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[[File:User Mikado282 TFi Sports Training Facility.png|thumb|300px|TF Industries, Kansas]]<br/><br/>
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[[File:User Mikado282 Range Marker.png|thumb|300px|Look very close ...<br>[[:File:User Mikado282 Range Marker.png#Summary|''Team Fortress 2'', Kansas.]]]]
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: '''''See also [[User:Mikado282/Remembering 68]].'''''
 
: '''''See also [[User:Mikado282/Remembering 68]].'''''
 
A gallery for personal ''TF2'' IRL images. Please, click the pictures and links for more explanations of how I experience ''TF2'' everywhere.   
 
A gallery for personal ''TF2'' IRL images. Please, click the pictures and links for more explanations of how I experience ''TF2'' everywhere.   
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[[File:User Mikado282 Granary, Kansas.png|300px|left]]
 
[[File:User Mikado282 Granary, Kansas.png|300px|left]]
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When I was 15 years old, I started driving 30 ton loads of grain to this and other [[Granary|Granaries]]. It was easy to convince [[Mannhattan|East Coast]] city kids that the silos held nuclear missiles; which of course we all know is [[:File:Environment1.jpg|absolutely true]].
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When I was 15 years old, I started driving 30 ton loads of grain to [[Granary|Granaries]] like this. It was easy to convince [[Mannhattan|East Coast]] city kids that the silos held nuclear missiles; which of course we all know is [[:File:Environment1.jpg|absolutely true]].
  
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When I first started playing ''TF2'', BLU's "modern" architecture (like [[Dustbowl]] 3<sup>rd</sup> stage) specifically reminded of the post-war concrete architecture of this [[:File:Happy_Farmers.png|Farmer's CO-OP]] General Office and Feed Mill. After I had managed to break addictions to ''Railroad Tycoon'' and ''Civilization'', it was the nostalgia of ''Team Fortress 2'' that sucked me back in.
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When I first started playing ''TF2'', BLU's "modern" architecture (like [[Dustbowl]] 3<sup>rd</sup> stage) reminded me specifically of the post-war concrete architecture of this [[:File:Happy_Farmers.png|Farmer's CO-OP]] [[:File:Coop logo.png|General Office and Feed Service Center]]. After I had managed to break addictions to [[w:Railroad Tycoon|''Railroad Tycoon'']] and [[w:Civilization (video game)|''Civilization'']], it was the nostalgia of ''Team Fortress 2'' that sucked me back in.
  
 
Compare with [[:File:Bluarchitechture.png]].
 
Compare with [[:File:Bluarchitechture.png]].
  
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To be fair, [[w:File:GrainElevatorEsthervilleIA2006-05-20.JPG|here is the RED elevator]], rare now (because the ones that were still being used and taken care of were painted white or silver after WWII). Compare with [[:File:Redarchitechture.png]].  The classic red paint was a frugal homemade mixture of skimmed milk, lime, and [[:File:RED_Iron.png|red iron]] oxide.{{clr}}
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To be fair, [[w:File:GrainElevatorEsthervilleIA2006-05-20.JPG|here is the RED elevator]], rare now (because the ones that were still being used and taken care of were painted white or silver after WWII). Compare with [[:File:Redarchitechture.png]].  The classic red paint was a frugal homemade mixture of skimmed milk, lime, and [[:File:RED_Iron.png|red iron]] oxide.
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=== Loadouts ===
 
