Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31371445-20170222233857/@comment-31536324-20180712204423

"It is presented as a canon game interface. Which means, that the world is a simulation."

No it doesn't. In the meta sense, yes, which is what we're trying to avoid. But in the sense of it as a world, it's presented as a means to fight. When I say "real" I mean "walking next to us, talking to us, existing with us". Again, clearly showing that you don't understand the basic concept of alternative universes. Realms of reality with their own laws, rules, and principles different to our own. That's what we're looking at is as, but you keep trying to enforce the idea of it being a game, simply by the real world fact that it's a game made up of code with meta references. All the while hypocritically using that meta when you say that you're not doing so.

"Then it must be a real world, with no meta nonsense at play."

REALLY!? I never would've guessed! It's like that's what I and everyone else here has been saying this whole time, weird!

"Again, it's either that, or that. Toby meant to achieve one of those when he made the standard gaming tropes canon. Either no change, implying the HUD is being controlled by a player, or, with numerous changes that eliminate the possibility of the universe being a simulation."

We go by the latter, the one that actually has basis in the game. Not the former, that has no basis in the game, and is built on hypocrisy.

Also, what changes? (Joke:) Oh no, what's portrayed as the natural laws and rules of the games world, is portrayed as the natural laws and rules of the games world through this obvious viewpoint and theory, it's completely different! Alert the media!