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Title: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on July 30, 2023, 01:53:43 pm

You know what is going on. Though there is some very important new stuff as well, so pay attention.

But just in case you have no idea what this stupid cube is rambling about again, or care to see the new stuff in detail;

Spoiler: Here, have at it. (click to show/hide)

Way of action

You play as clades of animals, with the goal of speciating, and surviving whatever the world and GM throws at you. There are no teams, everyone will fight for themselves, though you may form alliances if you so desire.

You get 3 actions each turn, with their amount of success determined by a 5-sided dice. You can use your votes for;

     • Causing a mutation on a single species,   
       within reason.
   
     • Speciating a species. This can stack for
        rapid adaptative radiation.
     
     • Improve a previously ineffective/   
        maladaptative/vestigial feature. Roll
        gets a +1 bonus to account for the fact     
        that the requested feature already exists
        in some form.

There is no cap for the times you can use these. You can use all three of your votes on the same exact thing.

If a biomes species capacity is full, and a speciation happens there, then the weakest of the prexisting ones is instantly replaced by the new one. This may happen as many times as  required.

The Evolutionary Dices

This is going to be pretty self explanatory. Normal dices are;

       5= Very good. The vote grants an
             additional small supplementary   
             feature.
       
       4= Good. It is exactly what you asked for,
             no more, no less.
     
       3= Still good, just mediocre and doesn't
            affects much about the species'
            evolutionary success.
     
       2= Bad, the roll does more harm than
            good to the species involved.
     
       1= Maladaptation. The roll actively   
            harms the afflicted species. May cause
            extinction if the species was already
            endangered

Just because you dice went great, doesn't means you will be automatically successful and beneficial. For example, a turtle-like shell is useless on a fast predator, and a high roll from such will actually harm it.

If an added feature is antithetical to a current one, the pre-existing one will be lost. 

Vestigialism

Senses may lose sharpness, brains may shrink, tusks and horns may lose purpose novel behaviors may be forgotten. If a trait is no longer useful to a species' current niche and ecological situation for too long, it is automatically lost.

This will happen in at least three turns following the feature going vestigial. If you repurpose the vestigial feature with an improvement vote into something useful again, this no longer applies.

Sexual Selection

Due to the particular premise of the this season of the game, all of you will also have a single Sexual Selection Vote -SS for sort- from the get go. It is unlocked when a clade adopts a reproductive strategy that involves gametes, but that is not necessary here. You already have it.

It's success is divined by a 7-sided dice. It must be used every turn, and can be used to make an entirely new species, add a mutation to a new species, or support a single action.

This is an intentional wild card. It may either screw you over,  save your otherwise awful throw, or just create unintended consequences.

It can be used in two ways. It can either be used as a separate vote, or as a modifier for a normal action.

The numbers are here. The former ones happen if the SS is used to support an action, and the latter ones are the standalone effects.

       7= +3 to the action / Over-adaptation.
             The feature is very intensely selected 
             for. It is overpronounced to the point
             of changing the lifestyle of the whole
             species. That change isn't guaranteed
             to be for the better.
       
       6= +2 to the action / Above, but to a 
             lesser extent.
             
       5= +1 to the action / What you wanted + a
             small additional perk.
       
       4= +0 to the action / Exactly what you
             wanted.
     
       3= -1 to the action / The feature is slightly
             broken. Minor Fisherian Runaway.
     
       2= -2 to the action / Significant Fisherian
            Runaway. The feature makes the
            species more vulnerable overrall.
     
       1= -3 to the action / Extreme Fisherian
            Runaway. Pretty much a
            maladaptation kept afloat in the gene
            pool by sexual selection.

The effects of an SS vote can change wildly, depending on the context. It's real effects usually show themselves in highly competitive environments, while places with low competition are much more lax with the repercussion of having bright red fur in an open grassland.

Biome and Ecosystem Mechanics

The word "biome" is loosely defined here. It is pretty arbitrary, and it is only really used to separate different distinct places.

Each biome tab has three subsections for primary, secondary consumers and tetriary consumers; prey, predators and apex predators. Predator population will be determined by the prey count, and prey population will be determined by a non-descript plant abundance value, along with how many predators there are. Apex predator population will be determined by both. There will only be one apex predator for every biome.

Carnivores and omnivores are essentially the same; they generate population debuffs for herbivores through a cursory fitness criterion, and omnivores are mostly there for you to smoothly transition to obligate carnivory and herbivory, their other difference being that they have less prey requirements. Apex Predator just puts maluses on everything and is only there as the peak to fight for.

Overhunting will start to happen if the maluses generated by carnivores exceed the herbivore population count. This may cause the herbivores to go extinct, and bring the whole thing down, like the last time.

Prey populations may also swell too much if unchecked, depleting plant cover and causing ecosystem collapse as well.

Population

The criterion used are the Wildlife Status symbols used worldwide, and abstract numbering from 1 to 100.

      LC/>60: Least concern. This species
      enjoys their high and healthy
      population counts. Not in any direct
      threat.

      NT/60-41: Near Threatened. Not quite in
      danger, but could be in a better
      situation than it is.

      VU/40-21: Vulnerable. This species is at     
      the limit from enough, to not enough.
      Needs to get better at survival a bit.

      EN/20-11: Endangered: The danger of
      extinction is close to this species.
      Needs to adapt to whatever is
      causing its decline.

      CR/10-1: Critically Endangered: This   
      species is at the very cusp of going
      extinct. Something must be done, and
      quick, or else...

      EX/0: Extinct. This species has no living
      members. If you hit this, you lose   
      this species entirely. If it was your
      only/last, then you have to branch out
      of someone else.


Environmental Dices

Every turn, an event occurs. Three dices determine the strength, length of time, and the temperament of the said event.

Strength dice:
 
      0-25= Nothing Happens (Makes the other   
      two values N/A)
      26-70= Minor Event
      71-90=  Major Event
      91-100= Very Major Event

Timeframe Dice:
       
       0-10= A single Turn
       11-14= Two Turns
       15-17= Three Turns
       18-19= Four Turns
       20= Permanent Effect

Temperament dice:

      7= Awsome stuff
      6= Good stuff
      5= Convinient stuff
      4= "Meh" stuff
      3= Inconvinient stuff
      2= Bad stuff
      1= Awful stuff


The Environment

You play on an archipelago of three islands and its surrounding waters. The entire place is devoid of life, save for the shallow waters around the largest island. There are plenty of algea growths there, along with a single animal species that may seem out of place for some of you.

You start with Tiny Dropcovy, a small, herbivorous, piscine animal that resembles a water droplet with fins.

Changes and Other Useful Mentions

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The setting is an isolated archipelago on an ocean. You start as a pinecovy descendant on shallow coastal waters.

No more teams. It is a deathmatch.

You still can be "plantimals". I like the concept. But as soon as they become more plant than animal, they will fall from the games focus, as they would have became plants. They may still have an impact on the game as background plants though, if the event dice coincides or the context is right.

The SS vote is now more versatile.

Vestigialism is there so I have an excuse to clean up the useless things in species bios. You don't need them. I know it for a fact that you'll never re-purpose them. I just know you that much. This removals may include pretty much everything that goes unused for a while. So if you don't wanna lose them, you better keep them updated according to the species' niche and lifestyle. How exactly you do that is your business.

To prevent the great spannings of uneventful boredom from happening again, I have decided to add a new roll called Event Longevity. It is a 20-sided roll that determines the lenght of time which the event occurs, allowing me to create events with overarching effects that take place in  geological timeframes and still roll throught them, like ice or hothouse ages.

Biomes are now more complex with separated predator and prey sections, along with more prominent population calculations. It is going to matter how much prey and plants there actually are.

And finally to make sure the ecosystem population thingie makes sense, I have introduced the three classical niches. This is also to prevent you guys from destroying the ecosystem again. We can't have a biome full of omnivore predators. Someone has to be the loser that gets eaten, it is inevitable.

Anyways... START EVOLVING!

The List of Players

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

notquitethere

Tricmagic

The Canadian Kitten

Knightwing64

flazeo25

brangerlon

Blood_Librarian

Crystalizedmine

FiveBalesOfHay

The List of Turns

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Turn 0: (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181885.msg8491782#msg8491782) A brand new world...
Turn 1: (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181885.msg8491944#msg8491944) Aaaaand pandemonium begins...
Turn 2: (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181885.msg8492356#msg8492356) Then the overpopulation hits...
Turn 3: (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181885.msg8493352#msg8493352) Pink, pink everywhere...
Turn 4: (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181885.msg8494586#msg8494586) Now it glows at night...
Turn 5: (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181885.msg8496480#msg8496480) Prairies to forests...
Turn 6: (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181885.msg8497738#msg8497738) The pink is everywhere...
Turn 7: (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181885.msg8499434#msg8499434) Something's coming, something big...
Turn 8: (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181885.msg8501155#msg8501155) The fish people have emerged...
Turn 9: (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181885.msg8504222#msg8504222) It's the keepers...
Turn 10: (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181885.msg8506943#msg8506943) All I want for Christmas...
Turn 11: (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181885.msg8509566#msg8509566) The Islands are alive...
Turn 12: (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181885.msg8512397#msg8512397) The Landfall is now close...
Turn 13: W.I.P

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 (WAITING FOR PLAYERS)
Post by: notquitethere on July 30, 2023, 03:38:15 pm

Is speciating still done alongside mutating as one action or is that two actions?

For anyone on the fence, a previous game was a lot of fun and it's very straightforward to play. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180513.msg8423408#msg8423408)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 (WAITING FOR PLAYERS)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on July 30, 2023, 03:58:10 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on July 30, 2023, 03:38:15 pm

Is speciating still done alongside mutating as one action or is that two actions?

For anyone on the fence, a previous game was a lot of fun and it's very straightforward to play. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180513.msg8423408#msg8423408)

You can still do it as per previous game.

I just refined the game, thats all. Gameplay is the exact same.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 (WAITING FOR PLAYERS)
Post by: Strif3 on July 30, 2023, 04:03:22 pm

Something has to be said about all the games you start, and then abandon without notice, Magma.
Best of luck to you with this one, though. Sincerely. at least, the spec-evo stuff you seem to enjoy.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 (WAITING FOR PLAYERS)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on July 30, 2023, 04:19:54 pm

Quote from: Strif3 on July 30, 2023, 04:03:22 pm

Something has to be said about all the games you start, and then abandon without notice, Magma.
Best of luck to you with this one, though. Sincerely. at least, the spec-evo stuff you seem to enjoy.

Alright, thats fair. I realise now that I just don't operate in way to run such games effectively.

Thanks for your wishes. May you find many games of your liking.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 (WAITING FOR PLAYERS)
Post by: Knightwing64 on July 30, 2023, 08:45:52 pm

IN

Do we start now?

Me, the returning champion arrives

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 (WAITING FOR PLAYERS)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on July 30, 2023, 09:24:54 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on July 30, 2023, 08:45:52 pm

IN

Do we start now?

Me, the returning champion arrives

Not yet. At least three people must show up. With you, it is now two.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 (WAITING FOR PLAYERS)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on July 30, 2023, 11:37:31 pm

IN

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 (WAITING FOR PLAYERS)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on July 31, 2023, 04:35:02 am

I am going to wait a little further for any more people. Last time we were stuck with three. I wonder if I can get at least five?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 (WAITING FOR PLAYERS)
Post by: flazeo25 on July 31, 2023, 11:58:05 am

IN

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 (WAITING FOR PLAYERS)
Post by: TricMagic on July 31, 2023, 12:00:48 pm

IN.

Also no giant kelp forest this time, though becoming s numerous you change the nature of a biome was funny.

Also, it's mostly other games that get abandoned from lack of players. These tend to stick around for a while. (An that last one actually finished in craziness.)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 (WAITING FOR PLAYERS)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on July 31, 2023, 12:28:30 pm

Alright! Lets begin!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0
Post by: TricMagic on July 31, 2023, 12:43:25 pm

You start with Tiny Dropcovy, a small, herbivorous, piscine animal that resembles a water droplet with fins.


TSMP
Action 1: Parasitism of other animals.
Action 2: Natural numbing agent.
Action 3: Burrowing capability.
SS Action: Smaller Size

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0
Post by: notquitethere on July 31, 2023, 01:21:58 pm

Tiny Dropcovy:
Mutate: Musculature for moving
Mutate: Fine hairs for sensing vibrations
Mutate: Rudimentary sense processing, so it can wiggle away from movement
SS Action: Mutate: Develop reproduction through fragmentation- new organism can grow from any part shed from the original

(New actions incoming now turn 0 been posted)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0
Post by: Magmacube_tr on July 31, 2023, 01:49:54 pm

Turn 0

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The Events

This is Turn 0. Nothing will happen just yet, and for the next 3 turns also.

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The World

The starting location is the algea covered shallow seas that surround the Bir Island. Two smaller island can be seen on southeast and northeast of Bir Island. These islands are Eke Island and Uch Island. Each of them seem mostly flat and smooth. The ocean stretches as far as eye can see, seemingly endless.

The archipelago sits on a small marine plateau that sharply dips into an abyys. The air is warm and tropical.

Nothing else seems to be of note. The only animal species is the Tiny Dropcovy, which lives on the coastal waters of Bir.

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Bir Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/13 species)

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Bir Shallows | Algea Prairie | (1/13 species)

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A small, piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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I intentionally omitted the details on dropcovy that described its organs. It's just not necessary to describe internal organs here as you will all inherit them instead of inventing them from scratch. You can assume that it is like that of an earth fish.

Dropcovy is a descendant of Sticky Dikencovy. It lacks the simple lungs and spiny hardened skin.

Now get to speciating.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0
Post by: Magmacube_tr on July 31, 2023, 02:00:09 pm

Quote from: TricMagic on July 31, 2023, 12:43:25 pm

You start with Tiny Dropcovy, a small, herbivorous, piscine animal that resembles a water droplet with fins.


TSMP
Action 1: Parasitism of other animals.
Action 2: Natural numbing agent.
Action 3: Burrowing capability.
SS Action: Smaller Size

Do these actions still count? I've posted a turn 0. They are valid, but just so you know.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on July 31, 2023, 03:42:39 pm

Tiny Dropcovy 3:
Mutate: Reshape some of droplets fins, pushing them towards the front into form of two large tendrils covering each side close to the droplet mouth.
Mutate: Create rudimentary musculature mainly focused around the two tendrils to allowing it slighlty elongate and contract aswell as grasp.
Mutate: Create rudimentary suction cups at the ends of the tendrils to allow for where it grasp.
SS Action: Mutate: Produce nerve like cells throughout the droplet and tendrils to allow  rudimentary sense of touch.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on July 31, 2023, 04:08:41 pm

notquitethere
1: ?
2: ?
3: ?
SS: ?

Knightwing64
1: ?
2: ?
3: ?
SS: ?

The Canadian Kitten
1: ?
2: ?
3: ?
SS: ?