=== Loadouts ===
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[[File:User Mikado282 IRL Loadout 01.png|120px|left]] (''Heading out to split wood one evening, I thought I should share my loadouts:'')<br>'''My evening and weekend loadout:''' (clockwise from lower left) [[Back Scratcher]] (note the authentic antique stamped-metal tines), [[Wrench]], [[Equalizer]], [[Homewrecker]], [[Fire Axe|Axe]], [[Shovel]] (entrenching tool), [[Hot Hand]] (20,000 Volt insulated gloves), and [[Market Gardener]]! I have had this equipment for years before ''Team Fortress 2'' was released!
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[[File:User Mikado282 Medieval Mode.png#Summary|link=File:User Mikado282 Medieval Mode.png#Summary|120px|left]][[File:User Mikado282 DeGroot Keep, Kansas.jpg|180px|right|thumb|[[:File:User Mikado282 DeGroot Keep, Kansas.jpg|DeGroot, Kansas]]]]
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This is how we did Medieval Mode before the Internet. I made the chain mail [[w:Hauberk|hauberk]] myself, which is how people spent their time before Steam. The picture was taken on or about the day my [[w:Society for Creative Anachronism#Peerage orders|Medieval Wikicap]] dropped.
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|(''Heading out to split wood one evening, I thought I should share my loadouts:'')<br>'''My evening and weekend loadout:''' (clockwise from lower left) [[Back Scratcher]] (note the authentic antique stamped-metal tines), [[Wrench]], [[Equalizer]], [[Homewrecker]], [[Fire Axe|Axe]], [[Shovel]] (entrenching tool), [[Hot Hand]] (20,000 Volt insulated gloves), and [[Market Gardener]]! I have had this equipment for years before ''Team Fortress 2'' was released!
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|This is how we did Medieval Mode before the Internet. I made the chain mail [[w:Hauberk|hauberk]] myself, which is how people spent their time before Steam. The picture was taken on or about the day my [[w:Society for Creative Anachronism#Peerage orders|Medieval Wikicap]] dropped.
  
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The picture is after I wore out my IRL [[Mantreads]]; I'll show them to you after I find the second one.
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|[[File:User Mikado282 wearing his Mantreads.jpg|link=File:User Mikado282 wearing his Mantreads.jpg#Summary|120px|left]]
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|Ah, here are my [[:File:User Mikado282 wearing his Mantreads.jpg|IRL Mantreads]]!
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|[[File:User Mikado282 DeGroot Keep, Kansas.jpg|180px|left|thumb|[[:File:User Mikado282 DeGroot Keep, Kansas.jpg|DeGroot Keep, Kansas]]]]
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|Yes, we really did play A/D Medieval Mode here!
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The picture is after I wore out my [[Mantreads]]; I'll show them to you after I find the second one.
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=== What's new? / Best of ===
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=== Badlands IRL (2021) ===
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(In two months, we will be going to [[Badlands (region)|Badlands]]. It is the wife's idea, and my adult children are excited, but '''''Her''''' plan is to hit National Parks (you know, with the coal mines), not the cities. So we will loop around the outskirts of ''TF2'' Badlands, rather than go through Well or [[Teufort (city)|Teufort]].
 
