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2021-07-26, 07:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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2021-07-26, 08:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Missed Opportunities and Misapplied technology in fiction
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2021-07-29, 09:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Missed Opportunities and Misapplied technology in fiction
The problem with Warcraft (and Skyrim and similar settings) technology is, that it just is not as effective as the equivalent tech in our world. Take guns: Apparently, a Warcraft musket has an effective range of some 20 meters, and it also takes some 20 shots to take an enemy soldier out of the fight. Even when that enemy is just a normal dude, not a demonic monstrosity. It also takes 20 hits or so to kill someone with a sword, but when you are going to be in melee anyway, most people will prefer the melee weapon.
Of course, that is mostly for reasons of gameplay, with a healthy helping of writers underestimating the power of technology. Does anyone know if guns are this ineffective in the fluff books? If they are lethal in the books, is there any justification why a Dwarven army with guns and cannons does not cut down any enemy they meet?Last edited by Seppl; 2021-07-29 at 10:00 AM.
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2021-07-29, 10:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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2021-07-29, 11:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2021-08-16, 07:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hey... Who here remembers Captain Planet and the Planeteers?
Specifically, their 100% Environmentally Friendly Solar Powered Flying car that's like a billion times more efficient than any solar-powered generator before or since that show?
Yeah.. they probably could have done more good proliferating the technology that powered that car as an alternative to fossil fuels than a million cases of having Captain Planet beat up a supervillain.I also answer to Bookmark and Shadow Claw.
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2021-08-16, 07:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2021-08-16, 07:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Wasn't at least one of the supervillains they fought solely profit motivated? They could have done a teamup!
And while we're on Captain Planet, the virtual reality videogame in that one episode could probably be used for more than figuring out how long it would take for pollution to drive everything extinct.
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2021-08-16, 07:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hoggish Greedly.
One episode even had him retire from Supervillainy when he realized that there was more money in recycling than there was in his various hair-brained schemes.
Granted, I'm not sure how ethical those recycling plants would be, but... Ya know, one step at a time.I also answer to Bookmark and Shadow Claw.
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2021-08-26, 07:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Missed Opportunities and Misapplied technology in fiction
Scotty's transporter tech in the JJ Abrams Trek universe. You can teleport people and goods between worlds at FTL speeds without need of a starship... and it never gets used after it's creation except as a one time minor plot point in the second movie. :P