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WhizzbangThePowerSquig
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 Posted: 19-Nov-2005 21:07 Post subject: Conker the... FedRat? |
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Okay, so I was playing Conker: Live and Reloaded the other day, and noticed something interesting.
At one point, there is a large wooden crate, with eyes, hoping around in a circle. Aside from making squirrel pancakes if you get too close, it has another specialty.
On the side, is printed Made in Twycross.
I kid you not. I spent a few minutes double checking it. I assume that everyone here knows what Twycross is.
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Warhammer: 3025
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| Posted: 20-Nov-2005 17:30 Post subject: RE: Conker the... FedRat? |
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Indeed. Twycross is a small village in Leicestershire, Great Britain, and is the home of Rare. 
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DarkAdder
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| Posted: 20-Nov-2005 19:05 Post subject: RE: Conker the... FedRat? |
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Thanks, Warhammer. Anyone ever tell you that youre a bit of a killjoy? 
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WhizzbangThePowerSquig
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| Posted: 20-Nov-2005 19:42 Post subject: RE: Conker the... FedRat? |
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Yeah, I just read that on Wikipedia.
And I just thought one of the artists liked BattleTech.
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| Posted: 20-Nov-2005 21:05 Post subject: RE: Conker the... FedRat? |
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On 2005-11-20 19:05, DarkAdder wrote:
Thanks, Warhammer. Anyone ever tell you that youre a bit of a killjoy?
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Actaully... no.
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SaberDance
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| Posted: 20-Nov-2005 21:20 Post subject: RE: Conker the... FedRat? |
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This is all irrelevant. Of course the squirrel-pancake-making cube-o-death is related to Battletech! Isn't everything?
It's kind of like how Komono comes from the Greek for towel-wrap.
Y'know?
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Delta
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| Posted: 21-Nov-2005 21:58 Post subject: RE: Conker the... FedRat? |
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On 2005-11-20 17:30, Warhammer: 3025 wrote:
Indeed. Twycross is a small village in Leicestershire, Great Britain, and is the home of Rare.
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If you noticed, quite a few battletech planets/cities are named after real world sites...
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Wanallo
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| Posted: 22-Nov-2005 11:07 Post subject: RE: Conker the... FedRat? |
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Indeed, Twycross is about 15km from where i live. As is
Ibstock (about 2km)
Hinkley (12km)
Coventry (25km)
Nuneaton (10km)
Trent (is a river that runs though burton)
Burton (18km)
All quite rough estimates. But they are all local places. I've noticed there are quite alot of English named planets.
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WhizzbangThePowerSquig
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| Posted: 23-Nov-2005 18:13 Post subject: RE: Conker the... FedRat? |
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Then again, there are also a lot of planets named after absoulte rubish.
For example:
Here
There
A Place
The worst though was from Warhammer 40,000. There is a planet named Idunno.
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DarkAdder
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| Posted: 23-Nov-2005 22:28 Post subject: RE: Conker the... FedRat? |
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Lets not forget those memorable planets called Tall Trees, Second Try, Kooken's Pleasure Pit.....
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 28-Nov-2005 20:20 Post subject: RE: Conker the... FedRat? |
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And my faves... Nowhere and Somewhere...
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