  
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File:User Mikado282 2Feet too tuckered by TF 2 tonight.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 2Feet too tuckered by TF 2 tonight.png#Summary|2Feet, too tuckered out by ''TF2'' tonight.]]
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File:User Mikado282 Look at me! I'm flying!.png|This User flies airplane wearing [[:File:User Mikado282 Look at me! I'm flying!.png#Summary|world's most famous pilot's cap]]!
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File:User Mikado282 Is serious hysterical costume!.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Is serious hysterical costume!.jpg|Is serious hysterical costume! MAKE VISH!]]
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File:User Mikado282 is Prussian fairy tale come to life!.jpg|Mikado282 is [[Spectral Spectrum (halloween spell)|Spectral Spectrum]] Prussian [[Grand Duchess Tiara|fairy tale]] come to life!
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File:User Mikado282 Ahwoo IRL.jpg|Ahwoo IRL.</br>Last night of [[Scream Fortress 2022|SF XIV]].
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File:User_Mikado282_Visit_from_Burny_2022.jpg|[[:File:User_Mikado282_Visit_from_Burny_2022.jpg#Summary|This User is a Burny main.]]
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File:User_Mikado282_Ofreda,_Los_Muertos,_Kansas.jpg|[[:File:User_Mikado282_Ofreda,_Los_Muertos,_Kansas.jpg|Ofreda, Los Muertos, Kansas]]
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File:User Mikado282 outsmarted bullet.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 outsmarted bullet.jpg#Summary|''"I've yet to meet campsite that can outsmart bullet!"'']]
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=== Stalking Valve (2021) ===
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=== Halloween goodie hauls ===
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Every year, for the month of October and several days into November, a time of enchantments, hauntings, family curses, and '''[[Halloween Contracts|contract]] completionism''' falls upon the real life of Mikado282:
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File:User Mikado282 Halloween Goodie Haul 2023.png|2023
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File:User Mikado282 Halloween Goodie Haul 2023 page 2.png|2023 page 2
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File:User Mikado282 Halloween Goodie Haul 2022.png|2022
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File:User Mikado282 Halloween Goodie Haul 2021.png|2021
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File:User Mikado282 Halloween Goodie Haul 2020.png|2020
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=== North Badlands IRL (vacation trip) ===
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{{Quotation|'''The Heavy'''|Was good trip!|sound=heavy_thanksfortheteleporter02.wav}}
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This year we looped around the Northern Badlands, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, which are all either referenced within ''TF2'' or feature the same cultural aspects as northcentral New Mexico.
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==== Darling Zoo, Colorado ====
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The [[w:Cheyenne Mountain Zoo|Cheyenne Mountain (Boom) Zoo]] had a surprising number of reminders of ''TF2'', as if the developers were inspired by the zoo ...
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File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, Earhart's Siberian crash site (reenactment).jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, Earhart's Siberian crash site (reenactment).jpg|Amelia Earhart's Siberian crash site (reenacted).]]
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File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, I like this cougar's pepper sauce!.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, I like this cougar's pepper sauce!.jpg|I like this cougar's PEPPER SAUCE! ]]
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File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, Badlands pueblo architecture.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, Badlands pueblo architecture.jpg|Badlands pueblo architecture. We need to use this in a map!]]
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File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, They always have hilarious defeated eyes!.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, They always have hilarious defeated eyes!.jpg|They ''always'' have '''"hilarious defeated eyes"''' to look into!]]
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File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, Altitude deckhouse.jpg|[[Altitude]] deckhouse.
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File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, Altitude chairlift.jpg|[[Altitude]] chairlift.
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File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, Hale's Grizzly Trophy.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, Hale's Grizzly Trophy.jpg|Hale's grizzly trophy.]]
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File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, Gravel Pit, Final.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, Gravel Pit, Final.jpg|Gravel Pit, Final, Colorado (refurbished).]]
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File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, Pootis Old Woman here!.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Darling Zoo, Colorado, Pootis Old Woman here!.jpg|Pootis "''Old Woman''" here! ]]
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==== Charles Darling's Triassic Preserve, Utah ====
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Like John Hammond's ''Jurassic Park'' and [[Enclosure|Charles Darling's Triassic Preserve]], the [[w:Dinosaur National Monument|Dinosaur National Monument (Utah/Colorado)]] identifies its focus on ''pre-Cretaceous'' dinosaurs. However, ''all'' of the dinosaurs in the actual enclosures are Cretaceous dinosaurs.  I was quite bemused to see that the outdoor enclosures of the [[w:Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum|Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum]] has the same five ''Cretaceous'' dinosaurs as Darling's so-called Triassic Preserve:
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File:User Mikado282 Enclosure, Utah, Pteranodon Enclosure.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Enclosure, Utah, Pteranodon Enclosure.jpg#Summary|Pteranodon]]
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File:User Mikado282 Enclosure, Utah, Triceratops Enclosure.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Enclosure, Utah, Triceratops Enclosure.jpg#Summary|Triceratops]]
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File:User Mikado282 Enclosure, Utah, Brachiosaurus Enclosure.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Enclosure, Utah, Brachiosaurus Enclosure.jpg#Summary|Brachiosaurus]]
