3 Reasons why the Events in Homefront aren't Plausible
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Serutan
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If you wanted to make the scenario plausible, the only tweak necessary would be to add in that the Chinese ceased to fund the US defict, which would cripple us in short order...
Anyhoo, for me plausibility/realism only comes in to play if the gameplay isn't very good. A game that causes the "oh, crap it's 2AM and I thought it was only 10 PM" syndrome doesn't require plausibility.
Anyhoo, for me plausibility/realism only comes in to play if the gameplay isn't very good. A game that causes the "oh, crap it's 2AM and I thought it was only 10 PM" syndrome doesn't require plausibility.
OrsonM
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Just like the Red Dawn remake, they wanted to make it as a Chinese invasion of the US... but you don't want to miss out on that Chinese market son!
You don't even want to piss off Chinese-Americans here, and I'm not taking about Taiwan. They like games and have feelings just like everyone else.
So they probably got stuck with North Korea...
Bonus stupidity points:
-they managed to piss off environmentalists by releasing 1,000 red balloons in San Francisco (which was an awesome way to litter and endanger local species, way to go guys!)
-the game was banned in South Korea... so they ended up losing a coveted market anyways.
You don't even want to piss off Chinese-Americans here, and I'm not taking about Taiwan. They like games and have feelings just like everyone else.
So they probably got stuck with North Korea...
Bonus stupidity points:
-they managed to piss off environmentalists by releasing 1,000 red balloons in San Francisco (which was an awesome way to litter and endanger local species, way to go guys!)
-the game was banned in South Korea... so they ended up losing a coveted market anyways.
Maniacal
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Iirc a major reason they didn't choose China because of the economic inter-dependence between China and the USA. They probably didn't sell the game in China anyway though.
attackfighter
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So the plot was partially a victim of first worlders and their tendency to complain about non-issues.
Looked this up and apparently they even used biodegradable balloons. First worlders don't use logic however, so they still cried over it. They should have filled the balloons with acid, and drifted them over rally instead of the bay. That would have shut the demonstrators up.
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You do understand that biodegradable balloons still take ~6 months to degrade right? Or does using the term "first worlders" validate any anti-environmental jab you could have made there?
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
And only under certain conditions (although I'm not exactly sure what those are), at least with the "biodegradable" plastic grocery bags.
attackfighter
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Balloons are nothing like grocery bags.
As for them having a 6 month waiting period - that poses no problem whatsoever.
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It pollutes and is very liable to destroy the wild life around the area (specially 10,000 balloons), it's not less destructive because it seems like it's nothing (the balloons just went straight to the bay).
But this was not the last in the long list of moronic decisions on THQ's road to getting their 36 dollars (2007) share to 60 cents! (2012). The game was also responsible for a drop of 26% of their share when it was released, they were hoping to sell over 2 million copies at retail price... (so you see, this game also destroyed jobs, not just wild life and ecosystems).
attackfighter
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It pollutes and is very liable to destroy the wild life around the area (specially 10,000 balloons), it's not less destructive because it seems like it's nothing (the balloons just went straight to the bay).
But this was not the last in the long list of moronic decisions on THQ's road to getting their 36 dollars (2007) share to 60 cents! (2012). The game was also responsible for a drop of 26% of their share when it was released, they were hoping to sell over 2 million copies at retail price... (so you see, this game also destroyed jobs, not just wild life and ecosystems).
Oh, well I assumed the balloons would rise into the air until they popped into tiny pieces. I guess if they just dropped them into the water it could be more of problem and take longer to degrade.
Maniacal
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A balloon will only pop a single hole.
attackfighter
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okay seriously you need to do more research before you reply
and actually its not even research, its common sense
Maniacal
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You know what is common sense? Proper capitalization and punctuation.
