Game Theory: Fallout Bottle Caps are Worth HOW MUCH?!?
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Fallout 4 is coming...and I can't wait. So while I wait for the newest installment in the Fallout series, let me tell you a tale of a young Fallout fan named GatorMacheteJr. and the deal he made with Bethesda. He traded in BOTTLE CAPS for a pre-order of the game. But did he get his money's worth? What did he ACTUALLY pay for his copy of Fallout 4? The answer is shocking!
Fallout 4, please come now!
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kille
Noooo
Don't let the comments fool you...this video has NOTHING to do with FNAF.
SuperNess 199X OH HECK YEAH!!! MOTHER 4 FTW
Oh yes it does. You know it in your heart.
Think about this matpat you might just play as the big brother. And you know why i say that
The Game Theorists World war 2 did end in the Fallout Universe m8. And in fact, it ended just as it did in the real world.
The Game Theorists I dunno... Both seem to be post-apocalyptic. The only difference I'm seeing is one setting is the fanbase, the other is the actual game
firing more shots than a gatling laser :^)
My goodness I never knew how much I would miss Mattpatt until now
no kidding
Ikr? Just watched last film theory and all i thought was that it just doesn't feel the same anymore
It really doesn’t feel the same anymore
Same@@Alejandro-et4pf
It’s not the same way as it was 😂
Bet this video is being resurrected rn for everybody by youtube algorth thanks to the fallout show
Yup
Yup
I was wondering why this popped up on my feed, makes sense now. Mostly watching to see how much GT has grown up
Yup
Yep
2287: bottle caps
2020: toilet paper
Big brain
3000: We all are already dead
@@executioner1840 funny just forgot to laugh....
its coming
@@Daniell- you forgot the year 3000
By this math it would take:
1,696,937,500 fallout caps to buy one suit of diamond armor.
Or
5,039,281,552,500,000 real caps to buy one suit of diamond armor.
Good job sir. Good Job. You get a thumbs up. 👍
+MAT2 II and a clap and a half
a+ extra credit for you
I'm now going to save up 5 quadrillion caps to buy myself diamond armor.
+Dark sorry it's 5 sextillion
Love getting recommended this video in 2024
real
The fallout show came out recently, so it’s relevant at least…
Whos watching in 1302?
Dude your in 2024
You are not in 2015
I'm watching in 2025
Me
Me
"gold and silver" * photo of gold and platinum*
Coop_Do g12 hello I’m the second bot I’m here just incase you didn’t see the first one
No, three
No, Four.
No Five.
@PotatoLamaJuice Courier Six! (No, seven)
5 of the 59 hours I’ve played fallout 4 is editing the characters
You need to play 10 hours more
What did you do during the other 54? OwO
Those are rookie numbers
So you're saying you spent little time editing your character?
You spent 5 hours on your character just to get power armor within the first hour. lol i did basically the same
This video has 16 times the detail than any other game theory video
Wow, its been nearly 9 years since Fallout 4 was released. I feel old.
Me: *seeing how much you used to pay for fallout 4*
Also me: *remembers that I got it for $15 with 2 other games*
what a good deal
I paid 10 bucks and got fallout 3 and 4
Were those two other games Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas?
@@somethingedgy2185 nah just random games
I got fallout 4 for 5 dollars lol
Do a theory on underwater air bubbles in games like Sonic, Mario, and Conker. They're a 3D platformer staple, and I want to know if they could actually save someone from drowning.
Remmer Kay That's a good idea.
Remmer Kay That's actually a very good idea. Good call dude.
Remmer Kay Lol for some reason when I read 3D I read it as "Bubsy 3D" ... Idk why the hell that happened.
That's a great topic for a next video
Also, how big a bubble you'd need to sustain yourself for at least one minute if you can breath with a bubble. Good idea!
We miss you matpat
Matpat: seriously what are you going to do with a brick of gold
Me: make a golden sword obviously
The hilt of my sword is made of gold and the serrated blade is made of lead to give the target a lethal dose of lead poisoning.
