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02-29-2012, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Omacron

Well, bear in mind that all intelligent life in the galaxy was manipulated somewhat by the Protheans to turn out the way they did, so most races being roughly humanoid (because the Protheans were, too) makes sense. That said, Asari and humans look a LOT like eachother... it could be the Protheans did that on purpose for whatever reason.

50,000 years ago was when Prothean civilization fell, and that was a point where Homo Sapiens had already been developing on Earth for several thousand years. I'm not sure if the Protheans actually manipulated anything on Earth, I think that their outpost on Mars was just to observe Earth's development rather than manipulate it.

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Also, actual, physical sex is not required for Asari reproduction. It's all... biotic/psychic mind melding. Apparently Asari can read your genetic code and use that information to randomize their potential offspring's genes.

Why do they need tits and a uterus then? Do they breastfeed?

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#2077 02-29-2012, 02:42 PM
Omacron Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York Posts: 26,725 BattleTag: Omacron#1477	I think the prothean explicitly says "manipulated' though. As for the tits... do we know if they actually lactate or if they serve some other function? ... fuck why am I having this discussion. __________________

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02-29-2012, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Omacron

I think the prothean explicitly says "manipulated' though.

Did it? I thought that the Protheans were just observers, not Titan-esque interveners.

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As for the tits... do we know if they actually lactate or if they serve some other function?

So far the only reason I can think of for their existance is to make them appealing to humans.

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... fuck why am I having this discussion.

Because this is the most important debate of our generation. I'm supposed to be writing a paper on Canada's role in the Vietnam War right now but instead I'm talking about alien tits on the internet.

#2079 02-29-2012, 03:20 PM
Omacron Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York Posts: 26,725 BattleTag: Omacron#1477	Huh, so in somewhat related news the main character of the iOS spinoff Mass Effect: Infiltrator is the same guy who voiced JC Denton in Deus Ex. A bomb! __________________

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02-29-2012, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Omacron

I think the prothean explicitly says "manipulated' though.

As for the tits... do we know if they actually lactate or if they serve some other function?

... fuck why am I having this discussion.

Maybe. Or maybe they're just an irregularly-shaped breastbone and our chemistry is manipulated to attribute them to human breasts, which most humans find appealing in some way.

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02-29-2012, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Omacron

Huh, so in somewhat related news the main character of the iOS spinoff Mass Effect: Infiltrator is the same guy who voiced JC Denton in Deus Ex.

A bomb!

Too bad we didnt get Jensen, im sure he never asked for this

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02-29-2012, 05:01 PM

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Leaked "Destroy" ending (music is from LOST)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QIQf...layer_embedded

What a shame.

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02-29-2012, 05:03 PM

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also, this is hilarious:
http://www.tubedubber.com/#HbPFgCqbR...ZY:0:100:0:0:1

Oh my god Shepard, a bomb!

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02-29-2012, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Fojar

Why do they need tits and a uterus then? Do they breastfeed?

I'd always assumed it was a way to make other species more willing to "meld" with them.

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02-29-2012, 06:04 PM

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I'd always assumed it was a way to make other species more willing to "meld" with them.

Thats where they store their element zero, you know for all the biotic shizz

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02-29-2012, 06:12 PM

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What the fuck kind of word is 'biotic,' anyway?

It means the same as "biological".

As in "biologically making mass effect fields", since that's what they're doing: they're just organic beings doing the same stuff machines can do.

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#2092 02-29-2012, 06:12 PM
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02-29-2012, 06:15 PM

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Yeah, they already talk about their appearance in-game. At the bachelor party in ME2, the NPCs say that the asari only take on attractive body features to make them more appealing to alien races.

That doesn't explain why they looked like humans before meeting humans.

And don't say it's an illusion since they can wear human clothes so they have to be mostly shaped like us.

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02-29-2012, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Omacron

That doesn't explain why they looked like humans before meeting humans.

And don't say it's an illusion since they can wear human clothes so they have to be mostly shaped like us.

Maybe asari just have tits.

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02-29-2012, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Omacron

That doesn't explain why they looked like humans before meeting humans.

And don't say it's an illusion since they can wear human clothes so they have to be mostly shaped like us.

Out of all the races in the Galaxy, the race of intergalactic sluts happens to look like attractive Human females.

The fuck is that shit, Bioware!

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02-29-2012, 07:04 PM

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I'm pretty sure some artists from Bioware admitted in one of the early interviews for ME1 that asari were intentionally designed to be the archtypical hot blue space babe.

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02-29-2012, 07:42 PM

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I'm pretty sure some artists from Bioware admitted in one of the early interviews for ME1 that asari were intentionally designed to be the archtypical hot blue space babe.

Star Trek taught us the colour is supposed to be green! They did it wrong!

GO BACK AND DO MASS EFFECT ALL OVER AGAIN!

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Originally Posted by Volkrin

Given that the player character is a walking holocaust I can only see that ending with a screen full of belligerent spirits as far as the eye can see.

Things Ferlion can't kill: Frost Orbs on LK.

#2099 02-29-2012, 08:00 PM
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#2082 02-29-2012, 04:51 PM
Nessy Druid of the Claw Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 101	Leaked "Destroy" ending (music is from LOST) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QIQf...layer_embedded

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Leviathon Elune Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 12,710 BattleTag: Leviathonlx#1820	The related videos amuse me.

#2085 02-29-2012, 05:01 PM
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#2090 02-29-2012, 06:04 PM
Mustrum Banished Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: In the corner of your mind Posts: 4,994	What the fuck kind of word is 'biotic,' anyway?

#2096 02-29-2012, 06:18 PM
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