reasoned theory; it is. Tom - 06/11/2012 06:02:36 PM 1107 Views
I say Roederan is a better choice simply because of where he is located darius_sedai - 06/11/2012 11:01:28 PM 1013 Views
Re: I say Roederan is a better choice simply because of where he is located Mik - 07/11/2012 09:42:00 AM 1258 Views
I applaud your effort, but to be honest I just can't see it darius_sedai - 07/11/2012 04:48:17 PM 914 Views
Re: I applaud your effort, but to be honest I just can't see it DomA - 07/11/2012 08:36:34 PM 1160 Views
There has been a lot of waste in WOT..... Anonymous2000 - 06/11/2012 06:26:56 PM 839 Views
LIKE! *NM* alanna aes sedai - 09/12/2012 02:37:49 PM 991 Views
Whoops *NM* ßelals Girl - 06/11/2012 07:27:06 PM 516 Views
Plausible, albeit antilclimactic *NM* beetnemesis - 05/11/2012 06:32:38 PM 567 Views
Unless Mat is Demandred, at this point it will be anticlimactic. *NM* Tom - 06/11/2012 04:02:38 AM 533 Views
That would be EPIC *NM* Artsapat - 06/11/2012 07:53:30 PM 542 Views
That would be EPIC *NM* Artsapat - 06/11/2012 07:53:31 PM 534 Views
You've tried too hard... DomA - 05/11/2012 07:53:41 PM 2718 Views
Will be so disappointed if the Shadow's greatest (non-crazy) leader is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky Shannow - 05/11/2012 08:57:59 PM 1061 Views
I doubt Mat will kill him personally but TheCrownless - 05/11/2012 09:24:48 PM 828 Views
I don't know darius_sedai - 06/11/2012 02:01:41 AM 831 Views
My prediction of how it plays out... Shannow - 06/11/2012 07:12:15 AM 936 Views
I don't think that's likely Sidious - 06/11/2012 06:04:55 PM 902 Views
LOL ... it will be a saying in the next Age darius_sedai - 06/11/2012 10:36:04 PM 841 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely DomA - 06/11/2012 11:21:21 PM 830 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely Sidious - 07/11/2012 08:14:28 PM 942 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely DomA - 07/11/2012 09:05:07 PM 1050 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely Sidious - 08/11/2012 05:52:16 PM 888 Views
It sounds like we're at the same stage of vision of the AOL DomA - 08/11/2012 07:48:17 PM 830 Views
Statistics refute some of that... Shannow - 09/11/2012 07:35:59 AM 837 Views
We're not talking about the same things... DomA - 09/11/2012 11:31:12 PM 834 Views
The real question is how much of that was caused by the Bore and the Collapse darius_sedai - 09/11/2012 11:50:20 PM 870 Views
It doesn't mean no one in this Age can be at Talented or Intelligent. darius_sedai - 09/11/2012 11:43:26 PM 1018 Views
Re: It doesn't mean no one in this Age can be at Talented or Intelligent. Shannow - 10/11/2012 07:34:34 AM 941 Views
You seriously believe that? darius_sedai - 10/11/2012 04:17:09 PM 873 Views
Mat has grown quiet a bit since those days darius_sedai - 06/11/2012 01:55:48 AM 976 Views
You're putting the Evil on a pedestal. Praziquantel - 06/11/2012 03:12:38 AM 765 Views
No, just desperately trying to raise the stakes a bit... Shannow - 06/11/2012 07:00:59 AM 887 Views
That's essentially what I was saying Praziquantel - 06/11/2012 03:35:45 PM 1015 Views
hmmm Yunalesca - 06/11/2012 10:27:00 AM 1148 Views
... is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky DomA - 06/11/2012 08:45:02 PM 995 Views
Mat is essentially the man (men) who wrote the books Demandred studied darius_sedai - 06/11/2012 10:42:40 PM 810 Views
Exactly... DomA - 06/11/2012 11:45:36 PM 981 Views
... is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky DomA - 06/11/2012 08:45:29 PM 1035 Views
I didn't try hard at all; Demandred found me... Mik - 06/11/2012 03:31:41 PM 989 Views
