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When the collector ship takes off after it takes a colony. How the fuck does no one notice the giant ass scorch marks that the massive thrusters would have made? Its just stupid.
 

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Irridium said:
When the collector ship takes off after it takes a colony. How the fuck does no one notice the giant ass scorch marks that the massive thrusters would have made? Its just stupid.
Huh, never thought about that. Good point. Maybe they did notice them and chose not to mention it?

I'll go with Modern Warfare 2
 

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MW2 nuke......... "um sir" "yes" "I killed 26 people" "ok then as a reward we will spend a massive amount of money to nuke the battle field with you in it...... enjoy"
 

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When the collector ship takes off after it takes a colony. How the fuck does no one notice the giant ass scorch marks that the massive thrusters would have made? Its just stupid.
Well, you could assume that it was the only time they left a colony non-stealthily. They were kind in a hurry with those cannons firing at them on Horizon.

Seeing how the ship stays in the air without any noticeable thruster flames, it should be able to exit the atmosphere without leaving a city sized scorch mark if it moved slower.
 

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Whatever, just wash your hands.
its also possible that it mostly used its mass effect field to take off so there wouldnt be much of a scorch mark, kinda like the lunar lander, if your mass was low enough then it would bairly take any thrust altho I think according to the lore that cruser class ships cant make planet landing
 
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Irridium said:
When the collector ship takes off after it takes a colony. How the fuck does no one notice the giant ass scorch marks that the massive thrusters would have made? Its just stupid.
Well, you could assume that it was the only time they left a colony non-stealthily. They were kind in a hurry with those cannons firing at them on Horizon.

Seeing how the ship stays in the air without any noticeable thruster flames, it should be able to exit the atmosphere without leaving a city sized scorch mark if it moved slower.
Yeah, but after it left a giant scorch mark on horizon, don't you think Shepard would use that as proof that humans are being targeted by the collectors or something?

Not to mention having half the colony surviving, and seeing what is really happening. Shouldn't Shepard have used them as proof as well?
 

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MW2 nuke......... "um sir" "yes" "I killed 26 people" "ok then as a reward we will spend a massive amount of money to nuke the battle field with you in it...... enjoy"
Actually I don't think they're nuking the battlefield. Concidering that you never see an explosion, I'm assuming they dropped the bomb a few miles away, and you're just dying from the radiation.
 

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Irridium said:
Axeli said:
Irridium said:
When the collector ship takes off after it takes a colony. How the fuck does no one notice the giant ass scorch marks that the massive thrusters would have made? Its just stupid.
Well, you could assume that it was the only time they left a colony non-stealthily. They were kind in a hurry with those cannons firing at them on Horizon.

Seeing how the ship stays in the air without any noticeable thruster flames, it should be able to exit the atmosphere without leaving a city sized scorch mark if it moved slower.
Yeah, but after it left a giant scorch mark on horizon, don't you think Shepard would use that as proof that humans are being targeted by the collectors or something?

Not to mention having half the colony surviving, and seeing what is really happening. Shouldn't Shepard have used them as proof as well?
Well, that's a bit different plot hole, isn't it? I don't really know why the Council and Alliance won't start helping you at that point. I suppose they are just really slow to react since the colonies are technically not in their jurisdiction anymore and there's still not evidence of the Reapers.

Although... You do find out that Cerberus does have pretty massive proof of them. It's a bit odd that Shepard won't and can't point out they should have enough to get the Alliance and Council to act. And I do think there are couple times when the Illusive Man openly explains Shepard how he's hiding evidence of the Reapers and Collectors from the rest of the galaxy without Shepard even objecting.
 

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MW2 nuke......... "um sir" "yes" "I killed 26 people" "ok then as a reward we will spend a massive amount of money to nuke the battle field with you in it...... enjoy"
Well, if we're going to say that multiplayer has a plot, I'd be more concerned with the fact that those 26 kills consisted of 5 different people.

I vote Dante's Inferno. I don't think that even the most hardcore medieval theologist would say that someone goes to hell because their husband was unfaithful.
 

