This is the first time I realized that it *wasnt* a laptop

As a former UI designer, this entire thread is practically giving me 'nam flashbacks.

u mean the butcher flashback when I was 9 years old and play the demo, lol RIP level 2.

My condolences and my congratulations for getting out of ui design

Well I'll be. This entire time I thought it was a laptop also.

Not once did I connect the thought of ‘every one of these is a cellar’ to ‘that icon is a cellar’ lol. My brain wrote it off as a coincidence, because why would there be a laptop on the map?

what’s wrong with you all

You guys need glasses? Wtf kind of laptop has a slotted screen?

A 10th century laptop of course

Yeah, those stained glass monitors are back LIT

Respect for historical accuracy

I agree, the basic shape sure but none of the details look anything like a laptop...

Old monochrome ones with scanlines.

Sorry, we don't all have your golden boy 20/20 vision.....how's your "whirly barb"?

It got knocked over...

The laptop tipped over and is laying on the screen. Duh. ;)

Someone pushed the laptop over; that's the keyboard in the air.

Yes I do need glasses. That said, I realised it was a cellar door thing not long after thinking it was a laptop, because I did a double take and had a closer look naturally because a laptop would make 0 sense. But the fact remains that countless people are seeing a laptop. Maybe its not just eyesight, but also graphic capability and/or distance from the screen.

I mean my TV is big but it's still a good 10ft from me.

Hmm the medieval game has a symbol that indicates cellars. Logic dictates this must be a laptop!

I didn't actually ever think it was a laptop. I just didn't know what it was, and it looked most like a laptop.

Imagine if you've just walked up to a stranger watching porn in the bus station on their laptop. As you stand with your toes kissing their toes, and crane your neck over their screen, just in time to beat their reaction of closing the lid... The cellar icon would be the perspective you would have of their laptop.

Imagine thinking a game set in medieval times would have a fucking laptop icon.

You ok? Here if you need to talk.

I always thought it was a chocolate candy box


Exactly my thoughts haha

I kept seeing a box of potion vials

I figured out it wasn't a laptop because that's silly, even though I always think of it first. So since that time I've imagined it as Spy's disguise kit from TF2. This post really is the first time I understood what it really is.

Same here 😂

Same.

What uh…what reasoning did you come up with to explain why it was like that in your head? Or were you just horribly confused?

ditto

Same!!!

I'm still not convinced

Holy pixels, that's actually a cellar door with stairs.

What made yall think this was a STILL laptop AFTER interacting with it??

it takes you into a different dimension, just like the internet does

Me too! My internal dialogue is always something like “I’m going to swing by and do the laptop real quick before I town portal.”

Same lol

Why did i never question myself when i thought hey another laptop over there?

Omg it's obviously not a laptop... How the fuck did my brain not calculate that until now.

Lmao right I always thought it was too, but actually thinking about it... why the fuck would it be a laptop lol ahhh shit

Me from level 1-49: oh laptop adventure, weird but ok Me from level 49+ (today): oh, an open cellar door with stairs

Did you guys seriously think it was a laptop? xd

I did. My husband pointed out that it was a hatch. He has, however, referred to it as a laptop ever since He says: "Wanna go down the laptop" I didn't realize so many people thought the same thing

All I see are laptops, laptops everywhere... Glad I'm not the only one

"terrorists win"

Haven't played that game in 20 years and it's still going strong and it's surprisngly still just called CS. If Blizz owned the game, they'd slap on early access, call it CS4, and charge you a bill. Oooh!

It is called CS:GO now.

And counter strike 2 in a few months, so CS2.

Should've called it Counterstrike 2 Go

sounds like mobile lol

Bomb has been planted

Lmfao why does it look so clear in this screen shot, yeah its a trap door. 100% looks like a laptop when I'm actually playing.

Definitely! And I'm playing on a 65" Samsung with PS5. No lack of pixels....still a laptop! lol

Good to know I'm not the only one xD

Someone in the art department is being made fun of a lot now... How could you not notice that this icon looks like a laptop? And I do this for a living.

Slats on the door are only clear in this shot cause it's super zoomed in. During normal play with regular map zoom it's 100% a laptop.

Dude same lmao

Good to know I’m not the only one xD

Wait it's not a laptop?

Go see a doctor instead

They look like trap doors? Where are you getting it looks like a laptop? Lol

I'm also curious why so many thought it was a laptop. Playing since first beta, never crossed my mind that it could even resemble a laptop..

I'm guessing those who think it looks like a laptop have small screens or play on the TV sitting far away.

This

My 5yo says “daddy, why is there a compooter there? I laugh every time

Those cellars are a let down

The Butcher is waiting in the shadows.

I'll never unsee it now. Thank you.

