Alternate Timeline Nomenclature
Nguhcraft's alternate timelines have begun being studied by the Time Party of Madness in order to gain more power. In order to classify timelines and their events, a naming system was developed. The timeline in which everything the Agma Schwa Minecraft and Discord servers occurs is called the prime timeline (or T’).
Events
Events are divided into three types: events that happened in the prime timeline but not the new one (Impacting Events), events that did not happen in the prime timeline but did in the new one (Missed Events), and events that happened in both timelines but differently (Variated Events).
Impacting Events
Impacting events are named by adding x–𝑖 to the event name. The variable x signifies the amount of times the event has occured. If only once, then "1–𝑖" is added. Some events, like world wars, do have a number showing the amount of times they have occured. In those cases, that number is used for the x. For example, if World War 1 did not happen in an alternate timeline (or happened later), the lack of a World War 1 would be called World War 1–𝑖.
Missed Events
Missed events are named by adding x+𝑖 to the event name. For example, if World War 2 happened in an alternate timeline, but later (or not at all) in the prime timeline, would be called World War 2+𝑖.
Variating Events
Variating events are named by adding x𝑖 to the event name. For example, if World War 1 happened differently in an alternate timeline, it would be called World War 1𝑖, or simply World War 𝑖.
Timelines of Timelines
Alternate timelines can have their own alternate timelines as well. If an impacting event in the prime timeline caused a divergence and in that timeline, there was another impacting event, it would be written as x+2𝑖. The inverse is true for missed events caused by missed events: x–2𝑖.
If a timeline contains a missed event and an impacting event, the two do not cancel out because they cannot refer to the same event (that would be an event happening and not happening at once).
However, they may refer to the same event at a different time. For example, if the United Ŋations didn't form at the same time as in the prime timeline, but instead formed significantly later, the event could be written UŊ1–𝑖 (the UŊ never forming), a slash, and then UŊ1+𝑖 (the UŊ forming): UŊ1–𝑖/UŊ1+𝑖. Instead of UŊ1+𝑖, it would be written UŊ𝑖 if the formation of the UŊ did not occur in the same way in the alternate timeline.
Moreover, if the missed and impacting events do not refer to the same event, then both events are written. For example, if the UŊ didn't form and there was a World War 1, it would be written UŊ1-𝑖/WW𝑖 (because prime WW1 happened inside the UŊ, it would not have been WW1+𝑖).
Divergences from variating events would need the x to become -x. For example, the alternate version of WW𝑖 (which is an alternate version of WW1) would be written WW–𝑖. Or, if it's different enough to warrant its own set of timelines, WW𝑗 (more info in "Timelines").
Simply Put
| x+𝑖 | x happened when it wouldn't have | –x+𝑖 | x happened when it wouldn't have, and under different circumstances |
|---|---|---|---|
| x–𝑖 | x didn't happen when it would have | –x–𝑖 | x didn't happen when it would have, and under different circumstances |
| x+2𝑖 | x happened when it wouldn't have, twice | –x+2𝑖 | x happened when it wouldn't have, and under different circumstances, twice |
| x–2𝑖 | x didn't happen when it would have, twice | –x–2𝑖 | x didn't happen when it would have, and under different circumstances, twice |
| x𝑖 | x happened differently | –x𝑖 | x happened very differently |
| x𝑗 | x𝑖 has its own set of timelines separate from the ones branching off from the prime timeline | ||
Timelines
Timelines other than the prime timeline are created by players as alternate history. Timelines are given the name T-[the event that caused the divergence]. For example, the timeline in which a second world war erupted from the 19th United Ŋations meeting is known as T-WW2+𝑖. If two timelines were diverge from an event with the same name, 𝑗 is used instead of 𝑖 (T-WW2+𝑗). If three timelines are, it's 𝑘, and so on.
If enough occur, 𝑜 is skipped to avoid confusion with the number zero. If 𝑧 is surpassed, Greek letters are used: 𝛼, 𝛽, 𝛾, etc.
The Gambian Holiday Wiki
The Gambian Holiday Wiki does have Rabo as a character, but it is not the same character as the one from Nguhcraft[1], and the events of the Gambian Holiday do not occur in an alternate version of Nguhcraft, so it is not considered an alternate timeline (or series of timelines) under this nomenclature system. Instead, it is an alternate universe. Furthermore, the Gambian Holiday Wiki uses a superficially similar naming system for its timelines, but they work differently, so they should not be confused.