Desert Videos and such

[Voular]

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!

[FantasyWriter]

One of the best vid link posts ever!

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[Delstro]

Voular. You got it!

[Thunkkin]

Fantastic.  Thanks!

[NoteworthyFellow]

Epic post is epic.

[Clearsighted]

I watched all of those. Awesome.

[Malifaxis]

This post huffs kittens.

[Voular]

What does huff kittens even mean?

[a strange shadow]

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Kitten_Huffing

[Voular]

An oh-so-worthy derail.

[Thunkkin]

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-. 

Krath-drov-damn!

[musashi]

Zalanthas sandstorms must be way sneakier than that ... I swear I never see them till they're right on top of me.

[Voular]

Update with a few new videos.
The National Geographic ones have an advertisment before your can view the video itself, just calm down! >_>


About sandstorms and how they're taking over northern China:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/regions-places/asia-eastern/china_desert.html

Salt mining and runing a caravan through the desert:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries-places/mali/mali_malidesert.html

A desert oasis, and the definition of "grey water".. ugh nasty:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/parks-and-nature-places/cave-canyon-desert/chad_gueltaarchei.html

The Lava Lake... Borsail anyone?:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/parks-and-nature-places/mountains-volcanoes/ethiopia_lavadescent.html

Ancient Christian city thingy, but the buildings and outfits are so awesome!:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/culture-places/beliefs-and-traditions/ethiopia_timkat.html

Haggling 101:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries-places/morocco/morocco_artofthedeal.html

Crazy Tribals, Seik tattooing and beatings!:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries-places/benin/benin_fulaniinitiation.html

Hunting rats:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries-places/togo/togo_eatingrat.html

[Voular]

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.

[Voular]

Gladiator fighting in Rome:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7090F5511327F8ED&playnext=1

[Kassindra]

Very interesting videos.

[HTX]

Poison 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.

[RogueGunslinger]

Someone thought using poison to hunt was twinkish?

How else is it supposed to be used?

[Ender]

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.

[HTX]

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.

[Synthesis]

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.

[Voular]

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)

[Voular]

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?

[Zoltan]

First, I saw that place IG. 

Second, what the fuck was that place?!

[Ourla]

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.

[Jestor]

HuaShan Plank Path, China.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nq0vtU-LVc

Whoa.

[Gunnerblaster]

Here's a nice look of Spice and it's affect on Tribals:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8ehkGRcNNE

[Spice Spice Baby]

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.

You, too?

That was bad. I'm not even scared of heights and that was bad. Christ. The holes. THE HOLES.

[valeria]

Walking on beams like that, that high up, is just... insane.  It gave me an adrenaline rush just watching it.   

[Akoto]

Walking on beams like that, that high up, is just... insane.  It gave me an adrenaline rush just watching it.   

I thought the same thing when I first watched that video. You've gotta be nuts to just walk on those beams that high up, and there were more people ahead of him!

[BlazinDayz]

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.

You, too?

That was bad. I'm not even scared of heights and that was bad. Christ. The holes. THE HOLES.

Imagine if the metal railing wasn't there ...

[Voular]

Since we have a lot of new players coming, and stuff. I am shamelessly necroing this old thread. Enjoy. Maybe we can add some more content. I really liked all this stuff.