@@shawnburke-hutchinson5901 every hit makes them more mentally impaired, lowering their defense.
@@Jake-qc3mj It also has a chance of just straight up killing them
@@shawnburke-hutchinson5901 yeah that too
@Aiden Hafer just get your cloning machine, duh, smh
What if his barter skill is 100?
Drawerful Dark good point
Oof good point
Makes sense
mire like Barter 255
I have no clue what that means cause I don't play Fallout
1:39 Naaw, old Mat was wild💀💀
Why?
@@Sewagememeshitler
Who’s watching in 2024?
Yup
*hand goes up slowly*
I Miss matpat
Me
Yep
Videos like this are what makes you guys awesome!
Gnoggin in a time line sense, how many years after "the thousand year door" does "super paper Mario" take place?
Gnoggin are you true
Gnoggin you are awesome!
Gnoggin i love your videos
Lockstin & Gnoggin I'm a big fan of you and game theory
The biggest flex possible is using a brick of gold as a doorstop
Can you do a theory about Roblox Brookhaven?
Ah, yes, I need to see this before the end of the world.
Wish it was a mutant virus instead of some lame virus
@@hunterofdarkness8329 Hey kid, want some FEV? Everyone loves forced evolutionary virus!
@@hunterofdarkness8329 cringe
@@Tw0Dots
After looking back I agree, 2years ago me was lame
“Dedication of the fan base”
Wow, this video aged poorly
How so?
Joe C because with that quote we can look back at the BS that was fallout 76. Regardless of what you think of the GAME. The devs hardly listened to their fan base in the first couple months of the games initial release
@@nostopit179 That was one game. While I will never forgive Bethesda for 76', you cannot judge an *entire* company on one game
@Harle of the moon Well then FromSoftware is a horrible company because of the Sekiro controversy. Same can be done for every good game developer
@@LunarOverdrive sekiro?
Actually, in Fallout: New Vegas you could counterfeit bottle caps. The Crimson Caravan sends you out to a bottling factory to shut the machine down in fear of inflation.
yeah that's why they wanted it shutdown otherwise the economy in fallout lore would be getting fucked up.
Isn't there a similar place where you get the gauss rifle? Or is it the same place?
HelloDolly I don't know exactly what you're talking about, but the bottle press is located in the Sunset Sarsaparilla HQ. You can receive a special laser pistol from doing "The Legend of the Star" quest. I personally don't know of a Gauss rifle in that area.
HelloDolly Your thinking of Brewer's beer bootlegging shack.
Evan Scott Actually ACTUALLY ACTUALLYACTUALLYACTUALLY
That's kind of the entire point. That one bottle cap press was so important to destroy because it's so hard to manufacture new caps. If it was easy or common, destroying that press wouldn't have been a big deal to the crimson caravan.
Caps would be really valuable if this happened in real life depending on how rare natural resources are to find so basically 230 bottle caps would make u rich in a way depending on the resources
As soon as I heard matpat say the iconic “War never changes” I knew I was in for something weird
Great video, but there was one thing I was wondering... You calculated about how much Fallout Caps would be worth in 1961, and then in 2015. However, the Fallout universe economy would continue until 2077, when the Great War happened and prices stopped changing. Due to inflation having a massive effect on the world considering all natural resources being used up, I wondered what caps would be worth in 2077. So I took it upon myself to figure it out.
