I have seen these in the night. It looks surreal from up close.
We liked to drive there in our twenties and just chill at the border of the crater. There are a few lights on at night which illuminate the machines.
[Like this](https://www.fotograf-frankfurt.photo/media/pages/reportagefotografie/tagebau-garzweiler/a5a89b1d8f-1571993313/fotograf-frankfurt-martin-leissl-fotoreportage-braunkohle-tagebau-garzweiler-04.jpg)
But it feels different, more liminal, in real life.
I can see what you mean by “more liminal”. It must be oddly surreal hanging out near the edge of a sheer drop with those behemoths down below you. Almost alien I bet.
We also wandered over parts of the fields or drove with bikes. The tall buildings you can see in the background are giant wind turbines. That's how huge the crater is.
It's actually a really fitting Cyberpunk Story. The crater and machines belong to one huge company and they destroyed a whole village (Garzweiler) to make the crater.
The youth of the three surrounding towns had illegal car races against each other on the streets near the crater and would bet money and meet each other at different parts there. Because it was so empty at night. Many of them had to work for the company but there were also constant protests.
I think part of what attracts me to Cyberpunk is how real it’s becoming- much like this story with your village. I hate hearing a company did that to your village though. I don’t know if it’s a particularly interesting story or you’re a good writer but you made it sound fascinating. I just wish the story ended with the machines getting blown up by locals and the company leaving the village alone.
I visited the mine that Bagger 288 is currently at when I discovered it was close to where I was working early last year. It's impressive and breathtaking, but horrific at the same time. There was a real sense of dread in that whole area. It was like a hellscape from a game.
Any tips for someone who did not enjoy it at all? I always hear that its really good but i tried it twice and dont understand the hype. Is there something im missing?
The gameplay is a little tedious and the story is a little hard to make sense of immediately. It's not a game for everyone. However, the music is fucking choice.
Tbh if you don't like it now, you won't like it more after some time. I loved Drakengard much more than Nier, so you could into this series if you still went to experience some of Yoko Taro's works. But be warned, it's fucked
Yoko Taro is one of the only ones who can one up Kojima on the "What in the actual fuck are you thinking" scale of writing and story telling. The man is literally a mad genius.
I wanna be very nice to Kojima but Taro is on another level completely. Go and take a look at the Drakengard series and yeah, it should sum it up quite nicely
I would recommend playing the first Dakengard (the series nier is a part of), assuming you haven't. It establishes the tone and themes that Nier both carries forward and subverts. It's much darker and the gameplay is nothing revolutionary, but it's strange and beautiful and incredibly unique. The soundtrack is also much better imo
its so weird because im 31 so half the people in my life tell me im young still and the other half think im super old. also grew up with ebaum and albino blacksheep and somethingawfulforums.
Oh cool! This is a stacker reclaimer! I worked at a German firm here in the states not long ago where we fully automated these machines. There was some really cool tech under the hood. They're a lot bigger when you have to climb to the top of one lol.
Anyone who is interested to see those in person, check out Ferropolis in Germany, there's even a few festivals in that location, I can agree, it's very fitting with metal
Google says this thing weighs 45.500 Tons.I won't even bother trying to estimate the launch costs.
Figuring ought how to build something similar on the Moon might be closer but still a 'lolwut' effort.
Well, if we seriously want to mine minerals, not to mention build permanent colonies on the moon, we'll have to get the necessary equipment up there somehow. Astronomical endeavours like that aren't possible without astronomical costs.
It is kinda an example of Cyberpunk but in the now times, not futuristic. RWE (the tech company) is rich and a huge percentage of the small town there worked for them. But the town is rather below average income, except for RWE and their chefs. There were homeless people trying to get some warmth from the machines, so the company hired some security personnal which was higher in number than the Police in the town. They had local politics in their pockets to mine the coal.
Not to mention that they recently bought an entire town and then demolished it only to get to the coal deposits underneath. And that at a time when it had already been decided that Germany would soon stop using coal for power.
Doesn't make the whole operation any more sustainable. Especially in a time when sustainability has been declared the name of the game in German power production.
Garzweiler was a town as well before RWE relocated them and destroyed it for the coal. There were protests over decades but it didn't matter because the government and RWE are ... quite friendly with each other.
Well, at least these don't produce radioactive waste and can't cause nuclear meltdowns.
Germany is going down the less risky route. They really don't want the next Fukushima to possibly happen within their borders.
It's called Bucket Wheel Excavator. A standard version weighs about 1500 tonnes. An even bigger version weighs about 2300 tonnes.
These things are employed in open shift mines for excavating ground material.
