Difference between revisions of "User:Mikado282/TF2 ImyRL"
(A start of uploads...I took over 2,000 photographs on the Badlands Trip! And I still haven't finished Seattle! In case you don't know, Payload is by far my favorite mode.) |
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| − | [[File:User Mikado282 TFi Sports Training Facility.png|thumb| | + | [[File:User Mikado282 TFi Sports Training Facility.png|thumb|300px|TF Industries, Kansas]]<br/><br/> |
| − | [[File:User Mikado282 Range Marker.png|thumb| | + | [[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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[[File:User Mikado282 Granary, Kansas.png|300px|left]] | [[File:User Mikado282 Granary, Kansas.png|300px|left]] | ||
| − | When I was 15 years old, I started driving 30 ton loads of grain to | + | 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]]. |
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. | 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. | ||
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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 hotel room!]] | + | File:User Mikado282 Texas skybox 01.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Texas skybox 01.jpg#Summary|Texas skybox.<br/>Kansas is nowhere near this flat!]] |
| − | 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!]] | + | 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)]] |
| + | 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!]] | ||
| + | File:User Mikado282 Final Cap, Brimstone.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Final Cap, Brimstone.jpg#Summary|Final Cap, Brimstone, New Mexico.]] | ||
| + | File:User Mikado282 Hey! Miss Pauling's car!.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Hey! Miss Pauling's car!.jpg#Summary|Hey! I see Miss Pauling's car!]] | ||
| + | File:User Mikado282 BLU and RED scoria, Badlands.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 BLU and RED scoria, Badlands.jpg#Summary|They ''do'' exist! (New Mexico)]] | ||
| + | File:User Mikado282 Metal, Arizona.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Metal, Arizona.jpg#Summary|Metal, Arizona.]] | ||
| + | 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! (Colorado)]] | ||
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!<br/>A Mikado282!]] | 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!<br/>A Mikado282!]] | ||
| − | File: | + | File:User Mikado282 Mannworks, Colorado 01.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Mannworks, Colorado 01.png#Summary|Quicklime Factory, Colorado.]] |
| − | File:User Mikado282 | + | File:User Mikado282 Blast Complex.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Blast Complex.png#Summary|Foundry, Colorado.]] |
| − | File:User Mikado282 | + | </gallery> |
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| + | ==== Community Petrified Forest strategy ==== | ||
| + | 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 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/> | ||
| + | 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.]] | ||
| + | File:User Mikado282 Red Valley, Arizona.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Red Valley, Arizona.jpg#Summary|Red Valley, Arizona.]] | ||
| + | File:User Mikado282 Pertified Final.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Pertified Final.jpg#Summary|Final.]] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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=== Stalking Valve (2021) === | === Stalking Valve (2021) === | ||
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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 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.) | ||
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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]]) | ||
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!]] | 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!]] | ||
File:User Mikado282 Pier, Seattle.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Pier, Seattle.jpg#Summary|Pier, Seattle.]] | File:User Mikado282 Pier, Seattle.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Pier, Seattle.jpg#Summary|Pier, Seattle.]] | ||
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!]] | 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!]] | ||
| − | 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/>(Valve | + | 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. | ||
| + | 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!]] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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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.]] | ||
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.]] | 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.]] | ||
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]])'' | 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]])'' | ||
Revision as of 18:52, 20 June 2021
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- 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.
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.
Contents
Loadouts
(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!
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 Mantreads; I'll show them to you after I find the second one.
Badlands IRL (2021)
| “ | 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.
Community Petrified Forest strategy
The Visitor Center Gift Shop for the Petrified Forest National Park is right off of the Interstate 40 exit, while 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 (2021)
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 (2021)
I spent a week on a job in Seattle. I stayed in a hotel in Bellevue and took in the surrounding TF2 sights.
Poopy Joe Memorial IRL (Sad Yeti left behind.)
Hey! I can see my base from here!
(from Valve's Office)
Thunder Mountain trestle (Wilburton Trestle) from hotel room window.
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 (2018)
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.
Enclosure, Nebraska.
Achievement Idle Awesomebox, Nebraska.
Enclosure, Kansas.
Almost home!
Miscellaneous
In case you don't know, Payload is by far my favorite mode.
No, really! Yeti Park Gift Shop, Nebraska.
OneTwo of our engineers at the office really look just like this!
FEEL the terror ... of copyright infringement!
Purrasmus!
Purrasmus! IRL
Domino-micon! Feel the terror of purring!
Pipeline, Kansas
Gravel Pit, Kansas
Badlands geology
| “ | ... gravel as far as the eye can see.
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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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