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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 2830 Views
There are only 2 months left before AMOL comes out (or less)... Tom - 05/11/2012 02:10:07 PM 1334 Views
Nah.. forget that DomA - 05/11/2012 08:29:53 PM 1208 Views
Re: Nah.. forget that RandAllThor - 05/11/2012 10:07:46 PM 1068 Views
Re: There are only 2 months left before AMOL comes out (or less)... Mik - 06/11/2012 12:40:54 PM 1250 Views
I'm not saying it's not a well-reasoned theory; it is. Tom - 06/11/2012 06:02:36 PM 1274 Views
I say Roederan is a better choice simply because of where he is located darius_sedai - 06/11/2012 11:01:28 PM 1163 Views
Re: I say Roederan is a better choice simply because of where he is located Mik - 07/11/2012 09:42:00 AM 1430 Views
I applaud your effort, but to be honest I just can't see it darius_sedai - 07/11/2012 04:48:17 PM 1035 Views
Re: I applaud your effort, but to be honest I just can't see it DomA - 07/11/2012 08:36:34 PM 1294 Views
There has been a lot of waste in WOT..... Anonymous2000 - 06/11/2012 06:26:56 PM 985 Views
LIKE! *NM* alanna aes sedai - 09/12/2012 02:37:49 PM 1067 Views
Whoops *NM* ßelals Girl - 06/11/2012 07:27:06 PM 576 Views
Plausible, albeit antilclimactic *NM* beetnemesis - 05/11/2012 06:32:38 PM 635 Views
Unless Mat is Demandred, at this point it will be anticlimactic. *NM* Tom - 06/11/2012 04:02:38 AM 597 Views
That would be EPIC *NM* Artsapat - 06/11/2012 07:53:30 PM 600 Views
That would be EPIC *NM* Artsapat - 06/11/2012 07:53:31 PM 600 Views
You've tried too hard... DomA - 05/11/2012 07:53:41 PM 2886 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 1179 Views
I doubt Mat will kill him personally but TheCrownless - 05/11/2012 09:24:48 PM 959 Views
I don't know darius_sedai - 06/11/2012 02:01:41 AM 976 Views
My prediction of how it plays out... Shannow - 06/11/2012 07:12:15 AM 1068 Views
I don't think that's likely Sidious - 06/11/2012 06:04:55 PM 1031 Views
LOL ... it will be a saying in the next Age darius_sedai - 06/11/2012 10:36:04 PM 964 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely DomA - 06/11/2012 11:21:21 PM 974 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely Sidious - 07/11/2012 08:14:28 PM 1098 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely DomA - 07/11/2012 09:05:07 PM 1198 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely Sidious - 08/11/2012 05:52:16 PM 1011 Views
It sounds like we're at the same stage of vision of the AOL DomA - 08/11/2012 07:48:17 PM 959 Views
Statistics refute some of that... Shannow - 09/11/2012 07:35:59 AM 982 Views
We're not talking about the same things... DomA - 09/11/2012 11:31:12 PM 955 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 1002 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 1156 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 1072 Views
You seriously believe that? darius_sedai - 10/11/2012 04:17:09 PM 997 Views
Mat has grown quiet a bit since those days darius_sedai - 06/11/2012 01:55:48 AM 1140 Views
You're putting the Evil on a pedestal. Praziquantel - 06/11/2012 03:12:38 AM 886 Views
No, just desperately trying to raise the stakes a bit... Shannow - 06/11/2012 07:00:59 AM 1043 Views
That's essentially what I was saying Praziquantel - 06/11/2012 03:35:45 PM 1160 Views
hmmm Yunalesca - 06/11/2012 10:27:00 AM 1271 Views
... is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky DomA - 06/11/2012 08:45:02 PM 1119 Views
Mat is essentially the man (men) who wrote the books Demandred studied darius_sedai - 06/11/2012 10:42:40 PM 940 Views
Exactly... DomA - 06/11/2012 11:45:36 PM 1115 Views
... is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky DomA - 06/11/2012 08:45:29 PM 1155 Views
I didn't try hard at all; Demandred found me... Mik - 06/11/2012 03:31:41 PM 1127 Views
My biggest contention with Demandred being with the Sea Folk darius_sedai - 06/11/2012 10:54:50 PM 1094 Views
Re: My biggest contention with Demandred being with the Sea Folk DomA - 07/11/2012 12:07:02 AM 1156 Views
Well, it instantly gives the Shadow access to attacking every coastal city... Shannow - 07/11/2012 10:32:23 AM 1022 Views
Exactly! Mik - 07/11/2012 10:54:14 AM 1572 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 994 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 989 Views
Not likely he has that many... DomA - 08/11/2012 03:00:32 PM 922 Views
May I ask some practical questions? Sidious - 08/11/2012 05:28:41 PM 926 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? Praziquantel - 08/11/2012 10:35:38 PM 1054 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? darius_sedai - 10/11/2012 12:09:15 AM 988 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? Praziquantel - 10/11/2012 03:11:59 AM 973 Views
LOL ... Seems more than a little far fetched *NM* darius_sedai - 10/11/2012 06:17:34 AM 542 Views
Well you asked for an explanation Praziquantel - 13/11/2012 10:23:41 PM 894 Views
fair enough *NM* darius_sedai - 14/11/2012 01:31:52 AM 516 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? DomA - 10/11/2012 07:15:58 PM 1028 Views
Exactly! darius_sedai - 11/11/2012 07:38:46 AM 1020 Views
Good practical questions... Shannow - 09/11/2012 07:24:14 AM 1028 Views
He doesn't need the SF for that darius_sedai - 09/11/2012 03:00:34 PM 806 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 859 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 987 Views
I know. I'm saying they were not doing this with Traveling in mind. darius_sedai - 09/11/2012 11:57:34 PM 948 Views
Re: I know. I'm saying they were not doing this with Traveling in mind. DomA - 10/11/2012 10:08:04 PM 2500 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 1006 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 1038 Views
Nesta sent 2 ambassadors to the Coramoor. Both looking for the same thing darius_sedai - 12/11/2012 04:11:50 PM 1062 Views
Re: Nesta sent 2 ambassadors to the Coramoor. Both looking for the same thing DomA - 12/11/2012 06:01:33 PM 1147 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 1175 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 977 Views
Not to belabor the point darius_sedai - 12/11/2012 10:56:39 PM 935 Views
Re: Not to belabor the point DomA - 13/11/2012 12:46:21 AM 896 Views
I think you are way off base on the economics darius_sedai - 13/11/2012 01:24:35 AM 876 Views
Re: I think you are way off base on the economics DomA - 13/11/2012 03:48:40 PM 978 Views
no reason to *NM* darius_sedai - 14/11/2012 01:35:55 AM 535 Views
I don't see the problem... Mik - 07/11/2012 10:52:49 AM 1712 Views
This is preposterous DomA - 07/11/2012 04:15:11 PM 1396 Views
Who? ßelals Girl - 06/11/2012 07:29:46 PM 925 Views
Paah, he's clearly on the Isle of Madmen to the south. Stephen - 10/11/2012 03:28:26 AM 1340 Views
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