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[Good Chaos7]

Bzchan wrote...

For those that were apart of today's festivities did you by chance run into someone named "Nick" I was parked waiting for SHEPRD all afternoon. I went up to any car that was parked on the side of the road asking if they were there for Mass effect space.

I first drove onto a dirt road that would have gotten me close when I was asked to leave. I didn't know it was private property at the time. I also asked two other ranches (K&S and PIE) for access but they weren't gonna have it.

What a messed up day, and the drive back on 17 was murderous.

I hope they do the right thing for those of us that were there today. I know there were more people looking for NRMDY since it was first. I knew better and when I saw that the second balloon was taking a similar trajectory I parked the car on highway 1 and waited till it stoped moving.

Please tell me you took pictures of it! I know it sounds silly but I'm just curious as hell to know how high up it was & How the place looked!

[Bzchan]

Couldn't even get that close to it at least from where I came in from. I got close but not obviously close enough to verify if it was in a tree or not. Which sucks hard.

[panamakira]

So nobody has a copy yet? Wow~ I was here since like 9:30ish-10am and still nothing? LMAO~ I read the IGN guys are just camping and waiting for tomorrow I guess~

And here I was hoping I'd get to see a video of nerds fighting mountain lions and bears over a copy of the game~ :/

[Bzchan]

Yeah its not gonna happen unless someone gets up the never to steal it from the property. Otherwise EA is just gonna have to wait till tomorrow morning and get the police involved. Kind of sad actually cause I was looking forward to giving it to my sweetheart. Things we do for the love of Mass Effect

[Good Chaos7]

Bzchan wrote...

Yeah its not gonna happen unless someone gets up the never to steal it from the property. Otherwise EA is just gonna have to wait till tomorrow morning and get the police involved. Kind of sad actually cause I was looking forward to giving it to my sweetheart. Things we do for the love of Mass Effect

AAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3:wub:

That's so Sweet!
She's lucky to have someone like you!:happy:

[Good Chaos7]

DP

Modifié par Good Chaos7, 24 février 2012 - 05:42 .

[TheRazgrez]

 the sad part in this is that thanks to the first flight today, anyone can use the information that was recorded to accuratly predict where the next one will land and so on and so forth. all you need to know is distance the ballons traveled, there hight, and time. then using good old math you can figure out where they should come down at roughly with in 20 to 30 feet give or take a little. shame because from my prediction none of those copys would even come close to where I'm at. dam shame to cause I got screwed out of a N7 edition. 

[Lord Jaric]

TheRazgrez wrote...

 the sad part in this is that thanks to the first flight today, anyone can use the information that was recorded to accuratly predict where the next one will land and so on and so forth. all you need to know is distance the ballons traveled, there hight, and time. then using good old math you can figure out where they should come down at roughly with in 20 to 30 feet give or take a little. shame because from my prediction none of those copys would even come close to where I'm at. dam shame to cause I got screwed out of a N7 edition. 

The change of wind at different heights may screw with their calculations.

[Good Chaos7]

Lord Jaric wrote...

TheRazgrez wrote...

 the sad part in this is that thanks to the first flight today, anyone can use the information that was recorded to accuratly predict where the next one will land and so on and so forth. all you need to know is distance the ballons traveled, there hight, and time. then using good old math you can figure out where they should come down at roughly with in 20 to 30 feet give or take a little. shame because from my prediction none of those copys would even come close to where I'm at. dam shame to cause I got screwed out of a N7 edition. 

The change of wind at different heights may screw with their calculations.

[fatmancory]

TheRazgrez wrote...

 the sad part in this is that thanks to the first flight today, anyone can use the information that was recorded to accuratly predict where the next one will land and so on and so forth. all you need to know is distance the ballons traveled, there hight, and time. then using good old math you can figure out where they should come down at roughly with in 20 to 30 feet give or take a little. shame because from my prediction none of those copys would even come close to where I'm at. dam shame to cause I got screwed out of a N7 edition. 

nothing new, they can predict, but to only a certain deggree.
BTW, is it just me, or do people that live in the country all happen to be crazy people?

[Lord Jaric]

fatmancory wrote...

TheRazgrez wrote...

 the sad part in this is that thanks to the first flight today, anyone can use the information that was recorded to accuratly predict where the next one will land and so on and so forth. all you need to know is distance the ballons traveled, there hight, and time. then using good old math you can figure out where they should come down at roughly with in 20 to 30 feet give or take a little. shame because from my prediction none of those copys would even come close to where I'm at. dam shame to cause I got screwed out of a N7 edition. 

nothing new, they can predict, but to only a certain deggree.
BTW, is it just me, or do people that live in the country all happen to be crazy people?

