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[aporia88]

New York launched from Pennsylvania....San Francisco balloons still stuck in trees, on cliffs. 

NYC: http://www.masseffect.com/space/NYC/ 

SF: http://www.masseffect.com/space/SFO/

Modifié par aporia88, 25 février 2012 - 05:42 .

[Derek Larke]

I predict the winner to be:

[Derek Larke]

Pepper4 wrote...

TWIN_SUNS wrote...

Pepper4 wrote...

Any info on the NRMNDY?

Last update was 1h21m ago

I mean, did anybody find it yet?

Has not been found yet

[Derek Larke]

In the spirit of fan safety next time we will attach copies to some wild boar and let them loose on an active runway.

[Derek Larke]

PhantomMoonblade wrote...

Wait so the people that pick up these games can start playing them right away? 2 weeks before launch?!??!?

Yes

[Derek Larke]

Sakura_Leigh wrote...

ajax-wounds wrote...

just wish bioware would launch one from newcastle.. since i no longer live in london but the north east instead now

As a geordie myself , I second this  

I just hope eager fans don't put themselves at unneccessary risks in order to get the game. The game is getting released regardless, its not worth stoving your head in against a cliff face or something

There is a camera. They record but cannot transmit. Videos to follow once we retrieve these things.

[Derek Larke]

CDRSkyShepard wrote...

IsaacShep wrote...

OK, what's going on? Did anyone find either of the baloons yet? Or did the bears eat them already?

Both are fairly inaccessible in the CA mountains at the moment. One reportedly stuck in a redwood tree (them things are HUGE) and one supposedly on a cliff.

Where is the redwood tree intel coming from?

[Derek Larke]

I guess both are irretrievable unless you have climbing gear.

[Derek Larke]

Sleepee wrote...

It'd be pretty awesome if they ended up somewhere out on the dry lakes near Primm. Nice, wide, and open.

Bust out your dunebuggys!

[Derek Larke]

neubourn wrote...

Derek Larke wrote...

Sleepee wrote...

It'd be pretty awesome if they ended up somewhere out on the dry lakes near Primm. Nice, wide, and open.

Bust out your dunebuggys!

Derek...can one of you BW guys shed some light on this so called "password" we are supposed to have to claim the prize? When we signed up on the site, it only asks for our E-mail address, and we dont have an option to put in a unique password like the site says we are supposed to.

We are adding tonight. Previous entrants dont need to worry about it.

[Derek Larke]

Tomorrows Nevada winner:

[Derek Larke]

A bit of an update - the launch of the Vegas balloon will be at around 10:50 AM. Not certain on which callsign this balloon will have yet. Video coming in soon.

Also - take note that the Paris launch won't be happening. There are too many Reapers in the sky and the balloon will just pop on one of their pointy leg things. (we couldn't get it through Parisian regulations in time because we brought a balloon to a jumbo jet fight when it comes to legalities)

[Derek Larke]

Itsmudtoyou wrote...

BlackAvalon wrote...

So since this has been seemingly consolidated to a single launch is the payload doubled? Or did our chances of a copy just get halved because of the weather?

Is it a single launch?  they keep refering it to the 1st launch

There is only one launch. Be sure to post pics here if you go chase this thing.

[Derek Larke]

[Jesse Reid]

Hey guys, this launch is using a different frequency so the APRS website likely won't work.

We're working with the launch team to update the co-ordinates on our site but they'll be delayed 30 minutes or so.

[Jesse Reid]

You can start to see the data now, note that we don't have altitude this time:
http://masseffect.bi....com/space/LAS/

Modifié par Jesse.Reid, 24 février 2012 - 08:24 .

[Jesse Reid]

Just so you know it looks like the GPS unit for this balloon is sending an update every 10 minutes.

The plan is to use the APRS site if we can but they have a limited number of units and some are still stuck in the wilderness.

[Jesse Reid]

Our page won't update automatically, you'll have to refresh. We don't have all the cool tech like the APRS guys have on their site, and I only had about a day to build our version.

[Jesse Reid]

Looks like someone missed a minus sign in the longitude, should be fixed.

Modifié par Jesse.Reid, 24 février 2012 - 09:00 .

[Jesse Reid]

Keller42 wrote...

Did you bring Garrus? :c

Hah, I did but he wasn't loyal yet.

[Jesse Reid]

Launch team says the balloon is currently at 44356ft.

[Jesse Reid]

It's still rising.

[Jesse Reid]

xlI ReFLeX lIx wrote...

Hey Jesse any idea why Las Vegas is locked for many people?

They probably haven't agreed to the contest rules. In flight balloons won't show up until you do.

[Jesse Reid]

Algent wrote...

Jesse.Reid: I just saw Paris is no longer in the list, did something go wrong with the authorization ?

Yeah, Derek posted about it earlier in the thread. They couldn't get permission or something along those lines.

[Jesse Reid]

Yeah, they were giving us the altitude in feet, I've converted it back to m. They think it might be on the ground now. Looks to be just outside Golden Valley.