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gamer102
07-13-2008, 3:54 PM
This (http://starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?s=1) shows a strange ad if you look closely at the glowing, orange sign. It advertises nuke cola, which is amusing, and also some silhouetted woman. (I think)

Does anyone else find this cool, awesome, weird, or just eh?

I also find that the Ultralisk is huge, compared to the SC ultralisk's size, in observations in screenshot 91 (http://starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?s=91) and 92 (http://starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?s=92)
DarkMirror
07-13-2008, 3:55 PM
The woman is a dancing night elf, I believe. (Theres also a holographic version) Also, older than dirt, we knew about this when the SC2 gameplay was first shown.
gamer102
07-13-2008, 3:57 PM
That must be my problem, not keeping up with the new.
NoobOfLore
07-13-2008, 6:02 PM
The dancing night elf is a somewhat recurring "easter egg"
And I would have to go "meh" about the ads, unless you can customize them. They're just signs. Flat objects with bright colors on them.
If you could customize them, that would be Awesome, otherwise, epic meh.
PaiN
07-13-2008, 6:14 PM
Ultralisks are big, and do seem bigger though. That can go to their disadvantage though. Harder to navigate, easier to spot, can be surrounded and blocked easier. I thinks its crazy that they can burrow =/


And the signs are old news.
RavenCrusade
07-13-2008, 7:00 PM
Indeed they are.

Another amusing advert can be found on the screeny 17 of 93.
An add for the Kel Morian Combine (or a drill, either one) featuring the slogan "Real Men Drill Deep"
neobowman
07-13-2008, 9:49 PM
Blizzard also previously stated that the ultralisks have been massively increased in size. They say it's the size of a Thor as you can see in Screenshot 91
WarInSerbia
07-15-2008, 3:40 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP3owovDg5M
Starcraft78cwal
07-20-2008, 9:16 PM
Ah, nothing better than a refreshing can of Nuke Cola.

Seriously, why are Ultralisks able to burrow? I think someone would notice a small crater-sized hole in the ground.
DarkMirror
07-20-2008, 9:51 PM
It doesn't remain visible for everyone, you know.
Besides, they did this a long time ago. Remember the SC: Ghost preview? That ultra came out of nowhere. It was almost certainly burrowed.
Starcraft78cwal
07-20-2008, 11:39 PM
I know, I'm just saying, in the *real* Starcraft universe, someone would probably notice an Ultralisk-sized hole.
Ktan
07-21-2008, 10:38 AM
Perhaps Ultralisks (or Zerg in general) are like rodents or octopuses (octopii?). Perhaps they can squeeze their bodies in through very small gaps, so the actual pits aren't all that big.

Also, it's presumable that the Zerg cover themselves with the dirt they bury into too. It's not about making perfect cover, it's about merely being unnoticeable at a glance.
masterofhobbiton
07-21-2008, 2:26 PM
If you watch the starcraft ghost intro, there's a hydralisk who unburrows in the middle of a bunch of rines, and he just bursts out of the ground, there's no hole at all. Which makes more sense, it explains why they need detection to spot the underground units.

3:55
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VxHi2ibsydc

And imagine an ultralisk doing it. :P *drools*
NoobOfLore
07-21-2008, 8:39 PM
Think of it like sinking into quicksand(I don't know they do it, but demonstration) or sinking your feet into the sand in the ocean. It gets covered up, but there's no hole where you went into the ground.
Ktan
07-28-2008, 6:16 AM
If you watch the starcraft ghost intro, there's a hydralisk who unburrows in the middle of a bunch of rines, and he just bursts out of the ground, there's no hole at all. Which makes more sense, it explains why they need detection to spot the underground units.

3:55
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VxHi2ibsydc

And imagine an ultralisk doing it. :P *drools*

In the 'fluff'/lore, Zerg actually make themselves hidden well before the battle, but it would be interesting if we could rationalise how they'd do it in the heat of a battle :P
Skullflower
07-28-2008, 9:29 PM
If you watch the starcraft ghost intro, there's a hydralisk who unburrows in the middle of a bunch of rines, and he just bursts out of the ground, there's no hole at all. Which makes more sense, it explains why they need detection to spot the underground units.

3:55
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VxHi2ibsydc

And imagine an ultralisk doing it. :P *drools*

Watching that makes me wish they hadnt cancelled SC:Ghost.