The SCIENCE! of Overwatch's BROKEN Melee System

[@Binidj]

So if your character can punch with that amount of power ... *what* *the* *hell* is that outhouse door made of?

[@stiergesichtbrigade9126]

Nokia phones

[@Bluprint_Husky]

Omg conspiracy born

[@psyko2666]

THIS!

[@LightlyRoastedToast]

The remains of the Overwatch Cheaters

[@giordihero]

i think he purposefully ignored that xD

[@Mars_the_Pepega]

they took punching lessons from one punch man

[@cindixgaming3557]

oh yes the best punz

[@Davenzoid]

+CindiXGaming :3 there are no puns...

[@cindixgaming3557]

Davenzoid oh... now i don't know what punz are anymore ;-;

[@sophieanderson1910]

+Davenzoid One Pun Man?

[@Davenzoid]

CindiXGaming :3 word play that are intended to humor the audience. what you are referring to are jokes, sir.

[@felixkurzke8524]

How is a small Korean girl just as strong as a Russian weightlifting champion

[@cyvoltage2942]

well technically, small d.va uses the butt of her pistol as melee and zarya her fist, so u cant say they are the same

[@andrewsnyder9301]

But the butt of a pistol won't provide more force, not really it'll provide a tiny amount of mass but the real thing is the speed at which they'd need to strike.

[@giliansterckx]

It's also a different type of damage. The pistol is small but hard, while a fist is softer and bigger. As such, zarya's hit is spread over a bigger are, while the gun might just leave a bleeding wound on you if they hit you hard enough.

[@GPantazis]

Still, how about YOU try to rip off a speed sign with a pistol. I'll be waiting here.

[@meowcow21]

Your Friendly Neighborhood Joker cuz logic

[@theskywolfwarrior6060]

Nobody noticed how the door to the bathroom ( 4:47 ) happens to be the strongest wooden (or happens to look wooden) door in existence? Overwatch chraracters may be able to punch through solid iron, but wood, that's their weakness.

[@who_m7315]

TheSkyWolfWarrior hello any car game Light posts easy to break Tiny tree crashes a huge truck

[@thegamerfromjuipiter7545]

TheSkyWolfWarrior rise of the tree people

[@farter_real]

They're all allergic to wood

[@blastjer]

Their fists are sonic screwdrivers.

[@filmandfirearms]

@@who_m7315 Most driving games don't have lamp posts and the like actually break, they usually just detach from the ground, which is what they're supposed to do in the real world. Trees, on the other hand, are meant to withstand the forces of nature for sometimes well over 100 years, and have no built in safety features. In the real world, if you were to hit a lamp post with your car doing 100 kph, your car would be fucked, but as long as you didn't hit anything else behind the lamp post, you would live. If you hit a tree at the same speed, you would likely die

[@Antlover420]

Yes. You did just watch a 17 minute documentary of sign posts.

[@souleaterb_6420]

i just wasted 17 mins of my life

[@Izlude7189]

Yep. pretty boring stuff

[@parkerr3244]

I thought the whole thing was hillarious.

[@hayazi96able]

was legit.

[@bizle5673]

it was pretty hilarious lol

[@Flameingpython5]

I want to know about Reinhardt and his suit How much does it weigh and why does it need rockets to propel the suit and the hammer How much force is applied when you get hit with his hammer and when he pins you against the wall

[@Flameingpython5]

Ur smart not me, you will find out how to make it interesting

[@stevie_ily]

i can imagine getting pinned by him would be like getting hit by a relatively small truck.

[@bigmcdick4916]

+Demitrium Hey, you make vids right?

[@stevie_ily]

Big McDick yes, but if you're referring to my deviantart videos, no. I don't make those anymore.

[@bigmcdick4916]

+Demitrium yeah stumbled my way into those and they were funny as shit imo. Then saw the no more vid and completely understood your pov. Not fun to do anything if it feels like a chore and not something you look forward to doing

[@PlanetaryPhoenix]

Yo austin, i want to know how loud you would need to shout to do a real life fus ro dah from the elder scrolls.

[@Jescribano1]

awesome idea

[@rhinocrook]

Vsauce3 did a video on it

[@PlanetaryPhoenix]

rhinocrook fuck Vsauce

[@codywolf3091]

+Gamerfreak 12635 fuck you vsauce is the shit

[@codywolf3091]

+Zakk Doom shit can't eat mashed taters and shit talk at the same time

[@zilx]

Can we take some time to appreciate this man's work? This dude just made a 17 minute video with a VERY thorough explanation of how strong a melee punch from a game is. I bet this guy can write a 20 page essay with very little work. Good job ShoddyCast!

[@ihatetobethatguybut7175]

ArcshadowRPG Yeah, I agree.

[@powdereyes2210]

​@@ihatetobethatguybut7175 better late than never, let's comment to 4-6 year old replyless comments shall we?

[@thehomiedq1620]

@@powdereyes2210 hell yeah

[@IsM1ku]

AND he went outside and smacked a fucking street sign

[@zilx]

@@powdereyes2210 It's always amazing when I see people replying to very old comments because I get to look back on whatever random thing I said years ago x)

[@MachiriReviews]

To the people complaining about the people complaining about him getting to the point... The people watching this are Overwatch players. If there's anything they value more than diamonds, it's getting to the fucking point.

[@belinskiparadox7687]

that's strange, whenever I play, no one is ever on the point.

[@braghtonconner6401]

+Ethan “Amp It Up” Shelsta Shots fired

[@dratesdragetes777]

+Ethan “Amp It Up” Shelsta savage

[@ukaszpiwowar4025]

No. They were looking for "NEW SUPER BROKEN MELEE OVERWATCH MECHANICS!!!1!! DIAMOND FROM BRONZE GUARANTEEED IN TWO MINUTES!!!!!!".

