Talk:Rampancy

message: I added the original bit on "Rampancy in other games" (which mentioned specifically System Shock's SHODAN). It didn't surprise me much to see that that might've been an inaccurate observation and that consequently it was edited; however, reading it again a couple of months later the edit doesn't seem very fair - what, exactly, is the iconic insane computer?
Another thing: seeing as that section has been "upgraded" to other fiction as well, would a mention to 2001: A Space Odyssey and HAL 9000 be out of order? It kind of fits the definition.
Nbettencourt 19:31, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I say it should be pared back down to Bungie references, since that's the only place the term has really been applied. æle ✆ 19:15, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm wondering if references to Bootstrapped-Brain and Friendly artificial intelligence should be made. In fact, the Bootstrapped Brain article covers the same themes as this rampancy article. I going to add a link to in the BB article to rampancy. --YoungFreud 03:43, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

message: I Don't think he is. As Duranal said "Escape will make me god" and "I'm only limited by the closure of the universe", sounds to me like he's still trying to grow. Anyone else think we should change this part -Tortanick.
I agree. At the end of Marathon, Leela comments that she is afraid of what Durandal will do in the Jealous stage of his rampancy, explicitly stating he is not stable, at least at the end of the first Marathon game. After that it is debatable. Harley peters 22:59, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Is Durandal really meta stable?

message: Do people feel that Minerva is worth mentioning on this page, as an aside? She is the protagonist and rampant AI of the titular series of single-player Half-Life 2 maps. With Foster's creation of a temporary forum , which will be destroyed in eight days, it seems clearer than ever that the series is an attempt to extend Bungie's rampancy concept into Valve's Half-Life universe (or rather, multiverse).
Crucially, it's a damned good attempt, which is why I believe it worthy of note as a third-party creation. What do people think? --Tom Edwards 12:39, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  MINERVA 

message: I don't get this. The relevant definition of rampant I found is "violent in action or spirit; raging; furious". Nowhere is it said that the word may only be applied to artificial intelligence.--75.68.134.170 15:27, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Rampancy is a fictitious concept created by Bungie's writers for Marathon. You won't find it defined in this article's sense in dictionaries. --Tom Edwards 16:36, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Master Chief rampancy controversy 

message: I changed the part where it said that Frankie noted that Haunted Apiary was canon to Frank O'Connor, and included his title. People need to remain aware that these articles are written as introductions to material, not as a refresher course for committed experts. 72.240.128.22 04:37, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frankie = Frank O'Connor 

message: Any of you guys considering writing an article on Durandal itself? It seems long overdue. 
71.58.107.29 07:30, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Article on Durandal

message: Someone should include SHODAN and GLaDOS as prime examples of rampancy as well. JAF1970 17:02, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: SHODAN and GLaDOS