Oddworld Questions and Answers 2 -

Dipstikk · #31 07-01-2003, 06:14 PM

:

Originally posted by Max the Mug
The Big Well was definitely blowing, as all wells do. Although I'd describe it more as one single enormous push.

Yeah, more than ONE push.

Alf: "Whoops!"
(Shoves Abe)
Abe: "AAAARRGGGHH!!!"

(Shoomp!)

GrigtheSlig · #32 07-01-2003, 06:32 PM

LOL I get it! anyway how are wells formed? are they all natural?

***Wil*** · #33 07-01-2003, 06:49 PM

Like their mechanics, their formation remains a mystery. Some are natural, but the Glukkons have developed artificial wells, first seen in Abe's Exoddus.

GrigtheSlig · #34 07-01-2003, 06:59 PM

Glukkons are LoZeRs! Hey, do glukkons realize that they're evil or do they think that abe and all his friends are evil?

AND

What would happen if a Scrab and a Paramite had babys together? What would it look like?

***Xavier*** · #35 07-01-2003, 07:18 PM

:

Originally posted by GrigtheSlig
1)Glukkons are LoZeRs! Hey, do glukkons realize that they're evil or do they think that abe and all his friends are evil?

AND

2)What would happen if a Scrab and a Paramite had babys together? What would it look like?

1) Glukkons think that Abe is a terrorist, those guys live for profit, so they don't realize that they are evil, because they are not evil at their own eyes

2) I don't even want to answer that

GrigtheSlig · #36 07-01-2003, 07:22 PM

:

I don't even want to answer that

Why? I really want to know. !

I just made a character in sligslingers cartoon that is a Scrabamite! Hopefully he'll use it!

***Xavier*** · #37 07-01-2003, 07:25 PM

well... this is kinda pointless and will probably never happen.
but I think the closest to it would be like the Shrykull, a cross of Scrab and Paramite

GrigtheSlig · #38 07-01-2003, 07:30 PM

I thought that Shrikkul was part MUD too. Is that true? It says in the AE handbook that He's Half mudokkon, half god, all trouble. I think that shrikkul is cool. My user name was gonna be Shrikkul2188 but I changed my mind.

***Xavier*** · #39 07-01-2003, 07:37 PM

sure it's a part mudokon, but the apparence of it is only Scrab and Paramite

GrigtheSlig · #40 07-01-2003, 07:43 PM

Yeah, you're right! That's a cool pic!

oddguy · #41 07-01-2003, 08:35 PM

I love Oddworld artwork! Xav, do you know if OWI is coming out with an "art of" book? I think they should!

***Xavier*** · #42 07-01-2003, 08:53 PM

yeah... there were rumors a book called "the art of Oddworld" could be released, but we don't know when yet

GrigtheSlig · #43 07-01-2003, 11:28 PM

That would be awesome! I'd buy it!

Sekto Springs · #44 07-01-2003, 11:32 PM

I am using your character Grig, i promised to use all of them...

GrigtheSlig · #45 07-01-2003, 11:41 PM

Thanx! Do ya like them? Even Stan the Worryfish?

Oddsville · #46 07-02-2003, 06:35 PM

Some where long ago, I heard that Oddworld's wells were pressurized and a natural part of Oddworld. So my theory was that for some reason (prehaps due to Oddworld's massive size) the there are creators, creveces, whatever in the planet and the Mudokon's took advantage of this by using animal skins to guid the direction you travel and to maximise the pressure by containing it.

Reptile · #47 07-02-2003, 06:53 PM

ok everyone shut yer trap while i whale out a bugger of a question.....

probably no one will know this.....

PA's interesting topic of launching muds in space, now, that day in 1969, the AMERICAN flag was deposited.

If the inhabitants got on, WHAT!? flag would they put on

What i'm tryin to say is....the Mudos flag...the description..?

***Xavier*** · #48 07-02-2003, 07:14 PM

probably the Oddworld logo

***Wil*** · #49 07-02-2003, 07:16 PM

Are you attempting to ask if Mudos has a flag? If you are, then we don't know.

paramud · #50 07-03-2003, 03:28 AM

whats under a slig's mask?

why do glukkons' eyes glow?

Edited by Alcar: Don't double post!!!

***Xavier*** · #51 07-03-2003, 08:28 AM

:

Originally posted by paramud
whats under a slig's mask?

look at this and will have a pretty good idea

:

Originally posted by paramud
why do glukkons' eyes glow?

uh... I don't know that, sorry
perhaps Max will know

Fleech Food · #52 07-03-2003, 11:38 AM

This is a pretty dumb question, but are there any native glukkons anywhere?

***Wil*** · #53 07-03-2003, 02:15 PM

Native Glukkons? Unlikely, in my opinion, but you never know. It would be interesting to find out at which point they stopped progressing with the rest of their race. If it was before the Age of Alchemy, then they would be Glukkons in their original appearance, which would be very interesting to see.

As for why the Glukkons eyes glow, it's because over thousands of years they have developed an eyesight which is accustomed only to the darkness (although some Glukkons appear to be able to withstand direct sunlight, such as Director Phleg). Exactly why this should actually cause their eyes to give off light I'm not certain. It's definitely more than just light reflecting off their retinas. My guess is that Glukkons (and Rats) have developed the vision-equivalent of radar - their eyes actually give off light, which is then reflected off their environment, allowing them to see. Okay, it doesn't seem likely that that amount of light could illuminate their world enough to actually see, but maybe they actually use some form of electromagnetic radiation that is much more intense, and that the light we see is just the lower or upper part of the spectrum of their adapted sense. Of course that's all speculation.

*takes notes for the soon-to-be-arriving update of his FAQ*

paramud · #54 07-03-2003, 02:26 PM

How do slig pants work?

Sekto Springs · #55 07-03-2003, 02:35 PM

they run on gas and most likely hydraulics...i dont know exactly.
Max!

paramud · #56 07-03-2003, 03:16 PM

actually I meant How do sligs control them. If you look at the ending movie of MO you'll see that it has no controls.

This is a stupid question, but why are glukkons' heads so big?

***Wil*** · #57 07-03-2003, 03:51 PM

:

How do sligs control them.

Unknown. In Abe's Oddysee Sligs had tubules connecting their masks and their pants, indicating the masks read the thoughts of the Sligs and sent signals telling the legs to move correspondingly. This is quite impressive, because the Sligs would have to learn to control two limbs they simply didn't evolve with.

The tubules were removed in Abe's Exoddus, presumably as part of the same plan to make Sligs more expressionable. It could be that Sligs control their pants by moving their tails - either this directly controls some mechanical device, or the movement is read by a computer in the pants which controls the legs accordingly.

:

This is a stupid question, but why are glukkons' heads so big?

You're right, it is silly. Glukkons just developed like that, through evolution and the disaster they brought upon themselves in the Age of Alchemy.

TheKhanzumer · #58 07-03-2003, 04:50 PM

I've been gone a week in Hawaii (just in case anyone was wondering) but here's my theory on the "wells".

I think they are the remains of large wormlike creatures, similar to some underwater species on Earth. Perhaps the vacuum has something to do with their method of obtaining and digesting food and when the animal dies, all it leaves is the tube-like shell and the vacuum.

paramud · #59 07-03-2003, 05:38 PM

Why is it that in AO Abe has 4 fingers when in AE he has 3?

***Xavier*** · #60 07-03-2003, 05:42 PM

read the official FAQ
http://www.oddworld.com/ow_ask.html