[@_narrows]

Is it weird that I've never played Overwatch, yet I watched the whole thing?

[@saturatedneowax]

maybe you have to be able to break a sign post with a punch to get into Overwatch

[@pig6692]

The8BitPhoenix mind blown

[@GabrielAidley]

Or a kick or a blade

[@powdereyes2210]

do those sign posts... am... look bended and distorted to you? I'm just saying it's a weird detail, they aren't smooth metal

[@setso1]

You think Overwatch has overpowered melee? There's a little game called Call of Duty in which a knife to the toe will kill a cybernetically enhanced super soldier.

[@sebastiaomendonca1477]

LOL

[@SuperCaitball]

We already know Melee is broken. I mean, have you seen Marth's grab range compared to everyone else's?

[@bloodfallenevileye5688]

good one.

[@CrypticNovas]

Suppercut2 lol what about my boy foxs shine 😂

[@hidood5th]

Suppercut2 I call for a science episode centered around Marth's grab. I REQUIRE IT LIKE PYLONS

[@AgentOrange502]

you think that's broken? theres a move in the game that its hitbox comes out frame 1, is also invincible frame 1, and be jumped out, can be used to cancel a jump, can combo into itself, kill move or grab, and it can kill enemies if hit by it off stage. also it has set knock back

[@luish68_]

Brandon G Shine?

[@madfox3013]

You said to leave a positive comment. So, protons.

[@harveybower9899]

XD

[@mrlabeouf9002]

Only 7 year olds found this comment funny

[@madfox3013]

Because they didn't understand it?

[@PolskieCentrumGier12]

And I love to leave neutral comments You know not overly possitive or straight up deppressing so... Neutrons amirite?

[@kabuuzahkabuuzah5690]

+That one “Animu” guy 😐

[@TetoKami]

and i thought he was gonna complain of the quick melee's insane range

[@Angelgamester]

I think he briefly does, about that and the fact that it's so quick, but not for as much as I think he should've

[@onnashinkan2702]

atarashi Zenyattas 3 mile kick

[@kirasmith1147]

or about how your MELEE IS AN AOE ATTACK >:C

[@ibraxiv-_-6653]

The melted SUX in this game It deals 30 damage

[@nolanpestano1798]

YES!!!!!! A NEW VIDEO THAT IS 12x BETTER THAN MATPAT!!

[@CagedAsh]

only 12x?

[@sawedoffs]

Matpat's latest Deadlock triggered me.

[@greysonweimer5305]

TRIGGERED!

[@raytavarez4285]

mat pat is annoying as hell, he isn't funny and constantly tries to be... I stopped watching his videos a while back, and the last few I watched either made no sense or actually made no conclusions

[@GraveUypo]

well. i unsubscribed to matpat a while ago. not only because the quality of his content was decreasing, but also because he only fucking looks at nintendo, and that pissed me off. but this is honestly better than matpat at his prime, even if i overlook his obssession with nintendo.

[@SadMexican7]

Also a punch in Overwatch does the same about of damage as genji's dagger and the stock of soldier's gun

[@jasperhorn4292]

Let's also not forget that Doomfist punched his way through concrete to break out of jail with his bare hands

[@classcalamity669]

What if they have different strengths?

[@powdereyes2210]

we can clearly see in the video that he can't break through a wooden toilet door what's up with that?

[@wedmunds]

You just went full matpat.

[@NextPlayAdventure]

That's right how he seemes to me, too. (it's by the way the first video of this guy I watched)

[@Angelgamester]

So analyzing things in games makes you Matpat? I don't get what you're saying.

[@wedmunds]

Angelgamester It's his tone, exaggeration and condescending attitude.

[@Angelgamester]

Wolf Edmunds Hm, the exaggeration I can get, but it's probably to make it less boring. It would be pretty boring if he plainly read this all out. I don't see how either of their attitudesare condescending though

[@flipjonah2348]

Austin sounded like mattpatt to me too at first but once you've watched a few videos they seem quite different. Tbh I prefer Austin at the min (probably because his vids are about games I like 99% of the time whereas matt's sometimes don't bother me)

[@flazme9858]

it's kinda funny how hanzo can Meele and put a dent in a steel wall but takes like 4 hits to kill a dva out of the mech

[@truecp5]

It actually takes 5

[@SuperJoseee]

Overwatch melee is broken titanfall: hold my beer

[@C_0_N]

Roanoke gaming did a thing on that.

[@raz675]

Tf2: hold my unusual

[@Afgnzrule123]

Someone tell me why I watched a 17 minute video of someone talking about punching street signs

[@ryx1993]

PizzaLikesCheese because you were bored and had nothing better to do

[@percabethivermory5224]

Because we’re all nitpicks that need assurance that their nipickyness is shared with other nitpicks THATS Y!

[@leonblack1919]

Because you like his sexy voice and his big brain

[@owlnight9241]

Mate, the video was talking about the physic of Overwatch characters' overpowered punch. A car can make the street signs BEND, but Overwatch characters' punches make them COLLAPSE. Just wanna say, ur stupid :)

[@konsuno8143]

Because its entertainment

[@sayl1812]

Hey Austin when you have the time could you talk about Zaryas particle cannon and her magical energy absorbing barriers as well as her ability to shoot black holes as if it was nothing to worry about

[@skyblade57]

they're gods, so they can make contained black holes.

[@calvindietz3268]

+skyblade57 they're heroes*

[@Co_opCat]

They're broken*

[@skyblade57]

Calvin Dietz no, didn't you see the ending?

