fresnelly

Inspired by some discussion in Charlatan's 'The world through my Phone...' thread, I'm starting a "Where am I in...?" game thread.

The idea is to post a picture, taken somewhere in your town, so that other members can try to guess where it is. If you correctly guess the location, you get to post your own picture, and the game continues.

I think this will be a fun way to share your city and how you see it.

Originally, I was thinking about limiting the game to Toronto, but why should we hog all the fun? In the name of national unity, there's no reason why locations from around the country can't be submitted too. Many of us travel and have family spread across the provinces, so pitch in.

A few ground rule suggestions:

To start, the locations should be fairly iconic, and not too difficult. As time goes on, based on the level of participation, we can either boost or soften the difficulty to keep things interesting.

The quest is for the location within your town, not just the town itself.

I included myself in the photo below, but it's not necessary. If you can get a cleaner shot without, or you're having a bad hair day, don't hold back.

Lastly, this isn't a photo quality contest, so get out there and shoot with whatever you got!

Other suggestions on how to shape this game are welcome.

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fresnelly

Boy am I hungry. Where could I go to eat?

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Daval

Food building at the EX

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Daval

Where am I? (this one could be tricky)

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Leto

to live up to our nick name of Hog-town??



excellent start to a new thread Fresnelly, and a great opening shot. question: how do you attach a picture to the post?

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Daval

if you click 'post reply' instead of using the white quick reply box at the bottom there is a button to allow you to attach files. Scroll down and you'll see it.

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fresnelly

You get extra points for catching my pun.

At the moment, this thread doesn't have Attachments enabled. I think that's up to the mods. I linked my photo from my image host: http://www.photobucket.com

There are several other free hosts out there.

Also, I'm pretty sure there's a thread about posting photos and attachments in the FAQ and Support forum

Game on!

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Lucifer

Game On! Where am I (easy one)

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Daval

Cabot Tower.

You need to guess my cenotaph location above first!

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Charlatan

Daval... that is a toughy. Hard to tell without the background. I thought it was the one in front of Old City Hall or the one where Danforth and Kingston Road split... but no.

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feelgood

I'm gonna take a shot and say its a war memorial at the cenotaph park in mississauga?

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feelgood

No wait, its the war memorial at Streetsville?

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Charlatan

It's the cenotaph in streetsville. http://www.streetsville.com/index.asp

Are you going to give us a photo feelgood?


(by the way, your Mom is using UPS 'cause she knows you would snoop if it went FedEx)

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feelgood

Sorry, had to look for a good one

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aberkok

Confederation Park, Kingston?? I'm not %100 percent so I'll need some confirmation before I throw in my pic...

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Charlatan

Feelgood... that is the Chinook Arch at the University of Calgary.

Where am I?

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fresnelly

Looks like we have a ringer in the game.

Feelgood: Why is there a car skewered on the arch? Is that some kind of crazy UofC Engineering Prank?

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Lucifer

Charlatan - you are at the corner of Queen and Bay. I can't remember the name of the building that is surrounded by that fence, but I remember that the gates have cow catchers.

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Charlatan

Sorry Lucifer... try again.

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fresnelly

I think he was close. Is it the fence in front of Osgoode Hall on Queen between York and University?

I'll edit in a photo if I'm right.

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Charlatan

Correct! Post away.

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Lucifer

Queen and University, that was it, I knew it was a major intersection with a subway stop. It's been a few years since I was conversant with the streets in TO

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fresnelly

From our cross Canada road trip this past August.

Where am I?

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Lucifer

Thunder Bay, ON

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fresnelly

Yep. Terry Fox Memorial.

Your turn.

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Lucifer

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Charlatan

Now it is...

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aberkok

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia?

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Lucifer

nope, guess again...

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Charlatan

Is that Cape Spear?

Sure looks like it... but I've never been there so...

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Lucifer

right on, your turn

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Charlatan

Sweet!

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feelgood

CN Tower and the Skydome?

Yeah, it was the 'gneers. I found the picture in a magazine at the university and it was mentioned as one of the best prank carried out by the 'gneers

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Charlatan

Nope... guess again.

(by the way, that's how I knew where it was... I remembered you posting the picture previously )

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feelgood

I'm gonna take a shot in the dark, its a mini version of downtown toronto that's located within the visitor center of CN tower?

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fresnelly

Ha! The scale city model in the City Hall Lobby.

Another pic from our road trip:

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feelgood

Indian Head in Indian Head, Sasketchwan



psst, the flag gave it away

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Leto

is this Whistler Village?

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feelgood

Nope

I'll give you guys a hint since this one might be a little too hard:

It's located in a national park in alberta

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Charlatan

I was thinking it was in Banff but can't place the building...

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