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Re: Aren't we the aliens?

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:14 pm
by AcolyteOfRocket
What we need is the ability to abduct biters and experiment on them...

.. and steal their women.

Re: Aren't we the aliens?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:53 am
by golfmiketango
mod idea: "free blanket" item that slowly kills biters by the thousands.

Re: Aren't we the aliens?

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:02 am
by featherwinglove
AcolyteOfRocket wrote:What we need is the ability to abduct biters and experiment on them...

.. and steal their women.
Alright, that last line has some serious explaining to do!

(Edit: In quite a moment of horror, I realized that Anita Sarkeesian and I might actually agree on something.)

Re: Aren't we the aliens?

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:14 am
by 5thHorseman
featherwinglove wrote:
AcolyteOfRocket wrote:What we need is the ability to abduct biters and experiment on them...

.. and steal their women.
Alright, that last line has some serious explaining to do!
If this guy can want to steal our women, then I figure somebody can find anybody attractive.

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Re: Aren't we the aliens?

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 1:43 pm
by ssilk
There is the originating thread about this subject:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1340 Call Biters/Creepers Natives

Date: 30 Sep 2013, 4 years ago.

Re: Aren't we the aliens?

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 2:50 am
by featherwinglove
If we're talking about stealing "alien" women vs. stealing "native" women, the line still has a lot of explaining to do. What native women are like. Later, she says "This wilderness is my home. ... You can make yourself useful by bringing your Federation medicine to the natives. Oh, you'll find them a friendly, simple folk." (And that's nothing compared to the stomach acid she has for Romulans! I find myself wishing she'd met the Borg.)

Re: Aren't we the aliens?

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:38 pm
by AcolyteOfRocket
5thHorseman wrote:
featherwinglove wrote:
AcolyteOfRocket wrote:What we need is the ability to abduct biters and experiment on them...

.. and steal their women.
Alright, that last line has some serious explaining to do!
If this guy can want to steal our women, then I figure somebody can find anybody attractive.

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Look ! That human woman is leading 3 guys to kidnap a biter female !!! - Send it to Kovarex as concept art :D

[Poll] How should the enemies be called?

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 12:20 am
by ownlyme
Most people call them 'Biters' but i feel like that's not really correct since some of them are spitters.
Post your ideas and i will add them to the poll
(doesnt work anymore)

Re: Call Biters/Creepers Natives

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 8:20 am
by Koub
[Koub] Did a massive merge of all the topics with the same (or very similar) biters are not biters/aliens, and brainstorming to find a good alternative. The poll is still there, but that explains why less votes than posts.

Re: [Poll] How should the enemies be called?

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:31 am
by 5thHorseman
If calling them "Biters" is wrong I don't wanna be right.

Re: [Poll] How should the enemies be called?

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 2:28 pm
by ownlyme
Hmm I'm not able to change the voting options.. maybe because the topics got merged
i'd like to add the options
Bugs
Arthropods
Nauvians
Nauvisians
(from the previous topics)

Re: [Poll] How should the enemies be called?

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 2:52 pm
by dog80
biters
or you can also call them buggers - filthy or nasty buggers

Re: [Poll] How should the enemies be called?

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 3:49 pm
by Jap2.0
ownlyme wrote:
Sat Oct 20, 2018 2:28 pm
Hmm I'm not able to change the voting options.. maybe because the topics got merged
i'd like to add the options
Bugs
Arthropods
Nauvians
Nauvisians
(from the previous topics)
I don't think that's possible without resetting the poll.

Re: [Poll] How should the enemies be called?

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 12:18 am
by PurpleGreen
it's either biters or fuckers ... depending on the situation ;D

Re: [Poll] How should the enemies be called?

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 3:20 am
by Oktokolo
They are camping on our oil and ore fields - so they must be the natives and we should bring them our democracy and freedom using our shiny artillery trains and rocket launchers.

Re: [Poll] How should the enemies be called?

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 1:59 pm
by Hannu
Biters and spitters sound like temporary names which researchers often give for new animals (and other natural phenomena) to refer them in their work. They make scientific species determination later and suggest scientific name according to official rules, which I think is accepted by some international research organization.

In my opinion it fits very well in Factorio's story that Nauvis is recently found planet and the player is a member of pioneer astronaut group who intended to make first observations and collect samples to planet geologists and exobiologists who make actual determination and official naming of living creatures. Then they had some severe "mission anomaly" and player is only surviver, who gives just some descriptive names for dangerous species. Probably there are huge number of species who are not significant from gaming perspective and do not need name, attention or even to be modeled in the game.