[@skyblade57]

***** 13:10 and onward I belive.

[@mariah7174]

I was not expecting this out of my recommended videos

[@ramsesbams]

I thought this was gonna be about how melee is actually a way too strong move, but this is actually complain about absolutely nothing. amazing

[@noahmarino]

welcome to the channel its a fun time

[@shalltear159]

+Still Store-Bought Shitposts™ like the title of this video, that's a complete lie

[@madamebin1914]

bit clickbaity tbh :/

[@drukato7300]

What he's saying that realistically just using a melee strike would be enough to break like all the bones the opponent has or will have. I do agree it what kinda click-baity though. But not enough to complain about it...

[@jamietaylor2168]

he did explain at the start why it was a out fo place video, everyone deservers a down week or two :P

[@nuttyman123isaboss]

What about the spawn room basketball? If you punched it with that much force wouldn't pop or smash a hole through the spawn? Im probably reading too far into this...

[@truecp5]

Basketball= Most op weapon in the game

[@ryx1993]

You mean like he's reading to much into the mechanics of a punch in a video game lol

[@chaos_blue1089]

Ever heard of "holding back"? i know, r/wooooosh me.

[@CocoaNutCakery]

All this assumes that, 60 years in the future and after a robot uprising, street signs are made the same as they are today.

[@kalashydra9016]

what kind of technologi do you think it takes to create sign post ? and what material? they are not going to make it from alloy of titanium and stuff its a damn sign post

[@CocoaNutCakery]

Kalas Hydra I'm saying that maybe they started to make them cheaper or started to make them with a material that has less shatter resistance, perhaps under the logic that it would make them safer if someone crashed into them. I'm not saying that it's some advanced alloy. I'm saying that maybe the POLICY changed. It's the government. All they need is a single protest or news story to piss their pants and for someone to make whatever change the protestors want as their major policy platform.

[@kalashydra9016]

CocoaNutCakery ok cool then i didnt think about it this way

[@CocoaNutCakery]

Kalas Hydra

[@lorddelrenarthwipeiii1546]

They have flying cars in overwatch, and make buildings from solid light. They have no reason to make signposts on the ground.

[@ShoddyCast]

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[@stryfes6312]

THE SCIENCE! Zarya's Energy Shields!

[@tristanbarchi7210]

The science behind Bioshock's Adam? Maybe anything like Plasmids or the Adam Slug is possible in real life?

[@commanderwookiecopc806]

Hey, could you do some reaserch if a face like the Zerg is possible and if there are any real world equivalents to species.

[@AZ_The_Dude]

Dear Austin, It's me, some dude in the comments. Now you have mostly done videos on Fallout and Overwatch. Don't get me wrong, I love them. But, what about other games such as Assassin's Creed? Primarily, Ezio's Hidden Gun and Arno's Phantom Blade. Explain the science behind them, please. Sincerely, Some dude in the comments

[@thecombinesoldier6611]

yeah i wan't to know that

[@googleberry]

Zenyatta kicks... *Imagine him fucking sprinting*

[@Larzang]

I think I speak for the both of us when I say that we would be quite okay with the casual hovering around... *IF ONLY IT COULD STOP THE JUNKRAT TRAPS, FOR THE LOVE OF THE IRIS!*

[@brandonsydney7544]

+Larzang Sunyatta bear traps activate from pressure exerted on the plate in the middle, so zenyatta must have down force used to levitate instead of just manipulating air? or, unknown, video game

[@Larzang]

+brandon sydney Regardless, it doesn't explain how the trap would even reach us in the first place while we are floating above it in suspended levitation. Unless that bomb-lobbing fucker has specifically rigged all his traps with some sort of Anti-Omnic homing seeker and an aerial propellant of some kind, it just makes NO. DAMN. SENSE!

[@qwerty_joe5009]

+Larzang Sunyatta if you actually look In third person the trap jumps up

[@brandinthompson4405]

Insane Bolts is his track star name. Harmonizing with the finish line is his game.

[@jakeee5626]

The over watch characters could totally be Greek/Roman Gods or Goddesses because of how many there are! Like for example Hanzo Apollo and Torb Hephaestus!!!! Awesome

[@uria3679]

You know each country has their own pantheon of gods and goddesses

[@infernocop1009]

Nanomachines, son. mercy and ana squirt nanomachines all over the place like it's nothing, so how about handwavy nanotechnology explaining the super bones? Just thinking out loud.

[@werleidet2337]

Actually you're typing your thoughts.

[@infernocop1009]

+Wer Leidet 23 typing is an action actions speak louder than words therefore, I'm thinking louder than if I had just said that instead of typing it. your move.

[@werleidet2337]

+Inferno Cop Jesus that turned smart fast

[@JohnDoe-nq6oi]

+Inferno Cop Ridiculous technicalities malleable only because of the form of your presentation. Ultimately unimpressive. Your move? Pff.

[@infernocop1009]

John Doe Pawn to E4. Your move.

[@cheybat5390]

Austin, those signs have effectively gone for 110 years without maintenance

[@cheybat5390]

at the point overwatch begins

[@yourlocalengineer]

steel would lose a noticable amount of its durability only over the course of few thousand years, if that even would be possible.

[@littledragon6682]

+Jacob No951 plus natural climate would wear it down.

[@TheHalo3vidmaker]

Then how come they show no evidence of corrosion?

[@littledragon6682]

Benjamin Michael you got me there. But hey it's like Austin said, we could just be over thinking it. 😂

[@fiirkan1305]

It would be nice to have another halo Science! Vid. Maybe about the Spartan project.

[@R1J3H]

Its pretty well documented in Halsey's journal so less research needed, right?

[@fiirkan1305]

+RichTea Thats true.

