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sirkyan
Profile Joined July 2010
211 Posts
October 26 2011 19:29 GMT
#701
Oh my god I haven't seen the swarm host up close until now.. That is disgusting..

I would very much prefer them to change it, I am terribly disgusted by that stuff.. I made it to the fish (or whatever) with holes in his back in the video, getting chills down my spine..

I know I know, buck up etc.
Thrill
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
2599 Posts
October 26 2011 19:32 GMT
#702
If the only name for it stems from urban dictionary...

Wow.
sirkyan
Profile Joined July 2010
211 Posts
October 26 2011 19:34 GMT
#703
On October 27 2011 03:39 FliedLice wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 26 2011 12:32 Shewklad wrote:
On October 26 2011 11:52 Endymion wrote:
what the fuck was that frog, i didn't know things even existed like that on this beautiful planet, the horror..


I would very much like to know this aswell. I have a terrible fear for toads and I need someone to tell me that what I just saw was something absolutley disgusting so I can justify my fear.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinam_toad

During each arc, the female releases 3-10 eggs, which get embedded in the skin on her back by the male's movements. After implantation the eggs sink into the skin and form pockets over a period of several days, eventually taking on the appearance of an irregular honeycomb. The larvae develop through the tadpole stage inside these pockets, eventually emerging from the mother's back as fully developed toads, though they are less than an inch long (2 cm). Once they have emerged from their mother's back, the toads begin a largely solitary life.


This is the one I guess?


That is the most disgusting thing I've ever seen.
ReaperX
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Hong Kong1758 Posts
October 26 2011 19:35 GMT
#704
On October 24 2011 20:21 Zaphid wrote:
No.

Should a minority kill a perfectly good unit design ?


20+% is a big number mate.
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ocdscale
Profile Joined August 2010
United States61 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-26 19:39:11
October 26 2011 19:38 GMT
#705
The surinam toad, and the photoshopped lotus boob, lotus girl, and lamprey eels fingers are disgusting for a different reason though.

Holes in wood don't bother me. Holes in an apple don't bother me (unless I just took a huge bite out of it).

But seeing something erupt out of flesh (or the implication that something could crawl out of flesh), is disturbing.

The swarm host feeds into that fear too. But, whatever. I don't play zoomed in enough to really care. And frankly, I don't see "Marines" when I look at a StarCraft 2 marine. I see "Mobile small ranged unit." Yeah, if I pay attention I could point out his gun, and pieces of armor, but fuck if I'm paying that much attention during an actual game.
MaV_gGSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada1345 Posts
October 26 2011 19:41 GMT
#706
I think you just induced the fear into me.. >
Life's good :D
Zazzles
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Slovakia153 Posts
October 26 2011 19:45 GMT
#707
swarm host is ok but i probably have slight phobia of holes but then it is going to be even more fun stiming my marines running to it and kill it while zerg is not watching O_O
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Protosnake
Profile Joined September 2011
France295 Posts
October 26 2011 19:47 GMT
#708
On October 27 2011 04:35 ReaperX wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2011 20:21 Zaphid wrote:
No.

Should a minority kill a perfectly good unit design ?


20+% is a big number mate.


20% of a thread do not make 20% of a playerbase.

Warfie
Profile Joined February 2009
Norway2846 Posts
October 26 2011 19:52 GMT
#709
I seriously have to laugh at how a supposed Youtube "test" which not only tells the symptoms prior to the test thereby inducing bias, but also gives completely ridiculous examples. The skin on the back of that toad, and the smaller toads inside them, are fucking disgusting - phobia or not.

This is like testing phobia for the color red by showing gore videos. "Yeah I was pretty affected by that video where the girl was decapitated, guess the color red just somehow gets to me".

Now I can understand that there is such a phobia (how can you validate a phobia anyway?) and that some may find the Swam Host overly repulsive, but that test is useless and needs to get out of this discussion.
eyeEX
Profile Joined June 2010
United States64 Posts
October 26 2011 19:54 GMT
#710
Good. Maybe I can get some free wins versus some Trypophobes. 1 base swarm host rush.

All kidding aside, I personally have no problem with the units appearance. However if some people will actually have a hard time enjoying the game because of it, I think they should change it before release. Would hate to hear stories about people quitting SC2 because they cant' get through a TvZ without itching or whatever the condition causes to happen.
ìX
happyness
Profile Joined June 2010
United States2400 Posts
October 26 2011 20:09 GMT
#711
Is this phobia really more common than a phobia of insects, which all zerg units look like anyway?

