Real World Culture

Video Culture

Since early 2012, Video-Culture is generally on the rise. It's a slow process, and instead of a site like Youtube, there's a product named Nero that offers the ability for people to upload Video, and then post it on a BBS. Thanks to this, Idols that use this medium are referred to as 'Nero idols' or 'BBS idols'.

Bulletin Board Systems

Right now, the main ways of mass communication go through email, but communities are formed around BBSes. Imagine Reddit, but on an even larger scale, and based not on links - but on topics.

Elder Tale Online

At the time of the Apocalypse, Elder Tale Online is still the only MMORPG that is playable since Pluto's Kiss. And due to the technical superiority it has, it is also generally truly deserving of the term 'massive online', because it's played all around the world. It has some quality of life issues that have some of the BBS topics complaining about the design director, Kayaba Akihiko. Things like not having auto-loot, the three-man parties, tend to be such topics.

The general 'MMORPG Players' are not the only kinds of players that have found their way to Elder Tale Online. Businesses have taken to using it for communication within the server/country reaches to visit other businesses and have board meetings without the cost of travel as a cost-saving measure. And with the promise of global server access, many businesses are interested in the opportunity afforded to them by the next expansion.