tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post7496807309812418144..comments2024-03-29T05:52:53.051+11:00Comments on The Adventurers Guild: Timequest - A Rogue Agent (Headquarters)The Tricksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-3863980238074998892016-10-25T06:13:32.407+11:002016-10-25T06:13:32.407+11:00Thought up another one: perhaps there is a limit o...Thought up another one: perhaps there is a limit on when agents can visit to avoid paradoxes. More experienced agents have used up more of those eras, so the villain deliberately creates problems in places other agents can't go without causing paradoxes.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-40260957215676610842016-03-06T06:52:40.907+11:002016-03-06T06:52:40.907+11:00That would have been a good explanation! The real ...That would have been a good explanation! The real one... well, I won't say anything, since you have so many posts to go still (well, I might say it's kind of scifi cliché).<br /><br />And nice to see you are still reading the blog! (Even if you still have quite a way to catch us).Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-19772176643167360332016-03-05T14:36:15.427+11:002016-03-05T14:36:15.427+11:00It seems that we'll find out, but I want to gu...It seems that we'll find out, but I want to guess why they are sending a private back in time: They aren't certain of the loyalty of the other agents that knew him better. You are new, don't know anyone here yet, but are technically qualified. So they are sure you aren't in a conspiracy with him, and you should be able to do the mission, making you the logical choice.<br /><br />Can't wait to see if I'm right, but I'm betting not. This would make sense though. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-3291825252220893212015-06-19T10:05:42.803+10:002015-06-19T10:05:42.803+10:00He is destined to fail because he can only succeed...He is destined to fail because he can only succeed with the time traveling technology.<br /><br />If the research on time traveling technology is being wiped out by his actions to destroy civilization, then he wouldn't be able to travel in time to destroy civilization, right?<br /><br />So, if the agency is still around to talk about this rogue agent, they should know that he failed in his stupid plans and go out for a round of beer for a job well undone.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-24798319110914972012015-06-19T09:59:56.521+10:002015-06-19T09:59:56.521+10:00Sorry, had to remove the earlier message because i...Sorry, had to remove the earlier message because it doesn't make sense to me either.<br /><br />What I'm saying is that, you could never fail in the first place because there is always another you from another timeline (every fraction of a second could create another copy of you) to make sure you did things correctly.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-26373195815532475222015-06-19T09:57:21.501+10:002015-06-19T09:57:21.501+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-56618147294335952162015-06-18T11:37:28.282+10:002015-06-18T11:37:28.282+10:00I think that is an understatement. It seems that t...I think that is an understatement. It seems that the authors did not have a basic understanding of European history.Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-2522703820655760002015-06-18T10:34:55.060+10:002015-06-18T10:34:55.060+10:00I don't think that works. If you fail, there i...I don't think that works. If you fail, there is no future you.Reikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326356159794723662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-16802437350643259762015-06-18T10:30:58.822+10:002015-06-18T10:30:58.822+10:00The history in this game is somewhat shaky, yes. I...The history in this game is somewhat shaky, yes. I'll be mentioning some of the more egregious things I see as we go.Reikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326356159794723662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-64719535622478545782015-06-18T10:03:22.351+10:002015-06-18T10:03:22.351+10:00Why are they sending the NOW you when they can sen...Why are they sending the NOW you when they can send the FUTURE you, who had stopped this guy before and thus have the experience to do it again, back to stop Vettenmeyer again?<br /><br />In fact, how could you fail when the future you can come back to warn the past you, or even taking your place if you die? Hold on a minute. I think I'm on to something. There is only ONE Timecop. And that is YOU. The "other" agents who are supposed to cover your duties if you fail? YOU.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-91429431396916666702015-06-18T08:49:08.395+10:002015-06-18T08:49:08.395+10:00I was actually kinda thinking that given it's ...I was actually kinda thinking that given it's time travel, they could be sending dozens upon dozens of people backwards in time - if one fails, they can just send another, right? So long as the timestream hasn't been destroyed to the point that the 'present' in 2090 no longer has time travel technology, anyhow.<br /><br />I'd say that the notion of Europe not really emerging from the Dark Ages can't really be true - even were the majority of it to have formed into a superpower pre-Renaissance, there was still gigantic marauding hordes from Asia (the Mongols?) along with the vast expanse of Africa. They would have ended up learning at least enough to counter the horseback terror raids without building enormous castles, as that really wasn't very efficient as it came to protecting food supplies et al. (Besides which - Civilization tells me that gunpowder is one of the key discoveries to furthering science, and the Chinese got there first anyway!)Aperamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669724908141286435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-86775822920131826592015-06-18T05:47:24.309+10:002015-06-18T05:47:24.309+10:00I am pretty sure the writer must have meant the en...I am pretty sure the writer must have meant the end of the Roman Empire at the Migration Period, since the consequences of a mission failure are described thus: "Without the power struggle among Caesar's killers, the Roman Empire may remain united and resist all future barbarian incursions. It may, in fact, never fall." <br /><br />I just think the creators went for a bit of historical hyperbole. The bit with Charlemagne is even better. Supposedly his coronation by pope (probably just a political middle finger for Byzantine Empire) led to him uniting plenty of Europe (untrue, since his conquests predate the coronation) and without it "Europe may never emerge from the Dark Ages." (Yea, it would have been too boring, if scientific advances would have had something to do with the end of Dark Ages).Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-27243735173543446462015-06-18T03:46:47.588+10:002015-06-18T03:46:47.588+10:00I think what they meant is that Caesar's death...I think what they meant is that Caesar's death led to the end of the Roman REPUBLIC. Most people don't realize that Caesar was not the first emperor (not in name, at any rate), but rather the last Dictator of the Roman Republic. Augustus was the first Emperor who succeeded Julius after his assassination. <br /><br />Rumulus Augustus was the final Roman Emperor and no, I do not believe that you can draw a through-line from Caesar to him. A lot happened between those two dates that they were hardly even the same empire. Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-85233885344884408412015-06-18T03:39:00.660+10:002015-06-18T03:39:00.660+10:00"why are you sending a lowly private on this ..."why are you sending a lowly private on this critical mission?"<br /><br />There's actually a good explanation why it had to be just this person to take the mission, but you probably haven't seen it yet.<br /><br />Now that I read the mission reports, some of them take quite a many historical shortcuts. Say, the Roman one: "Julius Caesar was stabbed and killed on the Ides of March. After his death, the<br />conspirators in the assassination plot engaged in a bitter power struggle that<br />split the Roman Empire and eventually led to its downfall."<br /><br />Firstly, this is a bit inaccurate, since it suggests that the conspirators would have begun fighting one another, although they actually fought Caesar's followers, Marc Antony and Octavian (who then later fought one another - but that's another story).<br /><br />Secondly, Caesar died 44 BC, and while it's a bit difficult to pinpoint, when exactly Rome fell, let's say first signs of the eventual downfall happened at the beginning of third century (and some might consider even that a bit of a stretch). That's more than two hundred years between these events! It's hard to see any relevant causal chain leading from one to the other. <br /><br />The only explanation I can come up with is that the civil war after Caesar's death would have made Rome somehow internally fragile - but there just isn't any evidence for it. Rome had internal power struggles and even civil wars well before Caesar's reign - and there were civil wars quite a lot after it. Perhaps all of them in unison weakened the empire, but how significant would one of them have been? (Not to mention how unlikely it would have been that Caesar dying at different time would have prevented some type of civil war.)Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-55146916083331855272015-06-18T01:12:00.232+10:002015-06-18T01:12:00.232+10:00Two time travel games in a row! If only I had time...Two time travel games in a row! If only I had time to play Time Zone...Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.com