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Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#101: Sep 18th 2020 at 9:52:38 PM

The wizarding world and the human one operate on different wavelengths, and going off what we hear from wizard who grew up exclusively in magical society they don't understand human society or technology very well. It wouldn't really fit for the game to touch on politics like the British Empire.

Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#102: Sep 18th 2020 at 10:41:47 PM

If Hogwarts Legacy comes to PC (and it probably will), I bet people will make a transgender option mod if it's not already in the game.

Edited by Karxrida on Sep 18th 2020 at 10:42:46 AM

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#103: Sep 18th 2020 at 10:43:16 PM

[up][up] Different wavelengths indeed, they only recently brought about a plumbing system.

What the Hell is wrong with them? Pretty sure plumbing was already invented as far back as Ancient Greece.

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Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#104: Sep 18th 2020 at 10:45:05 PM

I'm sure the developers will ignore that part given that they spent 4 years developing this without her input.

InkDagger Since: Jul, 2014
#105: Sep 19th 2020 at 1:13:49 AM

That and... like, what would you even do with it? Have NP Cs just... drop a bunch as they walk by randomly? I can imagine the You Tube cut-scene compilations of it now. ESPECIALLY if it occurs in a serious cut-scene or moment.

There's just no place for it. It's dumb. Like, sure, I could imagine some 700-year-old foggy that has no bowel control doing some shit like that and just magic-ing it away. Because fine, people age and can't control that and you'd use magic to solve your problems at that point. And that'd be relatively rare enough that people would be bothered but probably just politely ignore it because of circumstance and it not being a daily event.

But... every day life? As normal culture? Holy crap. NO.

There's just no place for it except for in mockery.

Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#106: Sep 19th 2020 at 2:12:10 AM

At some point JKR lost the plot, otherwise she never had it and just managed to hide it for 20 years.

However given how long the game has been in development and that their primary sources would have bathrooms and restrooms in them I'm going to go out on a limb and say the developers have put in plenty of plumbing into Hogwarts.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#107: Sep 19th 2020 at 2:15:44 AM

I remember the good old days when J.K only tweeted about Wizards shitting on the floor instead of dehumanizing people.

But legit, making a game with people shitting on the floor would be hilarious.

Edited by RedHunter543 on Sep 19th 2020 at 5:16:10 AM

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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#108: Sep 19th 2020 at 6:12:50 AM

I'm sure there's a Newgrounds game all about that.

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#110: Sep 19th 2020 at 7:05:57 AM

[up] HA! Now that is a horror game. [lol]

I mean, I think we have all been there.

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TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#111: Sep 19th 2020 at 9:43:38 AM

How does the whole “wizards shat themselves” thing work when the entire second fucking book she wrote revolves around the fact that way back 990 A.D. Salazar Slytherin built a giant ass plumbing system in the castle for his giant ass pet?

Edited by TheAirman on Sep 19th 2020 at 11:48:42 AM

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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#112: Sep 19th 2020 at 9:45:59 AM

Nobody trusts the Slytherins, that's why. No wonder most of the villains are from there.

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#113: Sep 19th 2020 at 9:46:14 AM

[up][up] J.K didn't actually think about her trivia much.

Maybe I'll take her seriously when something actually portrays Dumbledore's homosexuality in a non-cowardly fashion.

Edited by RedHunter543 on Sep 19th 2020 at 12:46:29 PM

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TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#114: Sep 19th 2020 at 9:49:45 AM

Fuck it from now on I’m headcanoning that my boy Salazar was actually an absolute bro all along and built the students the world’s greatest Capture the Flag map; and it was only later on some raging dickbag chucked a basilisk down there and did a hit job on his name.

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#115: Sep 19th 2020 at 9:55:07 AM

Maybe Salazar had a descendent also named Salazar who was an absolute douchebag and racist?

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Lavaeolus Since: Jan, 2015
#116: Sep 19th 2020 at 10:50:55 AM

Did wizards have plumbing at this point or were they still doing the drop it where your standing type deal?

