Real Time MMORPG - Unanwsered Question..?

Xebexz · Post by **Xebexz** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 11:23 am

I was wondering something..

I realize that The World is a real-time MMORPG and that time travels the same pace in the real world as it does in the game, as there is much proof of this. I also realize that //SIGN lasted close to a year correct? So during some scenes you'd see Tsukasa be places with different enviorments or different seasons, so if I am correct in assuming that when they are at a place where it might be snowing, does that mean it's winter in the real world or in The World do different fields have different seasons?

I didn't find anything searching related to this topic. ^_^

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Elk · Post by **Elk** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 2:37 pm

Alot of the different area maps have their own enviroments... which makes "The World" more enjoyable... It's a acommon thing in video games..

CRtwenty · Post by **CRtwenty** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:32 pm

From what you see in the game series The World works like this...

Characters log in inside things called "Root Towns", which are social areas with shops, gathering places, and no monsters, in the center of each town is a thing called a "Chaos Gate" (The blue spinny circle thing), players use this gate to teleport themselves to "Fields" using sets of three keywords.

The traits of that field is determined by the keywords used, and the server/Root Town that the player is teleporting from. Since there are hundreds of keywords that can be used there is an almost infinite number of fields to choose from.

Cobweb · Post by **Cobweb** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:43 pm

Hmm ... are we really certain that time passes in the same way? Don't get me wrong - it's fairly obvious that if a person plays for an hour, they'll experience an hour passing in the game. But we see the root towns at various times of day in SIGN (midday, night, sunset, etc) and we don't know what the actual time in the real world was. Moreover, since people from areas far removed from each other can play simultaneously, someone in the middle of winter can fight someone in the middle of summer. If I had to guess, I'd say the fields have their own timetables.

Xebexz · Post by **Xebexz** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 10:03 pm

What CRTwenty has stated I knew already, what i'm wondering is the fact that this whole show took almost a year in Real life, and we saw different seasons as the show progressed, what I'm wondering is if The World is not only a real-time MMORPG, is if it's a real weather/season MMORPG. ^_^

CRtwenty · Post by **CRtwenty** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 2:26 am

Oh... ok... then the answer is no, I doubt that the fields themselves change. Though they do seem have have a lot more variety in the anime then what is shown in the games.

Xebexz · Post by **Xebexz** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 7:21 pm

That is certianly true..

I'm just curious because they seemed to have a pattern toward the seasons of the year and as it was a year, does the weather match real life, cm'on Rhyste you know right..? ^_^

CRtwenty · Post by **CRtwenty** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 7:26 pm

So, you're asking if The World has seasons? And if it does, if those seasons reflect the real world? ... I don't think so, since people all around the world can play the game, seasons wouldn't be able to match up for everyone. Yes I know there are regional servers... but I still think that Lambda Glorious Unsettling Home (or whatever field you want) is going to be exactly the same, no matter what time of the year you access it from.

Rhyste · Post by **Rhyste** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 7:44 pm

.hack//SIGN takes place over 6 months to reflect the amount of time it took the anime to air on TV Tokyo. Anyone who has played the games and seen .hack//SIGN would be able to answer this: The World does not have seasons nor does it have day or night. Those are reflected within the default area settings: Ie, Carmina Garderica is always in night time, this is shown in both the anime and the games. The only way this isn't reflected was within UdeDen's anime during the cliche night scene where they go to Levamont or wherever and it's night time in Mac Anu (obviously the UdeDen producers had no respect for the aspects of The World -_-).

Xebexz · Post by **Xebexz** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 1:30 am

Well I've done both but I wanted to know, as I wasn't honestly sure. >'>

Cobweb · Post by **Cobweb** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 1:49 am

Mmm ... gonna have to challenge you on that one, Rhyste. In SIGN we're shown Dun Loireag and Mac Anu through both day and night, as well as a few moments in various fields at dusk - maybe as a pun? (Shrugs) Anyway, The World definitely has some kind of time rotation.

Death and Rebirth · Post by **Death and Rebirth** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 4:23 am

Keywords affect the time of day it is in a field. It isn't real time. However, I think the Root Towns might change between morning and night, just to liven things up a bit.

CRtwenty · Post by **CRtwenty** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 4:13 pm

You bumped a 2 month old topic JUST to say that?

Bear · Post by **Bear** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 5:41 pm

...locked.