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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Flipside on May 19, 2010, 02:36:55 pm
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Two ****ing environment mapped metablobs...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/london_2012/8690467.stm
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Does the one on the right remind anyone else of This Guy (http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/83163-the-memory-card-32-in-tentacle-we-trust/DotT%20-%20Purple%20Tentacle-550x.jpg)?
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Not Springy? That's quite disappointing :(
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Still better than Whatzit (http://trilife.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/izzy.gif).
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well that's lame.
though it's hard to follow-up the likes of pedobear and those actual ones from Vancouver.
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This should be the mascot...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/tamanade/Crazyorkgargantidea.jpg)
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Actually they remind me of those 2 aliens from the Simpsons Halloween specials.
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It's for the kids, if it appeals to you then they're doing it wrong.
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(http://static.desktopnexus.com/wallpapers/275251-bigthumbnail.jpg)
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The pathetic Earthlings have discovered our plans Kang!
...or have they?
Mwahahahahahahaha AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Of course, the people I really feel sorry for are the two people who are going to have to walk around in the middle of summer wearing latex and foil suits to represent these guys.
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why must this be done?
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I think it's kind of like the Eurovision song contest, everyone knows it's a pile of steaming cack, but no-one has the heart to tell the organisers.
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Mandeville? I know Lord Mandleson would fine a new job ¬_¬
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and here I thought Pedobear would take it for this olympics... or was it the last olympics?
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KILL IT WITH FIRE!
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I've been thinking about this. Looked up some of the past mascots, and what many considered the best ones. Reminded me of visual communications, so I made up a rule:
If it takes more than three sentences or 20 seconds to explain your design, you've failed. If you need a whole CG video to explain even what your design is, that should be a clue that you need to start over.
These widely considered "best" mascots were representative animals, sometimes wearing representative colors. They needed no explanation: "This is a Russian Bear. This is a Korean tiger. That there is a 'Merican Bald EAGLE." etc etc.
The widely considered "worst" mascots were those who were difficult to identify and were heavy on the symbolism: Athena and Phevos of Athens were based on ancient statues, but nobody in their right mind would know that off-hand; it had to be explained why they were so ugly. The much loathed Izzy of Atlanta wasn't even supposed to be anything, which had people naturally asking, "what the frak is this thing (and why is it so ugly)?"
In summary, after much consideration, I must aggree with Nuke:
KILL IT WITH FIRE!
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i wasn't even aware the olympics had mascots until this thread.
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i wasn't even aware the olympics had mascots until this thread.
Well, that's certainly one thing these guys are doing: raising mascot awareness.
In other news, on the official London Olympics site, they're letting people vote on the next sports that the mascots learn. I voted for swimming, naturally.
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i wasn't even aware the olympics had mascots until this thread.
Well, that's certainly one thing these guys are doing: raising mascot awareness.
In other news, on the official London Olympics site, they're letting people vote on the next sports that the mascots learn. I voted for swimming, naturally.
Are you sure we want them to learn to swim? I mean, if someone tries to drown them, they'll then have the ability to swim to safety...
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Two ****ing environment mapped metablobs...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/london_2012/8690467.stm
Now I know why Snail said London 2012 is going to be crap...