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Re: Name Tags in WC IV

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From: mat... Matuse
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?


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Subject: Re: Name Tags in WC IV
Date: 1996/02/03
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