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| − | === Badlands IRL ( | + | === North Badlands IRL (vacation trip) === |
| + | {{Quotation|'''The Heavy'''|Was good trip!|sound=heavy_thanksfortheteleporter02.wav}} | ||
| + | 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 ==== | ||
| + | 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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| + | ==== Charles Darling's Triassic Preserve ==== | ||
| + | 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 bemuse 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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| + | === Badlands IRL (vacation trip) === | ||
{{Quotation|[[Saxton Hale]]|Only a moron would live here.}} | {{Quotation|[[Saxton Hale]]|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 (city)|Teufort]]. | 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 BLU and RED scoria, Badlands.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 BLU and RED scoria, Badlands.jpg#Summary|They ''do'' exist! (New Mexico)]] | 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 (not so enclosed) Enclosure, Arizona.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 (not so enclosed) Enclosure, Arizona.jpg#Summary|Enclosure, Arizona. The Southwest really likes its dinosaurs! ]] | 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! ]] | ||
| − | File:User Mikado282 Badlands mesas.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Badlands mesas.jpg#Summary|No Alamo on any of the mesas.</br>(I | + | 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)]] |
File:User Mikado282 Metal, Arizona.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Metal, Arizona.jpg#Summary|Metal, Arizona.]] | File:User Mikado282 Metal, Arizona.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Metal, Arizona.jpg#Summary|Metal, Arizona.]] | ||
File:User Mikado282 Gravel Pit, Arizona.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Gravel Pit, Arizona.jpg#Summary|Gravel Pit, Arizona.]] | File:User Mikado282 Gravel Pit, Arizona.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Gravel Pit, Arizona.jpg#Summary|Gravel Pit, Arizona.]] | ||
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.!]] | 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.!]] | ||
File:User Mikado282 Gravel Pit, Colorado.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Gravel Pit, Colorado.jpg#Summary|A great Gravel Pit at Mann Co., Colorado.]] | File:User Mikado282 Gravel Pit, Colorado.jpg|[[:File:User Mikado282 Gravel Pit, Colorado.jpg#Summary|A great Gravel Pit at Mann Co., Colorado.]] | ||
| − | 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 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 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 | + | 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!]] |
File:User Mikado282 Mannworks, Colorado 01.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Mannworks, Colorado 01.png#Summary|Quicklime Factory, Colorado.]] | File:User Mikado282 Mannworks, Colorado 01.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Mannworks, Colorado 01.png#Summary|Quicklime Factory, Colorado.]] | ||
File:User Mikado282 Blast Complex.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Blast Complex.png#Summary|Foundry, Colorado.]] | File:User Mikado282 Blast Complex.png|[[:File:User Mikado282 Blast Complex.png#Summary|Foundry, Colorado.]] | ||
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| − | === Stalking Valve ( | + | === 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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| − | === Touring [[w:Seattle|Greater]] [[W:Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue, Washington]] ( | + | === 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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| − | === My scout camp trip to [[Lakeside]], South Dakota | + | === 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]]. | ||
Revision as of 17:32, 31 July 2022
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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.
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Loadouts
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(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! |
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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. |
| Yes, we really did play A/D Medieval Mode here! |
North Badlands IRL (vacation trip)
| “ | Was good trip!
Click to listen
— The Heavy
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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.
Darling Zoo
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
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 bemuse 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:
Badlands IRL (vacation trip)
| “ | 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.
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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.
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
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.
It is like they know who I am!
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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