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If that story was changed, and that change was forced on us, I think you'll find a great deal of protesting going on, making the "Message Redacted" protest pale in comparison.
Forced… I don’t see how that is possible. Just as the open source code will branch, just a Superman, Star Trek, and other stories have branched so too will the adventures in the Cavern. Several people at GoW walk their own path and make interesting stories. The people writing stories do not seem to be influenced by what EVERYONE else is doing. People pick and choose what they want to react to and include in their stories. I am using anti-matter power systems brought back from the future to power up D’ni artifacts brought from the past via the Devokan Spheres. The Spheres are used to explain the continual changes that happen to regions in SL and OSGrid. I doubt any of that is going to be adopted by most age makers. I certainly believe no one will ever figure out how to force any story on fans. Smallville has certainly not changed the main Superman story where Louis know Kent is Superman in one and not in the other. This is story. We can pick and choose as it suites our individual taste.
While some want to conform to canon as close as they can, others not so much. Yet others have very little concern about canon. While it would be nice to avoid conflict in stories the chances are we will be dealing with it. There are all sorts of story devices to allow us to resolve conflicts. I remember the scene where Warf was asked about the change in Klingon appearance, “We don’t talk about that.”
That we may find a great deal of protesting should we exercise our freedom to tell stories that disagree with what some number of people at GoW have adopted or declared to be canon… or if Cyan chooses to tell a different story… I think many of us will ignore the protesting and move on with out stories. Also, you write that like there hasn’t been or isn’t lots of protesting going on and like no one has ever ignored a Cyan request or story shift.
Protest is common in our community. I don’t see that it has ever done much beyond generate posts and reveal people’s attitudes and personalities.
Thx Tweet. I forgot that the video camera had a laptop with it. It is ametist and I think D'Lanor that got something built into educational ages, like a working laptop or projector, that allow them to more easily teach classes in Uru.