Ghostdevil
The Devil of Ghosts
- Location
- United States
Man, compared to the rest of the world, the US, Scandinavia, England and Japan came out like roses. (Seeing map for the first time)
Attempting to Fulfill the Plan: GDI Edition
It's not coincidence that the Blue Zones are mostly the wealthiest areas of the pre-Tiberium world order, surviving the early days required a lot of money and international political clout. The GDI is very rightly criticized for leaving the teeming masses to die in most of the global south while holing up in their rich European and American enclaves, even if you can argue all day about the justifiable sacrifices and bla bla bla most people in the Yellow Zones don't really care they just know that they got screwed.
trooperist
Cinnamon Roll AI
If anyone is curious the starting map of Tiberium spread is posted with the Q1 2050 results.
Not really anything happened other than the Blue Zones shrinking a little and the Red Zones expanding a little.
The only really noticeable thing is the line of red that grew through Mexico to connect the North America and South America Red Zones.
Not really anything happened other than the Blue Zones shrinking a little and the Red Zones expanding a little.
The only really noticeable thing is the line of red that grew through Mexico to connect the North America and South America Red Zones.
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- Location
- The Underdark
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trooperist
Cinnamon Roll AI
I suppose it does really help to be an island.
The US isn't that pretty seeing as how half of the 48 states are a red zone.
Though it does raise questions on how Tiberium spread over to North and South America seeing as Tiberium originally started in Italy.
- Location
- The Underdark
This is never answered in the game.
My answer is that it is mostly human. Early on, as Tiberium's promise was more understood than its risks, many in the central United States and elsewhere saw it as a means to take land that was worked out, and often near worthless, and turn it into productive viable farmland. These Tiberium Farmers soon found themselves turfed out, both by EPA fines, and more importantly, because they got their faces (more often their feet actually) eaten by green crystals. There was also some animal transmission, but that did more to spread it north south than across the Atlantic.
- Location
- Lost to the Depths of the Deep Web
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joe6168
Just a humble lurker
- Location
- Michigan, The lower left glove
Correction the Coasts of the US came out smelling like roses, while the entire great plains area got completely F*ed. That's one of the largest bread basket regions in the world just Gone.
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- Location
- colombia
i mean,most europe got fucked
america lost like 90% of its territory,russia and china got fucked
argentina and chile are a thirdworld place and still have blue areas
it think it was not only the wealth but how isolated such enviroments could turn out
islands got of well
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Ghostdevil
The Devil of Ghosts
- Location
- United States
True, but most of the economic powerhouses, and more importantly where the People are concentrated is still there, so its possible that the majority of the US population made it, albeit barely. Tho, it depends on how big the food reserve is.
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trooperist
Cinnamon Roll AI
I just have to laugh that we're doing a security review of the Tiberium department right after we get our latest hires.
"Continue your investigation to find any NOD spies or saboteurs within the department."
"You mean other than the NOD members we already have?"
"Yes, other than them."
"Continue your investigation to find any NOD spies or saboteurs within the department."
"You mean other than the NOD members we already have?"
"Yes, other than them."
- Location
- New York
Tiberium prefers to grow in temperate temperatures and in areas with high amounts of biomass to convert according to the C&C wiki. That is probably why there is a blue zone (Blue Zone 18) in the middle of the Himalayas and areas that had rain forests such as such as most of Brazil or Southeast Asia are now mostly red zones. Of course, GDI has been focusing on preserving former First World areas from tiberium growth which is where their power base is while Nod dominates and spreads tiberium in former Third World countries. The Mediterranean and Eastern Europe area are a red zone between tiberium first arriving there and the liquid tiberium bomb being detonated by Redmond Boyle's Ion Cannon strike on Temple Prime. The Australia outback is a red zone because Nod blew up a GDI liquid tiberium research center.
I suggest doing security screens on the infrastructure department. We just hired a bunch of yellow zone volunteers and we just had a natural 1 in infrastructure.
I suggest doing security screens on the infrastructure department. We just hired a bunch of yellow zone volunteers and we just had a natural 1 in infrastructure.
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- Location
- in the trash
Technically, the Balkans and Egypt were yellow zones, they just got completely fucked over.
Germany/Central Europe also had more a bit more blue but events completely fucked it. Bern is probably still a smoking crater in the ground.
Germany/Central Europe also had more a bit more blue but events completely fucked it. Bern is probably still a smoking crater in the ground.
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Takareer
Words and feathers
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
I'm not sure if this has been asked, but what's going on with Antarctica and northern Canada? Sure, in modern times they're definitely inhospitable, but with "putting all the people into orbit is a viable goal" GDI, surely Antarctic habitats/bases aren't out of the question?
- Location
- in the trash
Well, Antarctica and Canada have the significant downside of not actually being free of Tiberium.
Even Blue Zones have to deal with significant Tiberium encroachment, it's just all under active management and contained by spikes, resonance fields and silos.
GDI wouldn't have had the resources to spare on controlling Tiberium spread in Antarctica because literally no one lives there so uh... it's probably fucked.
Even if it grows slower in cold environments Tiberium has had literal decades to spread completely unchecked throughout Antarctica.
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- Location
- The Underdark
Mostly, being so isolated and inhospitable that not even the chronically space strapped GDI is willing to try and live there. While there is some Tiberium spread, it is not as bad as other areas. Just also not really somewhere that GDI could make a serious go of it.
- Location
- Queensland, Australia
Don't quite remember where it came from, but I'm pretty sure the reason for Tiberium spreading everywhere is down to careful planning by the Scrin. Namely that the first stage of Tiberium isn't particularly dangerous or fast to spread and thus can be easily and 'safely' used to mine minerals that aren't too deep.
So the wealthiest nations created some Tiberium 'mines' by spreading it around on the to expensive to extract but still valuable mineral deposits. Meanwhile less wealthy nations jumped on it with both hands in an effort to get out of the poverty cycle they were stuck in. Nod helping of course, to ensure that those nations could get access to it despite efforts by the UN to control it's spread.
Then towards the end of the 1st Tiberium War, it started to change and become the uncontrollable, lethal mineral we all know and hate. Which basically meant all the poor nations were extra fucked, whilst the wealthier nations, and especially those who'd had environmental concerns limiting the spread of Tiberium, had some chance of limiting it's spread.
To build on that, there is the fact that the first two stages of Tiberium growth benefitted from having biomatter to convert into itself to assist with the speed of it's growth. Also the colder the climate the slower the growth.
So the wealthiest nations created some Tiberium 'mines' by spreading it around on the to expensive to extract but still valuable mineral deposits. Meanwhile less wealthy nations jumped on it with both hands in an effort to get out of the poverty cycle they were stuck in. Nod helping of course, to ensure that those nations could get access to it despite efforts by the UN to control it's spread.
Then towards the end of the 1st Tiberium War, it started to change and become the uncontrollable, lethal mineral we all know and hate. Which basically meant all the poor nations were extra fucked, whilst the wealthier nations, and especially those who'd had environmental concerns limiting the spread of Tiberium, had some chance of limiting it's spread.
To build on that, there is the fact that the first two stages of Tiberium growth benefitted from having biomatter to convert into itself to assist with the speed of it's growth. Also the colder the climate the slower the growth.
Oh shit, some Tib rolls that don't hate us for once. If I'm doing the math right we just saw the Blue Zones GROW for the first time (by 0.11% so not exactly a lot but it's trending up instead of down for the first turn ever, and it won't last just a lucky roll, but still).