General / Off-Topic Why is Frontier globe showing the Americas?

But doesn't the globe itself accomplish that? Why the need to center it on a different country?

Frankly, I think it is an image of the earth, recovered on the Internet. And it has no particular meaning. I believe that Frontier did not even ask the question itself, in fact. Like many other companies which use this kind of image of Earth
 
The people who recognise Africa and Europe will recognise America as well. The people who only recognise America... will only recognise America.

... Sorry, what? :S How do you come to that conclusion? That doesn't make sense. You could just as easily say that the people who only recognise Africa will only recognise Africa etc.
 
Frankly, I think it is an image of the earth, recovered on the Internet. And it has no particular meaning. I believe that Frontier did not even ask the question itself, in fact. Like many other companies which use this kind of image of Earth

I suspect you're more or less correct.
 
... Sorry, what? :S How do you come to that conclusion? That doesn't make sense. You could just as easily say that the people who only recognise Africa will only recognise Africa etc.

Probably because of stuff like this:

"The National Geographic–Roper 2002 Global Geographic Literacy Survey polled more than 3,000 18- to 24-year-olds in Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden and the United States.

Sweden scored highest; Mexico, lowest. The U.S. was next to last."

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/11/1120_021120_GeoRoperSurvey.html
 
... Sorry, what? :S How do you come to that conclusion? That doesn't make sense. You could just as easily say that the people who only recognise Africa will only recognise Africa etc.

My fault. I was being glib.

There will be Elite gamers out there that only recognise Africa, but I'd guess that the number will be much smaller than those that only recognise America.
 
I've always felt that Africa is the most recognisable landmass on the planet, but I suppose it may be a somewhat subjective discussion.

Pff! Everyone knows that the Scandinavian "dog" shape is the most recognizable landmass on the planet.

world-map-dealership-scandinavia.jpg


Sincerely,
A Scandinavian ;)
 
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