did you read the other books? or are you basing off this entire thing off a little segment in one book?

edit: no need to pms on me for having an opinion on what i thought the books meant when i read them

Zato-1

Chile4253 Posts

August 17 2009 19:52 GMT

#22

I have to agree with spinesheath here. Yes, the Terrans on Mar Sara and other fringe worlds are outcasts. Where from? Earth. And we've seen the Terrans from the home planet- the UED. It's the same thing as the fringe worlds, only on a larger scale.

Terrans have always been a very young race in the Starcraft lore- they cannot possibly have created the Zerg and the Protoss races long ago. This theory just doesn't hold water- If you look at this interview with Chris Metzen, they want to add more races to the Starcraft lore, not narrow them down even further by making Xel'naga = Terran.

zazen

Brazil695 Posts

August 17 2009 20:05 GMT

#23

Xel'naga need to be a terran-like race with mixed in medieval concepts such as swords and knighthood despite being super evolved and powerful. People from their race could have distinct features. Kinda like Vin Diesel in Battle of Riddick or something like that.

n00bonicPlague

United States197 Posts

August 17 2009 20:36 GMT

#24

On August 18 2009 04:16 whyohwhy wrote:
Naga stole my Vulture

/fixed :D

Simple

United States801 Posts

August 17 2009 20:45 GMT

#25

maybe the xel naga is a metaphor for clean living and a healthy lifestyle

ForSC2

United States580 Posts

August 17 2009 20:46 GMT

#26

It would definitely be original which I don't see happening from blizzard no offense. In SC and WC3 don't kerrigan and Arthas seem pretty damn similar. It's like the same story with the Xel Naga being the titans or whatever Sargeras and his buds were in Wc3.

Zato-1

Chile4253 Posts

August 17 2009 20:56 GMT

#27

On August 18 2009 05:46 ForSC2 wrote:
It would definitely be original which I don't see happening from blizzard no offense. In SC and WC3 don't kerrigan and Arthas seem pretty damn similar. It's like the same story with the Xel Naga being the titans or whatever Sargeras and his buds were in Wc3.

There are plenty of recurring themes in Blizzard games, and it makes sense given that there's overlap with the writers. The corruption theme in particular is something all too common which I hope doesn't come up again.

Kaniol

Poland5551 Posts

August 17 2009 20:57 GMT

#28

On August 18 2009 04:02 iloveambiguity wrote:
(...)The terrans we are familiar with are outcasts, so it is reasonably assumed that they are technologically lagging behind the motherplanet(...)

The medics and valkyries and charon boosted goliaths you know are UED aka "forces of themotherplanet". Is that argument good enough proof of this theory being bad?

On August 18 2009 05:45 Simple wrote:
maybe the xel naga is a metaphor for clean living and a healthy lifestyle

HAHAHAHA

BTW wasn't there a theory that xel'naga are ascendants of wc3's nagas? Dunno wether that or this was weirder

constantine

Bulgaria49 Posts

August 17 2009 21:04 GMT

#29

On August 18 2009 04:16 whyohwhy wrote:
Naga stole my bike

haha, made my day, ty

<3 WoW reference

FirstBorn

Romania3955 Posts

August 17 2009 21:08 GMT

#30

Xel'Naga were much more advanced than the protoss. Terrans are not.

spinesheath

Germany8679 Posts

August 17 2009 21:11 GMT

#31

On August 18 2009 05:56 Zato-1 wrote:

Show nested quote +

One of their storywriters once admitted openly that he uses the same concepts over and over. It's successful, so he sticks with it.
Sry, but no source. It was some random article I read months ago.

Excalibur_Z

United States12249 Posts

August 17 2009 21:15 GMT

#32

On August 18 2009 06:08 FirstBorn wrote:
Xel'Naga were much more advanced than the protoss. Terrans are not.

Unless they manipulated time such that they de-evolved themselves into Terrans in order to lay dormant until the Protoss and Zerg hybrid race could be created, at which point they would accelerate their own evolution and lord over the new hybrid race until they could merge into them, thereby creating the perfect continuation of the Xel'naga.

Definitely sounds like something Metzen would come up with =]

zazen

Brazil695 Posts

August 17 2009 21:28 GMT

#33

One thing we all do agree is that Blizzard *ALSO* have no idea what the Xel'Naga are right? I'll just be pretty damn pissed if they are mentioned but never do appear in SC2, which is what they did in SC1.

Catch]22

Sweden2683 Posts

August 17 2009 21:34 GMT

#34

Duran maybe... is the overmind? lol'd

The overminds true quest was to merge with the protoss (CONSUME) in order to make the zerg incredibly powerful, or even "perfect". And it seems to be exactly what duran was doing, he's lived for millenia etc etc

shindigs

United States4795 Posts

August 17 2009 21:53 GMT

#35

In the high res cinematic in which zeratul reads the stone with the prophecies on it, don't you see an engraving of what the xel naga look like?

Sort of look like mursaat (or however it is spelled) from Guild Wars.

lololol

5198 Posts

August 17 2009 22:11 GMT

#36

I just hope Xel Naga actually makes an appearance in the game, and not arrive just as the last part of the trilogy ends or some other stupid cliffhanger like that.

StorrZerg

United States13921 Posts

August 17 2009 22:21 GMT

#37

On August 18 2009 06:34 Catch]22 wrote:
Duran maybe... is the overmind? lol'd

The overminds true quest was to merge with the protoss (CONSUME) in order to make the zerg incredibly powerful, or even "perfect". And it seems to be exactly what duran was doing, he's lived for millenia etc etc

hasn't durran been infested or taken over or something? i mean he was normal... but i mean hes not now..

HeaDStrong

Scotland785 Posts

August 17 2009 22:28 GMT

#38

this whole conversation somehow resembles noobs at theocrafting just the other way around. lol

KaasZerg

Netherlands927 Posts

August 17 2009 22:33 GMT

#39

The Xel Naga were from another Galaxy. Refugees from a war. In our galaxy they tried to create the ultimate weapons to make a comeback. Hence the experiments with the protoss and zerg. Duran is an agent of the ancient enemy of the Xel Naga. He sabotaged the zerg and project by giving them sentience and disrupting control to exterminate the Xel Naga. Maybe he succeeded maybe not.

This is from a custom singleplayer mission I played with some gaps in the story I filled in. I think it is a good explenation.

EximoSua

171 Posts

August 17 2009 22:54 GMT

#40

This thread makes my brain explode.