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LonelyStoner
05/21/25 2:36:38 PM
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Im going with Stormcloaks, either way, but Im interested in hearing arguments for either.

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SocialistGamer
05/21/25 2:36:55 PM
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Imperials

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UnholyMudcrab
05/21/25 2:37:11 PM
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Of course you are

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Dakimakura
05/21/25 2:37:34 PM
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Skyrim belongs to the Nords!

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LonelyStoner
05/21/25 2:39:37 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Of course you are
Elaborate.

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Kaldrenthebold
05/21/25 2:40:11 PM
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Not even a poll smdh

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Dungeater
05/21/25 2:40:50 PM
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whats the difference? i never did the civil war questline

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MC_BatCommander
05/21/25 2:41:32 PM
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Since the quest line is basically the same I always just pick Imperials because Ulfric is an annoying asshole

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Hayame_Zero
05/21/25 2:43:19 PM
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Dungeater posted...
whats the difference? i never did the civil war questline
Imperials are capitalists, but the Stormcloaks are white supremacist extremists.

The first emotional response is to side with the Stormcloaks because it's their land, but actually meeting their leader quickly changes that.

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masterpug53
05/21/25 2:44:48 PM
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Stormcloaks are the obvious initial choice (Ralof is a bro, and going with the 'Cloaks lets you kill the Imperial Captain who ordered your execution), but Imperials are the better long-term choice once you realize what a little shit Ulfric is.

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Ivynn
05/21/25 2:46:40 PM
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Ulfric's an asshole, but let's be honest, the Empire is on borrowed time, it's gonna collapse soon anyway.

I'll give Skyrim credit that their civil war questline really is an ambiguous conflict with no easy answer.

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LonelyStoner
05/21/25 2:47:51 PM
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Is there an option to go against both the people who tried to have you killed just because as well as the racists?

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Foppe
05/21/25 2:49:33 PM
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The Empire needs the Nords to be able to stand up against the Thalmor.
The Nords got tired of the Thalmor before the rest of the Empire, and wanted their freedom.
Stormcloaks did the right thing for themselves but at the same time doomed a future alliance that had the power to really kick out the Thalmor.

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UnholyMudcrab
05/21/25 2:49:41 PM
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The Empire deserves to die, but the Stormcloaks do not deserve to be the ones that replace it.

And let's be honest, the choice is irrelevant anyway because the next ES game is probably just going to have the Aldmeri Dominion swoop in and conquer everything so they don't have to pick a canon outcome.

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firedoom666
05/21/25 2:50:30 PM
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Since racism is stupid, I will always side with the imperials

I also kill thamor on sight

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masterpug53
05/21/25 2:50:39 PM
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LonelyStoner posted...
Is there an option to go against both the people who tried to have you killed just because as well as the racists?

You can side with Ralof in the intro and then join the Imperials later, which like I said gives you the opportunity to kill the specific person who condemned you while not throwing all-in with the racists.

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LonelyStoner
05/21/25 2:52:24 PM
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masterpug53 posted...
You can side with Ralof in the intro and then join the Imperials later, which like I said gives you the opportunity to kill the specific person who condemned you while not throwing all-in with the racists.
That bitch is going to get hers

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DarthEnvoy
05/21/25 2:52:57 PM
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They needed to have the Empire randomly try to kill you at the start of the game to give people any reason to join the Stormcloaks lmao

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VeggetaX
05/21/25 2:54:57 PM
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SocialistGamer posted...
Imperials


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Wedge_Antilles
05/21/25 2:55:19 PM
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Imperials

Stormcloaks are nerds

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LonelyStoner
05/21/25 2:55:21 PM
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DarthEnvoy posted...
They needed to have the Empire randomly try to kill you at the start of the game to give people any reason to join the Stormcloaks lmao
The imperials arent exactly on better ground.

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Ivynn
05/21/25 2:56:45 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
The Empire deserves to die, but the Stormcloaks do not deserve to be the ones that replace it.

And let's be honest, the choice is irrelevant anyway because the next ES game is probably just going to have the Aldmeri Dominion swoop in and conquer everything so they don't have to pick a canon outcome.

Yeah, I usually side with Imperials because again Ulfric's an asshole, but it does suck knowing that all you're doing is kicking the can down the road, you're not really saving the Empire.

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DrizztLink
05/21/25 2:59:58 PM
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Skyrim belongs to the Forsworn.

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LonelyStoner
05/21/25 3:01:14 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
The Empire deserves to die, but the Stormcloaks do not deserve to be the ones that replace it.

And let's be honest, the choice is irrelevant anyway because the next ES game is probably just going to have the Aldmeri Dominion swoop in and conquer everything so they don't have to pick a canon outcome.
That didnt explain the Of course you are statement you made.

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evilpresident
05/21/25 3:05:37 PM
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Stormcloaks, though I've never done the real quest tbh. I just went with them cause they didn't order my execution

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Seaman_Prime
05/21/25 3:05:52 PM
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Imperials just so I can fight Ulfric. And to keep my boy Balgruuf in his rightful chair.
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Aysander
05/21/25 3:08:43 PM
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Imperials, if only because the "best kept together keep" in all of Skyrim is in fact not Whiterun, nor Windhelm, nor Falkreath, but Solitude.

