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Article #653Re: Name Tags in WC IV
From: mat... Matuse
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 00:00
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In article <4ermmk$2...@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> c-2...@ix.netcom.com(Steve Chow ) writes: >In <4equjn$5...@news.acns.nwu.edu> w-w...@nwu.edu (Anaconda) writes: >> >>Hello: >> >> For those of you who've seen the WC IV Demo: Do you notice that >>Maniac's name tag actually says "Maniac" instead of "Marshall" ? >>(This is much easier to see in the 60 MB version, but you can also >>get a glimpse of it in the trailer.) >> >> I thought those tags are supposed to be their last names like >"Blair", >>"Tolwyn", etc. > > Those tags are for last names like Blair and Tolwyn. I think the >reason why the name tag on Maniac's uniform actually says Maniac is >because Origin did it on purpose as sort of an easter egg and also >Maniac has a big role in Wing 4 and Origin want to make him special. Of all the characters from the original tiger's claw...only 3 are still alive. Why did maniac have to be one of them? -- "I accept" "To accept is to yield" "To yield is to allow oncoming traffic the right of way"
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