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"reticulating splines" I guess the lesson to be learnt here is that people are more understanding if you appear to be transparent but you don't have to ACTUAL
by chocolatebunny 9y ago
"reticulating splines"
I guess the lesson to be learnt here is that people are more understanding if you appear to be transparent but you don't have to ACTUALLY be transparent to get the affect.
- 52-6F-62 9y agoReminds me of the loading screen for The Sims (an obvious parody of the above mentioned tactic) (You might want to mute it. The loading messages are at the bottom) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpMiI2QooKQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpMiI2QooKQ
- simcop2387 9y agoReticulating splines actually comes from SimCity 2000 and they then used the idea in The Sims later http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Reticulating_splines http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Reticulating_splines
- RhodesianHunter 9y agoOh, interesting. I thought it came from Don't Starve but they must have been adopting this from SimCity.
- misnome 9y agoYes, it’s a relatively common SimCity reference, though I could swear I saw “Don’t Starve” say “Reticulating Pines”. I don’t think I’ve ever seen another game than simcity give it a voiceover...
- 52-6F-62 9y agoAh! That's right! Thanks
- presspot 9y agoActually, we used that phrase in a deceptive 'loading' progress box in PC/GEOS in 1989
- eurticket 9y ago"Doing things you don't want to know about"
- djsumdog 9y agoMakes me think of the loading screen from Don't Starve