PETA Asks Gamers To Be Kind To Zerglings
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I think they should show us how to properly cuddle zerglings, or, even better, create a zergling cuddle corp. and make it their mission to cuddle and hug as many zerglings as possible. I mean, it's only right of them to do it.RicoADF said:
Zerg are hiveminded, the lower rungs of their "society" probably don't even feel anything since they're remote controlled by psionics. That's a step past even eusocial species where the workers will happily sacrifice themselves for the queen.
These aren't friendly beasts of Nurgle.
These aren't friendly beasts of Nurgle.
zerglings are an extention of the hive mind(or Kerrigan in SC2)Jodan said:
there less slave and more akin to a cell of a larger animal.
There are some agents that possess functioning minds(Cerebrates, Overmind,&Kerrigan)
Infested Terrens are just moving biomass that use to be people so not exactly slaves.
I would say in SC 1 that Kerrigan was a slave. As she did still have her mind but it was subject to the orders of the Overmind. I wouldn't exactly call Cerebrates slaves as they were extensions of the Overmind and were more then willing to fulfill there orders.
Well, it is true, its just that those feelings mostly revolve around killing everything in sight and infesting it!Treblaine said:
I'll bring the soda!RicoADF said:
OT: Really, PETA? Really? You want me to feel BAD for defending myself against the intelligent, intentionally malicious, invasive alien species bent on exterminating all other life in the universe in the name of genetic perfection? What the Jesus Jumped-Up Christ is wrong with you people?
Ah yes, let us hug the engineered killing machine, whose sole purpose is to act like moving cover for more valuable units.
I know, yes, it's supposed to be a cute joke and they've succeeded in getting people to talk about it, which is half the battle, but it seems like a waste of resources because it's not bound to make much headway.
Then again, a lot of what the PETA does is nonsensical media stunts and frightening impressionable children, so I guess this fits right in.
I know, yes, it's supposed to be a cute joke and they've succeeded in getting people to talk about it, which is half the battle, but it seems like a waste of resources because it's not bound to make much headway.
Then again, a lot of what the PETA does is nonsensical media stunts and frightening impressionable children, so I guess this fits right in.
And I shall bring other snacks since an odd massacre of this weirdness needs this.RicoADF said:
Now I have a funny image in my head of PETA people getting murdered by trying to cuddle the zerglings into submission.
Mine too.CharrHearted said:
OT:
Even more so because I'd like to say this to people that STILL take PETA seriously at this point...
WHY!?!?! Why do you take them seriously at this point?
Why do they hold a shred of your respect today? WHY!?!?!
The 'Holocaust on your Plate' ad campaign wasn't disgusting enough to draw you away?
The fact that PETA kills, sorry... 'puts to sleep forever' 2/3 of the animals it takes in while the Humane Societies around the country only euthanize far less than 1/3 of the animals they take in... wasn't enough?
The fact that Ingrid Nooker, the vice president, uses medicine derived from animal testing (and the previous fact) isn't enough to get you to stop giving money to such MASSIVE hypocrites?
And the fact that PETA has given money to firebombers who torch medical labs isn't enough to draw you away from these tools?
Really?
Until you get to the part where you realise you're asked to have empathy for beings mostly intent on chewing your face off.JaceArveduin said:
Empathy and restraint when it comes to killer animals is justified when we're capable of driving said animal extinct (eg. tigers, rhinos). Somehow I'm pretty sure the zerg doesn't quite qualify for any endangered species list. Until then I'd say we'll be fine blowing their little heads off. With empathy.
Amusement: 7/10
Intelligence: 3/10
They're getting better at their batshit stupid campaigns, I have to hand them that.
Angler Fish are my proof that there is a God and that he REALLY REALLY HATES humans, life, and happiness. I don't know why we haven't started an international campaign to kill them all. On a serious note, I actually really agree with your post in general. It makes a lot of sense and it is level headed.Therumancer said:
As much as I dislike PETA, I'm amused by this campaign. For all the people talking about how they don't know the lore, I think you are missing the point. Its supposed to be pretty silly.
I can see this campaign have the opposite effect in-game wise, and get Terran players pumped about their next "inhumane massacre" of zerglings. Do PETA actually know what the Zerg are?
I would love to see them do an ad campaign for xenomorph chessbursters (dawww ain't they sweet!) from the Alien series. In face this whole thing instantly reminded me of when Gediman calls the newborn in Alien Resurrection a "Beautiful little baby". I love that creepy line.
I would love to see them do an ad campaign for xenomorph chessbursters (dawww ain't they sweet!) from the Alien series. In face this whole thing instantly reminded me of when Gediman calls the newborn in Alien Resurrection a "Beautiful little baby". I love that creepy line.
Escapist please stop posting these stories, your playing right into their hand.Andy Chalk said:PETA Asks Gamers To Be Kind To Zerglings
With StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm about to launch, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals would like to remind everyone that Zerglings have feelings, too.
PETA will be attending tonight's launch event for StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm in Irvine, California, but in a slightly different guise than we've come to know it. In honor of the long-awaited StarCraft release, the group is renaming itself "Terrans for the Ethical Treatment of Zerglings" for the night and will hand out pamphlets entitled Zerglings Have Feelings, Too.
"When playing StarCraft, I had noticed how the Zerg were treated more like animals than like other people. I couldn't help but wonder if there would be an analog to PETA in the world of StarCraft," PETA online marketing strategist Joel Bartlett wrote. Thus was born the idea for TETZ, and tonight's appearance at the StarCraft launch.
"Remember, while Zerglings are not real, there are many equally 'strange' and exotic animals we share this planet with who deserve our empathy. Just because crocodiles and snakes look alien to us, that doesn't make it OK to skin them alive for a handbag, shoes, or a belt," Bartlett wrote. "And if we had to share our world with the Zerg in reality, I'd like to think that we'd make an effort to understand and respect them rather than sending out the battlecruisers - because the alternative to having empathy for other beings is about as grim as it gets."
Setting aside the hard-to-avoid dislike for PETA's more extreme behavior, you have to admit this is a pretty clever campaign. It raises awareness without casting judgment and ties in smartly with what is bound to be one of the year's biggest game releases. Yes, PETA does some objectionable (and outright indefensible) things, but this is a smart and funny way of getting its message out - even if the idea of making nice with the Zerg makes about as much sense as sitting down for tea with a rabid grizzly bear.
Source: PETA [http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2013/03/11/peta-starcraft-zerglings-have-feelings-too.aspx]
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ThisTheDoctor455 said:
PETA can go fuck itself, this zergling campaign is fairly inoffensive but them acting like they have ANY moral superiority is absolute bullshit
Everyone knows zerglings are a hive-like creature that have the independence of soldier ants - i.e. none.Treblaine said:
You know, I actually thought this was a fairly neat idea to appeal to the gamer demographic... and then I actually read the article.
Comparing wild animals to biologically engineered killing machines with no other purpose than to invade, kill and assimilate every useful life-form they encounter... Yeah.
God damn it, I hate it when people who know NOTHING of games try to "be cool" and appeal to gamers. You'd think that everyone would realize that trying to approach a subject you know nothing about only makes you look stupid. Guess not.
Comparing wild animals to biologically engineered killing machines with no other purpose than to invade, kill and assimilate every useful life-form they encounter... Yeah.
God damn it, I hate it when people who know NOTHING of games try to "be cool" and appeal to gamers. You'd think that everyone would realize that trying to approach a subject you know nothing about only makes you look stupid. Guess not.