06-29-2011, 01:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-29-2011, 01:27 PM by Dragonbeard.)
Hey folks! So I'm a tad confused here.
It seems like our timeline is based off of the unofficial timeline, which as far as I can tell, is the most widely accepted timeline for roleplay. But then, when it comes to the moment the World of Warcraft starts, we go down to the 1-year-per-expansion gimmick that Blizzard has in their official timeline.
Considering that fact that we already acknowledge that the World of Warcraft starts five years later than Blizzard says it does, why are we cutting down the time spent in the expansions?
Now, don't get me wrong. I understand that the time actually spent doing something OOC does not directly relate to the amount of time passed in the game IC. (In other words, just because there were two years of play time between each expansion, does not mean two years actually went by.) I also understand that it is impossible for one character to have experienced all of the events, so I do not even take that into consideration when making this argument.
My point is, I do not see how anyone can explain the events of WoW/BC/WotLK in only a few years time. Too many things happen in the game for it to be explained off so easily. Taking travel time alone into consideration (so not even thinking about all of the other little things that we never see i.e. going to the bathroom, sleep and stupid little things like that), it is highly unlikely that all of these events happen in such a short amount of time.
Wars take years to finish. And yes, I do understand this is just a video game.
If I sat down with Chris Metzen right now and told him to draw me a perfect timeline, with months, days, and even the time of day, he would just flip me off and go back to smoking weed (which is what I assume he does on a regular basis). I am convinced this is why Blizzard just sticks with the "1-year-per-expansion" gimmick. Oh, and speaking of Metzen, I believe it was his idea to retcon the ten years before the events of WoW which eventually made the five year difference we see between the two timelines.
Unless there is a very good reason that we have altered that part of the timeline, I suggest we follow the unofficial one in its entirety.
Edit: I posted a poll to make it easier to see where people stand.
Edit 2: That would mean that at this moment, in 3.3.5a, we are two years after the beginning of WotLK (the moment Arthas dies) and have three years to go until the Cataclysm.
It seems like our timeline is based off of the unofficial timeline, which as far as I can tell, is the most widely accepted timeline for roleplay. But then, when it comes to the moment the World of Warcraft starts, we go down to the 1-year-per-expansion gimmick that Blizzard has in their official timeline.
Considering that fact that we already acknowledge that the World of Warcraft starts five years later than Blizzard says it does, why are we cutting down the time spent in the expansions?
Now, don't get me wrong. I understand that the time actually spent doing something OOC does not directly relate to the amount of time passed in the game IC. (In other words, just because there were two years of play time between each expansion, does not mean two years actually went by.) I also understand that it is impossible for one character to have experienced all of the events, so I do not even take that into consideration when making this argument.
My point is, I do not see how anyone can explain the events of WoW/BC/WotLK in only a few years time. Too many things happen in the game for it to be explained off so easily. Taking travel time alone into consideration (so not even thinking about all of the other little things that we never see i.e. going to the bathroom, sleep and stupid little things like that), it is highly unlikely that all of these events happen in such a short amount of time.
Wars take years to finish. And yes, I do understand this is just a video game.
If I sat down with Chris Metzen right now and told him to draw me a perfect timeline, with months, days, and even the time of day, he would just flip me off and go back to smoking weed (which is what I assume he does on a regular basis). I am convinced this is why Blizzard just sticks with the "1-year-per-expansion" gimmick. Oh, and speaking of Metzen, I believe it was his idea to retcon the ten years before the events of WoW which eventually made the five year difference we see between the two timelines.
Unless there is a very good reason that we have altered that part of the timeline, I suggest we follow the unofficial one in its entirety.
Edit: I posted a poll to make it easier to see where people stand.
Edit 2: That would mean that at this moment, in 3.3.5a, we are two years after the beginning of WotLK (the moment Arthas dies) and have three years to go until the Cataclysm.
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