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DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-08 08:21:46
July 08 2011 08:10 GMT
#1
Imagine this.

You are a protoss stalker. With a few other protoss stalkers. You're sitting in Aiur or Shakuras or wherever the protoss currently call their homeworld (I don't follow canon, but bear with me here). You've been called in to fight. You and your brethren line up in formation, ready to be teleported via warp gate to the battlefield.

Communications between the homeworld and the Nexus on the battlefield reveal the nature of the enemy. Vile zerg. You dread the thought of being fungal'd. Getting clawed apart by zerglings is scary enough, but the thought of this fungal mass, slowly pushing its way between your joints (lucky it's only mechanical, Adun forbid the fungal monstrosity pull apart your physical joints as the zealots must deal with).

But you snap out of it. Formation is moving, and up ahead a close friend of yours warps into the battlefield with a cry. You're jolted back to reality as the line moves along. You feel your limbs. Move them back and forth. This isn't your real body, but it's more agile. More powerful. Gives you range to fight.

Suddenly you feel an aura surround you. The warp-in begins as you enter the gate, ready to be deployed near a pylon on the other side. Travel through gates no longer gives you nausea. You've done it before. Come on. Stay focused. Ready to fight. Ready to fight.

You begin to materialize on the other side. Your limbs touch grass as you're deployed on the battlefield. But you look over. Something is wrong. The pylon. It's damaged. A large shard is missing.

You stare at the pylon in disbelief. Another shard flies off. You look up and see a squadron. No, a CLOUD of mutalisks. Firing it down.

But you're not done morphing in yet. You haven't fully materialized. A loud bang ensues as glaive wurms shatter the pylon. A shard hits you in the face and that's the last thing you remember as you instantly vanish off the grass.

*****
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Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
July 08 2011 08:15 GMT
#2
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Cuddle
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1345 Posts
July 08 2011 08:20 GMT
#3
Why are there banshees in a PvZ?
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
July 08 2011 08:21 GMT
#4
On July 08 2011 17:20 Cuddle wrote:
Why are there banshees in a PvZ?


I dunno. I'm not good at this. Lemme change that.
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TheAmazombie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States3714 Posts
July 08 2011 08:23 GMT
#5
This makes me think about the first "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" when they lose the people half-way through transporting. "We got what was left of them, sir"
We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. -Charlie Chaplin
neobowman
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3324 Posts
July 08 2011 08:33 GMT
#6
The warpgate doesn't use up a warp-in so I assume the stalker's safe and sound?
EchelonTee
Profile Joined February 2011
United States5260 Posts
July 08 2011 09:01 GMT
#7
On July 08 2011 17:33 neobowman wrote:
The warpgate doesn't use up a warp-in so I assume the stalker's safe and sound?


yeah i think you don't lose the cash so the stalker just cancels the warp maybe?
aka "neophyte". learn lots. dont judge. laugh for no reason. be nice. seek happiness. -D[9]
Sotamursu
Profile Joined June 2010
Finland612 Posts
July 08 2011 09:04 GMT
#8
Trying to slowly out run a marauder with no chance of escape sounds like a more horrible death to me.
Deleted User 101379
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
4849 Posts
July 08 2011 09:20 GMT
#9
On July 08 2011 18:01 EchelonTee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2011 17:33 neobowman wrote:
The warpgate doesn't use up a warp-in so I assume the stalker's safe and sound?


yeah i think you don't lose the cash so the stalker just cancels the warp maybe?


Well, it's a one-way warp, so half of the stalker is on one side of the warp, the other on the other.

They can just warp-in another group of stalkers since the warpgates still have enough energy, but that specific stalker could be quite dead... and not have died in a nice way.
Endymion
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States3701 Posts
July 08 2011 09:37 GMT
#10
On July 08 2011 18:20 Morfildur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2011 18:01 EchelonTee wrote:
On July 08 2011 17:33 neobowman wrote:
The warpgate doesn't use up a warp-in so I assume the stalker's safe and sound?


yeah i think you don't lose the cash so the stalker just cancels the warp maybe?


Well, it's a one-way warp, so half of the stalker is on one side of the warp, the other on the other.

They can just warp-in another group of stalkers since the warpgates still have enough energy, but that specific stalker could be quite dead... and not have died in a nice way.


Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is how it is. It makes me giddy when I catch DTs mid warp, SUFFER ETERNAL AGONY YOU INVISIBLE NINJAS!
Have you considered the MMO-Champion forum? You are just as irrational and delusional with the right portion of nostalgic populism. By the way: The old Brood War was absolutely unplayable
BEARDiaguz
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Australia2362 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-08 09:38:12
July 08 2011 09:37 GMT
#11
Imagine you're a baneling. Not only is life horrible (and occasionally dizzy), but the best you can hope for is to die painfully for your uncaring leader. You also have no personality, no indibiduality and no appreciation for the human (zerg?) condition.

Enjoy!
ProgamerAustralian alcohol user follow @iaguzSC2
Jayme
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States5866 Posts
July 08 2011 09:44 GMT
#12
On July 08 2011 18:37 iaguz wrote:
Imagine you're a baneling. Not only is life horrible (and occasionally dizzy), but the best you can hope for is to die painfully for your uncaring leader. You also have no personality, no indibiduality and no appreciation for the human (zerg?) condition.

Enjoy!


