Rodmar Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Hello!0 A.D.Could someone tell me exactly when this year happened?I know what are 1st century B.C. and 1st century A.D.I know what is the year 1 B.C. (which began circa 365 days before official C. birth.).I'd guess that 1st year A.D. is called 1 A.D. by scientists and calendars.I'm pretty sure the game's name won't change, and that's not a problem for me.But maybe, we could make it clear to the newcomer and the outsider that we perfectly know how years are counted.So, I'd suggest that in in-game descriptions, we change the string "0 A.D." to "1 A.D.", first year of the new era. As an example, lets talk about the "500 B.C. - 1 A.D." period, that ended with C. birth.Let's keep "0 A.D." as the main title and let's take responsibility for it as a fancy that would allegorically represent the change of area, which the game is centered on (before: period 1; after: period 2), rather than a given historical year that isn't even the first imperial century stricto sensu.A bit like a "ground zero" date, maybe the very one second between the day 1 B.C. ended and the day 1 A.D. began, maybe around the 6th stroke of midnight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanderd17 Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 From the main website: “0 A.D.” is a time period that never actually existed: In the usual calendar, one goes from 1 B.C. to 1 A.D. and skips zero. This reflects the historical fiction in the game: Who would have won if all the factions were pitted against each other when each of them was at its prime? http://play0ad.com/game-info/project-overview/ When it's used in in-game descriptions, it should be a reference to the game, not to a date. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGood Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Fictional date lets us build a fictional scenario in which all powerful empires from 300-1BC can face off in their golden ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodmar Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 I can only but agree with you.Topic closed, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 The other reason is 0 is in alphanumeric sort is the first in list, so the game can be sort to first or top. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idanwin Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 In synaptic the very first thing in the list is 0ad :-p makes it easy for linux users 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMolester Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 (edited) lol, the only thing more shame less would be to call the game 0A. XDDEdit: WAIT a minute... the game already is called 0A: 0 AD jajaja jajaja XDDDwell, the only thing more shame less would be to call the game 0AA then. XD Edited November 19, 2013 by NoMolester 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevynCJohnson Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 lol, the only thing more shame less would be to call the game 0A. XDDEdit: WAIT a minute... the game already is called 0A: 0 AD jajaja jajaja XDDDwell, the only thing more shame less would be to call the game 0AA then. XDWhy stop there? -- 000AD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrique Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 The other reason is 0 is in alphanumeric sort is the first in list, so the game can be sort to first or top.Well, this is not true. This is a side effect of the name chosen, but it is not a reason why the game is named that way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Well, this is not true. This is a side effect of the name chosen, but it is not a reason why the game is named that way.but is one of them, I don't know who say that many time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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