The "What if?" Game History Style
by
Numberz_
December 16, 2015 at 9:12 PM UTC
Hi, it’s been a long time since I made a topic on the
forums, so I thought I would introduce a game that I used to play a lot in
history class when I was younger. Hope you guys enjoy, I will be using some of
the answers you give for future reference.
How it works: You
pick one historical event that has greatly impacted the world. You change
something about the story so the outcome is different (ex. someone dies or
doesn’t).You write a short scenario of
what you think that world today would be like because of this happening/or not
happening.
Topics: The topic
can be almost anything, from the early history, social media, movies, books.
Example-
Event: 75 BC,
Julius Caesar was captured by pirates and holds them off long enough to bargain
for freedom.
Change: The pirates
kill Caesar.
What our world would
be like?: If Caesar died then we would have no Rome Empire cause Caesar wouldn't become dictator, and pass it on to Augustus. Roman
territory wouldn’t grow without Caesar leading the legions into Gaul and
Brittan.Shakespeare wouldn’t have been
that popular since his most famous plays are based around the life of Julius
Caesar.
Example #2-
Event: Mark
Zuckerberg the son of a dentist, goes on to study history, business and
comptech, these subjects help him in creating one of the largest social media
companies in the world.
Change: Instead
of studying history, business and comptech, he follows in his father’s
footsteps and becomes a dentist.
What our world would
be like?: No Facebook, use of technology/social media would be very
different.
Event: Canada and the United States worked together to capture the capital of France, Paris, to regain all of France which then led to the Allies taking back what they lost and Hitler "Suicided and got his body burnt by one of his servents".
Change: Canada and the United States were unsuccessful in the D-Day attack, Hitler and the Nazi's would have eventually taken over France where they then would move onto conquering Russia before taking Great-Britain and then he would have probably gone over European border and with all the power that he has from all the countries in Europe and would break the mutual Alliance that he has with China (like he did with Russia) and take over China. and to finish off would take over all of North & South America to conquer the world.
What our world would be like?: We would be living and speaking in a German culture, there would be no more living Jewish people in the world. Hitler would probably still be alive at the moment, maybe still ruling the world over us but gladly for us we wouldn't have to live in his "Fuhrer" reign any longer as he will die and politics will go back with Presidency.
Event: Canada and the United States worked together to capture the capital of France, Paris, to regain all of France which then led to the Allies taking back what they lost and Hitler "Suicided and got his body burnt by one of his servents".
Change: Canada and the United States were unsuccessful in the D-Day attack, Hitler and the Nazi's would have eventually taken over France where they then would move onto conquering Russia before taking Great-Britain and then he would have probably gone over European border and with all the power that he has from all the countries in Europe and would break the mutual Alliance that he has with China (like he did with Russia) and take over China. and to finish off would take over all of North & South America to conquer the world.
What our world would be like?: We would be living and speaking in a German culture, there would be no more living Jewish people in the world. Hitler would probably still be alive at the moment, maybe still ruling the world over us but gladly for us we wouldn't have to live in his "Fuhrer" reign any longer as he will die and politics will go back with Presidency.
Popped on the forums and saw this, wanted to point out that Britain helped massively in those attacks as well.
Popped on the forums and saw this, wanted to point out that Britain helped massively in those attacks as well.
They helped in WW2 a lot but when it came to D-Day the Canadians held off the Germans up north of France while America went down South and took it like that. In D-Day Britain did help but they mostly helped by setting up the fake army vehicles & all that getting the Germans ready to defend one border of France. Afterwards the Allies (includes Britain) took the rest of France and then they went and took back the countries they lost.
Still a massive part of D-Day; some might argue they did the most.
Pretty massive ik but if Canada and the States were unsuccessful in the attacks the whole D-Day plan would have failed. That's why I'm talking more about Canada & the States :P
Event: Canada and the United States worked together to capture the capital of France, Paris, to regain all of France which then led to the Allies taking back what they lost and Hitler "Suicided and got his body burnt by one of his servents".
Change: Canada and the United States were unsuccessful in the D-Day attack, Hitler and the Nazi's would have eventually taken over France where they then would move onto conquering Russia before taking Great-Britain and then he would have probably gone over European border and with all the power that he has from all the countries in Europe and would break the mutual Alliance that he has with China (like he did with Russia) and take over China. and to finish off would take over all of North & South America to conquer the world.
What our world would be like?: We would be living and speaking in a German culture, there would be no more living Jewish people in the world. Hitler would probably still be alive at the moment, maybe still ruling the world over us but gladly for us we wouldn't have to live in his "Fuhrer" reign any longer as he will die and politics will go back with Presidency.
