Yeah...I guess we'll go with the benefit of the doubt that he hadn't seen that video already.Jonluw said:
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This comic was funny, not necessarily original, but funny.
And, if I can do off topic here for a sec, am I the only that's bothered by the fact that he has pants on? I mean if he's getting welded into a suit you'd think that from a sanitary point of view you wouldn't want any fabric between you and those handy holes in his armour's crotchal area.
And, if I can do off topic here for a sec, am I the only that's bothered by the fact that he has pants on? I mean if he's getting welded into a suit you'd think that from a sanitary point of view you wouldn't want any fabric between you and those handy holes in his armour's crotchal area.
Something similar occured to me mid game. Tychus is probably knee deep in piss in that suit.Dirty Apple said:
So are the marines prisoners? cuz he was in cuffs.Delusibeta said:
Also hes still smoking under the helmet wouldnt that fog up the suit and fill it with smoke?
Not all marines are prisoners, but in case of wars they would use prisoners and basically re-program them to make them model soldeirs. Although those would usually be used as cannon fodder.chris11246 said:
While normal soldiers were treated a bit better.
The first part of the comic is a reference to an early trailer for Starcraft. It shows a rather long preparation of a marine getting into is armor. However, it's all for moot because the zerg just rushed him and all that prep was for nothing.Echo136 said:
lol, it'd be funnier if I'd only played SC1, not SC2... because since that's supposed to be someone in particular, and not just a generic marine... he could just use a concussive grenade to take out most of those zerglings...
well the joke is, in the cutscene, all this prep is there hyping up his battle, but it's just another of the weakest units there that will die quickly. now the starcraft nerd in me would like to say that this particular marine is tychus, an old friend of raynors. and the suit is specially designed so he cant get out. he is a main character who was a prisoner, that's why the cutscene has him in shackles. he was offered release on the terms that he would do "favors" for those releasing him.
Only tangentially related, but why are they called gauss rifles? They are most emphatically machine guns. Deactivating and reactivating the electromagnetic fields to fire a gauss rifle would limit fire-rate. It would fire sequentially, not in bursts, amirite?Vilcus said:
I thought that was the firebats and marauders-though less thank 25% of marauders were actually convicted of murder. XD
Keep practicing, man, you'll get it down, eventually.AC10 said:
I have confidence in you!
Oh, firebats used to be one of the most efficient counters to the ling rush, if you could get them out. Knowing that you can't use them in multiplayer puts a smile on my face.darth gditch said:
OT: Excellent comic, close to my gamer heart. They just want to cuddle!
Actually you wouldn't need to deactivate the electromagnetic fields, because the Gauss Rifles in Starcraft work by pushing the bullets from a cardridge through the accelorators. This allows them to maintain rapid fire (although it is designed to only fire in bursts) of up to 30 rounds per second. There are also more advanced versions that have a single firing mode, while lacking the obvious advantage of rapid fire, the round moves a lot faster, allowing for deeper penetration.The Big Eye said:
More of a machine gun/gauss rifle hybrid, then? You'd think to make a hybrid, though, you'd need deeper penetration. It just stands to reason, if you're perverted.Vilcus said:
No, the sad truth is that Blizzard can't keep a dead character dead. Kerrigan, Diablo, Sylvannas Windrunner, hell Kael'Thas even came back when they all should have been doing little more than feeding daisies and worms.
I'm just going to throw this out there. Also, I don't know if it qualifies but... Spoiler Alert?
OT: Great, awesome comic. Love your work in general. This one just made my chest hurt.
The character involved in the trailer in question is one of the main characters to the StarCraft 2 storyline. I won't say what he does or not, but he is a prisoner - set free with strings attached. You play the game and this comes out to light in the first few missions of the campaign. Also, if you take the final version of the trailer, the one that is in game, it makes a tad bit more sense. Also, to be honest, he is one hell of a resilient and bad-ass dude - the one time you see him in battle, his lugging around a minigun TF2-Heavy style. I don't know if all or most marines can compare.
OT: Great, awesome comic. Love your work in general. This one just made my chest hurt.
Have to disagree there bud.Celtic_Kerr said:
Blade runner is a classic of cinema that's been available for nearly 30 years. It isn't the artist's fault you never saw something the rest of us have. Starcraft 2 hasn't been out for 30 days and was announced only a few years back. Lots of people haven't played or seen it. Lots of gamers aren't pc gamers and thus, wouldn't be interested in a preview trailer from years ago.