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Title: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: Izret101 on February 17, 2012, 02:33:21 PM http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2012/02/mass-effect-3-becomes-true-space-oddity-/1?csp=hf#.Tz6piLR-Fod
Srsly Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on February 17, 2012, 02:45:13 PM I NEED IT! THERE'S ONLY A FEW OF THEM!
...wait, how will it survive the trip down? Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: Izret101 on February 17, 2012, 03:02:48 PM Weather balloons are supposed to drop slowly from what i understand.
I think the real problem is earth is 70+% water. Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on February 17, 2012, 03:14:14 PM Weather balloons are supposed to drop slowly from what i understand. I think the real problem is earth is 70+% water. That's why you seal them against the elements. They'll float... Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: FireStar on February 17, 2012, 05:40:24 PM Wow, EA has enough money to send it's games to the moon.
Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on February 17, 2012, 06:13:13 PM Wow, EA has enough money to send it's games to the moon. Weather balloons are cheap. This stunt would likely only cost them maybe $2,000. Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: FireStar on February 17, 2012, 06:26:31 PM Oops, that's what happens when I barely read the article. Still, your game going into space, even by a balloon, still seems kinda far-fetched.
On another note, it's nice that the only thing that makes this different from the normal game is a tracking device. Something that gamers normally don't want in their games. Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: techwizard on February 17, 2012, 09:47:26 PM it must have some sort of protective case around it, the gps is most likely outside the game case if they kept it sealed
Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: blcklblskt on February 19, 2012, 07:06:25 PM Neat publicity stunt. It would be really cool if it landed on my porch...
Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: mumboking on February 19, 2012, 10:08:54 PM Neat publicity stunt. It would be really cool if it landed on my porch... You'd also get a free GPS tracker. XDTitle: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: NES_Rules on February 21, 2012, 04:20:18 PM Does anyone know when they will be sent up or have they already been? And where on masseffect.com do you get the GPS tracking? I'm curious to see where they end up landing.
Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: James on February 22, 2012, 04:39:50 AM Nice of EA to pollute the world some more.
Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: raffa1985 on February 22, 2012, 05:47:43 AM Weather balloons are supposed to drop slowly from what i understand. I think the real problem is earth is 70+% water. Yeah, and even if it lands on surface, it would be comical if they stop at a mountain peak like Everest or Mount Fuji, or maybe at the amazon jungle. Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: Izret101 on February 22, 2012, 05:53:56 PM Or a major intersection.
Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: NES_Rules on February 22, 2012, 06:58:21 PM I'd like to see one come down above the White House to see if it gets shot down.
Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: blcklblskt on February 23, 2012, 09:50:33 AM Does anyone know when they will be sent up or have they already been? And where on masseffect.com do you get the GPS tracking? I'm curious to see where they end up landing. PS3T.org has a list of cities where they'll be falling down here: http://www.ps3trophies.org/news/news-5947-Mass-Effect-3--Space-Editions-Falling-to-Earth-in-Six-Locations.html Quote San Francisco, CA - 7am-10am - February 23rd Las Vegas, NV - 7am-10am - February 24th New York, NY - 7am-10am - February 25th London - Time TBD - February 27th Paris - Time TBD - February 28th Berlin - Time TBD - February 29th Title: Re: Copies of Mass Effect 3 will be crash landing from space Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on February 23, 2012, 10:09:53 AM I looked into this last night. Tracking is on www.masseffect.com/space
Estimated travel time is 2 hours @ 50-300 miles away from the launch target. Currently tracking San Francisco: http://www.masseffect.com/space/SFO/ |