• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 07:29
CEST 13:29
KST 20:29
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
RSL Season 1 - Final Week1[ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall10HomeStory Cup 27 - Info & Preview18Classic wins Code S Season 2 (2025)16Code S RO4 & Finals Preview: herO, Rogue, Classic, GuMiho0
Community News
Firefly given lifetime ban by ESIC following match-fixing investigation14$25,000 Streamerzone StarCraft Pro Series announced6Weekly Cups (June 30 - July 6): Classic Doubles6[BSL20] Non-Korean Championship 4x BSL + 4x China9Flash Announces Hiatus From ASL67
StarCraft 2
General
RSL Season 1 - Final Week Firefly given lifetime ban by ESIC following match-fixing investigation The SCII GOAT: A statistical Evaluation TL Team Map Contest #4: Winners Weekly Cups (June 30 - July 6): Classic Doubles
Tourneys
Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament $25,000 Streamerzone StarCraft Pro Series announced FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series WardiTV Mondays
Strategy
How did i lose this ZvP, whats the proper response Simple Questions Simple Answers
Custom Maps
[UMS] Zillion Zerglings
External Content
Mutation # 481 Fear and Lava Mutation # 480 Moths to the Flame Mutation # 479 Worn Out Welcome Mutation # 478 Instant Karma
Brood War
General
BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion Flash Announces Hiatus From ASL [G] Progamer Settings ASL20 Preliminary Maps
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL20] Non-Korean Championship 4x BSL + 4x China [BSL20] Grand Finals - Sunday 20:00 CET CSL Xiamen International Invitational
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers I am doing this better than progamers do.
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Path of Exile What do you want from future RTS games? Beyond All Reason
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Positive Thoughts on Setting Up a Dual-Caliber FX
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Stop Killing Games - European Citizens Initiative Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Summer Games Done Quick 2025! Russo-Ukrainian War Thread
Fan Clubs
SKT1 Classic Fan Club! Maru Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread
Sports
Formula 1 Discussion 2024 - 2025 Football Thread NBA General Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 NHL Playoffs 2024
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Men Take Risks, Women Win Ga…
TrAiDoS
momentary artworks from des…
tankgirl
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 595 users

Swarm Host: need different artwork due to phobia? - Page 41

Forum Index > SC2 General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 39 40 41 42 43 44 Next All
ITSbouli
Profile Joined October 2011
Belgium4 Posts
October 29 2011 20:28 GMT
#801
That vid was no problem, but all the vids of the spiders on the other hand...
IMABUNNEH
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom1062 Posts
October 29 2011 20:59 GMT
#802
It has holes on it's back, better change the design.

But don't give it a smooth back. I have an irrational fear of smooth things.
"I think...now? No rival. Me world champion. Yeah. None rival." - oGsMC
anonymitylol
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada4477 Posts
October 29 2011 21:12 GMT
#803
On October 30 2011 03:21 obsKura wrote:
Am I a bad person because I started laughing while reading the topic? I think this is kind of weird.


No. I thought it was a joke the first time I read through it... then I started reading more posts made by the author of the thread. Blizzard is not going to change the design of a unit because 1% of the population doesn't like how it looks.
gold on my wrist phone in my pocket
henkel
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands146 Posts
October 29 2011 21:19 GMT
#804
oke dude what ever reason u have for this, I got curious and did ur test but since at the start it forces me into a certain position, with a lot of MUSTS in the description. Followed by the remark to count and pauze the video when u "aid an itch" i already was itching on 3 places and struggling not to scratch them before the first picture of a creepy crawler oh sorry HOLE came up

Can u read/see/hear/think about head lice for example for 4 minutes without getting itchy, uncomfortable etc?