TricMagic
1: Parasitism
2: Natural Numbing Agent
3: Burrowing ability
SS: Smaller size

flazeo25
1: Two large tendrils from fins
2: Increased musculature for tentacles (it already has muscles)
3: Suction cups on tendrils
SS: Sense of touch through suction cups.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0
Post by: notquitethere on July 31, 2023, 04:35:51 pm

1, Mutate nose for smelling algae and other creatures

2, Mutate brain processing for memory improvement, to allow hiding places and food places to be better memorised

3, SS Action: Mutate gigantism, getting larger and larger

4, Then, after applying the above mutations, speciate it:
A: Improve keratin brushes adding sensivity with dedicated "sensing teeth" that can feel currents
B: Sharpen and concentrate keratin into seratted teeth-like barbs for predating on others

That order of operations ok?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on July 31, 2023, 04:43:32 pm

Mutate: A strong fish tail to help better propel the Tiny Dropcovy forward
Mutate: Ability to digest zooplankton
Mutate: Larger size
SS: Larger eyes

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on July 31, 2023, 05:31:03 pm

mutate: flat body
mutate: fuzz on back for breathing
mutate: duplicate fins (total of 4)
ss: parental care

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0
Post by: Knightwing64 on July 31, 2023, 07:11:02 pm

Quote from: TricMagic on July 31, 2023, 12:43:25 pm

You start with Tiny Dropcovy, a small, herbivorous, piscine animal that resembles a water droplet with fins.


TSMP
Action 1: Parasitism of other animals.
Action 2: Natural numbing agent.
Action 3: Burrowing capability.
SS Action: Smaller Size

wow, you just gonna steal my old game winner

that’s crazyyyyyyyy. boooooooo, that’s myyyyyyyyy design, am I getting royalty fees? 💲

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Player)
Post by: Knightwing64 on July 31, 2023, 07:20:23 pm

Can’t go wrong with old reliable, albeit with some changes.


Mutate: MUSCLE
Mutate: Able to consume and gain nutrients from other creatures instead of just plants.
Mutate: Larger size
SS: Small holes that store and expel the dissolved air in the water to achieve a faster movement system through propulsion.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 01, 2023, 03:06:15 am

Quote from: notquitethere on July 31, 2023, 04:35:51 pm

1, Mutate nose for smelling algae and other creatures

2, Mutate brain processing for memory improvement, to allow hiding places and food places to be better memorised

3, SS Action: Mutate gigantism, getting larger and larger

4, Then, after applying the above mutations, speciate it:
A: Improve keratin brushes adding sensivity with dedicated "sensing teeth" that can feel currents
B: Sharpen and concentrate keratin into seratted teeth-like barbs for predating on others

That order of operations ok?

Yea they are good

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 01, 2023, 03:16:30 am

notquitethere
1: Nose
2: Memory improvement
SS: Gigantism
3: Speciate the above.
  A: Mouth whiskers
  B: Spike teeth for predation

Knightwing64
1: Muscle improvement
2: Omnivory
3: Larger size
SS: Water jets

The Canadian Kitten
1: A fish-like tail
2: Improve bristles for filter feeding
3: Larger size
SS: Larger eyes

TricMagic
1: Parasitism
2: Natural Numbing Agent
3: Burrowing ability
SS: Smaller size

flazeo25
1: Two large tendrils from fins
2: Increased musculature for tentacles (it already has muscles)
3: Suction cups on tendrils
SS: Sense of touch through suction cups.

brangerlon (ooooo new guy.)
1: Flat body
2: External gills on the back
3: More fins
SS: Parental care

Blood_Librarian
1: Resilient eggs
2: Laying eggs where they hatch
3: Better eyesight
SS: Speciate the above

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 01, 2023, 04:00:02 am

Mutate: Thicker Membrane around eggs to allow for eggs to survive brief periods of being unsubmerged.
Mutate: Navigational ability & behavior preference to prefer spawning from where they hatched.
Mutate: Better/larger Eyesight
SS:Speciate the above.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 01, 2023, 04:06:31 am

Quote from: Blood_Librarian on August 01, 2023, 04:00:02 am

Mutate: Thicker Membrane around eggs to allow for eggs to survive brief periods of being unsubmerged.
Mutate: Navigational ability & behavior preference to prefer spawning from where they hatched.
SS:Speciate the above.
Mutate: Better/larger Eyesight

Alright, 7 it is.

Also, you may want to switch the olaces between 3rd vote and SS, and also clarify what features each new species will have.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 01, 2023, 09:05:57 am

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 01, 2023, 04:06:31 am

Quote from: Blood_Librarian on August 01, 2023, 04:00:02 am

Mutate: Thicker Membrane around eggs to allow for eggs to survive brief periods of being unsubmerged.
Mutate: Navigational ability & behavior preference to prefer spawning from where they hatched.
SS:Speciate the above.
Mutate: Better/larger Eyesight

Alright, 7 it is.

Also, you may want to switch the olaces between 3rd vote and SS, and also clarify what features each new species will have.

done so. if you need a name for the species add the word" Kilgore" somewhere, please.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 01, 2023, 01:56:09 pm

Turn 1

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The Events

Nothing will happen just yet, and for the next 2 turns also.

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The World

Tiny Dropcovy has experienced a small Cambrian explosion of its own. Many kinds of critters now make their home in Bir Shallows.

Otherwise, the ground is silent, the currents are calm, the weather is eternally summer, and all else is well.

Tiny Dropcovy is extinct, replaced by its many descendants.

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notquitethere
1: Nose for smelling: 2
2: Memory improvement: 3+1=5
SS: Gigantism: 5
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Mouth whiskers for sensing currents: 1+1=2
  B: Spike teeth for eating meat: 2+1=3

Knightwing64
1: Stronger Muscles: 3+1=4
2: Omnivory: 4+1=5
3: Larger size: 1
SS: Air jets: 7

The Canadian Kitten
1: A fish-like tail: 4+1=5
2: Improve bristles for filter feeding: 1+1=2
3: Larger size: 2
SS: Larger eyes: 3+1=4

TricMagic
1: Parasitism: 5
2: Natural Numbing Agent: 5
3: Burrowing ability: 2
SS: Smaller size: 4

flazeo25
1: Two large tendrils from fins: 3+1
2: Increased musculature for tentacles: 3+1
3: Suction cups on tendrils: 3+1=4
SS: Sense of touch through suction cups: 5+1=6

brangerlon
1: Flat body: 3
2: External gills on the back: 3
3: More fins: 5+1= capped at 5
SS: Parental care: 6

Blood_Librarian
1: Resilient eggs: 4+1= 5
2: Laying eggs where they hatch: 5
3: Better eyesight: 3+1= 4
SS: Speciate the above: 7

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Quote from: Benthic Bloatcovy | LC/100 | Knightwing64

A large, piscine, omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with dozens of useless tiny fins that cover its body. It only moves occasionally by using a set of air jets on its back. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea and small prey from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Leeching Bloodcovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped endoparasitic animal a centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch from host to host. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. It's mouth secretes a numbing venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from: Kilgore Dropcovy | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Two distinct species of Kilgore Dropcovy exist, each laying eggs on a different side of the island and therefore have genetically drifted apart. They also do not directly compete as a result.

Quote from: Whiskerteeth Dropcod | LC/50 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, primitive whiskers in its mouth and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Spineteeth Dropcod | LC/60 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has many spike-like keratin teeth to comb algea and occasional dead body from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Basking Dropbass | LC/60 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 20 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch, along with a large fish tail at the end. It has large keratin spikes in its mouth to stratch algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Tentacled Dropsquid | LC/80 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 10 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On either side of its mouth are two long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips. It has a small brain, two tentacle feelers, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Squished Crushcovy | LC/70 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, herbivorous, flat, droplet-shaped animal 5 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both sexes guard in a nest.

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By the way, the open ocean separates each island and their shallow coastal waters. In order to cross to suitable biomes that are not immidiately connected by proximity, I roll a dispersal dice. 20 sided, with varying requirements. This isn't immidiately useful, but will be, soon enough.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 01, 2023, 02:00:40 pm

Now I have to try and work out which animals are mine! Edit: names are now there, great!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 01, 2023, 02:59:07 pm

Par for Life
Action 1: Develop a Natural Sedative to better act upon prey, separate from it's numbing agent.
Action 2: Suction cups along the fins to stick to prey for longer periods.
Action 3: Lay eggs within prey, which are then born and eat them from inside while they're asleep.
SS Roll: Support Action 3

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 01, 2023, 03:54:09 pm

Tric I demand you respond to my accusations at once before I am forced to send the evolutionary police after you

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 01, 2023, 04:34:16 pm

Sends Mosquitos

You don't have the trademark on parasites. And you're something that eats everything, the other ended up falling to the wayside.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on August 01, 2023, 06:21:45 pm

Tentacled Dropsquid:
Action 1: Develop a longer tendril(tail) on it's behind that allows for more rapid movement.
Action 2: Sharpen the mouth keratin into two jagged rows to allow for predation.
Action 3: Develop keratin scales, forming a protective skin like coat.
SS Action: Improve it's brain for better body manipulation and learning.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on August 01, 2023, 08:52:43 pm

Action 1:  spikes near mouth region that extends outwards for defense
Action 2: internal toxin production to coat spikes
Action 3: Better digestion
SS: bitey jaws

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on August 01, 2023, 10:04:10 pm

1: turn some fuzz into chemoreceptive whiskers
2: improve nervous system
3: develop basic toxin within flesh that prevents the growth of parasites
SS: children ride on top of the adults eating parasites

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 02, 2023, 02:16:12 am

1. [SS] Mutate Spineteeth Dropcod: Create jaw for chomping and snapping prey
2. Mutate Spineteeth develop stomach acid for breaking down flesh - possible weaponised
3. Improve Whiskerteeth's whiskers, elongating like a catfish, for greater sensing
4. Speciate Whiskerteeth:
A: Improve nose, lengthening it to a long snoot
B: Improve fin shape, flattening out like a big undulating pancake

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 02, 2023, 04:45:09 am

SS: NEW species, winged killgore:
1.a pair of fins form into wing like structures, combined with a behavior to escape predators by leaping out the water.
2.arrow shape, better aqua/aerodynamic shape
3. Fish scales formed upon the skin are more resistant to drying out.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 02, 2023, 02:51:45 pm

notquitethere
SS: Jaw for Spineteeth Dropcod
1: Carnivory for Spineteeth Dropcod
2: Better whiskers for Whiskerteeth Dropcod
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Improve nose.
  B: Improve fins.

Knightwing64
1: ?
2: ?
3: ?
SS: ?

The Canadian Kitten
1: Fangs
2: Venom
3: Better digestion
SS: Actual jaws

TricMagic
1: Sedative saliva
2: Suction cups on fins
3: Parasitic eggs
SS: Support action 3

flazeo25
1: Tail
2: Teeth in rows
3: Keratin scales
SS: Improve brain

brangerlon
1: Specialise some back fuzz into smell fuzz
2: Improve nervous system
3: Poison
SS: Parasite cleaning fries

Blood_Librarian
SS: Speciate from Kilgore Dropcovy
1: Flying fish fins
2: Arrow like body shape
3: Fish scales

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 02, 2023, 07:46:28 pm

Will post actions tomorrow morning, I’m in the middle of watching cocaine bear which is taking up 100 percent ent of my brain power

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 03, 2023, 02:44:02 am

Keep it up man, I appreciate the posts.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 03, 2023, 03:32:16 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 02, 2023, 07:46:28 pm

Will post actions tomorrow morning, I’m in the middle of watching cocaine bear which is taking up 100 percent ent of my brain power

lol ok

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 2 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 03, 2023, 09:47:53 am

(Benthic Bloatcovy)


Action 1: Body gains minor acidic properties, killing any nasty parasites or bacteria that may get inside.
Action 2: Sharp flesh tendrils made of muscles/protein for long distance attacking/food gathering.
Action 3: GIGANTISM
SS Roll: Gain specialized cells and an eel like nervous system to be capable of producing potent bioelectrity. This is most commonly focused through the tendrils, but can be used at any point on the body.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 2 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 03, 2023, 09:51:10 am

I stand by that speciation is for nerds, given my complete and utter domination of Tric, who spectated like every turn last game.

And NQT, but I don’t remember what they were doing, I only remember my Shellfolk and Tric’s slime.

Actually, what were you doing NQT? I honestly can’t recall 😭

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 2 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 03, 2023, 11:40:31 am

I had dozens of subspecies in multiple clades and he forgets them all! I made all the herbivores in the last game, all the fish and whales and lizards, that giant lifeship. I made the chicken-like and horse-like creatures your civilisation domesticated.

The current fish we started with in this game is a descendant of one of my pinecovidae.

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Check this out:

(https://i.imgur.com/btzQf8l.png)

I did everything from the Seanut branch, Tric did sludges and the Turnips were all Knightwing

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 2 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 03, 2023, 01:18:34 pm

Don’t let my short speciation tree fool you, I won.

Shellfolk W, slime could not compete

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 2 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 03, 2023, 01:33:16 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 03, 2023, 09:47:53 am

(Benthic Bloatcovy)


Action 1: Body gains minor acidic properties, killing any nasty parasites or bacteria that may get inside.
Action 2: Sharp flesh tendrils made of muscles/protein for long distance attacking/food gathering.
Action 3: GIGANTISM
SS Roll: Gain specialized cells and an eel like nervous system to be capable of producing potent bioelectrity. This is most commonly focused through the tendrils, but can be used at any point on the body.

The Slimes are calling, they want trademark taxes.

NQT's chart shows all slime returns to Slime. Though their number of creatures is impressive enough, the Ko-An dominated the biological game. You just went Found Magma and left after expening all the resources you could. You were a single step off the edge of extinction in multiple points, living off the success of others to compete against you.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 2 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 03, 2023, 02:42:40 pm

Quote from: TricMagic on August 03, 2023, 01:33:16 pm

NQT's chart shows all slime returns to Slime. Though their number of creatures is impressive enough, the Ko-An dominated the biological game. You just went Found Magma and left after expening all the resources you could. You were a single step off the edge of extinction in multiple points, living off the success of others to compete against you.

Actual Copium, “Your people were too advanced and won by upgrading the tech tree while I made slime”

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 2 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 03, 2023, 02:46:26 pm

Gluttons, the lot of them. Symbiosis is the superior tech.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 2 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 03, 2023, 02:50:12 pm

I had the widest range of different species alive at the end of that game so in that regard I feel it was I who won.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 2 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 03, 2023, 03:38:37 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 03, 2023, 02:42:40 pm

Quote from: TricMagic on August 03, 2023, 02:46:26 pm

Shush, both of you.

Anyways, notquitethere had the largest amount of success due to his lineage being the most specious. But you too won in spirit, since you two attained sapience while the pinecovideae never did so.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 03, 2023, 03:42:19 pm

notquitethere
SS: Jaw for Spineteeth Dropcod
1: Carnivory for Spineteeth Dropcod
2: Better whiskers for Whiskerteeth Dropcod
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Improve nose.
  B: Improve fins.

