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Nexea? I think the plurality of nexus is redundant. Wouldn't a bunch of nexuses working together just be a nexus
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The Door Frame posted:Nexea? I think the plurality of nexus is redundant. Wouldn't a bunch of nexuses working together just be a nexus The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Games > Let's Play! > Let's Play Starcraft 2: A Nexus of Nexus of Nexus...
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Dec 19, 2014 18:46
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What is a Protoss? A miserable little pile of Nexus.
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Dec 19, 2014 19:22
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Captain Bravo posted:What is a Protoss? A miserable little pile of Nexus. New thread title here.
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Dec 19, 2014 20:08
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Shei-kun posted:Some people may think this rhymes with testicles, but I keep imagining it is a Greco-Roman name. How have you hosed up so badly that this doesn't rhyme with "testicles"?
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Dec 19, 2014 22:04
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George posted:How have you hosed up so badly that this doesn't rhyme with "testicles"? Nexi-clees.
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Dec 19, 2014 22:06
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You say Testy-clees? Instead of Test-i-culs?
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Dec 19, 2014 22:13
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You say hair-a-culls instead of hair-a-cleese?
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Dec 19, 2014 22:16
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George posted:How have you hosed up so badly that this doesn't rhyme with "testicles"? Herakles has no long E. Neither does Pericles.
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Dec 19, 2014 23:06
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Guys, come on. Saying "testicles" like the name of an ancient hero is a pretty good call.
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Dec 19, 2014 23:17
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Captain Bravo posted:What is a Protoss? A miserable little pile of Nexus.
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Jaramin posted:You say Testy-clees? Instead of Test-i-culs? Wasn't there a monty python sketch about testiclees AradoBalanga posted:Requesting this title be reserved for any future Legacy of the Void LPs. Maybe "My Zerg don't want none unless you got essence, hon!" for hots? 
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Dec 20, 2014 14:55
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Nah, Keep HotS simple. "Essence? Essence. LPHOTS!"
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Dec 21, 2014 09:08
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I'm pretty sure "How does she get her hair like that? Abathur's Zergal Essences! - Let's Play Heart of the Swarm" is too long.
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Dec 21, 2014 09:15
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CORRUPTION.txt - Let's Play [insert Blizzard game here]
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Kaboom Dragoon posted:CORRUPTION.txt - Let's Play [insert Blizzard game here] I always found it funny that blizzard has their own matt ward tier lovely writer.
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Dec 21, 2014 09:48
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isn't Metzen their only writer though? 
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Dec 21, 2014 11:11
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Aces High posted:isn't Metzen their only writer though? He's their only story.
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Nalesh posted:I always found it funny that blizzard has their own matt ward tier lovely writer. Nah, until they have officially sanctioned torture porn as part of the canon, Blizzard, surprisingly have the high ground.
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Dec 21, 2014 14:08
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Yeah, they still are the pale imitation of GW until Metzen writes about holy knights of pure righteousness powered through murder of women.
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SIGSEGV posted:Yeah, they still are the pale imitation of GW until Metzen writes about holy knights or pure righteousness powered through murder of women. Its okay. Metzen will Retcon it away via corrupting esssssence. They aren't really monsters, they're corrupted by an outside force.
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Aces High posted:isn't Metzen their only writer though? No but he's in charge so while for example dialogue or wow quest text isn't written by him the overarching story of a blizzard thing is. The real problem with Metzen is that he's really good at selling his ideas in person, even if they're objectively really dumb. He's got the sort of enthusiasm that's really hard to say no to combined with the sort of position in the company that makes it even harder. I will say that I think even he's tired of writing the same story over and over again, it's just that it won't so much be Starcraft or Warcraft that benefits but their new IP. I mean that's just the impression I got at Blizzcon but he seemed legit pretty excited about doing a totally different thing so maybe we'll get lucky and every other IP will eventually benefit.
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Zebrin posted:Nah, Keep HotS simple. "Essence? Essence. LPHOTS!"
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Mine is actually line from the game though.
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For anyone interested in learning the ropes for SC2 multiplayer, there is a new competition open to all goons that I'm running. You can find it here! It's a revisiting of the competition that got me into SC2 multiplayer and zeez to begin with, so it's near to my heart. Don't be intimidated!
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 UpdateThis time we're making the other choice and siding with the Protoss.  Source Video (No Commentary)
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Thinking on it just as I was watching the video, it may be that well Dr Whatsit needs more samples, so she invests herself to try and find a cure. Rather than Being one of them before the mission starts. that part. Though her dialogue could easily make it either way. I forgot about Veloxyll fucked around with this message at 10:28 on Jan 12, 2015 |
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See? That's why you must purge infestation by fire. And why you don't trust anyone who claims to be able to cure something incurable.
