Do zealots sound crapper now?

[PeterPetreli]

Is it just me or do zealots sound less cool than in the original?
http://starcraft2.com/features/protoss/

Click to hear the sound. I liked the dedication and seriousness the original zealots sounded like. These ones just sound like brutes!

[TheDarkTemplar]

I always saw the Zealots as guys that were extremely dedicated in battle but on their off-days got absolutely wasted in a bar somewhere. So the voice suits :D

[mc2]

as long as they devote their life to Aiur (or Shakuras) they'll always be the legendary protoss warrior

[reject_666_6]

I do this for Shakuras! ... neah! Sounds too twisty; I would sound pissed to if I changed my home planet to one with a hard-to-say-fast name ;).

[darklizard]

is zealot pronounced ze-lots or -zee-lots?

[reject_666_6]

YES!!! ZEEEEEEE-lots!! I hate that presenter guy with his stupid pronunciation! I should e-mail them a dictionary page of the word.

[TheDarkTemplar]

I always pronounced it Zeelots as well, but hey, you can't mess with Blizzard. I mean, they are making the game and all!

[reject_666_6]

Uuh, I think that ZEA and ZEE have the same pronunciation in English. It's just that the EE sound emphasizes the stress.

[Whatsifsowhatsit]

Uuh, I think that ZEA and ZEE have the same pronunciation in English. It's just that the EE sound emphasizes the stress.


I think what he meant was like me... Zee-ah-lots... unlikely though, and I don't think that's done in English, but it's one of these things that got in my head when I was young (and not good at English pronunciation) and it never got out anymore...

Hmm won't I look stupid now if turns out it can be said like that according to English pronunciation rules...

Anyway, since that stupid presentator guy I do say it like that... Zeh-lots... I like it, but in my mind they're still zee-ah-lots.

[10-Neon]

It's actually pronounced ZEL-IT. Dead serious.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zealot

[reject_666_6]

Dammit, this thing takes all the fun out of English. But I'll still say it the way I've always done simply because of the word Zeal...

[ZerglingRUSH]

LOL, everyone just got owned

[reject_666_6]

LOL, everyone just got owned

;) You always seem to be around during my moments of ownage. :P

[Fenix]

And ZEL-ot sounds cooler when said fast.



Just my lovely three cents.

[starcraft2iscoming]

why dont we name them z's? Now there will be no confusion

[windwalker]

Well, we're straying from the topic and pronouncing unit names doesn't matter as long as we know what it is referring to.
I think I also like the original zealot dialogues better than the new ones.

[starcraft2iscoming]

I AM THE BLADES OF AIUR!

[reject_666_6]

"We are the blades of Aiur!" pwns at least as much as the old Starcraft lines. The only problem with their new voice is the... voice. It sounds forced and all the while constipated. Couldn't they have re-recruited the same guy for voice purposes, or did he die in 10 years?

[Fenix]

Also, isn't Aiur currently a smoking pile of Zerg? Just wondering.

[mc2]

Yeah Aiur is pretty much a ruin full of zerg infestations.
I personally wish the Protoss would migrant back to Aiur

[reject_666_6]

It does seem like a very good storyline. "We are the blades... ...on Aiur!". If I remember correctly, there was a Xel'Naga temple on Aiur just like there is on Shakuras, but it was destroyed during the Zerg infestation (campaign...). If they do manage to wipe out the Zerg life on it and create a pretty tight defense, they'd be easy prey for another Zerg attack without the Temple. My guess is that they either copy the Shakuras one and build a replica on Aiur, or they ask the Xel nicely to make them one. Also, one of my possible storylines is that the Xel actually conquer Aiur for themselves.

[10-Neon]

He just invoked Godwin's Law.

[reject_666_6]

I did? OMG how silly of me...

<_<

>_>

What is Godwin's Law???

[10-Neon]

"As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

It is usually considered to be a sign that the subject has been beaten to death, that useful conversation is probably over.
I figured you were doing it on purpose because you appropriately added "[/thread]."

[reject_666_6]

;D ;D ;D Hahahahaaaa....... That's priceless. :D

[danhillman693]

I have seen some threads in other forums go way more off-topic than this. Probably like 11 whole pages of worthless off-topic spam.

[Fenix]

Actually, maybe because the Hybrids are a fusion of the Protoss and Zerg, of the Uraj + Khalis + Khaydarin energies, they might be immune to the power of the Temple.


Ooooh, but what about Argus? Yeah....That would be interesting.

[starcraft2iscoming]

How can you link sound waves? I want to post the quote, My life for Auir!

[starcraft2iscoming]

Nvm I think I found how. Hows this?

[reject_666_6]

Ooooh, but what about Argus? Yeah....That would be interesting.

The Khalis contains the energy of the Dark Templar, and the Uraj the energy of the High Templar. The Khaydarin doesn't contain any specific energy, but it is the Protoss' most common power source. While invading Aiur, the Zerg obtained a few of them (Khaydarin crystals) and absorbed them, thus giving the Zerg instead of no crystal signature, a Khaydarin Crystal signature. The Argus stones are the Dark Templar equivalent of the Khaydarin i. e. power source, however, no Zerg who invaded Shakuras lived to capture one, so the Argus is nowhere but on Shakuras' power stations or whatever.

The way that the Xel'Naga Temple works is: by putting a specific crystal in it, you tell it what NOT to affect, so the Protoss on Shakuras need both the Uraj and the Khalis to make sure that the temple didn't kill the HT or the DT. Since the Hybrids would contain traces of all three energies, it would be unaffected by a Temple blast and thus free to invade Shakuras.

