Digital World Features

In the earliest creation of the Digital World it was little more than a barren desert, just a wasteland that held next to nothing as the programmers had to work with limited technology. As technology changed and became more advanced the Digital World evolved and changed in dynamic ways as it was reincarnated over and over again. Data was wiped and rewritten and the Digital World changed drastically over the years with each released game. The Digital World ages much faster than our own so what took millions of years to reshape our world could be done in just a few decades in the Digital World.

The Digital World contains many different self-contained environments specially suited to the Digimon that live in the area. Although the Digital World has both night and day, there is no transitional period between the two, with darkness instantly sweeping across the world like a sheet. Visible in the sky is a pulsing globe of code and light, which represents the the barrier between the Digital World and the Human World. This layer is directly controlled by CrossWire and floating amongst it all are the three cities created and contained by CrossWire: Hikari City, Kurai City and the Chōkyōsh Academy which is alongside the Digital Coliseum. These three cities were created for the sake of holding Tamers and their Digimon and are all currently connected by Locomon tracks and stations. Vast columns of energy reach down into the Digital World when tamers are teleported down from the sky layer and to the ground layer which contains all of the different environments in the Digital World.

The amount of Digi-Areas are said to be infinite as the Digital World expands in all directions. It is not round like the Earth and in fact if one were to travel to the very outskirts of the World they would meet a wall of vast and empty white space...like the end of a program or the end of a video game structure. However to reach the end of the World would take many years on walking through the harsh deserts in the Digital World. Luckily the portals set up all around the Digital World and in the various Digi-Areas make it easier on Tamers so they don't have to walk for miles to get to a certain environment. The only downside is that the portals are stationary, thus one does have to walk back to the location of a portal gate in order to travel back to the cities above after transporting down to the Digital World.

When it comes to wild Digimon a member can either request staff to have one appear or those involve in the thread can have a wild digimon appear if they wish for whatever purpose. It could be just a friendly encounter or a not so friendly one. Wild digimon will not be role played directly by staff, they will be treated strictly as NPC and how a role player interacts with them is up to them.

There are some rules when it comes to having a Wild Digimon appear, especially one that is meant to oppose conflict. The rule is: "No more than one level higher than your lowest level Digimon." This means that if you have all champions then you can have an ultimate level Digimon appear in the wild to interact with. If you have two champions and one rookie, then you can only have up to the champion level appear in the wild still due to rookie being the lowest level Digimon. This is to avoid someone trying to make their Digimon seem more "powerful" by saying that their three rookies could handle an ultimate or something to that effect. Also if you do have a Wild Digimon appear then be somewhat logical as to the type of area you are in.

In some creations of the Digital World any Digimon that died was dead indefinitely as a way to help save some server space and delete old, obsolete data. On CrossWire, the death of a Digimon results in an infinite cycle of rebirth, Digimon in this digital world are turned into data upon their "deaths". In most cases this data is absorbed by other Digimon in order to obtain power or to Digivolve. However it is only the data of the current level and power, with all of their powers drained the Digimon will revert back into an egg and will wait for the day that it can hatch again and start to rebuild its data for the sake of tasting Digivolution once again. Luckily, it's much easier for a Digimon to reach higher levels if they had already achieved it before. When reverted back to an egg, you must also reclaim Rookie level. This is the only time you have to exchange experience points to obtain Rookie, and its relatively cheap too. When a Digimon's data is destroyed it is sent back to the Tamer's Home Server and that is where it compiles back into an egg. This will happen even if a Digimon is destroyed in the real world, their data will simply go back to the digital world and recompile at the Tamer's Home Server once again.

When destroying a Wild Digimon your Digimon absorbs all of the power of their previous form as they revert back to an egg. They don't revert back to an egg right in front of your eyes though, but even wild Digimon go through the endless cycle.

While in the Digital World, a Tamer cannot actually "die". When transported to the Digital World they are "Digitized" and their bodies and data are scanned. Now when their data is destroyed, just like Digimon they enter an infinite cycle of rebirth. CrossWire has created a device known as the Digital-U Station. This device has two functions. One, of the functions is creating a copy of the Tamer's data and reconstructing it when they are destroyed. In a way, it was a respawn for "death". Every Tamer has a personal Digital-U Station in their Home Server, so upon "death" they will find themselves waking up in their Home Server. The same cannot be said for a Tamer that dies in the real world of course because well...that's a real death.

A Tamer does have Life Points, which is just a number of lives they have which will get deducted every time they "die". Life Points are recorded in a small circle on the bottom right of your avatar in your mini-profile. Every Tamer starts out with three life points. You can purchase more with Bits or even earn them through events and milestones. When a Tamer "dies" there is no penalty other than having one Life Point deducted. However, when a Tamer dies without any Life Points left then they have consequences. All Bits and Experience Points they have saved up are set back to zero and all Digimon are reverted back to egg form if they had not been already.

All tamers receive a D-Arc Digivice (Digimon Tamers) when registering on CrossWire Server. While the color scheme of the Digivice can be customized to the Tamer's liking, it's features and functionality must be the same. The D-Arc does have a card scanner on its right side which will allow a Tamer to swipe Digi-Modify cards in order to support their Digimon in a battle. All Digi-Modify cards must be purchased from the CrossWire Digi-Mart, for the cards sold there are specifically made with a magnetized strip that will be read when a card is slid. Any cards that the tamer may have had before hand, such as for the card game or trading cards, will not work since they are just pieces of paper and cardboard. The Digivice also has a built in Digi-Analyzer which will read a Digimon's species name (e.g Agumon), their attribute (e.g Vaccine), and their level (e.g Rookie). Of course, the Digivice is also a device that allows the Tamer to help their Digimon Digivolve.

The Digivice shares a natural connection between the Tamer and their Digimon, which also unlocks one more built in feature, a Digital Shield or Digi-Shield for short. It's powered specifically by the Tamer's Digimon, shielding the tamer from any attack or harm that may come their way. This of course will drain the Digimon's stamina, but naturally a Digimon would want to go out of their way to protect their tamer anyhow. The shield disperses once all Digimon have been effectively defeated and drained of energy, usually meaning their data is destroyed and has been reverted back to egg form. In this method it makes it rather impossible to actually attack the Tamer head on until the Digimon are dealt with.

Beyond those built-in features, the Digivice also acts as a key. It unlocks and activates the stationary portals placed in various areas across the Digital World. The portals allow Tamers and their Digimon to teleport freely from the floating cities established by CrossWire and to the Digital World below. The Digivice is also the key to a Tamer's Home Server and it keeps track of the number of Life Points a Tamer has left.

The Digital World runs on a cycle that is 60 times faster than the "real" world. So when a second passes in the real world, a minute passes in the Digital World. When a minute passes in the real world, an hour passes in the Digital World. When an hour passes in the real world, two and a half days pass in the Digital World. Because of this, a Tamer in the Digital World only has to eat about once a week. This is because the Digital World does not put much of a physical strain on their body, it's more of a mental strain. Due to the mental strain a Tamer may still have to rest/sleep once a day in order to recover from the mental exhaustion despite only having to eat about once a week in the Digital World. A Digimon's body runs on a totally different cycle and thus they must eat and sleep every day in the Digital World in order to keep their energy up. By this logic, a Digimon in the human world may require more food to sustain their energy and stamina while still only needing to sleep once a day. As of right now though, Digimon cannot enter the human world.