As for the balloons, I did significant research throughout childhood and into my teenage years and while what I said isn't the whole story they do indeed only need one hole to pop. Balloons do not pop into "tiny pieces" as your post suggests either. Sure they often pop into multiple pieces and some of them may be quite small, but they don't shatter into tiny and harmless pieces that biodegrade quickly. Indeed, scattering tiny pieces of balloon into the water would probably be even worse, as for example lots of sea life feeds by 'drinking' and/or filtering through the water for food and pick up anything that gets in their way.
As for the balloons, I did significant research throughout childhood and into my teenage years and while what I said isn't the whole story they do indeed only need one hole to pop. Balloons do not pop into "tiny pieces" as your post suggests either. Sure they often pop into multiple pieces and some of them may be quite small, but they don't shatter into tiny and harmless pieces that biodegrade quickly. Indeed, scattering tiny pieces of balloon into the water would probably be even worse, as for example lots of sea life feeds by 'drinking' and/or filtering through the water for food and pick up anything that gets in their way.
attackfighter
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okay so since you obviously aren't going to put any thought into I will explain it to you
balloons float high into the sky because they have helium in them. helium exerts pressure outwards from the balloon. as the balloon gets higher the atmosphere gets thinner and it combined with the balloon material is no longer strong enough to contain the helium. and so because the pressure was exerted outwards equally on all of the internal surface area the balloon pops into a million pieces, like the fragments of your shattered heart when you learned balloons do not pop into a single piece.
as for capitalization and punctuation - those are not common sense. furthermore I am not using those things because... well do I really need a reason? no i do not.
balloons float high into the sky because they have helium in them. helium exerts pressure outwards from the balloon. as the balloon gets higher the atmosphere gets thinner and it combined with the balloon material is no longer strong enough to contain the helium. and so because the pressure was exerted outwards equally on all of the internal surface area the balloon pops into a million pieces, like the fragments of your shattered heart when you learned balloons do not pop into a single piece.
as for capitalization and punctuation - those are not common sense. furthermore I am not using those things because... well do I really need a reason? no i do not.
LightSpectra
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I don't think you know what you're talking about. Just putting that out there.
attackfighter
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homefront players cannot comprehend basic physics it seems
LightSpectra
me autem minui
I haven't played Homefront actually, but maybe it's a good game to promote if it will disillusion people from thinking that balloons disintegrate at high altitudes.
Two things happen to balloons that fly away. If they're not sealed very tight, they become depressurized over time and just float back down. If the helium is well-protected inside the latex, then they usually rise to an altitude of a couple miles before freezing and breaking into a couple of long, slender pieces. No comment on the environmental effect of this, but your explanation for what happens was pretty lolzy. They don't pop into a "million" pieces because that doesn't make any sense.
Two things happen to balloons that fly away. If they're not sealed very tight, they become depressurized over time and just float back down. If the helium is well-protected inside the latex, then they usually rise to an altitude of a couple miles before freezing and breaking into a couple of long, slender pieces. No comment on the environmental effect of this, but your explanation for what happens was pretty lolzy. They don't pop into a "million" pieces because that doesn't make any sense.
attackfighter
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umm I think you need to check your facts cuz high altitudes aren't cold enough to freeze
if balloons go high enough, they will explode
if balloons go high enough, they will explode
Maniacal
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I haven't played Homefront either and everything I looked up about balloons said they act like they do in a room down on the ground, they slowly leak helium through pores and lose altitude eventually. That is assuming they don't run into bad weather that causes them to break.
I also have no idea why my heart would break over something I never said.
I also have no idea why my heart would break over something I never said.
As someone who is clearly fluent in the English language not only do you not have an excuse but people will take you far more seriously. Not too mention that this is a discussion forum, not a chat box.
Ah, apparently the reason why there are snow, ice and glaciers on top of mountains and mountain climbers often wear winter gear and sometimes have oxygen tanks is magic and nothing at all to do with the fact that high altitudes are increasingly cold the further out you go. I guess cold weather and winter are all in our imaginations as well.
[citation needed]
attackfighter
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I mean it doesnt freeze as a rule - gotta be a cold day for that, you see
no if they are good balloons they will go high and explode
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