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Godstorm
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Romania845 Posts
October 24 2011 18:57 GMT
#341
Got through the video no problem. I'm not disgusted by the artwork but i certainly wouldn't mind if it got changed since it looks pretty silly right now.
"It's not that he's dumb, he's just neural parasited by a retarded infestor"-Day 9
levikus
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany19 Posts
October 24 2011 18:59 GMT
#342
oh god, i hate those holes!! Srsly, meeh, thanks for ruining my evening!
Elasticity
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
3420 Posts
October 24 2011 19:02 GMT
#343
dude they're supposed to be disgusting. If you hate it so much, don't even play Zerg (which I think you are O.o)
mcc
Profile Joined October 2010
Czech Republic4646 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 19:08:43
October 24 2011 19:05 GMT
#344
There seems to be actually pretty strong mechanism behind this phobia, so I don't understand people dismissing it so easily. Things that trigger it are extremely similar to skin conditions and some dangerous animals. It would not be surprising if people were naturally conditioned to avoid them and since most things in nature have some statistical distribution, some people just have stronger reactions and some weaker. And in some it just misfires too much causing phobia.

EDIT:Not my case though, I find them actually pretty cool and I do not think the design should be changed because of impracticality of catering to even 10%(maybe) minority. The nature of the zerg makes suitable designs for zerg units generate one phobia or another too easily.
Toadvine
Profile Joined November 2010
Poland2234 Posts
October 24 2011 19:06 GMT
#345
No such thing exists. At least not as a legitimate psychological condition. Thinking you have a "phobia" because you get itchy and disgusted looking at that video is an insult to all the people out there suffering from real anxiety disorders.

Seriously, this is like thinking you have acrophobia because heights make you uncomfortable. Most people are afraid of heights, and for good reason - falls kill you. But this doesn't mean that we're all suffering from an anxiety disorder. Just like being afraid of spiders doesn't make one arachnophobic.
"There are always some Eskimos ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves." - S.J.Lec
hejakev
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden518 Posts
October 24 2011 19:09 GMT
#346
On October 25 2011 03:26 GizmoPT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 25 2011 03:24 hejakev wrote:
I think I'm a trypophobiac. I can't look at trains coming out of tunnels, liquid coming out of bottles (glass or plastic), people getting out of cars, slow-motion videos of bullets exiting guns, and fans exiting sports arenas. These things make me sick to my stomach and I get an itching feeling all over my body. Please take me seriously as these are rational fears.


so you want Nydus Worm to be removed from game ? xp and unburrow units and stuff xp or it doesnt mess with u ?


Yes, please remove those from the game Blizzard. I'm not too fond of the voidray coming out of the stargate, either... makes me a little nauseous...

Like I said, these are rational fears so please don't make fun of me.
Audemed
Profile Joined November 2010
United States893 Posts
October 24 2011 19:10 GMT
#347
Oddly, I have to agree with this. I've always been bugged by stuff with holes on it, especially stuff like the plants in the video where there's stuff IN the holes.

And yes, burrowed zerg units bug me as well, especially lings.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -George Orwell
ZaaaaaM
Profile Joined March 2010
Netherlands1828 Posts
October 24 2011 19:15 GMT
#348
This has turned into a very entertaining thread. So many people crying about their "phobia", especially the guy that cant watch fans exiting sports arenas. It sucks to have it I guess, but what the F do you want blizzard to do? Make it circles vs squares, or is someone here also fearing geometric patterns?
no dude, the question
JediGamer
Profile Joined August 2010
United States656 Posts
October 24 2011 19:15 GMT
#349
I'd like to find out more about that aligator thing with the frogs in it. That was pretty cool. Wonder if the condition is painful for the animal, assuming that it is because it was moving in sharp movements as the creatures came out.
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Alver
Profile Joined November 2010
United States177 Posts
October 24 2011 19:16 GMT
#350
i got through the video no problem but i dont like the units design that much anyway.
mcc
Profile Joined October 2010
Czech Republic4646 Posts
October 24 2011 19:16 GMT
#351
On October 25 2011 04:06 Toadvine wrote:
No such thing exists. At least not as a legitimate psychological condition. Thinking you have a "phobia" because you get itchy and disgusted looking at that video is an insult to all the people out there suffering from real anxiety disorders.

Seriously, this is like thinking you have acrophobia because heights make you uncomfortable. Most people are afraid of heights, and for good reason - falls kill you. But this doesn't mean that we're all suffering from an anxiety disorder. Just like being afraid of spiders doesn't make one arachnophobic.

I agree that mild reactions like itching and such do not constitute phobia in the sense of psychiatric considerations and people are overreacting. On the other hand phobias are on scale and any precise cutoff points are somewhat arbitrary.

Also only spread enough phobias are named and recognized because of practical considerations. But they are "recognized" only because they are spread enough not because they are "real" and the others are not. There are probably thousands of things that cause similar responses as full blown arachnophobia, the point is the response not what caused it.
GGTeMpLaR
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States7226 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 19:20:36
October 24 2011 19:18 GMT
#352
Didn't really bother me at all, had no idea this was an actual thing or that it was so common. Not sure how I feel about it but I wouldn't mind changing the model anyways, I didn't say "wow that looks so cool visually" when I saw it or anything.

That video is a little biased though, it seemed more about showing gross things in general with holes in them than showing holes as the source of grossing someone out.
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
October 24 2011 19:19 GMT
#353
The top of the swarm host comes across as having warts, bleh :S

I made it to the end of the video fine, but it is a little uncomfortable to watch still. I don't like anything about the swarm host in general though, so maybe I'm just finding reasons to dislike it further.
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
sOda~
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom441 Posts
October 24 2011 19:20 GMT
#354
i cant sleep any more after seeing that holey abomination
IM THE SHIT BITCH
NEXUS6
Profile Joined July 2011
United States413 Posts
October 24 2011 19:21 GMT
#355
This thread is so weird... and the end of that video got kind of ridiculous.
Fishgle
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States2174 Posts
October 24 2011 19:27 GMT
#356
I think it's just a self fulfilling prophecy of sorts. Since you tell people they might itch or w/e due to this video, when they watch it they actually do and believe you, whereas if they saw these things on their own, hardly anyone would notice these things.

of course people are going to be uncomfortable watching that video; it's freaking weird and those things are overall disgusting. But very few would attribute it to something like Tryophobia unless prompted.
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Half
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2554 Posts
October 24 2011 19:30 GMT
#357
The funny part with this is that video made me uncomfortable as fuck but I love the swarm host, looks so alien and zergy.
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Chewbacca.
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3634 Posts
October 24 2011 19:34 GMT
#358
That video doesn't seem like a reliable test. People could easily get disgusted by the idea of parasites/worms in them and become itchy...not necessarily because they saw holes..
Communism
Profile Joined November 2010
United States176 Posts
October 24 2011 19:35 GMT
#359
This whole thread is freaking insane... you correctly mention arachnophobia as a much more legitimate and widely circulated "phobia" but has this ever stopped a game designer from putting spiders in games? Almost every RPG game has a form of spider creature in it, and I have not once heard anything like this.
Deckkie
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands1595 Posts
October 24 2011 19:36 GMT
#360
On October 25 2011 04:34 Chewbacca. wrote:
That video doesn't seem like a reliable test. People could easily get disgusted by the idea of parasites/worms in them and become itchy...not necessarily because they saw holes..


Also, people could get itchi because they are forced to sit still.
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