How does the things that happens in the GAME also happens in the real life too, I mean is it bcz of some bug or…
As for the personal instance. It's a pocket dimension. In real world science, it has been proven that a pocket dimension is possible through mathematics. However, physically is it not yet proven. (Mathematics is only 50% of proving something, the other 50% is to-see-is-to-believe.)
Many fiction authors also love pocket dimensions because it gives them a very wide leeway to do the impossible. Like in Alhambra's case, hide a player and keep them unaffected even after a game reset.
"Instance" is simply a word used in gaming, but it's the same as a pocket dimension.
In the story, a "personal" instance or pocket dimension is only accessible by the highest player. And the rule there is the player can live indefinitely without needing anything.
Also, while the story did not hint anything, I think the time in Alhambra's pocket dimension is slower.than the real world, hence when the FL's brother, and the ML himself later, showed up, practically nothing changed. Loke the FL's brother, for him the call he made to the ML in E01 was only a few days/weeks in his perspective. He was surprised when he learned that he has been away for more than a year.
This is a common use of pocket dimensions in fiction, there is always a time dilation. The time is either faster or slower.
Oh, pocket dimensions, or "instance" as is called in gaming, is commonly used in Marvel and DC comics. If I'm not mistaken, they popularised it. Even Star Trek used pocket dimensions.
How does the things that happens in the GAME also happens in the real life too, I mean is it bcz of some bug or…
No worries. Those two things are the very fictional part of the story.
For the virtual weapons affecting the real world bug, I think we can compare it to Star Trek's holo deck.
In Star Trek, they learned that a holodeck needs a safety protocol because without it, the holographic weapons can kill a living being. They often used this idea in many episodes wherein they turned-off the safety protocol to defeat an enemy not familiar with the holo deck technology.
The explanation they gave was that a virtual or holographic weapon can induce electrical impulses to the body, most especially the brain. In real world science, our body is a little electrical. It's what keeps us alive. It's like a battery.
In other fiction, like in most Japanese manga and anime, for example in .hack//SIGN, they also developed a similar concept: a gamer is trapped inside a game because of a bug. In the real world, their body looks comatosed, they're not waking up even after the gadget was removed from them, but unlike a comatosed person, they have intense brain activity.
If a bugged player or NPC kills the player, they die in the real world. But as long as another player kills them, they just respawn.
I think it's similar in Alhambra.
When a player that got infected by the bug is killed, the system creates an NPC copy. In Alhambra, and I only realized this now, the bug is like a virus that transfers from setting a party with another bugged player. Like in the case of the ML's assistant, father-in-law, and the FL. (The FL made a party with him later, at least implied because he kept saying she should stay near Emma for safety.)
You can see that AYeong truly adores her brother. He's only a year older but the way she adores him, he's like 10 years older. So much respect in her eyes when she's interacting with him.
Not only that, their family.
Seriously! I can't believe a perfect family actually exist!
Overall quite trashy, rating seem too high. I'm at episode 10 and shipping her with SML. Why does she like the…
It's so hard to explain. One, there are two writers, the original writer of she trilogy on Wattpad; two, the scriptwriter.
Also, it was based on a Filipino's romantic, drama, type of story, not Western or Korean or Japanese or Thai or Chinese.
And lastly, men and women do fall for what you call a "bully".
Bonus: the 1ML is not a "bully" in Filipino standards. I'm a GenXennial Filipino who studied and grew up in the Philippines, the way the 1ML acted was not yet "bully" level as far as we are concerned. He is very close to crossing the line though, based on 2020s standards. Anyway, it's so hard to explain without comparing with other cultures.
I just feel like everyone hating this drama but even if some people hate it, we at least need to respect and if…
The thing is, many are not aware that majority of the cast are newbies, and they intentionally chose newbies because we seriously need new blood. If we are not going to give newbies any project, then how can they grow?
All actors around the world started as everyone else in their field. Only a handful special ones had an innate talent in acting.
One of the most popular actor today started as a teen actor and was supposed to be a guest only. They saw she has potential so they kept hiring her for more and more episodes until she became the top choice.
She gained experience and learned her craft. Now she's well-known and in-demand.
These criticisms, they're just not aware majority of the cast in this show are newbies.
