Thread: Super General Discussion 2.0 - Always offering a happy, fun time~!

Saw a rope in loot box on T4, hopes shot high that it was healer rope. Nope, was caster. My character wanted to turn into Titan and Mountain Buster/table flip all of coil. :<

So, just for funsies, I looked up which countries were taking part in the Olympics. Wouldn'tcha know it, Australia has some snowboarders. Now, forgive my ignorance, but all this time I thought Australia was some exotic desert-y island with giant killer bugs and awesome kangaroos, are there any snow capped mountains in Australia? I wonder where they all train? Must make some artificial snow or somethin'.

Originally Posted by Lucke

Are there any snow capped mountains in Australia? I wonder where they all train? Must make some artificial snow or somethin'.

We have... some locations around the Victoria/New South Wales border. Snow does fall there during winter, but no where near the levels you get in New Zealand. It gets supplemented with snow machines and, due to the higher temperatures, often gets rather slushy and/or icy. With climate change, the snow line is also receeding, so it is less common already to see snow in the town at the base of the run these days.

It's like saying you're going to go skiing in southern Italy. Possible, but no where near as good as other alternatives. A lot of people do it anyway, because there is no where else better on the continent.

((For comparison, Melbourne and Sydney have lattitudes comparable to San Francisco and Los Angeles respectively, which should gove you a better appreciation of our climate.))

Originally Posted by Niqote

I am going to direct you to this years Olympic Advertisement - Which I think is just delightful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq_Fs_bpSvE

/cheer~!

*stares at Thal* FINE I'll do the factual thing. /grumbles

See that little white grasslands spot on the lower right? That's where it snows... for 4 months of the year - Which of course is Winter time. (June+)

It's a great advertisement this year. And go Torah! Silver, yeah! Nique, I live up in the "Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests" way above you in North Queensland! Haha. But originally from (Western) Sydney!

Originally Posted by Muzy

Oooo, shiny and awesome, I want one of those now

Are you sure? x.x
Since he (I believe it's a boy and maybe related to Rester's Splody! :0) is sitting on my windowsill I feel as if I'm watched. All the time. /shudder

About the Olympics:
Crossing my fingers for the Jamaican team :3
Oh and I love the outfits of the Curling team from Norway xD