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by **Bryjnar** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:29 am

Wow... that was interesting... in a kind of macabre way.

Which is more plausible, a planet that just happens to have oceans covering most of it's surface so that only a straight strip is left (oh yes, and a planet-wide band of mist), or an artificially constructed torus with some kind of gravity generation, and an equally artificial collar of mist?

Of course, this discussion is a bit pointless, because all it is is a premise. In order for any fiction to work you have to just accept some things, e.g. the existence of magic. There probably isn't some grand structure of the Way, it's probably just set up to facilitate the story.

by **Sling** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:07 pm

If there was though, the most likely would be a Ring World (like off of Halo) even though my earlier suggestion was by far more cooler and/or badass purely due to the fact that I used the phrases "Black Hole" and "Anti-Matter Universe".

by **Bryjnar** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:23 am

Problem is, ringworlds have edges. So far there has been no hint in the Way about what happens if you go at right angles to the Way, but I very much doubt there's just an edge.

by **Sling** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:00 pm

But if it was constructed like the Halo's then there would be no edge.

by **JLAF** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:06 pm

Halo's has an edge. You just never see it exept in the backgrounds of some levels. Even though it loops in one way, there's an adge in the other.

Code: Select all: | | | | | | <--Edge | | | |

by **Silvercrow** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:42 pm

Well, if it were a circular ring, it would technically have no edge.

by **JLAF** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:37 pm

Wait... What? Aren't all rings circular? You can go foward and backward forever, but you can't go side to side. And that is technically an adge.

by **Sage Of The Wise** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:08 pm

Wait... What? Aren't all rings circular? You can go foward and backward forever, but you can't go side to side. And that is technically an adge.

That would be a 2D ring. On a 3D or "round ring" you can go side to side, you would just loop around.

by **Sling** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:23 pm

Sage Of The Wise wrote:
Wait... What? Aren't all rings circular? You can go foward and backward forever, but you can't go side to side. And that is technically an adge.

That would be a 2D ring. On a 3D or "round ring" you can go side to side, you would just loop around.

Thanks, for clearing that up. I couldn't have put it better myself.

by **JLAF** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:33 pm

I get it. But, if what were to be true, wouldn't someone have gone around the short way once by now? And then told everyone?

by **Sling** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:44 pm

*sigh* You are an idiot aren't you? Don't worry, I will create a diagram to explain it as I can't be bothered to explain to you in words right now.

by **JLAF** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:53 pm

It's like a donut, right? But you could still go around a shorter way, and reach the other side faster. Or is it a really thick ring?

by **Masked Gamer** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:55 pm

He IS right, if it were a 3d ring, there would be a shorter way to get to the end of The Way in theory.

by **Silvercrow** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:18 am

Masked Gamer wrote:He IS right, if it were a 3d ring, there would be a shorter way to get to the end of The Way in theory.

Not by much though, depending on the width and length of the ring.

by **Sling** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:59 am

It would be entirely dependant on which way the rolling mists travelled.

The red arrow signifies which way the wanderer travels and the blue is the rolling mists. I'm pretty sure that this doesn't explain it any better but I don't care becuase diagrams are kickass.

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