You calling me crazy.

[Endgame22]

I personally don't like the idea of this it's a 1 in 1,000+ oddity and only very few really do get anything.

[Kerric]

Lord Jaric wrote...

fatmancory wrote...

TheRazgrez wrote...

 the sad part in this is that thanks to the first flight today, anyone can use the information that was recorded to accuratly predict where the next one will land and so on and so forth. all you need to know is distance the ballons traveled, there hight, and time. then using good old math you can figure out where they should come down at roughly with in 20 to 30 feet give or take a little. shame because from my prediction none of those copys would even come close to where I'm at. dam shame to cause I got screwed out of a N7 edition. 

nothing new, they can predict, but to only a certain deggree.
BTW, is it just me, or do people that live in the country all happen to be crazy people?

You calling me crazy.
*snip*

Which brings this little gem to mind...

 

[CDRSkyShepard]

Lord Jaric wrote...

TheRazgrez wrote...

 the sad part in this is that thanks to the first flight today, anyone can use the information that was recorded to accuratly predict where the next one will land and so on and so forth. all you need to know is distance the ballons traveled, there hight, and time. then using good old math you can figure out where they should come down at roughly with in 20 to 30 feet give or take a little. shame because from my prediction none of those copys would even come close to where I'm at. dam shame to cause I got screwed out of a N7 edition. 

The change of wind at different heights may screw with their calculations.

The biggest trick will be finding out in what direction...the prevailing winds will determine the direction of travel. Also, different atmospheric conditions make it a far less simple calculation than just d = rt.

[MGZER0]

did anyone find any of the two copies today? and is anyone still looking for it?

[godlyz0]

Curious, what is the difference in colors when it comes to the space edition? One is blue and one is red, is one PS3 and one Xbox? Or....

[CDRSkyShepard]

godlyz0 wrote...

Curious, what is the difference in colors when it comes to the space edition? One is blue and one is red, is one PS3 and one Xbox? Or....

If you find either balloon, you have the choice of either the PS3 or Xbox edition.

[ItsFreakinJesus]

No choice in PC version? Lame.

And Bioware has yet to send me the email on the secret password!

[CDRSkyShepard]

ItsFreakinJesus wrote...

No choice in PC version? Lame.

And Bioware has yet to send me the email on the secret password!

The PC version has more security concerns than the console versions, that's why they aren't giving them out. I imagine they'll let us know if and when the passwords become important.

[Sleepee]

Tomorrow afternoon, the hunt begins yet again.

[ItsFreakinJesus]

CDRSkyShepard wrote...

ItsFreakinJesus wrote...

No choice in PC version? Lame.

And Bioware has yet to send me the email on the secret password!

The PC version has more security concerns than the console versions, that's why they aren't giving them out. I imagine they'll let us know if and when the passwords become important.

They know who exactly receives the copy, so they'll be able to quickly narrow down the suspects if copies of the game are streamed or torrented.

[CDRSkyShepard]

ItsFreakinJesus wrote...

CDRSkyShepard wrote...

ItsFreakinJesus wrote...

No choice in PC version? Lame.

And Bioware has yet to send me the email on the secret password!

The PC version has more security concerns than the console versions, that's why they aren't giving them out. I imagine they'll let us know if and when the passwords become important.

They know who exactly receives the copy, so they'll be able to quickly narrow down the suspects if copies of the game are streamed or torrented.

True, doesn't change the fact the risk is much higher with a PC copy. I'm sure you have to sign some kind of non-disclosure agreement if you get a copy...but that's not a guarantee against a leak. And once it's out, it's out...they can take action against the source of the leak all they want, but it'll be like letting the cat out of the bag.

Not that it couldn't happen with console versions, it's just a lot harder.

[ItsFreakinJesus]

Actually, it's not harder at all. No harder than looking for a hack to get the game to run on the PC, at least. But saying any further would give far too many hints as to what to do, and I'm not in the mood to get banned, especially on an EA board so I'll stop here.

The PS3 version may pose some difficulty, but the 360 version is just as easy as the PC version.

[dcal31]

So, do they just stop updating the GPS once they start to descend or what? According to the tracker, their both still at ~1,200 feet, but one update is 5 hours old and the other is 8. So after they start to come down it's just dumb luck as to whether you can spot them or not?

Edit: Or is that absolute altitude based on sea level. That would make sense actually. Carry on.

Modifié par dcal31, 24 février 2012 - 08:14 .

[publius1000]

Good Chaos7 wrote...

+1 for RT reference <3