so i was playing some world of warcraft last night and i noticed that when i jumped off a ledge or cliff, i would fall at a steady pace. i thought "well this is weird i should be accelerating in stead of falling at a constant velocity". well actually i wasn't thinking that, i was thinking about how i was going to get away from the guy chasing me. then it dawned on me, i would cast the spell that allows me to fall slower when i jump off a cliff (it is called "slowfall" incase you wanted to know). so i would run off the cliff with the guy chasing me, cast the spell, and watch as i decend at a much slower velocity than the man who was following me. also, as an interesting side note, because i was falling at a slower rate i was able to cover more ground in the x direction than had i jumped normally. my decreaced rate allowed me to continue moving forward at my Vo velocity from when i had initally jumped.
who says video games aren't educational?
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very clever frank, using physics in video games
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