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To be honest I originally wasn't sure what exactly was allowed here. Most of the posts seemed to be about Cyberpunk TPRG/2077 (which I don't mind! I loved 2077 and spent a long time waiting for it after the 2013 trailer..) and I wasn't quite sure if it was meant to be general Cyberpunk or games. I guess that's the slight downside of the game sharing the name with a genre. I was originally thinking about starting a VA-11 Hall-A community here since it's a Cyberpunk game that I love too, but I ended up putting on another instance instead. Sounds dumb but with it being a small community here I felt like I would have been "intruding" too. I have made an account here now though at least, dunno if I'll use it as my "main" one yet.
Sorry that turned into a kind of ramble, I tend to that sometimes, to actually answer your question, I think other than the rules things as you mentioned (until you said they were in legal I had no idea where they were..), it's mostly alright as is I think. I'm still getting my head around the fediverse a bit though. You all seem pretty nice at least!
I have to admit, at first glance it's not really clear if it's a cyberpunk-only community or not, I'll adjust that a bit.
The origin of the Lemmy instance comes from our CORTEX IMPLANT community which is cyberpunk-themed (all kinds of cyberpunk - also friends of technology).
But feel free to create communities here, almost any kind (as long as they follow the rules - our rules are very simple, it shouldn't be anything that offends others) :)
I've been taking the time to look at that (and nightcity.bar) to get a bit more of a feel of the place, and I like what I see. I'm still not fully grasped with the fediverse yet, but we'll get there in the end.
Is it okay if I'm not into cyberpunk that much? I just love the theme you set up and the general vibe of the instance. I'm mostly a lurker anyway so I would use the instance to view local posts and subscriptions elsewhere. Maybe I'll end up getting into cyberpunk like most people here :) I did enjoy VA-11 Hall-A
I think everything cyberpunk is completely welcome and encouraged here, not just the games. But also, as Revengeday said, it doesn't have to be cyberpunk at all^^
Welcome to DATATERM, I saw a little bit about VA-11-Hall-A floating around lemmy, I think it was from you. Whatever you can share I'd love to see it! I think it will take time because this place is very new but I get that hesitant feeling too. I've followed the community so I can learn more about the game.
The fediverse can be a bit mind bending at first and it comes with it's own quirks that's for sure. Thanks for taking a moment to share your thoughts with us!
Yea was most likely me on my other instance account. Didn't see anyone else mention it anywhere so I thought I might as well even if doesn't go anywhere!
I think I'm slowly getting around it, just looking at other fediverse sites on the side. nightcity.bar looked interesting at least. Not fully sure the difference between Calckey and Mastodon. Calckey looks like it has more features from what I can tell whilst still having the same-ish feel. Also being able to post from there to here seems neat, which I think I've seen a few people do here.
Well, it's not that the game is sharing the name with the genre, it's that the games created the genre. It's like Roguelikes are all based on the game Rogue.
Cyberpunk (as a genre) is a bit older than the game (though not by much) but I believe this was the first time it was used.
"The shockwave rider" published in 1975 does not use the word "cyberpunk", but has many of the genre defining themes, such as a globally connected world, computer networks, hacking and small groups facing off against corporations. It's not as pessimistic as more modern stories and i don't remember how much capitalism is present, but published today it would definitely fall into the cyberpunk genre.