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Just a thought - why do all in-game zerg-infested human females retain some if not all of their original physical features when nearly all of their male counterparts (the only exception so far being Alexandr Stukov) are mutated beyond recognition?I do not own a copy of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty yet.
Infested Ariel, Starcraft II, and Zerg (c) Blizzard
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Zerg share a lot of similarity's with a hive, and in bugs, the females tend to be the most intelligent and such. Not always the case but.... well just look at ants and bees for example.
How this relates to the mutation part.... I dunnu. Maybe the devs like the female body shape?
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Fanservice, most likely.
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Because Sarah's mutation was hand-crafted by Abathur, not really changing her outsides.
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While a reasonable explanation as of HotS, the poster reflects on prior to its release.
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Duran looked fully human.
Course, he wasn't really human in the first place...
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Exactly.
Personally, I was happy to see him die on-screen in Heart of the Swarm.
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Like Duke Nukem would say: I'd still hit it!!!"
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To each their own. I'm not judging, so long as it's not forced on me.
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hehe. I meant this as a joke. That line just came to my mind as soon as i seen this so i just typed it in 
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Otherwise saying I'm tolerant but not that tolerant.
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if you don't believ that Blizzard wants us t realize that when they become zergy, we can see their exposed chests, you are silly.
But otherwise, I would assume that it's that Men are stronger/have more adrenaline...
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Whatever appeals to fanboy fetishes, I guess. Of course, it gets creepier when members of the fanbase take Rule 34 to heart.
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Goddamned 4Chan.
You've ruined me ~,~
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Cool art, and curious question. Lets see then. Kerrigan's mutation took a long time, and she became pretty much a full zerg, while retaining basic human form more or less. From what I understood, her psychic power let her dictate the basic form she had, and the zerg evolution only added to that, without outright altering the 'base template' too much.
Basic terran marines are convicts, a lot of them having had their mind practically 'wiped clean'. Such a thug is likely to possess little will power. Hence, rapid conversion and less control over their form.
Now as for this woman, she was a brilliant scientist, but I dont think they ever mentioned her having psychic powers. So perhaps she's more of a case of an 'average human change', between the terran marine 'blanks' and Kerrigan's high-level-psychic change.
Just my thoughts.
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Plausible, although the nature of the zerg hyper-evolutionary virus greatly depends on genetic compatability - most terrans, even psychics, would be rendered mindless drones and thus unable to become as advanced as Kerrigan (barring the few that have reached this stage through heavy reliance on nanites that not only preserve or regain their intelligence but also keep their zerg instincts in check).
That much can all be seen here:
Hyper-Evolutionary Virus: [link]
Mutate: [link]
But then again, people do tend to chalk it up to be fanservice.
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Well I am not as well versed in the lore of the world as you appear to be, so I'll concede at that point. I provided my point of view and you've given me something interesting to think about in turn. Still, its an interesting development as is, and the Zerg infection does carry its pros and cons it seems, but the cons so far outweight the pros for most folks. Kerrigan was primed for her role by the leader of the Zerg, so guessing her situation is unique due to that, and any others are just going to be pale imitations (or fanfiction).
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More or less. In the lore, there have so far only been two other "natural" advanced infested humans - Vice Admiral Alexei Stukov in StarCraft 64 (who was rather upset about losing control of his own brood after his infestation was reversed), and Ethan Steward from the Dark Templar Saga.
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Because female characters just have to be pretty XD You know, fanservice. Kinda
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Well, Kerrigan was a special case, as she was made to keep her sentience.
The Doctor was not fully transformed when Raynor fought her.
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Yeah, it seems to only relate to the level of sentience retained. Still, the actual message is more an issue of fanservice.
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1. Men are the expendable gender (obvious reasons )
2. Most gamers are male (apparently )
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Therefore, most gamers are expendable.
Joking aside, I'm familiar with the tropes.
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Two words: Artistic Liberties.
Also, what do you mean by their original physical features? Do you mean two arms and two legs? 'Cause with the exception to the Aberration I'm pretty sure males get to keep that, too. And when it comes to infested men retaining their humanoid forms, don't count out Ethan Stewart. That dude looked less mutated than Kerrigan. Not sure about you, but Hanson looks pretty fucked up in this picture. If you're insinuating that she's been given sex appeal to attract male viewers...well...then those have to be some pretty fucked up viewers as well.
Do you mean facial features, then? If memory serves, the basic infected terran unit in the game still has normal looking eyes, ears, lips, nose, and jawline (the only real change is that he's bald and ready for full-on tentacle porn). So then, what exactly do you mean by "features"? Specificity is always nice.
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Much of that thought was a retcon to the first Starcraft, when infested terrans were effectively heavily mutated suicide bombers with very few in-game male exceptions, but yes it pertained to facial features. Again, I'm only keeping this in line with the games.
At the time I made this, I didn't look over the infested colonists with high regard. I'm sure someone could have come up with a cameo image that was more than just guys with massive tumours.
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Ah, now I see what you're saying. And I understand where you're coming from.
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Halo: The Flood
Dead Space: Necromorphs
Starcraft: Zerg
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Im asmuing the other human femals your referinng to is Kerrigan, so I offer this theory. Kerrigan and Hanson were both infested under different circumstances than most humans are,which is by the spread of the virus. Kerrigan was specially turned into her infested state by the Overmind. Hanson used herself as a test subject for her antivirus research.
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Actually, the exception I THINK you mean is not Stukov, its Samir Duran, from the Brood War expansion
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I get the hint that very few people know about Starcraft 64...
Samir Duran is a very difficult character to comprehend. While he did work for Kerrigan during the Zerg campaign, it is entirely possible that he is not even human to begin with and only chose to appear human out of convenience to further his plans. In short, he is roughly comparable to Kane from the C&C Tiberium series, even while Kerrigan worked the strings in hers.
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You're probably right. I highly doubt there's many who know about SC64 myself. (I happen to have a limited edition copy of it myself, but most people I know didn't think it existed. XD)
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I managed to get the scenario in a torrented copy of SC+BW, likely as a result of the shared files including the various map packs.
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Nah, just nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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Not according to this Starcraft wiki page, which is supported in Starcraft 64. [link]
Despite his in-game name in the Zerg campaign, Samir Duran is hard to pick out clearly as an infested terran. For one, no one, not even Kerrigan (who has seen her share of conspiracies and plots, and let's not forget that she's a telepath), was able to detect Duran's ulterior motives until he left them for good - the bonus level in Brood War is indicative of that. Also, his statement that he's been around for millenia and was serving a higher power, although questionable, begs to ask whether Duran was even human to begin with.
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not changing the fact that alexi isnt zerg.
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terribly sorry, i never played the n 64 version of the game, and so i didnt realize there were bonus missions the computer nerds never got to see.
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No worries. I've never played it either.
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It's been a while since a lost interest in buying it. Instead, I've been playing a really awesome RT4X game called Sins of a Solar Empire for the past month.
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But hey, he gets Kerrigan in the end.
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