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Zerox 02-19-2008 12:36 PM

I'd appear and then say "...OH S*IT A SCR-" *scrunch*

skillya_glowi 02-19-2008 07:23 PM

What do you mean by "real"? Real as in, an actual planet probably light-years away which it would be impossible to get to any time soon, or real as in existing here on Earth?

I'm guessing nothing extraordinary would happen to the wildlife. The scrabs and paramites and whatnot wouldn't be treated very different from other big predators - allowed to exist in the wild, occasionally hunted, and perhaps kept in captivity for research purposes and such.
As for the intelligent races, there'd probably be tons of conflict between them and humans. They would be accepted, perhaps, and even respected by some, and yet others would consider them to be beneath themselves. Pretty much the same things different human races used to do/feel about each other. I'm guessing there are many ways human technology could help Oddworld inhabitants; Glukkons could dress themselves and handle everyday stuff with mechanical arms (this makes me wonder; if sligs got robotic legs, why can't Glukkons have robotic arms?) and such, the native species could be provided with resources and space and all that jazz. But there'd always be conflict between the species; same as you see us people starting wars with each other, the Oddworldian races would be pulled into that.

Bullet Magnet 02-19-2008 07:26 PM

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this makes me wonder; if sligs got robotic legs, why can't Glukkons have robotic arms?

Fashion. No Glukkon would be caught dead in them. "There goes that potential market" laments Humphrey Vykkerz.

AlienMagi 02-20-2008 03:11 PM

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If sligs got robotic legs, why can't Glukkons have robotic arms?

Coz Glukkons are too lazy to do anything themselves, so they don't need arms.

AbesGenerationX 02-21-2008 05:44 AM

Glukkons can't take a shotgun or other, they walk with their hand...

LaraRaider 02-25-2008 02:56 PM

I would like to rebuild RuputreFarms, and make Sligs work there.

Fuzzle Guy 02-26-2008 11:16 AM

I think you're quite cruel to be honest. I realise that Paramites and Scrabs are just as much an essential park of Oddworlds diet as Chicken and Fish are to us. But could you really eat a Mudokon? Would you really slaughter millions of domesticated "people" with an understand of the world around them, just for money?

I would :p

AbesGenerationX 02-27-2008 06:40 AM

If oddworld was real, i would visit mudanchee and mudorno. :)

Keylid 02-27-2008 01:38 PM

Is any of this positive to you whats your logic.

Rupture Farms 02-27-2008 04:41 PM

I'd love it. Me and Abe would be best friends, and in those warm Summer nights, we'd ride Elum until the sun goes down.

Bullet Magnet 02-27-2008 06:04 PM

RuptureFarms brand Gorilla Grillers, RuptureFarms brand Panda Burgers, RuptureFarms brand Tiger Kievs and RuptureFarms brand Elephant Cocktails.

skillyaslig 02-27-2008 09:26 PM

That would be fun. Walking down the street, then a scrab beak rammed into your back, and you snuff it. Hmm, there would be alot of brawls. Sligs are like hired goons. XD Bwhaha, that would be funny :D

Keylid 02-29-2008 12:08 PM

Dude meeting Abe in real life would be awsome he could teach the earth their culture and what cool stuff they do.

AlienMagi 02-29-2008 01:11 PM

Ok 1 thing I forgot to mention... I'd love if abe could teach me chantina and I would chant into a sexy woman and make her to do 'you know what'.

Wings of Fire 02-29-2008 01:47 PM

Ick.

Using ancient and venerable shamanistic powers for rape? You disgust me.

Wil 03-01-2008 02:31 AM

Seconded. AlienMagi, never bring up rape again.

abe is now! 03-01-2008 04:02 AM

I must say that if Oddworld was real I'd have explored the reast of Mudos and the rest of the planet! Especially that mysterious island in the sea east of Mudos continent...

Keylid 03-04-2008 12:11 PM

I would use the chant to help others not do bad stuff like that.

Wings of Fire 03-04-2008 12:13 PM

Help others by possessing them?

This brings up an interesting debate whether possession can be justified or not :p.

Bullet Magnet 03-04-2008 04:56 PM

Notice how the only sapient creatures who Abe possesses also seem to warrant an explosive depossession. So maybe, at least in Abe's mind, it is justified to possess them.

Xavier 03-04-2008 11:07 PM

I'd ask Lorne what exactly he took to actually see another world so far away...

Bullet Magnet 03-04-2008 11:55 PM

Not just him, the designers too. I'd say that they'd probably be whisked away by spooky government types intent on finding out how they knew about these creatures and how do counter any possible "threat".

And Odd help any fan whose art and fiction just happened to be right too.

scrab queen 03-05-2008 01:45 PM

Okay, i'm seeing several possible scenarios here:

-Humans end up on oddworld:

We'd most likely f*ck it up like we did with our own planet. There's always going to a corparate bastard and a few blank minds to follow em. So the remainder ends up with mudokons or as slaves, the one who followed the corperate would possibly be allowed into the glukkon society, as being the ones with all four limbs intact. War ensues, bladdah bladah bladdah, it'll probably end up going along the same lines as 'Only hyoo-mun'. I'd go with the tree huggers if I ended up there. And yes, I would get a pet Scrab.

-Oddworld somehow ends up on earth:

Lorne would freak, fans will drool, and as mentioned above by BM, would probably get captured by the government and forced to spill everything he knows about them. Most likely there would be a bunch of political debates over whether the creatures are capable of intelligent thought (being as we're the high and mighty species here), and they would either be slaughtered or allowed to resume thier old roles here. The mudokons would probably get around like normal people, but of course there would be some segrogation issues with the extreme racists. Sligs will still be thugs for hire, and the glukkons would probably take up buisness as usual, except a little less brutally. If they don't like our 'nice' way of playing, they'll probably end up taking over everything themselves and what-not. Har. If any of that happened, I would immediately convert to mudokonism. And maybe the huge shrykull statue near the door might scare off any of those missionaries.

All in all, we're still screwed. But in small numbers, we might be able to go off into fantasy land or something.

Inquisitve Intern 03-07-2008 05:59 PM

Hmmm I would have a look around, especially round paramonia

Keylid 03-07-2008 11:27 PM

Oddworld is a strange place but i could adapted to the habitat realy quick becouse i go to areas with grass i like the outdoors so im set for that planet meladeo's.

paramiteabe 03-10-2008 12:20 PM

If Oddworld was real I would greet my neighbor like this. (Doyoyoyoyoyoyoy!)

Eat a Scrab, share an elephant, practice medical science with Vykkers and fry a fuzzel. Oh and explore.

Vanilla ✜ 03-14-2008 08:33 AM

I would love it if oddworld was real because my friends im abe in the body of a girl.

Grandi 03-17-2008 09:31 AM

Being in oddworld could be quite scary... In Rupture farms / SSB you have to worry about sligs and slogs and in jungles and deserts there are scraps and paramites... But being Molluck (or Mullock, can't remember) could be fun, because I could command sligs.

Fuzzle Guy 03-17-2008 10:29 AM

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In Rupture farms / SSB you have to worry about sligs and slogs and in jungles and deserts there are scraps and paramites

No more so than worrying about Venomous Snakes or lions.

And yeah, you spelt Molluck right ;)

Welcome to the forums. :)

Tristan 03-18-2008 06:42 AM

It would be awsome if Abe lived next to me... :) And kinda odd... Like what if a scrab jumps through my window or sumthin? Then what am I gonan do? My BB gun can't kill the thing!! But yeah it would be awsome...