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Bromazepam
Profile Joined August 2011
820 Posts
October 24 2011 12:53 GMT
#121
This is a phobia that started to spread when, back in the 4chan days, people were shopping lotus seeds holes on limbs. Some find images of that kind disgusting.
I find it absurd that it evolved this way, with people stating that they are afraid of clustered holes.

It's one of those fears that people have only when they've read or heard about it. It's more than an irrational phobia. It's a self induced phobia.
Saying that something is killing esports is killing esports.
GizmoPT
Profile Joined May 2010
Portugal3040 Posts
October 24 2011 12:53 GMT
#122
in the original design the swarm host was supposed to release stuff like bees :< thats why it was SWARM host :<
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ondik
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Czech Republic2908 Posts
October 24 2011 12:54 GMT
#123
Every zerg unit is disgusting to me. But I understand some people may have problems with swarm host, if anything's stupid here, it's people calling other people with phobias "pussies".
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RoyalCheese
Profile Joined May 2010
Czech Republic745 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 12:58:43
October 24 2011 12:57 GMT
#124
On October 24 2011 21:48 FallDownMarigold wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2011 21:33 RoyalCheese wrote:
There is a fancy disease for every aspect pussy-ness these days. Just man up, guys ... seriously ... it's not like zerg are supposed to be not disgusting.


You might have a good point about people needing to "get over it" since it is just a cartooney game... However, you are really really ignorant if you are actually one of those wannabe-macho dudes that doesn't believe in science/medical problems because it's "weak". I'm sure you have a nice set of well-educated opinions on disease and what should or should not count as disease, but really, save it for the experts when it comes to deciding what is or what isn't a real medical condition. You come off as pretty offensive and ignorant if you go on bashing problems that people might have.


Well, i just think these 'diseases' would be called weakness hundred years ago. I do in fact dislike / fear a lot of things...for example i have a phobia of psychos with axes (thanks QI). Anyway i just hate this whiny ass society that blames everything on something/somebody else without actually trying to overcome it's problems that we live in and sometimes it leaks through. Either way, people should just get over it.
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Little-Chimp
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada948 Posts
October 24 2011 13:01 GMT
#125
I saw this topic coming after browsing /v/ and seeing everyone compare those lotus holes to the Swarm Host. Lots of people are absolutely disgusted by the things in that video including myself but I think the unit is tame enough.
blackone
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany1314 Posts
October 24 2011 13:02 GMT
#126
On October 24 2011 21:57 RoyalCheese wrote:
Well, i just think these 'diseases' would be called weakness hundred years ago.

Yea, let's just go back to 1800! This whole modern medicine is truly a bane of humanity...
ViperPL
Profile Joined March 2011
Poland1775 Posts
October 24 2011 13:05 GMT
#127
These purple things inside the holes were way more disgusting, other than that it's ok.

I remember in WoW there was area that had some infected bears that had spider eggs attached to them, that was really disgusting, I ran away from there and canceled all the quests from that area
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FireInside
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1 Post
October 24 2011 13:05 GMT
#128
I get a general feeling of uneasiness and the palms of my hands get sweaty just thinking of a mental image of the Swarm Host's back pulsating...
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NeonFox
Profile Joined January 2011
2373 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 13:08:05
October 24 2011 13:05 GMT
#129
On October 24 2011 21:48 GizmoPT wrote:
Lets see...

Achluophobia- Fear of darkness. - remove dark maps
Acousticophobia- Fear of noise. - remove noisy stuff
Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals. - remove critters
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects. - remove spikes from zergs
Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions. - dont give your opinion on this post
Amathophobia- Fear of dust. - remove dusty maps
Androphobia- Fear of men. - remove all mens
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers. - remove all numbers
Arsonphobia- Fear of fire. - remove all fire
Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things. - remove asymmetrical stuff...
Astrophobia- Fear of stars or celestial space. - remove all stars and stuff...

and this is just the start it goes from A to Z so.. i think you guys get the point.


That's the smartest thing I've read in all this thread. Not denying some people suffer from the phobia the OP described, all kinds of people suffer from all kinds of phobia and you can't please everybody, especially for a phobia which is not widespread.

If you really need a more precise exemple, I'm pretty sure a lot more people are afraid of spiders then holes, yet a lot of games and movies have spiders in them.

Edit :also OP you made a mistake, your description of the phobia indicates "fear" of the swarm host design, your poll asks if it "disgusts" you, two very different feelings. I can find the noises zerg units make in the game or their design disgusting but they don't make me uneasy or fear them.
iky43210
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States2099 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 13:07:09
October 24 2011 13:06 GMT
#130
I'm disgusted by swarm host's holes on the back, it would be nice if blizzard would change it.

