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Post by Moto_Myotis » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:17 pm

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Post by SSCAM » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:18 pm

This video is offensive to ramps and pools everywhere.
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Post by rc26 » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:25 pm

Crazy Europeans...
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Post by Rabbit_Fighter » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:34 pm

That blew my mind. I keep looking for evidence of fakery, but I can't find it.

It must be fake.

It must.

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Post by Flatline » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:51 pm

No way.

Launching into a lake or some large body of water, sure. Shooting oneself over a field to hit a small swimming pool? If that shits real, someones damn good at math and has a solid set of cahones.
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Post by Groove » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:58 pm

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Post by rolly » Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:16 pm

Wild!

There's a bit more at the site whose address pops up at the end of the vid.
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Post by GOSTAZ » Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:27 pm

Somebody wasn't fucking around during physics and geometry class! :shock:

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Post by piccini9 » Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:35 pm

Whatever this is, I can't see it.
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Post by goose » Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:46 pm

How to put the Fun in Unemployment! "Hey boys, grab a couple a pints and let's head over to this here hill, I got this thing I want to show ya!

Used my dole money for the pool and I've been working on the ramp while the Missus is at work.... "
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Post by The Shifty Jesus » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:00 pm

I don't want to call bullshit because well, damn.

But unless he or the slide / pool is miked I don't think you are not going to be able to hear all that from the cameras distance.

Unless they have a parabolic microphone or something.

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Post by roadmissile » Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:18 am

Well, he's moving while airborne, so I'm gonna go ahead and think it's real, and really fucking jangleplatz!

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Post by DerGolgo » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:25 am

It would be so awesome if that could actually be done...I think I'm going to post this on the Mythbusters forum, they do do the odd youtube special...


Also, why is this thread all weird looking?
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Post by DerGolgo » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:35 am

DerGolgo wrote:It would be so awesome if that could actually be done...I think I'm going to post this on the Mythbusters forum, they do do the odd youtube special...


Also, why is this thread all weird looking?
Hm...still looks weird. And it was already on the mythbusters forums, but I added some enthusiasm.
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Post by SidVicious » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:50 am

bullshit!

if that was for real, the dude is insane. and better in calculations than i'll ever be.

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Post by SidVicious » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:56 am

after a couple more rewatchings i'd say that the slide and pool had to have mics by them or the sound effects were added later.

because the splash in the pool is heard at the same time it occurs. if the mic was at the camera, there would have been a delay.

the guy could have a wireless mic on his self, but wouldn't that have screwed up when he hit water?
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Post by Jonny » Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:10 am

The Shifty Jesus wrote:I don't want to call bullshit because well, damn.

But unless he or the slide / pool is miked I don't think you are not going to be able to hear all that from the cameras distance.

Unless they have a parabolic microphone or something.

Math is awesome.
I would say that any decent field-use condenser microphone would pick up much of that ambient noise, as well as the landing. However, as he starts the run, you can hear the quality of sound change, and I'd imagine that would be when they switch to some kind of mic on his person. Why we don't hear him screaming for his mother whilst dropping the most prodigious shit in his swimsuit I cannot easily explain.




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Post by thrasherbill » Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:56 am

You're all joking right?
Watch the pool on landing, it doesn't move. At that speed and distance if he actually landed in the pool he would either flip the thing over or blast right through the back side of it. I have no mathematical proof of any kind to support this but it just don't look right to me. I call bullshit.
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Post by xtian » Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:49 pm

I'm not really from around here.

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Post by Flatline » Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:09 am

I knew it was fake. I knew it. And yet, I hoped that it was real. :cry:
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Post by Disastermined » Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:08 am

RevCBL wrote:
Flatline wrote:I knew it was fake. I knew it. And yet, I hoped that it was real. :cry:
Well, on Mythbusters after they disprove something, they try to figure out how to do it for real.

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Post by Jonny » Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:11 am

Bullshit. Microsoft are just trying to play it down: "No, this could never happen in reality. No-one has the maths or balls to do this. You can, however, pretend you performed such a stunt and/or show off to your friends your mighty Video Editing Fu (patent pending)".






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Post by Bo_9 » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:17 am

Living the dream -

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And Pastrana's version.

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Post by Jonny » Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:16 am

Bo_9 wrote:Living the dream -

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/njXgXUwAFD4&hl ... ram><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/njXgXUwAFD4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

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Post by Rabbit_Fighter » Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:33 am

We all knew it was fake, due to all kinds of clues (two little water buckets? Legs not broken?). Just the same, it is hard not to hold out hope in spite of all the signs.


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Post by roadmissile » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:27 am

I would rather believe in this than aliens or a god, it's so much better than either :P

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Post by Flatline » Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:15 am

I'd ride the slip-n-bleed. Helmet please.
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Post by Moto_Myotis » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:32 am

Eeeew...I hate it when I forward a viral video, no matter how cool, and then find out it's for some marketing thing. Microsoft, blah!
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Post by Pattio » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:40 am

Moto_Myotis wrote:Eeeew...I hate it when I forward a viral video, no matter how cool, and then find out it's for some marketing thing. Microsoft, blah!
Me too. Makes me feel like some kind of subservient chicken when I do it...
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Post by Moto_Myotis » Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:40 am

Pattio wrote: Me too. Makes me feel like some kind of subservient chicken when I do it...
Suddenly, I am hungry for a Whopper and fries and feel like buying MS Office Suite.
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