Knightwing64
1: Acidic tissues
2: Sharp harpoon tendrils
3: Gigantism
SS: Electric shocks

The Canadian Kitten
1: Fangs
2: Venom
3: Better digestion
SS: Actual jaws

TricMagic
1: Sedative saliva
2: Suction cups on fins
3: Parasitic eggs
SS: Support action 3

flazeo25
1: Tail
2: Teeth in rows
3: Keratin scales
SS: Improve brain

brangerlon
1: Specialise some back fuzz into smell fuzz
2: Improve nervous system
3: Poison
SS: Parasite cleaning fries

Blood_Librarian
SS: Speciate from Kilgore Dropcovy
1: Flying fish fins
2: Arrow like body shape
3: Fish scales

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 03, 2023, 05:29:50 pm

Turn 2

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The Events

Nothing will happen just yet, and for the next turn also.

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The World

A new species of algae have evolved from neotenic algal spores have adapted to live in pelagic environments. This species in turn has spread to the other two shallow coastlines making them all habitable.

Kilgore Dropcovy is extinct due to direct competition for nesting grounds with its descendant.

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notquitethere
SS: Jaw for Spineteeth Dropcod: 5
1: Carnivory for Spineteeth Dropcod: 3
2: Better whiskers for Whiskerteeth Dropcod: 5+1= Capped at 5
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Improve nose: 1+1= 2
  B: Improve fins: 2+1=3

Knightwing64
1: Acidic tissues: 2
2: Sharp harpoon tendrils: 5
3: Gigantism: 4
SS: Electric shocks: 6

The Canadian Kitten
1: Fangs: 3+1
2: Venom: 1
3: Better digestion: 1+1
SS: Actual jaws: 6

TricMagic
1: Sedative saliva: 5
2: Suction cups on fins: 1+1=2
3: Parasitic eggs: 5+3= Capped at 5

flazeo25
1: Tail: 3
2: Teeth in rows: 3+1=4
3: Keratin scales: 3
SS: Improve brain: 1+1=2

brangerlon
1: Specialise some back fuzz into smell fuzz: 3+1=4
2: Improve nervous system: 4+1=5
3: Poison: 1
SS: Parasite cleaning fries: 3

Blood_Librarian
SS: Overtake Kilgore Dropcovy: 7 (there is no more space)
1: Flying fish fins: 5
2: Arrow like body shape: 5
3: Fish scales: 3

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Quote from: Sessile Covylossal | LC/100 | Knightwing64

A large, carnivorous, rotund animal a meter in diameter, with sharp, flexible tendrils with the ability to cast electricity to prey. It is only mobile when young, being sessile as adults and moving again only to mate. It has a large round mouth with useless keratin brushes. It devours its prey via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. Its tissues are slightly acidic, making it a subpar target to parasites. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Parasitic Bloodcovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped endoparasitic animal a centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with small grasping ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. It's mouth secretes a numbing venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by fish-like eyes. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. This will invariably kill the host.

Quote from: Devourer Dropcod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to bite, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Flying Kilgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Spadenose Dropcod | LC/45 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Undulating Pancod | LC/60 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Toxic Dropbass | NT/40 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 20 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch, along with a large fish tail at the end. The round part of its body is especially bulbous due to a very long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom that ultimately kills it due a lack of immunity. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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A small, piscine, herbivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch, and a very long tail thatt makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. On either side of its mouth are two long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips. It has a small fast brain with little attention span, two tentacle feelers, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Fry-carrier Crushcovy | LC/70 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, herbivorous, flat, droplet-shaped animal 5 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a small brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It's tissues are imbued with deadly toxins that kill most of its own fry. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both sexes guard in a nest. The fries pick at any debris or parasite the adults have on their bodies.

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I am opening the other underwater habitats all at once because you are 7 and there is only one habitable place right now. I didn't think this through. It is clearly very overcrowded.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 2 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 03, 2023, 06:02:44 pm

Watch Knightwing go for size again and kill us all.

Action 1: Develop an acidity resistance to better prey upon the Sessile Covylossal
Action 2: Improve suckers for long term grasp. (Improvement of previous)
Action 3: Improve hunting via echolocation.
SS Roll: Eggs gain a ablative layer of hardening slime to sheathe them. Bonus of plugging up the hole they are placed in to prevent bleeding.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on August 03, 2023, 11:42:07 pm

Action 1: Venom immunity
Action 2: meat digestion
Action 3: Larger size
SS Roll: Expanded brain power

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 04, 2023, 06:35:50 am

I really enjoyed the knife fight arena that was occurring.
Someone needs to develop crabs and molluscs and maybe krill already.
Edit: do analogues to krill, crabs, molluscs, coral exist?

Flying Kilimis (speciated from Flying Kilgore
Action 1: Feeding habit adjusted to the consumption of free (pelagic) floating algae through its mouth and out its gills as it moves.
Action 2: migrational pattern and spawning season: prefers to live in colder waters away from shore until spawning season, where it goes to beaches to reproduce in herds.
Action 3:emergency behavior: if a herd of Kilimis is unable to make it back to its preferred spawning ground, it will instead journey to the closest land mass instead, searching for conditions most similar to its origin.
SS roll: speciate the above.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on August 04, 2023, 06:58:22 pm

Fry-carrier Crushcovy

mutate: toxin resistance for fries

mutate: bright yellow and pink coloration

mutate: increase toxin potency

SS: support action 3 

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0
Post by: notquitethere on August 05, 2023, 02:58:06 am

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 03, 2023, 05:29:50 pm

I am opening the other underwater habitats all at once because you are 7 and there is only one habitable place right now. I didn't think this through. It is clearly very overcrowded.

Are they open to swim to now, or is that next turn?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 05, 2023, 07:44:43 am

Quote from: notquitethere on August 05, 2023, 02:58:06 am

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 03, 2023, 05:29:50 pm

I am opening the other underwater habitats all at once because you are 7 and there is only one habitable place right now. I didn't think this through. It is clearly very overcrowded.

Are they open to swim to now, or is that next turn?

Now. You can speciate to them now.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 05, 2023, 07:58:22 am

1. Speciate Spadenose:
- Improve bodyform, elongating to a long streamlined eel-like shape and send to Eke Shallows
- Evolve small suction hooks to latch onto to other animals and eat their food

2. Speciate Undulating Pancod:
- Evolve electroreceptors for sensing electric fields and send to Uch Shallows
- Evolve 'grunt' organ to make sounds, allowing communication between the Pancods to assist in territory and mating

3 [SS]. Make Devourer Dropcod even bigger!

4. Speciate Devourer Dropcod:
1. Evolve articulated neck to better observe surrounding and snap nearby prey (like turtles)
2. Enlarge internal suction chamber to create micro-whirlpoorl effect, sucking in smaller prey

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 05, 2023, 07:54:51 pm

Will post action in morning, been watching lots of movies lately, just seen new Mario movie. It was sweet

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 05, 2023, 08:17:03 pm

notquitethere
1: Speciate Spadenose Dropcod:
  A: Become eel and send to Eke Shallows
  B: Hooks for kleptoparasitism
2: Speciate Undulating Pancod:
  A: Electroreception and send to Uch Shallows
  B: Vocal chords for communication
SS: Gigantism for Devourer Dropcod
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Articulated neck
  B: Stronger succ

Knightwing64
1: Larger brain (oh no)
2: Increase amount of tendrils
3: Improve electric shock
SS: Ability to go into torpor

The Canadian Kitten
1: Venom immunity
2: Omnivory
3: Larger Size
SS: More Brain

TricMagic
1: Acidity Resistance
2: Better suction cups
3: Echolocation
SS: Sticky cement eggs

flazeo25
1: Four tentacles
2: Improve tail
SS: Improve brain
3: Speciate above:
  A: Filter feeding
  B: Carrion eating and send to Uch shallows

brangerlon
1: Toxin resistance for fries
2: Increase toxicity
SS: Support action 2
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Aposematism by bright yellow and pink coloration
  B: Camuflage by dark green coloration

Blood_Librarian
1:  Filterfeeding
2: Migrating to shallows to nest, nesting wherever if cannot.
3: R selection adaptations. (smaller size, more eggs)
SS: Cold resistance,  and speciate all above to sunlight zone.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 05, 2023, 08:20:39 pm

Quote from: Blood_Librarian on August 04, 2023, 06:35:50 am

Edit: do analogues to krill, crabs, molluscs, coral exist?

No. Corals are essentially plants and will appear later on. If you try to become coral that species will fade into the background as soon as you succeed.

The rest is also no. Only animals here are the dropcovy descendants, aka you. Flying Kilimis is a loose krill analogue if you think about it though.

Also, to everyone except notquitethere: You guys better start speciating or notquitethere will take over the whole map. It doesn't matters how cool are your animals are. Things are going to get harder when the events start, and you really don't want to put all you eggs into one basket.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 05, 2023, 08:40:31 pm

As is just making sure the base animal is suitable. Don't want to have to redo everything later on. Or attempt more crosspollination strats, given plants go background.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 06, 2023, 01:41:52 am

Quote from: Blood_Librarian on August 04, 2023, 06:35:50 am

I really enjoyed the knife fight arena that was occurring.
Someone needs to develop crabs and molluscs and maybe krill already.
Edit: do analogues to krill, crabs, molluscs, coral exist?

Flying Kilimis (speciated from Flying Kilgore
Action 1: Feeding habit adjusted to the consumption of free (pelagic) floating algae through its mouth and out its gills as it moves.
Action 2: migrational pattern and spawning season: prefers to live in colder waters away from shore until spawning season, where it goes to beaches to reproduce in herds.
Action 3:emergency behavior: if a herd of Kilimis is unable to make it back to its preferred spawning ground, it will instead journey to the closest land mass instead, searching for conditions most similar to its origin.
SS roll: speciate the above.

Changing SS roll to evolve cold water resistance and send to the sunlight zone
Combine old action three with two.

New action three: R selection adaptions (smaller size, higher egg count, etc.)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on August 07, 2023, 01:40:44 am

Action 1: Improve the upon the tendrils having four now cover it's around face.
Action 2: Improve upon it's tail to allow rapid movements for travel.
SS Action: Improve upon brain to allow for group tactics and retaining attention.
Action 3: Speciate the above:
3A: Develop filter feeding to allow more effective plant eating.
3B: Develop carrion eating and migrate to Uch Shallows.

Edit: Changed 3b and action 1.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 07, 2023, 05:36:37 pm

Quote from: flazeo25 on August 07, 2023, 01:40:44 am

Action 1: Develop early circulatory system to allow it to adjust it's body temperature.
Action 2: Improve upon it's tail to allow rapid movements for travel.
SS Action: Improve upon brain to allow for group tactics and retaining attention.
Action 3: Speciate the above:
3A: Develop filter feeding to allow more effective plant eating.
3B: Develop mineral digesting to allow to become part lithovore and send to Uch Shallows.

Your animal already has a circulatory system. It is ancestral to all of you. Assume that you have all things animals tend to have.

Also, you can't become lithivoric. It will break the game. You can incorporate silicon into your body as exoskeleton, however.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 07, 2023, 08:27:21 pm

SPECIATION IS FOR NERDS

Action 1: Larger Brain
Action 2: Increase the number and length of tendrils, movement is unnecessary.
Action 3: Increased bio-electricity generation, making them dangerous to even touch.
SS Roll: Ability to slow metabolism and hibernate whenever food is scarce.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on August 07, 2023, 09:13:13 pm

Quote from: brangerlon on August 04, 2023, 06:58:22 pm

Fry-carrier Crushcovy

mutate: toxin resistance for fries
mutate: increase toxin potency
SS: support action 2

speciate from above
a: pink and yellow color
b: camouflage

I'm changing my vote to this^

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 08, 2023, 01:25:52 pm

Turn coming tomorrow. Went to dentist. Died.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 08, 2023, 01:40:24 pm

RIP Magma, long live Magma II and his teeth

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 08, 2023, 02:16:54 pm

They took the teeth away.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 08, 2023, 08:05:30 pm

I have never gotten a cavity and I’m a sugar munchkin and a certified fast food connoisseur, I praise my divinely crafted genetics

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 09, 2023, 04:42:15 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 08, 2023, 08:05:30 pm

I have never gotten a cavity and I’m a sugar munchkin and a certified fast food connoisseur, I praise my divinely crafted genetics

fuck you

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 09, 2023, 05:38:44 am

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 09, 2023, 04:42:15 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 08, 2023, 08:05:30 pm

I have never gotten a cavity and I’m a sugar munchkin and a certified fast food connoisseur, I praise my divinely crafted genetics

fuck you

In the competitive evolution game, magma is the LC20 species wojak while nightwing is the LC100 gigachad or whatever

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 09, 2023, 05:48:06 am

Quote from: Blood_Librarian on August 09, 2023, 05:38:44 am

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 09, 2023, 04:42:15 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 08, 2023, 08:05:30 pm

I have never gotten a cavity and I’m a sugar munchkin and a certified fast food connoisseur, I praise my divinely crafted genetics

fuck you

In the competitive evolution game, magma is the LC20 species wojak while nightwing is the LC100 gigachad or whatever

EN20 Wojak

(Endangered rather than Least Concern)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 09, 2023, 05:59:38 am

Truuuu

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 09, 2023, 08:57:27 am

Quote from: Blood_Librarian on August 09, 2023, 05:38:44 am

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 09, 2023, 04:42:15 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 08, 2023, 08:05:30 pm

I have never gotten a cavity and I’m a sugar munchkin and a certified fast food connoisseur, I praise my divinely crafted genetics

fuck you

In the competitive evolution game, magma is the LC20 species wojak while nightwing is the LC100 gigachad or whatever

You're young yet, give it time.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 09, 2023, 10:43:53 am

Quote from: Blood_Librarian on August 09, 2023, 05:38:44 am

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 09, 2023, 04:42:15 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 08, 2023, 08:05:30 pm

I have never gotten a cavity and I’m a sugar munchkin and a certified fast food connoisseur, I praise my divinely crafted genetics

fuck you

In the competitive evolution game, magma is the LC20 species wojak while nightwing is the LC100 gigachad or whatever

4chan humor W

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 3 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 09, 2023, 04:20:54 pm

Turn 3

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The Events

Nothing will happen now, also. But the events begin the very next turn.

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The split of the Fry-carrier Crushcarrier failed. And the resulting Flashy Carriercovy is too poisonous for any of the current predators to eat.

You need a specialised predator. And fast.

