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Subject: Africa is NOT on Installation 05!

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(NOTE: I decided to make this a separate post so that people would actually *see* it, rather than have it being buried on page 8 or 9.)

The landmass partially seen in this screenshot does look roughly similar to Africa, but the resemblance is only superficial. You can actually see the entire landmass earlier in the same cutscene, and it's clear that it doesn't really look like the true Africa. The bottom splays out far too much, the coastlines are irregular, the overall shape is off, and the regions said to be Europe- and Asia-like don't look at all like the ones on Earth.

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Partial image of the landmass looking roughly like Africa

Full image showing that it actually doesn't look like Africa

Actual map of Africa

So, it's probably just a coincidence. Like someone else said, Africa is not a particularly complex landmass, so it's easy to draw something that resembles it, especially when only part of that drawing is seen.

  • 07.14.2006 10:29 AM PDT
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thank you

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Looks like Africa to me.

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remember the slipspace jump in new mombosa thats why it looks like that...... duh!

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meh

fine by me

i wasnt tryin to start any "conspiracy"

just trying to spark up conversation that doesnt involve forerunners or spartans or whateva

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Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
meh

fine by me

i wasnt tryin to start any "conspiracy"

just trying to spark up conversation that doesnt involve forerunners or spartans or whateva


Africans ARE forerunners.

  • 07.14.2006 10:38 AM PDT

dude u r wrong. thats clearly Africa. U can clearly see the meditarean sea and middle east and Europe.

wait nvm how can that be africa if its on Delta Halo. Remeber that the went out of new mombasa

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Posted by: Anivader
dude u r wrong. thats clearly Africa. U can clearly see the meditarean sea and middle east and Europe.


no, no

he's right

i shouldnt even have made that thread anyway *smacks head*

next time ill stick to making a "spartans will ruin the game" or "read my forerunner theory" thread

lol gg

  • 07.14.2006 10:51 AM PDT

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How can people say that it looks like Africa? When you can see the whole landmass, it's clear that the southern part spreads out into a much larger continent. And apart from the vaguely Africa-ish landmass, nothing else looks like the real world. I mean, since when is northern Europe completely covered by one enormous mountain range? And since when is Saudi Arabia an island? And since when does Madagascar, well, not exist?

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Posted by: Jordan117
How can people say that it looks like Africa? When you can see the whole landmass, it's clear that the southern part spreads out into a much larger continent. And apart from the vaguely Africa-ish landmass, nothing else looks like the real world. I mean, since when is northern Europe completely covered by one enormous mountain range? And since when is Saudi Arabia an island? And since when does Madagascar, well, not exist?


well i was only trying to spark discussion of new topic is all

  • 07.14.2006 10:56 AM PDT

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Sorry, that comment wasn't directed at you... it was for all the people who keep saying "well duh of course its africa!!!" and the like.

I didn't mean to destroy your theory, it's just that too many people were latching onto it and acting like it was some hidden clue or something, when it clearly wasn't.

No hard feelings...

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Posted by: Jordan117
Sorry, that comment wasn't directed at you... it was for all the people who keep saying "well duh of course its africa!!!" and the like.

I didn't mean to destroy your theory, it's just that too many people were latching onto it and acting like it was some hidden clue or something, when it clearly wasn't.

No hard feelings...


oh, none taken

it wasnt a theory, just more of an observation. thanks for clearing it up

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Of course it's Africa. I think you're just trying to ride the tide of Iceman's thread, attention whore.

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Posted by: Marvin G4Y3
Of course it's Africa. I think you're just trying to ride the tide of Iceman's thread, attention whore.


Dude.......are you dumb? How can it be Africa, look at the entire landmass, since when was Africa cut in half, and Madagascar not exist? Hm? Iceman had a good idea, but you can clearly see it's not Africa (I hope)

And why are people saying,: "remember the slipspace jump in new mombosa thats why it looks like that...... duh! ", that makes no sence. I agree with the thread starter, because I know he's right.

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Well the games based like a thousand years in the future so dont you think the land masses would change alittle sense they are moving on techtonic plates plus global warming which makes Ice melt and tides rise so there you go its Africa!

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How can you say it's not Africa? Do you know what Africa looks like in the future??

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thats right its just the shape of africa

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You all seem to forget the complex platonx mass we have constently moveing below us or volcanoes or the outlandish time these structeres where made look at maps of africa farther in the past then take out techtonic plate movements and wala you GOT OLD SCHOOL AFRICA see halo doesnt have a inner core so its land forms litterly dont change halo is like takeing a grass patch cutting it out and laying it down over a concreat slab in a sence!! hehe so who nows it may actulyl be africa back in the days before present you no bungie always throwing in a twist and since everything coinsides with africa. Why would the forrunners put a exact copy of there ark on a halo for a visiual map refrenjce possible or jsut to show resepct for there inventions like egyptians always makeign statues and painting why not make your halo creation reseamble someitnhg of meaning :) hehe

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Posted by: Ponch
How can you say it's not Africa? Do you know what Africa looks like in the future??


Hm, let me see. for starters: Tell me how, when, and why your "africa" is on Halo?

And Halo3's trailer is on Earth, in Africa!

  • 07.14.2006 3:30 PM PDT

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Umm... tectonic plates take tens of millions of years to move continents into new configurations. Halo takes place only 500 years in the future, and the Halos were built approximately 100,000 years ago. Not nearly enough time to somehow radically alter the geography of a landmass that large. And that's assuming that Halos even have tectonic plates (which is extremely unlikely).

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Posted by: Jordan117
(NOTE: I decided to make this a separate post so that people would actually *see* it, rather than have it being buried on page 8 or 9.)

The landmass partially seen in this screenshot does look roughly similar to Africa, but the resemblance is only superficial. You can actually see the entire landmass earlier in the same cutscene, and it's clear that it doesn't really look like the true Africa. The bottom splays out far too much, the coastlines are irregular, the overall shape is off, and the regions said to be Europe- and Asia-like don't look at all like the ones on Earth.

IMAGES:

Partial image of the landmass looking roughly like Africa

Full image showing that it actually doesn't look like Africa

Actual map of Africa

So, it's probably just a coincidence. Like someone else said, Africa is not a particularly complex landmass, so it's easy to draw something that resembles it, especially when only part of that drawing is seen.



I think it could very well be Africa...When you take a massive continent and shrink it to fit in the inside of a ring rather than the outside of a giant sphere, There's gonna be some distortion.

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ok dude its the 2552, covenant have wiped out anything, and hello!!! its Africa its not gonna look like a ful<ing rain forest

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intresting point but its still enought time for some changes and i didnt say halo had tectonic plates i said halo didnt have them lol. But still good points. Im bascily trying to find worngs in your theorys so you cna prove me wrong and make your theroy that much stonger to belive :)

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I posted a topic about a month ago about the African land mass, and got the hell flamed out of me. So I'm glad that people are actually discussing this without much flaming.

Oh and by the way if it looks like Africa that means that Bungie probably wanted it to look like Africa. So it's there for a reason. Now wether that reason is simply to spark debate or if it is intregal to the game I don't know. And we won't know until Halo 3 comes out. So for now I think that it's just important to show people the obvious resembalance and let them decide for themselves.

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