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Ooh, we're doing this again?If other people hosted it and followed the same basic creation/extinction formula, I'd probably allow their players to count those sessions as canon.
PurpleUm, Kittytac was the last purple. I'm not sure you can take someone else's god.
Ooh, we're doing this again?
Yellow returns once more!
Navy comes in as a newcomer!
Teal.
Maroon
Purple
Beige Another newcomer!
Unless.. there is no more room?
Creation:You're getting ahead of yourself, Faker.
I. 4 gods take turns spawning life. They will do this until they each have created 2 organisms, which can either be Fauna or Flora.
II. They will then take turns giving the organisms relationships, such as "_ eats _" "_ lives in _" until each got has created 3 relationships.
III. At the end, any Fauna with no beneficial relationships dies off. Including ones that lose their last one because of this. Life with the most harmful relationships will be most populous. Life with the most beneficial relationships(minus harmful ones) will be the best candidates for sentient life in the Society phase. Whom ever created the organism with the most beneficial relationships(minus harmful ones) will get 100 points, second will get 50 points, third 25 points, and last 0 points. Same for the player with the most populous life, and most diversity of surviving organisms. Ties will share a lowered rank, with more per tie lowering it more.
Any room for Lime Green?
You're getting ahead of yourself, Faker.((@Yellow : I'm powerful enough to use god power to imbue icefluff with mana or create water nymphs from thin air, but for the long term I have to learn how to incorporate their life cycle into nature so that the nymphs don't run out of mana and die when my 'spawn' power runs out.))
what's going on!?!?!?!?*Today intensifies*
((Hmm, I recommend setting the ground work for that by having them being preyed upon. In the future or it just seems like they are paranoid.))((Yeah I had visualizations of cats chasing birds, not necessarily for food. Since nymphs just explode into mana when they die. I'm sure regular housecats would love to chase water nymphs.))
I'll pass for the time being. Come back to me once the rest of you have made your last relationships.
Maroon what was the relationship. I see no color.((It's just fluff. Nymph biology.))
I'll pass for the time being. Come back to me once the rest of you have made your last relationships.That does seem fair, then. So last relationships from everyone, please.
((This world is cuter than expected.))I concur.
The shepherd protects their flock of sheepALL the more humorous, the flock is ACTUALLY running the show! You have this whole act to effect things in your, and later others', regions. I was quite clear about all this from the get go.
I understand that. I’m just saying that I just realized that the way the relationship is currently set up doesn’t actually make sense with what the relationship is.That is how they spread, but it was stressors it had to adapt to, that made a species more or less common. That was just flavor.
At the very least, there’s the relationship with the suntrees. The reason I made the relationship like green was because the eating of the fruits would cause the seeds to be spread more via their waste, making the trees more common, but instead, they’re rarer. You see the issue?
That’s not how environments work.I understand that. I’m just saying that I just realized that the way the relationship is currently set up doesn’t actually make sense with what the relationship is.That is how they spread, but it was stressors it had to adapt to, that made a species more or less common. That was just flavor.
At the very least, there’s the relationship with the suntrees. The reason I made the relationship like green was because the eating of the fruits would cause the seeds to be spread more via their waste, making the trees more common, but instead, they’re rarer. You see the issue?
That’s not how environments work.Says the player in a game with themes of divine creation.
Yeah, the champion was the titan in game 1 :pQuoteThat’s not how environments work.Says the player in a game with themes of divine creation.
Wasn't Solomon the champion?
Edit: Got it, looks good.
Baa-ram-ewe. To your breed, your fleece, your clan be true!loool
At the current rate, Wooly Snowstubs will inherit the planet!
((Sorry. Was a good opportunity to form a cult :-*))(One that worships a car?)
((Remember to change species name to a local variant when they are effected by changes.))Oh, you were talking to me? I shall rename the Wooly Snowstubs as Mountain Snowstubs after the resilient mountain goat. The Suntrees shall be Cliffside Suntrees. Anyhoo, relationships... The Mountain Snowstubs settle in the mountainous North West and start to farm icefluff, the Snowstubs protect the icefluff and in turn absorb their mana. Water nymphs and Naiads follow the Snowstubs into the mountains, benefitting from the icefluff farms and continuing to give light to the Snowstubs. Catnip has now moved on from living in the Suntrees.
(( ;) ))
Ok, I will simply call the Woolly Snowstubs, North Eastern Woolly Snowstubs then. (which are markably less intelligent)Ok, fair enough.
I actually have no clue what to do now.
((Tell me if I did something wrong.))
Meanwhile, some ♣Tealcats♣ stop ambushing ♥Water Sprites♥, instead learning from their behavior.Hooray!! Me this. This too. Nissan acknowledges this custom and encourages it in the oceanic archipelago.
♥Tealcats♥ ambush ♥Water Sprites♥ -> vTealcats♥ learn from ♥Water Sprites♥.
