Why do the Borg move so slowly?

Blackstar the Chakat · Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:34 am

Tsukiyumi wrote:It's a bit like Magic: The Gathering, only a bit less complex. It looks like fun to play, honestly. Too bad I don't have hundreds of dollars to blow on rare cards for games like that.

It is fun, and fast paced, despite what you see in the anime. You don't need rare cards, just a well structured deck. I have a few good rare cards, but my deck isn't well structured. And I didn't have money or ambition to rebuild it.

Post by **Mikey** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:33 am

Just so you know, you guys might as well be talking Martian to me.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 3:50 am

Anyone who enjoys a good game of chess should appreciate the strategy involved in building a solid deck and playing Magic. Yu-gi-oh isn't much different. Lot of chance, but in the end, you create your own deck, so strategy is paramount. It's a lot of fun.

Duskofdead · Post by **Duskofdead** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:17 am

Captain Picard's Hair wrote:It's not even a matter of them being hindered by their mechanical parts, as the "liberated" Borg in "Descent" confound this story. Those were physically identical to all other Borg drones, but moved very quickly and viciously. Why would the Hive Borg choose to plod along like some big, ungainly things?

Also, have we seen any instances other than Descent of Borg firing energy pulses from their arm appendages?

I think the Borg in "Descent" are acting somewhat of their own nearly individual accord.

Virtually all other Borg are being "prodded along" by group mind instructions. It's almost like ping with internet connections.... individual Borg drones are not making internal decisions and so there is some sluggish lag in their actions. It could be, to some degree, resistance to the group mind as well.

stitch626 · Post by **stitch626** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:46 pm

I know that what we're looking for is a Trek reason for the Borg's slow movement. In real life, was it to make them similar to the classic zombies?

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:21 pm

I think in reality it was to make them seem even less human. They never hurry, which is a 'human' thing.

In-universe, my theory is somewhat similar to Dusk's.
The Borg are basicaly like one big computer. Now, what happens if you have twenty different programs running all at once on your computer? It slows down a lot. The Borg's slowness could be something similar. The Collective is trying to process too much information and too many orders, so everything slows down. This would explain why it took so long for the Borg to launch another attack on Earth, and why they used so little ships in it. It would also explain why they don't use guns (by the time they've aimed and fired, the target would have moved).

stitch626 · Post by **stitch626** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:26 pm

That makes sense. My computer slows down when just one program is running...

Post by **Mikey** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:44 pm

It's certainly the most logical hypothesis I've heard.

BTW, have we gone from necro-ing threads to actually resurrecting other ones?

stitch626 · Post by **stitch626** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:49 pm

necro-ing

???
What does this mean?

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:52 pm

stitch626 wrote:
necro-ing
???
What does this mean?

It refers to posting in threads that have been inactive for weeks or months - it's generally frowned upon, since it's nigh-on impossible for people to remember what they'd been saying at the time. A better approach would be to start a new thread on the subject.

Post by **Mikey** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:53 pm

to "necro" is to revive a thread long after it has become inactive.

stitch626 · Post by **stitch626** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:53 pm

Oh. Thank you, I'll remember that.

Duskofdead · Post by **Duskofdead** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:14 pm

Mikey wrote:It's certainly the most logical hypothesis I've heard.

BTW, have we gone from necro-ing threads to actually resurrecting other ones?

What can I say, I'm a golden child, I resurrect dead things.

Duskofdead · Post by **Duskofdead** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:17 pm

Captain Seafort wrote:
stitch626 wrote:
necro-ing
???
What does this mean?
It refers to posting in threads that have been inactive for weeks or months - it's generally frowned upon, since it's nigh-on impossible for people to remember what they'd been saying at the time. A better approach would be to start a new thread on the subject.

In really active forums I could see that, and have been told that before. But eh. Here it's rare for more than the very top most 2 threads to be receiving any posts at all, so it's not exactly like I'm spamming the place up.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:23 pm

Duskofdead wrote:In really active forums I could see that, and have been told that before. But eh. Here it's rare for more than the very top most 2 threads to be receiving any posts at all, so it's not exactly like I'm spamming the place up.

No doubt. I occasionally dig things up, if only to have easy reference to points that have already been made about the topic.

Why do the Borg move so slowly?

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