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No Man's Sky Spoiler Thread

Is there anyway to contact Sean to get him to clear this up in some sort of way? Twitter maybe?
 
The1Ski said:
The problem is that there might not be a center on of the UNIVERSE. Just multiple galaxies.
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Well, yeah, there isn't really a centre of the universe because it's a string of galaxies. It's not infinite though so we know it comes to an end at some point. Let's say you can get to the centre of the very last galaxy and call that 'the end'. But Sean Murray has called it the centre of the universe and who am I to argue with that?
 
Cocaloch said:
Then you should find it, since if it was actually proof of anything that would stop everyone from pointing out that this is your theory. If you are referencing the interview I think you are referencing with Sean than he seems to use the word Galaxy and Universe interchangeably. For instance in response to the question of if it was possible to reach the center of the universe he said something along the lines of - yes and we want people to be impressed by hoe hard that would be we want people to be awed by the size of the Galaxy Map-.


As someone is going to buy the game I am disappointed by the ease of surviving and the commonness of life. Those two were definitely at least misrepresented.
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I'm ok with the ease of surviving. In the end I want to see planets so seeing as many as possible without landing on a planet and not being to stay because I'm underpowered is good news. Personal preference though.

I think I'll save my disappointment of life when I can compare it with a lush planet. I'm hoping those would make the others feel barren.
 
GribbleGrunger said:
It's no longer a theory, it's been verified by the guy playing the game. Sean said it would get stranger as you get closer to the centre of the universe. So who's lying Sean Murray or the guy who's on his second galaxy?

Just like the game itself, the next galaxy doesn't really exist. It's seeded on reaching the centre of the first galaxy. It's like a string of pearls if you will but one pearl is added and the other is taken away as you progress through the universe. During this journey the algorithm will take more liberties as Sean has said.
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I guess it's impossible to argue it at this point, but just don't get too disappointed if there's no center of the universe in the game.
 
GribbleGrunger said:
Well, yeah, there isn't really a centre of the universe because it's a string of galaxies. It's not infinite though so we know it comes to an end at some point. Let's say you can get to the centre of the very last galaxy and call that 'the end'. But Sean Murray has called it the centre of the universe and who am I to argue with that?
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How do you know this. What are you basing this on?
 
So either this guy who played the game is a dumb idiot who doesn't know what he's doing or Sean Murray is a worse version of Peter Molyneux....

So much fuckery. I'm here for all of it.
 
I would be surprised if Hello Games has switched between Universe and Galaxy liberally. Seeing as how theyd be 2 different things, and scifi geeks like Sean has come off wouldnt make that mistake.
 
GribbleGrunger said:
Well, yeah, there isn't really a centre of the universe because it's a string of galaxies. It's not infinite though so we know it comes to an end at some point. Let's say you can get to the centre of the very last galaxy and call that 'the end'. But Sean Murray has called it the centre of the universe and who am I to argue with that?
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He's also said that things get weirder closer to the center of the galaxy apparently...
 
Bucca said:
Is there anyway to contact Sean to get him to clear this up in some sort of way? Twitter maybe?
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I doubt Sony or Hello Games will say anything. The more mystery and happy it creates, the better for them. More sales. They want people to speculate... and if people think you can do anything in NMS like it is a Star Citizen 2.0 it´s even better.
 
CassidyIzABeast said:
So either this guy who played the game is a dumb idiot who doesn't know what he's doing or Sean Murray is a worse version of Peter Molyneux....

So much fuckery. I'm here for all of it.
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Pestilence11 said:
People are kidding themselves if they think they're going to land on 400-500 planets and still be spending hours on planets 100 to 500. You might spend hours on your first one or even the first 10, but be realistic.
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Let me introduce you to some Bethesda fans I know.

Still

Five months later. Lister stared out of the sleeping quarters' viewport window and saw nothing. Just a few, very distant stars, and an awful lot of black. It was pretty much the same view he'd had for the past twenty-one weeks. At first he'd found it awe-inspiring. Then, slowly, that had given way to just plain dull. Then very dull. Then deeply dull. And now it was something below deeply dull, and even below deeply, hideously dull: a word for which had yet to be devised."
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GribbleGrunger said:
Now you're challenging me in it being infinite? Let's face it, you just want to disagree. That's just the hype train of E3. He's said in interviews it's not really infinite just bloody big. I also think you'll find that 18 quintillion doesn't represent infinity.
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So, one minute you're saying "But Sean said this...!", the next, "oh yeah, he lied that one time, but it's no big deal". Come on man.
 
GribbleGrunger said:
Someone posted it here to prove my speculation was right. It could be anywhere now lol. He's on reddit though but be warned it's buried in what could be spoiler territory.
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ugh... I don't want to be spoiled tho. But you seems to confident to be wrong and to have this thread against you and you keep going saying this is true. So #WantToBelieve #TeamGrunger #Blessed?
 
labx said:
ugh... I don't want to be spoiled tho. But you seems to confident to be wrong and to have this thread against you and you keep going saying this is true. So #WantToBelieve #TeamGrunger #Blessed?
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L's to the chest are going to be served cold.. We just need to see who's going to get them.
 
GribbleGrunger said:
It's no longer a theory, it's been verified by the guy playing the game. Sean said it would get stranger as you get closer to the centre of the universe. So who's lying Sean Murray or the guy who's on his second galaxy?
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Gonna call you out on this again since you didn't respond to me. I already posted a video where Sean talks about things getting stranger as you get closer to the center of the GALAXY. Where is the video where he talks about things getting stranger as you get closer to the center of the universe?
 
