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The Huge Cannon | The Huge Cannon was built in late August 2004, funded by massive meat donations from players, in an attempt to drive the [[Penguin Mafia]] out of [[The Hole in the Sky]], where they had first appeared. Although the cannon was never actually fired, the mere threat of it was sufficient to scare the Penguins off (temporarily) and force them to change their tactics. | ||
It was implemented as a way of encouraging players to voluntarily remove meat from the game, following the infinite-meat-bug disaster that has become known as [[Black Sunday]]. In fact, most of the meat used to fund its construction came from one player, Qrrbrbirlbel (#80009), in one day... | |||
After the Penguin Mafia's final defeat when Yetis were re-introduced at [[The Icy Peak]], the Cannon was no longer needed: so it was decommissioned, removed from the main town square and put on prominent display in [[The Cannon Museum]], Loathing's museum dedicated to past times. | |||
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After the opening of the Temporal Rifts on the day that has since been dubbed [[White Wednesday]], it appears that one of the temporal rifts opened up at the front gate of the Town, leading back to a time when the Huge Cannon was half-built, the single day before Qrrbrbirlbel's massive donation. Although most of the Temporal Rifts are now closed, [[Half A Cannon]] remains at the town's front gate to this day, now as a permanent reminder of White Wednesday. | |||
Revision as of 11:34, 4 May 2006
The Huge Cannon was built in late August 2004, funded by massive meat donations from players, in an attempt to drive the Penguin Mafia out of The Hole in the Sky, where they had first appeared. Although the cannon was never actually fired, the mere threat of it was sufficient to scare the Penguins off (temporarily) and force them to change their tactics.
It was implemented as a way of encouraging players to voluntarily remove meat from the game, following the infinite-meat-bug disaster that has become known as Black Sunday. In fact, most of the meat used to fund its construction came from one player, Qrrbrbirlbel (#80009), in one day...
After the Penguin Mafia's final defeat when Yetis were re-introduced at The Icy Peak, the Cannon was no longer needed: so it was decommissioned, removed from the main town square and put on prominent display in The Cannon Museum, Loathing's museum dedicated to past times.
After the opening of the Temporal Rifts on the day that has since been dubbed White Wednesday, it appears that one of the temporal rifts opened up at the front gate of the Town, leading back to a time when the Huge Cannon was half-built, the single day before Qrrbrbirlbel's massive donation. Although most of the Temporal Rifts are now closed, Half A Cannon remains at the town's front gate to this day, now as a permanent reminder of White Wednesday.
