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[Maferath]

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[Vez04]

Maferath wrote...

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Hahahahahahaha 

+1

Sums up EAs immense huge PR failure in this.

[KyreneZA]

Blanchefleur wrote...

I'm sorry but this is just ridiculous.
...
Unless one copy lands in my garden.

QFT

I think secretly, we all feel like that.

[Alithinos]

The game package should better be inside a larger protective crate to protect it from weather conditions and collisions.
And the crate should better have a parachute attached or else the game will hit the ground so forcefully thanks to the accelaration law of physics,that the game's package including the dvd will break to a thousand pieces when it hits the ground.

Modifié par Alithinos, 17 février 2012 - 02:33 .

[Ferocious7]

haha, this is pretty awesome tbh

[Rudy Lis]

Alithinos wrote...

The game package should better be inside a larger protective crate to protect it from weather conditions and collisions.
And the crate should better have a parachute attached or else the game will hit the ground so forcefully thanks to the accelaration law of physics,that the game's package including the dvd will break to a thousand pieces when it hits the ground.

Not sure about high altitute drops, but one game was delivered to me in postal box, resembling meatball. Wet meatball. Game case was bulged, twisted and warped, punctured with sealing in several places, paper cover and inside paperwork were wet too (manual and artbook had pages "glued" together). Ironically enough, disks were Ok, and AFAIK is Ok still (I give that game later to one person, it was about 2 years ago). Had some problems with CD-key printed inside, though. So unless some eagle rams that baloon or some hunter shot box, I thing it should be Ok.

[Maferath]

Obviously they're gonna use parachutes. You don't drop a GPS system in free fall from the stratosphere...

[Mendelevosa]

Pretty much sums up my reaction to this marketing strategy.

[Alithinos]

Rudy Lis wrote...

Alithinos wrote...

The game package should better be inside a larger protective crate to protect it from weather conditions and collisions.
And the crate should better have a parachute attached or else the game will hit the ground so forcefully thanks to the accelaration law of physics,that the game's package including the dvd will break to a thousand pieces when it hits the ground.

Not sure about high altitute drops, but one game was delivered to me in postal box, resembling meatball. Wet meatball. Game case was bulged, twisted and warped, punctured with sealing in several places, paper cover and inside paperwork were wet too (manual and artbook had pages "glued" together). Ironically enough, disks were Ok, and AFAIK is Ok still (I give that game later to one person, it was about 2 years ago). Had some problems with CD-key printed inside, though. So unless some eagle rams that baloon or some hunter shot box, I thing it should be Ok.

Wow! You should ask the retailer to change your copy.
But remember regarding the falling games,that the physics law says that the more time a thing is falling,the faster its falling speed gets,and the faster the speed,the more the impact force that it will hit the ground with.
A tiny pin could kill somebody if it landed to his head by the 5th floor of an apartment.

[Rudy Lis]

Alithinos wrote...

Wow! You should ask the retailer to change your copy.

Why retailer? It was postal fault. Plus, they spent so much time on delivery, so all time limits for any form of exchange were expired.
Game was worth it, though.

Alithinos wrote...

But remember regarding the falling games,that the physics law says that the more time a thing is falling,the faster its falling speed gets,and the faster the speed,the more the impact force that it will hit the ground with.
A tiny pin could kill somebody if it landed to his head by the 5th floor of an apartment.

Simple case (DVD-box) with minimal or no paper whatsoever will fall normally. Dropped some of them right from 5th floor to (not on!) some lazy dudes unwilling to climb up.  Mostly promo materials, like Cold Steel disks and similar "free" stuff. Box weren't even open on touchdown.
When I dropped heavier boxes (with games), they usually were opened on touchdown (if sealant film was bad), some goods inside were popped out (if mounts were bad), but disks were fine.
Not that I dropped thousands of them, around dozen or so.

Addendum - no tarmac, tile or concrete around. Grass, snow, bushes, mud. that sort of thing.

Not sure about ME3 case behavior when falling from high alltitudes - even knowing weight and terminal velocity it will be difficult to make proper calculations. And I'm not willing to do them anyway. Send this to Mythbusters maybe?

