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Kinto 03-21-2011 04:46 PM

Scrabs vs Paramites, which is cooler?
 
The title pretty much says it. I prefer Scrabs:fuzmad:

StrangerEastwood 03-21-2011 04:57 PM

Scrabs! cuz theyre all...GRAAAAHHGGGHHH! xP

Mikaeel 03-21-2011 05:19 PM

Scrabs are cooler cause unlike Paramites, they don't run away when you chase them.

ziggy 03-21-2011 08:57 PM

I say Paramites cause I like their design and I always enjoy the paramite levels more.

LDG519 03-21-2011 09:15 PM

although I like paramites better I think a scrab would win in a fight

Shrykull15 03-21-2011 10:19 PM

It depends. One on one, a scrab would easily win due to sheer speed and strength. But if a pack of say, three or four paramites approached, I think they would win. Paramites are slightly more intelligent than scrabs and will work in packs to catch their prey, almost like hyenas.

Scrabs on the other hand aren't very smart - they are mostly instinctive killers. They can't seem to be able to work together in groups either. In AO we always see scrabs slaughtering each other to prove their dominance. On second thought, I think that a strong scrab could still win, even against multiple paramites. So I'll go with the scrab. :)

RoryF 03-21-2011 11:21 PM

They said that they're fighting each other in AO because they're Alpha Scrabs or something like that. In MO they're in a pack I think.

JennyGenesis 03-21-2011 11:37 PM

Scrabs (even though they look cool) are very anoying and when dealing with them it feels like your dealing with a slog. I prefer paramites because they live in a dark mysterious environment and they look cooler. They also have (although very limited) language to commicate with each other. Nobody can deny in AE that it was fun to posses a Paramite and work together with another one. They're also more fun to play around with becuase you have to think carefully. With a Scrab its just RUN! but with a Paramite you have to be careful that you dont end up following it into a trap where another Paramite is waiting.

Xavier 03-21-2011 11:45 PM

You know, you could have made a poll so people could vote...

It seems like it has been ages since the last Scrab Vs Paramites thread.

MeechMunchie 03-22-2011 12:26 AM

It has been. I think we keep telling people not to make them.

I find myself in the frustrating position of genuinely liking them both equally. Scrabs have a more shapely and realistic design, and seem to fit well into their habitat, but Paramites are good-weird and adorably grotesque, and unlike Scrabs they aren't DEFEATED BY LOW CEILINGS.

moxco 03-22-2011 12:41 AM

i like scrabs cus there red lol

Dynamithix 03-22-2011 05:35 AM

i like paramits cus there brown lol

elums mum 03-22-2011 08:27 AM

I always thought Paramites were green ...

But paramites are way cooler, I like the intricacy of their design

Crashpunk 03-22-2011 02:34 PM

Here we go again...

Scrabs.

Scraby 03-23-2011 11:46 AM

well for me they are both good,scrabs will chase ya to doom,and wait for you to sneak peek your head from that ledge so they can chomp it off,and paramites will wait for you to roll into a hole so that they can snatch ya

metroixer 03-23-2011 12:34 PM

they're both ugly and would just jump off a cliff and die

THE ALMIGHTY RAISEN 03-23-2011 02:24 PM

I choose secret option C...Shrykull

They are both cool but the paramite levels are always a lot more fun in my opinion (Oh how i hate that secret area with the scrab in the stockyards)

abe619 03-23-2011 05:08 PM

Scrabs so awesome.

alluz 03-25-2011 11:55 PM

both

enchilado 03-26-2011 01:38 AM

i like paramits cus there brown and scrabs cus there red lol

Dynamithix 03-26-2011 01:57 AM

i like shyrkull cus its brown and red lol

Elmatto753 03-26-2011 06:52 AM

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...DEFEATED BY LOW CEILINGS.

This is why I can relate to them and like Scrabs more than Paramites.

Mr. Bungle 03-27-2011 04:26 PM

sligs

AlexFili 03-27-2011 11:45 PM

Scrabs would generally always win in a one-on-one fight, unless the Paramites had constructed a giant web. Paramites have the element of surprise though, since at one minute they can be your friend, but if their buddy appears, suddenly they try to kill you and eat you while you're not looking.

Grandi 03-28-2011 08:29 AM

I love paramites, because they are social killers while scraps are anti-social killers.

Chubfish 03-28-2011 04:54 PM

Scrabs because my first avatar on this forum was a Scrab.

Also I like dancing nightmares!

Tavostor 04-02-2011 02:38 PM

Paramites because they have dicks on their faces. Or something.

CrissCross 04-02-2011 02:47 PM

Scrab's because i hate that secret level on Abe's oddysee if you're trying to get all the mudokens, you know, the stupid one in paramonia

Gwan-Thwei 04-02-2011 03:41 PM

I choose secret option D, Steefs.
Out of those two though, I prefer paramites. They seem more friendly and i like the finger-lips.
Also, I heard somewhere that they are like spiders? Which is always cool to me.

Dynamithix 04-03-2011 01:15 AM

:

Also, I heard somewhere that they are like spiders?

So it didn't occur to you that Paramites are like spiders before someone told you?

ok

enchilado 04-03-2011 01:30 AM

The only similarity I can see is that they both make webs.

CrissCross 04-03-2011 02:00 AM

are scrabs connected to crabs because the name sounds exactly the same but they have no resemblence when i look at them

Dynamithix 04-03-2011 03:45 AM

._.

enchilado 04-03-2011 03:57 AM

Yes, Scrabs are connect to crabs. Meeches and Fleeches are connected to leeches, Gabbits are connected to rabbits, Sligs, Slogs and Slurgs are connected to slugs, Wolvarks are connected to skylarks, Glukkons and Mudokons are connected to the fucking kraken and the goddamn fucking Shrykull is connected to the Archangel Michael.

STM 04-03-2011 12:24 PM

Ench, I've got a nice padded room for you here, look, and this pill is for your anger, it'll make you nice and calm. There we go.

Manco 04-03-2011 04:04 PM

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Yes, Scrabs are connect to crabs. Meeches and Fleeches are connected to leeches, Gabbits are connected to rabbits, Sligs, Slogs and Slurgs are connected to slugs, Wolvarks are connected to skylarks, Glukkons and Mudokons are connected to the fucking kraken and the goddamn fucking Shrykull is connected to the Archangel Michael.

It all makes sense now!

Gwan-Thwei 04-04-2011 02:01 PM

@Dynamathrix I only played Strager's Wrath until like 2009. And I still haven't gotten to the paramites in Munch's odysee.
So, no.
I always thought slegs were more like pigs. I have no idea why.
And i had no idea that meeches were conected to leeches. I always thought that they were their own design and stuff. But I did see that thier jaws were sorta like barracuda's jaws.

CrissCross 04-04-2011 02:06 PM

:

Sligs, Slogs and Slurgs are connected to slugs
arent slogs connected to dogs

Mr. Bungle 04-04-2011 02:32 PM

*whoosh*

Dynamithix 04-04-2011 02:58 PM

My mind is blown.