Now i like to get abck to my first remark, please tell me personal interest is not because you are a Psychology student. one Diederik Stapel is enough.......
NOTjak
Profile Joined October 2011
United States25 Posts
October 29 2011 21:28 GMT
#805
The Zerg are all creepy disgusting infested animals. So this one freaks some people out? I'm still a little bit phobic of how extractors looked when they were building back when I was little. That $#!t was creepy, but I still played zerg! I still got my gas, and the game was fine for me. If we're banning holes in stuff, does that mean no one's allowed to ever launch a nuke ever again?
ICarrotU
Profile Joined February 2011
United States254 Posts
October 29 2011 23:59 GMT
#806
On October 30 2011 05:15 dgwow wrote:
If the unit disgusts you that's a pretty good sign zerg is going in the right direction, no offence


Completely agree with this statement.
Euronyme
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden3804 Posts
October 30 2011 03:05 GMT
#807
Wouldn't a person having this fear also be afraid of burrowed units in general?
I bet i can maı̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̨̨̨̨̨̨ke you wipe your screen.
MenSol[ZerO]
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada1134 Posts
October 30 2011 03:06 GMT
#808
On October 30 2011 05:15 dgwow wrote:
If the unit disgusts you that's a pretty good sign zerg is going in the right direction, no offence


yea i completely agree the zerg are supposed to be like this
Prime/MarineKing!!! www.twitter.com/DayTripperSC
Jeremyy
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada182 Posts
October 30 2011 03:09 GMT
#809
It's not that people think it looks scary...
Where's the pleasure in that?
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9016 Posts
October 30 2011 08:38 GMT
#810
Yeah I think they should remove the holes.
Tanukki
Profile Joined June 2011
Finland579 Posts
October 30 2011 08:59 GMT
#811
Sorry but that video is just a troll and does no good to get this phobia officially recognised, if it's even real.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
October 30 2011 09:05 GMT
#812
I don't have that phobiathingy and could easily watch through the video, but I still agree that the artwork should be changed as I can definitely understand people having a phobia for that

Also 99% of the people here seem to miss the point
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
Talic_Zealot
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
688 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-30 09:16:03
October 30 2011 09:14 GMT
#813
...the whole fucking race is inspired by The Alien and H.R.Giger's artwork. It is supposed to be as scary and grose as possible. Look at the damn hydralisk. The 20 most common phobias include fears of insects, snakes and creepy things..
There are three types of people in the universe: those who can count, and those who cant.
Oktyabr
Profile Joined July 2011
Singapore2234 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-30 09:19:02
October 30 2011 09:17 GMT
#814
That video was absolutely horrid with some massive zoom on stuff crawling out of holes, or some body parts with massive holes in them. I was perfectly fine with plants and animals having lots of holes.

The holes weren't horrifying, it was the concept of holes appearing on unimaginable places (fingers, limbs, WTF?) that made it so freaky.

That video was a terrible test if the phobia was solely on the reaction of a cluster of holes. I could look at the gameplay video of swarm hosts all day and nothing is happening to me.

Beece
Profile Joined May 2010
United States62 Posts
October 30 2011 09:23 GMT
#815
lol if you really are this squeamish maybe you shouldn't be playing starcraft 2 at all
A man chooses! A slave obeys!
Arnstein
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Norway3381 Posts
October 30 2011 09:24 GMT
#816
On October 24 2011 20:22 iGrok wrote:
I'd prefer Lurker artwork. and maybe instead of the things that it sends out, it can shoot like, spines or something. And since Zerg doesn't have a lot of AOE, maybe these "spines" could do AEO damage of some sort.

In all seriousness though, yeah its kind of disturbing when I think about it, but if I don't its ok.


Seriously, this!
rsol in response to the dragoon voice being heard in SCII: dragoon ai reaches new lows: wanders into wrong game
yOiyuK
Profile Joined October 2011
United States108 Posts
October 30 2011 09:28 GMT
#817
On October 30 2011 18:24 Arnstein wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2011 20:22 iGrok wrote:
I'd prefer Lurker artwork. and maybe instead of the things that it sends out, it can shoot like, spines or something. And since Zerg doesn't have a lot of AOE, maybe these "spines" could do AEO damage of some sort.

In all seriousness though, yeah its kind of disturbing when I think about it, but if I don't its ok.


Seriously, this!


