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[ElitePinecone]

Spellstar wrote...

ElitePinecone wrote...
Something tells me it's under the complete control of humans, there's no 'see where it lands' about it at all.. 

doubtful 

The Terms and Conditions say EA people will be there to meet fans when it lands. They'll record the first two people to arrive, and in the event of a tie there'll be a ME trivia quiz. 

How could they possibly guarantee that they get there before the players do, if they didn't know in advance where it was going to land?

[Thoth_Amon]

I hope someone gets seriously injured during this money wasting pr stunt, sues the pants off of EA and they're forced to sell off every IP and studio they've milked, wasted, ruined, or left dormant over the years.

Please oh please oh please make it happen.

[Elios]

yup 5500ft ish its starting to get effected by high level winds id have the check the flight level winds but i be they are blowing south west

[Spellstar]

the thing is - its being launched by the university - I expect they have launched lots of weather balloons, im sure theres gonna be some "scientific" reason why it wont drift out to sea (convection or something)

[Cmdr Pwn]

How long before it lands?

[Spellstar]

ElitePinecone wrote...

Spellstar wrote...

ElitePinecone wrote...
Something tells me it's under the complete control of humans, there's no 'see where it lands' about it at all.. 

doubtful 

The Terms and Conditions say EA people will be there to meet fans when it lands. They'll record the first two people to arrive, and in the event of a tie there'll be a ME trivia quiz. 

How could they possibly guarantee that they get there before the players do, if they didn't know in advance where it was going to land?

well as alluded in another post - weather baloons are predictable due to convection

notice how its beding a course along the coastline - but not crossing it? the air changes when sea meets land and the baloon will follow the path of least air resistance - along the coastline

Modifié par Spellstar, 23 février 2012 - 04:04 .

[girltriesgames]

I wonder if it will head toward EA headquarters

[Elios]

Thoth_Amon wrote...

I hope someone gets seriously injured during this money wasting pr stunt, sues the pants off of EA and they're forced to sell off every IP and studio they've milked, wasted, ruined, or left dormant over the years.

Please oh please oh please make it happen.

never happen the game doesnt weigh that much lol and its on a balloon it could hit some one in the head and it be like some one droping it from the roof of there house

[neubourn]

Elios wrote...

yup 5500ft ish its starting to get effected by high level winds id have the check the flight level winds but i be they are blowing south west

yeh...its under control of humans: 



turning back inland, RIGHT as it gets to the sea? riiiiighhht.....

they are controlling it, and know exactly where they will land.

[Selor Kiith]

I love how conveniently the Ballon fly by the coastline without getting out to the sea xD

[Major Alenko]

Has it only just launched? These things take hours to reach the stratosphere and crash back to earth again.

[ajax-wounds]

well waetherballons have been know to last for days... so it could come down later than expected. its up to 9000ft atm.

even though im in the uk im keeping my eye on thisfirst launch so i can tell just how far it might travel

[Spellstar]

Selor Kiith wrote...

I love how conveniently the Ballon fly by the coastline without getting out to the sea xD

i love how people assume some kind of conspiracy just cus it hasnt flown out to sea - ever considered there may be a SCIENTIFIC reason its following the coastline?

[ajax-wounds]

strike that

Altitude: 11650 ft
Course: 176°
Speed: 31 MPH

[Chuck Fandango]

Cmdr Pwn wrote...

How long before it lands?

Not until the balloon bursts & it comes back to Earth' Some weather balloons can reach 100,000 feet!!

[Elios]

Commodore Q wrote...

Has it only just launched? These things take hours to reach the stratosphere and crash back to earth again.

yea still farely low only 10k feet
not even to the jetstream yet which will really mess with it

[jebusnixon]

head east you bugger

[ajax-wounds]

its also official heading out to sea now :V

[neubourn]

uh oh....looks like it really wants to head out to sea after all:

[Had-to-say]

Who ever came up with this ?

[Elios]

yup again i just checked the upper level winds and jet stream and both are blowing out to sea
as it gets higher itll end up moving more west then any thing

[jebusnixon]

HAHAHA what if it landed in mexico

[Chris Priestly]

I hope you SF fans can swim.

[Chuck Fandango]

Elios wrote...

Thoth_Amon wrote...

I hope someone gets seriously injured during this money wasting pr stunt, sues the pants off of EA and they're forced to sell off every IP and studio they've milked, wasted, ruined, or left dormant over the years.

Please oh please oh please make it happen.

never happen the game doesnt weigh that much lol and its on a balloon it could hit some one in the head and it be like some one droping it from the roof of there house

It's in a pressurised container that will be extremely heavy,  that'll do some serious damage, but I suspect it will have a decent sized parachute for the descent!

[neubourn]

BAHAHAHA...go ME3 go!!! Explore that deep blue sea!!