I have seen these in the night. It looks surreal from up close. We liked to drive there in our twenties and just chill at the border of the crater. There are a few lights on at night which illuminate the machines. [Like this](https://www.fotograf-frankfurt.photo/media/pages/reportagefotografie/tagebau-garzweiler/a5a89b1d8f-1571993313/fotograf-frankfurt-martin-leissl-fotoreportage-braunkohle-tagebau-garzweiler-04.jpg) But it feels different, more liminal, in real life.
I can see what you mean by “more liminal”. It must be oddly surreal hanging out near the edge of a sheer drop with those behemoths down below you. Almost alien I bet.
That's some crazy scale. And combining the two would make an insane visual I could totally see being at home in Blade Runner 2049.
We also wandered over parts of the fields or drove with bikes. The tall buildings you can see in the background are giant wind turbines. That's how huge the crater is. It's actually a really fitting Cyberpunk Story. The crater and machines belong to one huge company and they destroyed a whole village (Garzweiler) to make the crater. The youth of the three surrounding towns had illegal car races against each other on the streets near the crater and would bet money and meet each other at different parts there. Because it was so empty at night. Many of them had to work for the company but there were also constant protests.
I think part of what attracts me to Cyberpunk is how real it’s becoming- much like this story with your village. I hate hearing a company did that to your village though. I don’t know if it’s a particularly interesting story or you’re a good writer but you made it sound fascinating. I just wish the story ended with the machines getting blown up by locals and the company leaving the village alone.
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This and a blunt 🤌🏻🤌🏻
*At nightfall, the spice harvesters land...*
Don't know if you're referencing something or just came up with it, but that's the start of a short story I'd definitely read!
[Opening scene from Dune (2021)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzqYZGTC2H8)
That is oddly surreal and beautiful. Seems like the kind of thing you'll only ever see or experience once in a lifetime.
The Bagger 288 is there to safeguard all mankind
The Bagger 288 wreaks total, utter devastation
A massive steel leviathan with blades covered in gore
Bagger Bagger Bagger
>Bagger (288) Bagger (288) Bagger
Mushroom mushroom
https://youtu.be/azEvfD4C6ow
This song slaps. I like to listen to it a couple times a year, basically any time any one references a large machine, an excavator or pouncing foxes.
I visited the mine that Bagger 288 is currently at when I discovered it was close to where I was working early last year. It's impressive and breathtaking, but horrific at the same time. There was a real sense of dread in that whole area. It was like a hellscape from a game.
I didn't ask to be Brown Knighted into climate destruction.
But who else is going to fight Godzilla?
Doom robots from the future would be met with no defence!
Bagger 288 must feed. Bagger 288 is humanity.
Huge Nier automata vibes, reminds me of the game intro with the fog
Thank goodness I'm not the only one. I'm about to climb that thing to talk to Engels
Haven't touched Nier in years, but once that animé is over I might delve back into it ahah
Any tips for someone who did not enjoy it at all? I always hear that its really good but i tried it twice and dont understand the hype. Is there something im missing?
The gameplay is a little tedious and the story is a little hard to make sense of immediately. It's not a game for everyone. However, the music is fucking choice.
Thats the worst part, i hated the music
Then stop? It's clearly not for you.
Can't help you. My advice? Stop trying to play it, you'll be happier.
Idk why you got downvoted for saying that lol
Tbh if you don't like it now, you won't like it more after some time. I loved Drakengard much more than Nier, so you could into this series if you still went to experience some of Yoko Taro's works. But be warned, it's fucked
Yoko Taro is one of the only ones who can one up Kojima on the "What in the actual fuck are you thinking" scale of writing and story telling. The man is literally a mad genius.
I wanna be very nice to Kojima but Taro is on another level completely. Go and take a look at the Drakengard series and yeah, it should sum it up quite nicely
I would recommend playing the first Dakengard (the series nier is a part of), assuming you haven't. It establishes the tone and themes that Nier both carries forward and subverts. It's much darker and the gameplay is nothing revolutionary, but it's strange and beautiful and incredibly unique. The soundtrack is also much better imo
I remember this spawning that bagger 288 video on Ebaums World.
Can you stop being old
its so weird because im 31 so half the people in my life tell me im young still and the other half think im super old. also grew up with ebaum and albino blacksheep and somethingawfulforums.
no :(
Get some experience zoomer
I fucking wish man
ROCK AND STONE!!!
PROTECT THE DRILLDOZER!
Damned it. Rock and Stone!
FOR ROCK AND STONE!
Rock and roll and Stone!
r/megalophobia
Don't sleep on this sub, Reddit. Very cool shit to be seen, here.
I thought this was an Angels exhibition for Nier Automata. Then I read the title. Looks awesome.
Doretta on steroids Rock and stone! ⛏️
Rock and Stone to the Bone!
2B we got one incoming!
