Massively Multiplayer: Gaming In The New Millennium
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Yeah, I've noticed that, too...
The 2005 hurricane season will be worse than OTL, IMO...
I also like that Dan Rather stays longer at CBS, becoming the "old man" in journalism (that National Guard memo story did him in, IMO; CBS should have made sure that the memos were real before they did their news report). I also like that Cooper came out earlier; his mother is none other than Gloria Vanderbilt, of all people...
Good update and waiting for more...
The 2005 hurricane season will be worse than OTL, IMO...
I also like that Dan Rather stays longer at CBS, becoming the "old man" in journalism (that National Guard memo story did him in, IMO; CBS should have made sure that the memos were real before they did their news report). I also like that Cooper came out earlier; his mother is none other than Gloria Vanderbilt, of all people...
Good update and waiting for more...
After reading a Murdoch chronicle, he always targeted Fox news for the right wing american politics since his inception as a way to get an easy marketshare but since 911 onward and reached his Zenith during Bush second term... Here i would imagine Fox news is still his flag waving mode and hounding gore for any 'mistake'.
No matter how idiotic the origin of the mistake.
Like IOTL, they attacked Obama for using mustard, wearing a tan suit and not wearing an American flag lapel. ITTL, probably same thing to Gore.
Looks like we might see some competition in video-sharing websites instead of the monopoly YouTube has ITTL. The mention of Microsoft being a major sponsor of Videocean leaves me to wonder if the company may outright buy it in the future, which makes me wonder if Google will buy YouTube.
I thought I should ask this: what is Arin Hanson AKA Egoraptor up to at this point in the TL? FLASH FACT: I used hang around with him online via AOL Instant Messenger for a brief period of time (roughly 2000-01) because we both hung around in Mega Man fan page scene.
Speak for you, We have Dailymotion in France
What is happening for them ? It was created in 2005 OTL ^^
I imagine with 13 years of Democratic administrations, that Fox News has gotten used to being the "opposition" channel so to speak. It is a bit less socially conservative than IOTL but leans heavily on fiscal conservatism and has started to have a few libertarian hosts. However, there are also the usual war hawks on the channel, and many hosts still oppose gay marriage and abortion. Bill O'Reilly is currently still the most popular host on the network, as IOTL.
Tubehound is a TV news website, not a video site, but yeah they're original TTL. The hurricane season will be covered in the next news update, but that's probably a few weeks out yet. And as for Hungary/Ukraine, it was mostly a regional dick waving contest that fizzled out on its own within a few months. Just like in real life, sometimes these things just end without any real "conclusion" to speak of.
Chirac, as IOTL.
Without the Bush administration/Iraq war, there's no reason Rather couldn't still be around in 2017, barring old age health problems. I doubt he goes all the way up to 2017 without retiring, but it is possible unless he starts to groom a colleague as a successor.
We'll be hearing more about Videocean in the future for sure, Youtube as well. Google buying up Okuma means that they're definitely looking for new platforms, so Youtube could come up as a possible acquisition again unless they decide to buy Videocean out from under Microsoft.
And Game Grumps still becomes a thing ITTL, so Egoraptor is still going to be making original content.
Speak for you, We have Dailymotion in France
What is happening for them ? It was created in 2005 OTL ^^
Dailymotion might get butterflied away for something else but I imagine there'll be a French video website up at some point.
I wish Okuma were a thing in OTL, it could quickly become the most popular social network among the introverted and nerdy - maybe even becoming somewhat of a meeting place for actual autistic people in a world where Chris-Chan went postal and made my ATL self's life even more depressing than the one I have now.
Interestingly, Mitsuko Ariyama is autistic, and she'll be putting a decent chunk of that $800 million toward raising awareness of autism. She's another original character and you'll be hearing more about her also.
Ah, my bad for not clarifying that I was aware Tubehound isn't a video site. And thanks for clarifying that last bit, now that I think about it, it is kind of like minor flare-ups of belligerence between the two Koreas.
And it's funny because he never going to image how rich he could have been .
If an OTL dude goes into this TL and told him that he is billionaire and billion of people are using his social network he won't believe him
I concur with @Neoteros. I'm in love.
Also, speaking of political punditry, and the 13 years of Democrats we've had ITTL, how are the following people doing, as of July, 2005:
Jon Stewart.
Stephen Colbert.
John Oliver.
Samantha Bee.
Jesus Christ, I hope we get the Daily Show with John Oliver ITTL. That said, there are a lot of butterflies. For example,with no Bush, Fox News may not be such an easy target, which means the Colbert Report might not exist. Also, how is SNL doing? Please don't butterfly Andy Samberg.
EDIT: Oh yeah, by the way: My power's back on! I'm OK.
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Well, a virtual monopoly at least. Vimeo and Dailymotion are too small and/or niche to dent YouTube's OTL dominance in any significant manner.
In any case competition in the online video world (or at least, the non-adult video division
) will be a net positive. It would not surprise me that by TTL 2017, assuming online video content explodes as it did OTL, you might see YouTube and Videocean as fierce rivals for dominance, fighting over major online content creators. The increased competition will also help both YouTube ("Wild West" of online videos) and Videocean (relatively safe, clean, high-quality, copyright-enforcing) keep their respective reputations intact for a long time, since for each site, there's the threat of another "800-pound gorilla" video site frustrated/annoyed users can easily defect to.On the TV news front, it's certainly interesting to see both Dan Rather effectively becoming the Walter Cronkite of the early 21st Century and Katie Couric succeeding as a evening news anchor TTL (as opposed to her ill-fated tenure anchoring CBS's evening newscast OTL).
Finally, Mitsuko Ariyama - who is well set-up to be TTL's equivalent of Mark Zuckerburg - is going to face a long, tough uphill battle to change the perception of those with autism (and other mental/developmental disorders and disabilities), given that it's barely been 4 years since Chris-Chan's infamous rampage at his high school.
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