Legend

Myriad Reality

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I don't see what you're getting at. Aren't all beaches on planets?

@Galaxy Raider

You're metaphorically literally metaphorically literally killing me.

Myriad Reality

Not sure if I like the idea of everyone always being in touch.

@Galaxy Raider

Except they already are through cell phones.

Myriad Reality

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Speaking of that, like I asked, how do we know if people in different locations can hear each other? Do we have to specifically state "everybody can hear this"? Or do we just reply and hope we're right?

@whizzball1

Private versus public communications. Easily inferred, and the devices are smart enough to know what is/isn't, as long as the people behind them are as well. A general rule is that if they're someplace everybody can access like the base, it's public, which is also an explanation of how people know when to show up. If it's someplace nobody can get to, it's most likely private. It's also extremely low-key. It won't really be mentioned unless necessary because it works independently.

Myriad Reality

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Can everyone hear everything over the devices, or is this only for Techi, Violet, and Meredy?

@whizzball1

Everybody.

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But it happened. We can't just change back randomly and have it make sense. We also won't have every character a part of it and have no way of knowing who is and isn't. We need a qualifier.

@The World

It spreads as a virus. Within two days, everyone will be in it. I'm not going to put braces around every post of mine because every single one will be on the network. There's literally no reason not to have the system.

Myriad Reality

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I like the idea of having a marker. It actually rather makes sense, since it's coming from devices. If we consider the idea that what we see is from cameras recording everything, then they'll record the speech from the devices, as well, and we can put that in markers to show that it's coming from the devices.

@whizzball1

But markers make no sense because literally everything will be on the network unless they switch it off.

Myriad Reality

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Yeah? But beaches are beaches. Cool, but I'm not going to go "Wow, a beach!" every time I see one.

@Galaxy Raider

Yeah, but this is a planet.

Myriad Reality

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But from a logical standpoint it makes more sense. We can't just suddenly change the whole system by which things happen. And then when characters aren't a part of it we have no way of knowing that. We need to separate it so we know.

@The World

What are you talking about? The characters know exactly what's happening, and this offers a supplement to the current system and a better explanation as to why it's on RPG in the first place. Changing from a network system in the first place was less logical a jump.

Myriad Reality

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It's a beach. How enthused should I be?

@Galaxy Raider

Super. There a lot of stuff to do that's not beachy.

Myriad Reality

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But that's stupid because we've moved to an entirely in person style. Assuming everything is on the network when everything since we've come off ifunny has been in person would make no sense.

@The World

No, the reason it makes sense is because it can operate the same way the Ifunny network did. They can still be there in person and their devices will record it, but they can also communicate without being there. The in-person always system is inferior from a technical standpoint and has more flaws.

Myriad Reality

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*Shrugs and looks around*

@Galaxy Raider

You don't seem as enthused as I'd expect.