In order to figure out the value of caps I first figured out the value of gold in 2077. In order to do this, I had to figure out the % increase of another commodity. In Fallout 4, if you go to a Red Rocket station, the sign will say that ¨Class C Coolant¨ is $113.99 per gallon. Class A is cut off, but I´ll assume Class C is more of an average than Class A. I will also assume that ¨coolant¨ is effectively the same price as conventional gasoline would be and compare it as such. Comparing the gas prices of 1961 (~$0.27 per gallon) to the coolant prices of 2077 gives a percent increase of 42,122% Now, multiplying the price of gold in 1961, being $35.50 per Troy ounce, by this 42,122% means that gold in 2077 would be worth $1,495,331 PER TROY OUNCE. HOLY CRAP. This would mean a 35 pound, 510 Troy ounce brick of gold would be worth $762,618,810. Finally, this means that a single Fallout bottlecap would be worth $71,206
So this would mean that GatorMacheteJr paid $159,501,440.
oh god
@@gladyspenaloza7722 inflation am i right
Holy shi-
Ima gonna get those caps back quickly and totally give em back 100%
Remember: dollars aren't worth the paper and ink cost to make them, but the amount we decided
Without Fallout I wouldn't be here. (The channel not the me)
Woooooooo
AlternateHistoryHub My two favorite channels in the same place. Neat!
Love u
Jonah Bowen yup
Youuuuuuu suuuuuck!
Waching old videos after matpats retirement...feels weird
So did he overpay?
"Well yes, but actually no."
Bear in mind, Bethesda could have simply refused to accept the caps in the first place.
jesus christ i learn more from matpat than school lol
Draxez i know right!? compared to matpat school is crap!(like anything that isn't scottish{saturday night live reference})
Draxez you are soooo right I remember about 1/4 from what I learn at school I remember loads more from MatPat
amen
Draxez same about 3/4 of my knowledge comes from here instead of school
Duh. You learn more when you are willing to learn!
"War... War *never* changes....."
"OOOOOO look, shaving!"
JJfunstuff LOL1O1 you got HOSED😂
This never changes th-cam.com/video/Nmca6PJU_kg/w-d-xo.html really it doesnt its still there
Cool!
Wow a voyage classic and the comfort of hearing mat pats voice after what feels like years
Matpat I'll miss you thank you for being my childhood
In fallout 4 gold bar costs 539 caps sooo
imao the courier crashed the gold market
mean 5390?
HantalGazi_Alt
Damn you must have 10 charisma
and this isn't from fallout 4 if you see from the vid
War... War never changes... Hey look, healthy snacks in a box called Nature box! Cool.
Charmander Universe Please notice me senpai mat-pat.
Charmander Universe "War... War has changed." ~Snake
Charmander Universe steven universe sucks
B17 Bomber That's cool. I thought it did too when I first saw it.
OOH healthy stuff
OOH healthy stuff
has the value of caps changed now in 2024?
Watching this in 2024, rest in peace mat pat, should’ve held someone’s hand while crossing that street
I'm gonna start collecting bottlecaps for my life savings....
Same here just got a lot of cola glass bottles
+The Legend Gimme some pls ;-;
+The gorgeous noob only got 89
+The Legend 9 would be nice already :p
+The gorgeous noob or will it 🌝
What’s weird about them (fallout SHELTER btw) a barbershop cost 10000 and a nuclear power plant cost 1200
So that’s pretty confusing
Tomi Kuzmanov are you high
Tomi Kuzmanov Wait what
I’m honestly so confused right now
In a world where micro-electronics aren't invented so world uses nuclear power to power up their stuff and they are widely used would not make me question your question
Tomi Kuzmanov you get on drugs? You high? You drinking? Do you need medical attention?
I was thinking "how is matpat back in game theorists?"
Then I saw the 8 years ago
2024 fallout show anyone?
Sole Survivor: War Never Changes....
Solid Snake: War Has Changed.....
Squidward Tennisballs
I'm on the side of Sole Survivor. War doesn't change. It's always two people/groups disagreeing to the point where they assemble an army and resort to war in hopes of proving a point.
Corrin Noctis they are talking about two different aspects of war. You are right about fallout but snake is talking about the way war is fought.
Sooo, both are right?
both are right! :D
The concept of war never changes.