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notquitethere
1: Speciate Spadenose Dropcod:
  A: Become eel and send to Eke Shallows: 2
  B: Hooks for kleptoparasitism: 2
2: Speciate Undulating Pancod:
  A: Electroreception and send to Uch Shallows: 4
  B: Vocal chords for communication: 1
SS: Gigantism for Devourer Dropcod: 3
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Articulated neck: 5
  B: Stronger succ: 4

Knightwing64
1: Larger brain (Not THIS again!): 2+1= 3
2: Increase amount of tendrils: 1+1= 2
3: Improve electric shock: 4+1= 5
SS: Ability to go into torpor: 7

The Canadian Kitten
1: Venom immunity: 5
2: Omnivory: 4
3: Larger Size: 2
SS: More Brain: 1+1=2

TricMagic
1: Acidity Resistance: 2
2: Better suction cups: 2+1= 3
3: Echolocation: 5
SS: Sticky cement eggs: 2

flazeo25
1: Four tentacles: 3+1= 4
2: Improve tail: 2+1= 3
SS: Improve brain: 1+1= 2
3: Speciate above:
  A: Filter feeding: 3
  B: Carrion eating and send to Uch shallows: 1

brangerlon
1: Toxin resistance for fries: 3
2: play cod Increase toxicity: 2+3=5
SS: Support action 2
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Aposematism by bright yellow and pink coloration: 2
  B: Camuflage by dark green coloration: 2

Blood_Librarian
1:  Filterfeeding: 2
2: Migrating to shallows to nest, nesting wherever if cannot: 2+1= 3
3: R selection adaptations: 4
SS: Cold resistance,  and speciate all above to sunlight zone: 4

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Quote from: Slumbering Covylossal | LC/100-30=70 | Knightwing64

A large, carnivorous, rotund animal a meter in diameter, with many sharp, flexible tendrils with the ability to cast electricity to prey, which sometimes it electrocutes itself with. It is only mobile when young, and sessile as adults. It moves only to mate by using water jets. It has a large round mouth with useless keratin brushes. It devours its prey via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. Its tissues are slightly acidic, making it a subpar target to parasites. It has a brain, fish-like eyes, and a weak sense of electroreception. If it can't find prey, it goes into stasis to conserve energy. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Clicking Bloodcovy | LC/100-30=70 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from:  Snapping Tullycod | LC/100-30=70 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Devourer Megalocod | LC/100-30=70 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 75 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Flying Kilgore | LC/90-10=80 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Grabnose Dropcod | LC/50-10=40 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills, and a set of nose hooks to steal food from others. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Loud Pancod | VU/40-10=30 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It constantly makes loud noises, which attracts predators. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Finless Dropbass | LC/60-10=50 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 50 centimeters in length, with a small fish tail at the end. It is especially unbalanced. The round part of its body is especially bulbous due to a very long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Water-Raker Spermsquid | LC/90-10=80 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, herbivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch, and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Flashy Carriercovy | LC/150 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, herbivorous, flat, droplet-shaped animal 5 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. It is covered in bright pink with yellow stripes. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a small brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It's tissues are imbued with very deadly toxins, making it completely inedible. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both sexes guard in a nest. The fries pick at any debris or parasite the adults have on their bodies.

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A serpentine, herbivorous animal half a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, electroreceptive pits on its face, and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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A small, piscine, herbivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch, and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has an urge to eat corpses, but it can't digest and gets poisoned by them. It is covered in keratin scales. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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A tiny, piscine, filterfeeding, knife-shaped animal a centimeter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to briefly glide in the air. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

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Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 09, 2023, 07:22:58 pm

Nah I got this, I obviously just need to lower the other predators population by targeting them too

I am a genius

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 09, 2023, 08:04:10 pm

Genius this.
In Order Thus
SS Roll: Develop a natural neutralizer against poison. This compound works on any that eat them too, acting as an antidote.
Action 1- Speciation: Species 1 redevelops omnivore tendencies, sucking in food through their maws. Species 2 improves upon it's acidic resistance in saliva.
Action 2: The previous action is repeated upon to disperse to the Eke Shallows.
Action 3: Repeat previous, but this time to the Uch Shallows instead.

In which dispersal happens.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 10, 2023, 04:33:03 am

As of today I am officially a sophomore and now have to navigate my way to the bustop and hope I don’t get killed by walking right next to the murder Forest 😭

If you don’t hear from me for a while, you know what happened :(

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 10, 2023, 07:13:48 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 10, 2023, 04:33:03 am

As of today I am officially a sophomore and now have to navigate my way to the bustop and hope I don’t get killed by walking right next to the murder Forest 😭

If you don’t hear from me for a while, you know what happened :(

I hope the the murder forest gets you and your good teeth genes!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on August 10, 2023, 07:59:53 am

It’s toxin time


Action 1 more toxin
Action 2 MORE TOXIN
Action 3 M O R E   T O X I N
SS Glowing at night

“This is a good idea” - brangerlon 2023

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 10, 2023, 08:42:30 am

Quote from: brangerlon on August 10, 2023, 07:59:53 am

It’s toxin time


Action 1 more toxin
Action 2 MORE TOXIN
Action 3 M O R E   T O X I N
SS Glowing at night

“This is a good idea” - brangerlon 2023

ah shit

There is a limit on how much toxicity you can accumulate however. And you will reach them with these.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 10, 2023, 08:54:18 am

Speciate Spadenose Dropeel
1. Evolve to become more compressed, reducing the number and size of bones (to squeeze into smaller gaps to get to food, but also to withstand higher pressures) and send to the The Midnight Zone
2. Improve keratin brushes, enlargening mouth for more efficient brushing

Speciate Loud Pancod
1. Improve vocalisation, weaponising into a sonic snap to disorient predators and rival fish
2. Mutate hearing organ along back, giving it improved awareness and send to Eke Shallows

[SS] Speciate Grabnose Dropcod
1. Improve nose hooks, specialising in hooks to hang off the Flashy Carriercovy and descendants, using the other fishes' known toxicity as a shield against predation
2. Mutate bright pink and yellow stripes, to mimic the Flashy Carriercovy

Speciate Snapping Tullycod
1. Improve target selection/pattern recognition center in brain to better avoid eating toxic prey (or prey with markings that could indicate toxicity)
2. Mutate organ to excrete through the skin any toxins ingested

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 10, 2023, 08:59:04 am

Guess we'll see.

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 10, 2023, 08:42:30 am

Quote from: brangerlon on August 10, 2023, 07:59:53 am

It’s toxin time


Action 1 more toxin
Action 2 MORE TOXIN
Action 3 M O R E   T O X I N
SS Glowing at night

“This is a good idea” - brangerlon 2023

ah shit

There is a limit on how much toxicity you can accumulate however. And you will reach them with these.

There come a point when you need to stop, but we've clearly passed it. So let's keep going and see what happens~

Also hope the antidote can help. (Might need further improvement in further turns.)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on August 10, 2023, 09:08:38 am

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 10, 2023, 08:42:30 am

Quote from: brangerlon on August 10, 2023, 07:59:53 am

It’s toxin time


Action 1 more toxin
Action 2 MORE TOXIN
Action 3 M O R E   T O X I N
SS Glowing at night

“This is a good idea” - brangerlon 2023

ah shit

There is a limit on how much toxicity you can accumulate however. And you will reach them with these.

HahahaHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAhAHAaHAHAH  MAXIMUM TOXICITY

Next turn 1000% putting a stinger on this monster

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on August 10, 2023, 03:52:54 pm

Action 1: More Compact Digestion system
Action 2 : Larger Fish Tail
SS: Flashy Carriercovy toxin immunity
Action 3 : Speciate above
A: Smaller Size
B: Ability to work together

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 10, 2023, 03:58:41 pm

1.Speciate Migratory Krillgore
A. Loses ability to swim & flight to instead adapt to sand dwelling
B. Send to the midnight zone. Lose beach seeking behavior as well, this thing lives there full time Maybe it goes to oceanic shelves instead.
2.Speciate Migratory Krillgore to a predatory species
A. Omnivorous tendacy.
B. Bigger
3. Off of action 2, make this omnivorous species capable of extended flight, as well as being able to see above water w/ nictating membrane.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 10, 2023, 05:53:44 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on August 10, 2023, 08:54:18 am

*Is this enough or is it suicidal to head down there right now?

You and Librarian need to invest on deep sea adaptations first. Such as having trimethylamine N-oxide in your tissues, or compressing your anatomy.

Also, when I say speciate, I mean that you guys should spread to other habitats.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 11, 2023, 02:08:04 am

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 10, 2023, 05:53:44 pm

You and Librarian need to invest on deep sea adaptations first. Such as having trimethylamine N-oxide in your tissues, or compressing your anatomy.

OK, I thought that might be the case. I've amended my action. If that works, I might send some into the deep in subsequent turns.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 11, 2023, 02:16:58 am

Quote from: Blood_Librarian on August 10, 2023, 03:58:41 pm

1.Speciate Migratory Krillgore
A. Loses ability to swim & flight to instead adapt to sand dwelling
B. Send to the midnight zone. Lose beach seeking behavior as well, this thing lives there full time Maybe it goes to oceanic shelves instead.
2.Speciate Migratory Krillgore to a predatory species
A. Omnivorous tendacy.
B. Bigger
3. Off of action 2, make this omnivorous species capable of extended flight, as well as being able to see above water w/ nictating membrane.

Change action 1 to
1.speciate Flying Krillgore by adapting to higher pressure probably with compact and cold resistant  anatomy to colder environs, vestigalizing  flight and beach seeking behavior to instead avoid direct competition with its  ancestor by consuming in a much wider band of depths.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 11, 2023, 04:06:10 am

Quote from: notquitethere on August 10, 2023, 08:54:18 am

*Is this enough or is it suicidal to head down there right now?

Yes. There are no hadal zones, so no further specialisation is necessary.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 11, 2023, 04:10:53 am

OK, I'll try sending to the midnight zone then and see what happens.

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Next turn, depending on the event I might try for land!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on August 11, 2023, 08:14:12 am

Quote from: notquitethere on August 10, 2023, 08:54:18 am

1. Improve nose hooks, specialising in hooks to hang off the Flashy Carriercovy and descendants, using the other fishes' known toxicity as a shield against predation

Gragnose dropcod is 15 cm in length and flashy carriercovy is 5 cm I don’t know how that will work

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 11, 2023, 08:44:12 am

Quote from: brangerlon on August 11, 2023, 08:14:12 am

Quote from: notquitethere on August 10, 2023, 08:54:18 am

1. Improve nose hooks, specialising in hooks to hang off the Flashy Carriercovy and descendants, using the other fishes' known toxicity as a shield against predation

Gragnose dropcod is 15 cm in length and flashy carriercovy is 5 cm I don’t know how that will work

shhhhhhhh. I saw that too. Just let it slide, it is funnier this way.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 11, 2023, 08:50:40 am

By carrying Flashy around as a sort of shield / nose ornament!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on August 11, 2023, 08:54:19 am

Flashy gets a free ride and grabnose gets free protection from predators

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 0 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 12, 2023, 06:03:20 pm

notquitethere
1: Speciate Spadenose Dropeel:
  A: Compressed, soft skeleton and send to the Midnight Zone
  B: Improve mouth brushes
2: Speciate Loud Pancod:
  A: Sonic boom to deter predators
  B: Hearing and send to Eke Shallows
SS: Speciate Grabnose Dropcod:
  A: Improve nose hooks to grab onto others
  B: Müllerian mimickery
3: Speciate Snapping Tullycod:
  A: Better brain to avoid poisonous animals
  B: Expelling toxins by sweat

Knightwing64
1: ...
2: ...
3: ...
SS: ...

The Canadian Kitten
1: More compact digestive system
2: Larger tail fin
SS: Toxin immunity
3:  Speciate the above
  A: Smaller size
  B: Ability to work together

TricMagic
SS: Antidote to Flashy Carriercovy poison
1: Speciate the first vote
  A: Omnivory
  B: Improve acid resistance in saliva
2: Speciate the first vote
  A: Omnivory and send to Eke Shallows
  B: Improve acid resistance in saliva and send to Eke Shallows
3: Speciate the first vote
  A: Omnivory and send to Uch Shallows
  B: Improve acid resistance in saliva and send to Uch Shallows

flazeo25
SS: Digestive system more suited to eating corpses
1: Lose fins and grow four flippers
2: Speciate the above
  A: Stinger with weak poison on tail and send to Eke shallows
  B: Prosocial behavior
3: Speciate Waterraker Spermsquid
  A: Evolve deep sea adaptations and send to Midnight Zone
  B: Electroreception

brangerlon
1: Increase toxicity
2: More Toxicity
3: toxic
SS: Nocturnal Bioluminecense

Blood_Librarian
1: Speciate Migratory Krillgore
  A: Sand burrowing and send to Eke Shallows
  B: Evolve deep sea adaptations and send to Midnight Zone
2: Speciate Migratory Krillgore
  A: Omnivory
  B: Get bigger
3: Speciate Flying Killgore
  A: Neotenic adolescents
  B: Send to Uch Shallows
SS: Support action 2A

Crystalizedmine(Your votes are confusing, is this good? You can't speciate like that. A and B creates two separate species with two different mutations, not extend an action into two parts)
1: Speciate off of Spadenose Dropeel and mutate filterfeeding
2: Become flat and float on the surface
3: Heat resistance
SS: Become partially autothropic by harvesting choloroplasts from algea

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on August 12, 2023, 07:40:17 pm

Scavenger Spermsquid Actions:
SS: Improve it's digestive system to be more complex to allow it to safely devour rotten sources.
1: Lose it fins having them instead forming two sets of flippers on both sides of it's body to assist in swimming.
2: Speciate the the above:
 A: Improve it's tail by growing a numbing stinger and send it off to the Eke Shallows.
 B: Develop group tactics for feeding and protection.

3: Speciate Water Raker Spermsquid:
 A: Evolve deep sea adaptations and send to Midnight Zone
 B: Develop electric receptors to ward off predators.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 13, 2023, 04:18:08 am

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 12, 2023, 06:03:20 pm

Blood_Librarian (Can you provide more details when voting? I had to fill in the gaps.)
1: Speciate Migratory Krillgore
  A: Sand burrowing and send to Eke Shallows
  B: Evolve deep sea adaptations and send to Midnight Zone
2: Speciate Migratory Krillgore
  A: Omnivory
  B: Get bigger
3: Extended flight to 2A
SS: ...

Yeah, sorry.
I was intending on creating a being that dwelled in the sunlight zone as a sand burrowing creature without thinking about the logistics of it.

1: Speciate Migratory Krillgore
  A: Sand burrowing and send to Eke Shallows
2: Speciate Migratory Krillgore
  A: Omnivory
  B: Get bigger
3: Speciate Flying Kilgore
  A: Tadpole adolescents that grow up in tidal zones.
  B:Send to Uch Shallows
SS: Assist on Action 2

my "end goal" for the Sunlight zone is to have two species , one being the Migratory Krillgore and a predator that eats the Migratory Krillgore.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 13, 2023, 03:19:03 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 10, 2023, 04:33:03 am

Knightwing, I didn't mean it! Tell me the murder forest didn't kill you! You still need to vote.

Can Knightwing's mom vote for him if he got murdered by the murder forest?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 13, 2023, 08:53:49 pm

Posting from murder forest, I’m almost out of battery and I think I saw Tric in a nearby bush.