I'm all for it!
I love ghost notes, baby.
Divine-Sneaker
Profile Joined August 2010
Denmark1225 Posts
October 30 2011 09:29 GMT
#818
That youtube video is such a dumb example. There's something different to being scared of a bunch of lotus pods or chocolate bars with holes filled with air and thinking a frog of some sort with it's babies inside its back or flesh eating parasites are disgusting.

Still, really?

How about arachnophobia and lurkers or anything alike. Challenge yourself and try to overcome your fear or challenge yourself by not making the unit and still winning. It's an easy choice really.
loleraserheadz112
Profile Joined January 2011
United States63 Posts
October 30 2011 09:29 GMT
#819
This stuff is real. So gross. View at own risk. Never can look at Swarm Host the same.
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]

Honestly an artwork change would be kind to us with weak stomachs.
Insanity is repeating the same task and expecting different results.
blah_blah
Profile Joined April 2011
346 Posts
October 30 2011 09:31 GMT
#820
On October 29 2011 17:09 sandg wrote:Wrong, wrong, wrong, WRONG. The effect of trypophobia (thanks urban dictionary!) is down to subconscious (or primordial as a previous poster put it) level, and it is present in all humans. Humans are naturally disgusted by flesh that is disfigured/damaged, to varying degrees, from slight unease to outright disgust/fear (which is why discomfort can be caused by lotus seeds in their natural form, ie unphotoshopped onto people - it looks like it should be smooth flesh, but the holes induce this unease), if you are not there is something wrong with you. The above poster is correct in recognising an instinctual reaction, but is wrong to think it is a psychological phobia.

Personally, the pictures affect me not one whit (although they still made me feel itchy, what a coincidence, huh?), and I will tell you why. This entire thing was made up to troll people on 4chan many years ago. Their reactions then were the same as many people's in this thread, minus the 'itchy' part, which someone cleverly added on (you are getting itchy because you are getting told to feel itchy, not because of what you are watching). What is interesting is that no one said anything about this being a phobia then, it was just an interesting way to make people feel utterly freaked out until someone explained that the shit was photoshopped.

The only cure for this 'phobia' is to grab a bag of cement, and harden the fuck up.


It's pretty fucking stupid that you think that your experiences generalize onto the rest of the human race. I mean, this really is not a big deal to me. I will never see lamprey fingers in real life so I'm pretty safe on that front! On the other hand, I have basically same physiological reaction to looking at the lamprey fingers now as I first did however many years ago, long before anyone had ever coined the phrase 'trypophobia' (in fact I heard it for the first time in reading this thread); I literally feel my skin tingle.

On October 30 2011 04:29 TangJuice wrote:Whoa dude you may feel this way legitimately but there are going to be some people that feel slightly itchy or uncomfortable simply because the thread primed them to be, although probably never to the same extent you mentioned, its kind of like how saying "don't think of a black cat" will make people think of a black cat, the mind is very easily manipulated in these subtle ways.


And this is wrong, because I know that I have felt this sensation long before ever hearing of 'trypophobia'.

On October 30 2011 04:43 Tyree wrote:And like i said before, if many of you experienced this on 4chan, then you know aswell as most people here that there are far far FAR worst things posted on that site than holes on bugs/people.


I think the point is that it's not rational, and there's not really a hierarchy of 'worseness' in the manner that you suggest. I have seen many objectively horrible, gruesome, and disgusting things on the internet over the last 15 years or so, some of which I'm sure other people would find deeply unsettling. I can say without hesitation that I found the lamprey fingers more unsettling than any of them, even with full knowledge that it is a fake picture. I mean, many people in this thread (for example) have probably seen that gruesome set of pictures of a teenage girl driving a Porsche way too fast, getting in an accident, and literally having most of her head come off as a result. I think that those images are sad, and I think that they are gruesome, but I have no physiological reaction to them. Conversely I have shown the lamprey fingers to other people and they have claimed to have no reaction to them. I'm sure most people fall into this category. It's a stupid photoshop -- why should anyone react strongly to it at all, right?