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Axeli said:
Irridium said:
Axeli said:
Irridium said:
When the collector ship takes off after it takes a colony. How the fuck does no one notice the giant ass scorch marks that the massive thrusters would have made? Its just stupid.
Well, you could assume that it was the only time they left a colony non-stealthily. They were kind in a hurry with those cannons firing at them on Horizon.

Seeing how the ship stays in the air without any noticeable thruster flames, it should be able to exit the atmosphere without leaving a city sized scorch mark if it moved slower.
Yeah, but after it left a giant scorch mark on horizon, don't you think Shepard would use that as proof that humans are being targeted by the collectors or something?

Not to mention having half the colony surviving, and seeing what is really happening. Shouldn't Shepard have used them as proof as well?
Well, that's a bit different plot hole, isn't it? I don't really know why the Council and Alliance won't start helping you at that point. I suppose they are just really slow to react since the colonies are technically not in their jurisdiction anymore and there's still not evidence of the Reapers.

Although... You do find out that Cerberus does have pretty massive proof of them. It's a bit odd that Shepard won't and can't point out they should have enough to get the Alliance and Council to act. And I do think there are couple times when the Illusive Man openly explains Shepard how he's hiding evidence of the Reapers and Collectors from the rest of the galaxy without Shepard even objecting.
All of this is a moot point. Yes it is a plothole, yes it makes little sense, but there wouldn't be a game if the council and the Alliance teamed up to eliminate the Collectors/Reapers. Personally, the more they ignore me the better.

Then I get to kill everything myself.
 

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IamQ said:
pirate64 said:
MW2 nuke......... "um sir" "yes" "I killed 26 people" "ok then as a reward we will spend a massive amount of money to nuke the battle field with you in it...... enjoy"
Actually I don't think they're nuking the battlefield. Concidering that you never see an explosion, I'm assuming they dropped the bomb a few miles away, and you're just dying from the radiation.
I want a MOP Gear Perk.
 

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Final Fantasy XII
Plothole: Penelo.

Why is she even there?!
 

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Irridium said:
When the collector ship takes off after it takes a colony. How the fuck does no one notice the giant ass scorch marks that the massive thrusters would have made? Its just stupid.
I assume you're referring to the previous colonies that were attacked. You know, I never thought of that. Maybe their ships don't leave scorch marks, after all they're propelled by Mass Effect fields, not internal combustion.
 

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pirate64 said:
MW2 nuke......... "um sir" "yes" "I killed 26 people" "ok then as a reward we will spend a massive amount of money to nuke the battle field with you in it...... enjoy"
Ha i got one
Enemy Soldier:Ok i got a care package to contact our choppa
I spawn from behind and shoot "Cool a care package" calls choppa "Come and kill some men"
Choppa Pilot:"Ok then cos you got the package you are my comrade"
How does it make sence that a enemy choppa comes my buddie

OT:In Bioshock why does jack take the plasmid at the begining, cos it's glowing gold and the arrow is pointing at it.
 

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Ranorak said:
Final Fantasy XII
Plothole: Penelo.

Why is she even there?!
You could ask that about all the character but Ashe and Basch.

I think the explanation for pretty much everyone else is that they have nothing better to do. It's even weirder when it seems that the characters don't even like each other beyond the initial relationships.
 

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Probably Fallout 3. Before the nukes fell, it was already some hundred years in the future, but after everything settles all the art and clothing and especially music is old-fasion, instead of futuristic. It definitely added to the game's atmosphere but confused me a helluva lot. Can anyone explain?
 

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Probably Fallout 3. Before the nukes fell, it was already some hundred years in the future, but after everything settles all the art and clothing and especially music is old-fasion, instead of futuristic. It definitely added to the game's atmosphere but confused me a helluva lot. Can anyone explain?
The Fallout world is not our own, but it diverged from ours soon after World War II. So while it takes place in the future, it is not our future, but the future as imagined in 1950s science fiction.