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File:User Mikado282 Enclosure, Utah, Raptor Enclosure.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Enclosure, Utah, Raptor Enclosure.png#Summary|Velociraptor]]<br/>(Utahraptor, technically)
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File:User Mikado282 Enclosure, Utah, T-rex Enclosure.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Enclosure, Utah, T-rex Enclosure.jpg#Summary|Tyrannosaurus rex]]
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File:User Mikado282 Mannmoth Park, Utah.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Mannmoth Park, Utah.png#Summary|Hey!<br/>Mannmoth Park, Utah]]
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==== Additional Badlands tourist pictures ====
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File:User Mikado282 Best picture of the trip, Utah.jpg|The [[:File:User Mikado282 Best picture of the trip, Utah.jpg#Summary|Best]] picture of the trip.
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=== Badlands IRL (vacation trip) ===
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{{Quotation|[[Saxton Hale]]|Only a moron would live here.}}
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The trip to New Mexico was all set up by my wife (no Steam account), and my adult children were excited to come along, but '''''Her''''' plan was to hit all the National Parks (you know, with the coal mines), not the cities. So we looped around the outskirts of ''TF2'' Badlands, rather than go through Well or [[Teufort (city)|Teufort]].
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File:User Mikado282 Texas skybox 01.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Texas skybox 01.jpg#Summary|Texas skybox.<br/>Kansas is nowhere near this flat!]]
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File:User Mikado282 Teufort, Texas 01.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Teufort, Texas 01.jpg#Summary|I don't know; it made me think of a mini-2Fort. (Texas)]]
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File:User Mikado282 Laughter, New Mexico 01.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Laughter, New Mexico 01.jpg#Summary|Hey! I can see Laughter from my New Mexico hotel room!]]
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File:User Mikado282 Final Cap, Brimstone.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Final Cap, Brimstone.jpg#Summary|Final Cap, Brimstone, New Mexico.]]
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File:User Mikado282 Gravel Pit, New Mexico.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Gravel Pit, New Mexico.png#Summary|Gravel Pit, New Mexico. ]]
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File:User Mikado282 Gravel as far as the eye can see.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Gravel as far as the eye can see.png#Summary|Gravel as far as the eye can see. No, really. ]]
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File:User Mikado282 Hey! Miss Pauling's car!.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Hey! Miss Pauling's car!.jpg#Summary|Hey! I can see Miss Pauling's car!]]
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File:User Mikado282 BLU and RED scoria, Badlands.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 BLU and RED scoria, Badlands.jpg#Summary|They ''do'' exist! (New Mexico)]]
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File:User Mikado282 (not so enclosed) Enclosure, Arizona.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 (not so enclosed) Enclosure, Arizona.jpg#Summary|Enclosure, Arizona. The Southwest really likes its dinosaurs! ]]
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File:User Mikado282 Badlands mesas.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Badlands mesas.jpg#Summary|No Alamo on any of the mesas.</br>(Yes, I did check)]]
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File:User Mikado282 Metal, Arizona.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Metal, Arizona.jpg#Summary|Metal, Arizona.]]
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File:User Mikado282 Gravel Pit, Arizona.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Gravel Pit, Arizona.jpg#Summary|Gravel Pit, Arizona.]]
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File:User Mikado282 29 miles to Mann Co., New Mexico.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 29 miles to Mann Co., New Mexico.png#Summary|29 miles to Mann Co.!]]
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File:User Mikado282 Gravel Pit, Colorado.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Gravel Pit, Colorado.jpg#Summary|A great Gravel Pit at Mann Co., Colorado.]]
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File:User Mikado282 Red Mountain coach 01.jpg|{{code|pl_D&SNGRR}}<br/>[[:File:User Mikado282 Red Mountain coach 01.jpg#Summary|By shear chance our tickets were for this cart!]]
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File:User Mikado282 Guess who's pullin' the cart!.jpg|{{code|pl_D&SNGRR}}<br/>[[:File:User Mikado282 Guess who's pullin' the cart!.jpg#Summary|Guess who's pullin' the cart? A Mikado282!]]
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File:User Mikado282 Mannworks, Colorado 01.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Mannworks, Colorado 01.png#Summary|Quicklime Factory, Colorado.]]
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File:User Mikado282 Blast Complex.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Blast Complex.png#Summary|Foundry, Colorado.]]
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==== Community Petrified Forest strategy ====
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The Visitor Center Gift Shop for the [[w:Petrified Forest National Park|Petrified Forest National Park]] is right off of the [[w:Interstate 40|Interstate 40]] exit, while the introductory Rainbow Forest Museum with all of the natural history of the park that you ''really'' want to start with is over 20 miles away down at the other end of the park.<br/>
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So, a good way to attack this level is to Spawn early from [[w:Holbrook, Arizona|Holbrook]] and take [[w:U.S. Route 180|U.S. Route 180]] to arrive at the park's South Gate at opening time. (Show up a little earlier if you want to cap the Community content just outside the gate.) Capture the museum, trails, and overlooks before the day gets hot as you work north; save the air conditioned Final for the heat of the day.
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; Locations
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File:User Mikado282 Blue Mesa, Arizona.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Blue Mesa, Arizona.jpg#Summary|Blue Mesa, Arizona.]]
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File:User Mikado282 Red Valley, Arizona.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Red Valley, Arizona.jpg#Summary|Red Valley, Arizona.]]
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File:User Mikado282 Pertified Final.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Pertified Final.jpg#Summary|Final.]]
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=== Stalking Valve (trip) ===
 
