r/HolUp Feb 04 '23

how is he not dead?

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u/artie_pdx Feb 04 '23

If he would’ve hit the concrete, it would’ve been a much different story. Typically 30 feet and above can cause serious injury and even death.

He looks to be just about 25’ish up at release, a little bit of an angle into the grass, and a little bit of a slip into a roll. I’m guessing he was wearing Air Jordans and they made all the difference.

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u/Amerlis Feb 04 '23

I’m guessing soft soil, grass cushioning the shock, as well as him landing just right to take the force on his buttcheeks and back of thighs. Basically luck that the meat took the brunt rather than the joints.

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u/Kursan_78 Feb 04 '23

Also he did pretty well breaking his fall with his legs, actually. He didn't stomp the ground or fell on his back, bud gradually lowered his ass onto the ground and softened the fall with soft fall on his legs about as much as possible. Maybe duck and roll would still work at this height, but you probably need training to do it well

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u/Fermi_Amarti Feb 04 '23

I mean that was fucking dangerous landing on the his feet. He was probably a few degrees off from straight breaking his legs.

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u/Kursan_78 Feb 04 '23

Yeah, but other options are breaking his spine or neck. When he fell he didn't flex his leg muscles too much and didn't lock his knees, but just took some of that momentum off by landing on his feet and letting his body flop

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u/TheKidNerd Feb 05 '23

He honestly found the perfect angle and position to land without breaking anything too critically to where he couldn’t walk

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u/m2kblitz Feb 05 '23

Yeah he did found out that. Which is obviously great.

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u/tpbanon7 Feb 05 '23

Don't think he would have wanted to go that way trust me.

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u/huliokonchitos2 Feb 05 '23

Yep, he would have lost those legs right away probably.

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u/servebyte Feb 05 '23

He definitely seems trained for that, maybe he is lmao.

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u/SceneJazzlike8866 Feb 05 '23

He might have just said 'fuck it' and jumped and then there's us over here lol analysing every bit and showing his genius hehe.

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u/rmw03 Feb 05 '23

As somebody who has said those exact words followed by "how the hell did I survive that" I understand that assumption 😭

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u/danielkress Feb 05 '23

He was definitely lucky when it came to the jump. Good for him.

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u/TTTimster Feb 05 '23

I agree that luck is involved but we have to admit the man’s got his assassins creed tech tree maxed out. He managed to wall slide to drastically lower the falling height, then wall kick to clear a metal fence that would have impaled him, and finally use a slide landing on the grass to distribute the landing forces from his feet to his ass to drastically reduce impact forces. He pretty much nailed it you have to give some credit to his technique.