Wierd thing on the buggy clip...

[Bicka]

What the hell is that? Looks more like a giant bowlingball than a powerline...

 

[KurtCobain]

Hmm i just watched that section again, and i saw it

No idea what that is, looks like a...well a nothing

 

[SLH]

Side-on power line support i think.

Perhaps the cable it's supporting (as well as it's structure) is too small and far away to be rendered.

 

[Blitzy]

Where did you get 'giant bowlingball' from?

 

[galoot3000]

come on Bicka, its obviously the rest of the Halo!

 

[Lobster]

come on Bicka, its obviously the rest of the Halo!

LMAO at the HALO

 

[Bicka]

Where did you get 'giant bowlingball' from?

Bowling Pin DOH! :farmer:




ROFFLE at Halo!

 

[mrchimp]

Those are all over Europe, there's one just up the street from my house.

 

[Delicious Bass]

what is it then?

 

[Lucifer]

Those are all over Europe, there's one just up the street from my house.

What f**k is it then?

 

[SLH]

A powerline support structure.

 

[Investigator]

What the hell is that? Looks more like a giant bowlingball than a powerline...

What the hell.LoL, Have u never seen something like that? It s a mast (dont know if this is the proper expression) carrying a powerline "cross country". Its not fully visible because of the distance fog.
Man just get in your car and drive away from cieties then u will see "hundreds" of these "powerlines"

PS: Do u staiyed your whole life in your house / apartment? :O

For people understanding German: "Überlandleitungs Masten"

 

[Bicka]

He's right u know! theres one down the road :O
here

 

[Bicka]

What the hell.LoL, Have u never seen something like that? It s a mast (dont know if this is the proper expression) carrying a powerline "cross country". Its not fully visible because of the distance fog.
Man just get in your car and drive away from cieties then u will see "hundreds" of these "powerlines"

I bet you 500 quid, when we get the fullgame, that that aint no powerline.
:cheers:

 

[ferd]

LMAO @ the bowling pin

 

[ferd]

I bet you 500 quid, when we get the fullgame, that that aint no powerline.
:cheers:

It looked like a powerline to me at first, but it still seems weird... :x

 

[SLH]

Ok, if it's not a power line thing, then what could it be....

Taking all bids...

Would be cool if it was some kind of a daddy-strider (which could camaflage it's self as a power cable support).

 

[A.I.]

It's a giant paper clip, dug in the ground.

 

[Investigator]

I bet you 500 quid, when we get the fullgame, that that aint no powerline.
:cheers:

:cheers: I take the bet. No, people calm down, it s a powerline.
Just look at the landscape in the swampboat scene from the e3 vid there u will see those powerlines too.

 

[Bicka]

Ok, if it's not a power line thing, then what could it be....

Taking all bids...

Would be cool if it was some kind of a daddy-strider (which could camaflage it's self as a power cable support).

Or....a giant bowling pin?

 

[mrchimp]

lol it's definately a national grid power line support. http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/img/12188_42.jpg

I think France have slightly different ones to that, I'm not sure about eastern europe, but the one in the video looks like the UK varient.

 

[Bicka]

:cheers: I take the bet. No, people calm down, it s a powerline.
Just look at the landscape in the swampboat scene from the e3 vid there u will see those powerlines too.

*Gets the old printer out* 500 quid yeah? :farmer:

 

[moppe]

Hm, those things are quite usual up here in the north Sweden, the height and the reinforced bars are super on during the blizzards and over the unpopulated mountain/forest-areas.
Down in the south I hardly ever see them.
But these powerlines-supporters are gigantic in real life, pretty cool actully.

EDIT
By gigantic I mean about a ~100 meters high and faaaar between them.

 

[Dead-Inside]

I bet you 500 quid, when we get the fullgame, that that aint no powerline.
:cheers:

I'd take your bet if I was old enough to be able to pay it.

 

[SLH]

Found this recently scrawled on a toilet cubical.


