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Brawnfire posted:Oh, so it doesn't do anything physical. Brawnfire literally thinks severe pain and possible brain damage/death is less disgusting than telepathic waves inducing a sleep state.
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If I was manning a guard post or something I sure as gently caress would rather be nerve-pinched than have my skull caved in, but I guess I'm just some skeevy pinko liberal or something.
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Brawnfire posted:Oh, so it doesn't do anything physical. I'm imagining a vulcan martial art which is all positioning and cautious movements with the end game being the neck pinch. Maybe that's what suus mahna is. It also may not be telepathic, didn't Data do it?
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May 27, 2014 20:49
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Yeah, it's a physical thing because Data did do it in Reunification and he sure as hell wasn't telepathic.
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May 27, 2014 21:05
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Apple Jax posted:Mildly related--I feel like I read somewhere that the Vulcan nerve pinch isn't actually doing anything physical to the victim but instead is like some version of the mild meld that puts the person to sleep. Sperg Alpha doesn't mention it...Maybe it was in Nimoy's "I am Not Spock"/"I am Spock"? It's been some 15 years since I read those so I seriously can't remember. That's what I always believed... Until they showed Data doing it. edit: beaten to the punch, but here is a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yxgLMHjGoE#t=22
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May 27, 2014 21:10
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But then again, McCoy tries and fails. And he has Spock's katra all up in his poo poo. Maybe being liquored up on Jim Beam makes it harder to perform?
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May 27, 2014 21:11
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:Brawnfire literally thinks severe pain and possible brain damage/death is less disgusting than telepathic waves inducing a sleep state. I live in a grim world-line.
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May 27, 2014 21:14
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:I would really have liked for the transporters to gently caress up imperceptibly once in a while. You know, misalign the capilliaries in your fingers kind of thing. You're fine for a while, but eventually your fingers discolour, go numb, and it's off to loving sickbay for the fifth time this year, goddamn it I'm never using transporter room 16 again. I'm down with the transporter giving people Raynaud's Phenomenon.
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May 27, 2014 21:25
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:But then again, McCoy tries and fails. And he has Spock's katra all up in his poo poo. It's a strength thing. McCoy can't do it because katra or not, he's still a weedy human. Vulcans are stronger than humans and Data being stronger than a Vulcan is what let's them do the move.
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May 27, 2014 21:26
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Well if it isn't the transported Mr. McGregg!
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jng2058 posted:It's a strength thing. McCoy can't do it because katra or not, he's still a weedy human. Vulcans are stronger than humans and Data being stronger than a Vulcan is what let's them do the move. Didn't Archer do it?
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May 27, 2014 21:50
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Burning_Monk posted:Didn't Archer do it? Yes, also Picard, Odo, and Seven of Nine.
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May 27, 2014 22:02
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Cat Hatter posted:Yes, also Picard, Odo, and Seven of Nine.
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May 27, 2014 22:28
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Maybe Bones is just loving poo poo at it.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Maybe Bones is just loving poo poo at it. The key to the Vulcan Nerve Pinch is an underlying and basic respect for the Vulcan philosophy of logic over emotion. Bones has no such respect.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Maybe Bones is just loving poo poo at it. Emony's full quote about Bones is actually "He had the hands of a surgeon, but weak rear end grip strength".
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jscolon2.0 posted:Emony's full quote about Bones is actually "He had the hands of a surgeon, but weak rear end grip strength". Man that callback/forward was the best part of STID. Shame about that.
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May 27, 2014 23:04
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jscolon2.0 posted:Emony's full quote about Bones is actually "He had the hands of a surgeon, but weak rear end grip strength". I'm sure his rear end-gripping strength was pretty good, though.
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Archer (the show) plays the whole getting knocked out thing straight and it's awesome. Try not to be unconscious for too long because it's super bad for you.
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JediTalentAgent posted:I'm sure his rear end-gripping strength was pretty good, though. Good enough for a Trill gymnast, apparently.
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Sash! posted:Try not to be unconscious for too long because it's super bad for you. I'm unconscious for like, seven hours everyday 
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May 28, 2014 01:54
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Actually, the Vulcan nerve-pinch is just a more logical, elegant, and refined version of the double-handed whammy punch to the shoulderblade that everyone uses to knock people out.
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Apple Jax posted:I posted about this project I was working on about a year ago here, but my small studio just launched a kickstarter for it today and I'm gonna shamelessly post it: God drat, I knew you were cool but I didn't know you were this loving awesome. You have sixteen of my credits!
