aqua lung

[Yuffie514]

i think it's something that humans could adapt to. Arizona was so hot when i first moved here. i used to require lots of water, but now i can just get around and maybe challenge a camel .

[sexymonkey]

The game is about a girl that can summon a lightning horse and insect girls to defeat a giant whale. I don't think it's too hard to believe that they might be able to hold their breath a little longer than us.

i was thinking exactly the same!

[Renmiri]

l o l.. Of course, if we think Aeons are credible we have to think underwater breathing is too.

But the game does have a "canon", i.e., a set of rules on how things should work, i.e., pyreflies can be used for magic, undead can be around because their pyreflies are kept together out of sheer will of the deceased, etc.. So pyreflies in the water maybe make it breathable, not enough for hours of exercise under water but enough for a game of blitz.

I say the breathe water because players DO open their mouths during a game, and you don't see any bubbles coming out of it.

It is not as extraordinary as it seems. Any unborn baby here on earth does the same: breathes liquid stuff. When the baby is born, the nurses actually have to remove all the liquid from his/her lungs so that he starts breathing air (done in old times by a slap on the baby's bum so it would cry and cough up the liquid). There have been actually some researchers that theorized that we humans could stiil get back into breathing liquids..

[starseeker]

l o l.. Of course, if we think Aeons are credible we have to think underwater breathing is too.

But the game does have a "canon", i.e., a set of rules on how things should work, i.e., pyreflies can be used for magic, undead can be around because their pyreflies are kept together out of sheer will of the deceased, etc.. So pyreflies in the water maybe make it breathable, not enough for hours of exercise under water but enough for a game of blitz.

I say the breathe water because players DO open their mouths during a game, and you don't see any bubbles coming out of it.

It is not as extraordinary as it seems. Any unborn baby here on earth does the same: breathes liquid stuff. When the baby is born, the nurses actually have to remove all the liquid from his/her lungs so that he starts breathing air (done in old times by a slap on the baby's bum so it would cry and cough up the liquid). There have been actually some researchers that theorized that we humans could stiil get back into breathing liquids..

Like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_breathing?

[Mirage]

An unborn baby does not start to breathe before it's born. They get oxygen from the mother.
And it's said in the game that they hold their breath. And you can open your mouth without exhaling.

[Laugh at face of Danger]

Whats your opinion on how some of the people in FFX breath under water like Tidus,Wakka,Rikku,and the blitz ball players

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzba...inal_Fantasy_X

How exactly the teams manage to hold their breath underwater for such long periods of time is a source of confusion among players. One theory by fans of the game suggests that it is the result of training on the part of the players. In Eternal Calm, a short film set two years after the conclusion of Final Fantasy X, Yuna notes that after much practice and training from Wakka, she is able to hold her breath for over two minutes. However, the Final Fantasy X Scenario Ultimania guide states that it is the unique properties of the magical pyrefly saturated water in the blitzball arena that enables players to stay under water for the 5 minutes required for each half-time.[1]

[1] (2001) Studio BentStuff Final Fantasy X Scenario Ultimania (in Japanese), page 59, DigiCube/Square-Enix. ISBN 4-88787-010-8.

Two minutes and 41 seconds! man, that little thing sucked, i hated it!

[d£v!l'$ ph0£n!x]

i thnk the record was 9 minutes here in RL, which david blaine tried to break and only got a losy 7 minutes, pshh. that's 9 minutes at rest, so 5 minutes moving round and taking some in the stomach should be nothing

[Skyblade]

It is definitely not normal water, the blitzball itself proves that. Even assuming that they could balance the density of the ball to perfectly match that of the water, so that it neither rises nor sinks, it is simply not technically feasible to send a ball through water that easily. The resistance would be incredible. You would be lucky to get it a couple of feet, let alone all the way across the blitzball field.

[LunarWeaver]

I just left it at "Special training" and called it a day.

My logic is more offended by Wakka's gravity-defying hair then breathing underwater.

The real truth behind the truth: Square didn't feel like making water animations for more characters then 3. (because I know such things)

[Renmiri]

An unborn baby does not start to breathe before it's born. They get oxygen from the mother

Yes, most of the oxygen comes to the baby through the umbilical cord, up until around the 7th month, until their lungs are formed. But after that, babies do a "dry run" of the respiratory system while unborn, getting some of the oxigen they need through breating the amniotic liquid and they also drink it and digest it, although most of the water and food is also delivered to them via the umbilical cord. If you look on the Wikipedia below, it mentions the use of liquid breathing to care for premature babies.

My logic is more offended by Wakka's gravity-defying hair then breathing underwater.

Oh THAT ? He uses the gel from those Macalania blobs

Like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_breathing?

Wow, cool!

tests of the early 90s were successful: dogs could be kept alive in the perfluorcarbon medium for about 2 hours;

I do remembr reading about experiments with mice and seeing it on the movies (the Abyss) but I didn't know they had solved most of the problems. Early trials caused permanent lung damage but the animals tested on the 90's had no permanent damage

Yep, so maybe Blitzball isn't that impossible. Good, it would be so cool to watch a real game!

[Cloudstrife4003]

Probably a mechanical device or machine-or they put some kind of breathable water in there? A tiny machine-producing oxygen-beacause water is made out of some of oxygen-perhaps it converts it into breathable oxygen ^_^

[Renmiri]

Probably a mechanical device or machine-or they put some kind of breathable water in there? A tiny machine-producing oxygen-beacause water is made out of some of oxygen-perhaps it converts it into breathable oxygen ^_^

Yep that is what Wikipedia says scientists do to get dogs and mice to breathe "water"... Oxigenate a fluor based liquid and have it constantly cleaned of CO2.

[Dell]

It's just a game. Don't take it too hard.

Believe me.