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Nide
Profile Joined September 2010
United States6 Posts
September 12 2010 23:54 GMT
#1
Ever since I played on Sand Canyon I have been seeing faces in the minimap, I am so obsessed with the panda face in Sand Canyon! The panda even has a cute nose and mask. Do you see faces in the minimap?

The watchtowers are the eyes. Xel'Naga is like a robot face!

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muzzy
Profile Joined March 2010
United States640 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-12 23:56:37
September 12 2010 23:56 GMT
#2
Scrap station looks like some sort of weird clown face to me. What an odd thread
7even.Rantech
Profile Joined July 2010
Chile39 Posts
September 12 2010 23:57 GMT
#3
yeaah i love those faces!.
Kolvacs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada1203 Posts
September 12 2010 23:57 GMT
#4
Lol, nice thread .
Discord IV looks like a smooshed face.
Polar_Nada
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States1548 Posts
September 12 2010 23:58 GMT
#5
I thought Sand Canyon looked like Kerrigan hahahah.
[ReD]NaDa and fnaticMSI.SEn fighting~! ::POlar @ UC Irvine::
LarJarsE
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1378 Posts
September 12 2010 23:59 GMT
#6
Sand Canyon has the most prevalent face so far
since 98'
Ry-Masta-T
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States478 Posts
September 12 2010 23:59 GMT
#7
Metalopolis looks like the FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU guy
Speak the word...
warmGun
Profile Joined August 2010
United States57 Posts
September 13 2010 00:00 GMT
#8
Haha . The sand canyon face is amazing
bobbingmatt
Profile Joined June 2010
Australia224 Posts
September 13 2010 00:01 GMT
#9
lol day[9] talks about this all the time!
it's just because towers are eyes and minerals are mouth shaped XD
no
leveller
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden1840 Posts
September 13 2010 00:02 GMT
#10
Ive been seeing the frowny face on metal for ages, I cant ever unsee it.
blitzkrieger
Profile Joined September 2010
United States512 Posts
September 13 2010 00:07 GMT
#11
Humans (and animals) equate shapes with important things. We see faces in things that aren't. Some animals are afraid of certain shapes. In Art (had to take humanities) certain shapes like a triangle pointing down are dangerous/scary while pointing up are safe. This is just another one of those. I personally don't see faces in it because I know there aren't faces there so my brain doesn't look for them.

I forget if its worms or something but if they see shapes like l they freak out and hide, but when they see shapes like _ they think its prey regardless if it moves etc. I can't remember what it was though...
LolnoobInsanity
Profile Joined May 2010
United States183 Posts
September 13 2010 00:07 GMT
#12
Kulas ravine looks like a giant spider's face
Subversion
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
South Africa3627 Posts
September 13 2010 00:08 GMT
#13
all the faces are pretty much the same tho, just 2 towers and a mineral line
mrd33ds
Profile Joined August 2010
Djibouti30 Posts
September 13 2010 00:15 GMT
#14
looks like constellations
mind control
Naramis
Profile Joined August 2010
Brazil19 Posts
September 13 2010 00:18 GMT
#15
Discord IV kinda looks like Meatwad from Aqua Teen
Deathstar
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
9150 Posts
September 13 2010 01:15 GMT
#16
In some of the maps, the geyser looks like eyes and the minerals make the smile. So much happiness
rip passion
Randomaccount#77123
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States5003 Posts
September 13 2010 03:01 GMT
#17
--- Nuked ---
Lil Sassy
Profile Joined August 2010
United States26 Posts
September 13 2010 21:17 GMT
#18
I'm seeing more of a :D than a panda face
Eat C Erryday
DreamScaR
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Canada2127 Posts
September 13 2010 21:24 GMT
#19
omg the PANDA FACEEEEEEEEEEE
~ Aka ItsWoodrow on Twitter
jaack
Profile Joined June 2009
United States30 Posts
September 13 2010 22:01 GMT
#20
Damn it.

Now that you've seen it, you can't UN-SEE it.
No Xbox and no starcraft make Jaack go..something something....
viraltouch
Profile Joined July 2010
United States299 Posts
September 13 2010 22:05 GMT
#21
lol I was quite impressed with the panda face but arid wastes, xel naga, and discord all look the same :o
dimfish
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States663 Posts
September 13 2010 22:06 GMT
#22
Check the sig
OPSavioR
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden1465 Posts
September 13 2010 22:07 GMT
#23
cant unsee it..
i dunno lol
sjschmidt93
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2518 Posts
September 13 2010 22:10 GMT
#24
I can only get half of a picture to load... Am I the only one?
My grandpa could've proxied better, and not only does he have arthritis, he's also dead. -Sean "Day[9]" Plott
MangoTango
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States3670 Posts
September 13 2010 22:10 GMT
#25
Oh god, cannot unsee sad face in Metalopolis. HAHAHA.
"One fish, two fish, red fish, BLUE TANK!" - Artosis
Nide
Profile Joined September 2010
United States6 Posts
September 13 2010 22:17 GMT
#26
I can't unsee the panda face or Metalopolis face ever again either haha.
firebound12
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada274 Posts
September 13 2010 22:53 GMT
#27
lol I noticed this waaay before.. and then when they changed xelnagas into eyes... XD
ThemAcorns
Profile Joined May 2010
Norway114 Posts
September 13 2010 23:42 GMT
#28
Am I the only one that read "Feces in the minimap" ? (((
"Being a man in your free time, involves a lot of smokin' weed, sittin' on the couch. If you can enhance that with vivid, bright, moving colors that you can in fact control with something just as simple as your thumbs. Fuckin' A you've got your day made."
Bags
Profile Joined July 2010
United States69 Posts
September 13 2010 23:44 GMT
#29
OP watches day9 or at least MLG it seems.
yoplate
Profile Joined August 2010
United States332 Posts
September 13 2010 23:45 GMT
#30
Metalopolis is frowning at your poor macro.
Piy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Scotland3152 Posts
September 13 2010 23:47 GMT
#31
I love the FFFFUUUU guy in Metalopolis
My. Copy. Is. Here.
Panoptic
Profile Joined September 2009
United Kingdom515 Posts
September 13 2010 23:48 GMT
#32
Such a high calibre thread :D
"Crom laughs at your four winds!"
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
September 13 2010 23:55 GMT
#33
The faces aren't much more common than on BW maps imo. The only one that has a distinct smiley to me is the panda face.
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
Nide
Profile Joined September 2010
United States6 Posts
September 14 2010 00:07 GMT
#34
On September 14 2010 08:44 Bags wrote:
OP watches day9 or at least MLG it seems.