"Due to the recent speculation regarding the unknown object in the buggy scene of the E3 video i have decided to stop this speculation before it gets out of hand. What you see in the video in the distance is in fact a giant bowling pin. Towards the end of the game you will face said pin. Using the unprecedented physics realism we are able to give the players the opportunity to fight any number of bowling pins of varying sizes. We are still play-testing, so we may change the look of the bowling pins. This is due to the fact that many people are getting them confused with power-line supports."

-Gabe

 

[DeltaBlast]

I've seen thausends of such powerline support structures, but that is not one of them.

 

[nicrd]

its an obelisk of light :E

 

[SLH]

I've seen thausends of such powerline support structures, but that is not one of them.

Have you ever seen one from the side.

 

[Bicka]

Found this recently scrawled on a toilet cubical.


"Due to the recent speculation regarding the unknown object in the buggy scene of the E3 video i have decided to stop this speculation before it gets out of hand. What you see in the video in the distance is in fact a giant bowling pin. Towards the end of the game you will face said pin. Using the unprecedented physics realism we are able to give the players the opportunity to fight any number of bowling pins of varying sizes. We are still play-testing, so we may change the look of the bowling pins. This is due to the fact that many people are getting them confused with power-line supports."

-Gabe

OMG! I just found a piccy of the final end boss!!!!!

Spoiler

OMG

 

[SLH]

OMG! I just found a piccy of the final end boss!!!!!

Spoiler

OMG

LOL, i was taking a swig of beer just as i clicked that link, and it almost came out of my nose!

 

[galoot3000]

Nice One Bicka!!!!!!! Lmao!!!!!!!

 

[FISKER_Q]

Nah it's part of the terrain or it is a shadow, let it go through for 2-3 seconds you see the powerline supporter disappear. But that cable like thingy is till there.

So it's most likely either part of the terrain, which then has an effect on shadow on it.

Or it might be a shadow from the supporter.

 

[[sl@yer]]

This might help......
http://airenet.co.uk/alife/images/pylon.jpg

 

[Voodoo_Chile]

Lads its a pylon.No doubt,as at the start of that clip there is another one and the one you are pointing at is just farther away.I mean the Citidal has to get power from somewhere.

 

[PatPwnt]

What the hell is that? Looks more like a giant bowlingball than a powerline...

Are you a retard or something? It's a powerline, duh. It looks like a bowling pin... so what? HL2 sucks now?

 

[Bicka]

Are you a retard or something? It's a powerline, duh. It looks like a bowling pin... so what? HL2 sucks now?

**** you, little trolling prick...

It was a laff post. Its something that lasts 2 seconds at most on the screen and I just wanted to see what people made of it. I wasn't intending to say that HL2 was shit now I was making a joke about the way it looked.

Well done on being a pathetic flamer and look forward to your overly defensive replies :cheers:

 

[KurtCobain]

Ye PatPwnt, that wos a bit snappy and sad....:,(

 

[Mr. Redundant]

hehe bowling pin

at 04:49 on the high res video from fileplanet (~700mb)
you can clearly see the power line/bowling pin in the top right.

04:53 has a decent view of it too

BUT THE BEST, and most definitive (that shows it in all its bowling pin goodness is)

05:06 exactly

 

[PatPwnt]

I am just sick of all pickyness I am hearing from the videos.

 

[Bicka]

hehe bowling pin

at 04:49 on the high res video from fileplanet (~700mb)
you can clearly see the power line/bowling pin in the top right.

04:53 has a decent view of it too

BUT THE BEST, and most definitive (that shows it in all its bowling pin goodness is)

05:06 exactly

Lol damn! :E

I am just sick of all pickyness I am hearing from the videos.

Well m8 best thing to do is to just not reply rather than be unpolite!
I wasn't meaning to be picky I just saw this for a second and grabbed a screenie. I had my brightness and contrast set to high as well so I didn't notice the pylon in the later shots. My bad! :thumbs: