Yet you had time to do all that? Couldn't you have gone and read everything he wrote instead of spending your time quoting it all? How much longer would that have taken, a minute? To be fair, you could have sifted through all of it very easily.

In regards to your scale analogy, it's better to think that the entire scale represents the light side of the Force and putting any weight (that is to say, the dark side) on either end throws off the balance. You can't think of the Force as having more than one naturally occurring facets. The Force is, by definition, light sided and the dark side is a mere perversion of it, not another extension.

I've always been partial to Makashi. A form devoted entirely to lightsaber-to-lightsaber combat seems somewhat useful to me.

I suspect that the Force might amplify emotional responses and exert a great amount of influence over mental health amongst those who actively engage in channeling it. A Jedi (or Sith, for that matter) may be seen as overreacting in a particular situation (assuming they allow themselves to fully react) while a normal, non-Force using individual might not. Considering the fact that the vast majority of dark-siders undergo massive personality changes when they succumb (I highly doubt that Darth Vader at the time of Operation: Knightfall could indeed be classified as Anakin Skywalker), I don't think that it's that much of a stretch to imagine that the Force itself is manipulating (whether by some indescribable intelligence or merely by design) the workings of one's mind. Under this theory (which I like to combine with Darth Traya's view that the Force is some sort of deceptive and insidious god), allowing emotional attachments may be potentially and actually dangerous to a Jedi's well-being. However, certainly, there would be exceptions, individuals capable of handling the stress imparted upon them by such choices through their own strength of will, though, even so, I would imagine that they are far rarer than canon makes them out to be (at least over the span of the Order's history, from inception to and through the Legacy era).

To quote George Lucas, "Jedi Knights aren't celibate - the thing that is forbidden is attachments - and possessive relationships."

The current Sith Empire emerged after the fall of Naga Sadow's Empire (with the former being considered a continuation of the latter). The Emperor essentially flew around in circles until he finally decided to land on Dromund Kaas, which had been an outpost of Naga Sadow's Sith Empire.

Well, the Empire disappears and the Republic continues on. What more proof does one need? You are right, it was indeed, quite obviously, a "new" Sith Empire. However, it was not the Sith Empire of the TOR era. It's relationship to it was purely visual and ideological. Also, the fact that it supplanted the Republic makes the Galactic Empire a successor of the Republic and not the Sith Empire. There is hardly a connection between both Empires, beyond what's effectively nothing more than a belief system. You're equating them to each other falsely, in an attempt to state that the Sith Empire is the ultimate winner between the two powers, when, in reality, it has been dead for too long.

You are right, the Republic falls as well, however, not in contest with the Sith Empire. Between the Empire and the Republic, the winner proves to be, in fact, the Republic. Sidious may have been a Dark Lord of the Sith but that doesn't necessarily make him a legitimate successor to the Sith Empire. The Sith predated, and continued on after, the Empire . Given that the Empire had been dead for some 3000 years by the time he arose, his victory was victory for the Sith Order, specifically that of Darth Bane, and not a victory for the Sith Empire. My use of "sucks" was me equating it's failure with.. well, it's failure. Clearly it wasn't that good, though the specifics cannot yet be defined.

You don't seem to understand what I mean by "reality." Within the context of the preexisting Star Wars universe, with all the historical facts prior to and after 3641 BBY, despite all of the advantages of the Sith Empire, it has one major disadvantage: the fact that it fails. Say you were given free reign to change this, how could you possibly reconcile an Imperial victory with the Republic surviving until 19 BBY? That's right, you can't. And so the Empire must die because, quite obviously, it sucks. Accept that the Empire is a failed state, so that we may end this.

Well, there is a gap of some magnitude between now (in-game) to the next piece of recorded history which outright denies the contemporary existence of the Empire. Anything could happen. Who is the noob: the one supports the reality or the one who opposes it?

No, in reality, the Republic wins. It does not matter which side you prefer, only what the outcome is. For whatever reasons, known and unknown, the Republic is the superior state. You may love glorifying the Sith Empire but, unfortunately, the fact remains that it is the loser. It will collapse and your misplaced nationalism will prove false. Railing against what you deem is the wrong outcome (when your input is neither asked for nor heeded) makes you out to be a madman. Everyone already expects all of the political corruption on the Imperial side. If it was taken from the Republic, it'd just become a caricature. Who really wants a wholly black and white world? Plus, the underdog winning out in the end is always great. As is the sudden fall of a monolithic empire.

And 1.3 should have been in 1.0. And 1.4 should have been in 1.0. And 1.5 should have been in 1.0. And so on and so forth. I'm curious, where does one draw the line?

Star Wars Galaxies was dying. People can say what they want but the game was collapsing upon itself. They were bleeding some 10000 subscription per month and so, in their desperation, SOE devised the New Game Enhancements. For the people that loved SWG before the NGE, it was ruined and they left. However, the NGE opened the door for more people to come in. This allowed the game to get a reasonable population and allowed it to survive a couple of more years. People may have hated SWG after the NGE but the fact of the matter is, without it the game would have died years before it was actually shut down.

So sitting here, enjoying the livestream, I thought to myself, "I should check out the official forums." So I go there, a smile on my face, and all I find... is despair. Y U NO ENJYO SUMIT!!!!

Yes, Thana Vesh becoming a vessel for Zash would be amazing! I've suggested it a few times but no one else seemed to pay it much heed. Get on it, Bioware!