Wait…

Is that a S̷͖̠̮̠͎̰̝͕͚̹͓̯̗͓͙̘͖͚͇͕͕̟̑͊̀̀̕ͅk̷̨̛͓̾̈̄̅̊͋̽͛̎̀͆̍̈́̉̉̓̀͊̈̓̒̈̏̉̈́̏̒͛̑͛͐̅u̶̹̩̝͔̮̠̗̱̰͇̹͙͈̮̤͎̒͋̏̀̍̄͋̒͑̔̃̂͒̄̚̕͝͝ͅͅͅl̶͎͈͕̈́̚l̴̢̨̡͉̰̠̟͎͙̤̗̦̤̦̱͍̰͍̮͙͕̹̇͛̋͌͛̓̍͝ͅ?

…..

Don’t come any closer.

I’m warning you.

what…. are you? What did you do to Tric?

I̸̧͎̖̥̞̜̳͇̭͚̐̆͗̏̾̑̌̊̾̕͝ ̵̳͕͇̠̣̞͈̙͐a̷̬͔̭̺͚̼̍̇͑͛̐̐̌̍̊̅̈̊̚͜͝m̴̢̭͒͂͗̆̾̒̿̈̋̈̀̀̀̿͠͠͝ ̵̯̰̠̮̫̈́̂̀́̀͛͝ͅt̷͕͉͇̼͍̰̞̩̝̰̖̓̏́̍̿͒̐̕͘h̵̢̧̧̦͕͇̯͓̳̗̱̼̭̓͒͊̀̉̽̃̍̏̏̽̓̐̐͗̕͝ͅe̵̡̢͙̣͉͕͙͓̥̞͚̓̉̌̆͂̊͑́̎͠͝ ̶̡̪̄̃́̔͗̀͝ŗ̷͇̜̬̜͍̭̗͙̭̲͚͕̠̘́̓̉̅̎̕͝ͅḛ̵͖̹̈͌̂̏̆̾̏͐͊̃̅͛̈́͘̚͜͝͝ă̴̗̱̋̒͆̉̾̐͛͗̈́̾̀͒̌͠ļ̴̰͇̝̣̱̾̎͊ ̶̧̛̥̤̹̜͎͈̱̔̄̋̀̇͊͠ͅT̷̨̧̘̖̠͈̼̜͍̙̻̜͌͆̈́̽̅̚͝͝r̴̨̧̨̺̣͖͚̪͕̘͙̲̞̪͈͖̀͐̋̊̅̃͗͜͝i̷̳̜͎̰̻̳͉̝̭̓́̾̅̓̔̅̏̎̀̅̑̿̀̚̕c̵̡̺̳̫̠̬͉̩̠̱̑̋.̷̛͇̼̹̥̙̯̙̰͚̹̙̺̱̟͈̖͂̓̉̑̚͜͝ ̵̨̺̫̳̲̗͉̟̠͉̤̙̗̤͈̫̰̀͂̿̔̉͆͠Ą̷̛̛̘̮̘̳̻̮̹̔͛̓̍̅̓̑̈́̀͂̾͘͜͝͝ͅn̸̨̧̲̯̥̜͉̩̜̼̱̰̏̏̒̂̈̔̂͆́͂̀̽̿͒͘̚͘d̷͎͙̉̃̔̒̀̾͗ ̴͇͌̈́͑̽͂͒̐͗͐̍̓̂͛Í̴͖̻͍̓ ̴͙͕͓͎̱͙͉̻̑͒͜h̴̥̤̞͙̺̱̐̊́̌́̐̔͗̽̃͗̔̽̀͐͜a̷̧̜̲̯̦̰̟̥͛̀̎́̀̊͘͝͝v̴̧̧̧̼̗̪̥̘̥͈̳̞̲̯̮͚̾͋̌͊͐͑́̾̈́͠ͅë̴̫̝͓̺̼̲́̈́̈́̈̀̈́̎ ̵̡̧̡͎͖̘͔̖̖͔̯̹̖̣͈͋̊͐́̏ͅc̷̛̖̓̑̑͂̒̀̆͐̈͝ȏ̴͖͔͇̦̦͈̎̈͋͝͝m̴̢̛͇͎͊͂̏͐́͊̄͗͘͘̚͠͠e̶̗̮̮͔̯͚̍͛̔̈́̿̀́̈́̾ͅ ̶̯̜̙̯̘͇̟̖̮̭̹̮̐͂̋̔̀͒̋͐̍͘͜͜t̴̼̼̱͈̰̼̜͖͎̫̝̓͛̄̓̾̊̇͋̃̌̈̍̚ơ̷̧͍̣̼̇̓̀̀͌̓͐̃̋́̏̕͠ ̵̡̭̫̹̺̖̩͚͆̅́̉͐̎͗̑̅̔̇͆͘̕͝s̸̨̧̲̈́̇̀̎̓̾̽̂̎̍̚͝͝a̵̧̧͔͚͚͕̱̟̺̭̬͖̰̩̙͓͒͗̃͂͑v̸̹̀̑͛͝͠e̵̝̱̙̤̳͎͇͂ ̸̢͇͙͙̹͉̠̣̻̫͓̳͙̜̂̋̄y̸̛͖͍̰͔̪̘͙̱̞͔̾͆̇̍̑̾͐̓̈́̄͘͝͝ó̴̗̘̘͕̱̰̝̻̻̬̮́̏̓͗̆̏͑̄̏͋̂͝ͅṵ̴̢͚͍̱̩̜̝̝̙͚̘͎̈̇̀̿́̾̍̋̋̌̀̊̆̔͒̓,̸̢̡̳̬̺̗̱͎͚͗̓̐ ̶͈͕̭͈̀́͂͊̒̄̀́̈́͝͝͝ļ̶͖̈̔̊̈́̐̒͘͠ͅǫ̶̛̲̺̜̜̳̭̱̜̠͚̱̝̭̈́͋̑̈́̓̌̃̅͘̚͜ͅs̵̟̞̜̩̭̋̍͒̌̆͂t̵̢̨̛̜̖̺̣͇̼̭̟̹̞̏̍͋̉̐͜ͅ ̷̻͐̅̆̆̒͘l̸̛̯̳͓̩̉͌̏̊̃̒͂̍̽̈́̿́͝͝͝ą̸̖̉̈̃̄͋̎̃̚m̴̘͕̾̊͐͑̓̑͋̆̔̿͐̆͊͋̓͠b̶̺͊̈́̒̉̂̈́̀̇̑͠.̴̼̣̠̑̂̇̈́͌̃̈̊̐͆̓͋͌͒̀̐̽ ̷̧̨͚̪͙͔̹̼͇̦͑̆͌̂D̴͙̙̘͉͎̱̼͆͂͜ô̵̧̯̣̤̟̯͙̲͎̺̩̹͍̅͐̆̈́͘ņ̴̱̠̪̬̠̲̐͋̀̔͐̄̈͂̐͛͐̂͊̅̅̚͜’̷̣̅̈́̐͒̊͂̃̓̈͛̀̚̚͠͝ẗ̸̻̜̈́̔͒̂̐̑͋̚ ̴̨̡̻͉̝̝̮̹͓̳͇͉̮̹̽̄̍̃̆͘ͅw̸̡̖̫̯̣̘̰̤̬͍͗̇͜͜ó̵͚͇͕̤̬͔̫̼͕̦̮̓͆̐̄́̓͘͜͜ͅŕ̸̢̨̞͈̭̯͚̟͓͚̤̯̫̠͉̄̅̾͗͗̐̾̕͜͝ͅŗ̸̫̠̳͉̗̭̫̭̗̼̖͚̱͔̰̥̇̊̾̌̑̅̃́̊͊̈̕͝͝y̸̢̨͍̞̣̩̬̯͉͙̮̰͔͖̞͋̈̃̎̍̔͑̈́͋̍̐̉̀͒̚,̸̢̩̮̫̰̩͉͎̳̀̈́͗̌̿̍́͆͂͗͜͝ ̶̬̟̮͙̦̟͇͎͎͈͊̈͗̾̎̈̚͝ĩ̷̢̩̲̙̮́͋̄̾̾̓̈́͗̉ẗ̶̢̡̡̢̗̘̻̰͖̼̩̝̖̺̈́̂͑͂͂̅̅̍̑͆̉͘͜ ̵̛̮̗͈͚̭̬͎̳̺̜̤͌͑̈ŵ̶̡̛̛̛̲̼̘̲̳̤͕̮͔̥̟̥̺̒͋͑̎͑͑̓̀̇̈̋̃̽͜ĭ̴̺͍̻̺̇̀̈̎̒́͒̀̎̀̕l̶̡̢̲̼̥̲̬̦͔͚͎̫͔̀̊̃͘ͅl̵̨͈̬͈̯͕̰̙̪͚͕̀ ̴̙̤̺̞͎̬̫̄͆̊̊͛̊́̈̐͌̆̇͌͘͠ö̴̬̭̦͚̣́̂͋̈̽̍ņ̸͙̥̬̘͓̬͇̝̼̥̲͂̅̋̈́́̽̍̀͋l̵͇̬̼̖̄y̴̡̮͙̫̖̰̫͕̞̯̿͋̌͒̑̇͐́͗̃̍͛̏̉̕͜͝͝ ̸̢̪͖̦͖͚̈́́̽̇̈́h̸̡͕͈̲̝̞̜̻͈͓̝̀̎͑̊̚ư̶͚̇̂̀̉͒̽̈́̚r̵͖͔̩̥̭̪̳̂͗̌̈́͒̕̕͝ţ̵̀́̂̈͆́̽̋͝ ̶̨̡̧̧͉̥̗̟̜͎̼̺̪͔̤̒͂́f̵̨̪͉͇͔̼̘̈́̓̄͆͂̀͒͊̕̚͝ő̷͍͔̈́̈́r̷̢̢̬͓̜̣̯͚͈̲̗̊͆̆̃́ ̴̭͍̮̻̺̻̀́̄̍͒̃͊̏̀͛͘͜͝a̶̡̧̺̱̯̟̱͓̣̙͒ ̸̧̤̺̝̃͂̂ͅm̶̧̪̣̪̘̩̳͇͑̈́̀̕ǫ̶̢̨̛̛͎̲͕͖̘̮̞͔̠̙͉̺̯͕̍͌̈́̎̓̐̇̿͗̓͗̎̚m̵̹̼̯̘͆̀̋̇̂̽̒̎̈ͅe̸̪̳͉͙̦̟̻̮͠n̸̖̲͈̟̪̗̗͕͖̭͍̤͓̄̒̈̾t̵̼̭̳̮͛͂̌̆̔̈͊͛̓̿̇͌̾͐̚͝.̸̧̰̱̦̘͖̐̔͒́



(Last known message from Knightwing64, His mother shall send in his action as per his will by the morrow.) 

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 14, 2023, 08:50:02 pm

(Due to unforeseen circumstances, the posting of the deceased actions will be delayed until tomorrow, as there was a minor health issue.)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 15, 2023, 02:21:34 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 14, 2023, 08:50:02 pm

(Due to unforeseen circumstances, the posting of the deceased actions will be delayed until tomorrow, as there was a minor health issue.)

Why are you constantly dying?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 15, 2023, 09:49:45 am

If you still allow it I'm in! Just tell me where to start

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 15, 2023, 11:14:01 am

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 15, 2023, 09:49:45 am

If you still allow it I'm in! Just tell me where to start

Yeeeaaaaa new playah

It is pretty simple to play. You play as an evolutionary lineage, and speciate and mutate to adapt to new situations. You have four actions per turn. Just emulate the others, really, they have the gist of it.

You will need to choose where your lineage must start though, so pick a species from the existing ones to serve as your starting species. Because Tiny Dropcovy, the last common ancestor, is extinct.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 15, 2023, 11:18:13 am

My advice would be to pick a base species which has a good survivability (is LC100), some extra senses or brain power, and isn't excessively specialised yet.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 15, 2023, 12:33:30 pm

1. speciate from Spadenose Dropeel
a. Instead of sucking algae from the floor it instead sucks up algae from the surface
b. Change the shape from serpentine to a flat flounder-like shape to capture more sunlight
2. heat resistance
3. develop behaviuor in which the creature basks near the surface of the water
ss action: become a mixotroph(which is a living thing that consumes and photosynthesizes which is hopefully more animal than plant) by stealing chloroplasts from food.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 15, 2023, 07:07:13 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on August 10, 2023, 08:54:18 am

Speciate Spadenose Dropeel
1. Evolve to become more compressed, reducing the number and size of bones (to squeeze into smaller gaps to get to food, but also to withstand higher pressures) and send to the The Midnight Zone
2. Improve keratin brushes, enlargening mouth for more efficient brushing

Speciate Loud Pancod
1. Improve vocalisation, weaponising into a sonic snap to disorient predators and rival fish
2. Mutate hearing organ along back, giving it improved awareness and send to Eke Shallows

[SS] Speciate Grabnose Dropcod
1. Improve nose hooks, specialising in hooks to hang off the Flashy Carriercovy and descendants, using the other fishes' known toxicity as a shield against predation
2. Mutate bright pink and yellow stripes, to mimic the Flashy Carriercovy

Speciate Snapping Tullycod
1. Improve target selection/pattern recognition center in brain to better avoid eating toxic prey (or prey with markings that could indicate toxicity)
2. Mutate organ to excrete through the skin any toxins ingested

Dude, stop speciating

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on August 15, 2023, 07:20:12 pm

Inb4 NQT becomes an entire ecosystem and Knightwing's Shellfish 2.0 kills off everything here

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 15, 2023, 07:33:23 pm

NQT is going to survive the end of the world(And feed Knightwing's Shellfish 2.0.) Lot more space available this game, an any excess will just get outcompeted. Or outcompete others who fare worse and knock them out.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 15, 2023, 07:37:16 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 15, 2023, 07:07:13 pm

Dude, stop speciating

That's the point of the game, however. You speciate. Sure, notquitethere is following a very aggressive playstyle, but he is doing absolutely nothing wrong. Don't worry, you can easily just claim the still vacant slots. Just don't speciate on the Bir Shallows at the moment.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 15, 2023, 07:38:12 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 14, 2023, 08:50:02 pm

(Due to unforeseen circumstances, the posting of the deceased actions will be delayed until tomorrow, as there was a minor health issue.)

I will have to skip your vote if you do not answer by the time I wake up. We waited too long.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 15, 2023, 07:44:01 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 15, 2023, 07:37:16 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 15, 2023, 07:07:13 pm

Dude, stop speciating

That's the point of the game, however. You speciate. Sure, notquitethere is following a very aggressive playstyle, but he is doing absolutely nothing wrong. Don't worry, you can easily just claim the still vacant slots. Just don't speciate on the Bir Shallows at the moment.

