Splitting the timeline like that would be too clunky, best to just stay away from the subject entirely.
Massively Multiplayer: Gaming In The New Millennium
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Splitting the timeline like that would be too clunky, best to just stay away from the subject entirely.
Totally understandable. This is, after all, a pop culture TL. The political updates, while interesting, aren’t the most important thing.
Wow really, now this has got ridiculous with this rule. I understand why there is the rule but when it starts affecting TL's like this it is overreaching. This may be the downfall of AH.com.
What the fuck? Why the hell did they feel this was necessary?
Yet another victory for the far right.
Fuck this shit.
No current ideologies, issues and politicians means that you just CAN NOT do a post 1900 TL of ANY kind. I'd rather have this TL go up in flames while it's still good and true to itself than adhere to what amounts to "we're scared of the Nazis, just as they planned."
Dude, stop. You're only making this worse. Take it to chat if you're mad, but if you keep going down this path you'll find yourself kicked, banned, or will have locked the TL. Nobody wants any of that. Just relax and take a breather.
Guys I don't like this either but this isn't about me or you. Ry already doesn't like cutting out political updates, don't make it worse for him by getting the whole thread locked
Can he post them in Chat at least? Or do we need a current politics TL section with Chat rules?
Maybe in the perfected version they can be put back...just seems we would need to wait till 2024 to put them safely.
I fully understand, disappointing as it may be. In all fairness, video games are the central subject of this timeline, and it is a small sacrifice that, in the long run, is probably for the best.
An interesting compromise might be news updates that focus entirely on non-political aspects such as tech (as possibly mentioned earlier) as well as the all-important weather (while foregoing politics altogether), but I acknowledge that this is your timeline, your story to write, your labor of love over the past seven years, and therefore your creative license to make the best decisions in writing.
Chill for just a moment. If that's true then so much for ending the hiatus on my own TL, but that's neither here nor there. I'll re-read the stickied message and proceed from there.
I was going to suggest this (and the wait would probably be worth it) but that's not my question or suggestion to make.
Frankly, I concur. We already had a perceived close call over a misconception on something said that I absolutely refuse to bring up for the sake of all of us, and to pull something out of context that actually fits this context (and apologies for putting words into mouths)...
I'm not going to say anything that would jeopardize the TL but I had to express myself. This new rule is harshly directed at post-2000 TLs indirectly of course. But a lot of current events are directly tied to events in the 20th century and even 100s of years ago. It really limits what AH you can write about. But that's the last I will say anything about it.
the thing is iirc the authors were already planning to pull back on the political elements soon already (i believe after the 2012 election)
So i'm not sure that it's worth moving the 3rd thread to chat for a few news updates a in story year.
So i'm not sure that it's worth moving the 3rd thread to chat for a few news updates a in story year.
I'm just against TL authors not being able to talk about post-2000 politics, just because a pack of assholes keep on turning any mention of current politics into a gang fight. Plus, there are some major plot points we might miss out on. I know there's some sort of TTL MeToo movement planned, and that's gonna be an issue.
This is very disappointing but I understand you having to err on the side of caution @RySenkari. It's a shame that we can't have any political discussion on any forum or site without jerks and trolls ruining everything.
I do however agree with the concerns of other posters that this will seriously hamper the ability of future TL writers who want to discuss relevant current political issues in their stories. At this rate you might as well throw all the post-Cold War TLs into Chat . . .
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