Arachnophobia.... : V - Skyrim

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:05 pm

I've been prowling over all the info on skyrim and its made me incredibly excited for the game...one thing however, that has not made me excited, is the revealing of spiders in skyrim..and not just boot stompers but full on lord of the rings humongous spiders..i have arachnophobia and they've implemented dynamic behavior too..i dont remember where i read it but they will sometimes hide on the ceiling and drop down on u without warning...great...now i wont do sidequests.."scenario" little girl says:" help! My daddy got dragged into the spider cave!" i lean down and comfort her as i say softly:" sorry little girl..ur gonna hafta finda new daddy cuz i [censored] HATE SPIDERS ahhhhhhhhh!" then i grab the girl and throw her into the cave too and run off. I know prolly most of u know of the spiders but i just wanted to know ur thoughts...sry bout the essay i pretty much wrote..

I would like to commend you on not outright demanding the removal of spiders from the game, as I recall the last person creating a thread on this topic had done.

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:04 am

I realize im afraid of a lot of things but it depends on the thing u know? Im afraid of hieghts but in prototype i'll fly through the air....im afraid of spiders...but even if there virtual...there still [censored] hairy and multiple eye havin 8 legged freaky nasty things...guuh...im really paranoid right now...

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:37 am

I thought we already settled this discussion. I am going to create a mod that removes the spiders...and replaces them with Clowns. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XU9x8G7khv0/S8XzcIyltXI/AAAAAAAAOPU/Rga6a9MgG1w/s400/Scary_Clown.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xq4KcZJeL._SL500_AA300_.jpg. 10 times scarier than IT.

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:03 am

I hope they have those Dwemer spider things, they were awesome.

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:23 am

Im totally not condemning bethesda for putting spiders in there and im also sure they were planning on ppl to play this who were afraid of spiders..if i remember correctly they didnt really have anything scary in oblivion besides stuff i was afraid wen i was 7..like ghosts and skeletons oooooo!!! I think the scariest thing was zombies at first...but anyways im actually glad they decided to implement spiders...its time they had something scary in there...i just wish it hadnt been my phobia first lol...wat about the ppl who are afraid of clowns...I CAN FIGHT THOSE NO PROBLEM lol

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:34 am

These types of threads pop up once in a while. I just really don't get it. What do you want us to do? Bethesda isn't going to rule out something just because 18 people in the world wont buy the game because it has spiders in it. If that were the case, they'd have to do it for everything.
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like spiders!"
*Bethesda removes spiders*
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like Undead!"
*Bethesda removes Undead*
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like cats!"
*Bethesda removes Khajiits*
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like violence!"
*Bethesda stops making Skyrim*
See where I'm going with this? You don't like spiders..that svcks. But nothing Bethesda can do about it. :shrug:

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:14 pm

These types of threads pop up once in a while. I just really don't get it. What do you want us to do? Bethesda isn't going to rule out something just because 18 people in the world wont buy the game because it has spiders in it. If that were the case, they'd have to do it for everything.
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like spiders!"
*Bethesda removes spiders*
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like Undead!"
*Bethesda removes Undead*
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like cats!"
*Bethesda removes Khajiits*
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like violence!"
*Bethesda stops making Skyrim*
See where I'm going with this? You don't like spiders..that svcks. But nothing Bethesda can do about it. :shrug:

lol I completely agree. By some people's logic they may as well outlaw video games because they may offend people with sever motion sickness or something like that. You can't please everyone if spiders bother you that much do not buy the game.
I am afraid of heights, but do you see me whining about ingame mountains?

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:44 pm

These types of threads pop up once in a while. I just really don't get it. What do you want us to do? Bethesda isn't going to rule out something just because 18 people in the world wont buy the game because it has spiders in it. If that were the case, they'd have to do it for everything.
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like spiders!"
*Bethesda removes spiders*
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like Undead!"
*Bethesda removes Undead*
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like cats!"
*Bethesda removes Khajiits*
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like violence!"
*Bethesda stops making Skyrim*
See where I'm going with this? You don't like spiders..that svcks. But nothing Bethesda can do about it. :shrug:

I wasnt asking them to remove spiders.........im glad they put them in actually...why am i restating everything ive already posted???

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:21 am

lol I completely agree. By some people's logic they may as well outlaw video games because they may offend people with sever motion sickness or something like that. You can't please everyone if spiders bother you that much do not buy the game.
I am afraid of heights, but do you see me whining about ingame mountains?

If California had their way we would be heading for a rating system similar to Australia or Israel or someplace like that. In Thailand you can nail a 15 year old but you can't buy X rated movies or games with sixual content. Is that weird or what?

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:04 pm

These types of threads pop up once in a while. I just really don't get it. What do you want us to do? Bethesda isn't going to rule out something just because 18 people in the world wont buy the game because it has spiders in it. If that were the case, they'd have to do it for everything.
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like spiders!"
*Bethesda removes spiders*
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like Undead!"
*Bethesda removes Undead*
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like cats!"
*Bethesda removes Khajiits*
"Oh, Bethesda! I don't like violence!"
*Bethesda stops making Skyrim*
See where I'm going with this? You don't like spiders..that svcks. But nothing Bethesda can do about it. :shrug:

Well this is the Skyrim General Discussion forum, and it doesn't seem like the OP was saying "remove spiders!!!!" but rather discussing his opinion on and fear of spiders.
On a side note, for the hardcoe arachnophobes, did spider daedra in OB freak you out or were they too ridiculously fantasy looking to trigger your arachnophobia?

