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MindRush
Profile Joined April 2010
Romania916 Posts
March 07 2011 10:48 GMT
#1
Hello community,
My 5 year old nephew asked me a question, as he watched me play Starcraft sometimes. You know how really young kids can be annoying with questions?

Question 1:
How can zergs send worms through underground tunnels?
Well, the Nydus network goes underground and the worms pop up wherever zerg has vision ... BLA BLA BLA .. ground units use worms to get to some places faster and they travel inside the worm - I explained to him

Well do you know the map called Scrap Station? This is where he pwned me with
Question 2:
How can zergs send nydus worms to the island expansions, they teleport it through space?

So, the discussion was not exactly like that, the kid is young, and we talked in romanian. But really, he asked a question i believe that few people and starcraft2 fanatics failed to ask. I pretty much believe the little guy is a genius!

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
ch4ppi
Profile Joined July 2010
Germany802 Posts
March 07 2011 10:52 GMT
#2
Its a game?
Its not supposed to be logic, and he is not a genious. He has common sense, but no one really cares. You can come up with tons of examples like this... How does an Ultralisk fit an Overlord?

Tell him its a game not everything has to be logic.
Sensator
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia377 Posts
March 07 2011 10:53 GMT
#3
Haha I never thought of that, logic win!
Bobble
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia1493 Posts
March 07 2011 10:54 GMT
#4
Yeah, sorry to tell you, but no one has really cared about Nydus worms going to expansions on islands. For example, I could tell you that the Nydus worm can camouflage it's torso for protection, so it does extend beyond space, but you can't see it.
LtLolburger
Profile Joined August 2010
New Zealand365 Posts
March 07 2011 11:00 GMT
#5
Genius may be a stretch, but he sure seems astute for a 5 year old. I've never actually thought about nydus worms like that before, haha.
It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane. -Philip K. Dick
413X
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden203 Posts
March 07 2011 11:03 GMT
#6
wormhole.. duhhh
The pro noob
Mentalizor
Profile Joined January 2011
Denmark1596 Posts
March 07 2011 11:04 GMT
#7
Someone already posted this issue in a thread about some weird stuff - like colossus/ultralisk fitting inside warpprism/ovie.
(yಠ,ಠ)y - Y U NO ALL IN? - rtsAlaran: " I somehow sit inside the bus.Hot_Bit giving me a massage"
Piski
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Finland3461 Posts
March 07 2011 11:06 GMT
#8
The same way mutalisks fly in space or ghosts survive without oxygen.
curreh
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia265 Posts
March 07 2011 11:10 GMT
#9
On March 07 2011 20:03 413X wrote:
wormhole.. duhhh


ahaha nice : D
I actually never thought of that haha, quite easily overlooked that fact in all the nydus'ing of islands i've seen : )
SlayerS Hwaiting! : )
Bobble
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia1493 Posts
March 07 2011 11:12 GMT
#10
On March 07 2011 20:10 curreh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2011 20:03 413X wrote:
wormhole.. duhhh


ahaha nice : D
I actually never thought of that haha, quite easily overlooked that fact in all the nydus'ing of islands i've seen : )


but you thought of Nydus Worms camouflaging thier bodies when exposed? I thought I was being original...
isM
Profile Joined September 2010
United States735 Posts
March 07 2011 11:13 GMT
#11
Tell him to watch the first 3 of the Tremors movies it will explain how all things worm related are possible.
Loose lips sink ships
Philip2110
Profile Joined April 2010
Scotland798 Posts
March 07 2011 11:14 GMT
#12
Ask him how warp in works, or how a larva can turn into an ultralisk 20 times the size.
Master Sc2 - Diamond LoL - Eu W
Worm Shoes
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom22 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-07 11:18:10
March 07 2011 11:16 GMT
#13
BUT....who said worms tunnel the most direct route?

Were assuming on scrap station the tunnel like this a ---- b

but in scrap they could tunnel like this U

? ...

.....oh wait you said the island expansion :O.....then indeed this imposes a dilemma lol
Calculon: That was so terrible, I think you gave me cancer!
MisterD
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Germany1338 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-07 11:19:01
March 07 2011 11:18 GMT
#14
On March 07 2011 20:16 Worm Shoes wrote:
BUT....who said worms tunnel the most direct route?

Were assuming on scrap station the tunnel like this a ---- b

a b
but in scrap they could tunnel like this U

? ...


you know, there are (or if not at least can be) maps with actually unconnected islands, and they work there too.

/edit: u manner edit! ^^ meh
Gold isn't everything in life... you need wood, too!
SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10305 Posts
March 07 2011 11:30 GMT
#15
On March 07 2011 20:03 413X wrote:
wormhole.. duhhh


lol, well played sir
"LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon
morimacil
Profile Joined March 2010
France921 Posts
March 07 2011 11:32 GMT
#16
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Bobble
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia1493 Posts
March 07 2011 11:44 GMT
#17
On March 07 2011 20:32 morimacil wrote:
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It's not impossible, you just aren't thinking outside of the box.
ALPINA
Profile Joined May 2010
3791 Posts
March 07 2011 11:54 GMT
#18
On March 07 2011 19:52 ch4ppi wrote:
Its a game?
Its not supposed to be logic, and he is not a genious. He has common sense, but no one really cares. You can come up with tons of examples like this... How does an Ultralisk fit an Overlord?

Tell him its a game not everything has to be logic.


Man, don't be so sure about that. Maybe there is are really good explanation you have no idea of.
You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity
shwick
Profile Joined May 2010
Burundi45 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-07 14:54:49
March 07 2011 14:53 GMT
#19
To get to the island expo from space the worm jumps outwards towards the island. The gravity from the mainland is weak enough such that the worm can reach the island expo and start burrowing into it.
LittLeD
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden7973 Posts
March 07 2011 14:58 GMT
#20
It jumps through time and space, entering a 4th dimension of sort.

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