Easter Egg on Laythe

[Algomeysa]

So the Kerbal wiki list of Easter Eggs mentions a new one on Laythe.

http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/List_of_easter_eggs

"A creature-like island".

I think it's just pareidolia, not an intentional easter egg. Agree or disagree?

[Tex_NL]

Seriously? This is considered an easter egg these days? Some people must be really desperate to add something to the wiki in order to justify this.

Please get rid of nonsense like this from the wiki ASAP.

[sal_vager]

I agree with Tex, it's not an easter egg, an easter egg would be something hidden that is humorous and/or references something outside the game, such as the half buried UFO, the dead Kraken or the memorial to Neil Armstrong.

What you have there is just an island that means nothing to no one.

[Scotius]

Followers of Brotoro's Long-Term Laythe Mission know this landmass as Dracoduck Island (oficially Thompbles Island after expedition's leader)

[Thegamer211]

It looks like a island with no specific shape.

[Bill Phil]

It's obviously "OK" Island. Can't you see the hand doing the OK symbol?

[Richy teh space man]

Well so much for a new easter egg to explore.. agree with others that this isn't an easter egg.

[Algomeysa]

Followers of Brotoro's Long-Term Laythe Mission know this landmass as Dracoduck Island (oficially Thompbles Island after expedition's leader)

Dracoduck... yeah, kind of like the duck-dragons in the old Atari 2600 Adventure!

[problemecium]

The human brain contains a group of neurons designed to aggressively search for faces in the images we see, allowing us to quickly recognize people, but also causing phenomena like seeing scary faces in wrinkled bedsheets and smoke clouds (and every Jesus face in a vegetable ever). This is yet another instance, albeit not a human face.

[Alshain]

Agree, not an easter egg. I'm not sure the asteroids around Dres are a true easter egg either. They were a secret addition, but that isn't the same thing.

[Tex_NL]

Agree, not an easter egg. I'm not sure the asteroids around Dres are a true easter egg either. They were a secret addition, but that isn't the same thing.

The asteroids near Dress aren't easter eggs either. If you would put Russell's Teapot somewhere out there, now THAT would be a proper egg.

[Scarecrow88]

I remember that game, which contained a genuine easter egg.

[Alshain]

The asteroids near Dress aren't easter eggs either. If you would put Russell's Teapot somewhere out there, now THAT would be a proper egg.

That will never happen. It's too controversial and Squad tends to try to maintain the status quo.

[KerikBalm]

The asteroids near Dress aren't easter eggs either. If you would put Russell's Teapot somewhere out there, now THAT would be a proper egg.

Well.... I haven't visited dres yet in 1.0+ I just got around to eve and laythe, still haven't done moho, most of the jool system, or Eeloo... because I've been doing mostly career.

A easter egg is basically a hidden "prize"

IIRC, they don't start spawning until you go to dres...

And since nobody goes to Dres... or at least that what the joke says... it would count as hidden.

And a hidden object, be it an Arch, or a space potato... would be an Easter egg.

The magic boulder was an easter egg, no?

The relevant difference here is that they weren't secretive enough. People do actually go to Dres despite the jokes, the roids were shown in a pre-release video, and they show up to be tracked...

I think they would be an easter egg if they were done with more secrecy, and their orbits didn't show up...

As to this laythe thing.... nope, no way, no how, not an easter egg.

[carneyvich]

pareidolia definitely

[CalculusWarrior]

Having visited some of Kerbin's monoliths, I feel that Squad should add a lot more of those to various planets, mainly in interesting locations like tall mountains, interesting terrain features (like that oddly-shaped island), and the like. I don't think we've actually had a true Easter Egg added to the game since pre-0.18 (though correct me if I'm wrong).

[Thegamer211]

That will never happen. It's too controversial and Squad tends to try to maintain the status quo.

How bad can a teapot be?

[Zucal]

Russell's teapot is an analogy that illustrates that the philosophic burden of proof lies upon a person making scientifically unfalsifiable claims rather than shifting the burden of proof to others, specifically in the case of religion. Russell wrote that if he claims that a teapot orbits the Sun somewhere in space between the Earth and Mars, it is nonsensical for him to expect others to believe him on the grounds that they cannot prove him wrong. Russell's teapot is still referred to in discussions concerning the existence of God.

From Wikipedia. Hopefully you see why this is a bit of a touchy subject, for the game and the forums.

[HalTheFox]

It doesn't look a creature to me...

[AbacusWizard]

From Wikipedia. Hopefully you see why this is a bit of a touchy subject, for the game and the forums.

As a math major who also minored in philosophy, I find "burden of proof" arguments hilarious. "You have to prove it's true." "No, you have to prove it's false." "No you!" No you!" Come on, folks, quit arguing and write a proof already!