The way wars are fought change
14:06 "Radiation free" Lies, some of the ingredients contain potassium and as such ARE RADIOACTIVE!
+Richard Fry, radioactive isotopes
+Richard Fry He's talking about Gamma Radiation, Genius.
joseph ferrebee He never specifically states the type of radiation.
+Richard Fry Then don't say anything, since there are no specifics.
joseph ferrebee , If I make a movie and say it's violence free. However after watching the movie you see someone get their eyeball stabbed. Joseph, would you then defend the movie, saying "don't say anything, since there are no specifics"?
I thought it was a new theory and was shocked when I heard Matpats voice
This is still one of my favorite game theorist episodes
So, in the in game world, he over paid by thousands.
However, in real life, he just got a plus 50 to barter.
yard wolf
+SirKnightHood™ it's still gonna be really damn cheap though, the game price would increase WITH the bottle caps. So it would be 100 dollars and he would be paying 8 cents etc.
4:56 "gold and silver' (shows platinum).
LoL
I not plat from plata in spanish?
+catlover12670 NO
+GerryTSE // gerrythesataniceye lol.
Good job gt good job
I miss him....
Dang i gonna miss these videos😔
Gosh, makes me realize how old this video is when he talked about being exited to see fallout 4
I still play it. :)
Crotchwhistle Purple this was 11 months ago...
right now its extremely old bro but the game is gold
5:37 There is literally a cap counterfeiting shack in Fallout: New Vegas
Yeah and in the Sunset Sarsaparilla factory theres a cap making machine which the Alice McLafferty tells you to destroy. That might be the one your talking about.
CM HW Yeah And you can’t even spend the counterfeit caps, so I just have a bunch of those stuck in my inventory. When I try to drop them it says “You cannot remove quest items from your inventory.”
You can also get a cap counterfeiting mod in fallout 4
Yep but the contorfet caps do have a value of zero maybe it isn’t exact enough
If you talk to Alice she tells you that while people do try to counterfeit caps it’s extremely inefficient to do so, she say because of time and energy to get it so people won’t be able to tell it’s a fake right off the back. Which is why your not able to spend the counterfeit caps you get at the shack, everyone in the waste can tell they’re fake and also helps to explain her concerns over the bottle press, unlike the counterfeit caps the press is an actual threat to business.
Who’s watching in 2024? 🥲
Who watching in 2024? ❤
☹️
Yup
I didn't even watch or play the series, and this was recommended to me.
Me
Heyyy
MAY PAT YOU DUN GOOFED. At 5:00 you had platinum instead of silver.
Oops autocorrect changed "MATPAT" to "MAY PAT"...
+Augustine Toth YOU DUN GOOFED!
***** good question. Actually I was on mobile soo yeah...
***** I mainly just use my tablet for youtube and iFunny, and my PC for gaming. I make nearly every single comment (except this one and some others) on my tablet.
+Augustine Toth Ifunny?
ill sub to you lol
4:55 says gold and silver, shows gold and platinum
Glad someone else noticed that.
+Jaden Pryde you're
I noticed that too.
+Thundrex Me too :D
+Jaden Pryde I know this has nothing to do with you're comment but why do people type like this?
They Type Like This
Why?
Watching due to the Fallout Magic decks coming out.
Gonna miss ya Matpat.
Gonna miss him too 😔. But did you see how much those packs are selling for!?
New vegas: ill give 10,000 caps for that gold!
Fallout 4: a gold bar? Ill give you ermmmm... 2 caps. Deal?
4:57
"A resource like gold or silver"
But... that's platinum. Still a valuable resource (maybe more valuable than silver) but it's not silver. I expect better from you, Matpat. >.>
edit: added time stamp to what I allude to.
no silver and gold have more value according to the world
@Kevin Serrato No....Platinum is the most valuable resource in the world. Study before you say something that everyone knows.
BrickCraft9257 I have I've studied the worlds economy, trade, and the stock market, I know platinum is more valuable but it's not used as money or currency like gold and silver can be used.
