Dwilight calendar

[Dhalgren]

How do I find out about the in-game year?
I noticed some people use 7 YD or similar.

[Arrakis]

http://wiki.battlemaster.org/wiki/Dwilight/Timeline

[Dhalgren]

That was easy, thanks :)

[Arrakis]

No problem. The calendar was designed several years ago as an IC way of tracking things instead of real life years. You will find that Dwilight has quite an interesting history. I am not sure how many people actually update it anymore, but I hope someone does.

[vonGenf]

Note that this only applies to Dwilight. Dwilight was opened later than the other islands and has a serious atmosphere, as well as seasons, which means the years have more meaning there than anywhere else.

In my experience other islands tend to use either the real world calendar, or the same with the years put 1000 years back (e.g. April 18th, 1011). It's just a convention though.

The game mechanics do not actually define years.

[Anaris]

To the extent that there is an IG year, it is 2012.

Anything else is purely a player convention, and is neither official nor universal.

[Dhalgren]

It does add a lot to the serious medieval atmosphere. I would feel somehow weird to sign a poem or an essay with the date 2012, Spring 18YD is much better.

[Anaris]

It does add a lot to the serious medieval atmosphere. I would feel somehow weird to sign a poem or an essay with the date 2012, Spring 18YD is much better.

The YD system is actually one of the better ones I have seen in-game, and I have no objection to it. It's also pretty widely used in Dwilight. I just wanted to warn that none of the systems described on the Wiki are an official in-game year—which why none of them will be displayed anywhere in-game.

[Vellos]

The YD system is actually one of the better ones I have seen in-game, and I have no objection to it. It's also pretty widely used in Dwilight. I just wanted to warn that none of the systems described on the Wiki are an official in-game year—which why none of them will be displayed anywhere in-game.

So they're.... exactly like real calendars: cultural constructs sustained by collective utility.

[Dhalgren]

ok got it. So that's why submissions on the wiki are made with the ooc date, but then some have the IC date in the actual article

[Indirik]

FWIW - The wiki often uses semantics in several places to perform various automated functions. The most notable use of dates is for the unique item timelines. These timelines will not work with anything other than standard, real-world dates. Dates such as "1012" or "12 YD" will be ignored by the semantic wiki. Since we have put a lot of work into the semantics, I would hate to see the semantic properties get corrupted by the use of these non-standard dates.

[Glaumring the Fox]

Oh the YD system is nothing compared to the Asylonian Moon calendar system.

[Dhalgren]

that sounds incredible, Ven needs to write an essay about it. Where do I find out more?

[Indirik]

You have to write until Glaumring invents it, first.

[Chenier]

You have to write until Glaumring invents it, first.

:P

What of the D'Haran turtle calandar? We measure the seasons by the reproductive cycle of sea turtles!  8)