My hotel is in walking distance of [[Valve]], and I don't have to go to work until 4AM, sooooo...
 
My hotel is in walking distance of [[Valve]], and I don't have to go to work until 4AM, sooooo...
  
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<sup>*</sup>(Hey! I actually ''could '' see Valve from my hotel lounge!)
 
<sup>*</sup>(Hey! I actually ''could '' see Valve from my hotel lounge!)
  
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=== Touring [[w:Seattle|Greater]] [[W:Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue, Washington]] (2021) ===
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=== Touring [[w:Seattle|Greater]] [[W:Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue, Washington]] (trip) ===
 
I spent a week on a job in Seattle. I stayed in a hotel in Bellevue and took in the surrounding ''TF2'' sights.
 
I spent a week on a job in Seattle. I stayed in a hotel in Bellevue and took in the surrounding ''TF2'' sights.
 
   
 
   
 
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File:User Mikado282 Poopy Joe Memorial IRL.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Poopy Joe Memorial IRL.jpg#Summary|Poopy Joe Memorial IRL]] (Sad [[Non-player characters#Yeti|Yeti]] left behind.)
 
File:User Mikado282 Hey! I can see Granary from here!.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Hey! I can see Granary from here!.jpg#Summary|Hey! I can see Granary from here!]]<br/>([[w:Space Needle|Space Needle]])
 
File:User Mikado282 Hey! I can see Granary from here!.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Hey! I can see Granary from here!.jpg#Summary|Hey! I can see Granary from here!]]<br/>([[w:Space Needle|Space Needle]])
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File:User Mikado282 IGP Layout 02.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 IGP Layout 02.jpg|Hey! I remembered I could see Granary from Kansas State university, too!]]
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File:User Mikado282 IGP Layout 02.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 IGP Layout 02.jpg|Hey! I remembered I could see Granary from Kansas State University, too!]]
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File:User Mikado282 Thunder Mountain Trestle seen from Valve's Headquarters.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Thunder Mountain Trestle seen from hotel room window.jpg#Summary|Hey! I can see Thunder Mountain from here!]]<br/>(Valve Offices)
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File:User Mikado282 Pier, Seattle.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Pier, Seattle.jpg#Summary|Pier, Seattle.]]
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File:User Mikado282 Hey! I can see Thunder Mountain from up here!.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Hey! I can see Thunder Mountain from up here!.jpg#Summary|Hey! I can see Thunder Mountain from up here!]]
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File:User Mikado282 Thunder Mountain Trestle seen from Valve's Headquarters.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Thunder Mountain Trestle seen from hotel room window.jpg#Summary|Hey! I can see my base from here!]]<br/>(from Valve's Office)
 
File:User Mikado282 Thunder Mountain Trestle seen from hotel room window.jpg|Thunder Mountain trestle ([[w:Wilburton Trestle|Wilburton Trestle]]) from hotel room window.
 
