Talk:Capital Wasteland

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could we get a map here? -- 143.105.170.251 15:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

One is in Fallout 3 places. J.i.gorkij 15:55, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

thanks -- 143.105.170.100 15:37, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Has anyone ever let Bethesda know that the name of this region should be "Capitol" rather than "Capital"? I can just picture Liberty Prime declaring "THE SEAT OF LIBERTY REQUIRES NO SHIFT KEY!" --ManiacClown 06:07, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

"Capital" correctly defines the area in and around the capital city. The "Capitol" is only the buildings on Capitol Hill including The Capitol Building. That would still be really funny. --70.143.54.203 06:57, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

HA! While looking on the FAQ on Bethesda's site to try to find the name of the Pipboy's font, I noticed the following (underline added here):

Where does Fallout 3 take place?

In the Capitol Wasteland in and around Washington, DC.

[edit] Locations

Someone should make a list of locations, linking to individual pages for those locations. NightChime 01:44, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Radiation

You know what I wonder? How are people still alive in the Capital Wasteland after 200 years of drinking radioactive water? I can understand why the area might still be irrated despite the fact that there are few if any nuclear weapons that will cause 200 years of fallout (I don't think there are any that will even cause 10 years of fallout); the Chinese might have made nukes that would cause that effect for area denial purposes. But radiation is not something you build up a resistance to. If you ingest irradiated material faster than you metabolize it, just say bye-bye to your organs... and even then, in this case, what doesn't kill you makes you weaker. This was not some kind of secret to the atomic age pop-culture pseudo-science that Fallout borrows from, either. So how is anyone still alive? Do they just drink alcohol like people in the middle ages did to avoid dysentry and cholera? Ideas? Speculation? ComradeJim270 02:21, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Actually creatures in Fallout do build up a resistance to radiation, through evolution. All of the mutated creatures you encounter (from yao guai to ghouls) have mutated positively to survive and actually thrive in the radiated wastes. (especially those glowing ones) It may be all the Nuka cola around. As for the non-ghoul human settlers, they *do* drink a lot of alcohol... but you'll notice that wherever there's a built-up settlement, they have (or per canon are supposed to have) a water purifying machine that can remove radiation. The Republic of Dave is supposedly built on a radiation-free spring. The raiders just raid everyone else for their purified water, alcohol, and Nuka-Cola needs. --70.142.41.253 23:30, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

First of all, you really shouldn't compare our universe to Fallout's universe... In fallout, they got stuck in the 50's or sumthing and their science is somewhat different... In a quicker way, radiation in fallout "mutates" you while in our world it kills our body cells and other things... Fallout somewhat copies the things of the 50's where radiation turns you into monsters....Also you can see it clearly since they added isotopes on nuka cola quantums but dont even kill you.... BloodOmelet 11:11 July 8, 2009 (UTC)