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[Joseph Mallan]

Roadbeer, on 20 April 2014 - 06:40 AM, said:

You've seen him on some of your Loading Screens, the little "upside-down man"




In the excellent thread "Paging Karl Berg..." the question was asked, "What is it", to which the cryptic reply of...



So, rather than derail that amazing thread, post your conspiracy theories here.

I haven't seen this...
What I have seen is more disturbing. Just before I get the view out my window I am subjected to what can only be explained as a Giant T-bag dangling from the ceiling of my Cockpit! Its there for just a moment then its gone.

[Iqfish]

There are a lot of things like this in the game.

I think these are just the devs having fun or insider jokes.

I kindly invite everyone to dig through the games .pak files, you will find funny and very promising stuff there.

(DO NOT MODIFY THEM)

[GalaxyBluestar]

i'm wondering if it happens because you lost your last match and your elo was droped on it's head...

[Xanilos]

I think its just here so you will make up theories as to why it is here.

[Ax2Grind]

Last night I paid attention and had the "hanged man" in 6 out of 8 games. I lost only one of the games, and it was not a match with the "man", and only once in a winning match did I feel like my damage output was not correct. The rest of the time it was on the money, bad or good, with what I expected. My lance was often on par with the best of the our team, or we were the deciding factor in the games. 4 were run with a light lance, 2 with heavies and mediums, and 2 with a mix of heavies and assaults. I am fairly sure that if this was a "bad omen" or ELO indicator for a losing match my experience would have been very different. My connection was solid, my ping fairly static around 70, and my system is far above MWO specs. Once I got a conquest map and the man appeared and lo and behold Kappa on Forest Colony had been MOVED! Maybe the little man did it.

I believe therefore that the upside down man is in fact a break dancer from the 1980's, come to "Pop it and Lock it" at the beginning of the match to remind all mechwarriors of the need to be "Ducking and Weaving", if we wish to be "Living The Dream". I shall aspire to therefore see the "Spinning Man" at the beginning of every match as I march into glory and battle.

[Deathlike]

It's Paul's version of hangman!

[r4plez]

I hope this is Paul Inouye getting fired from Piranha.

[Ngamok]

http://www.urbandict...O&defid=1141134

That or the devs had this that day:

[Xenon Codex]

It's obviously a dude flying head down. Nothing to worry about, he's just having fun while waiting for your map to load.

[WVAnonymous]

I will now start watching for it as I have never noticed it.

Thanks for the thread Roadbeer.

[Fang01]

Looks an awful lot like one of the buttons in sierra's old adventure games. Space quest iv perhaps? Any of the team related to the two guys from andromeda?



Kinda close

Edited by Khajja nar Jatargk, 23 April 2014 - 10:18 AM.

[Roadbeer]

I saw this A LOT last night.

It did appear that I received it more when I was in a 4 man, than when I was in a 3 man.

I remember a 3 in a row string of getting it all of them half blue/gray. 2 of the matches were on Forest Colony regular.

The 4 man comprised of all Forumites (myself, Sandpit, Davers and Agent of Change) and in the matches where I saw it, there were other Forumites as well, Bilbo springs to mind, but I remember others as well.

What all of that means, I have NO idea.

[Suko]

I think PGI is telling us to break it down on the dance floor.



Edit:
Or it means Half Life 3 is confirmed.

Edited by ShadowVFX, 23 April 2014 - 10:17 AM.

[Clit Beastwood]

It's 2 dudes kissing! (not that I have a problem with it, mind you)


Portal stickman!

[Dimento Graven]

Fierostetz, on 23 April 2014 - 04:01 PM, said:

It's 2 dudes kissing! (not that I have a problem with it, mind you)


Portal stickman!

Dude...

You're weird.

[Bhael Fire]

I've seen it a couple times in the last few weeks; just passed it off as a placeholder UI element that hasn't received final art yet.

As a game dev, I often see this sort of thing all the time we're implementing a new UI mechanic or element and haven't worked out the bugs yet or completed all the art assets. Affectionately referred to as "programmer art."

It's possible it's just a temporary UI element to let you know your connection to the server is weak, since the symbol looks a lot like a "connectivity" icon of some sort.

[Nathan Foxbane]

I get this every drop. Sometimes blue, sometimes gray, and sometimes half and half.

[Clit Beastwood]

Dimento Graven, on 23 April 2014 - 04:07 PM, said:

Dude...

You're weird.

I'd say given the "flavor" of most of the posts on these lovely MWO forums.. I'm right where I belong