TheNightTerror on 25/1/2008 at 05:47

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Just about laughed myself to tears. I didn't realize burning barrels in DX:IW could set a person on fire . . . an innocent bystander heard me destroying a spider bot in New Cairo, got too close to a barrel, and lit himself on fire. As if that wasn't funny enough, people came to investigate the fire throughout the time I was playing the level, so occasionally a flaming person would start running around.

Ahhhhh, the joys of IW. Trying another melee only run, I'm going to see if I can get to the end and record the epic final battle I got myself into, now that I have a faster machine that might just be able to handle that. (I figure if the game runs liquid smooth with high settings, I should be able to record and not have too much slowdown with lower settings.)

Nameless Voice on 27/1/2008 at 22:55

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I seem to recall that group of muggers in Cairo setting themselves on fire when I played. They were probably trying to scare me into handing over some money, but I don't think they really thought that plan all the way through...

TheNightTerror on 28/1/2008 at 10:24

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I was too until I stumbled across a flaming kitty corpse. :( Apparently the man selling Plague 11 cures ran into the nearby cat while he was on fire and lit him up as well.

Colonel Klink on 5/2/2008 at 01:12

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Hey guys. After seeing this thread I just had to post something about it as well. I'm glad to see that this piece of gaming greatness wasn't a unique occurrence. When it happened to me, I was also in the medina, being hit up for chits by those two muggers near the arboretum. So, being the benevolent guy I am, I give them the credits, and continued on my way towards the arboretum. I had forgotten to do something first, and backtracked towards the market, when I'm promptly assailed by some greazels. Suffice to say, I dispatched them, and the muggers even gave a hand, and survived no less. So, I guess during the ruckus, the flaming trash can they were using got knocked over, and I bumped into one of the guy's because he's in my way out of the alley. He starts to walk towards his friend, evidently grazing the edge of the barrel, and promptly combusts. He proceeds to start wailing some of the most morbidly funny sounding death cries ever. I couldn't help but start laughing, but it got oh so much better. His friend, who was standing around like a doofus as his partner in crime is engulfed in flames and flailing around like a muppet, finally proceeds to go see what all the hub-bub is all about. His friend had finally succumbed to his roasting, becoming a lovely flambe pork dish with a hint of garlic and rosemary, with charred sandals and turban for presentation (mmm, yummy!). He promptly finds himself alight, screeching and running about like a headless chicken. He expires, collapsing right next to his buddy. What had just occurred was too much, and my previous laughing was replaced by heaving and crying because I was laughing so hard. Mind you, the reason for me laughing to near unconsciousness wasn't just because both of them had just turned into man-jerky, it was also the irony of them having survived an assault by greazels, and just recieving the credits to help their families from me, only to be taken out by the very implement keeping them warm and aware on the streets, and leaving their families in even worse shape than before because the breadwinners were now dead. If that isn't comedy gold, I don't want to know what is.

Butters8435 on 12/2/2008 at 14:54

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Is it me or are barrels more effective than the flame thrower :erg: