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Icefire2314

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Competition II - New Life
« on: November 24, 2013, 04:26:37 pm »

Spoiler:  Backstory (click to show/hide)

Competition II - New Life is the sequel to the original Competition game. The first game ended with the rise of the Sophont Nightmace to sapience. This game begins millions of years later after the utter and total collapse of the entire ecosystem, then slow rebuilding of the planet naturally.

The flow will run the exact same. For reference, or for those who weren't here for the first:

The creature will evolve generation by generation. Each generation is calculated when I post. In between generations, everyone has to post ideas as to what we should evolve the creature with next. For an example on how that works, see the first thread.

An idea needs a minimum of 3(ish) votes to be considered, then a diceroll will determine whether or not the evolution occurs.
Dice rolls 1: Evolution happens, but in the opposite direction.
Dice rolls 2-3: Nothing changes
Dice rolls 4-5: Evolution occurs
Dice rolls 6: Significant evolution


Should for whatever reason I can't continue or I become slow or inactive in posting I'll let someone else take over the reigns. I plan to post daily but if I get slower than around three or four days posting then I'll probably hand it over.

Please boldface any suggestions you make. This makes it easier for me.

Other than that, keep the ideas flowing and enjoy! :)

GENERATION 1:
Seafloorum blobum
A clear jelly blob. They absorb food through the skin, and is dissolved in the inner body fluids. It is around a centimeter in length, width, and height.
SOCIAL: Completely socially awkward detached.
SENSES: Completely senseless.
REPRODUCTION: Budding. The buds detach after reaching about 3 millimeters in dimensions and then float to a short distance away before
MOVEMENT: Completely immobile.
EATING: It absorbs cells floating through the water.
PREDATION: No predators or meaningful prey.
SYMBIOSIS: No symbiotic relationships developed.
COMPETITION: Our blobs are the only ones that live on the bottom, but competition for space is fierce. Most only live for a short time before they are covered by the next generation.
INTELLIGENCE: No form of intelligence. At all.
ENVIRONMENT: A shallow sub-tropical sea. Layers upon layers of seafloor blobs have built massive networks of flexible reefs. Fronds grow above the rest, filtering food from the open water. They grow from their stalks so that they don't get covered by the bottom layer. Their underground sections form a complex root system that feeds off of the corpses of blobs that were buried.

Current environment: Shallow sub-tropical sea.
Nearby environments: Beach, deeper sub-tropical sea, river delta.
« Last Edit: November 24, 2013, 05:57:10 pm by Icefire2314 »
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Re: Competition II - New Life
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2013, 04:29:43 pm »

PTW and participate! Hell yeah.

Also, faster reproduction. No way that can go wrong!
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Re: Competition II - New Life
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2013, 04:30:49 pm »

Hm... Well let's go with Cannabalism because less of us means more food for the survivors yeah?
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Re: Competition II - New Life
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2013, 04:32:26 pm »

Hm... Well let's go with Cannabalism because less of us means more food for the survivors yeah?

Cannabalism is fun :) Just remember that the traits picked will last throughout the game unless devolved later on (WHICH CAN BE DONE)
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Re: Competition II - New Life
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2013, 04:44:12 pm »

Hm... Well let's go with Cannabalism because less of us means more food for the survivors yeah?
Cannibalism and basic intelligence.

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Re: Competition II - New Life
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2013, 04:45:44 pm »

How about toxic metabolism products ? Less alive things around means more for us to eat. I guess being resistant ourselves would be nice too but that's secondary concern.
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Re: Competition II - New Life
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2013, 04:47:55 pm »

Develop genders and females eat males kind of cannibalism
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Re: Competition II - New Life
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2013, 04:49:10 pm »

Develop genders and females eat males kind of cannibalism

So a black widow or praying mantis type thing?
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Re: Competition II - New Life
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2013, 04:50:02 pm »

Cannibalism is fun.

Increase surface area by developing tentacles. More food that way. Might want to get us a way to float as well.
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Re: Competition II - New Life
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2013, 04:51:15 pm »

I support Increase surface area by developing tentacles, faster reproduction and Basic cannibalism.
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Re: Competition II - New Life
« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2013, 04:51:19 pm »

Cannibalism is fun.

Increase surface area by developing tentacles. More food that way. Might want to get us a way to float as well.

Are you adding to the suggestion or just stating on cannabalism?
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Re: Competition II - New Life
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2013, 04:51:54 pm »

Hm... Well let's go with Cannabalism because less of us means more food for the survivors yeah?
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Re: Competition II - New Life
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2013, 04:52:16 pm »

Cannibalism is fun.

Increase surface area by developing tentacles. More food that way. Might want to get us a way to float as well.

Are you adding to the suggestion or just stating on cannabalism?
What do you mean I totally bolded that.
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Re: Competition II - New Life
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2013, 04:53:12 pm »

Cannibalism is fun.

Increase surface area by developing tentacles. More food that way. Might want to get us a way to float as well.

Are you adding to the suggestion or just stating on cannabalism?
What do you mean I totally bolded that.

For the cannabalism I meant, not the tentacles.
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Re: Competition II - New Life
« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2013, 04:56:09 pm »

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