@thecageddeath @TheTwistedTaste not at all! Don't be deceived by the notion that Rare is merely facilitating the expression of an integral aspect of your reality. To help them I have assembled a few proofs you can apply to our real world which Rare may not have chosen to showcase in the game yet out of fear for rejection of these scientific gospels... to wit:
The aeronaut can see for himself that Earth is a Plane. The appearance presented to him, even at the highest elevation he has ever attained, is that of a concave surface - this being exactly what is to be expected of a surface that is truly level, since it is the nature of level surfaces to appear to rise to a level with the eye of the observer. This is ocular demonstration and proof that Earth is not a globe. And is reflected in game by the motion of the waves altering our eye level and creating a false impression of the earths curvature.
Further...
Whenever experiments have been tried on the surface of standing water, this surface has always been found to be level,as it is in the game. If the Earth were a globe, the surface of all standing water would be convex. This is an experimental proof that Earth is not a globe.
To continue...
Surveyors' operations in the construction of railroads, tunnels, or canals are conducted without the slightest "allowance" being made for "curvature," although it is taught that this so-called allowance is absolutely necessary! This is a cutting proof that Earth is not a globe.
To note as well...
There are rivers that flow for hundreds of miles towards the level of the sea without falling more than a few feet - notably, the Nile, which, in a thousand miles, falls but a foot. A level expanse of this extent is quite incompatible with the idea of the Earth's "convexity." It is, therefore, a reasonable proof that Earth is not a globe. As is shown in the game by statically placed and flowing waterfalls and the lack of true rivers which would create a false impression of curvature that doesn't exist.
And there's more:
The lights which are exhibited in lighthouses are seen by navigators at distances at which, according to the scale of the supposed "curvature" given by astronomers, they ought to be many hundreds of feet, in some cases, down below the line of sight! For instance: the light at Cape Hatteras is seen at such a distance (40 miles) that, according. to theory, it ought to be nine-hundred feet higher above the level of the sea than it absolutely is, in order to be visible! This is a conclusive proof that there is no "curvature," on the surface of the sea - "the level of the sea,"- ridiculous though it is to be under the necessity of proving it at all: but it is, nevertheless, a conclusive proof that the Earth is not a globe.
Just as the sun rises and falls in game at the same pixel depth and height each in game day.. a matter showcased by Rare to help reinforce this real world truth.
So, again, don't be ashamed to face facts.. rare are akin to our forefathers, parents, and grandparents in so much as they are clearly and decisively attempting to educate us on the model of real world fact. it just stands that they are using a video game to express this education for you!