The current relationship changes only happen in your own quadrant. You'll need to spend a change yourself to make it happen like this in your own area.Meanwhile, some ♣Tealcats♣ stop ambushing ♥Water Sprites♥, instead learning from their behavior.Hooray!! Me this. This too. Nissan acknowledges this custom and encourages it in the oceanic archipelago.
♥Tealcats♥ ambush ♥Water Sprites♥ -> vTealcats♥ learn from ♥Water Sprites♥.
((I think I have one change left.))
There are only three. The ones with arrows are the ones that actually changed, the rest are just fluff.((Tell me if I did something wrong.))
Seems you have 4 or 5, when you need only 3. But you can apply those in the next part. Give the changed animals and plants local variant names!
cultivate goodberries for consumption and magical use (these goodberries now being called manabulbs)That would be creating a new relationship. Not changing or removing.
♥water nymphs♥ need ♣Icefluff♣ to survive --> ♥water nymphs♥ need ♣Icefluff♣ to mature into adultsThese are not actual -changes- in the sense I mean, the balance of benefit or harm has not been altered.
Water nymphs live near Icefluff --> Adult water nymphs live near Icefluff
Oh, whoops, I’d misread the instructions for the phase as disallowing removals, not additions. I’ll change it soon.Quote from: YELcultivate goodberries for consumption and magical use (these goodberries now being called manabulbs)That would be creating a new relationship. Not changing or removing.
the balance of benefit or harm has not been altered.((It implies that there's more mana, which results water nymphs being able to live in warm biomes and 0.7% of water nymphs becoming smart & powerful. You're saying it has to be more overpowered..? Give 'em some water bending magic. Water benders!!))
I already removed it.EDIT: I’m removing the “tealcats get magic from the sprites” relationship. We do not need magic cats.Quote from: YELcultivate goodberries for consumption and magical use (these goodberries now being called manabulbs)That would be creating a new relationship. Not changing or removing.
Ok, since people don't seem to get this: we're all working in our own world quarters, by ourselves. Just because you changed or removed a relationship does not mean that it has happened anywhere but in your realm of influence.I already removed it.EDIT: I’m removing the “tealcats get magic from the sprites” relationship. We do not need magic cats.Quote from: YELcultivate goodberries for consumption and magical use (these goodberries now being called manabulbs)That would be creating a new relationship. Not changing or removing.
Am I supposed to do something or is it for once not my fault that the update is delayed?
Feel free to just kick back at home and continue to sculpt your little paradise, but beware the gong has been rung, and the world is everyone's playground again.Nissan the Mermaid lolls around gaining followers and accepting their worship.
saeric elvesThere's no such thing as a saeric elf?
Fluff encourages the saeric elves to behave more like elves and stop butchering the Snowstubs.
Fluff teaches the northeastern elves to behave more like elves and conserve the northeastern Snowstubs.1. You will be fought over this.
change relationships, not add them
My main motivator is that it’s now impossible for any two organisms that didn’t already have a relationship to ever get one, as well as the fact that, logically, most relationships between organisms don’t change into different ones but instead gain new facets. The current system just doesn’t make any sense for the actual design of relationships.change relationships, not add them
1. In the way you mean you still can. My understanding though is your main motivator is to make Elves more intelligent than Snubs.
2. There are now 4 times as many relationships technically speaking, no, no more.
but instead gain new facetsThat's what we are doing.
The current system just doesn’t make any senseI guess my forum game wont be used in classrooms. Bummer.
Thank you for your feedback Glass. But it is unfair to me to expect I will change the parameters to the game, from what I described when you joined.I am fully aware that these rules were in the OP from the start. However, I was making my case for why, now that we’re actually using them, I feel them to be flawed.
Git 'im, Fluff!Fluff teaches the northeastern elves to behave more like elves and conserve the northeastern Snowstubs.1. You will be fought over this.
Felius teaches the ♥Magicats♥ to use ♣Suntree♣ branches as primitive tools for hunting and digging for roots.Another example of why the alteration system doesn’t work. You can’t show that someone is now getting even more utility out of something than they were before.
♥Tealcats♥ live in ♣Suntrees♣ -> ♥Tealcats♥ make tools from ♣Suntree branches♣.
Nissan skips her turn. 8)I don’t think you’re allowed to do that. You’re the last person in the cycle.
The Mountain Snowstubs settle in the mountainous North West and start to farm icefluff, the Snowstubs protect the icefluff and in turn absorb their mana. Water nymphs and Naiads follow the Snowstubs into the mountains, benefitting from the icefluff farms and continuing to give light to the Snowstubs. Catnip has now moved on from living in the Suntrees.
Anyway, in the northwest, water sprites turn the tables on their tealcat ambushers and capture them to use as pets.
Elves butcher and skin Woolly Snowstubs for meat, leather, and wool; and harvest Suntree wood for use in construction and toolmaking (the new variety used for this is called Moontree).
