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onmach
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1241 Posts
October 24 2011 14:22 GMT
#201
I've always wanted to strike fear into my opponents. Now with hots I can sometimes.
Apolo
Profile Joined May 2010
Portugal1259 Posts
October 24 2011 14:22 GMT
#202
Yes, please change that unit's design. I had already posted on B.net about this, because as soon as i and my gf saw the unit we both felt disgust, specially her, since she feels it more than i do. Actually she gets all itchy, i just feel it very uncomfortable to look at, specially when the holes of the unit appear with moving things inside which pop out. Arghhh....
SnowJob
Profile Joined April 2010
United States21 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 15:17:57
October 24 2011 14:22 GMT
#203
I definitely got very itchy watching the trypophobia video (didn't stop to scratch) and have been aware of having such a reaction to this sort of imagery for most of my life. The Swarm Host does bother me a little, but I wouldn't mind playing HoTS with it. Changing the unit's graphic might be a good idea, I don't really know.

EDIT: I would use a texture mod for the Swarm Host if I could.
VPVash
Profile Joined August 2011
United States139 Posts
October 24 2011 14:25 GMT
#204
This is one of the more interesting topics on TL
"This is the strangest life I've ever known."
TotalBiscuit
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United Kingdom5437 Posts
October 24 2011 14:27 GMT
#205
On October 24 2011 23:08 coddan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2011 23:02 Zandar wrote:
On October 24 2011 22:54 iGX wrote:
I can't believe the reaction of posters in this thread. Phobias are real and just because most of us don't have phobias does not give us the right to poke fun of other people with them. All phobias are different and mentioning other types of phobias here are apples and oranges. We're talking about one specific type of phobia, so stick to that.

I don't have this phobia but I do understand how members who does feel about this design.

Financially speaking, Blizzard implementing a design change like this is gonna cost them how much? a couple of hundred dollars? a couple of thousand dollars? or perhaps nothing?

Change the design of the Swarm host.


I do take Phobia's seriously.
The point of people naming other Phobias is that you cannot design a game to account for all phobia's, so why single one Phobia out.
If you have a Phobia that's causing so many problems get professional help, but don't expect the world around you to change, because holes exist everywhere, also in games.


When a phobia clearly disturbs 10% of a userbase, that is NOT a minor thing anymore. That is absolutely giant.


This is not a representative sample, it is too small and we have no idea how many of those votes are actually true.
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DamageControL
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States4222 Posts
October 24 2011 14:28 GMT
#206
blaaaaaaaaah.....sdfsdfasdfsa I didn't know what this phobia was. but I have it
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metbull
Profile Joined April 2011
United States404 Posts
October 24 2011 14:29 GMT
#207
made it to end. video was so terribly boring. no problem with artwork.
101toss
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
3232 Posts
October 24 2011 14:31 GMT
#208
The Battlecruiser is a phallic object

Should it be redesigned?
Math doesn't kill champions and neither do wards
Soleron
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1324 Posts
October 24 2011 14:31 GMT
#209
No effect, but I'm glad this topic exists.
Gnosis
Profile Joined December 2008
Scotland912 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 14:32:49
October 24 2011 14:32 GMT
#210
On October 24 2011 23:31 101toss wrote:
The Battlecruiser is a phallic object

Should it be redesigned?


On that note, a few Zerg structures remind me of female genitalia: could we get a complete Zerg overhaul?

Oh, and wasn't bothered by the video or the look of the new unit.
"Reason is flawless, de jure, but reasoners are not, de facto." – Peter Kreeft
AceDauntless
Profile Joined March 2011
41 Posts
October 24 2011 14:32 GMT
#211
On October 24 2011 23:31 101toss wrote:
The Battlecruiser is a phallic object

Should it be redesigned?



I have ithyphallaphobia and I would really appreciate it. Everyone time someone makes one i get sick
DamageControL
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States4222 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 14:34:18
October 24 2011 14:33 GMT
#212
On October 24 2011 23:29 metbull wrote:
made it to end. video was so terribly boring. no problem with artwork.

Actually, the video didn't do much to me and I share the phobia. On the other hand the swarm host and other pics make me want to die.

edit: Also the phobia is why I initially didn't play zerg, oddly enough. whoever pointed out that other buildings also should trigger it is right. Additionally, I think people should suck it up and play. It sucks, yeah but it can mostly be ignored, hopefully.
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Malpractice.248
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States734 Posts
October 24 2011 14:33 GMT
#213
Its not even a real "fear"
It is an urban dictionary fear.
http://www.popsci.com/trypophobia

Not only this, but, the "itchyness" often times is just your mind relating the images seen (esp human ones) to yourself. 99.9% of people wont get itchyness from looking at a beehive. Which is the same thing. Its human empathy at work.
Clow
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Brazil880 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 14:38:27
October 24 2011 14:33 GMT
#214
I have this phobia and yes, the swarm host fucks me up. Whoever doesn't have this phobia is obviously going to vote 'DONT CHANGE IT' and make fun of the others t-t

It's not about it being gross, it's about the holes..
(–_–) CJ Entusman #33
Geordie
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom653 Posts
October 24 2011 14:33 GMT
#215
I was fine right towards the end until it showed the school girl with them pores all over her arms.. I kinda got itchy but to be fair none of the rest of the video affected me; so I suppose I am fine haha.
Jemesatui
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia94 Posts
October 24 2011 14:34 GMT
#216
LOL that video alone is enough to give ANYONE tryptophobia or whatever. that video is fucking disgusting, and while i could watch the whole thing through and laughing at the time, i can see how some people could react that way.
i actually remember my ex saying it was disgusting looking at those kind of things. (like lots of holes with patterns)

Whether or not it warrants a design change is up to blizzard. The 90% of those NOT bothered by it, shouldnt REALLY care less whether the design is patterned holes or not. Im sure there are many other good designs out there, and my opinion is the design is fucking shit anyway, so as a non-tyrptophobiac or whateverthefuckever, i say +1 to a new design
Ziktomini
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom377 Posts
October 24 2011 14:34 GMT
#217
I think if some people have a phobia of it then it should be changed, it's only artwork, what the unit looks like makes no difference to the gameplay, so if it will stop some people being able to play due to this phobia they should change it.
DoX.)
Profile Joined December 2008
Singapore6164 Posts
October 24 2011 14:35 GMT
#218
Holy shit i cant stop cringing
GizmoPT
Profile Joined May 2010
Portugal3040 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 14:38:08
October 24 2011 14:35 GMT
#219
On October 24 2011 23:33 Clow wrote:
I have this phobia and yes, the swarm host fuckes me up. Whoever doesn't have this phobia is obviously going to vote 'DONT CHANGE IT' and make fun of the others t-t

It's not about it being gross, it's about the holes..


does this scare you?

[image loading]

or this?

[image loading]

if not i guess u are fine
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NeonFox
Profile Joined January 2011
2373 Posts
October 24 2011 14:36 GMT
#220
On October 24 2011 23:33 Malpractice.248 wrote:
Its not even a real "fear"
It is an urban dictionary fear.
http://www.popsci.com/trypophobia

Not only this, but, the "itchyness" often times is just your mind relating the images seen (esp human ones) to yourself. 99.9% of people wont get itchyness from looking at a beehive. Which is the same thing. Its human empathy at work.


I don't get the relation between itchyness and phobia. If someone talks to you about lice there's a strong possibility your head will get itchy and you'll scratch yourself. Same if you see the photo of a rash or stuff like this.
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