[@solar7427]

problem with halo is, everything is explained in one way or another.

[@a_Rand0m_Guy]

do u mean a hidden history episode

[@nostradamusofgames5508]

Warhammer 40K*

[@jak6895]

Thank you very much austin! I've been trying to figure out how to use units of force and how to properly calculate all that for a world building excercise, but then I remembered that you made this excellent little video. So you have probably saved me a lot of tedious research, and for that I thank you very much.

[@Kaireaakajustin]

This is definitely some of the most quality, well crafted content on KZbin. Thank you very much.

[@Funlu]

Lol

[@manbearpig74012]

this is so much more annoying than quality or entertaining

[@intelligentllama2202]

indeed

[@Awsisazeen]

So bastion's body can handle 10 punches...huh. Okay. what the hell is he made of?

[@skyblade57]

bastion isn't a god, but his bird is a god using magic powers to protect it. all the overwatch characters are gods meddling in the affairs of man.

[@Searching4Solace]

+skyblade57 bastion is an incomplete God program tho ,':^)

[@skyblade57]

Lunar Bro no, bastion is a bastion-class omnic and the bird is a god.

[@biohazard724]

+skyblade57 Which presents an interesting background narrative. Overwatch was investigated and dismantled because of public outcry (stemming from internal meddling), right? What if they agreed to disband to avoid having to crush their human worshippers? Stories show if you demand a god does something it usually ends badly.

[@skyblade57]

biohazard724 yes, it's the secret backstory of overwatch didn't you watch the full video?

[@BIGGGO4]

Yo Austin, please figure out the SCIENCE behind Reinhardt's Earthshatter ability.

[@WrenchRock940]

Or... the actual shield. Or the pin ablility.

[@djlongstyle7912]

How about all?

[@jonathanbrazzle6389]

+Boxer man I feel like the shield is all that needs explaining, I mean the pin is just him slamming you into a wall, and earth shatter is just a hulk ground pound but with a hammer, both done with just propulsion. what's so hard to understand

[@jonathanbrazzle6389]

+Jonathan Brazzle jet propulsion

[@BIGGGO4]

+Jonathan Brazzle How much force does Rein have to use to crack the group and destabilize people? How could he generate that much force? How many 747's are his arms probably made of?

[@mxsdrago]

12:06 ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA

[@starbreaker6740]

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[@thenekomancer3867]

How much does Austin cost? I want an Austin.

[@harryhowes4647]

Check on Ebay, then tell me so i can get one too.

[@ArtianSetS]

One slave ticket

[@sunslingersilver1720]

A calculator and a copy of overwatch

[@stevie_ily]

and a round with Daniel Craig

[@King-sc6jq]

buy him on craigslist he costs 10 dollars

[@YukonHexsun]

I like how a bunch of people are whining about how you didn't get to your point fast enough. Yeah that's true, but do you lack THAT much patience? Good god, you have the attention spans of ferrets. I noticed it was dragging on but I just ignored it, it's not that big of a deal. Also I agree with you Austin, you should make a punch comparison video. That sounds awesome. I'd suggest Minecraft's Steve as a good contender, what with tree punching and diamond compression.

[@jamescanares4396]

Also because what he did instead was try to be funny, which he wasn't.

[@lynxord]

That's your opinion doucher. Just skip to the end and bitch less. It'll help you in life.

[@knightsolaire3781]

It had something to do with how he was wasting my time and his breath, and the former has value. =/

[@spooda1237]

TheGreatYukon His vids r soo funny

[@JaedynAG]

TheGreatYukon j

[@bloodjunkie1919]

If you look really closely, the vid doesnt start at 0:00 it actually starts at 0:00

[@NotACatt]

I'm not sure, but the video might end at 17:30

[@Klodire]

NotACat nah, it really ends at around the 14:00 mark

[@Kire667]

Obviously. Every character is part machine. Thus they have bionic limbs.

[@relaxmawx1107]

no not all of them

[@NotACatt]

Roadhog, Zarya, Lucio, 76, Tracer, Anna, D.Va (Out of Mecha) and Mei don't. (Adam Jensen totally doesn't either) A slightly better reason would be natural weathering. This could explain the breaking areas not being straight lines (As they are designed to do).

[@onnashinkan2702]

NotACat road daddy is 600 pounds of meat that can tug a 3 ton mec without a problem. zarya was a professional weight lifter. Lucio is a dj so he's got some punch. tracer can technically use her time distortion to got you 100 times but looks like one. 76 is a super soldier. Anna is a mean lady she raised pharah. and mei is a fat loser

[@NotACatt]

You do understand that that was a list for people who don't have robotic parts...

[@onnashinkan2702]

NotACat But some a are physically augmented and or trained intensely. you forgot reaper when he was Reyes btw.

[@tristanroberts]

Dude, you fucked up. 1 cm^2 isn't 0.01 m^2, it's 0.0001 m^2 because the centi is also squared. That should lower the punching speed to 24 m/s or so (trusting your other numbers) or about 50 mph. This is still really fast but a lot more sensible.

[@abomesai18]

No, you square it outside of the unit. Like if I had 5 cm^2, I ignore the cm for a second, just multiply 5x5 to get 25, reintroduce the cm, then convert to meters. would come out to 0.25 m or 0.05m^2.

[@tristanroberts]

Nope. That isn't true and, it really should be obvious if you think about a 1 m * 1 m square. Now divide each edge into cm. Now there are 100 divisions per edge; if you draw lines across them you get 10,000 1 cm * 1 cm squares in the 1 m * 1 m square and therefore 1 cm^2 is 0.0001 m^2. This is also why 1 l is 1 dm^3 (a dm being 10 cm or 0.1 m) even though 1 ml is 1 cm^3: 1 cm^3 = 1 ml = 0.001 dm^3 => 1 cm^3 = 0.001 dm^3 Like, it sucks that it's written this ambiguously, but the prefix is *always* included within the power.

