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Post by Maxaxle »

What kind of references should we have in Egoboo? Just small stuff, please, stuff that only makes sense if you know what it's about.

[spoiler="Example"]For Spy VS Spy, a pair of broken shades with white X's on the eyes and a black or white hat with a white or black rim. Preferably inside of a blackened area as if blown up. In an unreachable area if possible.[/spoiler]

My personal contribution, besides the example: a gravestone in an icy region, marked "Boris" and " 'I AM INVINCIBLE!' ". (Goldeneye reference)
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There are already hundreds of references hidden into Egoboo, from the obvious such as the Tourist from the Discworld series to the Cobol's names from the COBOL language or something as simple as the Cetza idol which is Aztec reversed.
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Tundra bunny's clucking sound and gravestones in Bishopia are some other examples
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Post by Cimeries »

So are most of the 4th armors for base classes.
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I mean something built into a map, something not very obscure.
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ok, we'll put a dodo named 'Maxaxel' just for you!
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Post by aleco614 »

Dodo? Nah, "The almighty spam king" is better.

(somewhat true jk)

But seriously, any reference would be good in my opinion.
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How about something we all know about? Possibly a celebrity? Or H1N1?
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If you ask me, h1n1 seems like something a little to serious to joke about, especially with recent outbreaks of it.
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References need to be done in good taste and for a good reason, not just as an intellectual wank.
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Like the references in-game to other games of the sort, and famous things, and silly things to jeer at.
Mount Cookia is basically the in-joke/reference area of the game, methinks.
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Agent of Dread wrote:Like the references in-game to other games of the sort, and famous things, and silly things to jeer at.
Mount Cookia is basically the in-joke/reference area of the game, methinks.

My parade is all soggy now.

But another one: a G'nome mentions 1.21 "jigawatts".
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gigawatts :?
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Post by Agent of Dread »

But I think he's said it wrong because... you know, like Mortal Kombat use their K and so on... Like how we have Gonne.
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Stupidity is a trait often attributed to those who have proven themselves to be reliably ignorant in the past.

Also, har har.
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