Plus I generally play Argonian.

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Lordgold666
05/21/25 4:51:02 PM
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After learning what we do in the thalmor embassy, youd be stupid to back the stormcloaks

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LonelyStoner
05/21/25 4:58:23 PM
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Aysander posted...
Imperials, if only because the "best kept together keep" in all of Skyrim is in fact not Whiterun, nor Windhelm, nor Falkreath, but Solitude.

Plus I generally play Argonian.
I play Argonian, always. Which is why its hard for me to give a fuck either way lol. Theyre still going to treat us as lesser.

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DrizztLink
05/21/25 5:08:32 PM
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Lordgold666 posted...
After learning what we do in the thalmor embassy, youd be stupid to back the stormcloaks
This is a post with a dependent and independent clause that only needs the dependent:

Lordgold666 posted...
youd be stupid to back the stormcloaks


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haloiscoolisbak
05/21/25 5:57:58 PM
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LonelyStoner posted...
That didnt explain the Of course you are statement you made.

It was a pretty unnecessary drive-by wasn't it lol

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random_man9119
05/21/25 6:01:02 PM
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I think I've only done the Civil War stuff once for the trophies... and I don't remember who I sided with...

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K181
05/21/25 6:13:00 PM
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The Empire has its problems, but why the fuck would I as an Argonian ever support such a blatantly Nord supremacist group as the Stormcloaks?

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Lonestar2000
05/21/25 6:21:39 PM
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Imperials. Siding with the Stormcloaks weakens Skyrim and makes it easier for the Thalmor to take over. The Stormcloaks are also racist. Plus you can only romance Legate Rikke using Amorous Adventures is if you side with the Imperials.

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McmadnessV3
05/21/25 6:24:15 PM
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The group that isn't led by a child murderer.

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darkknight109
05/21/25 6:29:52 PM
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Well, one of them has a literal Warsaw Ghetto allegory in their capital city and their leader was literally set free by the Thalmor so he could destabilize Skyrim with his pride and ambition and ensure the human lands were weakened for their eventual resumption of the war, so... yeah, not them.

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Paragon21XX
05/21/25 6:44:20 PM
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Do I side with the Simperials or Stormcucks? Good question.

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Southernfatman
05/21/25 6:52:52 PM
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Shitty status quo vs racist isolationists.

Sounds familiar.

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LonelyStoner
05/21/25 11:28:29 PM
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haloiscoolisbak posted...
It was a pretty unnecessary drive-by wasn't it lol
Right?

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furb
05/21/25 11:30:59 PM
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I did Imperial because that's the opposite of what the Thalmor wanted.

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Paragon21XX
05/22/25 12:57:17 AM
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furb posted...
I did Imperial because that's the opposite of what the Thalmor wanted.
What the Thalmor want is for neither side to win. The Stormcloaks winning the civil war is just as bad for the Thalmor as an Imperial victory.

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_Valigarmanda_
05/22/25 1:13:28 AM
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The Imperials are basically the "lesser evil" choice - the Stormcloaks not only have virulently racist roots, they also have no realistic path to victory

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darkknight109
05/22/25 4:38:46 AM
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Paragon21XX posted...
The Stormcloaks winning the civil war is just as bad for the Thalmor as an Imperial victory.
Highly debatable.

The Stormcloaks winning cleaves another province off of the already-weakened Empire and would justify a full-on Thalmor invasion of Skyrim. Skyrim is nowhere near strong enough to fight of the Aldmeri Dominion on their own, given that the Empire as a whole couldn't even overcome them, and the Empire would be in no position to assist given that all of their military assets just got thrown out of the province.

Keeping the Empire together makes the Dominion's job substantially harder, which is a good thing.

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dancing_cactuar
05/22/25 5:05:22 AM
#45:


The only good Stormcloak is a dead stormcloak.

The only good Thalmor is a dead Thalmor.

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Monferno_AQW
05/22/25 6:06:19 AM
#46:


Lonestar2000 posted...
Plus you can only romance Legate Rikke using Amorous Adventures is if you side with the Imperials.

Someone has their priorities straight, I see.

Anyways, I chose the Stormcloaks the very first time I played Skyrim. Every subsequent playthrough thereafter, I always joined the Imps.

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HannibalBarca3
05/22/25 7:05:35 AM
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I'm a sucker for the Roman aesthetic and the Imperials have a Roman aesthetic to them, never sided with the Stormcloaks. I'm also playing a Legionnaire in my latest LoreRim run.
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masterpug53
05/22/25 10:19:46 AM
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K181 posted...
The Empire has its problems, but why the fuck would I as an Argonian ever support such a blatantly Nord supremacist group as the Stormcloaks?

Sounds like a question you should be asking a slim majority of the American voting populace.

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UnholyMudcrab
05/22/25 10:45:01 AM
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HannibalBarca3 posted...
I'm a sucker for the Roman aesthetic
Username does not check out

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__starsnostars
05/22/25 11:00:18 AM
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Despite hundreds and hundreds of hours in the game I am not sure I ever played the civil war to the end. I usually go Stormcloaks when I make a Nord character otherwise Imperials.

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