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Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: beeber on April 20, 2007, 08:09:59 AM
from the bbc, here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6574547.stm

getting adventure hooks from the news!  anyone else have good ones to share?
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: flyingmice on April 20, 2007, 01:18:26 PM
Shades of the Marie Celeste, right down to the table being set for dinner...

-clash
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: David R on April 20, 2007, 01:49:29 PM
Quote from: beeberfrom the bbc, here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6574547.stm

I will have to run this...

Regards,
David R
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: flyingmice on April 20, 2007, 02:06:40 PM
Quote from: David RI will have to run this...

Regards,
David R

For reference... :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Celeste

Whatever happens has to be cyclical, after all. :D

-clash
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: David R on April 20, 2007, 02:18:55 PM
Damn it Clash, now this will be stick in my mind for some time. I've got enough trouble with the SW game I'm currently running, the stuff I'm thinking about from JimBob's "What setting should I choose thread", my long in development Waterworld setting and a whole lot of other stuff...

Regards,
David R
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: beeber on April 20, 2007, 02:21:45 PM
Quote from: flyingmiceShades of the Marie Celeste, right down to the table being set for dinner...

-clash

that's what got me, too.  where's the "library use" check to tie the two together?  :raise:
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: Ian Absentia on April 20, 2007, 03:57:47 PM
What readers want to know is: Was there porn in an open window on the laptop?

!i!
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: flyingmice on April 20, 2007, 04:12:48 PM
Quote from: David RDamn it Clash, now this will be stick in my mind for some time. I've got enough trouble with the SW game I'm currently running, the stuff I'm thinking about from JimBob's "What setting should I choose thread", my long in development Waterworld setting and a whole lot of other stuff...

Regards,
David R

I'm bad like that. :D

-clash
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: Black Flag on April 20, 2007, 04:16:50 PM
Duh, like that's not the Deep Ones coming out from beneath the reef at night and harvesting sacrifices for Mother Hydra...

Why won't the Australian authorities listen to reason?!? :tinfoil:
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: RPGPundit on April 21, 2007, 03:52:39 AM
Quote from: Black FlagDuh, like that's not the Deep Ones coming out from beneath the reef at night and harvesting sacrifices for Mother Hydra...

Why won't the Australian authorities listen to reason?!? :tinfoil:

They've been infiltrated?

RPGPundit
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: JongWK on April 21, 2007, 09:42:53 AM
Quote from: David RI will have to run this...

Regards,
David R

Don't forget about this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop).

You can hear the recording here (http://www.bloopwatch.org/thebloop.html).

:fhtagn:
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: beeber on April 21, 2007, 10:36:24 AM
that's killer!  more material for my CoC adventure this summer!  :D
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: dar on April 21, 2007, 01:19:14 PM
How about this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4912040.stm)? Could be an adventure of ancient Egyptians adventuring to the ends of the earth? Could be an ancient Egyptian colonial oppressor empire type of adventure with pre norse like barbarians under the thumb of RA. It could be a modern cold war adventure of subterfuge between competing spies burying intel in the open on the daily news. The pyramid could really be an ancient alien artifact... or the long buried temple of a thing that should not be.

I think this one (http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/2c21c0f98d07b010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html) speaks for itself. The tears of yog-sothoth.

How about this (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2002%2F05%2F12%2Fwnugg12.xml)? I think something similar was used to explain what happened in 1632 (http://www.webscription.net/ps-379-40-1632.aspx).
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: David R on April 21, 2007, 01:21:00 PM
Quote from: JongWKDon't forget about this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop).

You can hear the recording here (http://www.bloopwatch.org/thebloop.html).

:fhtagn:

NOOOoooooo...damn you JongWK, I thought I could leave this idea...now not only does it go well with this "yacht" adventure it also goes well with other stuff...

Regards,
David R
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: flyingmice on April 21, 2007, 01:37:14 PM
Quote from: JongWKDon't forget about this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop).

You can hear the recording here (http://www.bloopwatch.org/thebloop.html).

:fhtagn:

That is freaking Awesome, Jong! :D

-clash
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: J Arcane on April 21, 2007, 02:31:14 PM
I was always fascinated most by the Ubaid figurines, like this one:  

(http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ue/figurine04.jpg)

Some more stuff herre:  http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ue/uea.html
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: David R on April 21, 2007, 07:20:23 PM
You know J.Arcane's post nicely complements what JongWK and clash have posted so far. All the elements so far make for a very weird adventure.

Regards,
David R
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: The Good Assyrian on April 21, 2007, 07:35:06 PM
Quote from: David RYou know J.Arcane's post nicely complements what JongWK and clash have posted so far. All the elements so far make for a very weird adventure.

This is why theRPGsite ROCKS! :cool:

All I have to do is come here and get another idea for a cool campaign or adventure...that I may never have time to run.  :p


TGA
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: JongWK on April 22, 2007, 11:15:58 AM
Quote from: flyingmiceThat is freaking Awesome, Jong! :D

-clash


You know, I'm tempted to try a little experiment one of these nights. I'd drink coffee until I have pure caffeine in my veins, and then do some freelance writing... while listening to an endless loop of that recording. ;)
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: Ian Absentia on April 22, 2007, 11:23:14 AM
(http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ue/figurine04.jpg)

Is it my imagination, or is this figurine a dildo?  Right down to the clitoral stimulator.  This adventure's getting interesting all right.

!i!
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: JongWK on April 22, 2007, 11:41:55 AM
Ah, it keeps getting better and better: (http://geology.about.com/od/geoprocesses/a/unconformities.htm)

QuoteA 2005 research cruise in the remote Pacific found something surprising: nothing. The scientific team aboard the research vessel Melville, mapping and drilling in the central South Pacific seafloor, traced out a region of bare rock that's bigger than Alaska. It had none of the mud, clay, ooze or manganese nodules that cover the rest of the deepest sea. This was not freshly made rock either, but oceanic crustal basalt that was 34 to 85 million years old.
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: Ian Absentia on April 23, 2007, 07:51:32 PM
Quote from: JongWKDon't forget about this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop).
(http://mariner.pbwiki.com/f/Adventure-1.jpg)

!i!
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: beeber on April 23, 2007, 08:41:12 PM
ha!  excellent!

unfortunately for our intrepid heroes, there will be no adventure 2. . . .
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: flyingmice on April 23, 2007, 09:17:18 PM
Quote from: beeberha!  excellent!

unfortunately for our intrepid heroes, there will be no adventure 2. . . .

What? Haven't you ever heard of a bloop double?

-clash
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: beeber on April 23, 2007, 09:22:50 PM
does he look like the bugger in here?

http://www.scarygoround.com/?date=20070420

the big c's little bro?
Title: 'ghost yacht' found off australia
Post by: Dr Rotwang! on April 24, 2007, 01:12:50 PM
Quote from: Ian Absentia(http://mariner.pbwiki.com/f/Adventure-1.jpg)

!i!
(http://www.usagold.com/gold/coins/pics/bars.jpeg)