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Mass Effect 3 Stuck In A Tree

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by Jim Reilly on February 24, 2012 at 12:55 PM

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Oh dear. It seems EA's Mass Effect 3 Space Edition promotion isn't going as planned.

Yesterday, a number of copies of Mass Effect 3 were launched into space in San Francisco via a balloon that later descended back to Earth. The only problem is one of the packages is stuck in a 150-foot tree.

There are currently around 10 people gathered below the tree hoping for it to drop. The latest plan is to buy slingshots and shoot it out of the tree. "We couldn't find a water balloon slingshot, so we're going to try with marbles! If that fails, a guy at Home Depot offered to make us a potato gun."

I'm sure this will end well.

You can follow the group's progress on the official Mass Effect Facebook page.

Filed under: News, Electronic Arts, BioWare, Mass Effect 3

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by Zero Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:03 PM

Well that was bound to happen.
by Mray901 (スネークイーター) Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:03 PM

Trees: A gamer's worst enemy. Apparently.
by crimsonspear Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:03 PM

We all saw this coming... except EA!
by gamefan4564 Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:04 PM

hahahahaha
by Snaveno Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:04 PM

Well, at least this stunt is getting attention.
by Knight of Zer0 Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:04 PM

lmao, i totally called this.
by PaperCamm Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:04 PM

My Solution: Chop down the tree and burn it.
by Optimus Prime Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:04 PM

They're about to do the Vegas launch now. I wonder how it's going to end..lol
by SpiderRyno Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:05 PM

ummm, has anyone thought to call the fire department?! I mean... it's in the woods yes, but of all the crazy schemes it might work get a firemans ladder... and it might be costly, but obviously getting that thing down is going to be fun. So maybe get a tree climbing apparatus....
by Jared Smith Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:05 PM

So here's what I'm wondering: When they get it out of the tree, which one of the ten fans is going to get it? I smell a war coming on...
by cory Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:06 PM

who honestly thought this was going to be a good idea?
by Craigaleg Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:06 PM

Like a bad joke setup... How many gamers does it take to climb a tree?
by Andrew SiNiSTER Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:06 PM

This is awesome :P
by VampireRobot Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:06 PM

This was a pretty dumb idea. I still can't understand why they didn't just do a normal enter to win contest.
by Coolicy Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:06 PM

I wonder how will the 10 people split the 1 copy of Mass Effect 3......
by Jojonny17 Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:06 PM

I'm pretty sure these are the guys from IGN, I just saw their video and their copy was stuck in a tree. It would be funny though if that happened to multiple copies.
by Ewok King Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:07 PM

Next news: ME3 copy hanging from the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Or a ME3 copy stuck inside of a casino machine in Las Vegas.
by Richie Thorn Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:07 PM

This is why gamers everywhere should have at least one trained monkey at their disposal. I knew i was going to be ahead of the curve and everybody laughed at my monkeys. Well look who now is going to have a copy of Mass Effect 3!! Muwahahahahahahahahaaa!!
by Warbuff Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:07 PM

This situation is ripe for comedy of the street persuasion.
by Boyzby Friday, February 24, 2012 at 01:07 PM

I'm scared of heights and I would climb that tree myself to get that. Okay not really. The problem that's going to arise for those guys is who gets it. Also, someone who finds it could probably sell it on eBay for a bit so... I don't see the point in all of this other than we get to know that people are playing the game because they it pretty much fell on their laps.

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