Everything is on fire. Our new lord Quetzalcoatl, has promised that only 3/4s of us will die in the 24 hours, Montezuma apparently gets to claim his revenge on the remaining 1/4.
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Hucklebuckhuckles under the bucklesRegistered Userregular
aww man i havent started my end of the world playlist
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Metzger MeisterIt Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered Userregular
So its either having my heart pulled out by a bloodsoaked bird-panther-serpent-god thing or shitting myself until my guts fly out of my butt like meat confetti. Coo.
I'm all out of breakfast bars, so I can see how this might be the start of some bad things happening.
One moment, staring at an empty breakfast bar box, the next, the core of the Earth violently exploding. Circle of life.
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Binary SquidWe all make choicesRegistered Userregular
edited December 2012
So, we've visited the dabblers in the Apocalyptic arts, but what about the people who are dead fucking serious about survival?
For that, let me introduce a few of the larger scale projects.
First up, we have Luxury Survival Condos. With a name like that, you better believe they don't skimp on the amenities.
They figured that since there were tons of abandoned nuclear missle silos, they could use a few. Each of their silos is covered with a Monolithic Dome, which is about as future dystopian as you can get without being sued by Games Workshop.
As of now, their Silo 1 is almost complete. A little too late for this Apocalypse, but they'll sure be ready for the next one.
For the do-it-yourself groups, Hardened Structures produces the Genesis Series of shelters.
You want to see serious? This is serious:
Built to resist:
3-Bars blast overpressure of 45 psi
Force 10 earthquakes in succession
450 mph winds
Extreme gamma & neutron attenuation from a 100 megaton air burst detonated 20 miles away
Solar flares with 1,000,000 volt EMP
Flooding (complete submersion for 100 hours)
Extreme external fires at 1250 F for 10 days
Magnetic pole shift
Radiological, chemical and biological weapons
Forced entry and armed assaults
12' of snow and 10' of rain
500 lb. hail stones or flying debris at a speed of 100 mph
They fit together like underground lego and have the Genesis Dome attachment for community hubs (these shelter builders love their domes). They also produce power attachments and central gathering attachments.
So far there are "Genesis Dome" communities in the following locations:
And if Hobbits aren't occupying the New Zealand community, I'll be very dissapointed.
But this is a company that also has orders to assist in producing custom made heavily fortified structures.
An underground community for 500 people? They got that.
Turn your house into something that can repel Viking invaders? You better believe it.
And, of course for the truly survival minded; no problem. They have an Island Fortress department.
Next up, we'll look at another heavy hitter in the Apocalypse game.
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Olivawgood name, isn't it?the foot of mt fujiRegistered Userregular
Is it wrong that part of me thinks that these shelter things are pretty boss regardless of the motivation behind them
Is it wrong that part of me thinks that these shelter things are pretty boss regardless of the motivation behind them
Funny thing is, other than people feeling that the world's going to end somehow, there's no set reason for them. It's not something that's recent, or even politically charged for most of them.
Some kind of super plague is prob the #1 reason they think things will end, as well as solar flares, earth stopping, floods...etc. And it's not super religious either. While there is some overlap with the religious types, a lot of them just have a 'feeling' the world's going to end.
I wouldn't even worry about them committing horrible acts or suicide, also. They plan on getting into the ground and staying there while avoiding others, and they're sure they're going to survive.
I agree with you about those shelters. Some of them are pretty decent. And living like a Hobbit would not be a bad thing at all.
And frankly, if someone can't appreciate the ability to have their own Island Fortress, they are already dead inside.
Where do I go to complain that every time I see the homestuck thread I get excited to talk about Ke$ha and then remember it's the homestuck thread and I don't want to read any of it ever and get sad
Woke up at 4am from the wind and discovered a lack of power.
Did you freak out? Be honest.
I always look out the window when there's a power outage to see if it's widespread. I could see a lot of light reflected off the clouds.
:rotate:
Pfft! Smartarse.
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Binary SquidWe all make choicesRegistered Userregular
edited December 2012
As I mentioned before: when it comes to Apocalypses (Apocoli?) some people don't fuck around. If you're going to go crazy, you don't hold anything back.
This is the Vivos group. Vivos is a consortium founded by...fuck it, here's his own words.
Robert Vicino first envisioned the need for Vivos in 1980. He had a gut wrenching feeling that something was going to happen and the only solution was with an underground shelter complex.
Dude's had the feeling something terrible's going to happen since forever, and this is his solution.
So, what is Vivos? Well, the Vivos underground complexes are a series of heavily fortified self-sustaining communities.
"Our self-contained shelter complexes comfortably accommodate community groups from 50 to 1,000 people, in spacious living quarters, outfitted and stocked for a minimum of 1 year of autonomous survival to ride out the potential events. Every detail has been considered and planned for. Members need to only arrive before their facility is locked down and secured from the chaos above."
