1000 things we've learned from Fallout 3 : Fallout 3

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:18 pm

251: If you stand on a book and pick it up you magically fly into the air.

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:06 am

251: If you stand on a book and pick it up you magically fly into the air.

really?

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:59 am

really?

Yea its a physics glitch, you have to grab and let go and you levitate xD. It seems to happen in alot of games, the source engine has this glitch to. To bad it doesnt apply to real life xD

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:21 am

Yea its a physics glitch, you have to grab and let go and you levitate xD. It seems to happen in alot of games, the source engine has this glitch to. To bad it doesnt apply to real life xD

dude thats AWESOME
maybe i could get onto tenpenny tower.......

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:36 am

252) Dispite all agraculture being reduced to subsistance farming, somebody somewhere is producing enough cigerettes to last a small city of smokers for a lifetime or two

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:48 pm

246: In the future, people will have no idea of US history, despite having several open vaults nearby. (if you don't get this, visit Abraham Washington in Rivet City and ask him about the Declaration of Independence.)

Well, before the 19th century there was little actual knowledge of what was life like in the Bronze Age, as there were no documents of it. Same with Fallout, all the papers have gone and been destroyed, and computers never were apparently so popular, so you lost your only reliable source on pre-war life. Especially when 9 out of 10 people died in the war, and the rest soon after before the next generations started rebuilding humanity.

Washington knows quite a lot actually. I assume he used to be a scavenger himself, and later retired with his loot collection from all around D.C. Historical investigation can reveal anything with evidence and imagination.

» Sat May 28, 2011 6:40 am

253. Everything will become tinted green

» Fri May 27, 2011 5:55 pm

253. Everything will become tinted green

Or brown. It's browner on the console; greener on PC.

254. People will buy bullets from stores, despite them being readily available in all the ruins nearby.

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:59 am

246: In the future, people will have no idea of US history, despite having several open vaults nearby. (if you don't get this, visit Abraham Washington in Rivet City and ask him about the Declaration of Independence.)

Dude, there's people in the real life US today who grew up there, went through school and have access to both the internet and public libraries - and still don't know or get things wrong about US history.

Mr Washington's mistakes about the american history is not that unusual or strange given that 200 years have passed and many records were lost.
You'd be surprised how many actual historians in our world that gets things wrong about things that happened 200 years ago. And not only because of conflicting records.

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:34 pm

...a PACK OF CIGARETTES!!...

255. You now can kill people with your cigarettes, quicker than ever, with just a little ingenuity.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:24 pm

256. I learned we should start drilling vaults before someone gets an itchy red button finger.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:33 pm

257: there's only one species of dog left after the bombs are dropped.

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:05 am

Well, before the 19th century there was little actual knowledge of what was life like in the Bronze Age, as there were no documents of it. Same with Fallout, all the papers have gone and been destroyed, and computers never were apparently so popular, so you lost your only reliable source on pre-war life. Especially when 9 out of 10 people died in the war, and the rest soon after before the next generations started rebuilding humanity.

Washington knows quite a lot actually. I assume he used to be a scavenger himself, and later retired with his loot collection from all around D.C. Historical investigation can reveal anything with evidence and imagination.

Well, that's why I put in the clarifier of "several open vaults nearby." It's one thing if all the knowledge was stored on books that got burned up; it's quite another if they're stored onto a Vault's Computer System that seems to never need replacing or repairing... All you have to do is go to a Vault and BOOM! Access granted!

Dude, there's people in the real life US today who grew up there, went through school and have access to both the internet and public libraries - and still don't know or get things wrong about US history.

Mr Washington's mistakes about the american history is not that unusual or strange given that 200 years have passed and many records were lost.
You'd be surprised how many actual historians in our world that gets things wrong about things that happened 200 years ago. And not only because of conflicting records.

Well, the thing is Mr. Washington is considered the expert in US history (minus the PC, Dad, and the guys from 101, Enclave, and possibly the BoS.) And it's one thing to think that it needs to be ratified by the King, it's quite another thing to think that planes existed in the 1700's.

Also...

258: Visit Old Olney at your own risk!

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:23 am

259: Being called "Lone Wanderer" is just Wastelander slang for "Social Worker".

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:32 am

the pentagon only has one ring in 2077
there are no airports in DC in 2077
no matter one level of endurance, he can run longer than any one.
and DON'T FEED THE YOA GUI.

Dude, there's people in the real life US today who grew up there, went through school and have access to both the internet and public libraries - and still don't know or get things wrong about US history.

which is pretty sad. some kids i knew still didn't know when the united states actually formed when they were in the eight grade, and had studied that time period the whole previous school year.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:35 pm

264.Unstable brands of cola will give crabs cool blue highlights

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:15 am

Someone who wants to bother can make the count right, but I'm not sure where we are currently. Anyways.

Only two sports will survive in the Wasteland. Baseball with frag grenade weilding raiders, and iceless hockey with 3 players and no sticks (no idea how this would work)

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:57 am

Dunno what's already been said but can't be bothered to go check again so...

265. Trees are in-destructible
266. Dirt and sand are immune to imprints.
267. Staring directly into the sun is perfectly safe.
268. Intricate equipment repairs take 1 second.
269. Cigarettes don't go stale after two centuries.

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:44 am

270. Radiation is the new food poisoning.
271. Question still remains. If wonderglue is/was edible, would it make clothing edible as well when applied?

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:00 pm

272. You can't simply shoot the lock off a door, even if it is a regular wooden door.

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:09 am

273: It is perfectly safe to put in a mildly radioactive isotope into a soft drink and have your pee glow for a week.

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:54 pm

273: It is perfectly safe to put in a mildly radioactive isotope into a soft drink and have your pee glow for a week.

274. Nuka Cola company would've gladly aplogized for any "luminescent urination abnormalities" that would occur, if contemporary civilization wasn't obliterated.

275. Of course in a case of legal matters, the Nuka-Cola company would say it's just a rare allergan to the new forumla. And then win the legal battle because of the great new taste of Nuka-Cola Quantum! "Take the leap... enjoy a Quantum!" :foodndrink:

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:59 pm

276. Even after the apocalypse, "the government" will still incompetent!

Spoiler

Why doesn't The Enclave use the GECK to reform the Capital wasteland, instead of fixing a rickety water purifier?
Has it ever been a good idea to take orders from a self-aware computer program?
Who would be left to follow them after they wipe out all "impure" people of America?

At least somethings will never change.

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:29 am

277. Shooting a person more than once in the head constitutes an overkill

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:46 am

...snip...

Spoiler tags, man.