Siege of the Day!

Clusmas

Clusmas

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Brisbane, Australia

n/a

31 Mar 2006 at 00:22 - 1
From guildwars.com
Quote:
Check out this week's screenshot for a view of a much-loved new feature of Factions: The Siege Turtle. These members of the Luxon armada play an important role in a mission at the Gyala Hatchery, which is where this screenshot was taken. Find the shot over here.
It's great when the fantasy world in which we play can be so creative as to rename tortoises as turtles. Oops.

EDIT: Linkage: http://www.guildwars.com/gallery/scr...ions/gw101.php

quickmonty

quickmonty

Ancient Windbreaker

Join Date: May 2005

31 Mar 2006 at 00:29 - 2
Since the Jade sea was once water, and not jade, they may indeed be turtles.

master_ranger_matt

master_ranger_matt

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Salt Lake City, Utah.... no im not mormon

Radicals Against Tyrants [RAT]

R/Me

31 Mar 2006 at 00:32 - 3
rofl, siege creatures. The jade sea was once water, so they are turtles, look at their fins, they arent legs so they are turtles.

KvanCetre

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

The Madison Scouts

E/Mo

31 Mar 2006 at 00:46 - 4
http://www.k12.nf.ca/tricon/KinderProj/tuvsto.html

Desbreko

Desbreko

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

California

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

31 Mar 2006 at 02:01 - 5
The name "turtle" is often used to describe both the aquatic and terrestrial members of order Testudines, so I don't really see the problem here.

Sunai

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

31 Mar 2006 at 02:03 - 6
Quote:
Originally Posted by KvanCetre
That is made for (or maybe by) kindergardeners, as you can probably tell, so it's a bit dumbed down.

Tortoises are terrestrial turtles. However, that does not mean everything else we call a "turtle" is limited to water. An example of this would be the box turtle, which is terrestrial.

Besides, "seige turtle" sounds better than "seige tortoise". IMO. :P

Turtle
Tortoise
Box Turtle

Jas D

Jas D

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oklahoma, USA

None

31 Mar 2006 at 02:12 - 7
I guess we're all posting new threads just to post one I suppose. Or to see our name in the catagory. Why is this even posted? Waste of space?

KvanCetre

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

The Madison Scouts

E/Mo

31 Mar 2006 at 02:14 - 8
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sunai
That is made for (or maybe by) kindergardeners, as you can probably tell, so it's a bit dumbed down.

Tortoises are terrestrial turtles. However, that does not mean everything else we call a "turtle" is limited to water. An example of this would be the box turtle, which is terrestrial.

Besides, "seige turtle" sounds better than "seige tortoise". IMO. :P

http://www.answers.com/turtle[/B]]Turtle
Tortoise
Box Turtle
The link still touched on the main aspect:

Turtles have flippers. Tortoises have feet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle

Sunai

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

31 Mar 2006 at 03:09 - 9
Quote:
Originally Posted by KvanCetre
The link still touched on the main aspect:

Turtles have flippers. Tortoises have feet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle
Turtles have all kinds of feet, especially considering tortoises are turtles in the end, as you can see from the "Order Testudines - Turtles" section in the turtle link you gave me. I also browsed through the families but hardly saw any references to feet.

To clarify, it mostly depends on what family they are. As it says here, the largest family of turtles in the Northern Hemisphere (these include box turtles) have webbed feet. Tortoises belong to a different family, and they have clubbed feet. As you can see in the Guild Wars screenshot, their feet don't really look "clubbed".

Box Turtle
Tortoise

That said, my point was just that some species of turtles that don't belong to the tortoise family are still terrestrial. Sometimes you have to stray from reality a little anyway.

EDIT: Changed tortoise picture because, while accurate, it wasn't a real one. :P

Phaern Majes

Phaern Majes

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

Anywhere but up

The Panserbjorne [ROAR]

R/Mo

31 Mar 2006 at 03:13 - 10
One thing: "Turtle Clan, MOVE OUT!"

quickmonty

quickmonty

Ancient Windbreaker

Join Date: May 2005

31 Mar 2006 at 03:17 - 11
Can you make turtle soup with a tortoise?

Canadian Bacon

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Ontario, Canada

Kingdom of Tyria [KoT]

31 Mar 2006 at 03:21 - 12
Quote:
Originally Posted by quickmonty
Can you make turtle soup with a tortoise?
I think so. When my mum was a kid, she had a pet tortoise named Toby. One day he got lost, and they later foudn out that Toby had been made into soup by some old lady.

Blind Rage

Blind Rage

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

New Zealand

Inyurface Gaming [IYF]

31 Mar 2006 at 07:31 - 13
the siege turtles have legs so they are in fact tortoises, the turtles at cavalon and other places like the luxon settlement in kryta are actual turtles tho

Vermilion Okeanos

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2005

31 Mar 2006 at 09:47 - 14
Can anyone believe that the dev didn't put in Ninja Turtle? Even thou all these assassins are poofing all over the place.

j/k

but really, those siege turtle look like they came out of desert, as their camofludge color is yellow. I guess cantha got really really yellow beach sands.

Big_Iron

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

31 Mar 2006 at 11:12 - 15
How about a terrapin?

Go Terps!

-Loki-

-Loki-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

31 Mar 2006 at 11:55 - 16
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vermilion Okeanos
Can anyone believe that the dev didn't put in Ninja Turtle? Even thou all these assassins are poofing all over the place.
Give one of those Kappa some Assassin skills. ZOMG, Ninja Turtle.

art_

art_

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

31 Mar 2006 at 11:57 - 17

Rathcail

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

31 Mar 2006 at 12:15 - 18
Teenage Siege Ninja Turtles?