[@BlueCosmology]

You can't convert cm^2 to just metres, 0.25m is in no way at all the same as 0.05m^2 or 5cm^2. 1 cm is (1/100)m, therefore 1 cm^2 is (1/100)^2m^2 = (1/10,000)m^2=0.0001m^2. Tristan is completly correct. 5cm^2 is 0.0005m^2, not 0.25m which is non sensical to say or 0.05m^2 which is just wrong. These "the science" videos are almost always badly researched nonsense.

[@tristanroberts]

yeah, I completely missed the dimensional analysis fail there the first time. It sucks that these videos are often nonsense but this seemed like a really basic fuckup that anyone even slightly familiar with metric should be able to notice and catch before it becomes a script let alone a video.

[@BlueCosmology]

tristan roberts It's certainly not his biggest mistake in these videos. You'd think that someone would realise that when you can't manage to solve an equation, you can't just swap the signs and pretend it's meaningful. Yet that didn't stop him from just randomly swapping the sign in the lorentz transformation in the mass effect video because he couldn't solve it. It's quite sad that so many people are being peddled such misinformed nonsense by this guy.

[@Epicmonk117]

I just assumed that, due to years of malmaintenance, the signs and fences would snap like twigs.

[@user-gu8ku5si8e]

True

[@josefhlavsa2891]

Except they snap the same way in Numbani, which is modern and relatively new city :) so the strain does not work into this theory.

[@matthewporter5113]

This video was 'shear' brilliance!

[@matthewporter5113]

It took a while to 'steel' myself for that joke!

[@matthewporter5113]

Sorry, I'll read the 'signs' and leave now.

[@thatskunk5101]

+Matthew Porter I think u have a "60%" chance to "Salvage" your reputation

[@dinodino7514]

+that skunk if he has the "metal" to do so

[@clayplayz2680]

dva can blast a bastion into smithereens with six punches...

[@lockedboat4782]

ClayPlayz one punch =30 Bastion=300 30*6=180 30*10=300 So it l takes 10 punches

[@cosmicpotato3849]

Samuel L. Bastion has armour too

[@Nyghtking]

And i'm going to point out, one punch breaks a sign, bones takes much less then that to be turned into powder, but it takes more then a single punch to kill the person you punch from full health. So the people in the game have stronger bodies then a steel pole.

[@Underworlder5]

then there is roadhog who can take a rocket to the face, inhale some gas and its all good

[@magdieldexter]

+very mad guy lmao

[@jonathanbrazzle6389]

how else do you explain Reindhardt basically rocket boosting you into rock/steel/concrete walls, and you surviving. *provided your health is high enough*

[@francovenica1531]

the video starts at 3:33

[@kalashydra9016]

11:30

[@seasalticecream]

+Kalas Hydra 17:30

[@ikilledamnesiac]

fo real. he talks too much. its as bad as "click on the subscribe button and punch that like for me, that'll be.. great. now on to the video!"

[@Soma_Reyes]

thx

[@Lonesstarr]

Yeah bro a little disrespectful towards ur viewers to drag them through the rambling and u know why u do it $$$

[@troyteuber2763]

Did he say Judo punch!? Judo has no hitting!

[@alkaeus]

it does in kata

[@alkaeus]

kappa or na

[@koi8751]

lol

[@DrakosLord]

Or... maybe they're just made with a different material? The nitpick and overthinking was strong in this one. Anyway, as usual, was a very entertaining excercise. Great video!

[@slipstreamstorm4473]

No, because we know for a fact that this is based in America, we know that America already uses this system, and a rehaul of a perfectly functioning system is unlikely in the foreseeable future, and you can see some signs have rust patterns that are quite substantial, indicating a number of years, so I believe they are the galvanized steel currently used in real life america

[@bryanleebmy]

Pascals are a measure of pressure, right? If so, then multiplying the 80 Gigapascals by your area should net you the force required, not pascals again. In addition, force isn't calculated by looking at velocity, it's derived from the rate of change of momentum, so either you're not sharing something, or you're just pulling numbers out of your ass.

[@bryanleebmy]

***** It IS finished, what are you talking about specifically?

[@instahswap]

Click read more ya muppet

[@marcosperezomg]

I mean, he did mention at the start that he was busy in life and in order to meet the schedule, he had to choose an easy topic. It makes sense if he did screw up some numbers. Regardless, punching street signs in half is quite an impossible feat.

[@Soksamurai]

Well this topic is anything but easy.... Next time he should plot his thing in some CAD software to recheck cause this is really far from the truth.

[@boredom1000]

He also got the "neutral axis" wrong. Though to be fair, it took a year of engineering college for me to thoroughly understand what he was fumbling after a week of research.

[@tennesseefairfield8497]

What about Reinhardt's and Zarya's shields? How do they work?

[@CanisMythson]

Reinhardt is a Paladin. His shield comes from his Faith.

[@zehucker7699]

Barrier fields

[@matthewlaborde1329]

Don't forget about winston

[@thekingoftryhards5970]

+SonOfMyths73 damn right

[@thizlam4810]

Hey, and fucking magnets how do they work?

[@jimzawacki3041]

I never though that talking about street signs would be so interesting.

[@nickseel7769]

"carbon, copper, manganese, and phosphorous blend" sounds delicious

[@andrewc3336]

I hope this man actually sends these scripts to the companies he mentions.

[@javierititin]

Yet all they do is 40 damage...