I hate dragonflies. Should they change the viper for me? Where do you draw the line?
TheBanana
Profile Joined December 2010
Norway2183 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-26 20:24:24
October 26 2011 20:21 GMT
#712
On October 27 2011 04:35 ReaperX wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2011 20:21 Zaphid wrote:
No.

Should a minority kill a perfectly good unit design ?


20+% is a big number mate.


I don't believe in that number.
I have zero form of Trypophobia but due to the explanation I had an itch before the test even begun.
They could have shown anything during that time span and I would still have had an itch.

Also I was uncomfortable because it was incredibly boring and I didn't make it past 20 seconds or something.


Edit: I don't like the design at all though, but it has nothing to do with Trypophobia.
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obbob
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada72 Posts
October 26 2011 21:35 GMT
#713
That video really made me itchy. However, the swarmhost graphics and details are not realistic enough to cause a reaction.

But DAMN...10 minutes after that vid i am still itchy.....
StyLeD
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2965 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-26 21:39:06
October 26 2011 21:38 GMT
#714
If OP hadn't connected this to trypophobia, he would get alot more votes for his cause.

I voted "yes, change the fuck out of that model" because I get goosebumps everytime I look at it. It's sick yet fascinating - the worst combination.

And the zergling holes and roach holes also give me goosebumps. It's just that they aren't common in every game like the swarm host will be.
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Wren
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States745 Posts
October 26 2011 21:48 GMT
#715
On October 27 2011 04:12 Ninety-Three wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 26 2011 08:51 DoubleReed wrote:
Wait why does it tell you the symptoms of trypophobia before it shows the video. Does it not understand confirmation bias? That's just stupid.

I don't get the phobia. I watched it and was very confused. Obviously the idea of holes and pustules on skin is very disturbing, but pizza dough and apples? I don't get it.


Yep. That's what happened through the entire thread... -_-

I'm sure that multiple people per page ACTUALLY have this phobia, right?
To anyone saying they have this: what about burrowing and unburrowing zerglings, as Destiny said? How does that not trigger it?

My "case" (I use that word only because I can't come up with anything better right away) is fairly mild, but the look of the unburrow holes causes a changing range of my skin to itch. It's really bizzare, but not something I would call life-changing.

Swarm host is fine.
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windsupernova
Profile Joined October 2010
Mexico5280 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-26 22:28:50
October 26 2011 22:18 GMT
#716
Hahaha, I wonder how many people got suggestioned(?? Not sure if a real word) by this whole discussion.

Watched the video, some of the stuff is disgusting(but thats because it is) but the holes phobia does nothing for me. Still , Blizzard should add the option so that the animation is changed(not a super priority but it would be nice)

Sorry guys, I guess thats all I can contribute to this.

Edit: Oh wait, I want to be a smartasss by making fun of people´s fears.

I guess this unit will cause a lot of .....nerdchills
"Its easy, just trust your CPU".-Boxer on being good at games
KimJongChill
Profile Joined January 2011
United States6429 Posts
October 26 2011 22:21 GMT
#717
On October 27 2011 04:27 Crisium wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 27 2011 04:20 Lakai wrote:
On October 27 2011 04:12 Ninety-Three wrote:
On October 26 2011 08:51 DoubleReed wrote:
Wait why does it tell you the symptoms of trypophobia before it shows the video. Does it not understand confirmation bias? That's just stupid.

I don't get the phobia. I watched it and was very confused. Obviously the idea of holes and pustules on skin is very disturbing, but pizza dough and apples? I don't get it.


Yep. That's what happened through the entire thread... -_-

I'm sure that multiple people per page ACTUALLY have this phobia, right?
To anyone saying they have this: what about burrowing and unburrowing zerglings, as Destiny said? How does that not trigger it?

It does for me. Group 6+ zerglings and burrow them and then unburrow. The pecks they leave on the ground make me uneasy.


Not Zerglings for me. Roach holes after they unborrow get me. As do burrowed Banelings because they have their dots which are small clustered holes. But this stuff is rather mild, and I can easily get over it. Browder's video of the Swarm Host was quite different and far worse, and I really do not want to have to watch it again.


Baneling holes are the worst...
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Altern
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1053 Posts
October 26 2011 22:29 GMT
#718
The first thing I thought of when I first saw the swarm host is trypophobia lol
RogerChillingworth
Profile Joined March 2010
Chad3073 Posts
October 26 2011 22:35 GMT
#719
Hey, it's zerg. We're supposed to be grossed out.

Less ZvZ for me.
hejakev
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden518 Posts
October 26 2011 22:40 GMT
#720
This thread got to 37 pages how? Shouldn't this be in the blogs section along with the 'personality tests' and other self-diagnosis threads with youtube and urbandictionary links as the sources?
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