Do you think Kerbals are cute?

[s_gamer101]

A friend of mine thinks that Kerbals are "cute". I can't really understand that, but I was wondering what other people think about this.

[kerbiloid]

They shouldn't. We are mass killing them.

[TheSaint]

7 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

They shouldn't. We are mass killing them.

This. I try not to get emotionally attached to them.

[s_gamer101]

If I accidentially kill a Kerbal, then I just undo it with quickload or revert flight

[Nuke]

im really good at the game and seldom kill kerbals, though i did do a play through with the goal of killing as many of them as possible. i guess they are kind of cute. i never really gave it much thought though.

[ARS]

Considering their appearance, behaviour and their stupidity (or suicidal overconfidence) tendencies, then yeah, I consider them cute, especially their expression of joy (or terror) when their aircraft are barrel rolling towards the cliffside at 1200 km/h with one wing missing (I still try to not them get killed though. Planes are easy to replace, skilled personnel are not)

[kerbiloid]

Before you get enough experienced and able to start taking care of them, 

Spoiler

 

Edited December 13, 2020 by kerbiloid

[starcaptain]

I can see how they could be considered cute, but they don't appeal to me, mostly on account of the googly eyes that don't point straight.

That said, KSP2 could definitely market itself along the same vein as Minions if they play their cards right.

[YNM]

Depends on their internals.

On 12/13/2020 at 4:33 AM, TheSaint said:

On 12/12/2020 at 9:03 PM, kerbiloid said:

They shouldn't. We are mass killing them.

This. I try not to get emotionally attached to them.

Honestly, even assigning them a name is too much for me...

[KSK]

I'd say they're endearing rather than cute.

[cubinator]

Jeb plushie is coming with me to Mars.

[RyanRising]

On 12/12/2020 at 1:33 PM, TheSaint said:

This. I try not to get emotionally attached to them.

I find that getting emotionally attached to Kerbals makes me have more interesting gameplay experiences. I try my darnedest to leave no Kerbal behind, and if one pops, the circumstances of their death will have a lasting impact on my vessel design. Plus, it’s fun to design abort systems for stuff that isn’t just a simple capsule!

as for whether they’re cute, they’ve got a simple silhouette, big heads and eyes,  and seem to have a childlike enthusiasm about them, so I’d say they are.

Edited December 20, 2020 by RyanRising

[s_gamer101]

Not findig them cute doesn‘t have to mean not having any emotional attachment to them

I always press F9 when one of them dies

[Claas2008]

only the dum faces they make

On 12/12/2020 at 3:03 PM, kerbiloid said:

They shouldn't. We are mass killing them.

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[tater]

On 12/12/2020 at 7:03 AM, kerbiloid said:

They shouldn't. We are mass killing them.

I hardly ever lose any, even with life support mods.

Honestly, for me the most likely cause of a kerbal death is a time warp error.

[GeorgT85]

Yes, they are

[kerbiloid]

1 hour ago, GeorgT85 said:

Yes, they are

Yes. they were.

2 hours ago, tater said:

I hardly ever lose any, even with life support mods.

Honestly, for me the most likely cause of a kerbal death is a time warp error.

This devalues the suit color  differentiation