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2008/12/03 10:55:12
Subject: Re:Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Proud Triarch Praetorian
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Mekniakal wrote:ixlar wrote:Mekniakal wrote:Tyranids are totally copied from the Zerg.
'Nuff said.
Well, considering that the Tyranids were around before Starcraft, I would say that the Zerg were a total rip off of the Tyranids.
I'm pretty sure starcraft was made in the 80's.
If I remember correctly, Starcraft was originally being made to be a Warhammer 40k game.
I may be wrong on that though.
ANYWAYS! Saltines are Crackers! You're name is KingCracker! You are the King of Saltines! (Am I doing it right?)
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2008/12/03 11:58:57
Subject: Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Morphing Obliterator
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POST NUKED BY THE MODQUISITION FOR FLAMING AND PROFANITY.
Seriously, it's probably an innocent mistake and the poor guy's already being made fun of.
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2008/12/03 13:03:02
Subject: Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Plummeting Black Templar Thunderhawk Pilot
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@Tek
lmao!! thats just epic
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2008/12/03 13:52:30
Subject: Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Blood Angel Neophyte Undergoing Surgeries
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Deductive reasoning: a powerful tool....when used.
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2008/12/03 15:22:26
Subject: Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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[MOD]
Otiose in a Niche
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Tek wrote:Flaming edited by the Modquisition
ROFL.
Meh, we all make mistakes.
Back off-topic, remember those movies that were popular a couple years ago? The Twin Towers, Fellows in the Ring, Return of the Ring and all that?
Full of elfs and dwarfs and orcs and stuff. TOTAL RIP OFF OF GW! They even had a bloodthirster!
I walked out I was so pissed off.
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2008/12/04 03:43:44
Subject: Re:Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Ork Boy Hangin' off a Trukk
Olympia, Waaaghshinton
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Dreadwinter wrote:Mekniakal wrote:ixlar wrote:Mekniakal wrote:Tyranids are totally copied from the Zerg.
'Nuff said.
Well, considering that the Tyranids were around before Starcraft, I would say that the Zerg were a total rip off of the Tyranids.
I'm pretty sure starcraft was made in the 80's.
If I remember correctly, Starcraft was originally being made to be a Warhammer 40k game.
I may be wrong on that though.
ANYWAYS! Saltines are Crackers! You're name is KingCracker! You are the King of Saltines! (Am I doing it right?)
Your right. For some reason GW didn't want to be associated with the game at the last second. I guess they though it would bomb...
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2008/12/04 12:20:41
Subject: Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Plummeting Black Templar Thunderhawk Pilot
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The poor fools
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2008/12/04 12:27:08
Subject: Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Lead-Footed Trukkboy Driver
Brighton, Uk
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Arctik_Firangi wrote:If you started this hobby under the age of fifteen, it's very likely that GW has ripped off your mum.
****ing gold!
I love this thread. I hope the OP doesn't feel offended cos this clearly isn't aimed at him.
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Orkeosaurus wrote:Yeah, but when he get's out he'll still be in Russia, so joke's on him.
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2008/12/04 21:17:14
Subject: Re:Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Monstrous Master Moulder
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Harlequins are also a rugby team  but do Eldar play Rugby? no croquet is more their kinda thing
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2008/12/05 01:05:35
Subject: Re:Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Grey Knight Psionic Stormraven Pilot
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Mekniakal wrote:ixlar wrote:Mekniakal wrote:Tyranids are totally copied from the Zerg.
'Nuff said.
Well, considering that the Tyranids were around before Starcraft, I would say that the Zerg were a total rip off of the Tyranids.
I'm pretty sure starcraft was made in the 80's.
Starcraft came out in '98. It was a Windows game. Not DOS.
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2008/12/11 08:47:03
Subject: Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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InyokaMadoda wrote:Yep, I'm pretty sure that it's from 16th Century Italian theatre. And I think that came before GW....
Harlequin is french, actually.
from M.Fr. harlequin, from O.Fr. Herlequin, Hellequin, etc., leader of la maisnie Hellequin, a troop of demons who rode the night air on horses. He corresponds to O.E. Herla cyning "King Herla," mythical character sometimes identified as Woden; possibly also the same as the Ger. Erlkönig "Elf King" of the Goethe poem. Sometimes also associated with Herrequin, 9c. count of Boulogne, who was proverbially wicked.
In Eng. pantomime, a mute character who carries a magic wand. His It. form, arlecchino, is one of the stock characters of commedia del'arte. From his ludicrous dress comes the Eng. meaning "particolored" (1779).
The joker's girlfriend, is Harleen Quinzel, "Harley Quinn" is her aka. She shares the same inspiration and the same source material as the whole clown posse Harlequin eldar.
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Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2008/12/11 10:51:31
Subject: Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Battlefortress Driver with Krusha Wheel
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Fair enough. Didn't know that. Still predates GW though...
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2008/12/11 10:54:45
Subject: Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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[MOD]
Otiose in a Niche
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InyokaMadoda wrote:Fair enough. Didn't know that. Still predates GW though...
Yeah but only by 200 years or so. Easy mistake to make.
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2008/12/11 10:58:34
Subject: Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Battlefortress Driver with Krusha Wheel
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I guess....
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2008/12/17 05:56:01
Subject: Re:Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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drinking ale on the ground like russ intended
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and don't forget that blood bowl is a rip off of football all those chain saw weilding loonies and death rollers
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2008/12/17 06:02:40
Subject: Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Serious Squig Herder
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My friend told me that Space Marines are ripped off from the super-hero Spawn.
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2008/12/17 07:56:14
Subject: Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Scarred Ultramarine Tyrannic War Veteran
Maple Valley, Washington, Holy Terra
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It's all the skulls, innit?
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2009/01/02 17:15:58
Subject: Re:Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Mekniakal wrote:ixlar wrote:Mekniakal wrote:Tyranids are totally copied from the Zerg.
'Nuff said.
Well, considering that the Tyranids were around before Starcraft, I would say that the Zerg were a total rip off of the Tyranids.
I'm pretty sure starcraft was made in the 80's.
You're wrong. I assumed mid-90s, but a tiny bit of research showed that it was released in '98.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft_(series)
Let's be honest though, the genestealers are directly inspired by Alien. The game Space Hulk was directly inspired by the film Aliens. Tyranids as a whole owe something to Heinlein's Starship Troopers, as does the whole Imperium. Inspiration is what drives all creative endeavour, and as long as they are something more than the sum of the inspirational parts, or evolution makes something new, I have no problem with it.
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2009/01/03 04:17:28
Subject: Eldar Harlequins: Cool name but ripped off
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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Hey those one of the bad guys in Gears of War are Genestealers for crying out loud, people will always get inspiration from others.
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