I knew I wasn't the only one to notice that, I was quite suprised about that
I knew I wasn't the only one to notice that, I was quite suprised about that
let's hope that bethseda never sees this, because if they did, seth could lose his preorder.
nice one, matpat
+Nuki Atienza
It's not like they plan on going spend crazy with those bottle caps, they know they are essentially worthless, yet they still decided to give Seth a pre order anyways. I really don't see why you think they would take that back if they saw this.
Seth didn't pay 4c for his game. He surely paid way more than 60 $; you can't get bottle caps without bottles.
+Nuki Atienza It's not about the money, it's about sending a message. In this case, Seth's dedication and love for the Fallout series, and Bethesda's care for loyal gamers.
Y'know what? Those Bethesda guys are pretty cool.
Did you see what they did about " Fortress Fallout ", the game from popular youtuber Captain Sparklez? Not cool.artbargra
+The Guy that wasn't Bethesda, it was Zenimax Media (their parent company)
Isn't it...410 troy ounces? Not 500?
“WAR, WAR NEVER CHANGES” quote from solid snake mgs4
I dance 90% of the time the theme music comes on.
Most of the time wilst on the can.
#themoreyouknow
MiguellaGorilla I have had deathclaws sneak up on me when blasting the music
YES ME TOO
MiguellaGorilla Really? I play the good ol' air-keytar.
I'm prepared for the creepy vaults i'm going in Fallout 4.
Im on the can right now!!!!
Someone should do a Theory on The Game theorists
Raspic someone did look up gnoggin he did one
Mind. Blown. (jk)
Rex Man I was just about to say that.
I just felt like giving a notification on a comment you made 8 years ago
@@CheesyBloke lol
don't forget old world currency has value in fallout new Vegas
The use of caps in fallout proves that currency does not derive its value from backing by material assets, but from its utility as a means to facilitate trade.
Am I the only one that heard "Dumbledore" at 0:01 ?
+Lola Zinski yes
He said "Hold on"
RileyTheVideoGuy And I heard "Dumbledore"
+RileyTheVideoGuy he sais DUMBLEDOOR
+Lola Zinski i heard that too! but i played the game so i knew what he said until now xD
welp time to save up caps for fallout 5
Hey I’m from the future
Don’t buy fallout 76
Hey I’m even FARTHER from the future. Definitely don’t buy Fallout 76.
Hey I’m EVEN EVEN FURTHER in the future, seriously don’t buy fallout 76 it’s really really bad
Hey I’m about a day further into the future than the last guy but DEFINITELY DONT BUY FALLOUT 76 it’s seriously terrible
Im even more of a future man please tell me u didnt buy it
Who is watching this is 2024 goodbye matpat
I actually go to game stop and bring a tiny box of bottle cap and i said can you give me fallout 4 he said nice refrence but you have to actually pay money
I said ok
Oooh... sorry m8
A tragic short story depicting the struggles of today:
Should have sent them to Bethesda
Of all the things that never happened, this happened the least
When you ask GT if he was scammed
*Well yes, but actually no*
Hearing matpat swearing after retirement is pure "gold"
Came for the Fallout. Teared up to hear Matt again.
"Gold & Silver"
Shows Gold & platinum
Hey matpat you should have made a diet nuka cola joke
Yup.
Matpat: gold and silver
Also matpat: *puts platinum insted of silver*
Matpat when something strange happens in any franchise
Right that down!
*write
One of my friends who missed the pip-boy in real life built his own. He built-in a phone for the interface, and did a lot of design work to make it uber-realistic. He even made the turning knobs do stuff.
He needs to post a video of it I want to see it
Mattpat:Bethesda's care for their fans!
