Why are the Sophons Irish?

[Przybylski]

Gooby pls.
Also, the whole "no Sowers" aspect severely depresses me.

edit: I guess the Epistis and are technically Sowers.

[Przybylski]

I never would have guessed, thank you.

[Przybylski]

I have nothing against people with accents doing voice acting but when in comes to the context of galactic diplomacy, with other species, it really breaks immersion.
Grunts or fake alien babbling a la Stellaris would have been more suitable.

[polymath]

"Make Horatio great again" line is far worse, then Irish Sophons.

[Astasia]

Originally posted by polymath:

"Make Horatio great again" line is far worse, then Irish Sophons.

Why? Because it's an obvious quip aimed at Stellaris who ran their entire game development cycle with the slogan "Make space great again."? Or do you really think it has anything at all to do with the fop who started the meme?

[Przybylski]

Originally posted by Astasia:

Originally posted by polymath:

"Make Horatio great again" line is far worse, then Irish Sophons.

Why? Because it's an obvious quip aimed at Stellaris who ran their entire game development cycle with the slogan "Make space great again."? Or do you really think it has anything at all to do with the fop who started the meme?

I'm fairly certain it's a reference to Trump.

[TSP]

Originally posted by polymath:

"Make Horatio great again" line is far worse, then Irish Sophons.

You misspelled "better".

[duncan_greystone]

The ♥♥♥♥ man...

[DeathRow]

Originally posted by duncan_greystone:

The ♥♥♥♥ man...

Thats me

[Astasia]

Originally posted by bathtub:

I'm fairly certain it's a reference to Trump.

That's about as likely as any one on twitch making a reference to Josh DeSeno when they use the kappa emote. Even less so than that since “Let’s Make America Great Again” was originally the slogan of Ronald Reagan, Trump just stole it and turned it into a meme. As with all memes the original relation/intent loses its relevence. It was a meme used by Stellaris, so it was a meme used by ES2.

[Frogsquadron]

Having lived several years in Ireland, I can't say I've ever heard anyone Sophon-sounding over there.
What makes you think thy sound Irish in any way?

[polymath]

Originally posted by Astasia:

Originally posted by bathtub:

I'm fairly certain it's a reference to Trump.

It was a meme used by Stellaris, so it was a meme used by ES2.

A megalomaniac trillionair, who runs his own Empire is clearly a reference to Trump, not Stellaris.
I myself don't mind it too much, but at least it is an "issue" worth discussing, rather than "Irish Sophons", who don't even sound that Irish.

[Przybylski]

Originally posted by Frogsquadron:

Having lived several years in Ireland, I can't say I've ever heard anyone Sophon-sounding over there.
What makes you think thy sound Irish in any way?

Okay, maybe not necessarily Irish, but everyone has very, very strong UK accents.
Like I said, I have nothing against accents, but it breaks immersion. The narrator should speak English, that's about it.

[TSP]

Originally posted by Frogsquadron:

Having lived several years in Ireland, I can't say I've ever heard anyone Sophon-sounding over there.
What makes you think thy sound Irish in any way?

U avin' a giggle m8 ill bash ye fookin head in i swear on me mum