A while back a friend of mine (Logan Nightblade) submitted a blog about the cosmology of Wizard101 which got shared at the October 2019 newsletter. Recently he's been given criticism because he's trying to suggest that the Spiral contains an infinite number of timelines (something which he alluded to in his blog) but they don't believe that having his blog shared on the website means that the developers agree with him. Part of this was due to him using the phrase "Multiversal+". Multiversal+ is a term used by certain communities to describe a multiverse with infinite universes (or timelines) within it. The criticism was that the developers wouldn't understand what Multiversal+ meant and that invalidated his claims. I was wondering if the Curator or somebody else might be willing to shed some light on the subject and confirm if he was right or not about his assessment.
Re: Question about the Spiral (and game as a whole)
BenStormDust on Mar 12, 2020 wrote:
A while back a friend of mine (Logan Nightblade) submitted a blog about the cosmology of Wizard101 which got shared at the October 2019 newsletter. Recently he's been given criticism because he's trying to suggest that the Spiral contains an infinite number of timelines (something which he alluded to in his blog) but they don't believe that having his blog shared on the website means that the developers agree with him. Part of this was due to him using the phrase "Multiversal+". Multiversal+ is a term used by certain communities to describe a multiverse with infinite universes (or timelines) within it. The criticism was that the developers wouldn't understand what Multiversal+ meant and that invalidated his claims. I was wondering if the Curator or somebody else might be willing to shed some light on the subject and confirm if he was right or not about his assessment.
Re: Question about the Spiral (and game as a whole)
BenStormDust on Mar 12, 2020 wrote:
A while back a friend of mine (Logan Nightblade) submitted a blog about the cosmology of Wizard101 which got shared at the October 2019 newsletter. Recently he's been given criticism because he's trying to suggest that the Spiral contains an infinite number of timelines (something which he alluded to in his blog) but they don't believe that having his blog shared on the website means that the developers agree with him. Part of this was due to him using the phrase "Multiversal+". Multiversal+ is a term used by certain communities to describe a multiverse with infinite universes (or timelines) within it. The criticism was that the developers wouldn't understand what Multiversal+ meant and that invalidated his claims. I was wondering if the Curator or somebody else might be willing to shed some light on the subject and confirm if he was right or not about his assessment.
Oh exp613, you know me so well!
Ultimately, the question comes down to whether or not the description of the sands of time as "limitless" was literal or metaphorical. Technically, every beach has a finite number of grains of sand on it, but you really wouldn't want to count them!
In true Curator style I'm going to say that either interpretation of the "limitless" bit is logical and plausible, but I'm not going to throw my weight behind one of the other.
There might be an upcoming release that could offer some interesting perspective on this question...
Re: Question about the Spiral (and game as a whole)
The Curator on Apr 7, 2020 wrote:
Oh exp613, you know me so well!
Ultimately, the question comes down to whether or not the description of the sands of time as "limitless" was literal or metaphorical. Technically, every beach has a finite number of grains of sand on it, but you really wouldn't want to count them!
In true Curator style I'm going to say that either interpretation of the "limitless" bit is logical and plausible, but I'm not going to throw my weight behind one of the other.
There might be an upcoming release that could offer some interesting perspective on this question...