Hmm, wait. Isn't there another group doing this too? Ahh...nevermind.
Ok, what 's the chaos going to be?
The central theme to all catastrophic and epic life-threatening events is to find shelter underground. The soil of the Earth itself can provide the best shelter for most catastrophes, deep below the surface. Vivos shelters are deep underground, airtight, fully self-contained complexes designed to survive virtually any catastrophe, or threat scenario including natural or manmade disasters.
Vivos will also become a DNA depository. Universities will be invited to submit DNA samples of virtually every living thing on Earth, along with seeds of as many species as possible, to be deposited and stored in the Vivos refrigerated vaults. This will assure the greatest chance of future restoration of the world as we know it, regardless of the catastrophe.
Whatever the threat, our shelters are built and engineered to withstand just about everything from a pole shift, to super volcano eruptions, solar flares, earthquakes, tsunamis, pandemics, asteroids, the anticipated affects of Planet X/Nibiru, and manmade threats including nuclear explosions, a reactor melt down, biological or chemical disasters, terrorism and widespread anarchy.
Yeah. They're even preparing for Planet X. There's some fucking dedication for you.
Alright, what are these shelter communities like? Well, the first of them is up and running, with more in various stages of construction: Vivos Indiana is the first.
Vivos Indiana is one of the most strategically located, Level 5 nuclear hardened shelters within our network. Built to withstand a 20 megaton blast within just a few miles, this impervious underground complex will accommodate 80 people for a minimum of one year of autonomous survival. This massive shelter is completed and now online.
Here's a quick tour of your new underground home, for any potential shelter dwellers.
First up is the entryway. All traffic in or out goes through here, upon approval by the shelter Director of course.
The elevator and access staircase door.
Come on down. If you miss getting in before they close the doors, expect to see a lot of this place.
The main blast door. Closed in case of the disaster above and thicker than most vault doors.
Not pictured are the security offices beyond.
So, you've gone through the door and past the security checkpoints, welcome to your new home.
It seems that the Apocalypse will involve a lot of uncomfortable staring at each other. I see no problem with this in a sealed underground environment at all.
Spacious kitchen accomidations with...is that granite countertops? Holy fuck, end the world now, I'm going in.
A view of the bedroom hallway. It looks a little narrow, but when have you ever seen overweight Apocalypse survivors?
Aaaand, bunkbeds. A shelter without bunkbeds is like a gulag without starvation: not doing it's job properly.
Remember the showers of those chumps with their bargain shelter? This is how you shower during the end of the world.
So, Indiana, then. What disasters should someone prepare for in that area?
Ah, yes, massive extensive flooding. Vivos makes sure hatches are watertight.
And that ends our tour of Vivos Indiana.
But there are others soon to be on line. Right now, they're working on the Nebraska Mega Shelter Complex; which is for something like 900 people. They have a Rocky Mountain one in the planning stages, and eventually want to have an entire network of Vivos underground facilities all over the place.
Wait a minute.
A network of underground shelters designed to be self-sustaining and immune to even Nuclear attack; and the way in is by a sealed vault door, that can only be unlocked with the Director's approval?
Now I know where I've seen them before.
God damn it! I hate Nuka Cola!
And that concludes our great homes of the Apocalypse tour. Be sure to check out the audio or children's pop-up books available at the gift shop.
so did the world end already or is that still on its way? who's community can I join? I am down with being a King but I guess a Follower would be pretty cool, too.
if I had infinite amounts of money I would probably have a shelter just because
that's probably past the point where I have a pony though
I've always wanted to live in an underground or partly underground home. Not for apocalyptic purposes but just because I think you could make some interesting designs that way.
so did the world end already or is that still on its way? who's community can I join? I am down with being a King but I guess a Follower would be pretty cool, too.
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Everything is on fire. Our new lord Quetzalcoatl, has promised that only 3/4s of us will die in the 24 hours, Montezuma apparently gets to claim his revenge on the remaining 1/4.
they rule.
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that seems arbitrary.
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Obviously.
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One moment, staring at an empty breakfast bar box, the next, the core of the Earth violently exploding. Circle of life.
For that, let me introduce a few of the larger scale projects.
First up, we have Luxury Survival Condos. With a name like that, you better believe they don't skimp on the amenities.
They figured that since there were tons of abandoned nuclear missle silos, they could use a few. Each of their silos is covered with a Monolithic Dome, which is about as future dystopian as you can get without being sued by Games Workshop.
As of now, their Silo 1 is almost complete. A little too late for this Apocalypse, but they'll sure be ready for the next one.
For the do-it-yourself groups, Hardened Structures produces the Genesis Series of shelters.