While I mostly mean that in a joking manner, I am slightly concerned someone would exploit this to mutate 8 times in a single turn for every turn

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 15, 2023, 07:48:35 pm

Fair. Public school + weak Immune system = pain

1: Develop a larger brain, especially focused on learning to recognize predator species and making sure they don’t eat their prey.
2: Encourage movement with increased aggression and improved air boosters.
3: Improved Lightning, obviously.
SS: Bioelectricity is so potent, it enhances the nervous system and flows through the body at all times, rendering their body not habitual to any foreign influence, like parasites or various bacteria.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 15, 2023, 07:52:14 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 12, 2023, 06:03:20 pm

notquitethere
1: Speciate Spadenose Dropeel:
  A: Compressed, soft skeleton and send to the Midnight Zone
  B: Improve mouth brushes
2: Speciate Loud Pancod:
  A: Sonic boom to deter predators
  B: Hearing and send to Eke Shallows
SS: Speciate Grabnose Dropcod:
  A: Improve nose hooks to grab onto others
  B: Müllerian mimickery
3: Speciate Snapping Tullycod:
  A: Better brain to avoid poisonous animals
  B: Expelling toxins by sweat

Knightwing64
1: Bigger brain
2: Stronger air boosters
3: Improve electricity
SS: Ambient metabolic electric charge

The Canadian Kitten
1: More compact digestive system
2: Larger tail fin
SS: Toxin immunity
3:  Speciate the above
  A: Smaller size
  B: Ability to work together

TricMagic
SS: Antidote to Flashy Carriercovy poison
1: Speciate the first vote
  A: Omnivory
  B: Improve acid resistance in saliva
2: Speciate the first vote
  A: Omnivory and send to Eke Shallows
  B: Improve acid resistance in saliva and send to Eke Shallows
3: Speciate the first vote
  A: Omnivory and send to Uch Shallows
  B: Improve acid resistance in saliva and send to Uch Shallows

flazeo25
SS: Digestive system more suited to eating corpses
1: Lose fins and grow four flippers
2: Speciate the above
  A: Stinger with weak poison on tail and send to Eke shallows
  B: Prosocial behavior
3: Speciate Waterraker Spermsquid
  A: Evolve deep sea adaptations and send to Midnight Zone
  B: Electroreception

brangerlon
1: Increase toxicity
2: More Toxicity
3: toxic
SS: Nocturnal Bioluminecense

Blood_Librarian
1: Speciate Migratory Krillgore
  A: Sand burrowing and send to Eke Shallows
  B: Evolve deep sea adaptations and send to Midnight Zone
2: Speciate Migratory Krillgore
  A: Omnivory
  B: Get bigger
3: Speciate Flying Killgore
  A: Neotenic adolescents
  B: Send to Uch Shallows
SS: Support action 2A

Crystalizedmine(Your votes are confusing, is this good? You can't speciate like that. A and B creates two separate species with two different mutations, not extend an action into two parts)
1: Speciate off of Spadenose Dropeel and mutate filterfeeding
2: Become flat and float on the surface
3: Heat resistance
SS: Become partially autothropic by harvesting choloroplasts from algea

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 15, 2023, 07:54:32 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 15, 2023, 07:44:01 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 15, 2023, 07:37:16 pm

While I mostly mean that in a joking manner, I am slightly concerned someone would exploit this to mutate 8 times in a single turn for every turn

He can. However, all those mutations will belong to 8 new species. He can't pile at most 4 at a single species. A and B are the mutations each new species will inherit.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 15, 2023, 07:58:01 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 15, 2023, 07:54:32 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 15, 2023, 07:44:01 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 15, 2023, 07:37:16 pm

While I mostly mean that in a joking manner, I am slightly concerned someone would exploit this to mutate 8 times in a single turn for every turn

He can. However, all those mutations will belong to 8 new species. He can't pile at most 4 at a single species. A and B are the mutations each new species will inherit.

The Ku did in fact exploit this for massive bio-engineering. Since their's was a race fused as one with much biodiversity on it's own.
Though Magma has patched that by preventing vegetableism. So no silly 8 mutations a turn. (Maybe.)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 15, 2023, 08:08:34 pm

Shellfolk said “screw slimes” and outplayed them though, so it’s all good.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 15, 2023, 08:17:57 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 15, 2023, 08:08:34 pm

Shellfolk said “screw slimes” and outplayed them though, so it’s all good.

Shellfolk said screw this game and just left it entirely.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 15, 2023, 08:25:53 pm

Cope

(Tric, for the uninformed, is coping about me advancing the tech tree and intelligence enough to the point where is made a deal with volcano god and won by moving to greener pastures while Tric was making slime traps in the ocean.)

It’s all about the bigger picture Tric, just think of the long term.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 15, 2023, 08:27:03 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 15, 2023, 07:52:14 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 12, 2023, 06:03:20 pm

Crystalizedmine(Your votes are confusing, is this good? You can't speciate like that. A and B creates two separate species with two different mutations, not extend an action into two parts)
1: Speciate off of Spadenose Dropeel and mutate filterfeeding
2: Become flat and float on the surface
3: Heat resistance
SS: Become partially autothropic by harvesting choloroplasts from algea

Thanks for the clarification and it looks good to me!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 15, 2023, 08:31:47 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 15, 2023, 08:25:53 pm

Cope

(Tric, for the uninformed, is coping about me advancing the tech tree and intelligence enough to the point where is made a deal with volcano god and won by moving to greener pastures while Tric was making slime traps in the ocean.)

It’s all about the bigger picture Tric, just think of the long term.

We did, they were called liveships. (Post an action that isn't just bigger brain. You don't have a near infinite amount of slime kelp to eat. Which you ate, all of it...)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 15, 2023, 08:35:59 pm

Which is why I moved to a new planet with new resources. While still advancing tech and improving as a species.

Slime vs Shellfolk, Shellfolk won.

No amount of copium will change this. You tried your best, but hard work cannot beat genius. 8)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 15, 2023, 08:39:01 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 15, 2023, 08:35:59 pm

Which is why I moved to a new planet with new resources. While still advancing tech and improving as a species.

Slime vs Shellfolk, Shellfolk won.

No amount of copium will change this. You tried your best, but hard work cannot beat genius. 8)

Make a game with them as the MC then~

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 15, 2023, 08:42:05 pm

Quote from: TricMagic on August 15, 2023, 08:39:01 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 15, 2023, 08:35:59 pm

Which is why I moved to a new planet with new resources. While still advancing tech and improving as a species.

Slime vs Shellfolk, Shellfolk won.

No amount of copium will change this. You tried your best, but hard work cannot beat genius. 8)

Make a game with them as the MC then~

I literally cannot. My procrastination is overpowering. Such is the toll of intelligence.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 16, 2023, 01:32:15 am

Speciating is great, but as others have pointed out, each speciated species gets less advanced than players who just improve one animal. I'll slow down when the ecosystems are fuller.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 16, 2023, 09:01:12 am

Quick question: How does a species become an apex predator?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 |
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 16, 2023, 09:15:08 am

Turn 4

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The Events

The event dices are now active.

Strength: 87 (Major)
Timeframe: 5 (Single Turn)
Temperament: 1 (Awful)

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The World

An endless tropical cyclone has formed upon the archipelago. While the land is barren and therefore has no one to be affected by the storm, the inhabited waters are constantly violent. Soft algea growths are affected as they are uprooted from the rocks and the sediment which they live on. Most also don't have adaptations for uncalm waters.

-30 population malus to all species except deep sea ones, for the turn.

The storm seems never-ending, but if there was any sapient to observe it, they would see that the rapidly shifting cloud patterns were actually... repeating?

Mimicking Dropcod and Teamworker Dropbass are extinct due to outcompetition.

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notquitethere
1: Speciate Spadenose Dropeel:
  A: Soft skeleton and send to Midnight Zone: 2
  B: Improve mouth brushes: 5+1= Capped at 5
2: Speciate Loud Pancod:
  A: Sonic boom to deter predators: 3+1=4
  B: Hearing and send to Eke Shallows: 5
SS: Speciate Grabnose Dropcod:
  A: Improve nose hooks to grab onto others: 6+1=7
  B: Müllerian mimickery: 1
3: Speciate Snapping Tullycod:
  A: Better brain to avoid poisonous animals: 5
  B: Expelling toxins by sweat: 5

Knightwing64
1: Bigger brain: 1+1=2
2: Stronger air boosters: 5+1= Cappef at 5
3: Improve electricity: 3+1=4
SS: Ambient metabolic electric charge: 6+1=7

The Canadian Kitten
1: More compact digestive system: 2+1=3
2: Larger tail fin: 4+1=5
SS: Toxin immunity: 4
3:  Speciate the above
  A: Smaller size: 3
  B: Ability to work together: 1

TricMagic
SS: Antidote to Flashy Carriercovy poison: 5
1: Speciate the first vote:
  A: Omnivory: 3
  B: Improve acid resistance in saliva: 5+1= Capped at 5
2: Speciate the first vote:
  A: Omnivory and send to Eke Shallows: 2
  B: Improve acid resistance in saliva and send to Eke Shallows: 1+1=2
3: Speciate the first vote
  A: Omnivory and send to Uch Shallows: 1
  B: Improve acid resistance in saliva and send to Uch Shallows: 4+1=5

flazeo25
SS: Digestive system more suited to eating corpses: 3+1=4
1: Lose fins and grow four flippers: 4
2: Speciate the above
  A: Stinger with weak poison on tail and send to Eke shallows: 2
  B: Prosocial behavior: 2
3: Speciate Waterraker Spermsquid
  A: Evolve deep sea adaptations and send to Midnight Zone: 3
  B: Electroreception: 3

brangerlon
1: Increase toxicity: 1+1= 2
2: More Toxicity: 3+1= 4
3: toxic: 2+1= 3
SS: Nocturnal Bioluminecense: 4

Blood_Librarian
1: Speciate Migratory Krillgore
  A: Sand burrowing and send to Eke Shallows: 3
  B: Evolve deep sea adaptations and send to Midnight Zone: 1
2: Speciate Migratory Krillgore
  A: Omnivory: 3+1=4
  B: Get bigger: 3
3: Speciate Flying Killgore
  A: Neotenic tadpole adolescents: 3
  B: Send to Uch Shallows: 4
SS: Support action 2A: 5

Crystalizedmine (whoa good rolls)
1: Speciate from Spadenose Dropeel and mutate filterfeeding: 5+1= Capped at 5
2: Become flat and float on the surface: 4
3: Heat resistance: 4
SS: Become partially autothropic by harvesting choloroplasts from algea: 7

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Bir Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/13 species)

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Quote from: Meandering Covylossal | NT/100-30-30=40 | Knightwing64

A large, carnivorous, rotund animal a meter in diameter, with many sharp, flexible tendrils with the ability to cast electricity to prey. It is very agressive, and does not discriminates between its prey and own kind. It moves and manouvers around by using air jets on its underside. It has a large round mouth that it uses to devour its prey via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. Its tissues are slightly acidic and charged with electricity, making it a bad target to parasites. It has a large, but slow brain, fish-like eyes, and a weak sense of electroreception. If it can't find prey, it goes into stasis to conserve energy. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Floorbug Bloodcovy | LC/100-15-30=55 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. It sometimes grazes on algea. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from:  Sly Tullycod | NT/100-30=70 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It avoids anything pink and yellow at all costs.

Quote from: Devourer Megalocod | NT/100-30-30=40 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 75 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Slimy Tullycod | LC/100-30=70 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its skin is covered in toxic sweat, which it gets from its prey. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Clicking Bloodcovy | LC/100-30-30=40 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to neutralise acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

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Quote from:  Spawning Kilgore | NT/90-20-30=40 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. The eggs hatch into undeveloped larvae, which mature later on.

Quote from: Handnose Dropcod | EN/70-20-30=20 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Screaming Pancod | CR/60-20-30=10 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Sailtail Dropbass | VU/80-20-30=30 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Water-Raker Spermsquid | NT/90-20-30=40 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, herbivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch, and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two electroreceptive tentacle feelers, and fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Lightshow Carriercovy | LC/200-30=170 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, herbivorous, flat, droplet-shaped animal 5 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is covered in bright pink with yellow stripes and glows at night. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a small brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It is incredibly toxic, to the point of a hardline biological limit, making it completely inedible. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both sexes guard in a nest. The fries pick at any debris or parasite the adults have on their bodies.

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Eke Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/11 species)

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Eke Shallows | Algea Prairie | (7/11 species)]

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Quote from: Saltmaker Bloodcovy | LC/100-30=70 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Nibbler Bloodcovy | LC/100-30=70 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. It sometimes nibbles at algea. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

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Quote from: Brushnose Dropeel | LC/100-30=70 | notquitethere

A serpentine, herbivorous animal half a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth and on the underside of its long, wide snout to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Grunting Pancod | LC/100-30=70 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, a pair of internal ears and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make grunting sounds to communicate. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Stingy Spermsquid | LC/100-30=70 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a small, numbing stinger at the tip. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Burrowing Krillgore | LC/100-30=70 | Blood_Librarian

A tiny, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal a centimeter in length, with two pairs of flat, hardened fins for digging into sand. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to bite algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives under the sand, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from:  Greenback Platecod | LC/100-30=70 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with dozens of small fins that cover its underside moving in synch. It has sets of keratin baleen in its mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its back is photosynthetic and is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Uch Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/9 species)

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Uch Shallows | Algea Prairie | (5/9 species)

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Quote from: Constipated Bloodcovy | LC/100-30=70 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. It sometimes eats algea even though it can't digest it. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Basic Bloodcovy | LC/100-30=70 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to neutralise acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

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Quote from: Detector Pancod | LC/100-30=70| notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, electroreceptive pits on its face, and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Mob Spermsquid | LC/100-30=70 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and fish-like eyes. It forms loose, unorganised herds. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Flying Kilgore | LC/100-30=70 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

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The Sunlight Zone | Epipelagic Ocean | (2/7 species)

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Quote from:  Stabby Krillgore | LC/100-30=70 | Blood_Librarian

A tiny, piscine, omnivorous, knife-shaped animal a centimeter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to briefly glide in the air. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea and uses its body to stab its prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

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Quote from:  Migratory Shrimpgore | LC/100-30=70 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, filterfeeding, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to briefly glide in the air. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

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Quote from: Abbysal Dropeel | LC/100 | notquitethere

A serpentine, flat animal half a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to gather sea snow from the seafloor, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepsea Spermsquid | LC/100 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, sperm-shape animal 25 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch, and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to eat seasnow from the sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. It's tissues are packed with a chemical that makes it immune to pressure. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Void Krillgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A tiny, piscine, filterfeeding, knife-shaped animal a centimeter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to briefly glide in the air. It is covered in transparent, insulating scales and is very lightweight. Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in deep ocean. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs.

