Not a direct question from the game.

[Future Esthar]

I made some thinking yesterday at night.And I reached to an interesting conclusion.I never thought of it this way before.It´s fantastic.This is not obvious.I ask you to make some thinking.(It don´t take much time).Squaresoft is a genious.
The question is too big to put on the poll title.
Here is the question:

Let´s suppose a sorceress decides to perform the time compression magic on the year 1000.The time compression range is from 500 to 2000.She then decides to stop time compression at the year 1500(i.e. 500 years has passed in a referencial common to all eras so 1500 is the time in the referencial of the present in 1000).
So,the world is at the brink of time compression in the range?

[boys from the dwarf]

i voted for 500 to 2000 tell emif im right in spoiler tags so people who look (not including me)before voting ...
EAT HADDOCK MWAHAHA

[Future Esthar]

(SPOILER)That was my first hint when I first thought of it yesterday.But no.You and me seem to forgot that there were 500 years passing since the cast of Time Compression.The range referred is relative to the year 1000,not to all times?The range of time compression will change with time.

[boys from the dwarf]

no offense and not that i have have anything against it but why do you always start these quiz polls?but i like your questions this is the hardest yet though.

[Future Esthar]

Just for "boys from the dwarf" (SPOILER) Don´t you remember me?I am Future Esthar.I used to be ignored for posting crazy theories without foundation.One day a mod said I should give proofs to my theories.From that day on I decided to create polls to get people thinking a lot

[Future Esthar]

Please,vote.You don´t understand the treasure knowledge from FF8 you can get if you answer.This has implications you hadn´t thought before.

[MAS82587]

wow thats a thinker

[Future Esthar]

Please try to explain the reasons behind your options.It would be fun.
500 to 1500?.I expect you hadn´t forget about the future.(give the answer tomorrow).
I believe people didn´t understand my question.If this is the case send a reply advicing and I will try to explain it better.

[Sir Bahamut]

I'm not sure I understand the question. Are you asking what timespan TC would have encompassed given the circumstances in your example?
Because if that is correct, the line of time would be compressed from the year 500 to the year 1500. This is based on the following assumptions:

1) Time compression works by 'pulling the plug' at the point of time where it is cast.
2) Time is compressed equally fast in both past and future directions.
3) Time compression works independent of the line of time(ie. it treats the line of time as something tangible that it can mold).

I'm not sure what you're exact thoughts are though, so I'd be interested in hearing...

[Mercen-X]

The range referred is relative to the year 1000, not to all times. The range of time compression will change with time.

500 to 2500. I really can't answer why though.

[Kamiko]

THat is an interesting idea... I like it! Although I'm not sure I fully understand it.... But I think 500-2500...

[Future Esthar]

EDITED BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS AFIRMATION WAS FALSE.
Let me explain the definitions.
Range of time compression:
It´s the set of eras that were compressed,not the time during wich time compression is activated or during which people feels it´s efect.
The sorceress decides to activate it in 1000 and to stop it when 500 years has passed on all eras.In the end of time compression people which were in the year 1000 are on the year 1500 obviously.(People who were in 1345 will be in 1845,etc...).
The question is that the time interval during which she decide to compress time(1000 to 1500) is not the same as the one during which the world is at the brink of time compression.(i.e,the cause is different from the efect).

[Sir Bahamut]

The sorceress decides to activate it in 1000 and to stop it when 500 years has passed on all eras.In the end of time compression people which were in the year 1000 are on the year 1500 obviously.(People who were in 1345 will be in 1845,etc...).

You lost me. Where are you getting it from that TC merely pushes people forward/backwards in time? In fact, compression by definition means the exact opposite. People should be drawn TOWARDS the point where TC was cast, in this case year 1000.

But in fact, there's no way of answering your question because we don't know exactly how fast TC compresses time. We could make an approximation by assuming when Ultimecia activates TC in the game, inside the young Adel, she has been sent back 50 years, making it a total of ca. 70 years away from where Squall and Co are after defeating Adel inside the Lunatic Pandora. Taking into mind that we see effects after like a second, we could approximate the speed as 70 years per second.

Since you're saying that she stops after 500 years has passed in all eras(which would obviously then include her own era from the point where she casts TC), TC must have been working for 500 years at this approximate speed. Let's do some maths, then:

60 seconds in an hour * 60 minutes in an hour = 3600 seconds per. hour.

3600 seconds * 24 hours in a day = 86400 seconds per day.

86400 seconds per day * 356 days a year = 30758400 seconds in a year.

30758400 seconds a year * 500 years = 15379200000 seconds in 500 years.

15379200000 * 70 years per second = 1076544000000 years compressed in 500 years as seen by the one casting it.

So given 500 years with an approximate compression speed, 1076544000000 years would have been compressed in both directions of time, making for a whooping 2153088000000 years compressed all together.

Of course, this mathematical operation is really completely irrelevant, because we don't know really know the first thing about TC, meaning we can't answer your question with any level of certainty. But I suppose to be technical about it, the world wouldn't be on the "brink of time compression" until all of time was compressed except a few thousand years in past and future, which would certainly imply a much wider range than the ones you have given.

[Future Esthar]

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500 to 2500 Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa(I am serious here)

Congratulations Mercen-X and Kamiko.

I wait for replies and then start explaining this. Don´t lose my next replie.I will show you the wonderful consequences of these.

[Sir Bahamut]

Okay, I really have no idea what you're talking about, so please post your explanation for what you are thinking here soon.