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Viking apocalypse: End of the world predicted to happen on Saturday
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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#1 - 2014-02-21 21:31:14 UTC
Wow, this is really is a big day for news around the world. I wish I'd had a little more forewarning about this event. I'd have stayed home from work if I knew Ragnarok was coming tomorrow.

Viking apocalypse: End of the world predicted to happen on Saturday

The end of the world is almost upon us if Norse mythology is to be believed, which predicts the Earth will split open and release the inhabitants of the underworld on 22 February.

On Saturday, according to Norse legend at least, the series of events leading up to Ragnarok will culminate in an epic battle, where Norse gods Thor, Loki, Odin, Freyr, Hermóðr, will fight. Odin will be killed by Fenrir and the other creator gods will fall.

The Earth will fall into the sea, and life as we know it will cease to be.

It's not all bad news though, as the world will re-emerge anew and fertile, and two human survivors will be in charge of repopulating the Earth.

Ragnarok is described in the 13th century Prose Edda, written by Snorri Sturluson. The Vikings believe Ragnarok occurs after three freezing winters, with no summers in between.

Experts from the Jorvik Viking Centre predicted the world would end on 22 February to coincide with the grand finale of the 30th JORVIK Viking Festival.

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According to the group, the sound of an ancient horn could be heard across the rooftops of York on 15 November last year, as “a portent of doom and the beginning of a countdown to the Norse apocalypse”.

The horn belonged to Norse god Heimdallr, who would blow it to mark 100 days before impending doom and a countdown is now running on the festival website.

Festival director Danielle Daglan said: "Ragnarok is the ultimate landmark in Viking mythology, when the gods fall and die, so this really is an event that should not be underestimated.

“In the last couple of years, we’ve had predictions of […] numerous dates where the end of the world has been pencilled in by seers, fortune tellers and visionaries, but the sound of the horn is possibly the best indicator yet that the Viking version of the end of the world really will happen on 22 February next year.”

'Norsemen' from across Britain will converge on York to celebrate the Jorvik festival, which runs from 15 to 23 February. The festival is running its own dedicated social media feed where participants will be encouraged to tweet using the hashtag #ragnarok2014.

The festival is even promising to equip visitors "with the tools to survive the apocalypse, from hunting for the mightiest and strongest warriors to training children in combat skills", Ms Daglan added.

Should the apocalypse not occur on Saturday, it will join a string of failed predictions including the Mayan Apocalypse that said the world would be destroyed by an interplanetary object on 21 December 2012.
NightCrawler 85
Phoibe Enterprises
#2 - 2014-02-21 21:40:39 UTC
Maybe if im lucky i will get to see the Naglfar!

This is pretty cool tho, even if im Norwegian i did not know about this.. prediction Lol

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Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#3 - 2014-02-21 21:46:03 UTC
Frank Millar
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2014-02-21 21:53:24 UTC
About time too.

"Heimdal grips the gjallarhorn, he sounds that dreaded note,
Oden rides to quest the norns, but their web is torn,
the aesir ride out to war, with armor shining bright,
followed by the einherjer, see valkyries ride!"

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DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#5 - 2014-02-22 00:25:55 UTC
awww damn it and I want to play eve: Valkyrie =(

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Vran DalEsra
Vran DalEsra Corporation
#6 - 2014-02-22 01:14:34 UTC
I'm in Iceland this week and it's early morning. Nothing has happened yet..
selket Shihari
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2014-02-22 02:16:22 UTC
dibs on Mjöllnir if Thor dies

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Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2014-02-22 10:07:09 UTC
Its nearly sunday here in japan.

It better hurry up.

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Frank Millar
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2014-02-22 11:37:43 UTC
I'll be off for work within the hour.

Please hurry, Ragnarok!!!11 Oops
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#10 - 2014-02-22 13:16:47 UTC
yeah yeah yeah........and my own father and grandfather had me all freaked out as a child, convinced that the Biblical Apocalyptic Revelation and Rapture was definitely going to happen in August 1988. Like, for sure.

That kind of nonsense can really screw up your head at an early age. Especially when delivered with such convincing zeal. No wonder I almost drowned myself in alcohol back then. For real.

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#11 - 2014-02-23 00:09:38 UTC
Uh oh, looks like there was a slight miscalculation, no Ragnarok after all. Good thing too-- I didn't have time to max out my credit cards or tell my boss off.
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2014-02-23 08:57:14 UTC
Khergit Deserters wrote:
Uh oh, looks like there was a slight miscalculation, no Ragnarok after all. Good thing too-- I didn't have time to max out my credit cards or tell my boss off.


