printz Posted April 4, 2015 Does anyone have any idea what meaning does that banner with a hollow circle below five diamonds have? It looks political. 0 Share this post Link to post
snapshot Posted April 4, 2015 Probably a sign for Somebody's room with 5th Grade . 0 Share this post Link to post
Doominator2 Posted April 4, 2015 Ya its most likely a political banner that remained after the invasion, though I dont know what a political banner would be doing in a factory (Map12) 0 Share this post Link to post
Avoozl Posted April 4, 2015 The five diamonds in a way remind me of the five stars on a generals coat, maybe it's a military banner. 0 Share this post Link to post
Deleted_Account Posted April 4, 2015 I just assume that demons are into arts & crafts and like to display their work. 0 Share this post Link to post
Doominator2 Posted April 4, 2015 Piper Maru said:I just assume that demons are into arts & crafts and like to display their work. Ya but this banner design isn't their style. 0 Share this post Link to post
RUSH Posted April 4, 2015 I just assumed they were part of the magic/occult symbolism similar to the pentagrams and upside crosses seen throughout Doom 1 + 2. Although removed from the context of the game it reminds me of Sonic more than anything (a gold ring on a blue background.) Heh. 0 Share this post Link to post
Dave The Daring Posted April 4, 2015 Scientology.. Definitely Scientology. 0 Share this post Link to post
printz Posted April 4, 2015 joe-ilya said:It's the sign of magic. Interesting. Similar banners are encountered in some PWADs, and can have the signs of the Serpent Riders. Which means that Doom and Heretic are connected. And the Serpent Riders already have ways to connect distant worlds like Parthoris and Kronos. But we don't know if they're separate like our universe and hell. Maybe they can't just spawn into Doom. Stiil, the very thing I imagine when I see such a banner is "hell nazis". Together with the Doom 2 palace wood panel textures, it looks like Wolfenstein. 0 Share this post Link to post
Quasar Posted April 5, 2015 Flag of the United Earth government, I'm sure, which functions as the civilian management arm of the UAC :P 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted April 5, 2015 It's a not particularly obscure Beatles reference. 0 Share this post Link to post
General Rainbow Bacon Posted April 5, 2015 The four outer diamonds stand for the 4 elements, the middle diamond stands for how awesome Doom is, and the circle underneath is a physical representation of the mathematical equation that describes how much bigger your dick gets when you pick up a berserk pack. 0 Share this post Link to post
Avoozl Posted April 5, 2015 Krispy said:...and the blue represents prosperity. Then what does the other coloured banners represent? 0 Share this post Link to post
Cupboard Posted April 5, 2015 I think they were trying to create a Dark Ages medieval feeling. It looks like a coat of arms perhaps. Remember they wanted the city to be transformed by hell, what better way to do that than turn development back 1500 years and have the demons start building stuff out of wood, marble, and gravel. It's possible they were getting kind of psyched up to do Quake, and they started blending their styles already: tech, medieval, and demonology. 0 Share this post Link to post
Billy Baron Posted April 5, 2015 The ring reminds me of a similar design seen sometimes in churches; It symbolizes unity; A husband and wife bear a ring as a symbol of their union. In the church, often the symbol of grain is paired with the ring. Grain, or bread, the sustenance that keep the body strong. The body is an important theme to Christians, too; The body of Christ. Here isn't grain, though, as you have mentioned. It is actually five diamonds. They might actually be diadems, not diamonds. In popular Christian belief, Mary had a dream shortly before Jesus was born. In the drea, a giant dragon flew up into the sky, and seven diadems appeared above its head. 0 Share this post Link to post
Avoozl Posted April 5, 2015 Billy Baron said:Grain, or bread, the sustenance that keep the body strong. The body is an important theme to Christians, too; The body of Christ. Here isn't grain, though, as you have mentioned. It is actually five diamonds.I thought only Pagans used grain. 0 Share this post Link to post
Billy Baron Posted April 5, 2015 Right, well, as I said, there were seven diadems in Mary's dream. Maybe somebody ate the other two diadems because noone planted the grain or made the bread. We should hire a lawyer to seek damages because he forgot the grain. 0 Share this post Link to post
Deleted_Account Posted April 5, 2015 Clonehunter said:It could mean absolutely nothing. At the end of the day, this is most likely the real answer. 0 Share this post Link to post
joe-ilya Posted April 5, 2015 Krispy said:...and the blue represents prosperity. ...and the black represents slavery(jk, my niggas) 0 Share this post Link to post
Tompig Posted April 6, 2015 Its wolfen SS blue, connection perhaps? Is it used in the wolfenstien secret levels, my memory is fuzzy. 0 Share this post Link to post
joe-ilya Posted April 6, 2015 Tompig said:Is it used in the wolfenstien secret levels, my memory is fuzzy. No. 0 Share this post Link to post
scifista42 Posted April 6, 2015 ^Maybe Tompig talked about blue as the color used as walls in MAP31 / on WolfSS uniforms, not that these banners in particular were used in secret levels. EDIT: Hmm, improbable. 0 Share this post Link to post
Avoozl Posted April 6, 2015 I wonder if Romero would know something about them? 0 Share this post Link to post
savagegrant Posted April 6, 2015 I'd say that the circle represents the Cacodemon's butthole. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fuzzball Posted April 6, 2015 joe-ilya said:...and the black represents slavery(jk, my niggas) Mmm digging the racism- keep it real Joe! 0 Share this post Link to post
Quasar Posted April 6, 2015 The circle represents the sky, and it has diamonds. Lucy in the sky with diamonds. 0 Share this post Link to post