Obviously
#2033 posted by
ijed on 2013/05/07 18:12:46
It was actually a giant turtle.
Not That This Theme Is Common In Quake ...
#2034 posted by
Cocerello on 2013/05/07 18:48:24
... but this can be an useful collection and index for references.
http://stronghold.heavengames.com/history/cw/index_html
#2035 posted by
Text_Fish on 2013/05/07 19:57:53
Who decided this imaginary island had sand on!?
Hm
#2036 posted by
ijed on 2013/05/07 21:40:04
It was probably a guy called 'Sandy' who first reported it's existence.
Sand Island
#2037 posted by
quaketree on 2013/05/08 09:22:52
Now points to Midway Atoll. I are confused...
#2034
#2038 posted by
JPL on 2013/05/08 10:31:56
Wow, a huge bunch of inspiration for Castle maps: great !!!
Ijed
#2040 posted by
Spiney on 2013/05/08 23:46:53
What's the turtle reference from? I recall that from something I saw as a kid.
Giant Turtle
Terry Pratchett's Discworld ;)
Yeah
#2042 posted by
ijed on 2013/05/09 00:33:28
But he took it from a lot of different myths as well.
#2045 posted by
Spiney on 2013/05/09 18:08:34
Yeah discworld. I should read those...
I love this expression also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down
Oz
#2050 posted by Mike Woodham on 2013/05/18 14:05:30
Interesting to see that Oz magazine cover. I bought the Oz magazines from issue one. Their covers were always 'of their time'. I sold the whole collection for a lot of money earlier this year.
Badarse Church On A Volcano
#2051 posted by
Kinn on 2013/05/18 15:13:51
http://i.imgur.com/jaBPUlw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Vp3GCqV.jpg
"
Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe is a chapel in Aiguilhe, near Le Puy-en-Velay, France, built in 962 on a volcanic formation 85 metres (279 ft) high"
Wow
That's like something right from the first Unreal.
Wondering if there chapel is just the tip of the iceberg and there are catacombs going miles deep inside the volcano.
Bluff Eversmoking, For Real!
#2053 posted by
erc on 2013/05/18 16:49:23
More
#2054 posted by
Kinn on 2013/05/18 17:07:22
Wondering if there chapel is just the tip of the iceberg and there are catacombs going miles deep inside the volcano.
I bet there probably is :}
If that's not the epitome of "omg sum1 needs 2 map dat", I don't know what is.
Speaking of
quakeable churches in France, I give you
The Black Cathedral (actually it's called Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral)
http://i.imgur.com/tdaUARQ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1jt62CZ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/kITGs50.jpg
The reason it looks like some kind of Elder God shrine is because the town of Clermont-Ferrand is surrounded by volcanoes and the entire cathedral is built out of
black lava stone.
I Need To Go To France!
#2056 posted by
quaketree on 2013/05/19 04:40:59
Is that a cheese icon? Well it is for this post...
It Is A Cheese Icon
#2057 posted by
- on 2013/05/19 07:47:12
long ago, some heretics decided that cheese fueled mappery. these renegades were most decidedly wrong, but their propaganda lives on