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minus-squareAndrew@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoI’m mean, sure - it looks a long way if go the south-east route. But there’s a short-cut if you go northwest - Iceland, Greenland, New Zealand, bosch.
minus-squareflamingos-cant@feddit.ukOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoNow you’re thinking with portals!
minus-squaregalmuth@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoHelp, my map doesn’t have New Zealand and I got lost
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIs this a reference to that post about shipping mines to IKEA?
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoIn case this wasn’t sarcastic, the map doesn’t wrap North to South like in Asteroids, it only wraps East to West, like Pac-Man.
minus-squareHoimo@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·56 minutes agoWhat happens if you go due Norf then?
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 minutes agoIn case of the most common map, Mercator projection, if you go exactly due Norf you’ll come out from the top of the map, facing due Souf, 180° of longitude (Eaft or Weft, doesn’t matter) away.
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoNo, it is an oval on top of a giant turtle.
I’m mean, sure - it looks a long way if go the south-east route. But there’s a short-cut if you go northwest - Iceland, Greenland, New Zealand, bosch.
Now you’re thinking with portals!
Help, my map doesn’t have New Zealand and I got lost
Is this a reference to that post about shipping mines to IKEA?
In case this wasn’t sarcastic, the map doesn’t wrap North to South like in Asteroids, it only wraps East to West, like Pac-Man.
What happens if you go due Norf then?
In case of the most common map, Mercator projection, if you go exactly due Norf you’ll come out from the top of the map, facing due Souf, 180° of longitude (Eaft or Weft, doesn’t matter) away.
The world is a donut?
No, it is an oval on top of a giant turtle.
In Asteroids – yes.