how many playcoins does gordon have, like actually?
Jan 28, 2024 0:27:05 GMT -5
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Post by sawsily on Jan 28, 2024 0:27:05 GMT -5
so the nintendo 3ds is where the playcoins come from, both the name and assumingly mechanics.according to this wiki it's roughly 100 steps for a single playcoin, and assuming gordon's getting the playcoins from the gps trackers in the suit it'd be totally possible to calculate his rough playcoin count by the end of the series. using rough estimates for his height and stride length, 100 steps is approximately 250-ish ft. the half life 1 maps measure area in hammer units, with 1 unit being roughly 1/16th of a foot, meaning 4000 hammer units traveled linearly is equal to one playcoin. ive had this floating around in my head for ages but the sheer amount of time it'd take to measure all of half life 1 is what's been in my way.
however, there is another (albiet stupider) way. in act 3 part 2 coomer says that the exchange rate from USD to playcoins is 5 to 1. assuming that the playcoins are being converted from gordon's bank account actively as he uses them (ignoring the one time coomer says he has 2 playcoins remaining), you could find the amount he theoretically has by just figuring out how much money he's got. the median yearly salary for a theoretical physicist (info from some random website, this could be totally false) is around $75,000; adjusting that to 2003 dollars becomes ~$45,000. divide that by 5 and rounding down that means gordon has, by an incredibly rough estimate, 9000 playcoins at any given time.
however, there is another (albiet stupider) way. in act 3 part 2 coomer says that the exchange rate from USD to playcoins is 5 to 1. assuming that the playcoins are being converted from gordon's bank account actively as he uses them (ignoring the one time coomer says he has 2 playcoins remaining), you could find the amount he theoretically has by just figuring out how much money he's got. the median yearly salary for a theoretical physicist (info from some random website, this could be totally false) is around $75,000; adjusting that to 2003 dollars becomes ~$45,000. divide that by 5 and rounding down that means gordon has, by an incredibly rough estimate, 9000 playcoins at any given time.
i suppose another way would be to track how many times playcoins are mentioned/used throughout all the acts then just plot the amount spent as he goes along, adjusting for whenever coomer says he's all out of playcoins or however much a single action costs.
none of these really mean anything nor is it a call to action, i just thought it'd be fun to think about
(what im saying here is don't waste your time trying to measure and tally up gordon's route through black mesa)
