Let's give the Tour's ginormous tent-thing a name! - The Claw...it's official

[ZooMacPhisto800]

"the rotating vision obstructer"

What do you think? I'm so excited knowing no matter where i sit, there's a good chance i'll now get to enjoy a huge pole in my way off and on, cool, and thanks for continuing to fix things that aren't broken U2.

Oh man, I didn't even realize the Guantaflope would be rotating... come to think of it, what's the point? Why not just have a small segment of folk have an obstructed view (or just not sell the seats angled at the Guantaflopesupports)? What really are we going to get out of this rotating stage? It's probably going to make Bono et al. dizzy, I bet they didn't even think of that yet.

Crabs don't rotate in a circle, Revolvingguantaflopes do though...

 

[JCOSTER]

Personally, I'm liking PIA (pain in the arse), because it's looking to be complicated and mess quite a bit with any chance of decent viewing.

I agree with you. To me it looks like the claw like in one of those machines where you try to get a prize by grabbing with a claw.

 

[misiek]

Spaceship. Spider.

Actually, that's pretty accurate. The stage setup looks very much like the descent stage of NASA's lunar module. Apollo 9's LM was actually named "Spider".

 

[ZooMacPhisto800]

I agree with you. To me it looks like the claw like in one of those machines where you try to get a prize by grabbing with a claw.

That's actually so true. Do we know the name of this device? I think you're onto something... I'm also a fan of Guantaflope.

 

[cdparky]

Crabs don't rotate in a circle, Revolvingguantaflopes do though...

Maybe instead of rotating it will scuttle crab-like from one end of the stadium to another?

 

[Bonogirl777]

Maybe instead of rotating it will scuttle crab-like from one end of the stadium to another?

Whoa. That would be really cool!!!

 

[Sicy]

the claw

 

[Bonogirl777]

"The Claw" would actually be pretty accurate.

 

[adrball]

The Sphere

 

[Jive Turkey]

Oh man, I didn't even realize the Guantaflope would be rotating... come to think of it, what's the point? Why not just have a small segment of folk have an obstructed view (or just not sell the seats angled at the Guantaflopesupports)? What really are we going to get out of this rotating stage? It's probably going to make Bono et al. dizzy, I bet they didn't even think of that yet.

Crabs don't rotate in a circle, Revolvingguantaflopes do though...

I am thoroughly enjoying your usage of Guantaflope as if its commonplace

 

[bizkitgto]

Stay away from spider's (noone likes them), for now it's the LAX Control Tower/Theme Building.

 

[jecofficial]

is there even a chance in hell this thing won't be broken during half the shows, what a joke

 

[mtnfox]

The Camel Toe

 

[ZooMacPhisto800]

The aforementioned arcade game, claw device is called:
Claw vending machine, plush crane machine, UFO catcher, candy crane, claw crane, claw machine, arcade claw, crane game, grabber machine, skill crane and skill tester)
Source: Claw vending machine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Apollo 9's Lunar Module looks very similar (as pointed out by other guy). Doesn't mean we have to call it the "Spider", we don't have to misname it like NASA did... "Lunar Module" is a pretty cool name.


We need to brainstorm, make a choice, and then refer to it as such. Sicy, if you're on board, then we've have some necessary influence!

 

[adrball]

Reassuring that a control tower has obstructed views

 

[Sicy]

We need to brainstorm, make a choice, and then refer to it as such. Sicy, if you're on board, then we've have some necessary influence!

I'm staying out of this!

 

[ZooMacPhisto800]

I just thought of something quasi-brilliant! The other feature of the Guantaflope is that it rotates! The Guantaflope rotates around U2... it's like a metaphor for the world revolving around U2, or perhaps how Bono thinks it revolves around him. OK, BEFORE SOME NEWSPAPER MAKES THIS ANALOGY RECALL THAT YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST. I'M THE ONE THAT CAME UP WITH THE "REVOLVING AROUND U2" METAPHOR. So, I guess to make the metaphor accurate, the Guantaflope has to equate to the World.

I got it:


Earth*




















* I like Guantaflope better

 

[MooMoo!]

You're a crazy person.


CRAZY.











Mutant SPIDER thing.

 

[adrball]

are you drinking?

 

[Bonogirl777]

are you drinking?

.

 

[waynetravis]

Gazzebo

 

[lazarus]

All I know is, I'm officially calling the open-ended pit barrier THE EARRING™.

 

[Canadiens1131]

The stage: The Crab
The GA fans: Molluscs

It is too late to stop the Crab Analogy.

 

[adrball]

Gazzebo

you win. that's sticking in my head already.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I just noticed something from the 3d animations. There is nothing connecting the main stage to the catwalk. How will they get there? Will the guantaflope have phalange from which the band can swing?

 

[ZooMacPhisto800]

Gazzebo

That's actually really good! Isn't it amazing, how when brilliant minds come together, we come up with brilliant stuff? Nobody had thought of the super-appropriate "Gazebo" yet... that just might be the winner (Guantaflope's still in the running).

How about?













GAZOOBO

 

[Sicy]

I just noticed something from the 3d animations. There is nothing connecting the main stage to the catwalk. How will they get there? Will the guantaflope have phalange from which the band can swing?

That must be where the spaceship comes in.

 

[cdparky]

I just noticed something from the 3d animations. There is nothing connecting the main stage to the catwalk. How will they get there? Will the guantaflope have phalange from which the band can swing?

Maybe the guantocrab comes with an anti-gravity device or something.

 

[lazarus]

I just noticed something from the 3d animations. There is nothing connecting the main stage to the catwalk. How will they get there? Will the guantaflope have phalange from which the band can swing?

Dude. Freaking JET PACKS.

 

[Canadiens1131]

I just noticed something from the 3d animations. There is nothing connecting the main stage to the catwalk. How will they get there? Will the guantaflope have phalange from which the band can swing?

The band will be deposited onto the catwalk via the crab's legs. Each leg has gonopores, or tiny openings, suitable for depositing sperm (or U2) onto the catwalk for fertilization.