My biggest contention with Demandred being with the Sea Folk darius_sedai - 06/11/2012 10:54:50 PM 972 Views
Re: My biggest contention with Demandred being with the Sea Folk DomA - 07/11/2012 12:07:02 AM 996 Views
Well, it instantly gives the Shadow access to attacking every coastal city... Shannow - 07/11/2012 10:32:23 AM 878 Views
Exactly! Mik - 07/11/2012 10:54:14 AM 1420 Views
If he married Nynaeve and Moiraine he'd have his wives at Rand's side in the Pit too.... DomA - 07/11/2012 03:28:38 PM 854 Views
I find that approach unnecessarily convoluted. Just hit them with 1 billion Trollocs and crush them. Shannow - 08/11/2012 07:00:36 AM 844 Views
Not likely he has that many... DomA - 08/11/2012 03:00:32 PM 777 Views
May I ask some practical questions? Sidious - 08/11/2012 05:28:41 PM 787 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? Praziquantel - 08/11/2012 10:35:38 PM 914 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? darius_sedai - 10/11/2012 12:09:15 AM 853 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? Praziquantel - 10/11/2012 03:11:59 AM 845 Views
LOL ... Seems more than a little far fetched *NM* darius_sedai - 10/11/2012 06:17:34 AM 480 Views
Well you asked for an explanation Praziquantel - 13/11/2012 10:23:41 PM 762 Views
fair enough *NM* darius_sedai - 14/11/2012 01:31:52 AM 448 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? DomA - 10/11/2012 07:15:58 PM 901 Views
Exactly! darius_sedai - 11/11/2012 07:38:46 AM 903 Views
Good practical questions... Shannow - 09/11/2012 07:24:14 AM 872 Views
He doesn't need the SF for that darius_sedai - 09/11/2012 03:00:34 PM 652 Views
Well, they hadn't planned on them being Traveling grounds as they didn't know about darius_sedai - 09/11/2012 02:57:16 PM 730 Views
Re: Well, they hadn't planned on them being Traveling grounds as they didn't know about DomA - 09/11/2012 09:03:14 PM 840 Views
I know. I'm saying they were not doing this with Traveling in mind. darius_sedai - 09/11/2012 11:57:34 PM 833 Views
Re: I know. I'm saying they were not doing this with Traveling in mind. DomA - 10/11/2012 10:08:04 PM 2330 Views
I see what you are getting at ... And I see how Zaida used it to her advantage darius_sedai - 11/11/2012 07:45:19 AM 894 Views
Re: I see what you are getting at ... And I see how Zaida used it to her advantage DomA - 12/11/2012 02:57:08 PM 888 Views
Nesta sent 2 ambassadors to the Coramoor. Both looking for the same thing darius_sedai - 12/11/2012 04:11:50 PM 924 Views
Re: Nesta sent 2 ambassadors to the Coramoor. Both looking for the same thing DomA - 12/11/2012 06:01:33 PM 1022 Views
Well there is also the fact that Harine pretty much tells us she MUST make a Bargain darius_sedai - 12/11/2012 06:51:24 PM 1057 Views
Re: Well there is also the fact that Harine pretty much tells us she MUST make a Bargain DomA - 12/11/2012 09:30:57 PM 846 Views
Not to belabor the point darius_sedai - 12/11/2012 10:56:39 PM 797 Views
Re: Not to belabor the point DomA - 13/11/2012 12:46:21 AM 747 Views
I think you are way off base on the economics darius_sedai - 13/11/2012 01:24:35 AM 713 Views
Re: I think you are way off base on the economics DomA - 13/11/2012 03:48:40 PM 835 Views
no reason to *NM* darius_sedai - 14/11/2012 01:35:55 AM 468 Views
I don't see the problem... Mik - 07/11/2012 10:52:49 AM 1564 Views
This is preposterous DomA - 07/11/2012 04:15:11 PM 1258 Views
Who? ßelals Girl - 06/11/2012 07:29:46 PM 803 Views
Paah, he's clearly on the Isle of Madmen to the south. Stephen - 10/11/2012 03:28:26 AM 1203 Views
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