"Muta"lisks that don't mutate

[Triceron]

Oh Christ, lighten up...will ya? It wasn't meant as a serious post. But my point still stands, the race has devolved in the ways I outlined.

Because you're picking and choosing all the negative elements that stand out?

If I pointed out all the things wrong about any series compared to its predecessor, it'd look just as 'devolved'.

[Shadow Archon]

In the 4 years since brood wars the Zerg have actually de-evolved in many ways.

- Hydras can no longer evolve to lurkers.
- Mutalisks can no longer evolve into anything.
- The queen is now a grounded unit without the ability to fly.
- Overlords lost innate detection.
- Burrow takes longer in the evolutionary chain of events to become available.

They still have all of those in lore though.......

"HYDRA"lisk

it only has 1 head instead of multiple like a hydra...thats dumb.

Hydra:

1. Greek Mythology The many-headed monster that was slain by Hercules.
2. A constellation in the equatorial region of the southern sky near Cancer, Libra, and Centaurus. Also called Snake2.
3. A persistent or multifaceted problem that cannot be eradicated by a single effort.

"marines"

are also part of the general army infantry. when in fact they are suppose to be closely coordinated with the navy and seperate from the army.

Marines - members of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at sea
Marine Corps, United States Marine Corps, United States Marines, US Marine Corps, USMC - an amphibious division of the United States Navy
armed service, military service, service -a force that is a branch of the armed forces
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

Do some research please.

[MattII]

Pulling the first paragraph from the Wikipedia article:

Marines from the English adjective marine, meaning of the sea, via French marin(e), of the sea from Latin marinus ("maritime"), are military forces similar to the army. Historically the marine forces or marine corps are infantry forces that are part of the country's navy. However, in some countries the marine force or marine corps are under independent command.

And from dictionary.reference.com:

–noun
6. a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
7. one of a class of naval troops serving both on shipboard and on land.
8. seagoing ships collectively, esp. with reference to nationality or class; shipping in general.
9. a picture with a marine subject; seascape.
10. naval affairs, or the department of a government, as in France, having to do with such affairs.

Just because the Americans do things their way doesn't change the definition.

[Shadow Archon]

Just because the Americans do things their way doesn't change the definition.

marine definition

ma·rine (mə rēn′)

adjective

1.
1. of the sea or ocean
2. inhabiting, found in, or formed by the sea
2.
1. of navigation on the sea; nautical
2. of shipping by sea; maritime
3. used, or to be used, at sea a marine engine
4.
1. trained for service at sea and on land, as certain troops
2. of such troops

Etymology: ME maryne < L marinus < mare, the sea: see mare

noun

1.
1. a member of a marine military force
2. ☆ a member of the United States Marine Corps
2. naval or merchant ships collectively; seagoing ships; fleet the merchant marine
3. in some countries, the department of government in charge of naval affairs
4. a picture of a ship or a sea scene

ma·rine
   /məˈrin/ Show Spelled[muh-reen] Show IPA
–adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea: marine vegetation.
2.
pertaining to navigation or shipping; nautical; naval; maritime.
3.
serving on shipboard, as soldiers.
4.
of or belonging to the marines.
5.
adapted for use at sea: a marine barometer.
–noun
6.
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
7.
one of a class of naval troops serving both on shipboard and on land.
8.
seagoing ships collectively, esp. with reference to nationality or class; shipping in general.
9.
a picture with a marine subject; seascape.
10.
naval affairs, or the department of a government, as in France, having to do with such affairs.
—Idioms
11.
dead marine, Australian Slang. an empty bottle of beer or spirits.
12.
tell it/thatto the marines! I don't believe your story; I refuse to be fooled.

Marine
Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.
Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits.
A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.
The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine.
A picture representing some marine subject.

All of these sources have definitions that fit with the marine. The definition still sticks.

[dyermaker]

Are you guys really arguing about marines?

Replace the "SEA" with "SPACE". Do I even need to point this out, like really? How the hell do you think marines get to different planets? Space-SHIPS-. Ever hear of the Colonial Marines from aliens? How about the Imperial Navy in Star Wars? Or perhaps you'd like to see some star destroyers floating in a lake somewhere?

This is just a ridiculous argument and not even deserving of the time I took to write this.

[Shadow Archon]

Are you guys really arguing about marines?

Replace the "SEA" with "SPACE". Do I even need to point this out, like really? How the hell do you think marines get to different planets? Space-SHIPS-. Ever hear of the Colonial Marines from aliens? How about the Imperial Navy in Star Wars? Or perhaps you'd like to see some star destroyers floating in a lake somewhere?

This is just a ridiculous argument and not even deserving of the time I took to write this.

The funny thing is that Star Destroyers can actually operate aquatically. But yeah, all the names stick with all the units.

[dyermaker]

lol, really? I didn't know that. Would be cool to see though.

[Shadow Archon]

lol, really? I didn't know that. Would be cool to see though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3wLesNq4LI

Stupid music, but that is the scene.

[DemolitionSquid]

Nearly all military space faring organizations in sci-fi have based themselves off of navy terms and protocol. Marines are navy grunts. Fleets of (star) ships loaded with Marines is a standard of the genre and makes perfect sense. Far more than basing it off the ground-based Army.

[SinsWage]

My point is that in Starcraft and Brood War there were no player creatable units that were axed from the multiplayer. I know there were hero units and some unique units, like Zerg hunter-killer, that appeared in the campaign but there were, and correct me if I'm wrong, no units that a player could create in campaign that they could not create in multiplayer.