File:User Mikado282 Thunder Mountain Trestle seen from hotel room window.jpg|Thunder Mountain trestle ([[w:Wilburton Trestle|Wilburton Trestle]]) from hotel room window.
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File:User Mikado282 Alarm-O-Tron IRL.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Alarm-O-Tron IRL.jpg#Summary|I knew NASA had the Alarm-O-Tron 5000 before ''TF2'' did.]]
 
File:User Mikado282 Train IRL 01.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Train IRL 01.jpg|'''''TRAIN!''''' A lucky IRL catch of a rare antique ''TF2'' GP38-2!]]
 
File:User Mikado282 Train IRL 01.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Train IRL 01.jpg|'''''TRAIN!''''' A lucky IRL catch of a rare antique ''TF2'' GP38-2!]]
 
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=== My scout camp trip to [[Lakeside]], South Dakota (2018) ===
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=== My scout camp trip to [[Lakeside]], South Dakota ===
 
I make reference to [[Lakeside]] not only because the camp was at a large lake, but coincidentally enough, the lake is lined with massive limestone bluffs, the same [[w:Coniacian|Coniacian]] age and quality of limestone as the Cretaceous limestone on the ancient Egyptian archaeological [[w:Giza Plateau|Giza Plateau]].
 
I make reference to [[Lakeside]] not only because the camp was at a large lake, but coincidentally enough, the lake is lined with massive limestone bluffs, the same [[w:Coniacian|Coniacian]] age and quality of limestone as the Cretaceous limestone on the ancient Egyptian archaeological [[w:Giza Plateau|Giza Plateau]].
  
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=== Miscellaneous ===  
 
=== Miscellaneous ===  
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In case you don't know, Payload is by far my favorite mode.
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File:User Mikado282 Manko, Kansas.jpg|Manko, Kansas
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File:User Mikado282 Two Fort, Pennsylvania.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Two Fort, Pennsylvania.png#Summary|Scouts played ctf for decades at Two Fort, Pennsylvania.]]
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File:User Mikado282 Range Marker.png|Look very close ...<br>[[:File:User Mikado282 Range Marker.png#Summary|''Team Fortress 2'', Kansas.]]
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File:User Mikado282 Mercenary Park Gift Shop, Nebraska .jpg|No, really! [[:File:User Mikado282 Mercenary Park Gift Shop, Nebraska .jpg#Summary|Yeti Park Gift Shop, Nebraska.]]
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File:User Mikado282 Mercenary Park Gift Shop, Nebraska .jpg|No. Really! [[:File:User Mikado282 Mercenary Park Gift Shop, Nebraska .jpg#Summary|Yeti Park Gift Shop, Nebraska.]]
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File:User Mikado282 1968 NPK.jpg|I'm the [[w:The Lorax|Lore-guy]]; I speak for the [[NPC]]s.<br/>''(See [[Storyline#1968|1968]])''
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File:User Mikado282 Playground, Mercenary Park, Kansas.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Playground, Mercenary Park, Kansas.jpg#Summary|The Visitor Center and Playground at Mercenary Park, Kansas,]]
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File:User Mikado282 Who's pushin' da freakin'' cart.jpg|{{code|[[Enclosure|pl_enclosure_neb]]}}<br>[[:File:User Mikado282 Who's pushin' da freakin'' cart.jpg#Summary|Who's pushin' da freakin' cart!?]]
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File:User Mikado282 Request Number 282.png|It is like they know who I am!
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File:User Mikado282 Sniper is Spy! 20170321 01.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Sniper is Spy! 20170321 01.png#Summary|Sniper is a semi-aquatic, egg-laying BLU Spy of action!]]
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File:User Mikado282 Gawrsh, Sniper! 20170321 01.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Gawrsh, Sniper! 20170321 01.jpg#Summary|Gawrsh, Sniper!]]
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File:User Mikado282 Powerhouse, Kansas.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Powerhouse, Kansas.png#Summary|Powerhouse, Kansas]]
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File:User Mikado282 Trade Plaza race track.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Trade Plaza race track.png#Summary|Trade Plaza, Kansas.<br>It's a magical place.]]
 
