EPTAlso: I am done the voice recording for the next instalment, sent it off to my friend who is currently making a video for you guys. Should be up tonight, I will post the link when it's ready. :D
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Ponera
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Also: I am done the voice recording for the next instalment, sent it off to my friend who is currently making a video for you guys. Should be up tonight, I will post the link when it's ready. :D | ||
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Tamburlaine
Canada288 Posts
On September 14 2012 01:23 intrigue wrote: ponera, while doing rigorous research with my cutting edge devolution parser i came upon a startling readout: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/xurbRl.jpg) do you think infestors could be... infested reavers? infesters? spherical medium range projectiles and the lorica segmentata. we know from your most recent publications that armor on marines can be used as platform for zerg life, and also that infestors are composed of multiple life forms. Actually, the original role of the infestor was supposed to be a sort of "zerg artillery", vaguely similar to the reaver. It was supposed to fire a powerful, long-range, slow-moving projectile that could be targeted and shot down by ranged units. That proved very confusing, but blizzard liked the model, so it was repurposed in to a spellcaster. | ||
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SeeN_CiRcUs
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On September 14 2012 11:39 xPrimuSx wrote: Another thing, something I have never liked about the Infested Terrans as implemented in SC2, where the heck is the armor and gauss rifle supposed to be coming from? The Infestor is a biological unit, but the power armor and rifle are clearly mechanical constructs. If you want to say that because of all the humans that the Swarm would have eaten since the beginning of the war, they should be able to produce ITs on demand, but the armor and weaponry makes no sense. I've always been under the impression that the infested Terran were captured and "infested", thus explaining the power armour and rifle. I assume that the Infestor has some way of consuming injured Terran marines before beginning process. Furthermore, this thread is just awesome. | ||
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Deleted User 137586
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On September 16 2012 16:36 Ponera wrote: + Show Spoiler + Sorry about the delay everyone! My channel is live with the first video. Turns out it takes a lot longer to make a video than it does to record the audio. River should step forward with her account on TL and take credit! Let me know what you think here or in the comment, I don't care where just let me know so I can improve. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fha_zPpa8b4&feature=youtu.be Love the video format! It was hard to follow as the audio and video tell two different aspects of the story all the time, but that only made it more fun. GJ! So, the message I took from this was that the corruptor is a hot-air balloon with some kind of jet stream propulsion (which explains why the tentacles wiggle when it moves, as there's air going through them. Yet... I think they wiggle also when it's still. So may-be it is sick and in pain instead). | ||
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SoniC_eu
Denmark1008 Posts
 As someone who studied anatomy at uni, I enjoyed this! | ||
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zcki
Norway58 Posts
Also, Overlord pweeese BLAURGH BAAWWWWR | ||
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Ponera
Canada596 Posts
The upcoming videos will take several different formats, but for this series I will still use river to make the videos, so your feedback is really important! Thanks so much, I fret about how my voice isn't as nice as various casters etc. I guess everyone hates their own voice when played back but whatever. :p Edit: Ovie is probably the next unit I am going to tackle, but after doing the queen I feel I really need to look at zerg structure as a superorganism as a whole first. | ||
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Deleted User 137586
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On September 16 2012 16:53 Ponera wrote: River will see this guys, so I do appreciate the comments. We actually toned down the image flipping rate a lot, but it can go more if you want (will make video making a lot faster as a nice bonus, as there will be fewer images.) The upcoming videos will take several different formats, but for this series I will still use river to make the videos, so your feedback is really important! Thanks so much, I fret about how my voice isn't as nice as various casters etc. I guess everyone hates their own voice when played back but whatever. :p Edit: Ovie is probably the next unit I am going to tackle, but after doing the queen I feel I really need to look at zerg structure as a superorganism as a whole first. Don't worry, you have a nice low radio-voice. Your enunciation and emphasis could use a bit of attention, although for the most part it was good. Might help to have another person sit opposite you while you speak. Then you will feel like in a natural conversation with that person and the text will have a more natural sounding reading. | ||
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zcki
Norway58 Posts
As for corruptor, the tentacle design reminds me of a giant squid, although they're at the wrong end in that case. That could explain the movement, atleast how they'd do it in the water, doesn't seem like a plausible way to move in the air though, but I guess it's still what the designers at blizz were going for. | ||
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Minahga
United States15 Posts
I'll admit I had a few problems making the video... (like losing half the video at some point and then got too lazy to redo it as good as before) BUT it was a good experience as I'm less likely to make mistakes on the next video! :p The next vid will also feature a proper opening and ending credits toooo yay I should have boosted the audio gain in ponera's voice now that I think about it... lol hindsight | ||
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ProbeEtPylon
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-NegativeZero-
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[B]As for corruptor, the tentacle design reminds me of a giant squid, although they're at the wrong end in that case. That could explain the movement, atleast how they'd do it in the water, doesn't seem like a plausible way to move in the air though, but I guess it's still what the designers at blizz were going for. The original corruptor was actually a ground unit, and it used the tentacles to move sort of like a hydra. When it turned into an air unit they just kept the same base design, even though it doesn't really make sense for an air unit. | ||
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Minahga
United States15 Posts
On September 17 2012 03:21 -NegativeZero- wrote: The original corruptor was actually a ground unit, and it used the tentacles to move sort of like a hydra. When it turned into an air unit they just kept the same base design, even though it doesn't really make sense for an air unit. Actually I remember way back Blizz said they originally planned for the Corruptor able to switch between land and air but then gave it to the Viking because they have a hard on for Terran and transformers. :\  | ||
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Torpedo.Vegas
United States1890 Posts
Zerg are 5% functionally useful physiology, 95% vestigial organs / colorful but meaningless stuff to attract mates (Space Peacocks). | ||
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Ponera
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xPrimuSx
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On September 14 2012 11:50 Ponera wrote: Well I think the weaponry is being held by the power suit arm. Think of it like an overlay of zerg on a marine powersuit. No, I get that, it's just if the Infestor is supposed to be producing the Infested Terran right then and there, (cause where would it be storing them?) it should be a much larger unit. On September 14 2012 13:05 SeeN_CiRcUs wrote: I've always been under the impression that the infested Terran were captured and "infested", thus explaining the power armour and rifle. I assume that the Infestor has some way of consuming injured Terran marines before beginning process. Yeah, that's the only thing I can really figure, but the mechanic as it is just doesn't make any logical sense. It would be cooler if the Infestor had a Viper like abduct ability that let it "eat" Terran infantry and produce ITs. Of course, against Zerg or Protoss then it becomes an issue since there are no Terrans to eat. In a case like that I'd say have the ability work like consume on Zerg units (but only useable on enemy Zerg) and against Protoss it, I don't know, just kills them or something since you can't infest Protoss, or maybe makes unstable Infested Protoss that detonate like the ITs of old. On September 14 2012 13:05 SeeN_CiRcUs wrote: Furthermore, this thread is just awesome. Agreed | ||
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Ponera
Canada596 Posts
Presumably, the infestor which is a superorganism, has fungus farmers that perhaps use dead terrans to cultivate the fungus. The marines and the fungus farm are stored in the swollen abdomen. | ||
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