[@escobarmunir]

I think it 30

[@AlkisGD]

It makes sense if everyone has superstrong bones that can withstand the impacts mentioned in the video.

[@coconut7362]

It's 25 damage.

[@Texaboose]

Tracer's bullet's do a max of 6 damage per round (according to the Overwatch wiki), so regardless of whether punching does 25, 30 or 40 points of damage, the punch is still doing 4 to 7 times more damage than a bullet. Either that or Tracer has twin BB guns... hmm... that could explain a lot.

[@forgloryscrubs7571]

35*

[@engmac8178]

We want more elder scrolls

[@joshshamash6851]

"we"? Last I checked it's just you.

[@csortitoutseul]

+Joshua Shamash hahaha right ?!

[@engmac8178]

+Joshua Shamash I have two likes, so it's we. Sorry if you can't count.

[@Okamare]

I want some more elder scroll episodes

[@cas3571]

me too.

[@VVhinchi]

you definitely have the best sign off. "yeah, that's what I got. what do you go" fuxkin made my day

[@LJLvids]

why are you all so in love with the empirial system it's so bloody confusing and quite frankly outdated.

[@beepfd]

because were unique

[@michaelmoss8296]

We tried to convert a while ago but us Americans only accept our system and are too lazy to change

[@kevinvann4570]

Now I'm not claiming to know everything about the topic but I would say it's because in this situation and others we're pretty short sighted. I've asked my science teachers the same thing and I usually hear that it's because it would be pretty tough considering most everyone would have to buy new equipment for the new system. Long term this isn't that big of a deal and it will make life easier but people don't want to have to spend money. This actually happened back around the 1930's and it didn't work. I know this is a lot more of an answer than you wanted but it's better than "Americans are just dumb." We're not dumb, we're stubborn and short sighted

[@burnttoast6974]

ilpazzo12 Says the ones who left the eu

[@charky4331]

because it would cost billions to switch now

[@kagehipinette2335]

what about reinhardts rocket assisted hammer? with his exosuit time thing?

[@YukonHexsun]

Wouldn't that just mean that that attack deals as much force as a short Chinese woman with thick padded gloves? That almost makes it worse.

[@dans3593]

+TheGreatYukon actually, his attack is 2.5 times stronger than a Chinese woman wearing gloves, so much better...that's still pretty bad...

[@monkeyorful]

I want to know the science behind the reindhart shield, i mean, how can It stop bullets in only one direction, how much eneegy can absorb before being destructed, what kind of material can stand so much hits on a so thin barrier?

[@arne9180]

How did irt survive so long in the bastion short

[@mmeio]

+Gcraft 2.0 Hahahaha

[@brandinthompson4405]

Perhaps this was back when Reinhardt's armor was in much better condition, and thus what we see in game is the weak, time-worn version of it.

[@kevinzou4618]

It's not even just 1 direction, it can stop enemy bullets in both directions

[@degurkin]

in chemistry we have these crystals that arrange monodirectionally imagine cones all pointed in one direction now Reinhardts shield just has to spray some liquid in one direction and use a magnetic field to arrange the crystals and rearrange them after something passed through the conetip end and keep them in bounds,explains why his shield literally cracks after much damage

[@jonathandoe1367]

The really scary part is how strong the punches would be if they actually used kinetic linking, rotated the fist to maximize imparted force (as used in the basic karate punch), or actually put their weight into it, rather than simply extending the arm. I can only imagine how powerful such a punch would actually be.

[@karmicknight]

after 3 minutes of build up, my desire to watch this upload disappeared

[@OblivionFalls]

Have you never watched a ShoddyCast video before?

[@thekraken8him]

Holy mother get to the points: skip to 3:30.

[@rastaking9547]

how about doing a episode on mercys resurrection

[@pluto3194]

She clearly hit up all the shops and picked up LOADS of phoenix downs.

[@werleidet2337]

nanomachines son

[@rastaking9547]

Wer Leidet 23 oh was she playing us like damm fiddles

[@werleidet2337]

+rasta king She fills her patients with SUCH A LUST FOR REVENGE. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@shadowboy0126]

+Someguy1237 pheonix UP*

[@HateshWarkio]

Dear Austin, did you really think before this video, that Overwatch heroes/villains are humans? First of all, let's clear out obvious once, like super intelligent gorilla Winston, war machine Bastion and enlightened robot Zenyatta. What's left are all just petty humans, right? *WRONG* Most of Overwatch heroes/villains are actually superhumans or have some kind of enhancement, like suits and mechs. Let's start with that: Genji - cyborg, only remaining human parts are probably brain and partially face McCree - robotic arm prosthesis Pharah - wearing some kind of suit, comparable to Iron Man, later suits Reaper - formerly super soldier due to the drug, later became something like a ghost/wrath Soldier 76 - super soldier due to the drug Tracer - possibly also super soldier, but mostly, she's out of time, literally Junkrat - radiation freak Torbjörn - several robotic prostheses Widowmaker - probably super soldier/assassin, her heartbeat is so slow, that her skin turned blue(how?!) D.Va - usually in her mecha suit, that explains everything Reinhardt - wearing some kind of suit, comparable to the older version of Iron Man's suit, Mark I Roadhog - radiation freak Zarya - the strongest woman ever, plus she's Russian Ana - probably super soldier, she survived the shot in her eye, speaks for itself Mercy - very close to Wolverine with her healing/regenerative abilities So, the most normal members and possibly fully humans are: Hanzo, Mei, D.Va without mecha, Zarya, Lúcio and Symmetra. And even with these we have no idea, if they're not somehow specially enhanced.