Fallout 76: *Hold my bugs, scams, and beer.*
It has gotten worse lately. Bethesda is killing itself
@@silenceundying oi! *they’ll hear you...* here, let he fix it
Bethesda is unaliving itself
An easier way to work it out is using the pre war money, you can sell it for 8 caps meaning 1 USD = 8 Caps
"When are you posting a new FNAF theory"
*hangs up*
why didn't you simply calculate the price of the caps using the pre war money and inflation as base?
War Never Changes because the game didn't come out yet when he made the video
green12apple reese what game? pre war money is present on all fallout games.
green12apple reese
But you can look at New Vegas, Three, two, Etc.
They are probably all worth different amounts
The prewar money in the game Would probably Worth the same as caps in the prewar era
Matpat, could you maybe put the metric system along the American system? It helps worldwide viewers that actually have a logical system.
Thank you!
You had a good request, but then you ruined it.
FancyDandin You know, I'm a little pissed that you're dissing our system... but you're actually right.
let's not call it the American system, since the empirical system is originally from (if I remember correctly) England.
Let me says this now, the metric is NOT more accurate...it's just more popular due to conquest by Napoleon Bonepart who took it throughout Europe, whom owned A LOT of territories throughout the world.
The metric system was more useful for science and engineering since it uses a base ten system, but the emperical system is actually bases on real things. 1 foot was the actual length of a rulers foot (also the reason we call rulers "rulers".) #merica
I'm mexican, I have used the metric system all my life. But to understand the Imperial system only takes someone with a "logical system" my friend.
In regards to caps as a currency, in a world based in the society of the late 1950's glass bottles are still the norm as plastic is obviously a thing and commonplace, but it's less practicality and more just because they can, it's an aesthetic thing. Howeeeeever. We use cans instead. So I think in the event of nuclear war or other world ending event the tabs on top of cans would be the currency of choice being as bottle caps are pretty rare and cans, unlike in the Fallout world where bottles don't have plastic lids and are again, glass, and cans are rare. Ever find a drink can in Fallout? No! Just bean tins and soup! In our world though we use cans over bottles (for the most part) so yes, again, finally, the tabs on cans are valuable, keep them in case coronavirus kills us all.
Everyone gangsta until the Corona develops mutant syotoms
Well their world was running out of oil, which plastic comes from. Could keeping glass and cardboard for packaging be due to the resource shortage?
Maybe bottle caps could be a higher currency so an amount of tabs cashed in for a few bottle caps
100 tabs>10 caps
"2015 money" that hurt to hear in 2024
4:57 Isn't that "silver" Platinum?
Anthony B Lol it says "Plat" right in the middle.
Anthony B Just noticed when you pointed that out.
I was about to point that out lol.
I also wanted to point out that in fallout: New Vegas, you can work with the crimson caravan. When you do, however, you are also tasked with stopping a bottle cap press in the sunset sarsparilla factory.
Anthony B goddammit Ronney. Can't do anything right...
i wonder if gatormachettyjr ever got his caps back
T0XIC SLAYER517 nope, he really paid 4¢ in caps for the game
+max chavez 4 cents?
EnderCraft yep
TØXIC CØDY no he got the game and not the caps.
I have $100 trillion dollars and it's African money!!!
After watching this, I'm starting to think I should collect bottle caps again...
See you later mat😭
GT has clearly never spent any time as a commodities trader - this entire video revolves around the premise that gold is equally valued in the fallout universe... just because gold is highly valued, it is almost certainly not as valuable as it is now. Time to get nerdy...
1) Given you rarely see gold in the rest of the world, the demand for gold as a commodity is far lower (indeed, it may not even be a commodity anymore) - thus the price is almost certainly far lower
2) Given there is a finite supply of bottlecaps (no more can be mined, and there is no central bank to increase liquidity), inflation can pretty much be factored out. Gold prices are heavily linked to inflation.