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Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 16, 2023, 09:43:01 am

1.Greenback Platecod develops a larger mouth
ss: Greenback Platecod develops a larger brain for social communication
2. Greenback Platecod develops the ability to pass down chloroplasts by giving them to its eggs
3. Greenback Platecod develops a spinal cord. If it already has a spinal cord then it develops 6 bony fins

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on August 16, 2023, 10:38:33 am

Speciate from Lightshow Carriercovy
1: become neotenic (no fins, reduced toxin…etc) and send to uch shallows
2:develop mandibles from teeth
3:modify digestive system for meat and aggressive behavior
Ss:support action 1

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 16, 2023, 11:12:53 am

Action 1: Basic Bloodcovy grows in size, becoming more predatory. It grasps onto prey and eats them alive.
Action 2: Floorbug Bloodcovy grows longer fins, better able to navigate the waters.
Action 3: Floorbug Bloodcovy Speciates/
3a: Better able to derive nutrients from plantlife. Becomes more of a herbivore
3b: Develops the ability to survive deeper waters, and migrates to the Sunlight Zone.
SS: Support Basic Bloodcovy.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on August 16, 2023, 02:54:51 pm

Stingy Spermsquid Actions:
1: Form vocal chords to allow it to make sounds and allow it to communicate.
2: Develop it's feelers to detect and process sounds it makes and hears.
3: Improve it's eyes making them large and allow it process more details.
SS: Speciate the the above:
 A: Grow it's brain larger allowing it to form close groups with others of it's kind.
 B: Grow larger in size and send it to the Bir Shallows.

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Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on August 17, 2023, 03:36:55 am

1: Ability to form packs for protection or hunting

2: Speciate: from 1
A: Predatory Behaviour Send to Eke Shallows
B: Much Smaller size

3: Speciate: from 1
A: Behaviour to groom each other and pick off parasites and  Send to Uch Shallows
B: Sense of Hearing

SS: Speciate: from 1
A: Chlorophyll on top part of fish Send to The Sunlight Zone
B: Larger size

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 17, 2023, 06:17:52 am

I change my vote from this

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 16, 2023, 09:43:01 am

1.Greenback Platecod develops a larger mouth
ss: Greenback Platecod develops a larger brain for social communication
2. Greenback Platecod develops the ability to pass down chloroplasts by giving them to its eggs
3. Greenback Platecod develops a spinal cord. If it already has a spinal cord then it develops 6 bony fins

To this:
1.Greenback Platecod develops a larger mouth
ss. Greenback Platecod develops a spinal cord. If it already has a spinal cord then it develops 6 bony fins
2. Greenback Platecod develops a large sail-like structure on its back to increase surface area to expel heat and get more sunlight
3. Greenback Platecod develops the ability to pass down chloroplasts by giving them to its eggs

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 17, 2023, 09:33:00 am

Speciate Devourer Megalocod
1. Evolve thick scaly hide to protect against parasites, and move to the Uch Shallows
2. Evolve trimethylamine N-oxide tissue to withstand deep pressure, and move to the Midnight Zone

[SS] Speciate Handnose Dropcod
1. Evolve object-permanance/spatial brain center, to evolve more sophisticated grabbing behaviour
2. Improve keratin brushes into sharp plates for slicing and crunching prey, and move to Eke Shallows as a predator

Speciate Screaming Pancod
1. Reposition sonic boom organ to the rear, to allow sudden sonic blasts to propel at speed
2. Evolve Filter feeding plankton-catching mouth-brushes

Mutate Screaming Pancod #2: Evolve Migratory behaviour and move to the Sunlight Zone.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 17, 2023, 09:44:54 am

Shouldn't my species in the Eke Shallows be effectively out competing the larger herbivores since it has no predators?

1. Mutate Stabby Krillgore -- Bigger
2.Speciate Spawning Kilgore, send to Eke Shallows
2A. obligate full time cleaner Behavior, establishing a symbiotic relationship with large animals in need of parasitic removal on client species. Technically, this makes this creature the first Apex Predator of the area.
2B. Bigger, to be capable of actually eating the full size parasites, but not so big that they themselves are prime targets for parasitism.
3. Void Krillgore fins become sites for calcination to occur, gaining the precursor of a exoskeleton in the form of calcium plates across it's body. It's locomotion changes into one where it kinda sorta sieves the bottom as it drags it self along.
SS. Assist action 1

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 17, 2023, 10:46:14 am

Quote from: Blood_Librarian on August 17, 2023, 09:44:54 am

Shouldn't my species in the Eke Shallows be effectively out competing the larger herbivores since it has no predators?

Outcompetition between prey happens when:

There is predatory pressure (the prey count in in the negative),

Or if the predatory pressure in a species is lesser than anothers.

Neither is occuring here. The parasite has no specific host; it just sticks to whatever.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 18, 2023, 01:59:00 am

Alright, thanks for letting me know. I figured smaller creatures would fair much better against parasitic elements compared to larger ones.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 18, 2023, 07:49:45 am

It's mostly the opposite. Smaller creatures have less resources they can lose. Parasites want to be smaller than their targets so they have less upkeep. Hence the first thing I did was downsizing to reduce what was needed. The second thing using hosts for their young so they have a head start on life.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 18, 2023, 06:46:04 pm

notquitethere
1: Speciate Devourer Megalocod:
  A: Evolve deep sea chemical and send to the Midnight Zone
  B: Evolve scales and move to Uch shallows
SS: Speciate Handnose Dropcod:
  A: Improve object recognition
  B: Evolve keratin brushes into sharp plates send to Eke
      Shallows as a predator
2: Speciate Screaming Pancod:
  A: Sound-assisted propulsion (kinda wierd/unplausable, but i'll allow it)
  B: Improve keratin brushes for filter feeding
3: Add to 2A: Migratory behavior and send to Sunlight Zone

Knightwing64
1: ...
2: ...
3: ...
SS: ...

The Canadian Kitten (I hope you are aware that you are making 6 species and two will automatically die)
1: Social behavior
2: Speciate 1
  A: Predatory behavior and send to Eke Shallows
  B: Much smaller size
3: Speciate 1
  A: Cleaning eachother of parasites and send to Uch Shallows
  B: Hearing
SS: Speciate 1
  A: Photosynthetic back and send to Sunlight Zone
  B: Larger size

TricMagic
1: Increase in size for Basic Bloodcovy
2: Bigger fins for Floorbug Bloodcovy
3: Speciate the above
  A: Herbivory
  B: Evolve pelagic adaptations and send to Sunlight Zone
SS: Support action 1

flazeo25
1: Vocal chords for Stingy Spermsquid
2: Hearing via tentacles for Stingy Spermsquid
3: Better eyes for Stingy Spermsquid
SS: Speciate the above:
  A: Improve brain
  B: Grow larger and... (To which one? There are three, you know?)

brangerlon
1: Speciate from Lightshow Carriercovy and come vermiform (you don't really have a neotenic form)
2: Keratin mandibles
3: Carnivory
SS: Support action 1

Blood_Librarian
1: Mutate Stabby Krillgore to be bigger
2: Speciate Spawning Killgore
  A: Clean other animals of parasites and send to Eke Shallows
  B: ... (You can't do this. This makes a second species, not add onto the first one)
3: Calcified exokeleton for Void Krillgore
SS: Support action 1

Crystalizedmine
1: Larger mouth
2: Photosynthetic backsail
3: Ability to pass down choloroplasts to eggs
SS: Six bony fins

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on August 18, 2023, 06:49:40 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 18, 2023, 06:46:04 pm

The Canadian Kitten (I hope you are aware that you are making 6 species and two will automatically die)
1: Social behavior
2: Speciate 1
  A: Predatory behavior and send to Eke Shallows
  B: Much smaller size
3: Speciate 1
  A: Cleaning eachother of parasites and send to Uch Shallows
  B: Hearing
SS: Speciate 1
  A: Photosynthetic back and send to Sunlight Zone
  B: Larger size

Where would the 6 be coming from?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on August 18, 2023, 07:04:10 pm

I edited in the location.

Also the 6 would come from speicating 3 times, 3 being sent off while 3 remaining.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 18, 2023, 07:07:06 pm

Knightwing is always in another time zone with these things.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 19, 2023, 06:28:14 am

Alright, I'll accept  just speculating the spawning krilgore to be a cleaner for that action.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 19, 2023, 02:36:50 pm

Quote from: The Canadian kitten on August 18, 2023, 06:49:40 pm

Where would the 6 be coming from?

A and B become different species. You split 3 times. So you have 6 species.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on August 19, 2023, 05:35:37 pm

I see

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 19, 2023, 07:21:40 pm

Will post action in the morning, sorry for consistent delays.

PT has been kicking my butt and I hibernate like the whole day, so, sorry.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 20, 2023, 12:43:08 pm

Can someone explain to me how a species becomes apex predators?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 20, 2023, 01:12:18 pm

Be the best predator, with total dominion over the biome. You're the predator that eats other predators.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 20, 2023, 04:40:58 pm

Quote from: TricMagic on August 20, 2023, 01:12:18 pm

Be the best predator, with total dominion over the biome. You're the predator that eats other predators.

And the prey. Apex predator eats everything. Parasites would technically qualify, but aren't included because of it doesn't technicaly eats them, ans the rule of cool. Apex predator is something like a T-rex, or human.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 20, 2023, 06:57:44 pm

Action 1: Develop basic pheromones that inform them not to eat other members of the same species.
Action 2: Upgrade and fix brain.
Action 3: FUCK IT BIGGER BODY THROUGH INCREASED MUSCLE FIBERS, GIGANTISM IS A VALID STRAT
SS: Develop a basic social structure and pack based tactics where the the strongest or smartest of the bunch are allowed their pick of mate, ensuring the carrying down of beneficial genetic traits, improving the species as a whole.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 20, 2023, 07:02:29 pm

And so it begins again, the downfall of the sea.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 20, 2023, 07:06:12 pm

Quote from: TricMagic on August 20, 2023, 07:02:29 pm

And so it begins again, the downfall of the sea.

Or is it?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 21, 2023, 04:01:53 am

Quote from: TricMagic on August 20, 2023, 07:02:29 pm

And so it begins again, the downfall of the sea.

When will Tric get over his defeat two centuries ago?

WHO KNOWS

STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 4 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 21, 2023, 12:45:52 pm

notquitethere
1: Speciate Devourer Megalocod:
  A: Evolve deep sea chemical and send to the Midnight Zone
  B: Evolve scales and move to Uch shallows
SS: Speciate Handnose Dropcod:
  A: Improve object recognition
  B: Evolve keratin brushes into sharp plates send to Eke
      Shallows as a predator
2: Speciate Screaming Pancod:
  A: Sound-assisted propulsion (kinda wierd/unplausable, but i'll allow it)
  B: Improve keratin brushes for filter feeding
3: Add to 2A: Migratory behavior and send to Sunlight Zone

Knightwing64
1: Pheromones for species identification
2: Improve brain
3: Gigantism
SS: Social behavior

The Canadian Kitten (I hope you are aware that you are making 6 species and two will automatically die)
1: Social behavior
2: Speciate 1
  A: Predatory behavior and send to Eke Shallows
  B: Much smaller size
3: Speciate 1
  A: Cleaning eachother of parasites and send to Uch Shallows
  B: Hearing
SS: Speciate 1
  A: Photosynthetic back and send to Sunlight Zone
  B: Larger size

TricMagic
1: Increase in size for Basic Bloodcovy
2: Bigger fins for Floorbug Bloodcovy
3: Speciate the above
  A: Herbivory
  B: Evolve pelagic adaptations and send to Sunlight Zone
SS: Support action 1

flazeo25
1: Vocal chords for Stingy Spermsquid
2: Hearing via tentacles for Stingy Spermsquid
3: Better eyes for Stingy Spermsquid
SS: Speciate the above:
  A: Improve brain
  B: Grow larger and send to Bir Shallows

brangerlon
1: Speciate from Lightshow Carriercovy and come vermiform (you don't really have a neotenic form)
2: Keratin mandibles
3: Carnivory
SS: Support action 1

Blood_Librarian
1: Mutate Stabby Krillgore to be bigger
2: Speciate from Spawning Killgore to clean other animals of parasites and send to Eke Shallows
3: Calcified exokeleton for Void Krillgore
SS: Support action 1

Crystalizedmine
1: Larger mouth
2: Photosynthetic backsail
3: Ability to pass down choloroplasts to eggs
SS: Six bony fins

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 23, 2023, 10:28:50 am

I am not dead. Turn coming soon.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 23, 2023, 11:42:01 am

Thank goodness you haven't been murdered in the murder forest!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 |
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 24, 2023, 09:57:10 am

Turn 5

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The Events

Strength: 91
Timeframe: 6
Temperament: 7

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The World

The common algea that covers all three shallows is now overshadowed by larger forms that form tough, stony trunks with the soft photosynthetic tissues on top in the form of loose strands. These flora superfically resembles anemones or palm trees.

Algea prairies are now algea forests, and the first step for lifes conquest of land has been taken. This doesn't changes things immidiately, since you just comb algea off the treetops now instead of rocks. But you can get a bit more creative now.

Tiny Dropbass, Eary Dropbass, Greater Spermsquid are extinct due to outcompetition.

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notquitethere
1: Speciate Devourer Megalocod:
  A: Evolve deep sea chemical and send to the Midnight Zone: 4
  B: Evolve scales and move to Uch shallows: 2
SS: Speciate Handnose Dropcod:
  A: Improve object recognition: 4
  B: Evolve keratin brushes to sharp plates send to Eke
      Shallows as predator: 5
2: Speciate Screaming Pancod:
  A: Sound-assisted propulsion: 3+1=4
  B: Improve keratin brushes for filter feeding: 3+1=4
3: Add to 2A: Migratory behavior and send to Sunlight Zone: 2

Knightwing64 (succs 2 b u)
1: Pheromones for species identification: 1
2: Improve brain: 2+1=3
3: Gigantism: 5
SS: Social behavior: 1

The Canadian Kitten (I warned you.)
1: Social behavior: 3
2: Speciate 1:
  A: Predatory behavior and send to Eke Shallows: 5
  B: Much smaller size: 1
3: Speciate 1
  A: Cleaning eachother andd send to Uch Shallows: 2
  B: Hearing: 4
SS: Speciate 1
  A: Photosynthetic back and send to Sunlight Zone: 1
  B: Larger size: 7

TricMagic
1: Increase in size for Basic Bloodcovy: 1+1=2
2: Bigger fins for Floorbug Bloodcovy: 5
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Herbivory: 5
  B: Evolve pelagic adaptations and send to Sunlight Zone: 3
SS: Support action 1: 5

flazeo25
1: Vocal chords for Stingy Spermsquid: 5
2: Hearing via tentacles for Stingy Spermsquid: 3+1=4
3: Better eyes for Stingy Spermsquid: 1+1=2
SS: Speciate the above:
  A: Improve brain: 6+1=7
  B: Grow larger and send to Bir Shallows: 2

brangerlon
1: Speciate from Lightshow Carriercovy to Uch Shallows and
    be vermiform: 2+3=5
2: Keratin mandibles for above: 3+1=4
3: Carnivory for above: 1
SS: Support action 1: 7

Blood_Librarian(I swear- This is absurd. Okay you know what?)
1: Mutate Stabby Krillgore to be bigger: 5+2=7
2: Speciate from Spawning Killgore to clean other animals of
    parasites and send to Eke Shallows: 5
3: Calcified exokeleton for Void Krillgore: 5
SS: Support action 1: 6

Crystalizedmine
1: Larger mouth: 2+1=3
2: Photosynthetic backsail: 2
3: Ability to pass down choloroplasts to eggs: 4
SS: Six bony fins: 2

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Quote from: Foul Covylossal | VU/60-30=30 | Knightwing64

A large, carnivorous, rotund animal three meters in diameter, with many sharp, flexible tendrils with the ability to cast electricity to prey. It is very agressive, and does not discriminates between its prey and own kind, even though it lives in groups. It moves and manouvers around by using air jets on its underside. It has a large round mouth that it uses to devour its prey via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. Its tissues are slightly acidic and charged with electricity, making it a bad target to parasites. It has a large brain, fish-like eyes, and a weak sense of electroreception. It constantly produces a foul smelling compound that it can't smell. If it can't find prey, it goes into stasis to conserve energy. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Pixie Bloodcovy | LC/100-15=85 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, omnivorous, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from:  Sly Tullycod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It avoids anything pink and yellow at all costs.