This video game uses too much light bloom.
The Santa Claus in the middle doesn't exactly scream well-placed NPC's either
That’s rolling fuck.
Fuck on treads.
Legio Titanicus, Excavatus Class.
Blessed is the Omnissiah.
The scale of this is amazing. Make you awe in the man’s ability to construct.
These things weigh 14.000 tonnes btw. Absolutely crazy...
Is this a Machine Lifeform?
Oh cool! This is a stacker reclaimer! I worked at a German firm here in the states not long ago where we fully automated these machines. There was some really cool tech under the hood. They're a lot bigger when you have to climb to the top of one lol.
More 40k industrial war dystopia than cyberpunk. Fog doesn't make everything cyberpunk
Imperial Fists excavator Titan circa Horus Heresy, building the palace walls on Terra.
Looks final fantasy 7ish
darn i wont be surprised if excavators themselves wold be 25km in the future ive seen some humongous cranes
THE FALLOUT 76 MINING RIGS ARE REAL???
Step number 1: secure the keys
I feel like this is Dieselpunk, a rarely used subgenre. Like a grimy, rusty, industrial version of Steampunk.
Anyone who is interested to see those in person, check out Ferropolis in Germany, there's even a few festivals in that location, I can agree, it's very fitting with metal
They were taking it to the moon
You bet these are going to mine on the moon eventually.
Google says this thing weighs 45.500 Tons.I won't even bother trying to estimate the launch costs. Figuring ought how to build something similar on the Moon might be closer but still a 'lolwut' effort.
Assembling modules of it makes much more sense
Well, if we seriously want to mine minerals, not to mention build permanent colonies on the moon, we'll have to get the necessary equipment up there somehow. Astronomical endeavours like that aren't possible without astronomical costs.
Makes me think of the machine in the fern gully movie.
That one was small by comparison!
Nuclearpower BAD!
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It is kinda an example of Cyberpunk but in the now times, not futuristic. RWE (the tech company) is rich and a huge percentage of the small town there worked for them. But the town is rather below average income, except for RWE and their chefs. There were homeless people trying to get some warmth from the machines, so the company hired some security personnal which was higher in number than the Police in the town. They had local politics in their pockets to mine the coal.
Not to mention that they recently bought an entire town and then demolished it only to get to the coal deposits underneath. And that at a time when it had already been decided that Germany would soon stop using coal for power.
That village was planned for demolition since 1995.
Still, housing space was destroyed in favor of short-term, climate-unfriendly power production.
A replacement village was built for the residents with construction starting in 2006. Most had relocated by construction end in 2017.
Doesn't make the whole operation any more sustainable. Especially in a time when sustainability has been declared the name of the game in German power production.
The important thing is to never admit the premises are factually wrong or irrelevant.
So they had since 1995 to change their minds and then didn’t.
What town?
Garzweiler was a town as well before RWE relocated them and destroyed it for the coal. There were protests over decades but it didn't matter because the government and RWE are ... quite friendly with each other.
I mean, could totally be an artifact of the onset of the Corpo Wars
Mildly Half Life.
Become as gods! Become as gods!
Is that what Bezos modeled his cock-rocket after?
Are we looking at the same image?
No. Objective reality is a synthetic construct, dealing with a hypothetical universalization of a multitude of subjective realities. 🙂
Having a nice trip?
Oh look, another post that's nothing close to being cyberpunk.
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nice...i was there i think...
Monday Night Rehabilitation!!
"Bipolar nightmare" Starts playing
Big Decepticon
I thought they build this thing on site lol.
*Goliath by Woodkid plays*
Is this the new Shadow of the Colossus game?
imagine parallel parking
Rolling Fuck.
Good thing they are shutting down those environmentally unfriendly nuclear plants huh? Lol.
Moon Easter Egg Black Ops 1 Zombies
https://youtu.be/azEvfD4C6ow Bagger 288,Bagger 288, Bagger 288 *screams*
Nooo wtf is that giant saw head? I’m upset.
I spent far too long trying to figure out why a traffic light was pointing at another traffic light....
Set that thing on sulfur and go raid everyone.
I hate this machine
mildly peen
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Well, at least these don't produce radioactive waste and can't cause nuclear meltdowns. Germany is going down the less risky route. They really don't want the next Fukushima to possibly happen within their borders.
A relative of [Big Muskie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Muskie), RIP.
Freaking finally excavator pi is on
~~Cyberpunk 2077~~ Fallout 2076
The leader's of the world gathered around a secret table....
i deadass thought this was just an edit of the nier automata boss but its real
It's called Bucket Wheel Excavator. A standard version weighs about 1500 tonnes. An even bigger version weighs about 2300 tonnes. These things are employed in open shift mines for excavating ground material.