I think..there are german things, because a German man made THE WORLD. ..Right?

by the way..
..what ARE those floating strange people roatating above the feilds, and what are they for-or supposed to mean?..They're just a bit..ominous, don't you think?

Did anyone know that Gott, in German, means God? It can also be used as part of a name, such as Gotthold. Hold meaning lovely....
Anyway I thought that was interesting. I'm sure a lot of people have been wondering where the name came from and/or what it meant. =/

My reason is Nikkio's.
The creator of The World, Harold...I can't remember his last namem is German. That's what I think it is.

Maybe alot of game suse German words....

You know to not...change the topic thing but Xenosaga's episode 1's title...I think its German...

But nevermind that..I don't want to change the topic now...I think Zeit's German too...

...Maybe the items are..the God's gift for completing his/her dungeon..lol...Like for eaching to them they give some items...


Oh and I looked at a German dictory for Zeit...and it has to do with Time...Alot of things with time...Like..here are some examples..

ENGLISH GERMAN

by-and-by mit der Zeit
hours pl. die Zeit
period die Zeit
temporal Zeit-
terms pl. die Zeit
tide die Zeit
time die Zeit
while die Zeit

There are verbs..and phares for Zeit aswell...But I won't post them...The meaning of Zeit

If Gott = god,
What does Ziet = ?

And why is it me, or is a lot of the Dot Hack speech in German (ex. opening movie of #1 and Gott)

I kept thinking Zeit meant something like Time...since I can only find Zeit statues in "Chronicling" keywords, and I'm always timed....

I think the other reason is that Japan and Germany have a lot to do with one another, so they're connected a lot... Plus German is such a fun language, it all sounds so weird

that is... that's very interesting :)

I wonder if they did that intentionally, or if its just a very weird coincidence. Those statues in the Gott treasure rooms do kinda look like idols don't they.... theres a creepy thought... What if we're stealing offerings to the God of the World? :P

. I'm pretty sure Zeit statues are named from the German zeitgeist, roughly the spirit or ghost of time. Thus, they are like minor gods of the World compared to the gotts, which give out treasure, and instead hold the real reward if you get to them in time, hence the naming. This may or may not be part of some deeper mystery.

(OOC: just FYI, I believe most of the German references are due to the fact that Yoshiyuki Sadamoto was involved in character art and development for the .Hack project; if you look through NeonGenesis: Evangelion (which Sadamoto also worked on) you will also find a number of German references, of similar nature.)

They never come down; they seem to be ... watching? Perhaps a rare item will allow players to reach them?

(OOC: Right on, Rai-Dei! Sadamoto is definitely one of the top animators and designers; I love the way that he shows expression on his characters so believably. Who agrees? Show of hands.)

I'm curious, where have you heard about the creator of the world, and how much do you know? I've been involved with the world in one way or another for a time, but never found much on the guy. Of course there's the new reports about him being some eccentric genius who strangely disappeared, but they don't really tell anyone more than that.

Ah, I've been wondering about that alittle myself. Thanks for filling us in!

I would have to agree with shades...Sadamoto implemented several german things into Evangelion, such as Asuka speaking random German...And now German themes in .hack...I wonder why he likes German so much though?

(Yoshiyuki Sadamoto is the best character designer ever...sorry I had to slip that in. :D )

Actually Zeit means number.

Abstract art?

<_< Nobody's "targetting" Germany...

Maybe Gott is the Japanese trying to mispell 'gut' on purpose. It's always at the end of the dungeon and it's a creative alternative to center or core.

We all have our little ways for reasoning the definition of Gott and Zeit. (DUDE Chronicling thing is example)

I've been wondering about the fields themselves. Everything seems to look as if there were natives in The WORLD. Do you think the creators took references from something of that nature? All the wierd statues and things seem a bit strange.

If you would all remember when Japan and Germany where allies during the war. Maybe that's got something to do with it.

Or maybe their just tring to step back from the norm..you know, make a name for yourself.

I agree with Litter. Maybe they were trying to give everyone a nice shock from the usual and throw in some German, rather than using all Japanese. It seems reasonable enough.

grrr why is germany such a target go target spain or italy but leave germany alone!!!!!