Because Unreal Tournament was actually a highly evolved gay martial art.
The lights are hints towards their broadway musical roots.
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Jeru War and Piss,
Sun 6 Apr 2008, 16:03,
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ah
but in unreal2 they have them too
so it's a deep space multiplanetary gay pride march of homo erotic warfare aside from the mining company bald warrior chicks who for some reason are naked in their partially transparent armour
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discomeats This canoe,
Sun 6 Apr 2008, 16:09,
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