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It is quite literally 1:1 almost identical to the Challenger explosion, you can even see that it has an outline unlike other parts of the wallpaper.
Certain parts of it are COMPLETELY identical and you can literally match individual curves in the explosion cloud. The only thing that seems to have been changed was the addition of more debris and the extension of the smoke above the main cloud.
The unique black outline around this either means that it was poorly cropped from somewhere…
Or more likely that the artist wanted to highlight this particular part of the wallpaper for some reason. Considering it looks to be otherwise high quality and well defined, I’d argue that the outline isn’t a result of “poor cropping” and most certainly intentional. Why that would be I don’t know, gotta ask the artist.
I wonder what the forum administration will say about it, and it won’t say anything anyway.
What a peculiar detail… It seems too farfetched to believe that this was purely coincidental, Maybe it’s a jab at Americans…?
When you also consider that the new map has a spaceport and this had to be in the US frame of the wallpaper…
I hope for Gaijin’s sake that this was just a very coincidental, rapid and unfortunate chain of misfortunates.
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Why is it in poor taste? This game is literally a simulation of war, but this offends you???
Yes… the game is a simulation. The destruction of the Challenger was not. It was a tragedy that had nothing to do with war.
Staff have already acknowledged the mistake, can find Statement here::- Noticed a little something - #26