Interactive Map and Timeline of Roshar - Feedback

[Ψιτιsτηε Βεsτ]

On 11/2/2020 at 10:52 AM, Ardjet said:

Just had a small issue where the page failed to load when I first clicked on the link(shown below), but a refresh fixed it no problem.
Just in case it matters;

• Device Type: PC
• Device Model: GPU; Intel HD Graphics 530
• Browser: Google Chrome, v86.0.4240.111
• Connectivity: Wifi
• Steps to reproduce: Clicked on the link to roshar.17thard.com above.

Other than that, I just wanted to say thanks! The dedication and hard work to make something of this quality is amazing. Great job!

I had the Same problem. Very minor. The website is awesome thanks you

[The Sibling she/her]

On 6/12/2023 at 11:52 AM, WitIsThe Best said:

I had the Same problem. Very minor. The website is awesome thanks you

Me too. Other than that, this website is really great! It was so helpful to have it during my first stormlight read throughs. The map of shadesmar is amazing. I thought it was really helpful to see those places on the map, and the art is great!

[AN020C he/him]

This is simply fantastic! The dedication and toil invested here are commendable. The UX is top-notch. My only lament is that I hadn't stumbled upon this gem earlier. A storming work of art!

[-Nightblood-]

I agree with the quote "Battle of Kholinar."

Edited February 27, 2024 by -Nightblood-

[hephaestus]

Just found the timeline site (yeah, five years late sounds almost exactly correct for me) and generally enthused, but I have to say that not having an event marker -- or a blurb in the pop-up that explains the dating system, or both -- which explains what the zero point for the year number is based on, is a fairly significant oversight, IMO.

[Treamayne]

45 minutes ago, hephaestus said:

Just found the timeline site (yeah, five years late sounds almost exactly correct for me) and generally enthused, but I have to say that not having an event marker -- or a blurb in the pop-up that explains the dating system, or both -- which explains what the zero point for the year number is based on, is a fairly significant oversight, IMO.

Do you mean something other than the Roshar Date tutorial (six pages) on the welcome pop-up?

Rosharan Dates are also explained in this article from Sanderson's site.

Spoiler

Hope that helps

[LewsTherinTelescope]

2 hours ago, hephaestus said:

which explains what the zero point for the year number is based on, is a fairly significant oversight, IMO.

Alas, Brandon's been asked a couple times what the zero point is but he doesn't remember without his notes. I'm sure the timeline maintainers would quite like to have it on there too if they could 

[hephaestus]

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Do you mean something other than the Roshar Date tutorial (six pages) on the welcome pop-up?

Yes, I mean something other than that, indeed, something to add to that. The scrollbar at the bottom shows years, but nothing says what "zero" is, at least that I could find. It'd be like talking about Earth history, and referring to dates in CE and BCE, and never defining what switched one to the other. Like, in Rosharan dating, it's what, 1755? But ... 1755 since *what*? The Shattering was -10,000 years, but ten thousand years before *what*?

I do grasp from the other response is that the answer is "Brandon hasn't said yet" in which case, OK, I can't reasonably expect the site admins to know things that WoB hasn't revealed yet. Just... I went looking for a timeline to find that datum, and found this beautiful website, and it *still* didn't have the info I wanted. I didn't realize that was because we didn't know yet. Though it seems like a large oversight, but I can see how in Western civilization, it could be considered *so* inherent that people might just never even think to mention it.

[Chaos he/him]

1 hour ago, hephaestus said:

Yes, I mean something other than that, indeed, something to add to that. The scrollbar at the bottom shows years, but nothing says what "zero" is, at least that I could find. It'd be like talking about Earth history, and referring to dates in CE and BCE, and never defining what switched one to the other. Like, in Rosharan dating, it's what, 1755? But ... 1755 since *what*? The Shattering was -10,000 years, but ten thousand years before *what*?

I do grasp from the other response is that the answer is "Brandon hasn't said yet" in which case, OK, I can't reasonably expect the site admins to know things that WoB hasn't revealed yet. Just... I went looking for a timeline to find that datum, and found this beautiful website, and it *still* didn't have the info I wanted. I didn't realize that was because we didn't know yet. Though it seems like a large oversight, but I can see how in Western civilization, it could be considered *so* inherent that people might just never even think to mention it.

We totally get that and we have tried repeatedly asking for exactly this reason, but unfortunately, there's nothing we can do when we completely are in the dark. We're doing our best!