King_Moc said:
So, one minute you're saying "But Sean said this...!", the next, "oh yeah, he lied that one time, but it's no big deal". Come on man.
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18 quintillion has been the buzz feature of this game for years now. You think that he said that and meant it literally when everyone and his mother knows that number by now. You're reaching. Sean has said it's a universe. You travel through each galaxy to reach that theoretic centre of the universe. Sean said that the algorithm throws up ever stranger creatures are planets as you get nearer the centre and I have no reason to doubt him. This guy said he saw no visible differences during his playthough of the first galaxy. All it takes is adding 2 + 2 to see the likely answer.
 
Don't give a fuck if it's a universe or galaxy tbh. I'm never going to explore every fucking thing. I'm just wondering why he didn't get a trophy once he "finished". Also, why didn't things get crazier as he neared the center? If what he says is true then Sean lied to us and this is a big let down.
 
Another gripe I have right now with the claims on the game before release is this whole "it gets weirder the closer to the middle you get." If you're like me, you expected some seriously obvious inclinations that this was happening as you progressed, and for me... I haven't seen much in the way of difference as I went. The ONLY ONLY ONLY big difference, and honestly the only reason I pushed it so hard, was the weapon crates you saw in the Trade video with the guns for trade improve in quality as you go further in. So, for me, my basic logic was... the sooner I get to the area at the middle, the sooner I have the best multi tool, so why wait?
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From the leaker
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4va7ve/the_spoilersleaks_megathread/d5yg3u9
 
GribbleGrunger said:
Well, yeah, there isn't really a centre of the universe because it's a string of galaxies. It's not infinite though so we know it comes to an end at some point. Let's say you can get to the centre of the very last galaxy and call that 'the end'. But Sean Murray has called it the centre of the universe and who am I to argue with that?
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So do you think that the 18 quintillion planets are in that linear chain? If so, nobody will ever get there. The time needed would be absurd. Even if it was a galaxy per second, the numbers are too great.
 
GribbleGrunger said:
Sean said that the algorithm throws up ever stranger creatures are planets as you get nearer the centre and I have no reason to doubt him. This guy said he saw no visible differences during his playthough of the first galaxy. All it takes is adding 2 + 2 to see the likely answer.
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So Gribble, are you just gonna ignore this:

ymgve said:
Gonna call you out on this again since you didn't respond to me. I already posted a video where Sean talks about things getting stranger as you get closer to the center of the GALAXY. Where is the video where he talks about things getting stranger as you get closer to the center of the universe?
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ymgve said:
Gonna call you out on this again since you didn't respond to me. I already posted a video where Sean talks about things getting stranger as you get closer to the center of the GALAXY. Where is the video where he talks about things getting stranger as you get closer to the center of the universe?
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There was always confusing messaging about it being either a universe of a galaxy. He said that one of his staff changed it to galaxy but it's a universe. We then found out that originally it was based on a 32 bit integer but they moved to a 64 bit integer. I would say that originally it was going to be a galaxy but they decided to make it a universe which is why the messaging got confused.
 
unknownhero said:
so, what's in the center?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxpDa-c-4Mc

Wait, wrong dude in a cube.

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GribbleGrunger said:
There was always confusing messaging about it being either a universe of a galaxy. He said that one of his staff changed it to galaxy but it's a universe. We then found out that originally it was based on a 32 bit integer but they moved to a 64 bit integer. I would say that originally it was going to be a galaxy but they decided to make it a universe which is why the messaging got confused.
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Citations, man. Citations.
 
The1Ski said:
So do you think that the 18 quintillion planets are in that linear chain? If so, nobody will ever get there. The time needed would be absurd. Even if it was a galaxy per second, the numbers are too great.
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Nope, we won't have a chance of getting there. I've already said it's really the centre of the last galaxy. People are just being semantic now.
 
GribbleGrunger said:
Nothing changed. It will take you hundreds of hours to get to the centre of the universe.
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That is quite the understatement...

Now I am not good at the maths and could end up embarrassing myself here so I'm going to write this as if I where 5 lol...

It is known that there are 18 quintillion planets in the game.

Lets say that the galaxies are indeed in a straight line as you say.

Lets say there are roughly 10 billion planets per galaxy.

18 quintillion divided by 10 billion = 180,000,000

So, 180 million separate galaxies.

It took the leaker about 35 hours to get to the center of the first galaxy.

Lets say he spent about 5 hours of that upgrading and exploring and just call it an even 30 hours to get to the center. Especially since he said he was rushing through We can then use this to estimate the time it would take to rush through the rest of the galaxies.

We then have 180,000,000 galaxies to get through at 30 hours each.

So, 180,000,000 divided by 30 = 6,000,000

That's 6 million hours.

There are on average 8,766 hours in a year.

So 6,000,000 divided by 8766 = 685 years (rounded up)...

My question to you would then be how many years do you have to play for things to start getting weird?
 
labx said:
Ok I don't understand the reference?
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It means someone is going to lose ( catching the L ), anyway I'm honestly wishing this game to do well because it seems like it's taking a risk and not playing it safe which I deeply respect. However, I wouldn't spend 60 on it day one.
 
unknownhero said:
so, what's in the center?
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Word on the street is that once you get to the center, there's a portal to another random galaxy that prevents you from going back to the other galaxy, probably kind of like NG+. The leaker said he couldn't go back and revisit previous planets once he reached the center and that there was many galaxies.
 
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