Who are you choosing to go with? Or maybe it's nobody at all. I haven't decided yet, though I'm leaning towards the Imperials

I think they're both assholes at the moment, so I'm just going to ignore them until I do every other questline.

Neither! Both sides whine like a bunch of basketball wives, so it's better if they just kill each other without my interference.

Neither. Krom wants nothing to do with the fascist executioners or the ignorant racists. Though I do make a point out of killing imperials and freeing their prisoners whenever I see them.

Both sides are dicks, but I find the empire to be the lesser of two evils.

If I could choose to help the Stormcloaks and then usurp Ulfric then I would totally do that, but as it stands neither side warrants any kind of loyalty on my part. Eventually I'll probably choose the Stormcloaks just to see how the story plays out but I won't like it!

I went with the Empire on this, my first playthrough. I made a redguard btw.

Saul Tigh was leading the empire so of course I went with them.

Imperials because going with the Stormcloaks puts the Thalmor in a higher place of power if the Emprie is pushed out.

Stormcloaks! Fight the man! Yeeeaaahhh.

They both seem far too much like assholes to me. It really comes down to "extreme racism vs. liberal use of the death penalty". Which one is worse?

The Queen might get her way because she doesnt sit in her throne like a silly teenager.

Imperials. Because you can always change laws (the religious outlaw...law) but you can't always changed fucked up beliefs (racism).

Stormcloaks ofc. Talos ftw! i hate elves!

Imperials: money to spare for the land, men to spare for the land, one ruling body, they aren't horribly racist.

That last point is all I need. The fact that the Stormcloaks practically spit on any non-Nord is enough to make me want to pillage and burn everything in Windhelm.

Stormcloaks are fucking assholes.

For all I know the Empire treats everyone better than the Roman empire which it is based on. Life has always been shit for the majority of people.

Talos is incredibly badass, but the Stormcloaks are also intolerable racists lead by a total dick, so I guess Imperials maybe.

@ajamafalous said:

Stormcloaks are fucking assholes.

I'm a Nord, so Stormcloaks. Both sides are being stupid, but I'm willing to bet I'll find out that Ulfric wasn't quite so "shout and run" of a murderer as time goes on.

Stormcloaks. The way the Imperials just bent over for those gold-skinned pussies and dropped Talos irks me to no end. It's one thing to remove Talos from "official" worship, it's another to let the Thalmor stroll around Skyrim acting like a roving Spanish Inquisition.

And this is coming from a Bosmer. =\

Niala is a Kajit agent working to gain intelligence and cause confusion and mayhem within the Imperial ranks inside of the northern land of Skyrim. However, she has placed this mission on hold as she explores and understands what this Dragonborn prophecy concerns.

Hmm.....Tamriel Nazis vs. Assholes who kill any criminal just becuase they can...

Ninara the Dragonborn shall have nothing to do with these idiots!

Imperials. The more I learn of the backstory of the Great War and what is going on in the larger world the more I agree that Skyrim needs to stay a part of the Empire. Things have gone real rotten in the 200 years since the 3rd Era and things arn't good. That and the Nords incredible racism plus something you learn about Ulfric in the Thalmor Embassy...

Both sides are huge dicks. Considering that I've become stupidly overpowered and am friends with a small army of powerful guilds full of some pretty ill dudes, I feel like I should be able to take them both out and start my own empire. Then I'd murder everyone for fun because I'm an even bigger dick.

Neither because both sides have a lot of people that are assholes, but at the same time both sides have some very convincing arguments. If i had to choose, Stormcloacks.

Don't listen to everyone else in this thread. I'm the Dragonborn, the game even said so, and I choose Imperials!

Seriously though. The stormcloaks are just racist dicks.

Either way you go, Thalmor win. At least with the stormcloaks there is a chance in the future to stop the thalmor.

I hate Ulfric and I think if Skyrim was independent, it would be too easy for the Thalmor to take over.

@CoverlessTech said:

Saul Tigh was leading the empire so of course I went with them.

God damn it I KNEW there was a really familiar voice actor in this game.

For a while I thought I would go with Stormcloaks because the imperials like to execute people and control religion, but then I walked into Windhelm and was smacked in the face with some racism. However, not all Stormcloaks seem to be total bigots--like that one guy who guides you through the beginning of the game--so right now I guess I'm still leaning towards them.

@mandude: But the game said I'm Dragonborn. :(

@ajamafalous said:

Stormcloaks are fucking assholes.

@CoverlessTech said:

Saul Tigh was leading the empire so of course I went with them.

This.

Haven't decided yet, but I sure have fun killing me some Thalmor.

A stormcloak victory is less favorable to the Thalmor, so that. The empire is now just a hollow shell of its former self.

Imperials because Stormcloaks are racist against my character, Wood Elf's are people too!

I went with the Stormcloaks cause you get the same trophies either way. I just wish there was a way to kill Ulfric once everything is done.

@Getz said:

If I could choose to help the Stormcloaks and then usurp Ulfric then I would totally do that, but as it stands neither side warrants any kind of loyalty on my part. Eventually I'll probably choose the Stormcloaks just to see how the story plays out but I won't like it!

Just help Ulfirc win then publicly execute him. That's what I plan to do.

Stormcloaks all the way. Imperials have extended their reach too far and conceded too much to the Thalmors. As a native-son of Skyrim, I'm gonna smoke them south-side fools.

I'll probably go Imperials beacause they certainly seem the lesser of two evils. However I wish I could help them AND get rid of the Thalmor.

On a side note I really want to start a new character now as a high elf, and then join the Stormcloaks. Just to mess with everyones minds...

@Amphetama said:

@CoverlessTech said:

Saul Tigh was leading the empire so of course I went with them.

God damn it I KNEW there was a really familiar voice actor in this game.

"Is that Saul Tigh actor Canadian?" *Googles Saul Tigh* "Yup- Canadian"

I just recently watched the entire BSG series and didn't hear a Canadian accent from that dude, but always felt Tullius was on the verge of ending a sentence with "'eh?" throughout the opening execution scene.

@Crocio said:

A stormcloak victory is less favorable to the Thalmor, so that. The empire is now just a hollow shell of its former self.

Stormcloaks as much as i dislike their racism i have to help my nord brothers. Im like the robert e lee of skyrim.

For the Empire!

@Willin: Oh well, this is awkward...

Hadvar apologized to me before the execution, said he'd make sure my corpse got sent back to High Rock. Seemed alright, so I followed him. From there it just seems like the game changed everything to make the Stormcloaks seem like insufferable assholes and the Imperials as people who just have to deal with it.

I'm a Nord and I feel obligated to be a Stormcloak, plus Talos is awesome. My issue is with their racism and I'm sceptical of Ulfrick's intentions.

Besides I can kill thalmor all day long and stay within role.

I haven't really gotten involved with either yet. I'll take the tour one of these days and decide then.

Wow I really need to research the Thalmor