Desert Videos and such

Started by Voular, October 13, 2008, 04:34:29 PM

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October 13, 2008, 04:34:29 PM
Awesome youtube videos from the BBC about the desert! Enjoy.

How to make a sand dune:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRRl3HyR3mc

Lizards:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rkkKyYCxio

Fogs and beetles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlERUULGCA0

Namib Desert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMCY9WMnzaw

Travelling in the desert (for all you pesky elves):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uIVRkPuRuI

Finding fire in the desert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiKVq_-ne0Q

Finding water in the desert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5G9nQTLB0U

Poison arrows in the desert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rn0BfwVRtY

Hunting in the desert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXlwyTSsDY

Whole playlist of Ian Wright's survival in the desert:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=825775F450E7A318

Boiling an egg on the earth's crust:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLN5uz42oos

Stick fighting festival (holy shit awesome):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIdlz55Aaho

Women hunters (bulbs, roots, anyone?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwklPPEDbWM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7s9DWNDkbI

Digging a well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V5hUACtoJI

Nice (albeit perhaps fake) desert settlements:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLgTuvWCAsM

Desert insects, scorpions and snakes (hint about anakores, anyone?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpVRDD8lLL0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWfslaxznGw

Party in the desert (the nomads are f'ing awesome):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=016PqEaNlUE

Molerats in the desert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGMTj45hW1o

Lost civilisation in the desert (urh.. soon to be us?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRvFMAMspPo

Sandstone, The Great Barrier Reef:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTE_hQVccps


I am sure there are hundreds more, and perhaps some of these have been posted already. But highfive, these are cool!

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October 13, 2008, 05:08:00 PM #1
One of the best vid link posts ever!

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October 13, 2008, 06:00:14 PM #2
Voular. You got it!
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October 13, 2008, 09:26:55 PM #3
Fantastic.  Thanks!
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October 13, 2008, 10:52:43 PM #4
Epic post is epic.
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October 14, 2008, 12:20:30 AM #5
I watched all of those. Awesome.
October 20, 2008, 05:00:57 PM #6
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October 21, 2008, 06:24:27 AM #7
What does huff kittens even mean?
Modern concepts of fair trials and justice are simply nonexistent in Zalanthas. If you are accused, you are guilty until someone important decides you might be useful. It doesn't really matter if you did it or not.
October 21, 2008, 08:23:01 AM #8
October 21, 2008, 08:39:03 AM #9
An oh-so-worthy derail.
Modern concepts of fair trials and justice are simply nonexistent in Zalanthas. If you are accused, you are guilty until someone important decides you might be useful. It doesn't really matter if you did it or not.
December 17, 2008, 10:12:00 AM #10
The coolest sandstorm video you will see today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MTVei_g46g

Be sure to watch around 1:40 or so when the storm actually hits and it gets -dark-. 

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December 17, 2008, 10:19:55 AM #11
Zalanthas sandstorms must be way sneakier than that ... I swear I never see them till they're right on top of me.
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December 18, 2008, 10:25:50 AM #12
Modern concepts of fair trials and justice are simply nonexistent in Zalanthas. If you are accused, you are guilty until someone important decides you might be useful. It doesn't really matter if you did it or not.
February 05, 2009, 05:07:40 PM #13
Wanted to bump this to players who might have missed it.

Here's also a proper playlist of Ray Mear's survival clips, not all are desert or arm related - but interesting anyhow for wilderness characters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI3wHcF-IQI&feature=PlayList&p=733B26B30C93DF02&index=0&playnext=1

I was going to look for more. But I found the playlist to QI. Which is hilarious.
Modern concepts of fair trials and justice are simply nonexistent in Zalanthas. If you are accused, you are guilty until someone important decides you might be useful. It doesn't really matter if you did it or not.
February 07, 2009, 02:39:58 AM #14
Modern concepts of fair trials and justice are simply nonexistent in Zalanthas. If you are accused, you are guilty until someone important decides you might be useful. It doesn't really matter if you did it or not.
February 07, 2009, 09:53:37 AM #15
Very interesting videos.
June 16, 2009, 08:49:09 AM #16
Quote from: Voular on October 13, 2008, 04:34:29 PMPoison arrows in the desert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rn0BfwVRtY

So using poisoned weapons to hunt isn't twinkish after all, it seems. Thanks for the links.
June 16, 2009, 10:33:48 AM #17
Someone thought using poison to hunt was twinkish?

How else is it supposed to be used?
June 16, 2009, 03:27:49 PM #18 Last Edit: June 16, 2009, 03:31:54 PM by Ender
Quote from: RogueGunslinger on June 16, 2009, 10:33:48 AM
Someone thought using poison to hunt was twinkish?

How else is it supposed to be used?

Depends on the poison. the size of the game, and depends on what you are intending to use the carcass for.

I really can't see it feasible using a super poison of terrible death on an animal the size of a jozhal if you're hunting for food, but maybe if you're just intending to use its hide or RP out cutting around the tainted meat in a larger animal.

A milder not so dangerous poison I think would be fine to use in hunting.

It would be neat if some poisons had a chance to be transferred to the raw meat after skinning an animal.
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June 17, 2009, 02:20:49 AM #19
Quote from: RogueGunslinger on June 16, 2009, 10:33:48 AM
Someone thought using poison to hunt was twinkish?

How else is it supposed to be used?

I recall long ago a post debating the validity of using poisoned arrows and weapons to hunt, yes.
June 18, 2009, 04:06:52 AM #20
Quote from: HTX on June 17, 2009, 02:20:49 AM
Quote from: RogueGunslinger on June 16, 2009, 10:33:48 AM
Someone thought using poison to hunt was twinkish?

How else is it supposed to be used?

I recall long ago a post debating the validity of using poisoned arrows and weapons to hunt, yes.

I don't think the debate was about the realism of using poisoned arrows to hunt.

It was more of a gripe, because previously arrows and throwing knives would -never- poison anything if shot or thrown.  This was fixed.
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June 19, 2009, 10:10:45 PM #21
Seems some people still enjoy these, here are some more I found interesting and have some vague connection to Arm maybe.

Ray Mears showing how to use flint and your shoelaces to create fire and cock and egg with moss (also a hint on how we roast tubers mayhaps?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPk28DiIWPU
(Another demonstration of this "fiddle" way of making fires: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94XYwGToVwY)

Fungi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgyB8YCzrHU

Foraging and drying fruit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVUUdpjEYDU

For anyone interested in antlers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ypDSOkMwoM

Nuts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6_DEJYY65Q

Making your own rucksack and map navigation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHIdn1zU5Uw

Second part about filtering water is interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47cEam7Mz30

For any physician worth his salt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pQra3hVAHg


(A whole bunch more survival videos and playlists can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=SkogKniv&view=playlists)
Modern concepts of fair trials and justice are simply nonexistent in Zalanthas. If you are accused, you are guilty until someone important decides you might be useful. It doesn't really matter if you did it or not.
November 11, 2009, 09:43:26 AM #22
Here's one hell of a scary path, remember ruins scavaging can be dangerous!
http://www.wimp.com/scariestpath/

Anyone else got videos to share on the topic?
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November 11, 2009, 09:52:10 AM #23
First, I saw that place IG.  :D

Second, what the fuck was that place?!
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November 13, 2009, 12:49:16 PM #24
Quote from: Voular on November 11, 2009, 09:43:26 AM
Here's one hell of a scary path, remember ruins scavaging can be dangerous!
http://www.wimp.com/scariestpath/

*shudder*

I've never gotten vertigo from an internet video before.  I wanna see that in an Imax theater now.
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