The shape of the Plane Shift world, LOL, LOL, LOL

[ajdaha]

What on earth is that huge cone hovering in space.
Its PlaneShift. Why would it be cone shaped, how unrealistic is that, even for a pretty imaginative game. I really hope they change this, it just makes it harder to roleplay for me personally.

[Moogie]

If you had read the Settings and History on the website first, you wouldn\'t look particularly stupid right now.

[Dameon]

Hmmm, should I fill him in? I think I will.

The planet is not shaped like a cone. The entire world of Planeshift is inside a giant stalagtite (big downward spike) hanging in a HUGE cave...

[Axsyrus]

Yliakum is INSIDE a stalactite.. not shaped like one -_-;
and it\'s not hovering in space, it\'s inside a giant cave..

Please read the setting:
http://www.planeshift.it/setting_overview.html

[Drilixer]

Originally posted by Dameon
Hmmm, should I fill him in? I think I will.

The planet is not shaped like a cone. The entire world of Planeshift is inside a giant stalagtite (big downward spike) hanging in a HUGE cave...

hmmm... *cracks nuckles*

this is only half true... Yliakum, a location within Planeshift, is the \'world\' (better refered to as a controlled ecosystem) inside the stalagmite...

[Kiva]

I\'ll just translate those very confusing words with which all this has been explained with.

PlaneShift = Planet / World
Yliakum = Big Hollow Stone Hanging From The Top Of A Big Cave.

In case you didn\'t understand this then please read it again, until you do understand it.

[Drilixer]

heh - actually we have left out a couple facts that may be helpful towards your understanding of \'the world\'
 ->
 understand that Planeshift is a game and hence is completely OOC

so you could revize that Gronomist to:

Yliakum = giant hollow cone on cieling of cave
[place that holds Ylikaum] = world

[ajdaha]

Sorry people.
I\'ve read that script before, I must have understood it differently, maybe because i was in a hurry.
I realise that it must be anoying to have someone talk as if they are correct without actually understanding what they are writing about.
But now that i\'ve read it thoroughly I still think its
a bit interesting  the way it all is

[druke]

well i always understood the hole stalagmite thing as a cosmological position

[Davis]

Either I have no idea what you are talking about, Druke, or you are wrong. My 11:00 thinking does not serve me well, however.

[derwoodly]

I have a dificult time not laughing about the cone world thing myself.  I believe the developers are stuck on the concept.  Yah, you can explain to me about how it is a hollow stalagmite and all, but it does not change the fact that the modle inside the computer is a icecream cone.  Reminds me of Dr. Suess and Horton hears a Who.

Welcome to whovile adjaha.

[ajdaha]

THats what I think aswell.
Why was it that the developers couldn\'t go with the good, old, round, spherical idea.
It wouldn\'t take away from the originality because people don\'t really care about the shape of the world they are living in. Unless PlaneShift is going to be something extremerly different from all the other MMORPGs then i say stick to the round planet idea.
THis is all my opinion so if you think i\'m wrong you\'re welcome to say it. But only if you say why i\'m wrong.

[Skain]

Because then we wouldnt have multiple planes to travel between, we can journey all directions in this world, whereas in a spherical world we cannot explorer up or down.

[dorbian]

and that is what makes this game so special, you can go up and down and left and right you only can\'t get out of the cone ( well you can now but that is a bug )

the only thing that bothers me is the day and night part,  if the cone\'s isn\'t turning ( otherwise we would all fall out or something ) how can it become night  ?(  ok i\'m confused i\'m not going to this thread anymore it makes me do funny things

[Skain]

THe entire top of the stalegmite is the crystal so light around the stalegmite goes into this and reflects around yliakum.