File:User Mikado282 IGP Layout 03.jpg|[[:File:Rio Grande.png|Hey! I can see "SpaceChem"!]]
 
File:User Mikado282 IGP Layout 03.jpg|[[:File:Rio Grande.png|Hey! I can see "SpaceChem"!]]
 
File:User Mikado282 IGP Layout 10.jpg|[[:File:Coop logo.png|Hey! I can see]] [[User_talk:Nineaxis|nineaxis']] [[:File:Coop logo.png|unused content!]]
 
File:User Mikado282 IGP Layout 10.jpg|[[:File:Coop logo.png|Hey! I can see]] [[User_talk:Nineaxis|nineaxis']] [[:File:Coop logo.png|unused content!]]
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I met the new Geology professor. He grew up in the [[Badlands (region)|Badlands]]. I mentioned the Rio Grande Rift Valley and [[Map of Badlands|Valles Caldera]]. He replied, "[[:File:Catchup03.jpg|North Central New Mexico is the most beautiful place on Earth.]]" I told him, "You just made my profile!"
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I met the new Geology professor here. He grew up in the [[Badlands (region)|Badlands]]. I mentioned the Rio Grande Rift Valley and [[Map of Badlands|Valles Caldera]]. He replied, "[[:File:Catchup03.jpg|North Central New Mexico is the most beautiful place on Earth.]]" I told him, "You just made my profile!"
 
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TF2 ImyRL
User Mikado282 Manko, Kansas.jpg
Manko, Kansas.


TF Industries, Kansas


Look very close ...
Team Fortress 2, Kansas.
See also User:Mikado282/Remembering 68.

A gallery for personal TF2 IRL images. Please, click the pictures and links for more explanations of how I experience TF2 everywhere.

Comments are welcome on the Talk page.

User Mikado282 Granary, Kansas.png

When I was 15 years old, I started driving 30 ton loads of grain to Granaries like this. It was easy to convince East Coast city kids that the silos held nuclear missiles; which of course we all know is absolutely true.

When I first started playing TF2, BLU's "modern" architecture (like Dustbowl 3rd stage) reminded me specifically of the post-war concrete architecture of this Farmer's CO-OP General Office and Feed Service Center. After I had managed to break addictions to Railroad Tycoon and Civilization, it was the nostalgia of Team Fortress 2 that sucked me back in.

Compare with File:Bluarchitechture.png.

To be fair, here is the RED elevator, rare now (because the ones that were still being used and taken care of were painted white or silver after WWII). Compare with File:Redarchitechture.png. The classic red paint was a frugal homemade mixture of skimmed milk, lime, and red iron oxide.


Loadouts

User Mikado282 IRL Loadout 01.png
 (Heading out to split wood one evening, I thought I should share my loadouts:)
My evening and weekend loadout: (clockwise from lower left) Back Scratcher (note the authentic antique stamped-metal tines), Wrench, Equalizer, Homewrecker, Axe, Shovel (entrenching tool), Hot Hand (20,000 Volt insulated gloves), and Market Gardener! I have had this equipment for years before Team Fortress 2 was released!
User Mikado282 Medieval Mode.png
 This is how we did Medieval Mode before the Internet. I made the chain mail hauberk myself, which is how people spent their time before Steam. The picture was taken on or about the day my Medieval Wikicap dropped.

The picture is after I wore out my IRL Mantreads; I'll show them to you after I find the second one.

User Mikado282 wearing his Mantreads.jpg
 Ah, here are my IRL Mantreads!
DeGroot Keep, Kansas
 Yes, we really did play A/D Medieval Mode here!

