With that goal in mind, it became apparent early on that the time difference would be a significant issue. Many scientists, physicists, and scholars have spent considerable effort attempting to figure out the exact mechanics and details of the time difference between the Game and Tygon. I never worried too much about the specifics as long as it continued to work on a consistent basis, which it did. Early on I realized that if the Game started and continued in a linear fashion then the technology and skills of the avatars inside the Game would soon outdistance our own. There would be no real point to putting kids into a simulation where fantastic things were the norm, because they would learn nothing that could be brought back with them when they exited their plays. Imagine a child spending a lifetime living on a planet that had learned to alter its own gravity, or growing up using computers that were so advanced compared to Tygon technology that when they returned to us they would stagnate when left with a boring, primitive world in which to live out the rest of their lives.
