The Donkey In The Room

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  1. dal#7945

    dal#7945 Well-Known Member

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    So i read in one of these threads that there is a donkey hidden in every route or most routes. If thats true when you come across it post here with details. Let's if the community can find them all .
     
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  2. Inkar

    Inkar Well-Known Member

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    Keep in mind this is a DTG thing. Do not look for them in third party routes.
     
  3. dal#7945

    dal#7945 Well-Known Member

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    That's why I changed it to most routes.
     
  4. historicalduck7

    historicalduck7 Well-Known Member

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    is that still a thing? i remember 3,4,5 years ago there’d be talk of a donkey in every preview stream but it doesn’t seem to be brought up much anymore. my fear is that the donkeys are yet another victim of the corporate culture that’s trapped dtg
     
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  5. Jalio

    Jalio Active Member

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    I think the chaps who did MVL put a donkey in their route. Was nice seeing it again.

    Good times when they did this years ago, not sure where we are going these days.
     
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  6. bakedpotatos.jm

    bakedpotatos.jm Well-Known Member

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    You mean these things.

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  7. Clumsy Pacer

    Clumsy Pacer Well-Known Member

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    I do doubt a bit, given on Wonders of Sodor there's a football match between pigs and cows, refereed by a donkey
     
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  8. dal#7945

    dal#7945 Well-Known Member

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    Now I wanna buy it just to see that lol.
     
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  9. foggy#2817

    foggy#2817 Well-Known Member

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    There is one in Paddington station. Paddington the Donkey (no bear).
     
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  10. Shackamaxon

    Shackamaxon Well-Known Member

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    There you go -

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  11. dal#7945

    dal#7945 Well-Known Member

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    The pigs won the match because they had David Beckham on their side. A well seasoned player with a tasty right leg.
     
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  13. Pipe

    Pipe Well-Known Member

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    And this is a 3rd party route. (WCMLoS)

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  14. maccagee#4924

    maccagee#4924 Well-Known Member

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    Every time there's a football pitch in a route, the pitch markings are always too thick and the dimensions off by a bit.

    I assume it's just a stock asset in TSW that no-one has bothered improving.

    I guess it's because I work in football it irks me greatly... :D
     
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  15. foggy#2817

    foggy#2817 Well-Known Member

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    The referee is a donkey? That's not that far fetched, is it? :)
     
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  16. Mark Moreton

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    There’s also quite a few people with full size goalposts in their gardens, particularly on Edinburgh to Glasgow!
     
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  17. maccagee#4924

    maccagee#4924 Well-Known Member

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    To be fair, I got two immediate neighbours who have them. Sometimes I give the ball back... :D
     
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  18. Calidore266

    Calidore266 Well-Known Member

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    This tracks as donkeys, like human referees, have a blind spot directly in front of them.
     
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  19. Strat-tastic

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    The cows did have some good mooves though.
    I can't believe I just wrote that :o:D
     
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  20. tomtrainboi#1289

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    Think they started to be a bit like cowards near the end though
     
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  21. foggy#2817

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    The cows don't realize what's at steak.
     
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  22. Strat-tastic

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    The pigs just milked them for goals.

    It was a hambush.
     
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  23. Calidore266

    Calidore266 Well-Known Member

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    Now it's dad jokes, is it? Here I was resisting the temptation to say that the pigs won because the donkey refused bribes to make calls favoring the udder team.
     
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  24. stujoy

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    Hats off to you for this one.
     
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  25. tomtrainboi#1289

    tomtrainboi#1289 Well-Known Member

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    now what was that asnout?
     
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  26. spikeyorks

    spikeyorks Well-Known Member

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    What do you call a male donkey prostitute?
    A hee-haw ;)

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  27. jonnyd7

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    We need you to help them work on Train Soccer World!

    (And before I get yelled at for saying “soccer”, it’s just to keep it as TSW. :))
     
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  28. raptorgb#8593

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    Oh gods no, i can just imagine every player will have the number 66 on there back, and all the dlc will be different coloured kits but still the same number :)
     
  29. Calidore266

    Calidore266 Well-Known Member

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    The officials could use their red and yellow cards as signals, pulling them out in different configurations.
     
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  30. foggy#2817

    foggy#2817 Well-Known Member

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    Is double yellow in that case still two warnings before red or does it equal red...?
     
  31. spikeyorks

    spikeyorks Well-Known Member

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    By the logic of this thread, if we are to have Train Soccer World then, by default, there has to be the equivalent of "a donkey in every room" .

    Presumably then the new TSW rulebook will be updated to state that there must now be "a Tony Adams on every pitch"?

    Asking for a friend ;)
     
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  32. foggy#2817

    foggy#2817 Well-Known Member

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    Pony Adams?
     
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  33. spikeyorks

    spikeyorks Well-Known Member

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    Bravo Sir.
    That is truly terrible :D
     
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