[QUOTE="Kuhu"][QUOTE="Cesar_Barba"][QUOTE="notalkjustrock"] 250 < 300, sounds like you'll be fine.
There isn't jumping, you just lean forward.
Goten_king
It's true, but if there should be a game that requires you to jump, then the weight suddenly becomes much higher upon landing. However, I do think that it was taken into consideration that people close to that weight would put on more than the limit upon landing from a jump, 300lbs + force of coming down on the board should be more than safe.Your thinking of force, your weight doesnt change no matter how high you jump or how far you fall. Force = Mass x Acceleration c:
however, weight is a measure of force... americans are just stupid and don't label things right. in reality the board has a force limit. of like, x Newtons, so when put into lbs (another measure of force) its 300. your weight is still dependent on your environment and how you interact with it... mass is not however.
Weight is determined by mass and gravitational pull (a force). Weight itself is not measuring the force (gravity) but it's effect on mass. You weight is only dependant on the gravitational pull (and since we are rarely outside of earth's atmosphere in our lifetime can be expressed as a constant).
I agree that Force = Mass x Acceleration is far from the full extent of the physics involved, but calling Americans stupid is uncalled for.
You are criticizing a post on its correct presentation of physics when the first word in the post is grammatically incorrect. There is no need to berate the poster for either of these because the basic idea is still communicated.
That being said, the basic design isn't able to handle jumping is the general consensus. I personally have no problem with this because I think it would be awkward to try to leap from one platform to another, move my character forward to make the jump, focus on landing back on the board, and still feel like it's an immersive experience.
Back to the physics, weight topic. The game does include pushups so we know that it is designed to handle heightened downward forces. In this particular case, the weight is on a pivot and the board isn't handling the entire weight. It doesn't change the fact that the design is handling extra forces and I'm sure nintendo wouldn't say 300 pounds without it being completely sure that this is a perfectly fine weight for "normal" use.
You'll be fine if you weigh less than 300 and don't try to use it as a trampoline.
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