1190: Time - Revision history

92.23.2.228: /* Time's forum thread */ No point making it essentially require an update every year... Extended-use language, instead, valid until it is perhaps proven out of date by changed circumstances.

2025-07-09T23:01:34Z

‎Time's forum thread: No point making it essentially require an update every year... Extended-use language, instead, valid until it is perhaps proven out of date by changed circumstances.

73.185.165.242: Mark that the forums are still gone in 2025.

2025-07-09T20:40:36Z

Mark that the forums are still gone in 2025.

FaviFake: /* Reception */

2025-04-12T14:47:10Z

‎Reception

FaviFake: /* Extra Time pages */

2025-04-12T14:46:27Z

‎Extra Time pages

FaviFake: /* Time's forum thread */

2025-04-12T14:46:02Z

‎Time's forum thread

FaviFake: Moving section to 1190: Time/Frame by Frame Breakdown. I'm pretty proud of this too!

2025-04-12T14:44:23Z

Moving section to 1190: Time/Frame by Frame Breakdown. I'm pretty proud of this too!

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FaviFake: /* Transcript */

2025-04-12T14:11:51Z

‎Transcript

FaviFake: /* Transcript */ Moving transcript to 1190: Time/Transcript! I also did a whole redesign there, you should check it out! 1190: Time/Transcript

2025-04-12T14:06:38Z

‎Transcript: Moving transcript to 1190: Time/Transcript! I also did a whole redesign there, you should check it out! 1190: Time/Transcript

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FaviFake at 17:11, 21 March 2025

2025-03-21T17:11:39Z

FaviFake: /* Explanation */

2025-03-18T19:36:56Z

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 {{Quote|The xkcd forum thread on Time grew terrifyingly fast, developing a subculture with its own vocabulary, songs, inside jokes, and even a religion or two. [..] To the intrepid, clever, sometimes crazy readers who followed it the whole way through, watching every pixel change and catching every detail: Thank you. This was for you. It’s been quite a journey; I hope you enjoyed the ride as much as I did!|[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://blog.xkcd.com/2013/07/29/1190-time/ Source]}}
-{{notice|In September 2019, the xkcd fora (administered separately from this wiki of the comic site) were made inactive, due to ultimately unresolvable website security issues, rendering all direct links defunct. There has still been no successful move to reinstate the site as of 2025 and so (unless there are archived copies accessible) it can be assumed that neither fora.xkcd.com nor forums.xkcd.com links will render anything useful. However, there is [https://1190.bicyclesonthemoon.info/ott/view an archived mirror] of the "One True Thread" about Time from the xkcd forum, complete through mid 2019 when the forum system went down.}}
+{{notice|In September 2019, the xkcd fora (administered separately from this wiki of the comic site) were made inactive, due to ultimately unresolvable website security issues, rendering all direct links defunct. There has still been no successful move to reinstate the site even after several years and so (unless there are archived copies accessible) it can be assumed that neither fora.xkcd.com nor forums.xkcd.com links will render anything useful. However, there is [https://1190.bicyclesonthemoon.info/ott/view an archived mirror] of the "One True Thread" about Time from the xkcd forum, complete through mid 2019 when the forum system went down.}}
 In the xkcd fora, this comic was given a thread like any other comic. The Time thread expanded over the months of the comic's running to include 1254 pages, or just over 50,000 posts, and continued thereafter at a considerable pace. As of August 23, 2018, it had over 106,000 posts and an enormous 38,000,000 views, which easily tops every other thread, while still being quite active. More than 1/3 of all posts within the [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewforum.php?f=7 Individual XKCD Comic Threads subforum] were in the ''1190: "Time"'' thread. Compared to the thread for [[Click and Drag]], it had over 50 times as many views and 150 times as many posts, while the typical comic thread had 30 to 200 posts. Its activity as a percentage of the entire fora can be seen in [http://xkcd.mscha.org/jjjdavidson/timeforumpercentage.128days.htm this graph].