I’m removing the “tealcats get magic from the sprites” relationship. We do not need magic cats.
As the planet's mana density gradually rises, water nymphs become less fragile and less stupid. They learn to hide from threats instead of swarming harmlessly, and are able to sense mana density. With mana-rich lakes and woodlands, the nymphs who can sense mana are able to survive without the presence of Icefluff.
♥water nymphs♥ need ♣Icefluff♣ to survive --> ♥water nymphs♥ need ♣Icefluff♣ to mature into adults
Water nymphs live near Icefluff --> Adult water nymphs live near Icefluff
((An adult water nymph is a Naiad. They can grow up to a meter in height and are more intelligent and patient than newborns. Approximately 1 in 150 water nymphs mature into Naiad form.))
The Saeriq youths develop a new game, which quickly grows viral. A new form of transportation is invented!
♥Saeriqs♥ herd ♥Wooly Snowstubs♥ --> ♥Saeriqs♥ ride ♥Wooly Snowstubs♥
This tribe of Saeriqs travels more freely. Food and shelter are more easily acquired, and the craftsmen have leisure time to sculpt ♣Suntree♣ canoes, to float them across further distances than ♥Wooly Snowstubs♥ can swim ((fluff)). Ironically, the Saeriqs find indigenous ♥Wooly Snowstubs♥ everywhere, due to their winter migrations across the ice.
The Snowstub-riding canoe-paddling Saeriqs refer to themselves as ♥Saerim♥. The Saerim tribe is well-suited to life in the archipelago.
Mature ♥water nymphs♥ need ♣Icefluff♣ to use water magic.
In the ▲Southeast Catnip Forests▲, the ♥Tealcats♥ grow ♣Catnip♣ using their water powers, repairing the damage done by eating it.
♥Tealcats♥ eat ♣Catnip♣ -> ♥Tealcats♥ grow ♣Catnip♣.
Meanwhile, some ♣Tealcats♣ stop ambushing ♥Water Sprites♥, instead learning from their behavior.
♥Tealcats♥ ambush ♥Water Sprites♥ -> vTealcats♥ learn from ♥Water Sprites♥.
Meanwhile, some ♥Tealcats♥ start to live in and near ♣Suntrees♣. Having got enough water powers from ♥Water Sprites♥, they stop gaining mana from them, as the mana that permeates their bodies is transferred from mother to child.
♥Tealcats♥ gain powers from ♥Water Sprites♥ -> ♥Tealcats♥ live in ♣Suntrees♣.
In that case, I'll rename South-East ♥Tealcats♥ into ♥Magicats♥.
Felius teaches the ♥Magicats♥ to use ♣Suntree♣ branches as primitive tools for hunting and digging for roots.
♥Tealcats♥ live in ♣Suntrees♣ -> ♥Tealcats♥ make tools from ♣Suntree branches♣.
I’m removing the “tealcats get magic from the sprites” relationship. We do not need magic cats.I removed feline wizardry in the Northeast.
root dragon flies toward the mountains with a squirming and defeated Fluff.
Nissan holds a mourning ceremony in Fluff's name.
In the ▲Southeast Catnip Forests▲, Catnip started growing on ♥Wooly Snowstubs♥, as a result of the magic permeating the area. This leads ♥Tealcats♥ to herd them and protect them from danger.As got told to me, you can’t create new relationships. As there is not, presently, any relationship between tealcats and woolly snowstubs, I don’t think you’re able to define one.
♥Tealcats♥ herd ♥Wooly Snowstubs♥.
That's right Kitty, in the Titan phase there is only changing or removing relationships. For example, they could farm catnip.Unfortunately for catnip, this would actually mean that it becomes less common, and since plants don't get intelligence, it doesn't get anything useful out of the deal.
♥water nymphs♥ need ♣Icefluff♣ to survive --> ♥water nymphs♥ need ♣Icefluff♣ to mature into adults
Water nymphs live near Icefluff --> Adult water nymphs live near Icefluff
((An adult water nymph is a Naiad. They can grow up to a meter in height and are more intelligent and patient than newborns. Approximately 1 in 150 water nymphs mature into Naiad form.))
Ptw, unless I can join(I'll add you to the waitlist. This session is full.)
(Sent.)By session do you mean game? If so, will you post a link here for a new game?
Going to finish this off this weekend. KittyTac and Fakerfangirl can choose what to do with their sheep(or other sentient race) before then, then I am going to wrap things up for this session.
Eh. I was going to PM the waitlisters, but when I asked them to replace the missing players none volunteered..so. Only favor I am planning is to make a newcommer session when it happens. Yeah I suppose I can post a link for ya.(Sent.)By session do you mean game? If so, will you post a link here for a new game?
Going to finish this off this weekend. KittyTac and Fakerfangirl can choose what to do with their sheep(or other sentient race) before then, then I am going to wrap things up for this session.
Well we'll see if they post their actions by Friday.It is now Tuesday.