Things that don't make sense (v2)

Its just speculation on your part.

So is almost literally every other post you type up on this forum.  But it is a speculation that makes sense. High EMS Shepard would be someone worthy of making the choice for the future of the Milky Way Galaxy. Short of that Anderson has been on Earth fighting the Reaper invasion since it started and lead the ground forces in their assault making it to the beam.

The Thor's hammer logic seems to apply here fairly well. If Shepard has high EMS he is worthy and the Catalyst treats him like he is suppose to be there. Without high EMS then Anderson is the worthy one so when Shepard shows up the Catalyst questions why he is there because Anderson is the worthy one.

Frankly this would have been a great set up if BioWare wasn't forced to make the game have no real bad choices.  A strength and greatest weakness of the trilogy over all. So in this case with low enough EMS Shepard is the one that dies and the last thing Shepard sees is Anderson hobbling over to the control panel and then the screen goes blank. Never knowing what Anderson ultimately did.  But players would throw shit fits that they made bad choices, did as little of the game as possible and then didn't get to pick an ending so we got that.

No it is to point out that there is no need to call someone out for stating something that is obviously speculation. You might as well be saying "Hey everyone did you know boiling water is hot?" Because yes everyone over a certain age limit of like 4 years old knows that boiling water is hot.

But it is a speculation in responds to your question. One that actually fits given the different nature of how the Catalyst responds to Shepard's arrival.  The high EMS with the general feel of well finally you are here we have work to do. And the low EMS that has more a general feel of you opening the door thinking it is the pizza you ordered and it is your ex you just broke up with when you caught them cheating on you.  And since Anderson is the only other person besides the indoctrinated TIM on the Citadel. The very guy who lead the resistance to the Reaper invasion for months with no back up, no resources completely cut off and alone with only his adamantium balls and ingenuity allowed the resistance to keep up until Shepard finally arrived months later with the calvary. 

It is only speculation and you can be free with accepting it or rejecting it all you want. But it is a speculation that fits with the tone of the Catalyst and the fact there are 2 different humans on the Citadel at that moment and Anderson only dies first because his body wasn't cybernetics enhanced out the yahoo.

Catalyst and Reapers are not 100% one and the same. That being said I already explained that but I will again. Anderson willingly stayed behind on Earth even though he had a ticket out. Completely cut off from all possible help in any form other then words of hope. He helped lead a global or at least as much as possible resistance against the Reaper invasion of Earth. He planned and lead the ground assault on the beam and was one of only 2 people who made it past Harbinger and into the Citadel.

Low EMS if any story related impact were to be attributed to them is Shepard half assing his job. The Fleets are not gathered, the Crucible is only half build. All of Shepard's potential is shown to be lacking due to the state of the galaxy and the Crucible. Anderson is the next one to show potential due to his actions on Earth during the invasion.

Again this is only speculation and attempting to rationalize the situation because BioWare shoots it self in the foot with the basic principle that there are no wrong choices. Realistic responds to actions and choices are ignored to allow every choice to be valid. Because of that you get situations like this were they attempt to differentiate between two possible set ups of high EMS and lower EMS. Because if they are exactly the same there is no reason to do anything.  So I know why they did it that way. I'm just putting forth a reason within the game universe why it happened that way. Not simply using the real word reason of they had to other wise players would complain if they were actually punished for putting in less then full effort.

Having 2699 is not low ems. The player gets the same ending as one with very high ems, if destroy is chosen, except Shepard dies. Of course the player doesn't get the option for the green.

The only time low ems comes into play is if ems is below 2000. But if the player wants the green, ems has to at least 2700.

So the thing saying "why are you here?, is just throwing a hissy fit because Shepard didn't gather enough to have the option to choose the green?

Look on the previous page. You even quoted the post

Wrong

Here's what I posted

Here's what I said about 2000 ems

I never said 2699 on the previous page

I recall you doing the same in the past

Thanks for the laugh

I did give you an answer. For some reason you only saw the line mentioning 2000 instead of looking at the line above that says if ems is below 2700, the thing will say Why are you here?

But I have. This is the third time. You choose to ignore it for whatever reason.

You haven't as well. As I mentioned in my post
bsn.boards.net/post/69348/thread

I never said last page. I said previous page
bsn.boards.net/post/695453/thread

The post I made did mention that if ems is below 2700 the thing will ask why are you here. The line below that mentions 2000 ems in regards to seeing the soldiers cheering
bsn.boards.net/post/687947/thread

Here's your post quoting that post of mine.
bsn.boards.net/post/693413/thread

Here's your post saying 2000 which had nothing to do with the threshold of what ems had to be for the thing to say why are you here? You chose to ignore the line above that says below 2700 is the threshold.
bsn.boards.net/post/696108/thread

My wording wasn't off. Its you who chose to ignore what I posted for whatever reason.

Did what?

No that is just Themmikefest being themmikefest. I've learned to accept his social oddities.

The ME timeline
masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline

And dialogue from ME3 don't match.

The timeline says the reaper war starts around the end of September, beginning of October 2186. So that would mean that the relay destroyed in Arrival happens around late March 2186

If the broker dlc is not completed, Liara will say after Shepard left for Earth, she tracked down the shadow broker. How is that possible if the timeline says she already did that in  2185? The timeline says she took over the broker operations in-between August and December 2185. If the dlc is completed, its never mentioned.

When Shepard talks to Tali at the FOB, he/she says it's been a few months. I will assume a few to mean 3. So I would guess. When talking to Tali on the presidium, she says,  she thinks its been 3 years ago to the day since Saren's assassins were after her. The scene takes place about halfway through the game. Going by that and what Shepard says at the fob, it takes place mid-November 2186.

After the dreadnought mission, Hackett will say, we only lost Earth a few weeks ago. That happens about the halfway point of the game.

Going by what Tali says, that means ME1 started about mid-November 2183. I don't know how long ME1 takes, but when talking with Jacob, he will mention that its been 2 years 12 days since Shepard's death. Add the month after the events of ME1 takes place, ME2 starts about 25 1/2 months later. So that would mean ME2 starts late December 2185. If that's the case, that means Liara took over the broker operations before the events of ME2.

Since the broker dlc can be completed after dealing with the collectors, that means ME2 started before August 2185 and that the events of ME1 started about June 2183. So if the broker dlc can be completed between August 2185 and December 2185, what did Shepard do during that time before Arrival? That's about 4-6 months of lost time.

When talking to Liara, after Thessia, Shepard will mention that Liara has been warning her people for 4 years. 4 years ago it was 2182. Shepard and Liara didn't even know about the reapers until the events of ME1.

What I've posted above is most likely guesswork on my part. Its just that the timeline for certain events seem to be off.

Liara only postulate about the cycles of extinction. Not exactly warning about Reapers invasion.

Of course, Liara contradicting everything in the entire franchise is on purpose. Make sure to make her look like she do and appear to do more things for Shepard than what was logical for her character.