So, canonically, wizards adopted plumbing methods in the eighteenth century — that is, the 1700s. Alas. We just missed out. Very disappointing, I know.

Isn't that Victorian England, where everything was super stuffy, prim, and proper?

Sort of. Victorian era spans 1837 to 1901, which is most of the century. Before that you're in the last legs of the Georgian era (George III, George IV, William IV).

Mainly splitting hairs, since I doubt this Hogwarts-game will delve too deeply into the real-world politics of the time. But in terms of some big changes that depend on when exactly you set a game in the 1800s: Napoleonic Wars run 1803-1815, and after that Britain is mostly uncontested as the naval and global powerhouse. The Metropolitan police is founded in 1829; in 1856 a parliamentary act is passed decreeing every county in England and Wales needs a police force.

Or, if you'd like a flash of pop culture, Pride and Prejudice comes out in 1813; Oliver Twist runs as a serial from 1837 to 1839; and Sherlock Holmes debuts in 1887's A Study in Scarlet.

Edited by Lavaeolus on Sep 19th 2020 at 7:46:04 PM

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#117: Sep 19th 2020 at 1:58:08 PM

...this is not what I expected from the Harry Potter Video Games thread but I am glad I'm here.

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#118: Sep 19th 2020 at 2:12:46 PM

Wonder if musical or fashion tastes have changed in those 100 years.

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InkDagger Since: Jul, 2014
#119: Sep 19th 2020 at 3:09:22 PM

[up][up][up]Correct. As far as the Basalisk goes, Hogwarts' architecture apparently updates as need be over time. While the Vault of Slytherin was in the plumbing during Chamber of Secrets, it didn't start there and became part of the plumbing as that was added to Hogwarts' architecture. We also do know that it's been part of the plumbing since AT LEAST the 1920s so it's possible that aspect of Hogwarts is still the same by whatever game this is.

I wonder. Do you think the game will go for a 7-year time span? All the Hogwarts years in a long epic story? Or will it just depict only the last few years from around 4-7?

I think it would be interesting if we could design our characters as an 11 year old and slowly age them over time. Bump back to a character creator at the end of every year with some different options. That would be really impressive if maybe a bit outside of the scope of a AA game title.

DemonDamian Creating a new humanity Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
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#120: Sep 21st 2020 at 9:38:41 PM

Too bad about this game being post-plumbing in Hogwarts. The devs could have gone the Red Dead Redemption 2 route and have it be a random event as your character walks around (and you would lose house points for not cleaning it up) evil grin

As for the whole JKR debacle, since the game failing won't affect her, but it will affect the devs, I'm willing to separate art from the artist if the game interests me once more details come out.

ShiningStardust Since: Jun, 2017
#121: Sep 22nd 2020 at 7:04:39 PM

I remember the good old days when J.K only tweeted about Wizards shitting on the floor instead of dehumanizing people.

Also, remember the even more good old days when JKR only tweeted about actual interesting informations and trivias about the franchise and the wizard world that don't concern "clearly-will-be-heavily-debated" topics such as race and gender/sexual preference?

I think the downhill began when she started to delve into such topics and keeps going on about it.

Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#122: Sep 22nd 2020 at 7:43:31 PM

Rowling is a prime example of "quit while you are ahead" for us to learn from.

So, what do you expect from the cast?

Edited by Blueace on Sep 22nd 2020 at 11:44:42 AM

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#123: Sep 22nd 2020 at 7:47:49 PM

[up] It's truly a sad thing to realize you peaked.

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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#124: Sep 22nd 2020 at 8:07:57 PM

[up][up]I'm guessing a bunch of British voice actors, like to the extent that it out-Britishes Xenoblade.

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#125: Sep 22nd 2020 at 9:18:20 PM

As I understand it, J.K Rowling has fought to keep Harry Potter as British as possible.

On that front, I'd hope to see some actors from the same people who dubbed FF XIV.

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