Yes, we naturally speak that way.There are two ways we're doieg it:First way: code-switching. This means a person…
As for "why they do this", the answer is, it's just natural.
When babies are born many, if not most, parents generally use and teach Philippine English (official language) first before their kid learns Filipino (official language & national language) + another 3rd language (local/regional/tribal language).
Hence, code-switching and code-mixing is natural for Filipinos who grew up in the Philippines (but rarely for those who grew up elsewhere). Even foreigners with kids who studied here in the Philippines learn it (good example: Sandara Park, she can code-switch and code-mix Filipino, Philippine English, Mandarin, Hokkien, and Hangugeo).
We have: - 1 National Language: Filipino (not Tagalog) - 2 Official Languages: Filipino (not Tagalog) & Philippine English - 8 Major Languages: Tagalog (not Filipino), Kapampangan, Pangasinense, Iloko, Waray-waray, Bikolano, Hiligaynon, and Cebuano - 120+ languages - 100+ dialects
Not to mention, many Filipinos have mix ancestry with mainland Chinese, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. - Mandarin - Cantonese - Hokkien (locally known as Fukien)
And the influence of anime since the 1970s, many studies Nihongo.
And the influence of Kpop and Kdrama since the 1980s, many studies Hangugeo.
A Filipino who grew up here in the Philippines can speak at least 3 languages: Philippine English, Filipino, and their regional/local language.
So, say, someone who speaks Hiligaynon naturally and unconsciously code-switch and/or code-mix Hiligaynon words and sentences while speaking to a person who don't understand Hiligaynon, that person gets curious and learns Hiligaynon or reuse the same words.
In the end, we know words from various Philippine languages too. So, dialogues you might have heard in the Philippine shows or lyrics you've heard in music (Ppop) probably actually contains 3 or more languages. 😝 If we don't pay attention, we mix words (even sentences) from various languages, and well, it's natural for us, we don't notice it unless we pay attention. 😅
guys this is my first time watching a show from the Philippines and i've noticed that they mix a lot of english…
Yes, we naturally speak that way.
There are two ways we're doieg it:
First way: code-switching. This means a person switches from one language to another seamlessly. For example, Philippine English and Filipino.
It also applies to dialects. For example, from Manila-Tagalog to Batangas-Tagalog.
Second way: code-mixing. This means a person it mixing two languages in the same sentence.
There are two ways we do code-mixing: a. Philippine English sentence with Tagalog words. (a.k.a. Englog) b. Tagalog sentence with Philippine English words. (a.k.a. Taglish)
For us, we don't notice we code-mixing unless we pay attention to it because the flow is very natural. Or, if someone formed a very weird and often funny combination.
Code-switching is noticeable in non-casual conversations. But in casual conversations, it's generally not noticeable for us locals. It's so natural for us, we unconsciously code-switch to Filipino while talking to foreigners (even abroad). 🤣🤣🤣
Can anyone explain the ending??? Did she marry yuri? wtf?
Cliffhanger. If I remember correctly, S02 will be based on Book 2. I haven't read that one though, only the original when it was still on-going (I didn't even finish it).
The story is happening between 2020 and 2024.Yes, months and years passed.Also, yes, we Asians don't generally…
Lifestyle, dynamics, dress, hairstyle, it's the same thing. A person, even non-Asian, can have the same for even up to 20 years or more.
As for schedules, since they are students, their schedule is pretty much school and home. And by the looks of it, they're in college/university, depending of the school's style, the fictional school probably was based on allowing students to choose their schedule and subjects.
I'm not defending them, maybe it was an error on their planning or maybe not. All I'm saying is that it is possible in an Pacific-Asian life and culture. We're not Europeans or North Americans where things change every year or so. This is especially true for students, student life, schedule, style, dress, hair style, dynamics, and everything else pretty much stay the same until our mid-20s.
By mid-20s, that's usually when things change. Second work/job. Better pay. More influences from more people (work colleagues, purchasing power). Most importantly, Pacific-Asians gets free from the restraints of our parents and immediate relatives, so we start to explore and assert "this is me" … to some extent (not entirely).
Again, I'm not defending them. I'm just sharing that in our cultures, what you observed is not uncommon.
i still confused on the timeline of this show/ if ep 1 was leap day 2020, what year is it rn??? did we go past…
The story is happening between 2020 and 2024.
