Extreme Shepherding: Pong Like You've Never Seen It Before

[Andy Chalk]

Extreme Shepherding: Pong Like You've Never Seen It Before

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Bored Welsh farmers don't normally leap to mind when one thinks of videogames but as this video of "Sheep Pong" demonstrates, the truly epic can happen when you least expect it.

What can one say about a gang of Welshmen who strap colored LED arrays to a herd of sheep and then send them out onto the rolling countryside for a night of fun and games? Not a hell of a lot, really. This is something that needs to be seen.

Along with Sheep Pong there's a giant, walking meta-sheep, a fireworks display and a recreation of the Mona Lisa, all of which is perfectly safe for work but completely inappropriate for any PETA-style kooks in the audience. You've been warned.

Source: GameCulture [http://www.walyou.com/blog/2009/03/19/led-light-artwork-sheep/]


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[Rezfon]

yeah i saw this on geekologie, was pretty cool

 

[uppitycracker]

i'm so glad we have real technology over here. granted this was still strangely entertaining...

 

[October Country]

What an extremely cool show. It must have taken the shepherds a long time to practice this stunt.

 

[Avatar Roku]

Wow. How did they even manage that? I guess they trained their dogs, right?

 

[LordCraigus]

Wow. How did they even manage that? I guess they trained their dogs, right?

That's usually what shepherds do with sheepdogs.

Excellent stuff by the way, amazingly well put together. Inventive name they gave themselves as well...

 

[fix-the-spade]

Ah the Welsh, is there anything they can't do with a Sheep?

That is awesome, wonder what the sheep made of being lit up like christmas trees.

 

[philosophicalbastard]

Words cannot describe how creatively awsome that was.

 

[John Funk]

Wow. How did they even manage that? I guess they trained their dogs, right?

Dude, sheepdogs are freakin smart.

 

[Susan Arendt]

Those were border collies, which are some of the smartest dogs on the planet. My own Alice is half border collie, and trust me, it is sometimes scary how smart she is.

With regard to the video: OMGWTFHAX!!!!1!

 

[Erana]

Nerds shall enherit the earth.

 

[Fightgarr]

That was incredible. Thank you for that.
The giant meta sheep was pretty incredible to see walking.
With regard to the Mona Lisa I feel like its very possible they just used a mosaic program to make all the pics look like it at the end.

Nerds shall enherit the earth.

I believe its in the Bible that "The meek shall inherit the earth". Replace 'm' with 'g' and I think you just quoted Jesus on that shit.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

That was amazing.

 

[Spacelord]

Ahh. The British.

Those crazy, magnificent bastards.

 

[Cpt. Red]

Wow... Just wow...

 

[FistsOfTinsel]

This just looks like CGI to me. Is there any reason to believe they actually did this, and that it wasn't just some viral video put out to promote Samsung?

 

[sms_117b]

That was all kinds of epic, but not fail

 

[Mstrswrd]

This just looks like CGI to me. Is there any reason to believe they actually did this, and that it wasn't just some viral video put out to promote Samsung?

Actually, I thought that at first too. I think they just sped parts of it up to take less time.

Anyway, yeah, just wait until PETA's statement about this. It will be hilarious.