The Ancient Empath

Started by AmatsuDarkfyre, March 15, 2015, 05:02:09 PM

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Argon

Quote from: geredis on March 23, 2015, 12:53:54 AM
Quote from: Dive on March 15, 2015, 07:10:59 PM
The game takes place in 5500 AD. 5500-3892 = 1608. I doubt there were cryocapsules at the time, so something is wrong here :)
Anyway, I've seen a topic around here with a screenshot of a dude who was born like in 2030, and it's cool to think that IRL in a few dosen years we'll start to encounter people who'll perhaps end up on a rimworld in a few thousand years :D Who knows.

Are you sure that it's 5500 AD?

Because in-game if I remember it simply says 5500...and if humanity changse its dating system from a western, Christian, reckoning to something where Year 0 is, say, Humanity founding its first extrasolar colony...it's entirely possible for a person to be born in 1608/3892BP...it's just now OUR 1608.

Perhaps the timescale is set from the day when Vostok One lunched Yuri Gagarin into orbit, that seems like an occurrence that a spacefaring civilization would find more significant than the birth of a man whom unintentionally caused the justification of 2000 years of war and numerous genocides.

-Argon

Regret

Quote from: Argon on April 08, 2015, 06:05:39 PM
Quote from: geredis on March 23, 2015, 12:53:54 AM
Quote from: Dive on March 15, 2015, 07:10:59 PM
The game takes place in 5500 AD. 5500-3892 = 1608. I doubt there were cryocapsules at the time, so something is wrong here :)
Anyway, I've seen a topic around here with a screenshot of a dude who was born like in 2030, and it's cool to think that IRL in a few dosen years we'll start to encounter people who'll perhaps end up on a rimworld in a few thousand years :D Who knows.

Are you sure that it's 5500 AD?

Because in-game if I remember it simply says 5500...and if humanity changse its dating system from a western, Christian, reckoning to something where Year 0 is, say, Humanity founding its first extrasolar colony...it's entirely possible for a person to be born in 1608/3892BP...it's just now OUR 1608.

Perhaps the timescale is set from the day when Vostok One lunched Yuri Gagarin into orbit, that seems like an occurrence that a spacefaring civilization would find more significant than the birth of a man whom unintentionally caused the justification of 2000 years of war and numerous genocides.

-Argon
You  know the common responses to statements like that, please stop being offensive.

I'm not saying I disagree with your view, I just don't think this is the right context for that conversation.

Argon

^ I fully understand the common responses to what I said.  I was being purely factual, not showing prejudice nor uttering slurs. There was nothing incorrect about my statement.

-Argon

Matthiasagreen

Quote from: Argon on April 09, 2015, 11:04:40 AM
^ I fully understand the common responses to what I said.  I was being purely factual, not showing prejudice nor uttering slurs. There was nothing incorrect about my statement.

-Argon

Regardless of whether it was factual or not, It was unnecessary and specifically attacking one religious group when no one else brought religion into the conversation. The point was, this isn't the place.
Hi, my name is Matthias and I am a Rimworld Addict. It has been five seconds since my last fix...

Argon

Quote from: Matthiasagreen on April 09, 2015, 11:18:26 AM
Quote from: Argon on April 09, 2015, 11:04:40 AM
^ I fully understand the common responses to what I said.  I was being purely factual, not showing prejudice nor uttering slurs. There was nothing incorrect about my statement.

-Argon

Regardless of whether it was factual or not, It was unnecessary and specifically attacking one religious group when no one else brought religion into the conversation. The point was, this isn't the place.

Ok enough, however my Yuri Gagarin point still holds.

-Argon

Regret

Quote from: Argon on April 09, 2015, 04:28:02 PM
Quote from: Matthiasagreen on April 09, 2015, 11:18:26 AM
Quote from: Argon on April 09, 2015, 11:04:40 AM
^ I fully understand the common responses to what I said.  I was being purely factual, not showing prejudice nor uttering slurs. There was nothing incorrect about my statement.

-Argon

Regardless of whether it was factual or not, It was unnecessary and specifically attacking one religious group when no one else brought religion into the conversation. The point was, this isn't the place.

Ok enough, however my Yuri Gagarin point still holds.

-Argon
True, that.
I would sign a petition to change the year count.