Yes, months and years passed.
Also, yes, we Asians don't generally show any difference even after 5 years, even 10 years. I'm GenXennial and people still mistake me to be in my early 20s. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 It's why I keep my hair long so they'll only mistake me to be in my 30s. 😝😝😝😝
No. The story ended perfectly. What many assumed as a cliffhanger is actually not. It was simply a way to tell the audience that she ML survived and thei lived happily ever after.
Well I don't think S2 will ever come . This drama is done and dusted . The only kdrama that I want S2 of now very…
There won't be a S02, the story ended. 🙂 What many people assumed as a cliffhanger is not so, it simply wants to show the audience that he survived the reset because he escaped in the personal instance the developer hid in to.
That's why he is not registered in the new version. But he is still part of the code, a code the company programmers cannot find but for sure the OG developer can because he's the one who hid it (the personal instance).
How does the things that happens in the GAME also happens in the real life too, I mean is it bcz of some bug or…
Good question!
To answer, yes, there was a bug that was introduced when the virtual Emma detected a murder attempt by a player to another player in the safe zone. Problem was, it was real-life weapon.
Also, virtual Emma was coded like a "god". She has access to many functions of the game that only develepors should have.
So, when Emma tried to do something about the attack she detected and failed because the weapon was not virtual, the system was confused and created a bug to "save" the player because as far as the system is concerned, the player is still alive in the game.
Meanwhile, the developer hid in his personal instance and started changing Emma to create the quest to fix the bug. Thus, by the time the ML met Emma, Emma already have a hidden quest, the quest to fix the bug.
He called her mirae easily when he kept confusing miji's name 😁😁😁
He is close with the town's chief and no doubt did a background check when he checked the applicants.
His two weeks "test" was probably to see if Mirae-ji will quit because he already suspected it isn't Miji but Mirae.
He kept "confusing" Mirae-ji's name _intentionally_ because he was forcing himself not to use her actual name, which is Mirae.
Then he slowly dug up the reason why the twins switched places, and all this time he was guiding Mirae how to handle her problems.
When their mother was hospitalized, he suspected Miji will visit the hospital,so he waited for them. It was the opportunity to finally end the switching.
During their lunch/dinner, he finally sealed the who's who.
So, since then, it he started using herreal name, Mirae. No point pretending because the cat is now out of the bag.
Mirae-ji was actually surprised at first, but she probably caught on that he knew and their lunch/dinner was just the final confirmation. Unless, Mirae-ji was slow and still missed the points because she got used to him using different names.
Oh, yes, he did say he likes "Mirae" better and the twins reacted. Miji-rae noticed there's something going on between them because of it.
However, think about it. Miji-rae have been telling him stories about "Mirae" (herself), her twin in Seoul. Not once did he say that he likes the name "Mirae" better. And not once did he call Mirae-ji as Mirae.
He only started calling Mirae-ji as Mirae after he met Miji-rae and even dropped a bomb that he likes the name "Mirae". He never called her by any other name since then too.
The only plausible conclusion is that, he always knew. And their lunch/dinnes together finally sealed his analysis, "they definitely switched".
Example; Mirae-ji didn't know about farming when Miji's application said she knows it well. = Highly suspicious. He probabbly asked the town chief and that's when he suspected the twins switched places.
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Many fiction authors also love pocket dimensions because it gives them a very wide leeway to do the impossible. Like in Alhambra's case, hide a player and keep them unaffected even after a game reset.
"Instance" is simply a word used in gaming, but it's the same as a pocket dimension.
In the story, a "personal" instance or pocket dimension is only accessible by the highest player. And the rule there is the player can live indefinitely without needing anything.
Also, while the story did not hint anything, I think the time in Alhambra's pocket dimension is slower.than the real world, hence when the FL's brother, and the ML himself later, showed up, practically nothing changed. Loke the FL's brother, for him the call he made to the ML in E01 was only a few days/weeks in his perspective. He was surprised when he learned that he has been away for more than a year.
This is a common use of pocket dimensions in fiction, there is always a time dilation. The time is either faster or slower.
Oh, pocket dimensions, or "instance" as is called in gaming, is commonly used in Marvel and DC comics. If I'm not mistaken, they popularised it. Even Star Trek used pocket dimensions.
