Poppa Clam Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 (edited) As we all know, the political landscape in CN over the course of a year changes drastically. If you look at in the eyes of a cyber person, all of this occurs over the span of decades or perhaps even centuries. So, what is the general consesus of how many years on Planet Bob are equivalent to one Earth year? I think 1 year in RL = about 40-50 years in CN. ^This raises another question. If that is indeed the case, how old are we then? Perhaps our usernames are just titles given to the leader of our nations and have been passed down for generations. (For those of us who have been around for numerous years) Or maybe I'm looking too deep in it. I want to hear y'alls thoughts. Edited July 19, 2013 by Poppa Clam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWilliam Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 (edited) 1 year = 1 year, I can't see it any other way (I'm not much one for roleplaying). Edited July 19, 2013 by SirWilliam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Uruk Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 I don't think global wars occur every 50 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogaden Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 1 year = 1 year, the CN world is a hellhole of nuclear death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereno Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 (edited) Or maybe I'm looking too deep in it. I want to hear y'alls thoughts. Yeah, pretty much this. There is no equivalency. Edited July 19, 2013 by Hereno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChairmanHal Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Keeping in mind that everything is abstracted out pretty radically and on different scales, it's impossible to be precise. However, 1 month CN time = 2-3 years of RL time sounds about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Marin Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 One year in Planet Earth is equivalent to twelve years in Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letterkenny Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 I remember some time ago (2010 maybe) someone was trying to adapt certain wars into a book. He was, again iirc, applying 1 year CN to 20 years RL. His story was starting with two global factions arising in the world - GATO and INC - and running through the Unjust War. Sounded pretty interesting, don't think it ever went anywhere. In any case, 1 to 20 seems pretty realistic until Karma. Karma and beyond, I suppose you'd have to jump to 50 or 100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Hakai Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 1 year in CN is a billion years IRL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilyn Caster Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 1 year in CN is 1 year in RL that you will never get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiagoroth Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 1 year in CN is 1 year in RL that you will never get back. Most realistic post yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Chocolate Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 (edited) Planet Bob has nothing to do with earth or anything in "reality." The "year" cycle is whatever we want. Why? Because we have nukes and every now and then there is mass chaos and destruction where everyone uses them and I'm here to have fun and thinking about that in relation to anything in the "real world" completely and utterly destroys the fun I am having. therefore, your question means nothing. it's like bringing up peace mode on a forum discussing peace in the real world. Peace what? Edited July 20, 2013 by White Chocolate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 The last time a post like this came up, I think the general thinking was 1 week RL = 1 year CN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caladin Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 1 year in CN is 1 year in RL that you will never get back.This is why we need a like button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auctor Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 Dunno how it works for RP purposes to create a number that makes nation rulers 250+ years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Hakai Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 Dunno how it works for RP purposes to create a number that makes nation rulers 250+ years old. we are role playing ancients that's all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppa Clam Posted July 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 Dunno how it works for RP purposes to create a number that makes nation rulers 250+ years old. I thought about that. Which is why I think our ruler names are simply titles passed down to each leader of our nation. Though the ancient ruler thing makes sense as well. 1 week in RL = 1 year in CN makes a lot of sense as well. As does the earlier post about adapting certain wars into books. (which I would like to read if there's a link) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoskia Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 I don't know, but another question I have is: 1 dollar in CN = how many RL dollars? I know that a nuke doesn't cost 1M in RL.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 1 year = 1 year, I can't see it any other way (I'm not much one for roleplaying). I'll have to agree with SirWilliam here, there is no time distortion. 1 day of taxes or bills = 1 regular day. If that wasn't so, such as one real hour equals 1 day in the game, there would be a difference. Although that's not the way it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific Fleet Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 If only I could transfer my warchest into my bank account :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the rebel Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 If only I could transfer my warchest into my bank account :P The exchange rate would be terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogar Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 I don't know, but another question I have is: 1 dollar in CN = how many RL dollars? I know that a nuke doesn't cost 1M in RL.... if you think about how many we're producing, prices for military equipment would be far cheaper than in real life since we're using so many more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enamel32 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) Yeah, 40-50 years sounds reasonable in my book. It surprises me how many people post in these threads and say "I don't like/understand RP". The funny thing is if you really don't understand RP whilst being an asshole 'IC', you must be one severe sack of shit in RL. When you ask how old are we. I've been playing for a long time. I think I feel like George Washington would feel if he were still alive. "YOU IDIOTS, YOU ARE TRODDING ON THE MORAL STANDARDS OF OUR FOREFATHERS" and finally "GODDAMNIT, I'VE BEEN ALIVE FAR TOO LONG. SOMEONE KILL ME NOWWWWW" Edited July 23, 2013 by Enamel32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Wally Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Pretty hard to reflect it into a real world context... I guess you could say the 1 RL = 50 CN years ratio would be fairly close. If your trying to consider the cycles of Global Wars as the benchmark. The main structural difference when relating CN to the real world is that you probably need to think of CN nations instead as local region states / shire town councils etc and Alliances as the actual Nations they belong to. I don't know, but another question I have is: 1 dollar in CN = how many RL dollars? I know that a nuke doesn't cost 1M in RL.... Well a AH-64 Apache in game costs $13,000 (less then my car lol!), in the real world your looking at say $20,000,000 going off Wikipedia, so using that known benchmark your looking at a CN $1 = RL $1538 ratio. Would a nuke cost 1.5 Billion a pop? Id say that's getting close to the mark if your mass producing them USA or Russia style and not considering developmental research costs (MP wonder purchase?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dev0win Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Well most of us that are still playing are dirty dogs so I think we should use dog years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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