Scott Manley reference while loading?

[PaperAviator]

This is a short one. . . 

I was loading up Kerbal today when I noticed that one of the loading hints was "Flying safe". I don't have a screenshot to go with it, but do you think that it was a deliberate reference to Scott?

[TheRagingIrishman]

  On 6/19/2017 at 1:59 PM, PaperAviator said:

This is a short one. . . 

I was loading up Kerbal today when I noticed that one of the loading hints was "Flying safe". I don't have a screenshot to go with it, but do you think that it was a deliberate reference to Scott?

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Probably. Keep in mind that any mod can add loading tips so it could be non-Squad originating.

[CaptainTrebor]

I swear I've seen it in my stock install, so I guess they added it.

[Ohm is Futile]

"Fly safe" is a very common thing to say in Eve online, which Scott has played. Maybe they were thinking of Scott when they put that in, but it's largely used by certain communities, which do not include our good friend Scott Manley.

[swjr-swis]

  On 6/19/2017 at 3:06 PM, TheRagingIrishman said:

Keep in mind that any mod can add loading tips so it could be non-Squad originating.

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It's stock. Look it up in GameData/Squad/Localization/dictionary.cfg, line 7856:

	#autoLOC_7001131 = Flying Safe...

 

[PaperAviator]

  On 6/19/2017 at 3:06 PM, TheRagingIrishman said:

 Keep in mind that any mod can add loading tips so it could be non-Squad originating.

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I had no mods installed at the time

[XLjedi]

Totally coincidental...  no, really!

Edit: I need a way to add a kerbal graphic with rolling eyes... 

Edited June 19, 2017 by XLjedi

[Guest]

  On 6/19/2017 at 3:31 PM, Ohm is Futile said:

"Fly safe" is a very common thing to say in Eve online, which Scott has played.

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Confirming. If anything, it's a Scott Manley reference to an EVE Online saying. Granted, Scott largely brought it to this community, but those of us who've played EVE Online know it from that community.

Edited June 19, 2017 by regex

[Archgeek]

  On 6/19/2017 at 8:36 PM, XLjedi said:

Totally coincidental...  no, really!

Edit: I need a way to add a kerbal graphic with rolling eyes... 

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  On 6/19/2017 at 8:39 PM, regex said:

Confirming. If anything, it's a Scott Manley reference to an EVE Online saying. Granted, Scott largely brought it to this community, but those of us who've played EVE Online know it from that community.

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Doesn't it hail from further back than that?  I think the EVE community got it from some intro text or npc dialogue from one of the Elite games.  Not sure if 1, 2, or oolite, though.

[XLjedi]

Doh! 

[Guest]

  On 6/19/2017 at 9:05 PM, Archgeek said:

Doesn't it hail from further back than that?  I think the EVE community got it from some intro text or npc dialogue from one of the Elite games.  Not sure if 1, 2, or oolite, though.

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Probably.

[captainb]

I prefer to fly casual myself

[vosskftw]

Indeed could be only about EVE Online. But for those who haven't played EVE, it's Scott Manley.

[Kerbital]

Also "Fly safe" is used in Elite and possibly many other space and flight games. I don't see why this has to be a reference to Manley. It's a common phrase.

[something]

'Fly safe' is commonly used in games that feature stuff that flies.

I used to encounter it in ogame (an old-style browser game about space-ships) a couple of years ago. Might have been ported there from EVE as well, I don't know.

[MGCJerry]

Earliest I've heard & seen "Fly Safe" was playing Janes F15 over Riger Wilco (predates teamspeak) and also heard it in MS flight Sim sometime in 2000.

[ZooNamedGames]

Regardless of what others say; to me, when I hear the words "fly" and "safe" used in consecutive order, I will always have fond memories of the adventures and things I've learned from a certain amazing bald headed man (and his little family too).

Edited July 5, 2017 by ZooNamedGames

[Provisional Name 12]

Even if it is a common phrase it could still be a reference since Scott has been making KSP videos since the game was a baby. Only squad knows.

[White Owl]

And the crashed lander with "Mün or bust" painted on the side is a reference to kurtjmac, who was the first big YouTuber to cover the game way back when.