Caduceus Reactor: Easter Egg or Mistake? - Page 4

On October 10 2011 08:23 IMSmooth wrote:


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

On October 10 2011 06:38 DoubleReed wrote:
Yea, regardless of historical mistake, it is nonetheless a recognizable symbol of medicine.

On October 10 2011 14:57 slicknav wrote:


That's the point I was making before with "marine", although in a sarcastic sense. "Marine" was originally used to describe oceans/things related to water. Marine's in SC don't have anything to do with ocean...but "marine" IRL is commonly used to describe soldiers. So is "marine" incorrectly used to label a unit in SC 2 and in IRL? Of course it is if you deeply look at it. But it's the common word used which is why it is in the game. The same can be said for Caduceus.

On October 10 2011 15:38 polysciguy wrote:
well, if you figure, hermes/mercury was the god of thieves as well as the god of medicine

On October 10 2011 06:48 G_Wen wrote:
This is a common mistake, even House doesn't use the right one:

On October 10 2011 06:26 PopcornColonel wrote:
Has anyone else noticed that the Caduceus reactor (medivac energy upgrade) has a funny name?

The Caduceus is the staff surrounded by twin snakes, usually symbolizing gamblers, liars and thieves (it was held by mercury). It is often mistaken for the rod of Asclepius, which is a symbol for healing/medicine (a staff surrounded by 1 snake).
+ Show Spoiler [Caduceus] +
+ Show Spoiler [Rod of Asclepius] +

So did Blizzard purposefully mix up the names, or did they make a mistake?

EDIT: I didn't play Brood War, but as someone pointed out in the thread (thanks, carbonaceous) the Medic Energy Upgrade was also called Caduceus Reactor. Could Blizzard have been in error without noticing for 12 years?

On October 10 2011 15:38 polysciguy wrote:
well, if you figure, hermes/mercury was the god of thieves as well as the god of medicine

On October 10 2011 18:59 sunman1g wrote:
yes, blizzard is wrong exactly like 90% of US companies who use it in the wrong way.
i am not surprised at all that such a big mistake happened in the US lol



lol.
wrong

On October 10 2011 13:05 Armada Vega wrote:
In BW lots of energy upgrades only increased the total max of energy you could gain (example: ghosts total 200 energy could be increased to 250). But no units in BW came out of production with more energy immediately. (exp: Ghosts couldn't come out with 50 energy right away if you got the energy upgrade).

Where as in SC2, energy upgrades give you a boost for when the unit comes out of production, but doesn't increase the total energy you can gain over time. In this situation, the Caduceus reactor seems to be less helpful than it was in BW, since there isn't always a time when you can immediately use medivacs when they come out of production to heal or stim right away, except in early timing drops against zerg. Minerals and gas could be better spent so early on. I feel as a long term upgrade BW style Caduceus reactor would be better.