I feel that if Mark Zuckerburg didn't create Facebook, someone else would have, perhaps under a different name, and that communication system would become highly popular, like Facebook is right now. Rather than a massive change with the lack of a system like Facebook, some other person would come along and do exactly what he did (didn't?).
I feel that if Mark Zuckerburg didn't create Facebook, someone else would have, perhaps under a different name, and that communication system would become highly popular, like Facebook is right now. Rather than a massive change with the lack of a system like Facebook, some other person would come along and do exactly what he did (didn't?).
Just me rambling
I'm pretty sure that he didn't create Facebook alone. Only listed that as one of the examples because he did play a major role in the creation of the company and the overall success of it. You are right saying someone else would have made something similar if he didn't.
What about the last few dynasties of China closing themselves off from the rest of the world, leading to reduced development
From what I know that wasn't just the last few dynasties. Even from earlier on the Zhou one of the earliest dynasties in China was very xenophobic (afraid from outside influences). You could argue that if China didn't share some of their ideas with the rest of the world we would be very different today.
From what I know that wasn't just the last few dynasties. Even from earlier on the Zhou one of the earliest dynasties in China was very xenophobic (afraid from outside influences). You could argue that if China didn't share some of their ideas with the rest of the world we would be very different today.
China remained powerful for many years, it was only weak for around 100 years.
Event: Donald Trump announced that he was running for president of the USA
Change: Donald Trump DOESN'T decide to run for president.
Effect: I would not hate Donald Trump NEARLY as much as I do now, and so would others. People would not worry about what would happen if he became president (like the wall thing), and many people would live in peace.
Actual Outcome: Innocent Muslims would die, America would start a lot of wars, Gun crime would increase rapidly, women wouldn't be allowed to work, America would produce so much CO2 that our atmosphere would kill us all and they wouldn't care about it, all other parties would "mysteriously die", people would be murdered for making facts about his name like, "The trump coming out of his bum is more useful than he would be vas president".
Actual Outcome: Innocent Muslims would die, America would start a lot of wars, Gun crime would increase rapidly, women wouldn't be allowed to work, America would produce so much CO2 that our atmosphere would kill us all and they wouldn't care about it, all other parties would "mysteriously die", people would be murdered for making facts about his name like, "The trump coming out of his bum is more useful than he would be vas president".
Actual Outcome: Innocent Muslims would die, America would start a lot of wars, Gun crime would increase rapidly, women wouldn't be allowed to work, America would produce so much CO2 that our atmosphere would kill us all and they wouldn't care about it, all other parties would "mysteriously die", people would be murdered for making facts about his name like, "The trump coming out of his bum is more useful than he would be vas president".
trump's thinking is just magical. proposing to kill all muslims because of isis is like proposing to kill all the british because of jack the ripper, proposing to kill all germans because of hitler, proposing to kill all australians because of ned kelly... the examples can go on for ages. (i used historical figures for a reason, too)
- One day I was w/ my mobile phone in my flat on the beach, chatting on randie skype groups so I told Juanoh " I'm going to ddos you " On the next 2 hours I was permanent banned 'cause of "Ddos thearts"
Change : I didn't use my phone at that moment or Juanoh leave that "offensive" joke die.
-I would played the TOC, maybe joined Cacalmarin or other English team before, freaking on avicus allday-night.
Ok one thing that has greatly impacted the world ok I got one Event: Donald trump running for president Change: He's not racist to everyone that's not white and actually starts worrying about actual things that are hurting the world (ISIS, global warming, education, etc.) What the world would be like: happy and free with a president that is fair and follows the amendments about everyone being equal and how the rule of law (rules affect everyone, rich or poor, lawmaker or dentist, etc.)
trump's thinking is just magical. proposing to kill all muslims because of isis is like proposing to kill all the british because of jack the ripper, proposing to kill all germans because of hitler, proposing to kill all australians because of ned kelly... the examples can go on for ages. (i used historical figures for a reason, too)
trump's thinking is just magical. proposing to kill all muslims because of isis is like proposing to kill all the british because of jack the ripper, proposing to kill all germans because of hitler, proposing to kill all australians because of ned kelly... the examples can go on for ages. (i used historical figures for a reason, too)
trump's thinking is just magical. proposing to kill all muslims because of isis is like proposing to kill all the british because of jack the ripper, proposing to kill all germans because of hitler, proposing to kill all australians because of ned kelly... the examples can go on for ages. (i used historical figures for a reason, too)
No, he's talking about cutting it off from Middle Eastern countries, and stopping people who are associated with anyone even remotely connected to terrorism. He mentioned nothing of killing them and will not be kicking them out of America.
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