And sometimes it doesn't take much education to make your save to disbelieve. Hey Reacher, Captain America called - he wants his super-serum back.
I'm going to call on a different kind of education here: 4 years army.I understand that in a game like Battletech the weapons have ridiculously short ranges. Seriously, a vehicle mounted machine gun today has an effective range of 2,000 meters but the same weapon in Battletech has a 90 meter range. A lot of table top miniatures war games, like Warhammer 40k, have very short ranges partly due to practical reasons. Most of us don't have a 20 foot table to allow ranges to scale as they should. But despite the ridiculousness I don't mind suspending my disbelief like I do with steampunk.
In Battletech, there are modifiers to a mech's to-hit roll based on weapon range, speed of the target, speed of the firing vehicle, terrain, and even the pilot's skill. i.e. They already cover the fact that it's more difficult to hit targets at the extreme of your weapon's range. Depending on what brand of anti tank guided missile you're using in the real world, it should have an effective range between 2,500 and 5,000 meters. Long range missiles used by mechs in Battletech have a maximum effective range of 630 meters. I simply chose machine guns as it was the easiest way to illustrate the ridiculous ranges in the game.Sure, a mounted MG may have an effective range of 2000 meters, but good luck trying to hit a moving (defending) target at that range. It takes time for a round to go that far. Whereas at 90 meters, you're effectively hitting exactly what you aim at.
Bingo. In a movie like Dawn of the Dead, in order to buy into the story, we have to accept the premise that the dead have risen and seek to satiate their hunger by chowing down on the neighbors. But although the audience accepts this fantastic premise, it doesn't follow that they'll accept additional fantastic elements as well. If a dragon were to show up and burn through a horde of zombies I'd have a lot of questions.Another aspect of suspension of disbelief is "what was set up in the premise?"
Bingo. In a movie like Dawn of the Dead, in order to buy into the story, we have to accept the premise that the dead have risen and seek to satiate their hunger by chowing down on the neighbors. But although the audience accepts this fantastic premise, it doesn't follow that they'll accept additional fantastic elements as well. If a dragon were to show up and burn through a horde of zombies I'd have a lot of questions.
I’d have to review the research before I made a decision.So, the nitpick thread got me thinking: Is there a correlation between a person's level or education/knowledge and how much you're willing to give on suspending disbelief in entertainment?