A Yliakum Passtime...

[Monketh]

Parachutes are more realisitic than bungees.

[Ionas]

Fruit wars.... Bungeejumping... YEP this community has really lost it

Would be fun though to watch a kran or dwarf bungeejump

[SaintNuclear]

Bungees were invented a few hundreds of years before parachutes. There\'s a tribe somewhere that builds a shaky tower from wood, then they climb it, tie a thick rope to the legs, and jump. Too bad the rope is usually too long : \\


But now that I think of it, it won\'t be possible to jump from any level to the lake. Since every level is broader than the one below, you\'ll fall and hit the wall.
Unless of course you plan drilling a hole in the middle of all levels so you can jump down and die from the impact of the water :rolleyes:

[karakth]

Well unless you build a bridge which extends to the radius of Upper Yliakum.

[SaintNuclear]

Originally posted by karakth
Well unless you build a bridge which extends to the radius of Upper Yliakum.

Look at how the stactite is built again (http://www.planeshift.it/pix/yliakum_map.jpg), you can\'t possibly jump from the upper levels to the bottoms, especially with a bridge

[karakth]

Why not?

This is the bridge:

[SaintNuclear]

And how exactly do you reach the lake by jumping from the bridge like that?
Or do you mean sliding on the rivers?

[karakth]

Well, you jump off the middle of the bridge and move downwards due to gravity (Concrete Fact. Do not discuss) and end up in the lake.

[SaintNuclear]

But the stalagtite is an upside-down cone, with levels in it. If you jump from one of the levels you hit the stalagtite walls.

[Monketh]

I shouldn\'t need to point this out, but the bridge goes straight over the center of the \'hole\' for the 1st level.  Thusly, to jump from the center of the bridge and keep yourself in the correct direction would allow you to land in the lake at the bottom.

[karakth]

Here\'s a map that might allow you to understand the stalagtite better:

You can see Yliakum from the side (look at it as a cross-section).



It was done by SnowWolf, a member of our guild.

[Davis]

Originally posted by Monketh
I shouldn\'t need to point this out, but the bridge goes straight over the center of the \'hole\' for the 1st level.  Thusly, to jump from the center of the bridge and keep yourself in the correct direction would allow you to land in the lake at the bottom.

Where you hit the water and DIE.

[karakth]

Don\'t be so negative

But seriously, I agree that the first level is a bit too high (though adrenalin-crazed junkies would try it, I suppose, using parachutes or skydiving with their winged creatures, etc). So how about diving off a bridge on the fifth or sixth level?

[Davis]

Originally posted by karakth
Don\'t be so negative

But seriously, I agree that the first level is a bit too high (though adrenalin-crazed junkies would try it, I suppose, using parachutes or skydiving with their winged creatures, etc). So how about diving off a bridge on the fifth or sixth level?

You\'ll still DIE.

Anyway, last time I read, the people down there are somewhat protective of their lake. And then there\'s the getting back up part. This is all assuming you have some method of survival.

What\'s wrong with bungee jumping?

[karakth]

The problem with bungee jumping is that the ropes are non-springy. Meaning you\'d burst like a paper sack full of ketchup.

However, they could use spider silk ropes (like the ones for the pulley system) which would provide elasticity and stretch enough to allow you to gracefully enter the water. Without breaking your neck.

So in truth it would be a mix between skydiving and bungee-jumping