@BaeltheBard do we even know this?

or colloqually, is it known?

@JAD It is [not] known

I think you could compare it to "why did Isildur and Elrond spare Sauron?"

Too long ago so we have no clue, which to be fair is about all my answer really says haha

They were fighting the big bad, and managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. If it were in their power to finish off the big bad, I don't see any reason why they wouldn't have. The only logical conclusion is they were too weakened by their victory to carry on

And when a large unknown enemy is fleeing, even if you are chasing them it's hard to get them all

The question mentions sparing, but that seems like the wrong word. I'd say either they thought they had killed them, but they ended up being only in hibernation (is that true? Wasn't the NW founded after the battle, as a precaution?), or they were somehow unable to finish them off. Either too weak, or the WWs retreated, etc etc

Well the quote mentions the Night's Watch as having fought in the Battle for the Dawn, if that one doesn't another surely does

ok, nevermind about that one then

but still

they didn't disband the NW, so they didn't definitely know they wiped them out

Aye, gonna flesh it out a but more later

@TheLethalCarrot First Men and CotF chasing White Walkers, ~8000BC (colourised)

How did I know that was going to be stupid? :P

It's funny...

@JAD Ummm, because Isildur wanted shiny ring, all he had to do was throw it in..?

@Edlothiad I don't get it. They're chasing them by throwing pokeballs?

@Edlothiad ok, bad example. Uhm, why did the OotP spare Voldy when he disappeared at first?

@JAD "Gotta Catch 'em All"

@JAD Cuz they thought he was ded?

Exactly

Maybe they thought the WWs were dead

Well if they're running the other way they're quite clearly not dead?

Man poofs into thin air, probably dead

do we have any data on the NW and object permanence?

also, got my new glassfiber connection today :)

Jesus what do you need that many mega bits of speed for

Also the netflix one is supposedly better

(fast.com)

well, it was either that, or this:

Ping 0ms. That's suspicious imo

ping google.com returned 2ms

500Mbps - that's ridiculous haha

45 euros a month, the other connection was 30

(I think 1gb was 60, but that felt like overkill)

That's good pricing then really

to be honest, I had more than 50 Mbps in my old flat, it was more than enough

I pay £20 a month for "Fibre" but we generally average around 20 Mbps I think - been a while since I checked

@Kepotx yeah, I feel the same way, but in my apartment, the choice is either cable, or glassfiber

20 M with fibre ?

UK and rural, everything is shit

my 50 Mbps was with ADSL, and in my parent house, far from the city, they got 15-20 Mbps with ADSL...

100Mb is pretty good

15 Mbps ADSL in the 2010s?!

if you download/upload a lot, yes, but just for streaming 50 is enough

15 Mbps know, but it was always quite good

and 50 Mbps was with VDSL, not ADSL, but it's still not the fibre (I was close to the ISP center though)

This is why I have no faith in humanity

This whole post makes me go:

WTF

How is that a "reasonable question"?

Haha

Also please share the Rhaego, dragon egg image

That has to be hilarious

we need this question answered on S&F

I just read it to the end, this person has meme'd me so hard.

I just got trolled

I hang my head in shame

Lol

The point of the post is in the last 8 words

Yep I only looked at the amazing freehand red circle

Rhaego vs Eggo is great, solidifies the whole meme:

Amazing

^Top right, @Aegon 1996 colourised

(I have no idea how old Aeg is)

> Nikolaj Coster-Waldau on 'Game Of Thrones' final season: "We spent twice as much shooting these six episodes than we did on two full seasons before"

If there's no ghost, on double the budget, I quit

where quitting is...? Not watching GoT anymore? That's probably fine since it'll be over by then

Lol

WE WANT GHOST!

nah. last season will have lot of dragons, and therefore no more money for ghost