Rodrik of Dorne Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 This is my question, is all the content from the app's entries also contained in the upcoming book (The World of Ice and Fire)? I like paper and real (physical) books, and using the app for researching obscure details (like the presence of bandits in the Howling Hills of Essos) is frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitering Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I would also like to know the answer to this question as I do not own a mobile device and will never install itunes on any of my computers (it's one of the worst coded programs commonly used, sorry folks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 You can get the Android version of the app using the Bluestack emulator. I can't swear 100% that all the setting details in the app are in the book. Most of them are, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaenys_Targaryen Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Would the Bluestack emulator be for on the android phone, or on the computer? And would, with using that app, the World app work in countries where it works on apple phones? Because as far as I can read, Bluestack lets you run android apps on the windows computers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Bluestack emulates Android on a PC, yes. I think you'd still have to get the app from the US Google Play store, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaenys_Targaryen Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 And would that be possible in a legal way from the Netherlands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Depends on what you consider legal. You'd need to create a US Play Store account to download the app but you still need to pay for the full features of the app. Personally, I don't consider that illegal. The app isn't available in my country either but I downloaded and paid for the full app using a US account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrik of Dorne Posted May 24, 2014 Author Share Posted May 24, 2014 Thanks Ran. I hope that's not the last setting book GRRM and you guys write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaenys_Targaryen Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Depends on what you consider legal. You'd need to create a US Play Store account to download the app but you still need to pay for the full features of the app. Personally, I don't consider that illegal. The app isn't available in my country either but I downloaded and paid for the full app using a US account. But how is your situation then? Is the app available in your country on apple only? Or not at all? Do you have the app on your phone or on PC? Because I heard from people that in order to create a US play store account in another country, you need to download some IP changing app, and that doesn't sound really safe to me.. So if there's another option, I'd love to hear it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 But how is your situation then? Is the app available in your country on apple only? Or not at all? Do you have the app on your phone or on PC? Because I heard from people that in order to create a US play store account in another country, you need to download some IP changing app, and that doesn't sound really safe to me.. So if there's another option, I'd love to hear it :) Not available in my country on either platform as far as I know. I'm running the app on my phone (android) but I have used Bluestacks as well on my Mac. The Mac version is still in Beta and, in my experience, it was rubbish so I uninstalled it. To create a US account you will have to make use of a VPN. There are free VPN's available for download on both the Play Store and App Store - if that eases your fears about safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherCrannogman Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Isn't everything in the app in the online Wiki? No need to install iTunes, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrik of Dorne Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 I'm checking the Wiki for the app's data. Just read that House Kenning of Kayce (in the Westerlands) are descendants of a Ironborn Warrior, Herrock and that their warhorn, the Horn of Herrock, is passed "down amongst the familu as an heirloom." Yes, I'm a bitch for details and I hope this sort of (for some, insignificant) detail will be present in the book. For bibliophiles / information completists a mere app or even wiki is never enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Most of the new setting information in the app is in the book. I can't swear 100% that _all_ of it is. The needs of the books meant that we'd have to choose among various details to fit the text -- in an extremely simplified analogy, lets say we got 2 paragraphs on some far eastern place, and it had 6 brand new details, and in editing it down to 1 paragraph we dropped 3 of those... but the app may have gotten 1-2 details that we dropped. I think they should be at least 99% congruent in the information they present, but that's my recollection based on what I recall of what we did for the app and the edits we did to the relevant sections of the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrik of Dorne Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Most of the new setting information in the app is in the book. I can't swear 100% that _all_ of it is. The needs of the books meant that we'd have to choose among various details to fit the text -- in an extremely simplified analogy, lets say we got 2 paragraphs on some far eastern place, and it had 6 brand new details, and in editing it down to 1 paragraph we dropped 3 of those... but the app may have gotten 1-2 details that we dropped.I think they should be at least 99% congruent in the information they present, but that's my recollection based on what I recall of what we did for the app and the edits we did to the relevant sections of the book. Thanks, Ran. Just tell GRRM someday you guys should write a heraldry book, I mean...someday a maester should write a heraldry book, for some lord's heir, mentioning the heraldry, words, heirlooms (including famous blades) and seats of all the existing and extinct houses (i.e. all the ones in the books and wiki). Some houses could have their origins, famous members and traditions detailed. Just imagine such a lavishly illustrated westerosi book of heraldry! What you think about such a project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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