Look, overall I feel kind of weird responding in this level of detail, especially given how typically obnoxious people on the internet who self-diagnose themselves with conditions such as Aspergers or Fibromyalgia are. I have no idea whether this is even a well-defined psychological condition, and I'm certainly not looking to define or re-define myself (as e.g. self-diagnosed Aspergers sufferers often do) through having this 'condition'. It certainly doesn't affect my day-to-day life in any remotely meaningful way. And I don't particularly care whether Blizzard changes the Swarm Host or not. I just feel that all of the posts claiming that people who claim to experience similar symptoms to the one mentioned in the OP are either lying, easily influenced, or squeamish, are ignorant.
Prev 1 39 40 41 42 43 44 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
RSL Revival
10:00
Season 1: Playoffs Day 5
ByuN vs SHINLIVE!
Clem vs Reynor
Crank 1389
Tasteless1030
ComeBackTV 832
IndyStarCraft 168
Rex119
3DClanTV 79
IntoTheiNu 48
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Crank 1389
Tasteless 1030
RotterdaM 174
IndyStarCraft 168
Rex 119
StarCraft: Brood War
Calm 24350
Sea 19500
Rain 5339
Bisu 2777
Jaedong 899
Light 776
Hyuk 765
Pusan 613
firebathero 424
Mini 405
[ Show more ]
Stork 285
actioN 268
Zeus 216
EffOrt 209
Backho 172
Hyun 164
ToSsGirL 127
Soulkey 111
hero 71
Mind 60
JYJ43
sSak 36
Snow 26
Shinee 26
Aegong 25
Sharp 24
Sacsri 21
sorry 21
Icarus 21
Rush 21
JulyZerg 19
Free 16
Noble 15
sas.Sziky 13
ajuk12(nOOB) 12
yabsab 10
Hm[arnc] 9
IntoTheRainbow 9
Movie 7
Sexy 7
SilentControl 6
NaDa 5
ivOry 4
Dota 2
Gorgc6692
XaKoH 506
XcaliburYe356
League of Legends
singsing1736
Counter-Strike
x6flipin529
allub273
flusha77
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor148
Other Games
tarik_tv23874
shahzam632
B2W.Neo595
crisheroes526
DeMusliM381
Fuzer 263
Liquid`RaSZi150
Pyrionflax136
SortOf99
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick27362
StarCraft: Brood War
Kim Chul Min (afreeca) 676
lovetv 8
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 12 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• lizZardDota2128
League of Legends
• Stunt484
Upcoming Events
OSC
1h 31m
Replay Cast
12h 31m
RSL Revival
22h 31m
Classic vs Cure
FEL
1d 4h
OSC
1d 8h
RSL Revival
1d 22h
FEL
2 days
FEL
2 days
CSO Cup
2 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
2 days
Bonyth vs QiaoGege
Dewalt vs Fengzi
Hawk vs Zhanhun
Sziky vs Mihu
Mihu vs QiaoGege
Zhanhun vs Sziky
Fengzi vs Hawk
[ Show More ]
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
RSL Revival
2 days
FEL
3 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
3 days
Bonyth vs Dewalt
QiaoGege vs Dewalt
Hawk vs Bonyth
Sziky vs Fengzi
Mihu vs Zhanhun
QiaoGege vs Zhanhun
Fengzi vs Mihu
Replay Cast
4 days
Replay Cast
6 days
The PondCast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2025-07-07
HSC XXVII
Heroes 10 EU

Ongoing

JPL Season 2
BSL 2v2 Season 3
Acropolis #3
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 2
CSL 17: 2025 SUMMER
Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
Championship of Russia 2025
RSL Revival: Season 1
Murky Cup #2
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025
MESA Nomadic Masters
CCT Season 2 Global Finals
IEM Melbourne 2025

Upcoming

2025 ACS Season 2: Qualifier
CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
CSL Xiamen Invitational
CSL Xiamen Invitational: ShowMatche
2025 ACS Season 2
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
K-Championship
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
SEL Season 2 Championship
FEL Cracov 2025
Esports World Cup 2025
Underdog Cup #2
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.