What Is A "touche"?

Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">on leap and charge</div> I noticed that Leap and Charge have the word "touche" on their text. What is that exactly?
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  • eagleceaglec Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9948Members, Constellation
    unless it refers to the french word used in fencing I really have no idea.
    If it does then it's litteral translation is touch and it is used in fencing and banter to acknoledge or claim a score, or maybe thats all a load of tripe - you decide.
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  • AhnteisAhnteis teh Bob Join Date: 2002-10-02 Member: 1405Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    <a href='http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=touche' target='_blank'>http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=touche</a>
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  • TieomTieom Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1774Members
    edited January 2003
    Off-hand, I'd say it's a typo.
    Because charge (continually) does damage while you are <b>touch</b>ing a marine, and leap does damage that way too.
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Ahnteis+Jan 28 2003, 07:54 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ahnteis @ Jan 28 2003, 07:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <a href='http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=touche' target='_blank'>http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=touche</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    oh thank you so much for helping me on the definition of the word and not its actual role in the game.

    Otherwise, thanks. I think you mean: you got to stay as long as you can stuck to something to actually deal damage right?
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  • UnitUnit Join Date: 2002-08-26 Member: 1230Members
    Cereal...common misconception here about the "touch" = for leap and charge, you do NOT do damage by standing next to a building, you need to continuously PUSH at it, so after u use charge you need to keep walking into buildings, never stop because if u stop you don't hurt anything.
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    hmmm.. *runs off trying* yay <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • AhnteisAhnteis teh Bob Join Date: 2002-10-02 Member: 1405Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    edited January 2003
    Sorry. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> Charge and AFAIK Leap, do damage while you are pushing against an enemy unit or structure.

    Of course, leap is pretty much a one time aim thing but it's cool to get leap kills.

    EDIT: Ahh--I was too slow. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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