As we approach the "2 month on the boat" mark, I just want to put things into perspective. What if FFG had put the C-ROC on an actual crocodile? From what I could find, the saltwater croc (we are going across the ocean so I went with him) can swim at about 9 miles an hour. There are 24 hours in a day so he would cover 216 miles a day if he was able to swim non stop. Given that we are approaching the 2 month mark lets just call it 60 days. The non stop croc would cover 12,960 miles in that time. Let's give the poor Croc a break though and say he takes an 8 hour rest every day, we can call him the "lazy croc". He would cover 8,640 miles in 60 days. Here is the amazing part...China to the West coast is only 7,232 miles! This suggests that both our non stop Croc and the lazy Croc would beat the C-ROC boats that FFG currently employs! These are hard facts FFG! Start using Crocodiles!
Croc vs. C-ROC: The facts
Cute, but these are not hard facts. They are fuzzy. Mean average may be 9 miles an hour, but that doesn't factor in weather, currents, riptides, or the like. Heck, even some large, and harmless, manta rays might slow the Croc down significantly.
Lol
Additionally, crocs don't need weeks to load and unload the containers, they don't have to wait for customs clearence, and they don't have to ship the stuff to the FFG warehouse.
10 minutes ago, lazycomet said:Cute, but these are not hard facts. They are fuzzy. Mean average may be 9 miles an hour, but that doesn't factor in weather, currents, riptides, or the like. Heck, even some large, and harmless, manta rays might slow the Croc down significantly.
Actually I took all of this and more into account with my calculations. My numbers are flawless
8 minutes ago, Ubul said:Additionally, crocs don't need weeks to load and unload the containers, they don't have to wait for customs clearence, and they don't have to ship the stuff to the FFG warehouse.
Yes they do. Again, it's all in the numbers
Well, I definitely think I would win more games if I were to put a live crocodile on the table. Most of my opponents would forfeit (aka, run screaming). Carrying it in my case might be problematic, however.
This post is a crock but I don't want to knock it.
21 minutes ago, lazycomet said:Cute, but these are not hard facts. They are fuzzy.
FACT: crocodiles are neither cute nor fuzzy.
35 minutes ago, Sekac said:FACT: crocodiles are neither cute nor fuzzy.
They are cute
Your argument is partially invalid
4 minutes ago, Suriel said:They are cute
Your argument is partially invalid
Not to mention several internal organs in reptiles are fuzzy, but I digress. Entire thread is fuzzy.
Here's a fuzzy crock:
1 hour ago, Suriel said:They are cute
Your argument is partially invalid
I'm fairly certain that's an alligator, which are, in some cases, cute.
...FACT.
Gunboat Libre!
nerf croc?
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Why aren't we using blimps or similar for shipping? Over land at least. Sure they're slow and subject to air pirates (Does anyone remember that documentary series called TaleSpin ?) And you don't have to maintain the roads because of them; there's actually very little infrastructure needed.
Are you talking about a load of C-ROC?
30 minutes ago, Force Majeure said:Why aren't we using blimps or similar for shipping? Over land at least. Sure they're slow and subject to air pirates (Does anyone remember that documentary series called TaleSpin ?) And you don't have to maintain the roads because of them; there's actually very little infrastructure needed.
NASA has developed a cargo airship. It is ~130m long, costs 35 million USD, and has a capacity of 66 tons. In comparison, a semi-trailer has a freight capacity of ~20 tons, and a single boxcar can carry 70-80 tons. Blimps are also very sensitive to weather conditions.
Edited by Ubul8 hours ago, dotswarlock said:Well, I definitely think I would win more games if I were to put a live crocodile on the table. Most of my opponents would forfeit (aka, run screaming). Carrying it in my case might be problematic, however.
Six foot or less is probably a "carry on" but after about six feet in length they start packing on the pounds. They become a lot less portable.
The better plan is to use African swallows, but they're not migratory so its a lot of extra training.
This is the kind of science backed s*** post I can get behind.
My sides have entered low-earth-orbit.
On 5/3/2017 at 2:28 PM, lazycomet said:Cute, but these are not hard facts. They are fuzzy. Mean average may be 9 miles an hour, but that doesn't factor in weather, currents, riptides, or the like. Heck, even some large, and harmless, manta rays might slow the Croc down significantly.
Doesn't the C-ROC have some kind of ray shielding?
36 minutes ago, superdave said:Doesn't the C-ROC have some kind of ray shielding?
Do the interns get glocks?
On 3.5.2017 at 8:44 PM, dotswarlock said:Well, I definitely think I would win more games if I were to put a live crocodile on the table. Most of my opponents would forfeit (aka, run screaming). Carrying it in my case might be problematic, however.
You have no idea about out RPG rounds. The cats did not like it and the croc was sometimes hissing at our feets, so we jumped onto the couch, but it most certainly did not stop us from playing
