User talk:Pakkun/Sandbox

Spacial Estimation Project
I like the idea, but I think you're forgetting one key thing: the Great Sea is not on Earth. Unless you know the size of the planet, you cannot calculate the horizon disappearance distance. If you could measure any other distance you might be able to calculate the horizon disappearance distance though. We do know Ganondorf's height and Adult Hero of Time Link's height, if either of those helps (Ganondorf's height could probably be used to determine the horizon disappearance distance). -- Snorlax Monster  08:51, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I've done a small bit of research, and there's a few factors that could rationalize the world of The Wind Waker being the size of Earth. If you consider Adult Link to be of average height and Ganondorf to be of unusual height (which sounds rational, given Ganondorf is 7'6"), then the size and atmosphere of the planet likely come into play. Notably, a planet identical to Earth would yield humanoids roughly equal in height to modern man, which is assumed to be close to the biological limit (with slight variation). Assuming the atmosphere of the Hylian planet is nearly identical to ours in terms of composition, the volume and sheer weight of the humanoid forms would not allow typical bodies to grow without either altering the strength of bones or having massive and disproportionate bone structures. Now, given that human skeletal structures in the Zelda series can be destroyed with a sword or from being thrown, this implies that this isn't the case.
 * A differently sized planet would have different atmospheres, thus different conditions for growth. A smaller planet would likely bear a lighter atmosphere, so humanoids would be able to grow to slightly greater heights, at the cost of skeletal structures unable to maintain stability in greater ranges of pressure. OoT Link potentially wouldn't be able to dive/sink to the bottom of significant bodies of water. There are exceptions to this, such as the heights of Moblins and Club Moblins, though it can be assumed that they consequently live shorter life spans or are simply augmented (and I don't think that the Club Moblins' bodies are proportionate to human bodies).
 * Assuming that these conditions are congruent with Link's supposed height of 5'7", I think it's reasonable to state that Link must live on a planet with a size and atmosphere identical to Earth's. In any case, even if the distances are not consistent with ours, they can still be related using the same terms, though applying to smaller scales. 10:59, 16 April 2013 (UTC)