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Re: Anyone know how to speak Pfhor? - Or S'pht?
Posted By: Hamish SinclairDate: 4/14/02 8:35 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Anyone know how to speak Pfhor? - Or S'pht? (Steve Levinson)

: Actually, what you've displayed is S'pht. Which brings up an interesting
: point - we never hear the S'pht talk at all. Presumably they don't need
: spoken language to communicate with each other, since they are all
: networked, but how do they communicate with the Pfhor?

In M1 the Pfhor controlled the S'pht using a cyborg Pfhor. Apparently it controlled them through their mechanical exoskeleton. See "Beware of Low-Flying Defense Drones... (Terminal 3)". I presume this is the way they communicated.

The S'pht also has a computer network and terminals on Lh'owon. I presume they communicated using this as well.

: Anyway, getting back to the Pfhor, I can't recall seeing anything resembling
: a written language anywhere in the game. Am I wrong about that? Whenever
: we read a Pfhor terminal, the Pfhor-English translator is operational.
: Which brings up another point - why would Pfhor and S'pht terminals have
: an English traslator in them? Or is the translator in our HUD - but if so,
: when did we learn to translate Pfhor?

The M2 and Infinity terminals contain Pfhor text that's not translated. There's even a Pfhor font out there.

: One final comment that has perhaps been discussed before. There is a
: significant change in the sound of the Pfhor between M1 and M2. Does this
: have any significance, or was this just one of those
: "improvements" that Bungie introduced as they did with changing
: textures etc?

Such so-called "improvements" help you sell your sequel as a 'new' game rather than an add-on.

Cheers
Hamish

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Replies:

Anyone know how to speak Pfhor?Cameron Kilgore 4/13/02 10:13 p.m.
     Re: Anyone know how to speak Pfhor?D-M.A. 4/13/02 11:37 p.m.
           Re: Anyone know how to speak Pfhor?Vid Boi 4/15/02 6:50 a.m.
                 Re: Anyone know how to speak Pfhor?D-M.A. 4/15/02 9:59 a.m.
                 Re: Anyone know how to speak Pfhor?eXistenZ 4/15/02 3:12 p.m.
                       No, it's Pfhorish NTD-M.A. 4/16/02 1:27 a.m.
     Re: Anyone know how to speak Pfhor? - Or S'pht?Steve Levinson 4/14/02 2:07 a.m.
           Re: Anyone know how to speak Pfhor? - Or S'pht?Hamish Sinclair 4/14/02 8:35 a.m.
                 Re: Anyone know how to speak Pfhor? - Or S'pht?M-Class 4/14/02 11:19 a.m.
                       Re: Anyone know how to speak Pfhor? - Or S'pht?Tru7h 4/14/02 5:24 p.m.
                 Re: Anyone know how to speak Pfhor? - Or S'pht?Steve Levinson 4/14/02 5:42 p.m.
                       Re: Anyone know how to speak Pfhor? - Or S'pht?dead_headless 4/17/02 2:35 p.m.
     Re: Anyone know how to speak Pfhor?Vid Boi 4/15/02 6:46 a.m.
     How to speak PhorishTru7h 4/17/02 3:03 p.m.
           anybody found the joke yet? *NM*Tru7h 4/18/02 2:02 p.m.
                 Re: anybody found the joke yet?Johannes Gunnar 4/18/02 3:52 p.m.
                 Djof has an unfair advantage at finding this 1 out *NM*Tru7h 4/18/02 5:26 p.m.
                 yeah...Vid Boi 4/19/02 1:40 a.m.
                       HEHE:) *NM*Tru7h 4/19/02 5:03 a.m.
                             Got me there! *NM*Djof 4/20/02 6:22 p.m.



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