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[ZebioLizard2]

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1b. While the final two pictures are of Tyranid Warriors, who are ~extremely~ popular because they're an inexpensive Synapse creature.

That die to the very common S8 and cost as much as a terminator before kitting it out, needless to say they don't see play on many boards.

[Rolan7]

Spoiler: Thanks for coming to the no-ayy zone I'll let you have the last word (click to show/hide)

@IronyOwl
I'd rather politely drop it than present a stronger case, good points though.  The reason I called it parody was because the original Starcraft was pretty silly, at least the Terran unit design.  In my opinion most of them map closely to Space Marine units both in appearance and function, but with creative silly twists, hence "parody".  Warcraft 1 and 2 had silly units too, it was part of Blizzard's charm.  Of course the plots got serious and interesting, particularly in Brood War...  Haven't played the sequel.

Oh and Creaca just schooled me on some factual points too, so there you go.

[Jopax]

IIRC wasn't Starcraft 1 basically a reworked 40k prototype that Blizz finished after GW rejected their first proposal? Hence all the similarities and stuff.

[Teneb]

IIRC wasn't Starcraft 1 basically a reworked 40k prototype that Blizz finished after GW rejected their first proposal? Hence all the similarities and stuff.

That was Warcraft 1, I think. SC1 came later (1998), after WC2 even (1995).

[Flying Dice]

SC1 was just broadly inspired by 40K, as opposed to WC1 which was basically WHFB with the serial numbers filed off.

[Metalax]

Spoiler: Off topic Tyranid stuff sorry (click to show/hide)

3. Genestealers are the only member of the Tyranids that infest and infect creatures to control them. You can find a lot of information about this here http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Genestealer.

However, Genestealer infestation only became a thing in 2005, 7 years after the release of Starcraft, were it was covered in the WH40k fluff book Xenology. (Check it out, it's a pretty good read)

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Genestealer infestation goes back much further than that. It's at least touched on in a couple of stories in the original 1990 Deathwing anthology. Also touched on in the 1990 novel Inquisitor.

[ZeroGravitas]

Spoiler: Off topic Tyranid stuff sorry (click to show/hide)

3. Genestealers are the only member of the Tyranids that infest and infect creatures to control them. You can find a lot of information about this here http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Genestealer.

However, Genestealer infestation only became a thing in 2005, 7 years after the release of Starcraft, were it was covered in the WH40k fluff book Xenology. (Check it out, it's a pretty good read)

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Genestealer infestation goes back much further than that. It's at least touched on in a couple of stories in the original 1990 Deathwing anthology. Also touched on in the 1990 novel Inquisitor.

Whatever, it was all stolen from Bruce Sterling's 1982 novella, "The Swarm."

[IronyOwl]

IIRC wasn't Starcraft 1 basically a reworked 40k prototype that Blizz finished after GW rejected their first proposal? Hence all the similarities and stuff.

That was Warcraft 1, I think. SC1 came later (1998), after WC2 even (1995).

Urban legend. As implied by the fact that both versions exist, and in some cases exist simultaneously. And the fact that there's no source for any variant of it whatsoever.

[RAM]

Spoiler: snehkkid (click to show/hide)

clickbait

[Egan_BW]

dammit

[IronyOwl]

Pffft, sonova.

[Hawk132]

Damn you, RAM.

[RAM]

Sorry, I couldn't help it, the wordplay was too much to resist.

[Furtuka]

Holy shit the skulljack!

[GiglameshDespair]

Holy shit the skulljack!

"Come here, I need to pick your brains for a second."