Modifié par Rudy Lis, 17 février 2012 - 03:16 .

[We are many]

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Wow! You should ask the retailer to change your copy.
But remember regarding the falling games,that the physics law says that the more time a thing is falling,the faster its falling speed gets,and the faster the speed,the more the impact force that it will hit the ground with.
A tiny pin could kill somebody if it landed to his head by the 5th floor of an apartment.



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dont go puting ideas in my head:devil:mhahahaha
could i drop one onto a weather balloon out of a helicopter?

[Maferath]

Alithinos wrote...

But remember regarding the falling games,that the physics law says that the more time a thing is falling,the faster its falling speed gets,and the faster the speed,the more the impact force that it will hit the ground with.
A tiny pin could kill somebody if it landed to his head by the 5th floor of an apartment.

Not really... you're forgetting about air friction. A tiny pin has a small terminal velocity, it probably makes no difference whether it is dropped from the 1st or the 5th floor.

Actually since the atmosphere gets more dense the closer you get to the ground, I would expect an object dropped from the higher atmoshpere to eventually slow down instead of accelerating.


[/physicsnerd]

Modifié par Maferath, 17 février 2012 - 03:21 .

[Rudy Lis]

Maferath wrote...

Actually since the atmosphere gets more dense the closer you get to the ground, I would expect an object dropped from the higher atmoshpere to eventually slow down instead of accelerating.

[/physicsnerd]

Add unpredictable box rotation and wind and you got rock-paper-scissors played by packs of octopussies.

[Vez04]

Rudy Lis wrote...

Maferath wrote...

Actually since the atmosphere gets more dense the closer you get to the ground, I would expect an object dropped from the higher atmoshpere to eventually slow down instead of accelerating.

[/physicsnerd]

Add unpredictable box rotation and wind and you got rock-paper-scissors played by packs of octopussies.

lols.

[JeffZero]

Thanks for changing the thread title, Vez. Now we won't have a dozen duplicate threads.

[Vez04]

@JeffZero

Np m8!

[Stariana]

I actually genuinely like this, but then I love guerilla marketing.

Sure, there could be a whole host of problems with it. But it's quirky and it encourages excitement among fans. It also might net them coverage on (inter)national news broadcasts.

[Selor Kiith]

You know... this is the first time I actually use higher mathematics outside of school just to analyse possible landing spots...

[WolfForce99]

Kyrene wrote...

Blanchefleur wrote...

I'm sorry but this is just ridiculous.
...
Unless one copy lands in my garden.

QFT

I think secretly, we all feel like that.

I agree, this is a lame unless one makes it all the way to Minnesota and I do not see that happening.

[WolfForce99]

chelseaisthepan wrote...

Hopefully they don't just fall into the ocean...

Or out in the middle of no where in the desert. Thats right, I'm talkin' about you Las Vegas.

Modifié par WolfForce99, 18 février 2012 - 05:48 .

[Lord Jaric]

Has anyone heard any further information on this. If not, I'll just restate what I've said before, this is bs, a prank to probably hype things up a bit, it was never going to happen.

Modifié par Lord Jaric, 21 février 2012 - 10:58 .

[ElementL09]

Waste of money in my opinion.

[Splinter Cell 108]

When is this little stunt supposed to happen? I want to know so I can get out of this place, after all its getting dangerous and I have no doubt that a bunch of jerks are going to spoil the story just like last time with ME2.

[LadyHepatica]

So I'm guessing this will happen this week? It shouldn't take the copies no more than a few hours to return to land/water. Also depends if they're simultaneously releasing them in every place mentioned.

"But next week, a select intrepid few will have the opportunity to play the full game before it hits stores." - From the Article

Modifié par LadyHepatica, 22 février 2012 - 01:15 .

[Vez04]

LadyHepatica wrote...

So I'm guessing this will happen this week? It shouldn't take the copies no more than a few hours to return to land/water. Also depends if they're simultaneously releasing them in every place mentioned.

"But next week, a select intrepid few will have the opportunity to play the full game before it hits stores." - From the Article

Starts from today actually -.-