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I'm amazed you Vulcan apologists buy the "harmless incapacitating" thing hook line and sinker. Do YOU know what a Vulcan mind can do to the fragile human psyche? Can you be entirely sure Spock isn't burning out important sections of brain tissue with every gentle nudge towards unconsciousness? These Vulcans played god with our people for far too long for me to suddenly take their mystical bullshit at face value. I'd rather my brain be pulped by a sustained PHASER burst than let some pointy-eared wizard mess around in it. You're all so credulous it's sickening; why, I think the Mirror Cochrane had it right all along.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Maybe Bones is just loving poo poo at it.
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Apple Jax posted:I posted about this project I was working on about a year ago here, but my small studio just launched a kickstarter for it today and I'm gonna shamelessly post it: Game looks really cool. I shared it on twitter with some of my trekkie nerd buds. That should hopefully bring a few bucks in. I love how Icarus fumbles the stardate in the beginning and thinks he's a badass when he cuts off the klingon.
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May 28, 2014 03:08
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Gammatron 64 posted:Now Captain Kirk, that guy is a fighter. Saw this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAWnDksru4g) in the related videos and it made me appreciate how loving awesome TOS is Bicyclops posted:But actually that second thing is what looks bad whereas the choreographed dance fighting that permeates throughout most fiction (and is created by fight choreographers and not writers) makes better viewing. I think realistic looking fight scenes can be made to be compelling, like in the Bourne movies.
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May 28, 2014 04:41
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Gau posted:God drat, I knew you were cool but I didn't know you were this loving awesome. You have sixteen of my credits! Ha, thanks! You guys rule for backing it! Unfortunately it looks like random chance has not operated in our favor and we won't come close to our goal. Our past (much smaller) games were made in our free time while holding down other full time jobs (if we got funded we would have worked on this full time). Now, maybe we might still work on this on a much MUCH smaller scale, but who knows!
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Don't give up on it! Post more updates. Encourage people to share/tweet/snapgram. You've already made a ton of money! (I really want this game to happen.)
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Gau posted:Don't give up on it! Post more updates. Encourage people to share/tweet/snapgram. You've already made a ton of money! It's kickstarter, they haven't made any money unless they get the full amount.
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Apple Jax posted:Ha, thanks! You guys rule for backing it! Unfortunately it looks like random chance has not operated in our favor and we won't come close to our goal.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Maybe being liquored up on Jim Beam makes it harder to perform? It certainly does 
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Have you posted it on reddit? They will usually spread it around to all their dumb friends.
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Your project would be fully-funded by now if you would just accept FedCred, the decentralized cryptocurrency of the 24th century.
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We already exhausted our media (4 major gaming site reviews and a few minor). And I actually did try to get some Trek sites to write about us but none got back to me. With these types of kickstarters you make most of your pledges in the first few days. Anyway, I appreciate all of your concern! Anyway, I don't want the thread to turn into Kickstarter chat. PM me if you want more info!
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:But then again, McCoy tries and fails. And he has Spock's katra all up in his poo poo. I kinda figured the big-rear end collar was throwing him off, and/or he lacked the coordination to pull it off. McCoy was kinda fumbling the whole way through. I also remember reading somewhere that it was supposed to be some kind of vibration thing, where the technique involved vibrating your fingers super-fast or something at a certain frequency, and that was how Data was able to pull it off. I don't know how actual or legit that is though.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:I would really have liked for the transporters to gently caress up imperceptibly once in a while. You know, misalign the capilliaries in your fingers kind of thing. You're fine for a while, but eventually your fingers discolour, go numb, and it's off to loving sickbay for the fifth time this year, goddamn it I'm never using transporter room 16 again. Considering the complexity of the brain, with that kind of margin of error a few misaligned capillaries would probably be the least of your concerns! Cojawfee posted:It's kickstarter, they haven't made any money unless they get the full amount. Its been a couple of years so I don't remember the exact numbers, but I remember seeing some stats from them which indicated almost all funded projects exceed their goals by ~20% of the deadline, and I doubt that's changed much. I went in on the $11 tier anyway though, game looks cool as hell. 
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 Speaking of Robert Picardo, did anyone back up the GIF archive before we discovered the terrible secret of the Star Trek thread?
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I'm trying to get it pinged CFCwide (EVE assholes) but sadly my power isn't was it was...
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Apple Jax posted:Ha, thanks! You guys rule for backing it! Unfortunately it looks like random chance has not operated in our favor and we won't come close to our goal. You've got some serious competition on Kickstarter now, Levar Burton just launched one to bring back Reading Rainbow https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/readingrainbow/bring-reading-rainbow-back-for-every-child-everywh for only $10,000 you can wear (but not keep) the original Geordie visor!
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