What's new? / Best of

Halloween goodie hauls

Every year, for the month of October and several days into November, a time of enchantments, hauntings, family curses, and contract completionism falls upon the real life of Mikado282:

  • 2023

  • 2023 page 2

  • 2022

  • 2021

  • 2020

North Badlands IRL (vacation trip)

“
Was good trip!
Click to listen
— The Heavy
 ”

This year we looped around the Northern Badlands, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, which are all either referenced within TF2 or feature the same cultural aspects as northcentral New Mexico.


Darling Zoo, Colorado

The Cheyenne Mountain (Boom) Zoo had a surprising number of reminders of TF2, as if the developers were inspired by the zoo ...

Charles Darling's Triassic Preserve, Utah

Like John Hammond's Jurassic Park and Charles Darling's Triassic Preserve, the Dinosaur National Monument (Utah/Colorado) identifies its focus on pre-Cretaceous dinosaurs. However, all of the dinosaurs in the actual enclosures are Cretaceous dinosaurs. I was quite bemused to see that the outdoor enclosures of the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum has the same five Cretaceous dinosaurs as Darling's so-called Triassic Preserve:

Additional Badlands tourist pictures

  • The Best picture of the trip.

Badlands IRL (vacation trip)

“
Only a moron would live here.
”

The trip to New Mexico was all set up by my wife (no Steam account), and my adult children were excited to come along, but Her plan was to hit all the National Parks (you know, with the coal mines), not the cities. So we looped around the outskirts of TF2 Badlands, rather than go through Well or Teufort.

Community Petrified Forest strategy

The Visitor Center Gift Shop for the Petrified Forest National Park is right off of the Interstate 40 exit, while the introductory Rainbow Forest Museum with all of the natural history of the park that you really want to start with is over 20 miles away down at the other end of the park.
So, a good way to attack this level is to Spawn early from Holbrook and take U.S. Route 180 to arrive at the park's South Gate at opening time. (Show up a little earlier if you want to cap the Community content just outside the gate.) Capture the museum, trails, and overlooks before the day gets hot as you work north; save the air conditioned Final for the heat of the day.

Locations

Stalking Valve (trip)

My hotel is in walking distance of Valve, and I don't have to go to work until 4AM, sooooo...

  • Valve is out there. (actually the tower on the far left)* ‎

  • 8PM, Saturday night, lights still on at Valve (14th floor).

  • Lincoln Square Lobby, 10400 NE 4th Street.

  • Wish ‎I could say it's a Chihuly; there's one like it at the Garden. ‎

  • I would apologize for the blur, but the painting might be that rough. ‎

  • Locked down tight. ‎

Yeah, pretty lame not calling in favors to get in the door, but, I was in town on a bigger job.

*(Hey! I actually could see Valve from my hotel lounge!)


Touring Greater Bellevue, Washington (trip)

I spent a week on a job in Seattle. I stayed in a hotel in Bellevue and took in the surrounding TF2 sights.

Hale Library

A few years back (2018), IRL Hale Library had a book fire (actually, a roof fire; the books were damaged by smoke and water). The library was widely remodeled; and to Saxton’s approval, hardly a book in sight -- it looks more like a retro café.

Actually, there are a few books. One caught my eye; 1968 is a satirical art book by Maurizio Cattelan, who only had a one-year head start on Mikado282 Remembering 1968.

  • BEHOLD ... the terror ... of READING!

  • Nice Sixties retro lounge décor!

  • See, no books! (Freshman Saxton posing for industrial posing class)

  • I am not alone in Remembering 1968!

My scout camp trip to Lakeside, South Dakota

I make reference to Lakeside not only because the camp was at a large lake, but coincidentally enough, the lake is lined with massive limestone bluffs, the same Coniacian age and quality of limestone as the Cretaceous limestone on the ancient Egyptian archaeological Giza Plateau.

Miscellaneous

In case you don't know, Payload is by far my favorite mode.

Badlands geology

“
... gravel as far as the eye can see.
”

I met the new Geology professor here. He grew up in the Badlands. I mentioned the Rio Grande Rift Valley and Valles Caldera. He replied, "North Central New Mexico is the most beautiful place on Earth." I told him, "You just made my profile!"

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