[@myozx2112]

Im a reinhardt main so no quick melee hits for me :(

[@werleidet2337]

Soz m8 If it helps I rarely get to melee at all

[@marz8562]

"mains" lol

[@werleidet2337]

+marz I don't do competitive so your elitist words mean nothing to me

[@marz8562]

+Wer Leidet 23 ???

[@WATERmelonsCREW]

+marz Reinhardt mains are perfectly acceptable, Rein is used on every non king of the hill map.

[@overwtf610]

wait, only one mill subs?

[@ihatetobethatguybut7175]

Over WTF That's too much for a man like him.

[@doot5292]

The environment in overwatch is just made of toothpicks, your just looking at the situation the wrong way

[@hemlockk_]

When a thin roller skating black man deals as much damage with a punch as a man that can pull huge men wearing armor.

[@thulean.uruk-hai]

@10:20 - math fail; there are 10000 cm^2 per m^2, not 100 ... a square meter is 100cm per *side*, containing 10k cm^2. You should have wondered how a square with a side of 5 would have an area of 5 ... and I can't get to my calculator by that 0.053 number looks wrong too ...

[@thulean.uruk-hai]

OK, it's a case of what we called "math magic" back in Naval Nuclear Propulsion training ... equation was wrong, but somehow magically got the right answer. The result is indeed just over 5cm: (5.08^2) - ((5.08-(2*0.278))^2) = 5.3398cm^2 for the area of the shear point. So the error was when you converted it to m^2 ... 0.000534m^2 not 0.053m^2, because you divided by 100 instead of 10000. C'mon, Austin, if nothing else typing "convert sq cm to sq m" into google would have gotten ya a converter for that. ;) Which, BTW, throws your force calcs off by a factor of 100 too. Still an insane amount of pressure required, but only 1% as insane as it would have been. XD Which makes sense, since if it required a semi with a wedge travelling at Mach 7 (as you proposed) to shear that post, how in the hell would we have ever seen it happen already?

[@minemedown]

Was thinking the same thing, also a bit misleading when he says "3.9 GPa of force"... Maaan use newtons for force and Pascals for pressure.

[@pedrobaaijens4132]

+Darin Conard im in 3th class of highschool, this is magic talk to me atm

[@HarrybosWindmills]

13:24 what is this animation? I've never seen it before :/

[@omarfaraz]

Yeah can't seem to find it

[@MoSteinMo]

Overwatch Theatrical Teaser | "We Are Overwatch".

[@HarrybosWindmills]

Mo ty

[@DT-qx7yn]

Harrybos Windmills 🕊🌝🌙🌘🌘

[@moooky52]

i came here from a melee video as in super smash bros melee i don't even play overwatch but this is some quality content 👌🏻

[@zaniatnik]

Austin's lectures are probably the most awesome way to learn physics. And other sciences, in fact.

[@theworldofpanda6559]

i have realised today that i have no fucking clue what your saying half the time but dawum it sounds cool

[@cald211]

So... Overwatch heroes can punch through steel, but melee attacks do very little damage to other heroes... Yep, they're gods

[@calvindietz3268]

Heroes*

[@xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844]

+Calvin Dietz He spelled heroes the same way you did, so I have no clue why you tried correcting him.

[@xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844]

Kappa Master If he did, then it would show (edited) on the comment. It didn't.

[@xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844]

Kappa Master They don't have the edited thing on mobile?

[@dracoulou5294]

No

[@mantass6292]

why does this youtuber sound like that one guy from scishow

[@zacharysazama798]

I thought he WAS that one guy from SciShow?

[@gregory4611]

Austin: every member has the most overpowered punch in the history of mankind Saitama: hold my beer

[@senn3575]

Overwatch=Winston Winston=Harambe Harambe=GOD Overwatch characters are gods confirmed 10/10 would matpat again

[@safrussalmus9056]

10:20 0,05m2 is not 5cm2 it's 500cn2

[@safrussalmus9056]

meant cm2 at the end

[@BlueCosmology]

+Jeffrey Tolomeo No, it isn't. An area is not a length. Safrus is completly correct.

[@Broockle]

10:17 You said "0.053 square meters or 5 square cm" That statement is false. I'll explain why. 0.053m^2 does indeed pretty much equal 5 square cm. But a square meter and a m^2 is not the same thing. 5m^2 for example is equal to 25 square meters and 5 square meters is equal to about 2.2m^2. You wrote 0.053m^2 and said that is pretty much 5 square cm which is correct. But your whole line was "0.053 square meters or 5 square cm" that is incorrect. It should have been "0.053 meters squared or 5 square cm". This may seem trivial but if you don't respect that terminology it can get confusing as hell so please only use square meters to simplify results not to make your math bat-shit complicated.

[@SerKharl]

m^2 is actually how you write square meters. also, 0.0532m^2 is not in fact, 5 cm^2. It's 500 cm^2. any online conversion tool will tell you the same.

[@Broockle]

SerKharl Frikn hell this is so confusing, I thought I had it xD 5 meters times 5 meters equals 25 square meters or 25m^2. I believe you. A square meter is the same as a m^2. But in the video he still sais "0.053 square meters or 5 square cm" My alarm bells start ringing when I hear that. Cause there should be 10000cm^2 in a m^2. So really he should be saying "0.053 square meters or 530cm^2. Frikn hell that's your answer isn't it? Fine you got it the first time. I'm still more right than the guy in the video xD

[@FiveArc]

He did, however, make the error when converting cm^2-> m^2 (so it should be 0.0005 m^2). Obviously the post does not 500 square centimeters of area. Just thought I'd make note of that

[@Broockle]

Squirgenheimer lol tru, didn't even think about that xD

[@bayneful3292]

1 m^2 is equivalent to 10000 cm, not 10000 cm^2.

