The Cordyceps from the show is a fungus that spreads via tendrils and spores tooIn the games... spores were a big part of the gameplay and story. The infected when they died and were reduced to husks produced a fruiting body type of fungus which issued clouds of spores pervading interior spaces of buildings and the like. There are also types of infected that produced clouds of spores when they were killed or shot at. The TV series decided to change that for practical reasons and went over to mycelial tendrils as a means to portray how the fungus procreates, spreads and survives.
I don't get the reasons behind that creative choice personally since I much preferred the spore thing from the games, it made sense... besides not having the actors wearing gas masks for huge periods of time... which I suspect is the reason behind the change...but in the TV series so far, it kinda works
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Yup...and since thats how the real Cordyceps works, not a huge stretch of imagination for the story plot of the series. It also meant some clever-ish plot variations not having spores, since in the game, Joel is first convinced of Ellie's immunity after seeing her breathe spores, in the TV series...since that was now not an option, they had to go with (left the small spoilers with a click to reveal option) a second bite during the museum sequence.
I get the reasons for the change...having actors wearing gas masks for half an entire episode along with the technical and physical hurdles of that isn't practical for a TV series. Still much prefer the spores though, without those...how are the bloaters going to work?
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I guess we'll find out in later episodesYup...and since thats how the real Cordyceps works, not a huge stretch of imagination for the story plot of the series. It also meant some clever-ish plot variations not having spores, since in the game, Joel is first convinced of Ellie's immunity after seeing her breathe spores, in the TV series...since that was now not an option, they had to go with (left the small spoilers with a click to reveal option) a second bite during the museum sequence.
I get the reasons for the change...having actors wearing gas masks for half an entire episode along with the technical and physical hurdles of that isn't practical for a TV series. Still much prefer the spores though, without those...how are the bloaters going to work?
Most of us aren't playing the wave 1 PTU since when 3.18 eventually goes live, sometime this year hopefully, we're all getting wiped. Little point in using the PTU unless you're actually testing
As an aside to that, 3.17.5 as a live patch isn't much better
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It all makes sense, really. Spores hidden on unclean RTX 4090s infect unwary PC players, who fruit Idris like protrusions on their heads to sell to others while making odd clicking noises.I guess we'll find out in later episodes
Are you sure you're not a hybrid Roberts-Druckman?
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That's odd, I thought we all knew why he was 'doing this'. Remember kids, clicks makes money.
I'm more of a Rat King made out of the Powerplay leadersAre you sure you're not a hybrid Roberts-Druckman?
Dear god indeed. Although some of the comments are pointedly funny.
"I will never be jealous of people spending 25K on a game they've played for a day. It's called "not being stupid""
"These post are borderline mental illness."
If they were below the age of twelve you'd be phoning Apple about lax in game app purchases
"Hello Tim? Jimmys done it again and bought a solid gold Idris"
Imagine being the guy telling Pedro Pascal he has to wear a mask in this show too.I get the reasons for the change...having actors wearing gas masks for half an entire episode along with the technical and physical hurdles of that isn't practical for a TV series. Still much prefer the spores though, without those...how are the bloaters going to work?
@VR Golgot Another video request: a "Technobabble-on" compilation, even though we all know the best:
Yeah I could just run the SQ42 Reports through text-to-speech for that, easy
(A compilation of Jesus Techs could be fun though
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Oh when the rays come marching in...
(A compilation of Jesus Techs could be fun though
You could also do a special about the importance of bottles in games. Imagine: How all the bottles fell on LA's head and unmasked his claims as nollocks. How all the bottles under Mole's bedroom slow the server down. How you can improvise a deadly weapon just by throwing an empty bottle at the floor.
The bottle is refined metagaming. It's all you need to play a game and all you need to know to understand SC development.
The bottle is refined metagaming. It's all you need to play a game and all you need to know to understand SC development.
If you don't do this I will hunt you down..........(A compilation of Jesus Techs could be fun though
And tickle him!