Derby roundabout to be named Lara Croft Way. - Polidicks

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/8538106.stm[/url] [quote]A new £36.2m Derby road is to be named after computer game and movie character Lara Croft following a public vote. The star of the Tomb Raider franchise was originally devised by a computer game developer based in the city. More than 27,000 people took part in the vote to name the Osmaston Road to Burton Road stretch of the new route, with 89% opting for Lara Croft Way. A separate stretch of road will be called Mercian Way as a tribute to local soldiers. Other options for the road's name were legendary Derby County footballer Steve Bloomer, the astronomer John Flamsteed and the engineer George Sorocold. Other roads in the city have been named after notable people connected with the county. There is a Sir Frank Whittle Way, Brian Clough Way, Nightingale Road (after Florence) and a Joseph Wright Terrace, named after the artist. Councillor Lucy Care, cabinet member for planning and transportation, said: "The vote really captured the imagination of people from across the world and, despite my lack of gaming knowledge, I accept that a majority of 89% for Lara Croft is too overwhelming to ignore. "She was created in Derby and deserves to stand alongside some of the more traditional icons of the city. "The vote for Mercian Way is also testimony to the passionate local support shown for the servicemen and women serving right now so I'm pleased that there will be a lasting legacy to honour them in what will be the biggest change to Derby's inner road network in 30 years." The Tomb Raider games were created by Core Design, which was based in Derby, and featured the treasure-hunting British archaeologist Lara Croft. The games became best-sellers and were later made into movies featuring Angelina Jolie as Lara. [/quote] "As long as they put pictures up of her!" - dirty old man Haha, it's a ring road. Haha.

This happened a while ago, I think they just updated something recently.

Will the track have lots of [i]curves?[/i]

Reminds me of the reoccurring joke in King of the Hill, referring to Lara Croft.

[QUOTE=Shugo589;20442873]Reminds me of the reoccurring joke in King of the Hill, referring to La[B]u[/B]ra Croft.[/QUOTE] Who is this Laura Croft you speak of?

Oh, hey, so they actually decided to call it that, then? Lucky gal deserves it. :D I just hope her next game will be better. :ohdear:

[QUOTE=Dr Smashy;20442850]Will the track have lots of [i]curves?[/i][/QUOTE] [img]http://www.blendermagz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Lara-Croft.jpg[/img] [editline]02:07AM[/editline] I guess not.

[QUOTE=Kybalt;20446681][IMG]http://www.blendermagz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Lara-Croft.jpg[/IMG] [editline]02:07AM[/editline] I guess not.[/QUOTE] Related. What a difference a decade makes on a girl, huh? [IMG]http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/268/b/5/Lara_Croft_Comparison_by_LaraRules81.jpg[/IMG]

That's going to be a bumpy road.

[QUOTE=Kybalt;20446681][img]http://www.blendermagz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Lara-Croft.jpg[/img] I guess not.[/QUOTE] Polygon boobes :q:

Old ones were best :(

If they put a statue of her there, god knows what'll happen...

Anyone else notice that there are more polygons on her tits than her face?

[QUOTE=LordLoss;20449396]Anyone else notice that there are more polygons on her tits than her face?[/QUOTE] Well at least they had their priorities straight, unlike Lara, i heard she went on a bender recently.

Eghhhh I live near there...

[QUOTE=Dr Smashy;20442850]Will the track have lots of [i]curves?[/i][/QUOTE] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Bodenwellen.png[/img]

It's not a roundabout, it's a big-ass ring road.

Fuck. Time to dig through my room for an hour trying to find my ps1 disk

It's funny that a fictional game character gets a whole road named after her while the soldiers get are left to split one "A separate stretch of road will be called Mercian Way as a tribute to local soldiers. "

I hope there aren't any [i]humps[/i] there

This is fabolous!

[QUOTE=Combine 177;20459699]This is fabolous![/QUOTE] Oh darling, isn't it!

Oh god, I live there. I was reading about this in the paper the other day, they also named one of the A-roads that goes through here after a fuckin football manager that never really did much.