I love Day9! I actually have not heard him talk about the faces tho, I've only seen 140+ with some gaps here and there. Or maybe I was spacing out! Time to start watching the older ones :D
Skeyser
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada219 Posts
September 14 2010 00:30 GMT
#35
On September 13 2010 09:07 blitzkrieger wrote:
This is just another one of those. I personally don't see faces in it because I know there aren't faces there so my brain doesn't look for them.



It's 2 eyes(literally) and a mouth shaped line, how can you not see a face....
Buddhist
Profile Joined April 2010
United States658 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-14 02:10:50
September 14 2010 02:09 GMT
#36
On September 13 2010 09:07 blitzkrieger wrote:
Humans (and animals) equate shapes with important things. We see faces in things that aren't. Some animals are afraid of certain shapes. In Art (had to take humanities) certain shapes like a triangle pointing down are dangerous/scary while pointing up are safe. This is just another one of those. I personally don't see faces in it because I know there aren't faces there so my brain doesn't look for them.

I forget if its worms or something but if they see shapes like l they freak out and hide, but when they see shapes like _ they think its prey regardless if it moves etc. I can't remember what it was though...

Rofl, thanks, captain obvious.

We get that there aren't actually faces in the minimaps, but the xel'naga watch towers are designated with literal eyes, and mineral patches can be interpreted as mouths. They're cute.

It's not something people are accidentally doing. We're intentionally imagining them as faces for fun.

ps: I don't see how that's a panda face. It looks like the mineral patches north of the eyes are the eye brows, the ones south are like bags under the eyes, and that canyon further south is the mouth.

I don't see a nose or anything.
Nide
Profile Joined September 2010
United States6 Posts
September 14 2010 02:41 GMT
#37
The dark area around the watchtowers is the panda mask, and above the southern gold minerals is a crescent shaped dark area is his nose.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10669 Posts
September 14 2010 02:48 GMT
#38
lol thats awesome discovery =P
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
PTZ.
Profile Joined September 2010
72 Posts
September 14 2010 02:53 GMT
#39
I hate you and will never see some of those minimaps in the same neutral way again >_>
SichuanPanda
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada1542 Posts
September 14 2010 02:59 GMT
#40
Outlined the faces for people who couldn't see them.
+ Show Spoiler +

[image loading]
i-bonjwa
Nide
Profile Joined September 2010
United States6 Posts
September 14 2010 05:54 GMT
#41
On September 14 2010 11:59 SichuanPanda wrote:
Outlined the faces for people who couldn't see them.
+ Show Spoiler +

[image loading]

Oh man the Discord outline you did made him look like ET or something lol.
blitzkrieger
Profile Joined September 2010
United States512 Posts
September 14 2010 06:07 GMT
#42
On September 14 2010 11:09 Buddhist wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 13 2010 09:07 blitzkrieger wrote:
Humans (and animals) equate shapes with important things. We see faces in things that aren't. Some animals are afraid of certain shapes. In Art (had to take humanities) certain shapes like a triangle pointing down are dangerous/scary while pointing up are safe. This is just another one of those. I personally don't see faces in it because I know there aren't faces there so my brain doesn't look for them.

I forget if its worms or something but if they see shapes like l they freak out and hide, but when they see shapes like _ they think its prey regardless if it moves etc. I can't remember what it was though...

Rofl, thanks, captain obvious.

We get that there aren't actually faces in the minimaps, but the xel'naga watch towers are designated with literal eyes, and mineral patches can be interpreted as mouths. They're cute.

It's not something people are accidentally doing. We're intentionally imagining them as faces for fun.

ps: I don't see how that's a panda face. It looks like the mineral patches north of the eyes are the eye brows, the ones south are like bags under the eyes, and that canyon further south is the mouth.

I don't see a nose or anything.


...

People's brains look for faces, you are programmed to do that. In your case a lot of programming is missing.
MinoMino
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway1103 Posts
September 14 2010 06:12 GMT
#43
Metalopolis sadface is by far the best face!

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