About the Barnacles and how tho kill them

[barnacles]

Barnacle


Named for Dr. Louis Donaldson, its discoverer and first victim, the air-barnacle (through a freak of convergent evolution) resembles an unnaturally large member of the terrestrial subclass of Cirripedia, which includes the common goose-neck barnacle. But while the mundane barnacle passively filters nutrients from shifting ocean waters, the xenomorphic dry-land variety takes an extremely active role in the capture of any lifeforms unfortunate enough to enter its habitat. They have been occasionally mistaken for stalactites and light fixtures, and the investigator who values his life should always perform a thorough advance survey of ceilings and before entering caverns and corridors. If you are unfortunate enough to get caught by a barnacle, shoot at its mouth to free yourself. React quickly, or you're food.

 

[LGs0pHT]

What's the news?

 

[ríomhaire]

What's the news?

He's a spamer and probably gman-gordon.

You forgot that barnacles are found in wet areas(everyone does *shakes head slowly*)

 

[SgtSpamBoy]

Why was he just banned?

 

[bryanf445]

Why was he just banned?

probably spamming. Oh and scaring little children

 

[Barney_Calhoun]

How come some scientist clearly said in Op4 that Barnacles can't grapple onto non-organic matter... and in HL2 they will happily suck up a barrel

 

[Asknoone]

Why was he just banned?

Duplicate account, spamming.

 

[IAmAI]

I thought that was quite interesting, although I think I don't need advice on how to tackle barnacles

 

[ríomhaire]

How come some scientist clearly said in Op4 that Barnacles can't grapple onto non-organic matter... and in HL2 they will happily suck up a barrel

Valve mostly ignore Gearbox stuff.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

Valve mostly ignore Gearbox stuff.

The term used was that the barnacles couldn't 'latch' onto organic matter.
Since the new barnacles have been given the secondary set of inner jaws, you just need to redefine 'latching' as their chomping action.
Anything living gets devoured, while anything inorganic is spat out, so the quote still makes sense.

 

[[Dragoon]]

How come some scientist clearly said in Op4 that Barnacles can't grapple onto non-organic matter... and in HL2 they will happily suck up a barrel

A Wizard did it.

It's been 10 years, hasn't it? Perhaps they've evolved since then, or perhaps it's a different species.

 

[SgtSpamBoy]

I'm confused, starting a thread with random info is spamming? Or did he do something else to get banned?

 

[Mechagodzilla]

Every post he made was a cut-and-paste from the same planethalflife characters page.

And he made quite a few.

 

[SgtSpamBoy]

Ah, I see... what an odd fellow...

 

[DoctorWeeTodd]

How come some scientist clearly said in Op4 that Barnacles can't grapple onto non-organic matter... and in HL2 they will happily suck up a barrel

They were talking about the barnacle gun right? Not an actual ceiling barnacle?

 

[Barney_Calhoun]

They were talking about the barnacle gun right? Not an actual ceiling barnacle?

Was that not just a detached barnacle? :/

 

[ríomhaire]

Was that not just a detached barnacle? :/

That it is.