For the virtual weapons affecting the real world bug, I think we can compare it to Star Trek's holo deck.
In Star Trek, they learned that a holodeck needs a safety protocol because without it, the holographic weapons can kill a living being. They often used this idea in many episodes wherein they turned-off the safety protocol to defeat an enemy not familiar with the holo deck technology.
The explanation they gave was that a virtual or holographic weapon can induce electrical impulses to the body, most especially the brain. In real world science, our body is a little electrical. It's what keeps us alive. It's like a battery.
In other fiction, like in most Japanese manga and anime, for example in .hack//SIGN, they also developed a similar concept: a gamer is trapped inside a game because of a bug. In the real world, their body looks comatosed, they're not waking up even after the gadget was removed from them, but unlike a comatosed person, they have intense brain activity.
If a bugged player or NPC kills the player, they die in the real world. But as long as another player kills them, they just respawn.
I think it's similar in Alhambra.
When a player that got infected by the bug is killed, the system creates an NPC copy. In Alhambra, and I only realized this now, the bug is like a virus that transfers from setting a party with another bugged player. Like in the case of the ML's assistant, father-in-law, and the FL. (The FL made a party with him later, at least implied because he kept saying she should stay near Emma for safety.)
https://youtu.be/29C-iS2Sd9E
You can see that AYeong truly adores her brother. He's only a year older but the way she adores him, he's like 10 years older. So much respect in her eyes when she's interacting with him.
Not only that, their family.
Seriously! I can't believe a perfect family actually exist!
Also, it was based on a Filipino's romantic, drama, type of story, not Western or Korean or Japanese or Thai or Chinese.
And lastly, men and women do fall for what you call a "bully".
Bonus: the 1ML is not a "bully" in Filipino standards. I'm a GenXennial Filipino who studied and grew up in the Philippines, the way the 1ML acted was not yet "bully" level as far as we are concerned. He is very close to crossing the line though, based on 2020s standards. Anyway, it's so hard to explain without comparing with other cultures.
All actors around the world started as everyone else in their field. Only a handful special ones had an innate talent in acting.
One of the most popular actor today started as a teen actor and was supposed to be a guest only. They saw she has potential so they kept hiring her for more and more episodes until she became the top choice.
She gained experience and learned her craft. Now she's well-known and in-demand.
These criticisms, they're just not aware majority of the cast in this show are newbies.
When babies are born many, if not most, parents generally use and teach Philippine English (official language) first before their kid learns Filipino (official language & national language) + another 3rd language (local/regional/tribal language).
Hence, code-switching and code-mixing is natural for Filipinos who grew up in the Philippines (but rarely for those who grew up elsewhere). Even foreigners with kids who studied here in the Philippines learn it (good example: Sandara Park, she can code-switch and code-mix Filipino, Philippine English, Mandarin, Hokkien, and Hangugeo).
We have:
- 1 National Language: Filipino (not Tagalog)
- 2 Official Languages: Filipino (not Tagalog) & Philippine English
- 8 Major Languages: Tagalog (not Filipino), Kapampangan, Pangasinense, Iloko, Waray-waray, Bikolano, Hiligaynon, and Cebuano
- 120+ languages
- 100+ dialects
Not to mention, many Filipinos have mix ancestry with mainland Chinese, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hokkien (locally known as Fukien)
And the influence of anime since the 1970s, many studies Nihongo.
And the influence of Kpop and Kdrama since the 1980s, many studies Hangugeo.
A Filipino who grew up here in the Philippines can speak at least 3 languages: Philippine English, Filipino, and their regional/local language.
So, say, someone who speaks Hiligaynon naturally and unconsciously code-switch and/or code-mix Hiligaynon words and sentences while speaking to a person who don't understand Hiligaynon, that person gets curious and learns Hiligaynon or reuse the same words.
In the end, we know words from various Philippine languages too. So, dialogues you might have heard in the Philippine shows or lyrics you've heard in music (Ppop) probably actually contains 3 or more languages. 😝 If we don't pay attention, we mix words (even sentences) from various languages, and well, it's natural for us, we don't notice it unless we pay attention. 😅
There are two ways we're doieg it:
First way: code-switching. This means a person switches from one language to another seamlessly. For example, Philippine English and Filipino.
