A question I really must ask...

chexfan2000 · Post by **chexfan2000** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:22 pm

Why are the IS and the other "adventure" machines so... not-popular? Not that the kids don't like them, but if such machines existed, there would be a line of kids around Whit's End three times and down the street! I personally would be begging to go in it all the time. Whit would probably kick me out! I mean, this is VIRTUAL REALITY! Sure, it's got a message, but it's cool beyond coolness! Why is it so underappreciated?

popcornqu33n · Post by **popcornqu33n** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:55 pm

I have no idea. i have never really thought about that.

Hey you are a Holsteins Bookkeeper too wierd

popcornqu33n · Post by **popcornqu33n** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:55 pm

WEll i guess thats not that wierd

chexfan2000 · Post by **chexfan2000** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:18 pm

meh. It pays well. Anyway, I'm the only one who's considered this?!

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:32 pm

I've that of that before, too... it's way, way more advanced than any other technology in existance, and the man lets you use it for free! You'd think he'd at least have it set up like an arcade and charge or something.

But yeah... assuming it wasn't declared illegal there would be like trillions of people wanting to use it (and that's somewhat more than the population of the earth).

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:35 pm

chexfan2000 wrote:Why are the IS and the other "adventure" machines so... not-popular? Not that the kids don't like them, but if such machines existed, there would be a line of kids around Whit's End three times and down the street! I personally would be begging to go in it all the time. Whit would probably kick me out! I mean, this is VIRTUAL REALITY! Sure, it's got a message, but it's cool beyond coolness! Why is it so underappreciated?

I'll answer by asking another question: Wouldn't it get tiresome hearing all that fuss about the IS (something people argue is unrealistic)?

-Jonathan

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:00 pm

The other thing about the IS and all those virtual reality...it would seem that in the reality that AIO exists in, (Since they obviously aren't in ours.) virtual reality is a very possible technology...and so the attractions at Whit's End could be found in very similar forms elsewhere in their world. Sure it's great and amazing, but if it's something that you've grown up with all of your life...then it would just be the norm, and you would visit the IS only as often as you play video games or something. It would be really neat, but it wouldn't be something that's so cool that you would want to abuse it's technology.

Or that's kinda how I saw it.

gimp80995 · Post by **gimp80995** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 9:13 pm

Another thing I have considered..........Perhaps Whit runs one program at a time on the IS..........now obviously we the listeners would get really tired of hearing dozens or hundreds of kids having the same adventure, and the kids probably would only want to go on the same adventure once or twice...............so all the kids in Odyssey could very well go on each new adventure as it comes out..........we just don't hear them.

Then again, Jason had quite a line up for the IS when it APPEARED to heal people with disabilites (not able to walk, blind, etc)...........but that was a different case.

I also agree that it is possible that since the kids in Odyssey have grown up with the IS, then they probably think of it as an everyday thing..........not something to go nuts over like many of us would. I'm sure they appreciate it as well as Whit for allowing them to use it, but it isn't anywhere close to being an "obsession" for them like we think it would be.

ROC......Now that I would expect to be a little more popular.........I mean it'd be cool to be able to go into a machine at any time and see the possible consequences for actions I'm considering doing, rather than having to try to figure out which way I should handle something on my own.

But I'm guessing that Whit only uses the ROC when an Odyssey kid wants to do something that could lead to troubble........not when they're just currious about what various actions will lead to. (Just a guess).

TT......hmmm possible that not many people really have a need to "walk in the other guy's shoes" since it would appear that for the most part, people in Odyssey don't really have that much conflict with other people.

Anyway those are just a few of my guesses at it.

Peace Out

-Gimp

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:57 pm

chexfan2000 wrote:Why are the IS and the other "adventure" machines so... not-popular? Not that the kids don't like them, but if such machines existed, there would be a line of kids around Whit's End three times and down the street! I personally would be begging to go in it all the time. Whit would probably kick me out! I mean, this is VIRTUAL REALITY! Sure, it's got a message, but it's cool beyond coolness! Why is it so underappreciated?

I've thought of this many times too. If something like that existed in real life it wouldn't just sit out in the open in an ice cream shop.

But it's not real.
So if they are already talking about something that can't yet be done why should they try to make it more "realistic" by having Whit dealing with mad crowds on every show?

Evil Chick · Post by **Evil Chick** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:07 am

You know, I've wondered about this, too. And the kids never ask to go on an adventure, they're always asked if they want to go.

Me · Post by Me » Mon Apr 18, 2005 5:21 pm

Frank wrote:only as often as you play video games or something.

That would be all the time. Not exactly a fair analogy in my case.

I believe the IS is popular. We hear it in the backgrounds of many eps. No one makes a big deal about it though.

chexfan2000 · Post by **chexfan2000** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:12 pm

Frank wrote:The other thing about the IS and all those virtual reality...it would seem that in the reality that AIO exists in, (Since they obviously aren't in ours.) virtual reality is a very possible technology...and so the attractions at Whit's End could be found in very similar forms elsewhere in their world.

Well, if that's the case, why does everyone try to steal Whit's VR stuff? Why don't they go pick on someone else for a change?

poWerbOy · Post by **poWerbOy** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:47 pm

I think for the sake of us listeners, the IS's level of popularity is downplayed. My opinion is that the writers want you to focus more on the adventure, the characters, and the lessons around the IS first and foremost. Having lots of people always talking about the technology and stuff would take away from the writers original purpose in creating the IS.
But i agree, in real life, something like that would NOT be free, NOT be in an ice cream shop, and would be famous all over the world.
Sometimes, we do see the materialistic value in the IS, when villains like Blackgaard and Andromeda try to steal it for the technology. It's just not seen in EVERY episode or it would get monotonous.

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