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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by revengeday@dataterm.digital to c/main@dataterm.digital

Folks, I need a little bit of your help. We started this little Lemmy instance without thinking much about it - lol.

So my question to you folks, what information are you missing. As I have noticed, our rules are a bit too hidden on this page. I will try to include them in the sidebar. Currently they are on our Legal page.

Is there any other information you need?

Small hint: Even if it's very cyberpunk'ish here, you are of course allowed to create communities or share posts that have nothing to do with cyberpunk :)

Update:

Link to the rules are now in the sidebar!

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[-] Wintersong@dataterm.digital 9 points 1 year ago

Small hint: Even if it’s very cyberpunk’ish here, you are of course allowed to create communities or share posts that have nothing to do with cyberpunk :)

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!

[-] a_demon_ninja@dataterm.digital 2 points 1 year ago

I guess that's the slight downside of the game sharing the name with a genre.

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.

[-] Wintersong@dataterm.digital 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] syn@dataterm.digital 6 points 1 year ago

"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.

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