Also, does anybody else find this statement ironic?
"Artanis, a follower of the Khala, was chosen to carry the Uraj while Zeratul, a Dark Templar, would carry the Khalis. They were successful, scouring the Zerg from the planet."

[coalescence]

Ooooh, but what about Argus? Yeah....That would be interesting.
The way that the Xel'Naga Temple works is: by putting a specific crystal in it, you tell it what NOT to affect, so the Protoss on Shakuras need both the Uraj and the Khalis to make sure that the temple didn't kill the HT or the DT. Since the Hybrids would contain traces of all three energies, it would be unaffected by a Temple blast and thus free to invade Shakuras.

Also, does anybody else find this statement ironic?
"Artanis, a follower of the Khala, was chosen to carry the Uraj while Zeratul, a Dark Templar, would carry the Khalis. They were successful, scouring the Zerg from the planet."


On the other hand, what if alle 3 of the energies would be needed for a hybrid to stay alive. The weapon would negate one of the 3 energies so maybe the hybrid would also die. And there is no evidence that a hybrid would have both HT and TD energies so maybe it would be one of the two and not one of the three.

And why is it ironic?

[reject_666_6]

^It's ironic because the High Templars are the followers of the Khala, but the actual KhalIS crystal belongs to the Dark Templars. Khala - Khalis - Khala - Khalis - etc...

And it's true, I did think about whether Duran made the clones using either HT or DT genes... He could have just made a HT/DT hybrid and then just make a hybrid of that with the Zerg; or he could have just made different Hybrids with different Protoss... And it's true, we don't know whether the Temple affects targets with more than one energy signature, the only way for us to check would be to have had Tassadar alive and on Shakuras when it was used. But I can assume, can't I? ;D

[danhillman693]

Dark Templars are probably my favorite unit. They even sound cool when they die.

[danhillman693]

Here is the dragoon death sound byte.

[starcraft2iscoming]

listen to the dragoon when he dies....to me, it sound as he says F*** u...
Now that you think about it, and listen again, your right! lol

[WHAT!]

lmao thats awesome....

[mc2]

listen to the dragoon when he dies....to me, it sound as he says F*** u...


LOL, they have to be really angry because they died for the 2nd time....i would be really PO if i was brought back to life just to be killed again. and im PO that fenix died...

[coalescence]

listen to the dragoon when he dies....to me, it sound as he says F*** u...


I always thought I was mistakin by thinkin that.

[starcraft2iscoming]

Man how can you pilot a dragoon? your body is just stuffed in a metal case and filled with cold water. Do they use there mind powers to steer and fire it? And i would be pissed if i was brought back from the dead, to fight some more, until i die yet again. If i died as a dragoon, I'd say " AHH F**K NOT AGAIN!!!" Just watching a decomposing protoss body pored out of a metal machine alonge with cold water would make me barf!

[mc2]

The Dragoon would be glad that he's killed the 2nd time

Kerrigan: Fenix, you ready to die the second time?
Fenix: although I am ready to face my destiny......................the Khala awaits me.................(dies)

Raynor: NO!!!
Kerrigan: what are you so worked up about? He died the way every Protoss wish they could, in combat!
Raynor: that's it I'm gonna kill you one day!!!

[starcraft2iscoming]

Why cant dragoons become dragoons again if they died?

[Fenix]

Not enough bio-mass left over. Plus they're dead before they can recover them from the busted dragoon.

[reject_666_6]

Yeah, Dragoon guys didn't actually die when they were picked up, they were just critically injured. And we don't actually know whether it's impossible to become a Dragoon a second time. Some of them might have been re-rescued still alive and pretty fit do go out to fight again.

[starcraft2iscoming]

One thing i dont understand is that why do all dragoons talk like a computer robot? And Fenix talks as normal as any Protoss when he was a dragoon. ???

[reject_666_6]

The generic Dragoon probably had his throat damaged or something. But they don't use throats, they use telepathy, so that's a very good question... ???

[Heretic666)GC(]

Maybe it's just because the regular dragoon has to project his telepathy through the machine, but Fenix has a Supergoon so his voice is clearer. And if you look at zealots when they talk, lights flash in thier throats. Maybe those flashing lights were damaged and now they need artificial ones to talk.

[Zealous_Templar]

It's actually pronounced ZEL-IT. Dead serious.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zealot


Yea I used to say Zee-lot as well but then I took english in 10th grade and my teacher corrected me when I was explaining the game to him :D

[DontHate]

whoa... i thought it was zee lot too... becuase they always spell it zlot. oh well. zelit... how gay.
anyway, the new zelit is so cool when it dies. it's soul like fly's up, instead of burning in fire.

[[LightMare]]

ME TOO! i always pronounced it zeelot. not zealot. anyway, the voice is awesome. i especially like: "We are the blades of Aiur!"

[paragon]

it is NOT zel-it. You are hearing it wrong. It is Zel-uht. Just look at the prononciation thing (merriam webster doesn't seem to have the real ones because they suck). An upside-down e is pronounced like the a in about, the e in item, or the u in circus.

[[LightMare]]

there us basically no difference between those

[paragon]

ih and uh have a big difference. ih is from the front of your mouth. uh is from the back of your month. there are more technical terms for exactly what it is but i can't remember them.

[slugonice]

The new lines suck! We want the old voices back