Andreas Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Why is it not off-topic to post this picture here? First right answer wins. Three pieces of info are required to make a correct answer (what, who, where). The winner will get his handle in my next scenario with a rank and position of his choice (within the confines of the engine). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceroy Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Andreas, it's Berlin, right? Near the Reichstag? Will be in a CMBB scenario? And you're doing a lovely job with that paintbrush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warphead Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 There are bullet or shrapnel holes in the wall. I would say Berlin too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Hiram Sedai Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 I think it's Andy's house where perfection coupled with omniscience started upon his birth into this uneducated world. The rest of us can only stare in awe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_Meyer Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Actually could be anywhere in Europe. I came from the Czech Republic and I still remember a lot of building showing bullet wholes and such as in the above picture. Even in Austria when I was there, I saw buildings with bullet wholes and scars war scars like those. So it can be anywhere from Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted March 26, 2002 Author Share Posted March 26, 2002 Originally posted by Hiram Sedai: I think it's Andy's house where perfection coupled with omniscience started upon his birth into this uneducated world. The rest of us can only stare in awe.You get an extra price for that Hiram. Not bad Warpy, two out of three. Rommel - the large German lettering saying 'Freihalten' would indicate to me that 'anywhere in Europe' is not quite correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattias Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Most probably somewhere were they speak German though as "Frei Halten" is painted on the door. Any more clues besides the address number there? Any infamous Hauptquartiere in the old Reichshauptstadt that had 44 in them? M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattias Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Prinz Albrect Strasse 44, Berlin? SS HQ. Seat of Mr Himmler himself [ March 26, 2002, 04:34 PM: Message edited by: Mattias ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croda Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Perhaps it is your new office in Berlin from which you'll be selling bulletholes and shrapnel to a populace clammering for a supply of bulletholes. I don't suppose this is above Hitler's bunker? But that was below a Government bldg, was it not? (Ignore me) [ March 26, 2002, 04:39 PM: Message edited by: Croda ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattias Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Friedrichstrasse 44, Checkpoint Charlie? [ March 26, 2002, 04:38 PM: Message edited by: Mattias ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceroy Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Andreas, hey! I think it's where BTS got the textures for some of the new buildings ..... does look like the stuff in some of the screenshots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattias Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Lützowstraße 44. Original nazi party HQ? .. lots of shady 44's in Berlin.. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Elwen Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Prinze Albrecht Strasse 44 was Himmlers Apartment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupacabra Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Originally posted by Croda: Perhaps it is your new office in Berlin from which you'll be selling bulletholes and shrapnel to a populace clammering for a supply of bulletholes. I don't suppose this is above Hitler's bunker? But that was below a Government bldg, was it not? (Ignore me)There's not really any visible sign of Hitler's bunker anymore. IIRC, the feeling was that it would become a shrine to neo-Nazis if where it was became common knowledge - although anyone with a wartime map of Berlin could probably work it out. That said, I'm pretty sure I've seen it. According to the guy I was with, who I believe, the only remaining entrance to the bunker is a metal storm cellar-style set of double doors set in the concrete in the courtyard of an otherwise unremarkable apartment block in central Berlin. I've got a picture, in fact. I'd be interested to hear what the folk with a better knowledge of Berlin than I (Andreas, Warphead) think. Again, I tend to believe the guy who pointed it out, but with things like this I also tend to being skeptical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warphead Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Maniac, Oderbergerstr.44, im Hinterhof U2 Eberswalderstr.: Mitten im Prenzelberg gelegen, sehr bruchiger abschreckender Eingangsbereich, das Geschäft liegt im zweiten Hinterhof. Hier gibts nur Bikersachen und Gruftie-/Gothicausstattung Looks like THE place to shop for your outfit... [ March 26, 2002, 05:12 PM: Message edited by: Warphead- ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted March 27, 2002 Author Share Posted March 27, 2002 Okay, Warphead is the winner, no appeals allowed. Looking up the shop is impressive. The Oderbergerstr. is running parallel to the Schoenhauser Allee, a major road leading out of Berlin to the north. There Waffen-SS fought to the last man, holing themselves into cellars, or sniping at advancing Soviet troops from 1st Floor windows, as you can see in the photo. Around the corner is an old water tower, which was used as a Gestapo torture centre I have been told. The street is quite special because it ended at the Wall, so you were only allowed to enter it if you had a special pass. The quarter is called Prenzlauer Berg. There are today very few houses with this amount of damage left. Three years ago, when I first went, there were a lot more. The pockmarks of history are vanishing fast in Berlin. Yes, expect the odd scenario or two in the area. I regularly visit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warphead Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Thanks. I will remind you about the prize when the stars are right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apex Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 You want a real bullet-riddled building, look up the Rouen court building and play a game of "guess the caliber". Must have been some fight there. apex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Plastic window on the right side? [ March 26, 2002, 09:12 PM: Message edited by: Ales Dvorak ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murpes Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Jim Morrison's grave. Or The Cotton Club. Maybe Novell's corporate headquarters in Provo, UT. Or a brothel. My real guess is that there is a tile in front of that building that reads "Toynbee Idea in Kubrick's 2001. Resurrect Dead in Planet Jupiter." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Originally posted by murpes: Jim Morrison's grave. Or The Cotton Club. Maybe Novell's corporate headquarters in Provo, UT. Or a brothel. My real guess is that there is a tile in front of that building that reads "Toynbee Idea in Kubrick's 2001. Resurrect Dead in Planet Jupiter."Sorry Andreas, was there a second prize for the unfunniest response? I would have contributed had there been. Looking forward to some CMBB Byte Battles from you; I've actually been able to win consistently at the CMBO ones... I hope Admiral Keth is planning how to divide his site between CMBO and CMBB as we speak.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murpes Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Sorry Andreas, was there a second prize for the unfunniest response? I would have contributed had there been. My initial reaction to things I don't understand is to be critical as well. But I don't post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desdichado Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Originally posted by Chupacabra: They put that on the wartime maps? Wow, no wonder they lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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