I have seen a pic that would very likely make most people in this thread feel disgusted about holes, it pretty much traumatized me, and I'm sure anyone who've been to [a/ knows what i'm talking about.
Bagi
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany6799 Posts
October 24 2011 13:06 GMT
#131
Video did nothing to me, and I love the idea and the design of the swarm host.
garlicface
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada4196 Posts
October 24 2011 13:12 GMT
#132
Only thing I don't like about the design is that after spawning only 2 Locusts, it appears as though the Swarm Host has hatched ALL of its eggs.

Whatever, I guess most of the eggs are just "duds".
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5ukkub
Profile Joined September 2009
Poland507 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 13:17:07
October 24 2011 13:15 GMT
#133
There is one particular phobia that can REALLY hurt SC2:
LADDERPHOBIA!

If you are afraid of something, do you want to live with this fear for the rest of your life?
Don't be a pussy and fight it!

I used to be kind of arachnophobic but i fought my fear an kicked it's ass! Now i'm fascinated by spider's nature and how many species of them actually exist
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S2Lunar
Profile Joined June 2011
1051 Posts
October 24 2011 13:16 GMT
#134
Accidently selected "Yes, but it was kinda uncomfortable "

I meant to select, "Yes, it was no problem."
Assirra
Profile Joined August 2010
Belgium4169 Posts
October 24 2011 13:16 GMT
#135
On October 24 2011 22:06 iky43210 wrote:
I'm disgusted by swarm host's holes on the back, it would be nice if blizzard would change it.

I have seen a pic that would very likely make most people in this thread feel disgusted about holes, it pretty much traumatized me, and I'm sure anyone who've been to [a/ knows what i'm talking about.

Again, disgusted and fear are totally different things.
Hell if it was about disgusted they should remove the whole freaking zerg race.
nerak
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Brazil256 Posts
October 24 2011 13:18 GMT
#136
On October 24 2011 20:38 Everlong wrote:
I'm disgusted by the arrogance coming from such as kids here.. ("this topic make's not sense at all", "lol how can one be scared if the art design is so shitty", etc..


We know you´re disgusted, but are you phobic about it? You think Blizzard and TL could have an alternative skin for the foruns, in which there would be no arrogant kids? I do...


BTW, I do think the Swarm Host is disturbing. But I like this (still it could be more polished...). An alternative skin should be enough, since noone will notice this on streams and progames.

And the warhound is awesome! It seems junky, improvised, cheap, and haves a War Pig logo in its shield! Very SC1 Terran. They used to feel rusty (they actually scavenged destroyed buildings). Warhound feels rusty. It is as stupid and anti-epic as having an unit that is a man on a motorcycle :D Pretty cyberpunk,
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Tyree
Profile Joined November 2010
1508 Posts
October 24 2011 13:19 GMT
#137
I am still unsure whether this is a serious topic, i want to give a fellow TLer the benefit of doubt but its so far out there that it is hard to believe.

There are phobias for pretty much everything, in this game we have men getting cut up by blades, psionic storms killing groups of people, green bomb like bugs exploding on innocent workers, we got "zerg creep" which looks like burnt skin, Zerg in general is gross

And that is the point, they have several characteristics of insects, that is not to say they are insectoid (they arent) they simple assimilate the strongest and develop them into their own.

If you developed this phobia from 4chan, then i am pretty sure you have seen far far worse things that a unit in a RTS videogame wont cause you any problems.

It baffles me that people go to "shock" sites and have their "lulz" going on, yet are trying to pose a argument that a videogame with quite cartoony graphics is too much.
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snotboogie
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Australia3550 Posts
October 24 2011 13:21 GMT
#138
Regular clusters of holes are no problem for me. The photoshopped fingertips with holes that surfaced a few years back, on the other hand, creeped me out to an extreme extent.
StarBrift
Profile Joined January 2008
Sweden1761 Posts
October 24 2011 13:21 GMT
#139
Wouldn't pretty much any phobia related to insects apply to the zerg? You can't redesign a game because a tiny minority has a phobia (that by the way can be overcome).

I watched the vid and had no itch. It was pretty disguisting at times but I didn't feel threatened by it.
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 13:23:01
October 24 2011 13:22 GMT
#140
i was unaware that such thing exists, and if someone would have just brought it up i would have told him to cut the bullshit, and dont make things up, what the hell
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