Where is PC located Geographically?
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Posted on: 2011-01-31 14:10 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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In AD 2004 Praetorian war was beginning.
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Originally Posted by Jerikko
So according to the time line and over all story arc, is the year actually 2004?
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No, the in-game year is 2011.|
Originally Posted by Jerikko
So according to the time line and over all story arc, is the year actually 2004?
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Originally Posted by Jerikko
So according to the time line and over all story arc, is the year actually 2004?
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Originally Posted by cynical_mage
On the video screen inside the Vanguard Base there are photos that have various Lat/Long coordinates. For example, the screenshot of the Mothership has coordinates 41 33 20 n 71 29 39 w. Cut and paste that in Google Maps and you get an idea of where at least one dev thinks Paragon City is located.
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Rhode Island is around 1200 square miles and is over 30 miles wide. That's more than enough room to hold a city that's probably only 10-15 miles across or so based on the highway signs near the zone exits.
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, or the US had taken Canada during the War of 1812.
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Originally Posted by Positron
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I always thought Founders Falls had some striking similarities to Austin Texas. Even some of the names within the zone seem to have references to areas here in Austin. Might be all in my head, but if I'm not mistaken, part of COH development took place in Austin.
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Perhaps you could elaborate on the "striking similarities" to Austin Texas that you see. Austin certainly lacks the canals and the freely-flowing automobile traffic of Founders Falls, although the hilly areas next to the lake-like areas certainly suggest some areas of Austin. Still, I never have thought "This is like Austin!" when I go to Founders, so I am curious as to why it strikes you that way.
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Where are the Rogue Isles?! D:
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| Geographically, the Rogue Isles are a small chain of islands NW of Bermuda that run in a band 50 to 20 miles off the coast of the US. Officially known as the Etoile Islands, there are dozens of islands in the chain. The main cluster of the group, home to Spider City, is at the 50 mile marker, outside US. jurisdiction. From there the smaller islands string toward the US coast. |
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Originally Posted by Positron
Bingo.
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annexing the horny bit
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Ok, so where is Praetoria? 
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
In AD 2004 Praetorian war was beginning.
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I stand by my claim that Praetoria is located on the former site of New Orleans/Lake Pontchartrain, based on a number of lore factors.|
Originally Posted by CaptainMoodswing
Ok, so where is Praetoria?
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1: The city is built on top of a river/lake that's big enough and shallow enough to build said city on.
2: The plants growing both in the city and outside the city look tropical, not temperate.
3: Praetoria stands at the location of Cole's first defeat of Hamidon, which happened as the monster was moving north through Mexico from South America.
Of course, given the earth-reshaping powers of both Hamidon and nuclear weapons, it's possible that Praetoria is anywhere along the coastal southern US.
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Mexico City also stands as a good candidate for the exact same reasons.
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Originally Posted by SpaceNut
I stand by my claim that Praetoria is located on the former site of New Orleans/Lake Pontchartrain, based on a number of lore factors.
1: The city is built on top of a river/lake that's big enough and shallow enough to build said city on. 2: The plants growing both in the city and outside the city look tropical, not temperate. 3: Praetoria stands at the location of Cole's first defeat of Hamidon, which happened as the monster was moving north through Mexico from South America. Of course, given the earth-reshaping powers of both Hamidon and nuclear weapons, it's possible that Praetoria is anywhere along the coastal southern US. |
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Except it's explicitly stated at one point that Praetoria is in what used to be the United States.
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Originally Posted by Wooden_Replica
Mexico City also stands as a good candidate for the exact same reasons.
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If I had to guess, it looks like Paragon replaces Providence with some significant expansion.
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I live near RI, and I've always thought that the junction between i95 and i195 looked like Skyway. Now that many of the ramps have been rebuilt, it's even more true.
Providence does have canal work with bridges very similar to Founders Falls as well. In fact, they use those channels during the celebration called Water Fire.
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That's a really cool catch you made, there. Almost as cool as the fact that the coordinates are actually in Rhode Island. Well played, devs.
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That would be in Quahog, Rhode Island, specifically 31 Spooner Street, plus the annexed pool next door.
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Originally Posted by CaptainMoodswing
Ok, so where is Praetoria?
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So according to the time line and over all story arc, is the year actually 2004?