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likeawizard May 31, 2015 @ 5:56am
Alternative 3
I am sure many of you have seen champion mobs called 'Alternative 3'. What is this? I saw one in Act I in the Pirate Cove and another one in Wellspring temple. I know the names are randomly generated using some templates and in the early development there were issues where monsters would spawn with unique boss names that where confusing and also some 'inappropriate' names that were removed.

Is 'Alternative 3' some overlooked place holder forgotten in the code? Or does it have a meaning or purpose? Some Easter egg maybe?

Also has anyone seen any other weird names?
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Nagumo-Stan May 31, 2015 @ 12:21pm 
I don't know whether "Alternative 3" was a reference or a bug. I have found a few weird names. The only one I remember off the top of my head is "The Blood Monkey". The weird part is that in his attacks list (underneath the health bar) it says "the plague starts now". I wonder what that is a reference to.
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likeawizard May 31, 2015 @ 12:24pm 
Originally posted by CH33$3H34D:
I don't know whether "Alternative 3" was a reference or a bug. I have found a few weird names. The only one I remember off the top of my head is "The Blood Monkey". The weird part is that in his attacks list (underneath the health bar) it says "the plague starts now". I wonder what that is a reference to.

Yea, the thing is The Blood Monkey is not a randomly generated name but is predefined for a specific champoin monster. Those little jumpy things that look identical to the monkeys in Diablo 2 Act II is you played that game.

Just as we speak I encountered my 3rd Alternative 3 that I have noticed.
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Neon Triangle May 31, 2015 @ 4:24pm 
Originally posted by CH33$3H34D:
The only one I remember off the top of my head is "The Blood Monkey". The weird part is that in his attacks list (underneath the health bar) it says "the plague starts now". I wonder what that is a reference to.

I remember this champion enemy, if I recall he can spawn several Vile Gnashers from a single corpse (the other champion versions can only spawn one, like the regular Vile Gnasher enemies). So in this case, the plague would be getting overwhelmed by a large mob of enemies?
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vick1000 Jun 1, 2015 @ 11:33pm 
It's a movie reference, google it. Great movie for it's day. It is fiction, has to be one of, if not the first "mockumentary".

Same with "bloodmonkey", in regards to the movie Outbreak.
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