I don't think blowing up and having a near instant death is painful....
Python is garbage, number 1 advocate of getting rid of it.
Deleted User 101379
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
4849 Posts
July 08 2011 10:25 GMT
#13
On July 08 2011 18:44 Jayme wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2011 18:37 iaguz wrote:
Imagine you're a baneling. Not only is life horrible (and occasionally dizzy), but the best you can hope for is to die painfully for your uncaring leader. You also have no personality, no indibiduality and no appreciation for the human (zerg?) condition.

Enjoy!


I don't think blowing up and having a near instant death is painful....


But the moments before that would be traumatizing if the banelings would survive.

Imagine:
You are a baneling, rolling around on the creep, playing catch with Banelings and those pesky, cheating, winged Zerglings. You learned to control not to blow up at random, have some success with the female banelings and in general have a happy life... when suddenly the voice of your overlord sounds in your head "I AM ASSUMING DIRECT COMMAND" and then you can only watch through your eyes how your limbs start moving on their own, taking you far away from the other banelings that watch in horror, not knowing what is going on. You feel the acid in your body boiling up while your legs steer you towards a group of scared looking beings. You don't want to blow them up, you want to get to know them, meet their families, play with their children,... you try to resist the overlord, you try to calm down the acid with all the willpower you have, you think about the date you had this afternoon that you will now miss, try to muster enough willpower to break the control... but nothing helps, the power of the overlords is too big... zerglings and banelings dying all around you... you are scared, you don't want to die, you want to go to the date, have a family, children, a zergling as pet... but it's too late... BOOOM!
NeonFox
Profile Joined January 2011
2373 Posts
July 08 2011 10:34 GMT
#14
On July 08 2011 19:25 Morfildur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2011 18:44 Jayme wrote:
On July 08 2011 18:37 iaguz wrote:
Imagine you're a baneling. Not only is life horrible (and occasionally dizzy), but the best you can hope for is to die painfully for your uncaring leader. You also have no personality, no indibiduality and no appreciation for the human (zerg?) condition.

Enjoy!


I don't think blowing up and having a near instant death is painful....


But the moments before that would be traumatizing if the banelings would survive.

Imagine:
You are a baneling, rolling around on the creep, playing catch with Banelings and those pesky, cheating, winged Zerglings. You learned to control not to blow up at random, have some success with the female banelings and in general have a happy life... when suddenly the voice of your overlord sounds in your head "I AM ASSUMING DIRECT COMMAND" and then you can only watch through your eyes how your limbs start moving on their own, taking you far away from the other banelings that watch in horror, not knowing what is going on. You feel the acid in your body boiling up while your legs steer you towards a group of scared looking beings. You don't want to blow them up, you want to get to know them, meet their families, play with their children,... you try to resist the overlord, you try to calm down the acid with all the willpower you have, you think about the date you had this afternoon that you will now miss, try to muster enough willpower to break the control... but nothing helps, the power of the overlords is too big... zerglings and banelings dying all around you... you are scared, you don't want to die, you want to go to the date, have a family, children, a zergling as pet... but it's too late... BOOOM!


Omg from this day on I will play ZvX without ever using banelings T_T
edc
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States666 Posts
July 08 2011 11:11 GMT
#15
The Stalker survived the Warp-in cancel, so if I were him I would honestly be pretty happy that I didn't have to deal with those Mutalisks. Your blog was well-written, though making the character nervous or scared before going into battle isn't very realistic. For Aiur!
“There are two kinds of people in this world, those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.” - Clint Eastwood
Weasel-
Profile Joined June 2009
Canada1556 Posts
July 08 2011 11:22 GMT
#16
Actually since the money for the stalker gets refunded fully in that case, I think the warpin is aborted and the stalker gets to stick around to get warped in later.
leo23
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3075 Posts
July 08 2011 14:04 GMT
#17
On July 08 2011 19:25 Morfildur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2011 18:44 Jayme wrote:
On July 08 2011 18:37 iaguz wrote:
Imagine you're a baneling. Not only is life horrible (and occasionally dizzy), but the best you can hope for is to die painfully for your uncaring leader. You also have no personality, no indibiduality and no appreciation for the human (zerg?) condition.

Enjoy!


I don't think blowing up and having a near instant death is painful....


But the moments before that would be traumatizing if the banelings would survive.

Imagine:
You are a baneling, rolling around on the creep, playing catch with Banelings and those pesky, cheating, winged Zerglings. You learned to control not to blow up at random, have some success with the female banelings and in general have a happy life... when suddenly the voice of your overlord sounds in your head "I AM ASSUMING DIRECT COMMAND" and then you can only watch through your eyes how your limbs start moving on their own, taking you far away from the other banelings that watch in horror, not knowing what is going on. You feel the acid in your body boiling up while your legs steer you towards a group of scared looking beings. You don't want to blow them up, you want to get to know them, meet their families, play with their children,... you try to resist the overlord, you try to calm down the acid with all the willpower you have, you think about the date you had this afternoon that you will now miss, try to muster enough willpower to break the control... but nothing helps, the power of the overlords is too big... zerglings and banelings dying all around you... you are scared, you don't want to die, you want to go to the date, have a family, children, a zergling as pet... but it's too late... BOOOM!


lol time to play ZvT like ZENEXLine
banelings
beg
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
991 Posts
July 08 2011 14:31 GMT
#18
being surrounded by SCVs and slowly taken apart is surely the most horrible way to die.
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