# Question: Lore/Starting day

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-lore-starting-day/6075>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [May 8, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-lore-starting-day/6075 "2014-05-08T15:54:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-lore-starting-day/6075/1 "2014-05-08T15:54:05Z")

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Hey, when does CataDDA start chronologically? How much time after the cataclysm?

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**Author:** ![Lorknis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/lorknis/32/144_2.png) [@Lorknis](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lorknis)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-lore-starting-day/6075/2 "2014-05-08T16:53:15Z")

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Liiiike… 3 days?

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-lore-starting-day/6075/3 "2014-05-08T17:15:53Z")

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Thanks.

Because i may start writing things of survivors in the cataclysm, to be used in the game. I can’t go out of 3 Days after the cataclysm, because it would fuck the lore up if the player finds it in day 3 and it talks about day 59. :U

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**Author:** ![vache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ea666f/32.png) [@vache](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vache)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-lore-starting-day/6075/4 "2014-05-08T17:34:39Z")

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It should theoretically be possible to extend the monster group time-based spawn system to set up a similar time based system for items, so things like journal pages spawn after a certain amount of time. It would be odd in game to find a journal entry dated yesterday in a house right in the middle of a giant infested city though.

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-lore-starting-day/6075/5 "2014-05-08T18:20:00Z")

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The game starts 5 days after the cataclysm (on a Thursday, if anyone wants to know).

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**Author:** ![Lorknis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/lorknis/32/144_2.png) [@Lorknis](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lorknis)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-lore-starting-day/6075/6 "2014-05-08T18:38:34Z")

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Five days? Opps, thought it was three.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-lore-starting-day/6075/7 "2014-05-08T19:02:49Z")

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Then fuck Thursdays…

Jkjk I kinda like Thursdays.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-lore-starting-day/6075/8 "2014-05-08T23:41:53Z")

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[quote=“FunsizeNinja123, post:7, topic:6075”]Then fuck Thursdays…

Jkjk I kinda like Thursdays.[/quote]

Folks on IRC had trouble with Thursdays, so that’s why it’s a Thursday. Zero hour was on the weekend.

had his Thursday go Wrong too, dammit

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-lore-starting-day/6075/9 "2014-05-09T17:50:56Z")

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[quote=“KA101, post:8, topic:6075”]Folks on IRC had trouble with Thursdays, so that’s why it’s a Thursday. Zero hour was on the weekend.

had his Thursday go Wrong too, dammit[/quote]  
It’s also a neat little Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy reference:

> "This must be Thursday," said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

(Which you will note was the same line spoken on the IRC in the original discussion :P).

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**Author:** ![Mrnocamera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mrnocamera/32/61_2.png) [@Mrnocamera](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mrnocamera)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-lore-starting-day/6075/10 "2014-05-09T17:57:39Z")

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[quote=“i2amroy, post:9, topic:6075”][quote=“KA101, post:8, topic:6075”]Folks on IRC had trouble with Thursdays, so that’s why it’s a Thursday. Zero hour was on the weekend.

had his Thursday go Wrong too, dammit[/quote]  
It’s also a neat little Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy reference:

> "This must be Thursday," said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

(Which you will note was the same line spoken on the IRC in the original discussion :P).[/quote] Huh. Just in case the reference with the Hitchhiker profession was too obvious.

There needs to be a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster…

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**Author:** ![CritMedic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/critmedic/32/280_2.png) [@CritMedic](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CritMedic)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-lore-starting-day/6075/11 "2014-05-15T21:15:11Z")

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You can find the timeline for the game here

[http://www.wiki.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?title=Timeline](http://www.wiki.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?title=Timeline)