I've been pondering this of late. For all our discussion of History and Alternate History, has this site had any effects on the larger world? In short, would the world be any different if it didn't exist?
I christen this a IRMAHWI (Ian-Related Meta-Alternate History What-If)!Seriously, with the setting up of Sealion Press, several e-books of AH.com TLs will soon be published. Also,has VPM faced legal consequences yet? That would be an effect of the site's existence.
Ian and Calbear would have less stress in their lives.
Also, although I can't find any examples at the moment, I'm pretty sure Wikipedia sometimes uses base maps that originated on AH.com. It's not super common, but I think that it does happen.
Either that or Ian becomes Gendo Ikari and Calbear, Shinji Ikari.![]()
VPM? fillery schmillery
Vice President Mike, the asshole who went insane and spammed the forum with a ton of truly horrific porn, some of which involved children.
Well, I use the internet less. Seriously, I spend at least half of my time online here.
Vice President Mike, the asshole who went insane and spammed the forum with a ton of truly horrific porn, some of which involved children.
Well, I use the internet less. Seriously, I spend at least half of my time online here.
Vice President Mike, the asshole who went insane and spammed the forum with a ton of truly horrific porn, some of which involved children.
Also, although I can't find any examples at the moment, I'm pretty sure Wikipedia sometimes uses base maps that originated on AH.com. It's not super common, but I think that it does happen.
Wikipedia mostly use the Website-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named's maps, tough. I can't really find an exemple of OTL maps being used, actually.
What would be no AH.com? Maybe some authors being more involved into AH.com communities, without being kicked/banned; less coherence between AH-related websites (I saw AH.com terminology being used on french AH boards, for exemple), and overall less structured.