EPTOn October 10 2011 06:29 OmniscientSC2 wrote:
Maybe they really like the movie Black Dynamite?
Maybe they really like the movie Black Dynamite?
Oh my god, that scene is absolutely legendary. brb watching again
Caduceus Reactor: Easter Egg or Mistake? - Page 2
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Ruscour
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Oh my god, that scene is absolutely legendary. brb watching again | ||
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FunnelC4kes
Ireland462 Posts
I don't recall Mercury ever being associated with any of those "Guilds." | ||
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Badfatpanda
United States9719 Posts
On October 10 2011 06:29 OmniscientSC2 wrote: Maybe they really like the movie Black Dynamite? OMG LOL thread ends if you don't get this watch the movie please >< | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10343 Posts
Maybe it's thievery to upgrade the energy, cus it means it helps your drops and dropping in a base harasses them, it's like marauding someone, it's like stealing... it's like thievery! whoa xD | ||
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FunnelC4kes
Ireland462 Posts
On October 10 2011 06:52 Bojas wrote: The pharmacist(apothecary?) and doctor here have almost the same emblem. Probably some medical thing. The staff of Asclepius was associated with doctors, or barbers (who often acted as doctors "back in the day"). In Greece there was a common parasite that would burrow under the skin. A doctor would make an incision, and use a small stick to twist the snake-like parasite out from under the patient's skin. Hence the reason the Staff of Asclepius has a single snake coiled around a "staff," which, in real life, was a tiny stick. If you had one of those parasites, you'd know where to go to get it removed. | ||
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The_Piper42
United States426 Posts
On October 10 2011 06:30 Whitewing wrote: I've figured out what the purpose of the upgrade is after watching Korean Terrans do this multiple times: It's to fake upgrade cloak for your banshees, so that when you cancel it, you lose less resources. They see the tech lab spinning and assume cloak. Please read the whole OP next time... | ||
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eNtitY~
United States1293 Posts
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FeyFey
Germany10114 Posts
 ) As the terran you don't need a fast heal but alot of heal, so really no reason to not get it.And i agree on the missuse, but if the missuse was intended by blizzard or not will always remain a secret. But as long as blizzard keeps dropping their eastereggs into their games i will love blizzard . Games without eastereggs are no real games. | ||
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Vei
United States2845 Posts
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PopcornColonel
United States769 Posts
On October 10 2011 07:21 FunnelC4kes wrote: Popcorn, do you have a peer-reviewed (NOT Wikipedia) source that states, explicitly, that the staff of Caduceus represents gamblers, liars and thieves? I don't recall Mercury ever being associated with any of those "Guilds." Indeed I do, in fact my Latin teacher (a Classics major) pointed this fact out to me. I later confirmed it on Wikipedia. | ||
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PopcornColonel
United States769 Posts
On October 10 2011 07:55 Vei wrote: Haha staff of thievery, I'm putting that into this RPG maker game I'm making. At least the name, it will be a cool lil thing 8) Awesome! Glad to contribute ^^ | ||
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rUiNati0n
United States1155 Posts
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IMSmooth
United States679 Posts
On October 10 2011 06:27 caradoc wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus#Misuse_as_Symbol_of_medicine Common practice according to wikipedia No, Americans know what it means. We just think doctors are a bunch of thieves :p Sigh.... Someday we will have a good healthcare system. Someday | ||
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Haydin
United States1481 Posts
On October 10 2011 06:29 OmniscientSC2 wrote: Maybe they really like the movie Black Dynamite? What I wouldn't give to upgrade my Dark Templar with Kung Fu Treachery. | ||
Whitewing
United States7483 Posts
I read the OP, it was about whether or not the name is a mistake or intentionally wrong. I just posted a joke that was semi-on and semi-off topic. | ||
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FunnelC4kes
Ireland462 Posts
On October 10 2011 07:59 PopcornColonel wrote: Indeed I do, in fact my Latin teacher (a Classics major) pointed this fact out to me. I later confirmed it on Wikipedia. I read the Wiki post on the Caduceus, but it didn't have anything to say about its association with thieves or gamblers. The original rod that Hermes was depicted with, the messenger's staff, or Kerukeion (sp?), was not the twin-snaked staff of the Caduceus. It was much simpler, but definitely different from the Caduceus. To be certain, there are images of the Caduceus found in Sumeria, egypt, even as far as Western Nigeria. The Shaman I've talked to in Western Nigeria have said it is a visual representation of the rise of Ase, Chi, or energy from the base chakra through crown chakra. The Grecian art I've seen of Herme's had the traditional Kerukeion, not the Caduceus. Those that did have the Caduceus weren't seen until well after the Classical Grecian period--even the Roman period. Maybe the aforementioned association with the Caduceus happened sometime after that? Edit: but that's been my research, maybe not the Classical understanding--your professor may know something I don't. Maybe vise-versa. Just using as a base of discussion. | ||
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slicknav
1409 Posts
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StarCraft64
United States354 Posts
On October 10 2011 08:25 Whitewing wrote: I read the OP, it was about whether or not the name is a mistake or intentionally wrong. I just posted a joke that was semi-on and semi-off topic. It was also semi-incorrect. You get 100% back for cancelled upgrades, so they use it to temporarily occupy less resources. | ||
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skatbone
United States1005 Posts
On October 10 2011 06:30 Whitewing wrote: I've figured out what the purpose of the upgrade is after watching Korean Terrans do this multiple times: It's to fake upgrade cloak for your banshees, so that when you cancel it, you lose less resources. They see the tech lab spinning and assume cloak. Lol, yea, I saw MMA do that today. | ||
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goiflin
Canada1218 Posts
We will never know the answer to this mystery! | ||
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