Talk:War of Warcraft

Um...there's a problem. In IB, there is as yet no internet per se. There is something kinda/sorta internet-like in Ireland and a few parts of Kemr, but elsewhere, no. So this game can hardly be "online." Sorry. Zahir 07:31, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

For that matter, I think that computers are largely research/industrial devices, and there isn't the large-scale personal and home use *there* BoArthur 14:00, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I've been wondering this for a while. So in IB there's nothing like geek culture? Benkarnell 15:15, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I think its more like what geek culture was like before the advent of the internet. Being old enough to remember same, that means things like fanzines published via mimeograph machines and mailed to subscribers, actual letter-writing and of course many more, smaller conventions for fans to get together. Zahir 16:06, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

You forget to add in Role-Playing Game nights "Dude! My Half-Ork Druid Mage just totally cast a 3d/8 against your Elven Ranger!" BoArthur 16:40, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

RPGs do seem to fit IB. That's where I was first exposed to purposeful conculturing, anyway. So there are no video games at all in IB? I seem to recall a "20 years out of date and catching up" figure, so that computers *there* would be roughly on par with *our* devices c. 1990. That would actually allow for some primitive computer RPGs, something Zelda-like. Not to mention the electronic Whum games in every pub. Benkarnell 16:51, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

If you mean those dungeon & dragon thingies, those things are weak, no one on Earth likes them, at all. Misterxeight 17:47, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

speak for yourself. --Marc Pasquin 14:58, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Just because it existed/exists *here* doesn't mean it carries over *there*. IB seems, at least to me a lot less techno-focused in some respects, largely because there wasn't the Cold War of the SuperPowers, like *here*. I think that you might find Pac-Man-esque entertainments, but remember that computers aren't serial like ours, they're parallel, and I presume they function differently, and, as I said, I strongly doubt there's much market for them outside of government/university/science uses at this point. BoArthur 17:58, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I think what we might have is a distinction between the "IB internet" (something related to minitel) and personnal computing. The 2 simply never merged on IB and so while you might be able to play a game on your computer, you do so alone.--Marc Pasquin 14:58, 4 July 2008 (UTC)