On September 10 2015 19:21 HellHound wrote:
greek
Scrub
Btw how the fuck do you pronounce phoenices phonepenis without the "pe"?
greek
Scrub
Btw how the fuck do you pronounce phoenices phonepenis without the "pe"?
Phoen-ee-ts-es
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
On September 10 2015 19:21 HellHound wrote: Show nested quote + On September 10 2015 19:19 DarkLordOlli wrote: On September 10 2015 19:18 Penev wrote: On September 10 2015 19:14 DarkLordOlli wrote: The plural of phoenix btw is "phoenices" *phoenixes It seems the plural of Protoss units aren't allowed to be pronounced the way they should Nono, it's phoenices. Phoenix is a latin word, latin grammar applies to it greek Scrub Btw how the fuck do you pronounce phoenices phonepenis without the "pe"? Phoen-ee-ts-es | ||
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Penev
28536 Posts
On September 10 2015 19:19 DarkLordOlli wrote: Show nested quote + On September 10 2015 19:18 Penev wrote: On September 10 2015 19:14 DarkLordOlli wrote: The plural of phoenix btw is "phoenices" *phoenixes It seems the plural of Protoss units aren't allowed to be pronounced the way they should Nono, it's phoenices. Phoenix is a latin word, latin grammar applies to it With foreign words you have two choices actually; The foreign plural or +(e)s so both are probably correct. (So Colossus has both Colossi and Colossuses as viable choices. But NOT Colossus! ) | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On September 10 2015 19:23 BlackCompany wrote: Show nested quote + On September 10 2015 19:21 lastride wrote: Man I love SC/SC2 but this has to be one of the biggest design fails in the history of RTS,talking about the phoenix shooting mechanics. It gives you room for nothing and aesthetically it is very ugly I like the shooting while moving thing that the phoenix has. It's just completly stupid when you have phoenix vs phoenix Moving while shooting is fine, but moving at the same speed while shooting or not was a bad choice. They should be slower by just a touch when they do | ||
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sagi
Finland346 Posts
On September 10 2015 19:19 Ketch wrote: Show nested quote + On September 10 2015 19:18 Penev wrote: On September 10 2015 19:14 DarkLordOlli wrote: The plural of phoenix btw is "phoenices" *phoenixes It seems the plural of Protoss units aren't allowed to be pronounced the way they should yeah indeed, see http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/phoenix https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phoenix says: phoenix (plural phoenix or phoenixes or phoenices) Not sure if there is consensus, but atleast we know the casters are wrong. ![]() | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12133 Posts
On September 10 2015 19:21 lastride wrote: Man I love SC/SC2 but this has to be one of the biggest design fails in the history of RTS,talking about the phoenix shooting mechanics. It gives you room for nothing and aesthetically it is very ugly It was introduced as a technique to help Protoss players to defend against mutalisks, blame Zerg(or Canada, if you a Souht Park fan ) | ||
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Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
On September 10 2015 19:19 DarkLordOlli wrote: Show nested quote + On September 10 2015 19:18 Penev wrote: On September 10 2015 19:14 DarkLordOlli wrote: The plural of phoenix btw is "phoenices" *phoenixes It seems the plural of Protoss units aren't allowed to be pronounced the way they should Nono, it's phoenices. Phoenix is a latin word, latin grammar applies to it I'm pretty sure it's actually "phoenixes" ![]() Edit: I guess it might be both? | ||
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Durnuu
13325 Posts
On September 10 2015 19:26 Zealously wrote: Show nested quote + On September 10 2015 19:19 DarkLordOlli wrote: On September 10 2015 19:18 Penev wrote: On September 10 2015 19:14 DarkLordOlli wrote: The plural of phoenix btw is "phoenices" *phoenixes It seems the plural of Protoss units aren't allowed to be pronounced the way they should Nono, it's phoenices. Phoenix is a latin word, latin grammar applies to it I'm pretty sure it's actually "phoenixes" ![]() I think both are correct. | ||
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BlackCompany
Germany8388 Posts
On September 10 2015 19:24 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Show nested quote + On September 10 2015 19:23 BlackCompany wrote: On September 10 2015 19:21 lastride wrote: Man I love SC/SC2 but this has to be one of the biggest design fails in the history of RTS,talking about the phoenix shooting mechanics. It gives you room for nothing and aesthetically it is very ugly I like the shooting while moving thing that the phoenix has. It's just completly stupid when you have phoenix vs phoenix Moving while shooting is fine, but moving at the same speed while shooting or not was a bad choice. They should be slower by just a touch when they do That might be a decent change, can just give them "shooting" and "traveling" mode to make phoenix vs phoenix less stupid | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On September 10 2015 19:25 deacon.frost wrote: Show nested quote + On September 10 2015 19:21 lastride wrote: Man I love SC/SC2 but this has to be one of the biggest design fails in the history of RTS,talking about the phoenix shooting mechanics. It gives you room for nothing and aesthetically it is very ugly It was introduced as a technique to help Protoss players to defend against mutalisks, blame Zerg(or Canada, if you a Souht Park fan )David Kim is Canadian after all, but this one is on DB so I blame America | ||
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MiniFotToss
China2430 Posts
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
On September 10 2015 19:26 Durnuu wrote: Show nested quote + On September 10 2015 19:26 Zealously wrote: On September 10 2015 19:19 DarkLordOlli wrote: On September 10 2015 19:18 Penev wrote: On September 10 2015 19:14 DarkLordOlli wrote: The plural of phoenix btw is "phoenices" *phoenixes It seems the plural of Protoss units aren't allowed to be pronounced the way they should Nono, it's phoenices. Phoenix is a latin word, latin grammar applies to it I'm pretty sure it's actually "phoenixes" ![]() I think both are correct. Either way phoenii is never correct D: | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12133 Posts
On September 10 2015 19:27 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Show nested quote + On September 10 2015 19:25 deacon.frost wrote: On September 10 2015 19:21 lastride wrote: Man I love SC/SC2 but this has to be one of the biggest design fails in the history of RTS,talking about the phoenix shooting mechanics. It gives you room for nothing and aesthetically it is very ugly It was introduced as a technique to help Protoss players to defend against mutalisks, blame Zerg(or Canada, if you a Souht Park fan )David Kim is Canadian after all, but this one is on DB so I blame America heh, didn't realize that. I just love the songs from SP - Hell on Earth ![]() | ||
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Ketch
Netherlands7285 Posts
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lastride
2390 Posts
On September 10 2015 19:25 deacon.frost wrote: Show nested quote + On September 10 2015 19:21 lastride wrote: Man I love SC/SC2 but this has to be one of the biggest design fails in the history of RTS,talking about the phoenix shooting mechanics. It gives you room for nothing and aesthetically it is very ugly It was introduced as a technique to help Protoss players to defend against mutalisks, blame Zerg(or Canada, if you a Souht Park fan )Hehe, imo it should be like wraiths from bw. Unfortunately everything has to be spoonfed for our sc2 players. | ||
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
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Netherlands7285 Posts
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
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