3) Since there is no active civil judicial system, we can pretty much assume that contract law isn't robust, and thus there are no open exchanges for corporate stock or bonds, thus the value of gold as a safe haven from high volatility is moot
4) Again, since no central bank and no meaningful contract law, the lack of banks and thus regular interest rates (and the fact that far fewer people are probably concerned with loans vs. simply surviving), growth is hampered, thus gold won't appreciate like it would in a fully industrialized society
So really, only private physical supply and demand would be driving gold prices! And again, we only see gold in a few places with a few people, implying the price is not comparable. Thus, using gold as the litmus test is FUCKING STUPID.
A far better method would be to find an inelastic commodity that would still be equally demanded in the future - bullets or cast iron, perhaps?
THEORISTS UNITE AND LIKE THIS COMMENT SO WE CAN LAUGH AT MATT WHEN HE SEES IT
Oi man
you're new here, aren't you
Higgins2001 But how do you explain that to people in a reasonable amount of time while keeping it interesting and then relate it to a currency that people understand the value of? Comparing it to gold makes for an interesting video that people understand. Not to mention it avoids needing a lengthy explanation of economic theory prior to actually getting to the theory. Plus, every Game Theory video hinges on some assumption that if false would cause the whole thing to be wrong. It isn't about being correct so much as coming up with a correct enough theory that is fun to think about.
Golds worth in the DLC dead money. Sorry buddy.
***** We must take into account that, just as there are no factories to create bottlecaps, there would be no factories to build rifles. Meaning they too would be in finite supply. Keep further in mind that this is a post-apocalypse, meaning functioning firearms would always be in high demand.
This comment field
50% fnaf
50% comments about the video
EDIT: Spoiling that dlc wasnt cool btw.
And 10% first comments I know it's 120%
Jesus Bernal 50%+50%+10%=120%. Seems legit.
more like 90% fnaf and 5%first and last 5% about the game
Legit it is xD
The Shadow Triad He forgot the 10% talking about the comment section.
I’m getting recommended all his fallout videos now
But mat, the explicitly tell us hwen the bombs dropped:2077
I'm no metallurgist but at 5:00 i think that you have gold and platinum pictured, not gold and silver. You can tell by the subtleties in the colour, the shape of the ingot, and the fact that is has "PLAT" stamped into it
Kyle A So does it affect the theory no it does not
luciano jimenez correct! The theory is unaffected
luciano jimenez Why so aggressive? Was obviously meant just to be humorous not a real complaint.
idk but I think plat is short for plata which is Spanish for silver
bob bob than I may be mistaken. My high school Spanish class did not cover precious metals, thus i am ignorant in that area, less so now due to you, now you have brought up that point
i think there is counterfeit bottlecaps in Fallout New Vegas
Mike Koh Like normal bottlescaps, but you can't cap bottles with them! :D
Mike Koh plastic bottlecaps
1:25 when he said "8 years" I had to look at the video because for me TH-cam says it was 8 years ago that this video was Uploaded. (Needless to say it freaked me out the timing 😂)
Watching this in January 2024 and saw it was actually uploaded in August 2015 so for me it's closer to 8 and a half but that was funny 🤣
3:09 “Dirty brown skin one, dirty brown skin two!”
bro had no filter then😭🙏
who got lost when he first started talking about the conversion from us ounces to troy onuces
this guy is to smart for me im sticking with he fnaf theorys they are more simple. bye. LOL.
There are still bottle cap factories manufacturing in FO:NV
There is also a counterfeit shack
+Ganta Igarashi i am glad im not the only one that was thinking of that.
The head of the New Vegas Crimson Caravan Company (McLafferty?) mentioned that they destroyed all cap pressers they found, and that the ONE example in New Vegas was just one that they missed.
She also explained that counterfeiting bottle caps was time consuming and difficult, making it extremely inefficient and you'd be better off just earning the caps.
+Pug Life She also gives you a quest to destroy the remaining presser in the factory.
Wheres FO:NV📐📐📐
Fallout 4 added two songs from 1962. This seemingly implies the diverge point from IRL is probably something to do with the Cuban Missile Crisis