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 {{Quote|The xkcd forum thread on Time grew terrifyingly fast, developing a subculture with its own vocabulary, songs, inside jokes, and even a religion or two. [..] To the intrepid, clever, sometimes crazy readers who followed it the whole way through, watching every pixel change and catching every detail: Thank you. This was for you. It’s been quite a journey; I hope you enjoyed the ride as much as I did!|[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://blog.xkcd.com/2013/07/29/1190-time/ Source]}}
-{{notice|In September 2019, the xkcd fora (administered separately from this wiki of the comic site) were made inactive, due to ultimately unresolvable website security issues, rendering all direct links defunct. There has still been no successful move to reinstate the site as of 2022 and so (unless there are archived copies accessible) it can be assumed that neither fora.xkcd.com nor forums.xkcd.com links will render anything useful. However, there is [https://1190.bicyclesonthemoon.info/ott/view an archived mirror] of the "One True Thread" about Time from the xkcd forum, complete through mid 2019 when the forum system went down.}}
+{{notice|In September 2019, the xkcd fora (administered separately from this wiki of the comic site) were made inactive, due to ultimately unresolvable website security issues, rendering all direct links defunct. There has still been no successful move to reinstate the site as of 2025 and so (unless there are archived copies accessible) it can be assumed that neither fora.xkcd.com nor forums.xkcd.com links will render anything useful. However, there is [https://1190.bicyclesonthemoon.info/ott/view an archived mirror] of the "One True Thread" about Time from the xkcd forum, complete through mid 2019 when the forum system went down.}}
 In the xkcd fora, this comic was given a thread like any other comic. The Time thread expanded over the months of the comic's running to include 1254 pages, or just over 50,000 posts, and continued thereafter at a considerable pace. As of August 23, 2018, it had over 106,000 posts and an enormous 38,000,000 views, which easily tops every other thread, while still being quite active. More than 1/3 of all posts within the [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewforum.php?f=7 Individual XKCD Comic Threads subforum] were in the ''1190: "Time"'' thread. Compared to the thread for [[Click and Drag]], it had over 50 times as many views and 150 times as many posts, while the typical comic thread had 30 to 200 posts. Its activity as a percentage of the entire fora can be seen in [http://xkcd.mscha.org/jjjdavidson/timeforumpercentage.128days.htm this graph].

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 ===Reception===
 * The comic was awarded the [http://www.thehugoawards.org/2014/08/2014-hugo-award-winners/ 2014 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story].
 * The comic has [https://xkcd-time.fandom.com/wiki/XKCD_Time_Wiki its very own wiki] with over a thousand pages on that one strip.
 * The Verge’s Jeff Blagdon called the journey "[https://www.theverge.com/2013/7/29/4567134/xkcd-time-comic-finishes-after-four-months-3000-panels epic]".
 * Wired’s Laura Hudson also suitably referred the comic strip as "[https://www.wired.com/2013/08/xkcd-time-comic/ epic]".
 * The story was also [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/07/30/a-brief-history-of-time-the-xkcd-comic/ reported] by Washington Post’s Andrea Peterson.
 * [[Cory Doctorow]] of {{w|Boing Boing}} saying it was "[http://boingboing.net/2013/04/07/time-xkcds-slo-mo-time-laps.html coming along nicely]" during publishing with an "[https://boingboing.net/2013/08/04/astounding-backstory-behind-xk.html astounding backstory]" upon its conclusion.
 ===Extra Time pages===

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 ===Extra Time pages===
-Since this comic is so complicated, extra pages have been created to include much more information than is wished for on this main page (which is already of considerable size). These pages are listed here for convenience, but they are also linked in the relevant sections below:
+Since this comic is so complicated, extra pages have been created to include much more information than is wished for on this main page. These pages are listed here for convenience, but they are also linked in the relevant sections below:
 *'''[[1190: Time/Transcript]]''' - The full transcript of the entire comic can be found here. It is linked from the [[#Transcript|Transcript]] section.
 *'''[[1190: Time/Translator]]''' - All the blurry text from the translator, both with the original image and enhanced contrast.

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 ===Time's forum thread===
-'''In September 2019 the xkcd fora (administered separately from this wiki of the comic site) were made inactive, due to ultimately unresolvable website security issues, rendering all direct links defunct. There has still been no successful move to reinstate the site as of 2022 and so (unless there are archived copies accessible) it can be assumed that neither fora.xkcd.com nor forums.xkcd.com links will render anything useful.'''  However, there is [https://1190.bicyclesonthemoon.info/ott/view an archived mirror] of the "One True Thread" about Time from the xkcd forum, complete through mid 2019 when the forum system went down.
+{{Quote|The xkcd forum thread on Time grew terrifyingly fast, developing a subculture with its own vocabulary, songs, inside jokes, and even a religion or two. [..] To the intrepid, clever, sometimes crazy readers who followed it the whole way through, watching every pixel change and catching every detail: Thank you. This was for you. It’s been quite a journey; I hope you enjoyed the ride as much as I did!|[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://blog.xkcd.com/2013/07/29/1190-time/ Source]}}
 In the xkcd fora, this comic was given a thread like any other comic. The Time thread expanded over the months of the comic's running to include 1254 pages, or just over 50,000 posts, and continued thereafter at a considerable pace. As of August 23, 2018, it had over 106,000 posts and an enormous 38,000,000 views, which easily tops every other thread, while still being quite active. More than 1/3 of all posts within the [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewforum.php?f=7 Individual XKCD Comic Threads subforum] were in the ''1190: "Time"'' thread. Compared to the thread for [[Click and Drag]], it had over 50 times as many views and 150 times as many posts, while the typical comic thread had 30 to 200 posts. Its activity as a percentage of the entire fora can be seen in [http://xkcd.mscha.org/jjjdavidson/timeforumpercentage.128days.htm this graph].

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 ::Megan: Bye
 ::[Cueball leaves, Megan continues to build the sandcastle.]
 :'''[For the full transcript of the entire comic, see [[1190: Time/Transcript]].]'''

