Something I just don't understand.

[Cold NRG]

Okay, I've been a fan of all of the Oddworld games. Admittedly, I haven't taken the time to remember all of the character/enemy names but have beaten most of the games out there. But after playing Stranger there is something I just don't understand...

Why are they called Sloghandlers when they're clearly releasing Slegs.

Slegs = horns (bores) coming from mouth
Slogs = sharp teeth like slegs, but no bores

There doesn't seem to be a single slog in this game, yet there are Sloghandlers.

[Abe16]

I was wondering that too, It's weird!

[Voodoo Hand]

Could be a geographic thing, this is obviously a differnt part of ODDWORLD.

Maybe the folks around these parts have different names for the same beasts,
like say, woodchuck and groundhog.
Just a guess.

[thatbluebastard]

a sleg could be a specific breed, with slog being the general overall term.



such that a sleg is a species term and slog is possibly a genus or even family.




much like a Great Dane is a dog, denoted to the Canis familiaris[domesticated dogs] genus species, but at the same time, being a very specific breed within that territory.

[Kimon]

Could be a geographic thing, this is obviously a differnt part of ODDWORLD.

Maybe the folks around these parts have different names for the same beasts,
like say, woodchuck and groundhog.
Just a guess.

It's still Mudos, so I doubt that would be the difference. But the species thing is a good thought.

[Wil]

I think it's an error on OWI's part. There are promotional images for the game that clearly show that Sloghandlers have Slogs! For the record, though, Slegs are a different species from Slogs, like coyotes are to domestic canines.

[thatbluebastard]

I think it's an error on OWI's part. There are promotional images for the game that clearly show that Sloghandlers have Slogs! For the record, though, Slegs are a different species from Slogs, like coyotes are to domestic canines.

i haven't played Stranger's Wrath, so i don't have a clue. i was just making a guess.


does it say that in the game, though?

[Cold NRG]

I think it's an error on OWI's part. There are promotional images for the game that clearly show that Sloghandlers have Slogs! For the record, though, Slegs are a different species from Slogs, like coyotes are to domestic canines.

My thoughts exactly. There's even Slogs on the inside front cover.

[Voodoo Hand]

It's still Mudos, so I doubt that would be the difference. But the species thing is a good thought.

It could work, you live in westren New York ,i live in central Ohio. Am sure we use different terms for the same thing. Am very sure folks in, say, the far west
use different words then we do here, and this is just the U.S. i am given to understand that Mudos is way larger then our world.

[Abeguy]

a Sloggus Sleggus
and a Sloggus Sloggus

[panuru]

Someone should write Alf and ask him why this is. I wondered the same thing. I think that either OWI changed their minds from using Slogs to using Slegs at the last minute OR a Sleg is a type of (wild) Slog so what's it matter if the signs have Slogs on them? Who knows...

[Kimon]

It could work, you live in westren New York ,i live in central Ohio. Am sure we use different terms for the same thing. Am very sure folks in, say, the far west
use different words then we do here, and this is just the U.S. i am given to understand that Mudos is way larger then our world.

Hmmm... thats true.

And Oddworld is 10 times the size of Earth.

[-Aquacid-]

hmmm... i dont see any reason for this. you must be an anorak to notice something like that. but i cant blame you. we all are one this site.

[Cold NRG]

hmmm... i dont see any reason for this. you must be an anorak to notice something like that. but i cant blame you. we all are one this site.

Um, no. I wrote a strategy guide for the game and in the process of writing it I noticed this peculiar aspect of the game. That's all.

[-Aquacid-]

Um, no. I wrote a strategy guide for the game and in the process of writing it I noticed this peculiar aspect of the game. That's all.

i wouldnt have the patience to do that. congratulations.

[Fuzzle Guy]

I think it's just the font of writing, if you look harder, you'll see that there is like a little line gooing through the O of Slog, making it Sleg Handlers

[The Big Cheese]

ill write ALF and ill tell you guys later

(if he replys)

[stingbee]

I think while in production of the game sleg were originally slog's perhaps oddworld decided to change them to sleg instead and forgot to change the name slogkeeper

[duveaux]

I think while in production of the game sleg were originally slog's perhaps oddworld decided to change them to sleg instead and forgot to change the name slogkeeper

That's not a real right thing to do when you're workingin the professional game industries...

[stingbee]

well lanning is an idiot what do expact of him