First, as already mentioned the video is misleading; the "final" pictures unnecessarily show these holes in the form of maggot holes in human bodies, being disgusted by that obviously hasn't to be to grounded a fear of holes in general.

Second, the term "phobia" seems inappropriate in the described context. Disgust and uneasiness is not "phobia", it's disgust and uneasiness. People suffering from phobia feel severe and irrational anxieties far beyond what is described in the OP. It's more than questionable that actually 10% of the TL users get high pulse and suffer from intense fears when they look at these holes, for the majority it's just autosuggestion and more general aversions.

GizmoPT

Portugal3040 Posts

October 24 2011 15:19 GMT

#262

On October 25 2011 00:17 Antithesis wrote:
First, as already mentioned the video is misleading; the "final" pictures unnecessarily show these holes in the form of maggot holes in human bodies, being disgusted by that obviously hasn't to be to grounded a fear of holes in general.

Second, the term "phobia" seems inappropriate in the described context. Disgust and uneasiness is not "phobia", it's disgust and uneasiness. People suffering from phobia feel severe and irrational anxieties far beyond what is described in the OP. It's more than questionable that actually 10% of the TL users get high pulse and suffer from intense fears when they look at these holes, for the majority it's just autosuggestion and more general aversions.

thank you

im out peace

C4reful

Germany26 Posts

October 24 2011 15:29 GMT

#263

I dont think i have that phobia ^^
here is what i scribbled on my desk during loadscreens last week:
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Anyone feeling itchy alrdy ?

CarlosOmse

Germany507 Posts

October 24 2011 15:31 GMT

#264

seriously that unit will never be as ugly as some stuff in this video actually thoose turds jumping out of the holes were pretty disgusting but im quite sure The Swarmhost wont trigger any phobias

U ever heard someone complain that they have to delete spider mobs in WoW becuase of Arachnophobics? Well at least i didnt

LeafHouse

United States185 Posts

October 24 2011 15:38 GMT

#265

I'll admit, when I first saw the swarm host I thought, "NOPE NOPE NOPE." There was a link on reddit to a video of a frog species that does a similar thing with its newly hatched young, and then I thought about the prevalence of different parasites and bacteria that bore through flesh and I realized.

The swarm host is awesome.

I love having that visceral part of me prodded. It makes me happy that the blizzard design team could come up with something so fundamentally zergish. It's gross, clever, and my favorite of the new units design wise. XD

Eppa!

Sweden4641 Posts

October 24 2011 15:40 GMT

#266

I finished the whole thing, I honestly do not feel a fear of holes, I do however dislike watching living things moving in living things. But honestly the swarm host is just pixels for me.

Callynn

Netherlands917 Posts

October 24 2011 15:40 GMT

#267

Trypophobia is not an official phobia recognized in scientific literature. For many (though perhaps not all) who have it, it’s probably not even a real phobia, which the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders says must interfere “significantly with the person’s normal routine.”

Source

Kroml

Turkey308 Posts

October 24 2011 15:41 GMT

#268

On October 25 2011 00:40 Callynn wrote:
Trypophobia is not an official phobia recognized in scientific literature. For many (though perhaps not all) who have it, it’s probably not even a real phobia, which the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders says must interfere “significantly with the person’s normal routine.”

Source

at the beginning of the video it says "this word is from urban dictionary".. so...

PatouPower

Canada1119 Posts

October 24 2011 15:53 GMT

#269

Sorry, but this is kind of retarded... Did they delete the spiders in WC3 because of arachnophobia? No, I don't think so. And arachnophobia is way more known and affects way more people than the phobia described here. If artists need to start thinking about every individual that could be offended by their art, this is definitely killing it.

Hell, I have a fear of spiders myself and I don't care playing games where there are spiders in it (and you know there are a lot of games like that), simply because it's cartoonish and not remotely close to being realist, in the same way the swarm host doesn't look like anything in the video at all.

Al Bundy

7257 Posts

October 24 2011 16:00 GMT

#270

I think that if you have a phobia related to in-game stuff, then you should stop playing and watching this game.
Anyway the Zerg race is supposed to be disgusting and repulsive, so if it successfully manages to scare some people then I say good job Blizzard.

edit; talking about spiders, man these Corpsers in Gears of War make me totally uncomfortable.

29 fps

United States5725 Posts

October 24 2011 16:01 GMT

#271

i like how the "teamliquid sent me" comment got 140 thumbs up.

Mobius_1

United Kingdom2763 Posts

October 24 2011 16:02 GMT

#272

This is at best a minor problem. The Swarm Host is nowhere near as bad as some of the examples of trypophobia-inducing things. Moreover, during real games the intensity of the game would likely overpower any unease.

If you are a very serious sufferer from this supposed phobia, then any game involving Zerg probably isn't for you, and it's not something that changing the artwork on unit is going to solve.

Sabu113

United States11075 Posts

October 24 2011 16:07 GMT

#273

What about mass burrow? When you unburrow there are some nasty and assymetric holes in the ground. Doesn't seem significant enough to require change.

rANDY

United Kingdom748 Posts

October 24 2011 16:31 GMT

#274

Ok so I watched this video during my lunchbreak 4-5 hours ago and I've been itchy all over ever since...how do I stop it??

Gnosis

Scotland912 Posts

October 24 2011 16:43 GMT

#275

On October 25 2011 01:31 rANDY wrote:
Ok so I watched this video during my lunchbreak 4-5 hours ago and I've been itchy all over ever since...how do I stop it??

Your 'itch' is caused by the suggestion that you will itch.

Egyptian_Head

South Africa508 Posts

October 24 2011 16:45 GMT

#276

Zerg units are not meant to look like bunnies. Monsters should make you feel uncomfortable. Good job Blizzard?

[F_]aths

Germany3947 Posts

October 24 2011 16:48 GMT

#277

I am digusted by the swarm host (ugly bubbles, looks dangerous) and the viper (the twitchy wing movement, the snake-like body bending.) That is one of the reasons I play zerg. They are disgusting.