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I know this has been talked about already...but I'm not sure what conclusion
anyone came to...

Anyway I was playing around with Garry's Mod tonight and spawned a gas
pump...

With Kron, Summa and Volym written on it....and it seems that this is
Swedish....
 
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"Craig Coope" <coope1999@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I know this has been talked about already...but I'm not sure what
conclusion
> anyone came to...
>
> Anyway I was playing around with Garry's Mod tonight and spawned a gas
> pump...
>
> With Kron, Summa and Volym written on it....and it seems that this is
> Swedish....

It's a mish-mash of different European countries. I've seen Greek and
Russian lettering there too.

I remember reading an interview with either Gabe Newell or one of the
designers, and they said that they were looking for a eastern-european
setting for HL2, but not any specific place that exists today.
 
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Craig Coope wrote:

> I know this has been talked about already...but I'm not sure what
> conclusion anyone came to...
>
> Anyway I was playing around with Garry's Mod tonight and spawned a gas
> pump...
>
> With Kron, Summa and Volym written on it....and it seems that this is
> Swedish....

It's supposed to be Eastern European, is it not? (The city, not the
language).

Of course it ought to be possible for someone with local knowledge to
recognise the aerial/satellite image that is visible from the tower near the
end of the game. Has anyone tried that?

--

/mel/
 
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Westman wrote:
> >> With Kron, Summa and Volym written on it....and it seems that this
is
> >> Swedish....
> >
> > It's supposed to be Eastern European, is it not? (The city, not the

> > language).
> >
> > Of course it ought to be possible for someone with local knowledge
to
> > recognise the aerial/satellite image that is visible from the tower
near
> > the end of the game. Has anyone tried that?
>
> Are you serious?

You'd have thought it would be simpler to look for a city with a bloody
great metal tower in the middle of it. 😉
 
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>> With Kron, Summa and Volym written on it....and it seems that this is
>> Swedish....
>
> It's supposed to be Eastern European, is it not? (The city, not the
> language).
>
> Of course it ought to be possible for someone with local knowledge to
> recognise the aerial/satellite image that is visible from the tower near
> the end of the game. Has anyone tried that?

Are you serious?

>
> --
>
> /mel/
>
>
 
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chadwick110@hotmail.com wrote in news:1106906779.195771.308420
@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

>
> Westman wrote:
>> >> With Kron, Summa and Volym written on it....and it seems that this
> is
>> >> Swedish....
>> >
>> > It's supposed to be Eastern European, is it not? (The city, not the
>
>> > language).
>> >
>> > Of course it ought to be possible for someone with local knowledge
> to
>> > recognise the aerial/satellite image that is visible from the tower
> near
>> > the end of the game. Has anyone tried that?
>>
>> Are you serious?
>
> You'd have thought it would be simpler to look for a city with a bloody
> great metal tower in the middle of it. 😉
>
>

City 17 exists in the same state that the Simpsons live in.
 
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chadwick110@hotmail.com wrote:
> You'd have thought it would be simpler to look for a city with a
> bloody great metal tower in the middle of it. 😉

Blackpool?
 
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:41:39 -0000, "Craig Coope"
<coope1999@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I know this has been talked about already...but I'm not sure what conclusion
>anyone came to...
>
>Anyway I was playing around with Garry's Mod tonight and spawned a gas
>pump...
>
>With Kron, Summa and Volym written on it....and it seems that this is
>Swedish....
>

The blurbs implied that it was a former city in Russia.
 
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"/mel/" wrote

> Of course it ought to be possible for someone with local knowledge to
> recognise the aerial/satellite image that is visible from the tower near
> the end of the game. Has anyone tried that?
>
Yep it's an image from a city in US or Canada
Can't recall wich
It has been discussed in the group before

Peter
 
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"/mel/" <news@mel.cix.NOSPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Craig Coope wrote:
>
> > I know this has been talked about already...but I'm not sure what
> > conclusion anyone came to...
> >
> > Anyway I was playing around with Garry's Mod tonight and spawned a gas
> > pump...
> >
> > With Kron, Summa and Volym written on it....and it seems that this is
> > Swedish....
>
> It's supposed to be Eastern European, is it not? (The city, not the
> language).
>
> Of course it ought to be possible for someone with local knowledge to
> recognise the aerial/satellite image that is visible from the tower near
the
> end of the game. Has anyone tried that?

They wanted to set it in an Eastern European city, and realistically
portrayed a future city there. The little amount of people that you
encounter is an accurate reflection of the population, now that all the
people from there now live in Britain.
 
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On 1/27/2005 11:35 PM /mel/ brightened our day with:

>Craig Coope wrote:
>
>
>
>>I know this has been talked about already...but I'm not sure what
>>conclusion anyone came to...
>>
>>Anyway I was playing around with Garry's Mod tonight and spawned a gas
>>pump...
>>
>>With Kron, Summa and Volym written on it....and it seems that this is
>>Swedish....
>>
>>
>
>It's supposed to be Eastern European, is it not? (The city, not the
>language).
>
>Of course it ought to be possible for someone with local knowledge to
>recognise the aerial/satellite image that is visible from the tower near the
>end of the game. Has anyone tried that?
>
>
>
It looks to me like the view from the Space Needle in Seattle,
Washington. Which is around where Valve is located.

--
Steve ¤»Inglo«¤
www.inglostadt.com
 
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Okilee Dokilee wrote:

>> Of course it ought to be possible for someone with local knowledge to
>> recognise the aerial/satellite image that is visible from the tower
>> near the end of the game. Has anyone tried that?
>
> They wanted to set it in an Eastern European city, and realistically
> portrayed a future city there. The little amount of people that you
> encounter is an accurate reflection of the population, now that all
> the people from there now live in Britain.