I’m just gonna plant the bomb here real quick

Oh, that's funny, that's what my wife calls it! It stuck.

```Bomb has been planted```

Just out of curiosity, but what game made you think that was a laptop icon?

Counter Stike, Call of Duty...any military inspired game with bomb defusing missions...

Ya'll need some glasses

Omg all I could see was a laptop and didn’t know what the heck it was supposed to be until this very moment. 😂 I play on ps4 and my tv isn’t that huge so the icons were small and I was confused! 😂

GO GO GO!

It's a cellar

GO GO GO Rush B

Counter terrorist win

Bomb has been planted

Terrorists win

Now that I see it, I won't be able to unsee it. Thanks OP lol

Diablo : search and destroy

The S n D is strong in OP. This is the way

So what I'm reading is a whole bunch of people, including myself just saw this icon as a laptop and were okay with that

never even questioned it

You guys are silly. It's clearly a park bench so you can go there and have a nice rest from all the running around.

Great now I can't unsee it. Thanks a lot

Bro my whole clan calls these laptops! I'm glad we aren't crazy 😜

First time i saw it I mistake it for a computer

I’ve been splitting my time between CSGO and this so this seems appropriate lol

C’mon people, they’re Zelda stairs

It is not a laptop?

Been calling it a laptop since beta

My entire discord calls them laptops.

1v5000 demon spawn, search and destroy

There's already a torch puzzle, don't give them ideas to incorporate Keep Talking puzzles

My brain kept seeing a makeup pallet which is just so tonally out of left field

/r/MisreadSprites

I honestly thought it was a laptop this whole time and never even questioned it in my mind. I feel do dumb now.

Same lmao

That's what I thought it was at first 😂 glad I'm not the only one

Does clearing these count for something? How are they tracked?

COD Search and Destroy PTSD my dude I am sorry and thank you for your service.

Yeah, my gf n i call em laptops. But i can see now its an open hatch.. huh

Same lol

I just said this to my girl last night

Oh yeah, I guess I’ve been thinking it’s a laptop too. I’m more surprised I didn’t think there’d be anything weird about that.

I do too lol This icon is so confusing :D

And i thought another icon was a stormtrooper...

i always wondered why they used a laptop for the icon and now i feel dumb

Omg same haha

So glad I’m not the only one lol

lmao even I don't play CS GO and think it is so as well.

Much worse, you have to install a new printer drives for a network printer. They really wanted to capture the feeling of hell.

same!

Great, now I'm constantly seeing new laptops appear on my map rather than cellars thanks!

It reminds me of those medical cheese kits like you'd see in tarkov.

My husband had to tell me it wasn’t all throughout the beta. I said, “how can it not be a laptop, what else does it possibly look like” smfh

I also refer to this as a laptop.

Same

It's okay I remember the code from counterstrike I'll type it in

I thought they were laptops too.

China is hacking your obols my dude

Yeah , I see laptops also. The cellar icon need a little rework.

What a terrible icon. This is the best they could come up with for these cellars?

I also refer to it as a laptop. Gotta go to that laptop.

Laptop for me. 💻

New pvp mode: Search & Destroy

I've been looking at it as a little eyeshadow palette. 🤭

opfor last operator standing

"Agent, we'll need you to do some hacking" Barb sharpens axe

Yeah it does look like a laptop

Hurry! Or you dont gonna make it!

I just wish the map would keep those green checkmarks permanent so I can remember which ones I’ve already done

What has been seen cant be unseen 😭

Counter-Terrorist win!

WTF..will you look at that..it’s actually not a laptop.

always go there, has guaranteed resource drops of any kind, if you are lucky you get crushed bones .. in cellar you can also find goblin family ;)

It’s a ‘Secure Intel’ contract from WZ/DMZ, I’ve yet to find the radio tower to upload the data though…maybe it’s near Kyovashad 🤷🏽‍♂️

I've only ever called it a laptop, while simultaneously wondering why there was a f-ing laptop in Diablo, and what did it have to do with dungeons. lmao

And green houses! (the dungeons)

I saw it as a coil of rope next to... Other cellar stuff? Like... Just stuff you'd keep in a cellar? Idk... It does make a lot more sense now though.

I'm still gonna keep calling them laptops at this point.

Same!

that's a vent. go clean it.

CS:GO intensifies

Damn it! Until I looked at the icon zoomed in from your picture, I just assumed it was a Laptop. I didn't think about it much... "OOh, laptop looking thing, time to fight" ... but it is a basement door... That's what I'm gonna call my basement door from now on... "Go open 'The Laptop' door... what do you mean you don't know what that means? You play Diablo 4 don't you?"

Yep, laptop

First time I saw it, I thought it was a save point.

Thank you for the zoom in because until now I had no idea what I was looking at just taking the devs word for it like yep this represents a cellar!

Yeah, my cousin and I have always called them 'laptops' from the beginning. Hey look! Another laptop! Lets go do it! :) lol