The Problem with Cheetahs

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[scpagent]

Cheetahs:we’re going extinct we need to do something fast
Evolution: *grants cuteness*
Cheetah: y tho?
Evolution: trust me

[hooty]

“I have the fastest land speed”
What did it cost you?
“Everything.”

[jakel]

"when the lion base is offline"

It's statements like these that make me laugh. Learning about animals while genuinely pretending it's a video game

[squares]

you gotta respect the cheetah mains for playing the game on hardcore mode

[dragonickaiservermil]

Cheetah chasing prey
The prey starts to fight back
Cheetah : hey thats not how this works

[abe]

+10% cuteness buff which makes the human player base want to protect them in artificial habitats

[titanium_viper]

Lions, Hyenas, etc: You can't save yourself from extinction.

Cheetahs: I know, but he can!

*Humanity*

[Kalenz]

The fact that cheetahs actually evolved to look like honey badgers as cubs is pretty nuts and very sad when you think about it. It's not like there is an intelligence behind evolution and it actively tries to do such things. It's driven by natural selection and that means that from all the random possible colourations these cubs over many generations were the only ones that didn't get killed.

[Argonwolfproject]

The problem with cheetahs is that they're a mid-tier build in a diamond-elite-tier server. They'd most likely see more success in less-competitive regions where their abilities could shine without having to bend to the meta at every turn. That's not to say they'd ever be a top-tier, but they definitely seem to be a victim of poor matchmaking algorithms.

[hokagejason]

Your mmo/game style presentation is unique and entertaining, got me watching something I normally wouldn't.

[hwehwehweh]

Just a note that the part at 4:00 about cheetahs heating up because of the chase could be wrong according to a 2013 study which "recorded the average temperature of cheetahs after hunts to be 38.6 °C (101.5 °F), suggesting high temperatures need not cause hunts to be abandoned." It seems that the heating up could be a response to awareness of other predators in the area instead.

The original 1973 study put cheetahs in captivity on a treadmill and had them attempt long-distance, medium-speed running, and observed that these cheetahs stopped running after overheating at 40.5 °C. However, overheating during an actual short-distance, high-speed chase hasn't been observed for cheetahs in the wild. Nevertheless, the observations from the 1973 study have become so ingrained in popular culture and in documentaries that they prevail to this day.

[PlagueOfGripes]

Cheetahs are cute and friendly. Humans wish to protect them, which has to bring up their value a little.

[swapertxking]

they also suffer anxiety like us humans, and zoos will give them dogs as companions... man and cheetah's best friends.

[jakel]

HOLY SHlT
I didn't know that black tear on Cheetahs' faces helped reduce glare. It literally just looks like a cool tattoo design.

[tomandjerry]

The most saddest thing about cheetah is losing a prey to other animals even after a successful hunt

[Srelde]

"Call an ambulance... but not for me" applies to like everything I've seen involving a wild boar

[jordyrocks]

“Signature move, the paw swipe.”
*small cat boops seal*

[lukeismael]

Cheetahs are my favorite wildlife cat as well. I was so disappointed as a kid when I found out they are so fragile.

[-krod]

The cheetah users should work together more when planning an attack on an enemy player. I think if they fought together as a squad and communicated well, we would see an increase in numbers.

[dabeastfromdaweast]

A little note on the cheetah team strats, it's been found in this age of desperation that teams of cheetahs are starting to grow considerably. Cheetahs have been recently seen trying to coordinate attacks against prey as large as giraffes with teams of 5 or even 6 cats, so this does give some hope to the graceful speed demon.

Large prides could essentially negate all the drawbacks of playing a cheetah (low defense, low attack, killstealing hyenas, etc.) and be the saving grace for the build. Here's hoping they see the strategy's benefits and actually pull it off, I'd hate to see the build get banned.