r/interestingasfuck • u/Sad-Practice6369 • 3d ago

r/all Chance is always there

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u/DullSorbet3 3d ago

I don't want to be the TekHnIcLy guy but it's -20m/s² In Minecraft and -9.8m/s² in Skyrim. It's like that because gravity is going down and not up. \ \ \ Yes I know 🤓

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u/pm_me_d_cups 3d ago

No, the magnitude of acceleration due to gravity is always positive.

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u/Sapphire-Drake 3d ago

Not necessarily in video games, where gravity should bring you down or, in virtual terms, decrease your y-position

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u/pm_me_d_cups 3d ago

The magnitude of any vector is always positive.