You want to see serious? This is serious:
Built to resist:
Force 10 earthquakes in succession
450 mph winds
Extreme gamma & neutron attenuation from a 100 megaton air burst detonated 20 miles away
Solar flares with 1,000,000 volt EMP
Flooding (complete submersion for 100 hours)
Extreme external fires at 1250 F for 10 days
Magnetic pole shift
Radiological, chemical and biological weapons
Forced entry and armed assaults
12' of snow and 10' of rain
500 lb. hail stones or flying debris at a speed of 100 mph
They fit together like underground lego and have the Genesis Dome attachment for community hubs (these shelter builders love their domes). They also produce power attachments and central gathering attachments.
So far there are "Genesis Dome" communities in the following locations:
And if Hobbits aren't occupying the New Zealand community, I'll be very dissapointed.
But this is a company that also has orders to assist in producing custom made heavily fortified structures.
An underground community for 500 people? They got that.
Turn your house into something that can repel Viking invaders? You better believe it.
And, of course for the truly survival minded; no problem. They have an Island Fortress department.
Next up, we'll look at another heavy hitter in the Apocalypse game.
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I thought this was a hi-tech comb.
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Funny thing is, other than people feeling that the world's going to end somehow, there's no set reason for them. It's not something that's recent, or even politically charged for most of them.
Some kind of super plague is prob the #1 reason they think things will end, as well as solar flares, earth stopping, floods...etc. And it's not super religious either. While there is some overlap with the religious types, a lot of them just have a 'feeling' the world's going to end.
I wouldn't even worry about them committing horrible acts or suicide, also. They plan on getting into the ground and staying there while avoiding others, and they're sure they're going to survive.
I agree with you about those shelters. Some of them are pretty decent. And living like a Hobbit would not be a bad thing at all.
And frankly, if someone can't appreciate the ability to have their own Island Fortress, they are already dead inside.
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the whole album is pretty good actually
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I know cause it's the 22nd now.
and i'm going to sleep.
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Did you freak out? Be honest.
but, y'know, december
I always look out the window when there's a power outage to see if it's widespread. I could see a lot of light reflected off the clouds.
:rotate:
Pfft! Smartarse.
This is the Vivos group. Vivos is a consortium founded by...fuck it, here's his own words.
Dude's had the feeling something terrible's going to happen since forever, and this is his solution.
So, what is Vivos? Well, the Vivos underground complexes are a series of heavily fortified self-sustaining communities.
Hmm, wait. Isn't there another group doing this too? Ahh...nevermind.
Ok, what 's the chaos going to be?
Yeah. They're even preparing for Planet X. There's some fucking dedication for you.
Alright, what are these shelter communities like? Well, the first of them is up and running, with more in various stages of construction: Vivos Indiana is the first.
Here's a quick tour of your new underground home, for any potential shelter dwellers.
First up is the entryway. All traffic in or out goes through here, upon approval by the shelter Director of course.
The elevator and access staircase door.
Come on down. If you miss getting in before they close the doors, expect to see a lot of this place.
The main blast door. Closed in case of the disaster above and thicker than most vault doors.
Not pictured are the security offices beyond.
So, you've gone through the door and past the security checkpoints, welcome to your new home.
It seems that the Apocalypse will involve a lot of uncomfortable staring at each other. I see no problem with this in a sealed underground environment at all.
Spacious kitchen accomidations with...is that granite countertops? Holy fuck, end the world now, I'm going in.
A view of the bedroom hallway. It looks a little narrow, but when have you ever seen overweight Apocalypse survivors?
Aaaand, bunkbeds. A shelter without bunkbeds is like a gulag without starvation: not doing it's job properly.
Remember the showers of those chumps with their bargain shelter? This is how you shower during the end of the world.
So, Indiana, then. What disasters should someone prepare for in that area?
Ah, yes, massive extensive flooding. Vivos makes sure hatches are watertight.
And that ends our tour of Vivos Indiana.
But there are others soon to be on line. Right now, they're working on the Nebraska Mega Shelter Complex; which is for something like 900 people. They have a Rocky Mountain one in the planning stages, and eventually want to have an entire network of Vivos underground facilities all over the place.
Wait a minute.
A network of underground shelters designed to be self-sustaining and immune to even Nuclear attack; and the way in is by a sealed vault door, that can only be unlocked with the Director's approval?
Now I know where I've seen them before.
God damn it! I hate Nuka Cola!
And that concludes our great homes of the Apocalypse tour. Be sure to check out the audio or children's pop-up books available at the gift shop.
Have a nice day.
that's probably past the point where I have a pony though
The best song.
yes but
this dark clock town remix is blowing my mind
seems it's called "majora's wrath" now
this is true civilization
I've always wanted to live in an underground or partly underground home. Not for apocalyptic purposes but just because I think you could make some interesting designs that way.
I don't know. Is that strange?
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