Im the boss in my company... should i shout at myself in the mirror?

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Frank Millar
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2014-02-23 09:15:08 UTC
I am mildly disappointed that, after the Mayans, even the Vikings have failed to deliver.

Who can you trust in this day and age to provide a Good and Honest Apocalypse? Sad
Marie Hartinez
Aries Munitions and Defense
#14 - 2014-02-23 09:56:18 UTC
Spend part of the day playing EVE on and off.

I also have a well loved/used lava lamp on my desk.

If there was an Apocalypse, I probably missed it. May of been a bit distracted by the pretty flashes of exploding thingys, and the psychedelic charms of my lava lamp.

Surrender is still your slightly less painful option.
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2014-02-23 11:06:09 UTC
Frank Millar wrote:
I am mildly disappointed that, after the Mayans, even the Vikings have failed to deliver.

Who can you trust in this day and age to provide a Good and Honest Apocalypse? Sad


Still plenty of civs left to try and complete the apocalypse wonder.

The USA / Mayans and the Vikings have all failed. Maybe the chinese or germans or maybe even the babylonians can achieve it.

But they could all be nuked before then by that genocidal madman Ghandi.... who might trigger the end of the world for a barbarian victory. Shocked

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"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commissar "Cake" Kate
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#16 - 2014-02-24 16:22:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Khergit Deserters
Graygor wrote:
Khergit Deserters wrote:
Uh oh, looks like there was a slight miscalculation, no Ragnarok after all. Good thing too-- I didn't have time to max out my credit cards or tell my boss off.


Im the boss in my company... should i shout at myself in the mirror?

It depends, Graygor. Do you see yourself in any of the below?
-You are somewhat dim-witted and unable to comprehend anything very complex. If things were laid out in a flow chart, you'd have to stop after the first "if-then" decision box and just tell your subordinates "I don't care how you do it, just make it happen!"

-You want something completed by the end of business on Friday. The project will require 80 person-hours to complete. Your team explains that, based on staff size and an 8-hour workday, and if they drop everything else, they only have a maximum of 40 person-hours until the deadline. You say you still want it completed by the end of business on Friday.

-If getting a project done properly will require some additional cost, your default answer is "No, we can't afford it." No matter how small the cost is, or the amount of long-term benefit the extra cost might provide.

-You're related to the business's owners by blood or marriage, and therefore cannot be fired. And you're very aware of that fact.

-When you walk past, everybody immediately stops talking or laughing and stares intently at their computer monitors.

-You have said "We have to do more with less" in the past six months.

If any of these apply to you, some self-shouting is definitely needed. All of them apply to my boss. Self-shouting wouldn't be enough for him, he needs some self-flagellation. Or better yet, some assisted flagellation. Smile
Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#17 - 2014-02-24 16:34:37 UTC
Graygor wrote:
Frank Millar wrote:
I am mildly disappointed that, after the Mayans, even the Vikings have failed to deliver.

Who can you trust in this day and age to provide a Good and Honest Apocalypse? Sad


Still plenty of civs left to try and complete the apocalypse wonder.

The USA / Mayans and the Vikings have all failed. Maybe the chinese or germans or maybe even the babylonians can achieve it.

But they could all be nuked before then by that genocidal madman Ghandi.... who might trigger the end of the world for a barbarian victory. Shocked


Playing a bit to much civ5, eh?

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#18 - 2014-02-24 17:17:35 UTC
Commissar Kate wrote:
Graygor wrote:
Frank Millar wrote:
I am mildly disappointed that, after the Mayans, even the Vikings have failed to deliver.

Who can you trust in this day and age to provide a Good and Honest Apocalypse? Sad


Still plenty of civs left to try and complete the apocalypse wonder.

The USA / Mayans and the Vikings have all failed. Maybe the chinese or germans or maybe even the babylonians can achieve it.

But they could all be nuked before then by that genocidal madman Ghandi.... who might trigger the end of the world for a barbarian victory. Shocked


Playing a bit to much civ5, eh?



Irony in that in Civ 5, Gandhi is not warlike at all, but will build enough cities rapidly to really tick you off.

But if you play as Gandhi, because of his bonuses, it is recommended you build fewer, but larger cities.

Yup. Fireaxis just can never really figure anything out.

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Random McNally
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A Band Apart.
#19 - 2014-02-24 17:34:19 UTC
If the Viking Apocalypse on Saturday entailed that none of my computer related stuff would work properly, then op success.

I was about ready to chuck all my computer hardware out the patio door.

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Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#20 - 2014-02-24 22:12:46 UTC
Another failed doomsday. This is getting old.

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