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naim
Profile Joined February 2011
41 Posts
March 07 2011 22:06 GMT
#61
Its like electricity: You put in electrons on one side of the wire, they push each other inside towards the lowest resistance and the ones at the other end are pushed out immediately.
See...
Bobster
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany3075 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-07 22:14:26
March 07 2011 22:13 GMT
#62
Tastosis commented on the zaniness of the situation numerous times. Other casters as well.


Obviously, it's game logic. Same reason Marauders can't point up etc. etc.
intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
March 07 2011 22:14 GMT
#63
This kid's amazing. Definitely sharper than I was when I was 5... or 15.
kiss kiss fall in love
Bobble
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia1493 Posts
March 07 2011 22:18 GMT
#64
On March 08 2011 01:51 GreatestThreat wrote:
A more pertinent question would be: how can zerg units INSTANTANEOUSLY travel from one end of the worm to the other even when both ends are on complete opposite sides of the map? Regardless of the fact that they can cut across terrain by using an underground tunnel network, they still should take some amount of time to cross it, yes? Unless the worm is sucking them through with high-tensile peristaltic muscles lining it's gullet or something... That's my theory anyway.


Yup, I think I've read somewhere that the Zerg units use thier own speed, along with the peristalic motion of the Nydus worm to achieve near-instant travel.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46088 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-07 22:39:36
March 07 2011 22:27 GMT
#65
I'm waiting for the Bill O'Reilly meme version of all of these SC unit "loopholes":

Mutalisks breathe air, fly through space.
Can't explain that.

Nydus Worm an island expansion.
Can't explain that.

Et cetera.

Actually:

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"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
MindRush
Profile Joined April 2010
Romania916 Posts
March 08 2011 01:14 GMT
#66
On March 07 2011 20:44 Bobble wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


i was talking abt the island expo
thats the one between the bases not connected by land
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
MindRush
Profile Joined April 2010
Romania916 Posts
March 08 2011 01:18 GMT
#67
On March 08 2011 02:11 Umbrella wrote:
The secret is that it's another worm with coincidentally the same units inside of it that pops out on the island.

the best one )
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
laLAlA[uC]
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada963 Posts
March 08 2011 01:21 GMT
#68
There is a distinct lack of lack of sarcasm detection. No typos.

Also. Small children win at this game. >: Just look at Flash.
I'm an old man now
rofio
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia7 Posts
March 08 2011 01:25 GMT
#69
On March 07 2011 23:58 LittLeD wrote:
It jumps through time and space, entering a 4th dimension of sort.

Common knowledge


By definition the fourth dimension 'is' time.
ImmortalTofu
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1254 Posts
March 08 2011 04:20 GMT
#70
On March 08 2011 01:22 TheTenthDoc wrote:
I almost made a joke about the OP being Romanian, but I'm not sure how many people on TL would get it these days.

'
Hahah, I soooo remember this meme from my lurking days haha, WP my friend.

OT: You know how the Zerg units come from out of portal-like things when moving through space? Well, I think that all zerg units have this power to an extent, so when they can see a place, they momentarily channel a "worm hole" through which the worm travels to underneath its location. They move so fast because they go through this aforementioned "worm hole", thus why it is called the Nydus worm.

The crazy explanation is that the snake can become insanely long and hits the ground underneath where it is going if it must, and then uses its insanely strong muscles to bounce from where it is to hit the surface under the island it is burrowing to, so it can dig up to ground level.
"Friendship ain't a business deal"
555
Profile Joined September 2010
56 Posts
March 08 2011 07:18 GMT
#71
Now you're thinking with portals!

And I always thought for some reason that mutalisks and overlords fly through space using Psi energy?
Cloesd
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia16 Posts
March 08 2011 08:09 GMT
#72
I'm going to say that the Nydus worm burrows deep into the ground where it's entrance is (through the space platform and through the other side and keeps going until you can't see how far it has burrowed... then it goes in the direction of the exit then burrows all the way back up through space.


guyincognito314
Profile Joined October 2010
Ecuador24 Posts
March 08 2011 11:43 GMT
#73
On March 07 2011 20:03 413X wrote:
wormhole.. duhhh


This post made my day
Kleinmuuhg
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Vanuatu4091 Posts
March 08 2011 11:48 GMT
#74
Have you heard of the game Portal?
I think that'd be a good start for an explanation.
This is our town, scrub
ellmo
Profile Joined March 2011
Poland6 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-08 12:12:17
March 08 2011 12:09 GMT
#75
On March 08 2011 07:05 ooni wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 08 2011 04:05 NikonTC wrote:
AND ANOTHER THING.

25 seconds to train a marine blizzard? really? my father was a marine and he said his training took years. YEARS.

fucking get it right.

Actually they have a neural chip in their (prisoner's) head that teaches Marine combat. So 25 seconds is time is pretty much the space suit fitting time you saw from sc2 opening.
25 seconds to fit armor and learn A-move? Damn that's steep.

+1 for the unified-nydus-worm-hole theory

Also - I think it has been mentioned that Zerg do not breathe air; how does flapping wings in vacuum environment actually help moving is another thing.
ndrew!
Profile Joined May 2010
Poland87 Posts
March 08 2011 12:12 GMT
#76
tell him the worm uses muscles to "shoot" itself into another island and vibrates so fast you can't see it between the two islands
eez
NeoLearner
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Belgium1847 Posts
March 08 2011 12:17 GMT
#77
On March 08 2011 01:51 GreatestThreat wrote:
A more pertinent question would be: how can zerg units INSTANTANEOUSLY travel from one end of the worm to the other even when both ends are on complete opposite sides of the map? Regardless of the fact that they can cut across terrain by using an underground tunnel network, they still should take some amount of time to cross it, yes? Unless the worm is sucking them through with high-tensile peristaltic muscles lining it's gullet or something... That's my theory anyway.


I always thought the stomach lining was worm was super slippery as to have zero friction. That, combined with strong peristaltic muscles capable of generating a vacuum, would enable the creature to travel very quickly / instantaneous to the other end.
Bankai - Correlation does not imply causation
B.I.G.
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
3251 Posts
March 08 2011 12:22 GMT
#78
just imagine how uncomfortable it must be to be a nydus worm
-shit crawls up your ass and comes out of your mouth (yuck)
-in a lot of cases when the nydus worm breaks out and is like whaaargh here i am! he will just get his fucking face bashed in, being unable to move away zealots hack at it or colossi are burning it...

if i were zerg and got mutated into a nydus worm i would be so fucking pissed off..
Thezzy
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands2117 Posts
March 08 2011 12:23 GMT
#79
The worm simply burrows out of the ground on the main island, hovers towards the island expansion, digs into it from underneath and then burrows up.
The reason you can't see the worm in the open space between islands is camouflage.

Playing Terran is like flying down a MULE drop in a marine suit, firing a Gauss Rifle
ThePowerHour
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States834 Posts
March 17 2011 23:17 GMT
#80
On March 08 2011 21:22 B.I.G. wrote:
just imagine how uncomfortable it must be to be a nydus worm
-shit crawls up your ass and comes out of your mouth (yuck)
-in a lot of cases when the nydus worm breaks out and is like whaaargh here i am! he will just get his fucking face bashed in, being unable to move away zealots hack at it or colossi are burning it...

if i were zerg and got mutated into a nydus worm i would be so fucking pissed off..

omg hahaha
i've been laughing for 5 minutes and i can't stop!
that is just awesome
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