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Diablo's pretty original. Plenty of post-Diablo games have turned that setting into something generic maybe, but I'm having a hard time thinking of things in the pre-Diablo era that were like that.
Starcraft (the setting, not the game) is not nearly the ripoff of 40k that WC is of Warhammer Fantasy. There aren't any Orks or Eldar, and there's nothing like the Zerg and Protoss in Warhammer.
Not to say they weren't inspired by WH though.
Well, Tyranids clearly have a lot in common with the Zerg, and have been around in pretty much their current form since their 1.5th ed WD articles (which is a couple years before '95 when the 2nd-Ed Army book came out). Not that much of the 'nids stuff isn't ripped off of Mr.Giger. Protoss have a bit in common with both the Eldar and also the Tau. Probably partly inspired by the Eldar, but also the Predator, and the Protoss predate the Tau by years. |
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Oops. I stand corrected then.
I don't play 40k (just have a passing interest in the video games and a little of the backstory). I probably should have kept my mouth shut. :)
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Yeah, but this is one of those arguments that goes waaaay back. It's quite clear that GW nicked most of their stuff too...
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Yeah, but this is one of those arguments that goes waaaay back. It's quite clear that GW nicked most of their stuff too...
So most Blizzard fans want new versions of third generation clones of other properties. Gotcha. |
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Turns out, most Blizzard fans just want rings to make that 'ting' noise.  |
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Turns out, most Blizzard fans just want rings to make that 'ting' noise. I hear it in my head when you type it. |
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Turns out, most Blizzard fans just want rings to make that 'ting' noise. That sound is why I played Titan Quest past the first town. Does that eyeroll mean that you don't have a Pavlovian response to The Ting? Way back when I first played Diablo, Killjoy said very loudly into my ear "That sound means there's a ring, GET IT GET IT!" |
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Yegolev
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You don't get a TING sound when you dupe items.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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Wolf
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it's super weird with the two threads and how shit is crossing over from one to the other :)
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As a matter of fact I swallowed one of these about two hours ago and the explanation is that it is, in fact, my hand.
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I have quite a few friends from my WoW guild who are interested in Warhammer, but know nothing about it. They say, whats the difference between Warhammer and Warhammer 40k. I tell them:
Warcraft = Warhammer
Starcraft = Warhammer 40k
Also, if you look up images of Genestealers, they look a lot like Zerglings. Also, the whole idea of the Tyranids is a lot like the Zerg. Also, I always found the Protoss to be much like the Eldar. I left Warhammer before the Tau and the Necrons, but I was recently introduced to them by Dawn of War: Dark Crusade.
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it's super weird with the two threads and how shit is crossing over from one to the other :)
What's going to be interesting is to see which thread goes where on the 19th. Will the MMO thread come be merged into this one? Or will this one go over there? |
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Whatever they announce is probably going to have a monthly fee, so it'll be a crapshoot. A decision that will be made completely irrationally by myself and the other staff.
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I never had a big thread. LET MY THREAD LIVE!
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As a matter of fact I swallowed one of these about two hours ago and the explanation is that it is, in fact, my hand.
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Ironwood
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Heh.
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I never had a big thread. LET MY THREAD LIVE!
Haha, it just has to survive until they announce Starcraft 2. At which point i'll be in here crotch-first defending the new game from all the people who will say that Starcraft sucked. And this will go on for like, 50 pages. |
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Any minute now Sky is going to show up with amusing pictures of WH40k characters in comic situations.
THEN YOU'LL BE SORRY.
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Sky will be happy as long as the game arrives for the PC.
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Have you tried the internet? It's made out of millions of people missing the point of everything and then getting angry about it
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He will be happy if it is a PC game instead of a port from a 360 game. I predict he will not be happy.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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So when they say May 19th, are they talking US time or Korean time? Cause the 19th is tommorrow here in Japan, and I dont want to have my hopes dashed when I go to check the internet.
Edit: I should say, I'm actually going to be on a class trip to Tenri over the whole weekened, so I'll need to buy access to an internet cafe or something to be able to see, heh.
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I can't figure out WTF they are making a major announcement on a weekend. Are we sure it isn't JUNE 19th?
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I can't figure out WTF they are making a major announcement on a weekend. Are we sure it isn't JUNE 19th?
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I can't figure out WTF they are making a major announcement on a weekend. Are we sure it isn't JUNE 19th?
The Korean government probably requested that they do it so the country didn't shut down. Heh. Probably as good a guess as any. |
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I never had a big thread. LET MY THREAD LIVE!
I am so proud of my 11 page thread. No really, I am. LET US DECLARE A TRUCE. merge your thread into mine. any resistance will be met with beatings. |
But that Captain's salami tray was tight, yo. You plump for the roast pork loin, dogg?
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Wolf
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Your thread is wildly off topic and has sinij. IM NOT AGREEING TO A MERGER. EVER.
Also, they seem to be chainging the pictures sometime around 10ish o'clock in the morning my team. Which is EET. Which is around new york time (whatever that is) +6. So I'm guessing something around early-late afternoon Korean time and weird US time. So I guess 19th, Korean :)
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As a matter of fact I swallowed one of these about two hours ago and the explanation is that it is, in fact, my hand.
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You two are funny.
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On notice all: korea is about to fucking implode in a collective broadband blackhole of internet cafes. And we shall also be served. My sources are confidential. I can bribed with whisky and access to handguns.
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There should be an image in this post in a minute or a few. I see you up there, MOCKING US!  Little worried you chose the starcraft 2 thread instead of the mmo thread too :-(. |
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Trippy
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Wolf wins the battle of the Blizzard threads! Congrats!
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Someone page/call schild. I worry.
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Speaking of marketing, we're out of milk.
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I'm guessing starcraft online will follow?
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I hate RPG shit being thrown into an RTS. I just wish they wouldn't do it. Hopefully they don't fuck this up if it is true.
Creeping was not RPG shit thrown into an RTS. It was a different kind of resource to gather, which encouraged early skirmishing, it was something to do during the early buildup stage, which is very mechanical and repetitive, and it was a mechanism for opening up different parts of the map at different stages of the game. I don't want to be playing the same RTS I was playing 10 years ago. C&C 3 is nice, but it is an old game in a new package, and that isn't what I want Starcraft 2 to be. That said, I hope they go in an innovative new direction rather than rehashing war3. |
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