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Author: StarSword

Apr 10th 2013 at 8:44:35 PM

Somebody had to say it:

Video Games:
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' aligns its KarmaMeter with the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism, respectively called "Paragon" and "Renegade".  Unusually the two are counted as separate stat bars so it's common to have a mix of the two, hence the FanNickname "Paragade" for one common choice described in [[http://s15.zetaboards.com/Character_Discussion/single/?p=8032512&t=6863229 this forum post]] as:
--> '''TMALIVE:''' You're a smart mouth asshole sometimes, and you express frustration when angry with a character. But you also have a heart, and mostly do the right thing.

For my part, I played a Paragade Shepard:  I took mostly Paragon actions, but I also played Shepard as willing to get her hands dirty and as [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother to Her Men]], and took Renegade interrupts when I either figured she'd be getting angry (punching Admiral Koris' lights out after he [[spoiler:nearly blows up the Geth Dreadnought with you aboard]]) or when it was just funnier that way ("You talk too much.").