UtakataNoAnnex
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So foiled again by Captain Placeholder!
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TheSix
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I think One Bloor East was up over 40 stories before they started balcony installation.
Johnny Au
Superstar
Captain Placeholder must have been such a great digital artist.
His works are everywhere, but are never implemented in real life.
Apparently, it's because Captain Placeholder believes in not using too much physical materials and preferring materials that take up less space than one's thumb. After all, even very large Photoshop files with multiple layers take less space than very inexpensive USB flash drives.
UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
In case you where wondering about the reference for that...
Captain Placeholder
Captain Placeholder was originally created purely as a temporary measure in the beta version of the game, allowing players to instantly teleport from Menethil Harbor to Auberdine, when some of the boat paths had yet to be implemented. His counterpart, Captain Noteo, would take travelers from...
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Johnny Au
Superstar
There's even an NPC in Menethil Harbor named Adam Lind:In case you where wondering about the reference for that...
Captain Placeholder
Captain Placeholder was originally created purely as a temporary measure in the beta version of the game, allowing players to instantly teleport from Menethil Harbor to Auberdine, when some of the boat paths had yet to be implemented. His counterpart, Captain Noteo, would take travelers from...
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Adam Lind
Adam Lind is a human located on the Menethil Harbor docks in the Wetlands. He can provide directions for the boats going to Theramore Isle.
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Yes, he shares the same name as a former Toronto Blue Jays player.
Adam Lind - Wikipedia
I bet that a member of the WoW development team was a huge Toronto Blue Jays fan when the game was made.
UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
Yes, also because Lind played for the Seattle Mariners. And thus, why they have the NPC out of the dock in directing player characters what ship to take in Menethil Harbor. Well...least according to WowHead, anyroads...
...since the pigtails have already been shortened before for going off-topic on this forum before (ie. Apple on The One thread), I'm just going to leave that here. So we can go back to discussing the building at hand. But in the meantime, thanks for pointing that out - it's a great addition to my ever growing knowledge base of World of Warcraft trivia! <3
Ciarlandini
Active Member
Off topic but Adam Lind was quite the one season wonder!
isaidso
Senior Member
We need to stop allowing developers to select pieces for their Public Art Contribution. They don't have a clue or do they care. If we don't put a stop to this Toronto will end up the butt of jokes. It's getting embarrassing. We should make the contribution obligatory, make them fund it, but have a separate panel made up of qualified people who select pieces to be installed.
We don't let chefs design buildings or pilots do dentistry. Why are we letting developers choose public art we have to look at the next 40 years?
We don't let chefs design buildings or pilots do dentistry. Why are we letting developers choose public art we have to look at the next 40 years?
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reteequa
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Toronto actually has some incredible public art. Im not sure why you are up in arms about current state of it.
Can you please tell me some art that you think is a joke? And then explain to me why your subjective view represents the views of all Torontonians?
You have a right to not enjoy certain art but that doesn't make it all embarrassing or a joke?
The developers are paying an artist to make art and by the sounds of it on mostly their terms. It isn't the developer making the art themselves .
Your argument is a joke. God you people love to complain
Toronto developers are required to employ qualified consultants to find artists and artworks for their public art contributions. As well as their private consultant, the developers work with the City's public art office to be certain that the artwork chosen will meet the City's requirements for durability, visibility, etc., etc. It's not like it all just happens by chance as you seem to think it does.
What is chosen in any particular case is never going to satisfy everybody as the appreciation of art is subjective, but hopefully others on this forum and beyond have a generally more favourable view of what we've amassed now than you do. I don't like every piece, I'm sure nobody likes every piece, but if you look you'll find there is now a hugely eclectic collection of works across the city, eclectic enough that I'm surprised you can write them all off the way you seem to be doing. And one more time, in case you missed it, the image pictured in this thread is a placeholder, and not the art that will end up in that spot.
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ciceror
Active Member
not too exited for the artwork - it's bound to be some tasteless modern art. I'd rather see some Renaissance artwork or something much more classical
Lenser
Senior Member
Ugh, what a retrograde attitude! Not all modern art is tasteless. That's an awful generalization.
UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
...and not all Renaissance artwork is tasteful.
But I'd rather come to my own conclusion on what is tasteful and not tasteful, as opposed to what I am supposed to find tasteful by some clueless corners of the internets. And conversely, I am pretty sure what I find tasteful, others will beg to differ. But that's okay...as my opinion of artwork is mine alone, and no one else is obligated to agree with me on it. /shrug
But I'd rather come to my own conclusion on what is tasteful and not tasteful, as opposed to what I am supposed to find tasteful by some clueless corners of the internets. And conversely, I am pretty sure what I find tasteful, others will beg to differ. But that's okay...as my opinion of artwork is mine alone, and no one else is obligated to agree with me on it. /shrug
The Preservationist
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Not all modern art is tasteless... That's truly a priceless statement Lenser.
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