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Amraam May 16th, 2008 07:04 AM
Chanting Stalkers?
 
I noticed this once before, but I'm seeing it more often.

Who else as seen stalkers 'chanting' around a home made statue?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...4-25-32-16.jpg

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. May 16th, 2008 01:05 PM
Re: Chanting Stalkers?
 
That is in Prypiat. Its the monolith soldiers worshiping the statue.

Amraam May 16th, 2008 01:22 PM
Re: Chanting Stalkers?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (Post 4345794)
That is in Prypiat. Its the monolith soldiers worshiping the statue.
Yup, I've seen a guy do it in the red forest, in the first outpost when you enter the red forest area

Cmdr. Vladimir Kozentov May 16th, 2008 06:20 PM
Re: Chanting Stalkers?
 
When I read descriptions for these guys, it says they could be a religious sect.

Seeing this in the game...well, it reminds me of how Muslims pray.

Given the fact that a lot of Chechen citizens are Muslim, maybe these guys are from Chechnya.

SciComHam May 17th, 2008 02:20 AM
Re: Chanting Stalkers?
 
That would make sense; taking elements of their old religion over to their new one.

Abandonator May 17th, 2008 06:44 AM
Re: Chanting Stalkers?
 
well, it is a sort of praying, but it's imo a movement to get in a trance, like yoga, so they do this to get a "nirwana" to get contact, or a message form their sacred monolith

khronos27 June 4th, 2008 09:42 AM
Re: Chanting Stalkers?
 
i think that it is more of a trance, cause if you kill the person praying right next to him, he doesnt notice.

Slamwise June 4th, 2008 05:07 PM
Re: Chanting Stalkers?
 
The radiation poisoning or Radiophobia if you will, is part of the reason the monolith are so drummed into the faction, most of the members are psychopathic and/or past convicts. If you've noticed, they aren't afraid to die for that, they like to get at you for effective damage, they don't pussy foot around like others will.

Gambledwarf June 6th, 2008 01:47 PM
Re: Chanting Stalkers?
 
its those freaky deeki whacked out Monolith folks there on ACID dude even though the Monolith is real its still like there supppeerrrr high and i have sniped an entire circle atleast 6 of em left 1 chanting nothing! he just o every1 spontaniously died i dont think i should mind!

it reminds me of how some Jews study doing that with their heads

rkteckt June 16th, 2008 09:19 AM
Re: Chanting Stalkers?
 
If you have played all the way through the game you have been given the answer in different bits and pieces.

Spoiler:
The monolith are just guys who went to near the brain scorcher without the psi helmet and were taken over and controlled by the c-con project. Part of the brain washing is the monolith, which calls to you in the power plant....

So the monolith guys are hearing commands from the monoloth all the time in their heads. So the trances are just another part of the brainwashing that keeps them under the control of c-con

Abandonator June 18th, 2008 01:28 PM
Re: Chanting Stalkers?
 
but then i still have the question why do they worship the satue and the moonlight artefact? they must have a certain believe to do that..; i think

cereal killer xl June 19th, 2008 12:33 AM
Re: Chanting Stalkers?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by abandonator (Post 4391999)
but then i still have the question why do they worship the satue and the moonlight artefact? they must have a certain believe to do that..; i think
They are brainwashed into blindly believing, following, and defending the farce that is the Monolith.

From what I remember, they're just regular Stalkers who got too close, and instead of getting their brain melted, they were converted to defend the secret of the Zone, so this Monolith faction was created.

Them worshiping it the way they do is probably of their own free will.


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