From the Sea of Thieves cannon, David “The Bullet” Smith flew and set a new world record. Strong marketing for the Microsoft title.
With unusual marketing, one remains in the minds of many players. For example, by firing a human cannonball in real life. In the game, something like that is also possible, but significantly safer.
New World Record for Human Cannonball
On March 20, 2018, the new Microsoft title Sea of Thieves was released. To celebrate this, the Xbox team partnered with stuntman David “The Bullet” Smith. Together, they aimed to break a world record: the greatest distance traveled as a human cannonball.
On Microsoft’s streaming platform “Mixer,” the attempt could be followed live. Smith was fired from a cannon about 10 meters long named “Xbox Pirate Blaster.”
After the world record attempt, the Twitter account of Guinness World Records confirmed that the attempt was successful with a distance of about 60 meters. “Congratulations to Xbox, Sea of Thieves, and David “The Bullet” Smith on the new world record for the farthest distance for a human fired from a cannon.”
David Smith earned his nickname “The Bullet” during his eleven-year career as a human cannonball. He performed over 5000 stunts during that time.
Reference to Sea of Thieves Feature
In the upcoming pirate adventure Sea of Thieves, ships are equipped with cannons. In addition to the usual cannonballs, you can also load these heavy weapons with yourself or your allies and finally fire them.
To avoid headaches, one should not use the human cargo as an attack against ships. Instead, players can use this tactic to shoot themselves onto piles of islands or quickly reduce the distance to enemies.
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