The PlaneShift World

[karakth]

Well it would implode if it was hollow and one hemisphere had considerably more mass than the other hemisphere. Of course, I still say the PLANET X theory would work, if it was balanced just about right.

There\'s always another possibility: The PS world isn\'t hollow.

[The Gumster]

yes like i said before the planet could be massive and the cave is just a tiny part of it.

[karakth]

Uh...You weren\'t the one to come up with that, Gumster

But then again Talad said that the cave might go through the whole planet...

Anyway, I feel like I\'m beating up a dead horse here, so I\'m just going to stop now...uh...yeah.

[varsity]

Hmmm, maybe it could be like this?
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-10/437124/Gravity.JPG

Maybe this way you could keep the planet semi balanced?

[karakth]

Hmm let\'s try and keep a few things in mind:

1) The whole \"Hollow World\" thing is not even official, and was just a tiny comment passed by Talad. This was enough to spark the interest of the large chunk of the PS comunity that are interested in physics. However, this was only a comment, and has been given overdue attention. The most probable chance is that the world will not be this way.

2) Even the Xacha Scientists have not even dreamt of planets. The furthest their philosophical thought got was a cavern under Yliakum, already a large concept. Excitement is in mystery, and while getting to the bottom of things is fun, we have to remember that this is an MMORPG. We will never have any use at all for this knowledge, as the inhabitants of Yliakum can barely think to the scope of the great cavern beneath them. We, as roleplayers of these people, will never need to know if the world is hollow or not.

3) In discussing this, we\'ve shrunken Yliakum to a fraction of its size. We don\'t really think of it as being very big, just a tiny stalagtite comparitively. Yliakum is actually a huge world, at the very least the size of Faerun. There are still many, many things to explore in Yliakum, and only when we have exhausted them should we go on to seek grander things. We would be better off discussing the different levels of Yliakum, or Yliakum\'s ecosystem.

Edit: Spelling

[Thardin]

So what you\'re saying is this:
The town we walk around in now is just s very small part of a level (probably the 1st or 2nd) of Yliakum.


Hmmm... never thought about it that way. Well, then it is huge indeed.

[The Gumster]

Originally posted by karakth
Uh...You weren\'t the one to come up with that, Gumster

But then again Talad said that the cave might go through the whole planet...

Anyway, I feel like I\'m beating up a dead horse here, so I\'m just going to stop now...uh...yeah.

okay i didnt come up with that, whatever
Talad said the cave might go through the planets core (or was it the whole planet? i cant remember ).
i agree, it is much better just to eat the horse

[Parts]

Just on the planet X theory:

If Planet X was exerting enough gravitational pull on the planeshift world for it to be felt (as an orientation through the ps world), the planeshift world would fall onto planetX.

If the ps world orbited planetX fast enough for the centrifugal force to balance its orbit and prevent it falling, it would also balance the perceived gravity on the ps world: Effectively the ps world would have \'zero-g\' or be in perpetual \'freefall\' like a spacecraft in orbit around earth.

Hows that for a spanner in the works

[Kazorn]

that world dosen\'t have to have the same physics as ours...

it could be in another membrane with diffrent strings conected to it - it dosen\'t even have to have gravity.

[Tash]

we could have it so it is \"glued\" together by \"magic\".

[Halvord]

I got from when Talad said \"the planet\" he meant our planet.  So the cave is so big that it could fit planet Earth inside it -- although just barely.

I\'m right, end of discussion.  :p

[Zephyrus]

A thought struck me about why it might rain in planeshift; it might be the condensation on the roof  of the stalagtite thats cooled down and is dripping off. Of course if its big enough it might just be clouds, still the condensation idea is interesting, because then you would end up with lots of rainbows as there is no cloud blocking the su... crystal.

[slabertooch]

When in doubt, blame magic.  Magic can explain anything regardless how obscure.
EOD

[Zephyrus]

Yes! alright! for the 50000000th time we have covered the magic explanation! sorry... it just starts to get a bit old

[lynx_lupo]

Clouds are not a problem, rain is. If the ceiling is as smooth as in normal caves, little water would drop from it and it would be a little stream falling(not dispersed).

The ceiling would have to be really coarse and bumpy or have many stalactites.