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08-21-2007, 06:20 AM
So I just got to thinking that given how much we love SC, there must have been some funny/interesting moments during some B.net or some chat about it with friends that took place. I have a couple to share and I'd love to hear any that you guys have.
1. My dad and I are both Chinese and speak only Chinese to each other. We also both love SC. In regards to Dustin Browder's comments about not localizing the names, here is an all-too-perfect example in my own family. Our names for the unit names in SC2 is as follows:
Zealot: Protoss basic guy Zergling: small bug
Dragoon: spider Hydralisk: hydralisk
Archon: blue ball Ultralisk: big bug
Scout: small airplane Queen: queen
Carrier: big airplane Mutalisk: small airplane
Observer: small bug Guardian: "dong,dong,dong" (cuz that was the sound it made! lol)
Reaver: big bug Devourer: big airplane
Shuttle: transporter Scourge: bomber
Arbiter: the fog creator (wtf?? lol) Defiler: blood spewer (cuz of plague)
High Templar: Magician
Dark Templar: invisible guy
I won't list the Terrans cuz they're pretty straightforward even in language exchange.
EDIT:
What the hell I'll add a few actual anecdotes for fun:
1. I once had a scourge chasing down some hapless science vessel. They go at equal speed. So I decided to show off how pro I was by ensnaring the science vessel. *select*click*target* aaaaand both the Vessel and the Scourge got ensnared, traveling and equal speeds and never hitting it lol.
2. Back during an earlier patch of SC, there was this lil hack where you could make a drone build a hatchery from your base INTO and UNDER the enemy structure. It was a weird one, and my friend knew how to do it. It was just some weird thing where you go up into a corner and click a few times 'n what not. But the guys on bnet were just freaking out, goin "OMGzors! How do you do that? teach me teach me!" So we did. For pure entertainment purposes only. So for the next 30 minutes we got our opponents to line up their overlords, painstakingly put all their zerglings into a perfect circle, drag a hydralisk around the parameter of their base, and kill off all their own workers, etc. And then we left the game. I don't think i've ever laughed so hard for so long in my life.
Anyway, good times :)
1. My dad and I are both Chinese and speak only Chinese to each other. We also both love SC. In regards to Dustin Browder's comments about not localizing the names, here is an all-too-perfect example in my own family. Our names for the unit names in SC2 is as follows:
Zealot: Protoss basic guy Zergling: small bug
Dragoon: spider Hydralisk: hydralisk
Archon: blue ball Ultralisk: big bug
Scout: small airplane Queen: queen
Carrier: big airplane Mutalisk: small airplane
Observer: small bug Guardian: "dong,dong,dong" (cuz that was the sound it made! lol)
Reaver: big bug Devourer: big airplane
Shuttle: transporter Scourge: bomber
Arbiter: the fog creator (wtf?? lol) Defiler: blood spewer (cuz of plague)
High Templar: Magician
Dark Templar: invisible guy
I won't list the Terrans cuz they're pretty straightforward even in language exchange.
EDIT:
What the hell I'll add a few actual anecdotes for fun:
1. I once had a scourge chasing down some hapless science vessel. They go at equal speed. So I decided to show off how pro I was by ensnaring the science vessel. *select*click*target* aaaaand both the Vessel and the Scourge got ensnared, traveling and equal speeds and never hitting it lol.
2. Back during an earlier patch of SC, there was this lil hack where you could make a drone build a hatchery from your base INTO and UNDER the enemy structure. It was a weird one, and my friend knew how to do it. It was just some weird thing where you go up into a corner and click a few times 'n what not. But the guys on bnet were just freaking out, goin "OMGzors! How do you do that? teach me teach me!" So we did. For pure entertainment purposes only. So for the next 30 minutes we got our opponents to line up their overlords, painstakingly put all their zerglings into a perfect circle, drag a hydralisk around the parameter of their base, and kill off all their own workers, etc. And then we left the game. I don't think i've ever laughed so hard for so long in my life.
Anyway, good times :)