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Re: :-\
Posted By: vlad3163	Date: 6/3/09 4:58 p.m.
In Response To: Re: :-\ (Omega) : I don't think it's known for sure, but those seem to be in about the right : spot. : Realistically no, you probably wouldn't be able to see buildings that size : from Voi. Even if the ground removed to uncover the portal prevented : Mombasa from being obscured by the horizon, I think its structures would : simply be too small and too distant to see. At the same time, though, we : don't know how far New Mombasa sprawls beyond the main island, nor do we : know precisely how large the portal is. : I think Bungie was just trying to connect us to Halo 2, with little regard : for realism; I'm fairly certain Kilimanjaro wouldn't be visible from Voi, : either. "Two hundred and fifty years ago New Mombasa—at that time the world's busiest sea port—was chosen to be Earth's first tether city. Over the next eleven years the city experienced explosive growth, but nothing compared to what followed. The city grew out as well as up, its urban sprawl unequaled throughout the continent. By 2430 New Mombasa had absorbed all of the island and many of the surrounding towns found themselves overrun by residents of the old city. The switch was never official and many of the neighborhoods within direct line of sight to the Mombasa Tether still distribute newspapers and chatter directories under their "old" names, but all municipalities within a 74 km radius of the island are now referred to as Old Mombasa." The New Mombasa Field guide entry.

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ODST is bittersweet, for me	Jordan117	6/2/09 5:10 p.m.
Oops.	Jordan117	6/2/09 5:14 p.m.
Re: ODST is bittersweet, for me	The More Deluded	6/2/09 6:51 p.m.
:-\	pete_the_duck	6/2/09 7:51 p.m.
Re: :-\	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	6/2/09 8:15 p.m.
Re: :-\	Jordan117	6/2/09 9:11 p.m.
Consider this:	InnerRayg	6/2/09 9:19 p.m.
Re: Consider this:	Jordan117	6/2/09 9:26 p.m.
Re: :-\	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	6/2/09 10:22 p.m.
Re: :-\	Omega	6/2/09 10:37 p.m.
Re: :-\	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	6/3/09 1:26 p.m.
Re: :-\	bluerunner	6/3/09 1:55 p.m.
Re: :-\	Omega	6/3/09 2:24 p.m.
Re: :-\	vlad3163	6/3/09 4:58 p.m.
Re: :-\	Omega	6/3/09 6:18 p.m.
Re: ODST is bittersweet, for me	MasterNoob	6/2/09 9:32 p.m.
Gameplay issue	FyreWulff	6/2/09 9:46 p.m.
Good Point...Here's another question	InnerRayg	6/2/09 10:55 p.m.
Re: ODST is bittersweet, for me	Warp2	6/3/09 8:50 p.m.
Re: ODST is bittersweet, for me	Psychophan7	6/4/09 3:37 a.m.
Re: ODST is bittersweet, for me	General Vagueness	6/4/09 1:53 p.m.
Re: ODST is bittersweet, for me	Psychophan7	6/4/09 4:32 a.m.