An eastern european ex of mine showed no interest in living here, and having
spent a fair amount of time in Prague I have to say it's only inertia and my
inability to master a foreign language that keep me in Coventry.

Of course there weren't Striders there then.

--

/mel/
 
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Westman wrote:

>> It's supposed to be Eastern European, is it not? (The city, not the
>> language).
>>
>> Of course it ought to be possible for someone with local knowledge to
>> recognise the aerial/satellite image that is visible from the tower
>> near the end of the game. Has anyone tried that?
>
> Are you serious?

About the satellite image? Sure, though only out of idle curiosity, not out
of any burning desire to know or to attach any real significance to it. I
suppose the best thing to ask would be a cruise missile.

--

/mel/
 
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:44:39 GMT, David Seiver <Nonya@bizniss.net>
wrote:


>
>The blurbs implied that it was a former city in Russia.
>

From Planet Half-Life:

"
Gordon Freeman is back! Along with scientist Eli Vance and his
daughter Alyx, your mission is to save the world from total alien
domination. See, that little incident in Black Mesa was just the
beginning: now those pesky Xen invaders and a new threat called the
Combine have spread across the whole Earth, causing massive amounts of
death and destruction. It’s up to you to set things right. Half-Life 2
picks up some time after the original Half-Life left off - with Gordon
working for the G-Man - and takes place in and around a Russian city
called City 17. "
 
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Jimbob wrote:

>>You'd have thought it would be simpler to look for a city with a
>>bloody great metal tower in the middle of it. 😉
>
>
> Blackpool?

I woulda said Paris :)


--
Ben Cottrell AKA Bench
 
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It couldn't be Paris, it didn't smell bad....

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:46:15 +0000, Ben Coveralls
<bench@bench333.screaming.net> wrote:

>Jimbob wrote:
>
>>>You'd have thought it would be simpler to look for a city with a
>>>bloody great metal tower in the middle of it. 😉
>>
>>
>> Blackpool?
>
>I woulda said Paris :)



"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with
the intention of arriving safely in an attractive
and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, cigarette in one hand, favorite beverage in
the other, between the legs of a hot lady, body
thoroughly used up, totally worn out,and screaming
WOO HOO - What a Ride!"

I didn't compose this but I love it!!!
 
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Cannon Fodder wrote:
> It couldn't be Paris, it didn't smell bad....

Zombies use deodorant?

--
Paul
 
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"/mel/" <news@mel.cix.NOSPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Okilee Dokilee wrote:
>
> >> Of course it ought to be possible for someone with local knowledge to
> >> recognise the aerial/satellite image that is visible from the tower
> >> near the end of the game. Has anyone tried that?
> >
> > They wanted to set it in an Eastern European city, and realistically
> > portrayed a future city there. The little amount of people that you
> > encounter is an accurate reflection of the population, now that all
> > the people from there now live in Britain.
>
> An eastern european ex of mine showed no interest in living here, and
having
> spent a fair amount of time in Prague I have to say it's only inertia and
my
> inability to master a foreign language that keep me in Coventry.
>
> Of course there weren't Striders there then.

Yeah I haven't met any Czechs yet at all, but I've met a few Latvians, quite
a few Lithuanians, one Estonian and a huge amount of Polish. 100,000 have
arrived on British shores and counting.
 
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Okilee Dokilee wrote:

> "/mel/" <news@mel.cix.NOSPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:uAuKd.273$oM1.4@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
>> Okilee Dokilee wrote:
>>
>>>> Of course it ought to be possible for someone with local knowledge
>>>> to recognise the aerial/satellite image that is visible from the
>>>> tower near the end of the game. Has anyone tried that?
>>>
>>> They wanted to set it in an Eastern European city, and realistically
>>> portrayed a future city there. The little amount of people that you
>>> encounter is an accurate reflection of the population, now that all
>>> the people from there now live in Britain.
>>
>> An eastern european ex of mine showed no interest in living here,
>> and having spent a fair amount of time in Prague I have to say it's
>> only inertia and my inability to master a foreign language that keep
>> me in Coventry.
>>
>> Of course there weren't Striders there then.
>
> Yeah I haven't met any Czechs yet at all, but I've met a few
> Latvians, quite a few Lithuanians, one Estonian and a huge amount of
> Polish. 100,000 have arrived on British shores and counting.

I think I can see where you're heading with this, but I'm not going to rise
to it. It just makes me sad, really.

--

/mel/
 
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That could be any of what, six states? 😛
That's counting only the US of course by your criteria.

"The Hermit" <OldWeridGuy@mountaintop.com> wrote
> City 17 exists in the same state that the Simpsons live in.
 
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/mel/ wrote:
> it's only inertia and my
> inability to master a foreign language that keep me in Coventry.
>

That and trying to get off the ring-road.

(I used to live near Coventry)
There's a rumour that the sewers in the original Italian Job were
actually filmed in the Cov ring road.
 
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Chadwick wrote:

> /mel/ wrote:
>> it's only inertia and my
>> inability to master a foreign language that keep me in Coventry.
>>
>
> That and trying to get off the ring-road.
>
> (I used to live near Coventry)
> There's a rumour that the sewers in the original Italian Job were
> actually filmed in the Cov ring road.

It's not a rumour, it's true, though the sewers have nothing to do with the
ring road!
http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/italianjobpipe/01/

--
/mel/
 
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