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:52 am

I...don't understand arachnophobia. Can someone care to explain why spiders are the bane of many people's existence?

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:04 am

If California had their way we would be heading for a rating system similar to Australia or Israel or someplace like that. In Thailand you can nail a 15 year old but you can't buy X rated movies or games with sixual content. Is that weird or what?

Yep California is a backwards state. You can smoke weed in public but you can't buy games becasue they are sinful, and they are trying hard to restrict games even more.
And please note this was not intended to offend anyone from there, I was born there and now I live in Jersey which is just as bad if not worse.

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 5:57 am

Well this is the Skyrim General Discussion forum, and it doesn't seem like the OP was saying "remove spiders!!!!" but rather discussing his opinion on and fear of spiders.
On a side note, for the hardcoe arachnophobes, did spider daedra in OB freak you out or were they too ridiculously fantasy looking to trigger your arachnophobia?

Outside of an oblivion gate where i could shoot it with an arrow? No...in an oblivion cave as i turn the corner? YES!!!!!! God i hated them...lol now that i think about it i bought every spell except the summon spider deadra spell lol....last thing i wanted was one of things near me

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 7:13 am

@ OP:
What did you do in oblivion when you saw a spider daedra?
Just curious

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 7:09 am

@ OP:
What did you do in oblivion when you saw a spider daedra?
Just curious

Same thing I did, stared at the bewbs.

Duke Nukem Voice: "Ah hell, I'd still hit it." lol.

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:23 am

@ OP:
What did you do in oblivion when you saw a spider daedra?
Just curious

I felt like bethesda betrayed me lol...i cursed them openly....all while in game running to rhings i could jump on top of...kvatch had several destroyed walls to jump on...uggh...i hated that moment...

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:15 am

I never really understood arachnophobia in relation to video games. There aren't a lot of phobias that also apply to video games and things like that. I'm afraid of heights, but I have no problem being really up high in a video game, even if I'm really immersed in it.

Funny, because I don't have a fear of heights but I can get kind of twitchy if I'm trying to straddle or jump to some really narrow and high path in older games like Team Fortress Classic.

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:24 am

Speaking of curiosity, if you're arachnophobic, would that the Deku tree more difficult than the water temple?

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:07 am

I...don't understand arachnophobia. Can someone care to explain why spiders are the bane of many people's existence?

They are creepy, gross looking, horrifying creatures that just look they want to eat you. A spider bit me in the forehead when I was a kid and that didn't help. Shelob scared the [censored] out of me. All of this together gives me a sadistic pleasure in squishing spiders. The only thing worse that spiders for me are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsiG09MLF6I

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:02 am

Speaking of curiosity, if you're arachnophobic, would that the Deku tree more difficult than the water temple?

As far as difficulty it isn't, but when you are a little kid and Gohma drops from the ceiling you freak. I'm not even arachnophobic and the memory makes me shudder. The misty white part where you fight Dark Link was kinda creepy though, but it quickly fades because the fight is easily the most fun fight in the game. Better than playing Zelda Tennis at the end.

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:11 pm

Speaking of curiosity, if you're arachnophobic, would that the Deku tree more difficult than the water temple?

I never beat ocarina of time dude....i played my freinds zelda twilight princess...was there a spider in the deku tree in TP??...wait...was the deku tree in TP??....it was so long ago. Ocarina even longer..when my arachnophobia was real bad...(child imaginations at night) i never got past the first boss cuz i'd shut the n64 off....i watched my step dad beat the game though..

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:50 am

I felt like bethesda betrayed me lol...i cursed them openly....all while in game running to rhings i could jump on top of...kvatch had several destroyed walls to jump on...uggh...i hated that moment...

You have satisfied my curiosity.....Thankyou brave one

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:40 pm

Outside of an oblivion gate where i could shoot it with an arrow? No...in an oblivion cave as i turn the corner? YES!!!!!! God i hated them...lol now that i think about it i bought every spell except the summon spider deadra spell lol....last thing i wanted was one of things near me

:lmao: I can picture you using the Sanguine Rose... "I hope I get a Storm Atronach to help me kill this guy--OMFG NONONONONONONO get away get away get away get away bad spider bad spider NOOOOO" :flamethrower: :gun: :bolt: :cry:

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 2:38 pm

Spiders should have guns. That shoot spears. [censored] yeah. :mohawk:

» Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:03 am

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/9720/skyrim141.jpg skyrims spiders are for sure 20x worse than oblivions...i think i could almost hug a spider deadra after seeing this pic.....well....maybe if i could box in the lower half with steel....and fire..................and death...

Yikes I haven't seen that one before that was terrifying... but what about the little spiderlings in OB that nibbled on your toes with paralysis inducing venom?