It also applies to dialects. For example, from Manila-Tagalog to Batangas-Tagalog.
Second way: code-mixing. This means a person it mixing two languages in the same sentence.
There are two ways we do code-mixing:
a. Philippine English sentence with Tagalog words. (a.k.a. Englog)
b. Tagalog sentence with Philippine English words. (a.k.a. Taglish)
For us, we don't notice we code-mixing unless we pay attention to it because the flow is very natural. Or, if someone formed a very weird and often funny combination.
Code-switching is noticeable in non-casual conversations. But in casual conversations, it's generally not noticeable for us locals. It's so natural for us, we unconsciously code-switch to Filipino while talking to foreigners (even abroad). 🤣🤣🤣
As for schedules, since they are students, their schedule is pretty much school and home. And by the looks of it, they're in college/university, depending of the school's style, the fictional school probably was based on allowing students to choose their schedule and subjects.
I'm not defending them, maybe it was an error on their planning or maybe not. All I'm saying is that it is possible in an Pacific-Asian life and culture. We're not Europeans or North Americans where things change every year or so. This is especially true for students, student life, schedule, style, dress, hair style, dynamics, and everything else pretty much stay the same until our mid-20s.
By mid-20s, that's usually when things change. Second work/job. Better pay. More influences from more people (work colleagues, purchasing power). Most importantly, Pacific-Asians gets free from the restraints of our parents and immediate relatives, so we start to explore and assert "this is me" … to some extent (not entirely).
Again, I'm not defending them. I'm just sharing that in our cultures, what you observed is not uncommon.
Yes, months and years passed.
Also, yes, we Asians don't generally show any difference even after 5 years, even 10 years. I'm GenXennial and people still mistake me to be in my early 20s. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 It's why I keep my hair long so they'll only mistake me to be in my 30s. 😝😝😝😝
That's why he is not registered in the new version. But he is still part of the code, a code the company programmers cannot find but for sure the OG developer can because he's the one who hid it (the personal instance).
It was a perfect ending to the story.
To answer, yes, there was a bug that was introduced when the virtual Emma detected a murder attempt by a player to another player in the safe zone. Problem was, it was real-life weapon.
Also, virtual Emma was coded like a "god". She has access to many functions of the game that only develepors should have.
So, when Emma tried to do something about the attack she detected and failed because the weapon was not virtual, the system was confused and created a bug to "save" the player because as far as the system is concerned, the player is still alive in the game.
Meanwhile, the developer hid in his personal instance and started changing Emma to create the quest to fix the bug. Thus, by the time the ML met Emma, Emma already have a hidden quest, the quest to fix the bug.
His two weeks "test" was probably to see if Mirae-ji will quit because he already suspected it isn't Miji but Mirae.
He kept "confusing" Mirae-ji's name _intentionally_ because he was forcing himself not to use her actual name, which is Mirae.
Then he slowly dug up the reason why the twins switched places, and all this time he was guiding Mirae how to handle her problems.
When their mother was hospitalized, he suspected Miji will visit the hospital,so he waited for them. It was the opportunity to finally end the switching.
During their lunch/dinner, he finally sealed the who's who.
So, since then, it he started using herreal name, Mirae. No point pretending because the cat is now out of the bag.
Mirae-ji was actually surprised at first, but she probably caught on that he knew and their lunch/dinner was just the final confirmation. Unless, Mirae-ji was slow and still missed the points because she got used to him using different names.
Oh, yes, he did say he likes "Mirae" better and the twins reacted. Miji-rae noticed there's something going on between them because of it.
However, think about it. Miji-rae have been telling him stories about "Mirae" (herself), her twin in Seoul. Not once did he say that he likes the name "Mirae" better. And not once did he call Mirae-ji as Mirae.
He only started calling Mirae-ji as Mirae after he met Miji-rae and even dropped a bomb that he likes the name "Mirae". He never called her by any other name since then too.
The only plausible conclusion is that, he always knew. And their lunch/dinnes together finally sealed his analysis, "they definitely switched".
Example; Mirae-ji didn't know about farming when Miji's application said she knows it well. = Highly suspicious. He probabbly asked the town chief and that's when he suspected the twins switched places.
But I guess it won't be a K-drama without the usual Korean tropes.