[@killerobonian]

just discovered your stuff recently through the plasma episode of fallout 4 and i love your stuff. i love over analyzing and even though i am a art teacher i always had a secret passion for SCIENCE. i think that's why i love ceramics so much the thought in the glazing process has some interesting things for me too think about. any way your videos bring a smile to my face and i can't wait for more.

[@CharmedPuma-xc1oo]

I'm early let me make a joke The 2016 election

[@AxeDoesStuff]

Noone can say its noy true....

[@MrBones-cu1vi]

your not early your on time

[@bobjim245]

last time i was this early i... no i cant top that. your right that joke is accurate as fuck

[@jacobmendonca8571]

Feminism

[@PsychoRider666]

Meninism

[@josephn8036]

Absolutely loved this video!!! I seriously thought it was going to explain each characters punch damages and which ones are more OP. But this video was hilarious and amazing!

[@SuperExodian]

i'd like to be enlightened someday why america needs to feel like a speciallittle slowflake with their imperial system, having uniform measuring units all over the world is too easy?

[@someguy3263]

Ask the government.

[@zed366891]

We aren't feeling special. We wanted to have our own. Frankly we won our own independence so we have the right to do whatever we choose.

[@SybilantSquid]

Because our road systems would make no goddamn sense if we switched to metric. Exit signs are posted at mile markers, which if we switched over to metric would lead to large amounts of confusion and expense. And local construction laws are often in imperial, so many of our buildings would need to be rebuilt. Much of our construction material would be wasted if we made the full conversion to metric. The U.S. is a big place. We couldn't afford a full scale conversion. The best we can do is slowly adapt our current resources to metric, but for some reason, some of us think that imperial is patriotic.

[@Major_Pixel]

It was thoroughly instituted into america before the metric system became standard, and the government doesn't care about converting. Unfortunately, the longer we go before converting the harder it will be to convert.

[@tonythetroll1174]

Actually, the US government has tried to switch in the past, but since it would cost manufacturers billions of dollars to switch from imperial to metric, they've lobbied against it every time it's come up. And when the people with the money don't want a change to happen, that change isn't going to happen. With that in mind, US citizens have to learn the imperial system, since almost all products here are measured by it.

[@craydoug7201]

Every action has a equal and opposite reaction therefore since the bar is receiving the shear force, so the bone won't be harmed.

[@ImKittyCow]

its pronounced like "root" sixty six

[@fiirkan1305]

Not neceserailly.

[@meowmx69]

only in america

[@IzraelGraves]

Its English. It has several pronunciations and all of them are correct.

[@icyru]

Actually it's correct both ways.

[@mr.kittysavestheworld695]

Both pronunciations are correct. It's just a regional thing.

[@pluransart1795]

we have circle sign posts here

[@joshuak7236]

Where you from?

[@sylvankatzmarek4172]

+Waffle.exe has stopped working I have them too and I'm from Wisconsin

[@coolEnomic]

ONE PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNCH!!!!

[@nushia7192]

melee attack of genji has a very unique range. its far more than the short sword that he deals a melee with.

[@Cybermoonmage]

was that a jojo reference

[@velixenoverse3635]

Here is my explanation : It's just a game

[@user-fi1on9rw6x]

Nah we're people who have no life and take everything too seriously

[@lorddelrenarthwipeiii1546]

Jesus... just stop.

[@gamemaster634]

Not all martial artists or competitive breakers use weakened materials though. Some condition their bones through micro fractures to be able to withstand the extra force.

[@cyrillaville2367]

ONE PUUUUUUUUNCH

[@huxley3043]

okay but does anybody else think that damage from melee should vary from hero to hero? eg, im p sure that ana's punch does the same as winston's. and genji's small blade is the same as a punch as well. but i feel like a gorilla punch, or a punch from zarya should do much more, and make melee much more useful? i know that changing melee values would throw the game's balance even further, but i kind of want a more reliable way to do damage up close in deadly situations. idk lmao this is just a thought i've had right from i started playing the game :)

[@birdinmotion1525]

There's melee in overwatch?

[@Kinyek]

That's why I use it so much, no one know about it. If you are on computer press v.

[@speedingblaze]

+SkyFox Everyone knows about it...

[@Kinyek]

+EyJeenius almost everyone I have played with doesn't know about it.

[@staceysucks]

Yeah, click V.

[@LegoClone17]

if you're a dweeb, push in the right roundel on an xbone controller

[@Ravenwraithstudios]

you forgot the air resistance caused by the top of the sign post and you know... the sign. it greatly lowers the need to punch with the escape velocity of the moon.

[@Schlach]

The amount of time and effort put into your videos is commendable, keep up the entertaining and informative videos.

[@SirFenV]

I don't usually leave comments here's a positive comment. Your day has been made!

[@SirFenV]

So is yours.

[@acesh4dow125]

Well fuck I'm about to sleep.

[@traviswilson3969]

f(x) = XD+|comment|-(street sign/2)... f(x)= good video

[@traviswilson3969]

math joke :P

[@aymanayad7230]

i just came back from a 2 hour math lecture this reminds me of simpler maths of the good ol days where a 6 word equation would take 2 pages to solve enjoy thy days while you have em

[@TxRxAxP]

+Ayman Ayad tell me how to do hard logs

[@aymanayad7230]

Partyer logs are really hard just use a calculator for number but if its like a simple number eg log(300) chanhe it to Log 3 + Log 100 log wich should make it easier but other than that you really cant help it :P

[@TxRxAxP]

Ayman Ayad ok

[@idealm477]

I actually thought you would measure the damage it did to health bars, compare it to the jouhle/hp we have with bastion to find out it's force but you wen't on with something that proves it's actually harder and that the quick meele of an ana alone should instantly kill roadhog