But just like weather cycles such as El Nino, the music industry tends to repeat its trends.

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As human behavior and weather cycles have not changed much for hundreds of years, the odds of a continuation of past trends are a good, but not perfect, guide to the future.

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We are able to observe a wide variety of cycles in our lives: patterns in the weather, the moon, radio waves, etc.

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Watch the Kickstarter pitch (below) for a detailed explanation of combat and other systems in the game, including its dynamic weather and time system which not only has day and night cycles, but entire calendar year cycles and a fully diagrammed sky full of celestial bodies that change over the course of time.

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Tides rise and fall, weather patterns change, even planets and galaxies move in accordance with heavenly cycles.

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