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See the results of Dr. Hanson's cure? I don't know if zerg infestation works the same way, but if this were 40k, we'd find out later on that soon after we "saved" the colony from the protoss, the genestealers controlling Dr. Hanson ate all of the civilians. Wait a second, how do you become infested vs infected? Is it a plot virus? The infected settlers were zombies that begged us to kill them, but infested Hanson is an evil half human, half hydralisk that taunts us and can seem to make choices on her own
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The Door Frame posted:See the results of Dr. Hanson's cure? I don't know if zerg infestation works the same way, but if this were 40k, we'd find out later on that soon after we "saved" the colony from the protoss, the genestealers controlling Dr. Hanson ate all of the civilians. There are different kinds of infestation, I think. Quick zombification or a longer more advanced that does what happened to Hanson, or Kerrigan as the extreme example. It probably has something to do with the strength of the individual. Also how important they are to the story. Nameless grunt? Yeah, you're an infested zombie. Named character? Lots of special stuff going on.
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It also depends how far along the infestation is. If you've got one infected dude, you don't want him going full zombie and alerting everyone, so you do a slow burn on that guy, much like with Dr. Hanson. Once the cat's out of the bag, or you've got a majority of the people infected, then you can just go nuts and have everyone start spawning tentacles and knives and poo poo, and throwing up on buildings. By that point, you're past subtlety.
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Captain Bravo posted:It also depends how far along the infestation is. If you've got one infected dude, you don't want him going full zombie and alerting everyone, so you do a slow burn on that guy, much like with Dr. Hanson. Once the cat's out of the bag, or you've got a majority of the people infected, then you can just go nuts and have everyone start spawning tentacles and knives and poo poo, and throwing up on buildings. By that point, you're past subtlety. So wait, Hanson was already infected and she pleaded you to save the colonists from Protoss so she can go there and live happily ever infested? Finding cure was just a ruse right? Or she just hosed up in the lab, no  ?
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Disco Infiva posted:So wait, Hanson was already infected and she pleaded you to save the colonists from Protoss so she can go there and live happily ever infested? Finding cure was just a ruse right? It looks like your choice determines what's actually going on. Raynor can't make the wrong decision, so reality bends instead.
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my dad posted:It looks like your choice determines what's actually going on. Raynor can't make the wrong decision, so reality bends instead. Yeah, this is what my bet is on. If you went with Hanson she wouldn't be infected at all.
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my dad posted:It looks like your choice determines what's actually going on. Raynor can't make the wrong decision, so reality bends instead. Goddammit. I know this is SC2 but this would be a wonderful opportunity for a more nuanced story.
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Captain Bravo posted:It also depends how far along the infestation is. If you've got one infected dude, you don't want him going full zombie and alerting everyone, so you do a slow burn on that guy, much like with Dr. Hanson. Once the cat's out of the bag, or you've got a majority of the people infected, then you can just go nuts and have everyone start spawning tentacles and knives and poo poo, and throwing up on buildings. By that point, you're past subtlety. We'll actually see this is the case in a HotS mission, even.
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Disco Infiva posted:Goddammit. I know this is SC2 but this would be a wonderful opportunity for a more nuanced story. Tosh does foreshadow the possibility that Hanson's been infested all along, commenting that she might be the reason the zerg keep coming after her and the colonists, but it's just a red herring if you side against the protoss.
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The "Canon" of Wings of Liberty according to the devs is Breakout, Safe Haven, and Belly of the Beast. Of course since they've also stated that the players choices will always be respected Hanson won't be showing up anymore in an of the games. Kind of hard to do that when you die in the twitter campaign leading up to Heart of the Swarm Kurieg fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Jan 12, 2015 |
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Disco Infiva posted:So wait, Hanson was already infected and she pleaded you to save the colonists from Protoss so she can go there and live happily ever infested? Finding cure was just a ruse right? That's my bet, why else would she try and get Raynor to stay on Haven when she has been crusading for refugees all game? If she really had a working cure for zerg infestations, Raynor could take it to afflicted worlds and save billions instead of it never being mentioned ever again Then again, maybe I just don't like Dr. Hanson and my reading of the story paints her as incompetent at best and evil at worst. Or more likely, it could be a video game, with designers that thought that the two choices had no real impact on the overall world of star craft and I'm looking farther into the importance of the Haven decision than the writers did and my dad's assessment my dad posted:It looks like your choice determines what's actually going on. Raynor can't make the wrong decision, so reality bends instead.
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