Portalmaster18 (She/Her) — 1/1/2025 9:58 PM

This could be old videos being uploaded now, but with the talk of "people from the future" in the latest video, I think there seems to be something in this series going on that I think can be described as a "time offset"

Let me explain.

all the things in the channel, the most recent video, are recordings from 2020, and yet they describe as things are sort of happening now, specifically us, the viewers.

That video was very intentionally placed on new years.

I'd say with some confidence that for them, it's currently Jan 1st, 2021, there's a four year offset.

Now, there's no timey complications with the creation of the channel, it was created in 2014, however it first started uploading two years ago, 2019 for them, 2022 for us.

That's something I think is almost... "worrying"?

It almost creates a time paradox of sorts, as time is progressing for both us in 2025 and them in 2021, meaning they have about one and a half years give or take before they catch up with the first supposed upload, which brings me to the next point

They are uploading from their time, and it's showing up here in the future with us, meaning it's just not uploading back in their time, or it's simultaneously uploading in both, meaning supposedly we SHOULD be seeing everything ever uploaded anyways, cause y'know, that's how time works.

Now what's the point of this?

The worrying part being the paradox I mentioned, what's going to happen when they get to 2022, and on the day they first uploaded our time?

Or, what if the reason it's not effected is because they don't make it to 2022? Or, with a more hopeful outlook, for whatever reason left things as is as the outcome is better to be left alone?

Like, supposedly they are in the past, what's stopping the current day chainmail chasers from interacting, right? I guess that's where I'm coming from

I'd like to hear the thoughts, since I've only been following the channel and could miss some super super important stuff that's more secret lol

Portalmaster18 (She/Her) — 1/1/2025 10:23 PM

There's only a couple ways you can look at this

1, they're in a seperate universe that's also in the past, and somehow we have access to it.

2, they are uploading from the past, it's somehow uploading on both their time and our time

3, they are uploading from the past, it's only uploading on our time?

For both 3 and 2, there's still a major complication that is the eventual time paradox, and with 2 especially is indeed it's own time paradox as of now.

For scenerio 1, well, that's a whole new ordeal of things that are weird that's for sure.

The Princess (JereKuma) — 1/1/2025 10:27 PM

3 is definitely out of the question cause they're many references in the premiere to recent videos on the channel by the characters. So the videos are definitely on the channel in their time

Grace even said she didn't upload the ParonormalPrickheads Ad, the latest video on the channel before the premiere, and references The Dragon's appearance in it (When he interrupts the ad and tells the viewers the site is open for them to search)

Portalmaster18 (She/Her) — 1/1/2025 10:33 PM

Well then 2 is an interesting scenario cause it's the most likely case other than alternate universe, cause that's currently a paradox, as we obviously don't have the previous youtube videos that are technically uploaded back in 2020 and before by this point, meaning that like, maybe time can split off into different timelines(?), or maybe when something happens 2022 their time, something will happen 2026 our time by technicality?

All very interesting with a some faltering logic to most scenerios.

superMarioTV (COGS) — 1/2/2025 11:04 PM

i'd say that first one's the more versatile to work with cuz the last 2 have problems of being the same timeline, thus leading to the contradiction of us necessarily being able to see all of their uploads, but only being able to see the ones that they've uploaded to their point in time at our point in time. the 1st one also allows time desyncing, thus 1 timeline just shifting (for whatever motive), but the timeline pointers (aka the end points of what allow the connection) remaining equivalent, thus maintaining a stable connection

basically a slide rule esque model of timelines

superMarioTV (COGS) — 1/2/2025 11:19 PM

that also brings a funny idea

if we assume the pointers (aka the endpoints) move at a steady speed, thus being the progress of time, the timelines shifting arbitrarily (as far as we know) would imply that the speed of time would also change. here's why:

let's assume the pointers don't have an initial speed (aka they don't move unless we move them)

if both pointers move by +1 relative to their position, that would mean time has moved forward 1 unit on both timelines

if both pointers move by -1 relative to their position, that would mean time has moved backward 1 unit on both timelines

if both timelines move forward by +1, because the pointers stay still, that would mean both points have moved by -1

if both timelines move backward by -1, pointers move by +1, you get the point

now if the pointers had an initial speed of +1, that would mean:

timeline shifts by -1, pointer moves by +1, thus cancelling out thus time has not progressed

timeline shifts by +1, pointer moves by +1, thus time moves twice as fast forward

timeline shifts by -1, pointer moves by -1, time moves twice as fast backward

timeline shifts by +1, pointer moves by -1, cancels out, time doesn't progress

then there's a whole philosophical basket to unpack when only 1 timeline shifts, or only 1 pointer shifts

but the general idea is that the speed of time for a being on the timeline is essentially:

the difference between a point's new position and its old position, plus the difference between a timeline's new position and its old position

S = (P2-P1)+(T2-T1)