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 }}
 <div class="toclimit-3">{{TOC}}</div>
-* The comic image is a link to [http://geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190 geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190].
+The comic image is a link to [http://geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190 geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190].
 ==Explanation==
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 * The comic was awarded the [http://www.thehugoawards.org/2014/08/2014-hugo-award-winners/ 2014 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story].
 * The comic has [https://xkcd-time.fandom.com/wiki/XKCD_Time_Wiki its very own wiki] with over a thousand pages on that one strip.
 * The Verge’s Jeff Blagdon called the journey "[https://www.theverge.com/2013/7/29/4567134/xkcd-time-comic-finishes-after-four-months-3000-panels epic]".
 * Wired’s Laura Hudson also suitably referred the comic strip as "[https://www.wired.com/2013/08/xkcd-time-comic/ epic]".
 * The story was also [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/07/30/a-brief-history-of-time-the-xkcd-comic/ reported] by Washington Post’s Andrea Peterson.
-* The comic garnered "obsessive" attention from viewers on xkcd's forum, with a discussion thread that exceeds [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=101043&start=999999999 2,500 pages and 100,000 posts].
+* [[Cory Doctorow]] of {{w|Boing Boing}} saying it was "[http://boingboing.net/2013/04/07/time-xkcds-slo-mo-time-laps.html coming along nicely]" during publishing with an "[https://boingboing.net/2013/08/04/astounding-backstory-behind-xk.html astounding backstory]" upon its conclusion.
 * "Time" had developed a fanatical following that pored over every update pixel by pixel and gathered online to trade [http://xkcd-time.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_end_of_comic_theories theories], decipher clues, and even [https://xkcd-time.fandom.com/wiki/Songs_written_in_the_forum write songs].
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 *There is [http://edfel.atwebpages.com/Time-Map.php a map] (now defunct, [https://web.archive.org/web/20180713221633/http://edfel.atwebpages.com/Time-Map.php archive]) with guesses on the locations that Megan and Cueball visit.
 *Another map of estimated travel paths with terrain data is here: [[Media:TimeTerrainMap.png|TimeTerrainMap.png]].
-*Additional composite scenes are located here: [[1190: Time: Pictures]]. Some of the images are very large and may be slow to load.
+*Additional composite scenes are located here: [[1190: Time/Pictures]]. Some of the images are very large and may be slow to load.
-*Investigations on the blurry speech by the woman in the big castle at scene 3 part 3 are here: [[1190: Time: Translator]]. Please help to enhance the pictures there for better readings.
+*Investigations on the blurry speech by the woman in the big castle at scene 3 part 3 are here: [[1190: Time/Translator]]. Please help to enhance the pictures there for better readings.
 *On July 29, 2013 [[Randall]] did a post at his [http://blog.xkcd.com/2013/07/29/1190-time/ blag] about this comic.

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 ==Explanation==
- Beginning with a single frame published at midnight on March 25, 2013, the image was updated every 30 minutes until March 30, 2013, and then every hour for 118 days (123 days in total), ending on July 26 with a total of 3,102 unique images. Each image represented a single frame in a larger story, set in the far future, at a time when the {{w|Strait of Gibraltar}} has long been blocked and the {{w|Mediterranean Sea}} has largely dried up leaving smaller, hypersaline seas behind. Megan and Cueball, living on the shores of one of these seas and unaware of its natural history, notice one day while building a huge sand castle on the beach that the sea level is starting to rise. They start a journey of exploration trying to find out why. Eventually they discover that the Straits of Gibraltar have once again been breached, and that the Mediterranean Basin is being flooded. They run back to their home, assemble the people of their village, and board a makeshift raft. At the end they reach land with their rafts, searching for a new home.
+Beginning with a single frame published at midnight on March 25, 2013, the image was updated every 30 minutes until March 30, 2013, and then every hour for 118 days (123 days in total), ending on July 26 with a total of 3,102 unique images. Each image represented a single frame in a larger story, set in the far future, at a time when the {{w|Strait of Gibraltar}} has long been blocked and the {{w|Mediterranean Sea}} has largely dried up leaving smaller, hypersaline seas behind. Megan and Cueball, living on the shores of one of these seas and unaware of its natural history, notice one day while building a huge sand castle on the beach that the sea level is starting to rise. They start a journey of exploration trying to find out why. Eventually they discover that the Straits of Gibraltar have once again been breached, and that the Mediterranean Basin is being flooded. They run back to their home, assemble the people of their village, and board a makeshift raft. At the end they reach land with their rafts, searching for a new home.
 On frame 2925 the title text changed from "Wait for it." to "...", and one frame later to just "RUN.". At approximately 2944, when Megan announces that it is too late to escape overland, the title text changed back to "...". On frame 3094, the words '''THE END''' appear in the middle of the screen and the title text changed to "The end.". The image now links to the scrollable collection of frames at [http://geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190/ geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190/]. The comic on xkcd.com today currently loops through the last five frames of the comic.