Quote from:  Slimy Tullycod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its skin is covered in toxic sweat, which it gets from its prey. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Clicking Bloodcovy | LC/100-30=70 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to neutralise acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

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Quote from:  Spawning Killgore | LC/90-20=70 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. The eggs hatch into undeveloped larvae, which mature later on.

Quote from: Handnose Dropcod | LC/70-20=50 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a brain with good memory and recognition, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Screaming Pancod | LC/70-20=50 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has fine, long keratin brushes in its mouth to filter algea spores from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Giant Dropbass | LC/100-20=80 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals.

Quote from: Water-Raker Spermsquid | LC/90-20=70 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, herbivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch, and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two electroreceptive tentacle feelers, and fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Lightshow Carriercovy | LC/200 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, herbivorous, flat, droplet-shaped animal 5 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is covered in bright pink with yellow stripes and glows at night. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a small brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It is incredibly toxic, to the point of a hardline biological limit, making it completely inedible. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both sexes guard in a nest. The fries pick at any debris or parasite the adults have on their bodies.

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Eke Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/11 species)

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Eke Shallows | Algea Forest | (10/11 species)]

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Quote from: Saltmaker Bloodcovy | LC/100-20=80 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Nibbler Bloodcovy | LC/100-20=80 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. It sometimes nibbles at algea. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Lungenose Dropcod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 20 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has two pairs of sharp keratin plates to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for catching prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Gang Dropbass | LC/100 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in packs made of a dozen or so individuals.

Quote from:  Cleaning Killgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, omnivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. The eggs hatch into undeveloped larvae, which mature later on. It also targets parasites on other animals.

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Quote from: Brushnose Dropeel | LC/100 | notquitethere

A serpentine, herbivorous animal half a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth and on the underside of its long, wide snout to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Grunting Pancod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, a pair of internal ears and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make grunting sounds to communicate. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Smart Spermsquid | LC/100 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a small, numbing stinger at the tip. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. It has complex vocal chords. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips. It has a smart brain, two tentacle feelers, a pair of hearing tendrils and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs  It lives in tribes and forms complex social structures.

Quote from:  Burrowing Krillgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A tiny, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal a centimeter in length, with two pairs of flat, hardened fins for digging into sand. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to bite algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives under the sand, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from:  Greensail Hexturtle | LC/100 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth.

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Uch Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/9 species)

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Uch Shallows | Algea Forest | (8/9 species)

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Quote from: Constipated Bloodcovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. It sometimes eats algea even though it can't digest it. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Basic Bloodcovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal 5 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to neutralise acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Pearly Megalocod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 75 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small, circular scales that cover its face and back. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Indigestive Gloworm | VU/30 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, carnivorous, vermiform animal 10 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is covered in bright pink with yellow stripes and glows at night. It has a pair of keratin mandibles to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills, but it has no digestive adaptations for meat. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a small brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It is very toxic. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both sexes guard in a nest. The fries pick at any debris or parasite the adults have on their bodies.

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Quote from:  Prey | (4/4) | Plant Amount=Optimal (no maluses)

Quote from: Detector Pancod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, electroreceptive pits on its face, and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Mob Spermsquid | LC/100 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and fish-like eyes. It forms loose, unorganised herds. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Flying Kilgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Bitey Dropbass | LC/100 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals that frequently clean and bite eachother.

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The Sunlight Zone | Epipelagic Ocean | (5/7 species)

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Quote from:  Knifehead Whalegore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, knife-shaped animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea and small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Currentsurfer Bloodcovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of large, sail shaped, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

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Quote from:  Migratory Shrimpgore | LC/100-10=90 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, filterfeeding, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to briefly glide in the air. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Pelagic Pancod | NT/50-10=40 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 10 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch, along with a large circular organ on its back that creates blasts of sound that grants it small bursts of speed. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to ineffectively filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It is migratory and reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs in the shallow waters.

Quote from: Gulping Dropbass | CR/20-10=10 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes. It ineffectually filters algea via suction from a set of internal gills, never leaving the waters surface. It's back has symbiotic algea colonies attached. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals.

The Midnight Zone | Bathypelagic Zone | (4/7 species)

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Quote from: Deepsea Megalocod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 75 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's body is filled with a chemical that allows it to live in the deep sea. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Prey | (3/3) | Sea Snow Amount=Optimal (no maluses)

Quote from: Abbysal Dropeel | LC/100 | notquitethere

A serpentine, flat animal half a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to gather sea snow from the seafloor, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepsea Spermsquid | LC/100 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, sperm-shape animal 25 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch, and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to eat seasnow from the sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. It's tissues are packed with a chemical that makes it immune to pressure. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Hollow Krillgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A tiny, piscine, filterfeeding, knife-shaped animal a centimeter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to briefly glide in the air. It is covered in a hardened, bony exoskeleton and is very lightweight. Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in deep ocean. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs.

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Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 24, 2023, 10:13:34 am

1. Greensail Hexturtle can now repair chloroplasts.
ss. Speciate the above:
a: This species develops lungs
b: This species develops a digestive track for an omnivorous diet
2. The species that develops lungs develops sturdier fins for land travel, now spending most of the time on land to avoid predators and only returning to the water to feed and lay eggs.
3. The species that develops an omnivorous diet becomes smaller and starts combing larger fish for parasites and algae.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 24, 2023, 10:58:27 am

Currentsurfer Bloodcovy develops improved hearing, allowing it's echolocation to become a true sight to those without eyes.
Currentsurfer Bloodcovy speciates/
CB1: Develop internal sacks of the sedative, allowing better parasitism due to a larger amount for use.
CB2: Develop a dropsack allowing ascent and descent, with the proper biology to survive deep depths. Send to Midnight Zone
Speciation: Pixie Bloodcovy develops electrical ability, able to shock nearby enemies in a single burst to incapacitate them. 1 remains in Bir Shallows, and the other moves to Eke Shallows. (This is two rolls with the same thing.)
SS Roll: Basic Bloodcovy in it's previous size increase action. Grow big and strong little one!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 24, 2023, 11:55:50 am

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 24, 2023, 10:13:34 am

2. The species that develops lungs develops sturdier fins for land travel, now spending most of the time on land to avoid predators and only returning to the water to feed and lay eggs.

Smart...

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on August 24, 2023, 01:42:36 pm

For the indigestive gloworm

1: fix the digestive tract
2: forcefully vegetalize; flat body ,color ,parental care ,and bioluminescence
3:develop more bite force
Ss: support action:1

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on August 24, 2023, 02:02:05 pm

1: Giant DropBass: Hearing
2: Gang DropBass: small
3: Bitey Dropbass: Parasite defense (thicker skin)
SS: Gulping DropBass: LARGE

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 24, 2023, 03:12:50 pm

What type of defense though?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on August 24, 2023, 03:35:52 pm

never thought this far tbh

going to edit it with thicker skin

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 25, 2023, 09:33:28 am

notquitethere
1: ...
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Knightwing64
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The Canadian Kitten
1: Hearing for Giant Dropbass
2: Smaller size for Gang Dropbass
3: Thicker skin for Bitey Dropbass
SS: Larger size for Gulping Dropbass

TricMagic
1: Improved hearing for Currentsurfer Bloodcovy
2: Speciate the above
  A: Sedative gland
  B: Sinking organ and send to The Midnight Zone
3: Speciate Pixie Bloodcovy
  A: Stunning Zap and send to Eke Shallows
  B: Stunning Zap
SS: Larger size for Basic Bloodcovy

flazeo25
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brangerlon
1: Better digestion for Indigestive Gloworm
2: Forcefully Vegetalise..? (What does that mean lol?)
3: More bite force
SS: Support action 1

Blood_Librarian
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Crystalizedmine
1: Repairing choloroplasts
SS: Speciate the above
  A: Lungs
  B: Omnivorous diet
2: Legs for SSA
3: Become smaller and clean animals for SSB

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 25, 2023, 11:16:29 am

Handnose Dropcod
- [SS] Gigantify
- Transform keratin brushes into hard set of crushing plates for grinding up larger plant matter
- Improve plates, with set of tusks for tearing up plant matter
(The idea here is that, like an elephant, this fish will break up plants with tusks (which can also be used defensively), chomp them with bigger harder teeth, and use the nose-hand to grasp at branches.

Screaming Pancod
- Mutate corrosive spitgland for dissolving hard plant matter for ease of eating

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 25, 2023, 11:44:36 am

Quote from: notquitethere on August 25, 2023, 11:16:29 am

(The idea here is that, like an elephant, this fish will break up plants with tusks (which can also be used defensively), chomp them with bigger harder teeth, and use the nose-hand to grasp at branches.

Wait, elephants use tusks to break up plant matter?(Also fun fact: nose-hands are called trunks)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 25, 2023, 11:56:25 am

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 25, 2023, 11:44:36 am

Wait, elephants use tusks to break up plant matter?

Yes that is one use! See this article here (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/washington-mozambique-princeton-university-dna-african-b1943056.html):

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"The tuskless females ate mostly grass, whereas the tusked animals ate more legumes and tough woody plants," said Robert Pringle, a co-author and biologist at Princeton University.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 25, 2023, 01:39:07 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on August 25, 2023, 11:56:25 am

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 25, 2023, 11:44:36 am

Wait, elephants use tusks to break up plant matter?

Yes that is one use! See this article here (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/washington-mozambique-princeton-university-dna-african-b1943056.html):

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"The tuskless females ate mostly grass, whereas the tusked animals ate more legumes and tough woody plants," said Robert Pringle, a co-author and biologist at Princeton University.

Interesting. Thank you for sharing this knowledge!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on August 25, 2023, 01:56:43 pm

Smart Spermsquid:
-[1] Improve it's stinger making it able to puncture better to inject phenome altering chemicals instead.
-[2] Morph it's internal gills into lungs.
-[4] Improve it's tentacles making them more dexterous and better at crushing.(So it can easily grab alega from treetops or hold other animals.)
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--[SS1] Parastic larva clutch - Females inject their eggs into a host using it's stinger where they form into larval stage.
--[SS2] Become a predator and send to Uch Shallows.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 5 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on August 25, 2023, 02:39:23 pm

I cant stop winning.

How thick is the atmosphere of this place, and how high is the gravity? This determines if it is possible for a meters long fish to take flight.
1A.Knifehead Whalegore: If  the conditions for flight is significantly easier then Earth baseline (EG, gravity of 0.5 G w/ 1.2+ Atmospheres or 0.8 G w/ 2+ Atmospheres), then I am going all in on giving the Whalegore significantly boosted flight capabilities to more effectively predate its primary prey, in the form of a aerodynamically effective active ornithopter-like flight capability.
1B. If the above is not true, then I will simply go for brain expansion of the brain for Cooperative cleaning behavior & social pack structure.
2. Knife Head Whalegore is a obligate carnivore with calcium based teeth & capability to digest meat more effectively.
3. Hollow Krillgore becomes crab with a radical body change to form a hexapod hydraulic based movement system. It should also change its name to Krabgore or whatever variation of you feel appropriate.
SS.Hollow Krillgore Becomes Crab with its wing fins becoming 2 limbs capable of pinching / manipulating the environment to gather food,  and can no longer feed itself without the claws specialized for the consumption of deep snow in the environment, hopefully more effectively then its competitors. Essentially evolving out of "Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills" because we eat snow in this area.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 25, 2023, 04:31:14 pm

Do we automatically have taste buds?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 25, 2023, 04:54:29 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 25, 2023, 04:31:14 pm

Do we automatically have taste buds?

You don't have tounges. You all shallow with suction at the moment.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 27, 2023, 11:20:01 am

How many colours can we see?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 27, 2023, 11:37:13 am

None, cause Knightwing is forever busy with alligators in basement

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 27, 2023, 12:25:17 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 27, 2023, 11:20:01 am

How many colours can we see?

ALL OF THEM

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 27, 2023, 01:01:28 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 27, 2023, 12:25:17 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 27, 2023, 11:20:01 am

How many colours can we see?

ALL OF THEM

Even mysterious colours unlike any seen on earth?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 27, 2023, 03:33:53 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 27, 2023, 01:01:28 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 27, 2023, 12:25:17 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 27, 2023, 11:20:01 am

How many colours can we see?

ALL OF THEM

Even mysterious colours unlike any seen on earth?

Don't be so Overly Sarcastic, friend! But yes, magenta also.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 27, 2023, 06:23:05 pm

I will post tomorrow, somebody at school infected me and it’s got me really sick and miserable.

I hate the outside world 😭

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 27, 2023, 08:17:48 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 27, 2023, 06:23:05 pm

I will post tomorrow, somebody at school infected me and it’s got me really sick and miserable.

I hate the outside world 😭

Stop dying of disease dammit!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 28, 2023, 10:06:48 am

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on August 27, 2023, 08:17:48 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 27, 2023, 06:23:05 pm

I will post tomorrow, somebody at school infected me and it’s got me really sick and miserable.

I hate the outside world 😭

Stop dying of disease dammit!

I will likely be kicking the bucket before this damnable super cold can kill me, I just got a hurricane and storm surge warning 😭😭😭

FLORIDA

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on August 28, 2023, 10:53:43 am

Changing my turn to this:
For gloworm
1: fix digestion
Ss: support 1

For flashy carriercovy
2: form strong familial bonds, now living in communal nesting areas
3: use bioluminescence for communication


first steps for eusociality...

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 28, 2023, 06:06:15 pm

notquitethere
SS: Gigantism for Handnose Dropcod
1: Keratin plates for Handnose Dropcod
2: Tusks for Handnose Dropcod
3: Corrosive spit for Screaming Pancod

Knightwing64
1: ...
2: ...
3: ...
SS: ...

The Canadian Kitten
1: Hearing for Giant Dropbass
2: Smaller size for Gang Dropbass
3: Thicker skin for Bitey Dropbass
SS: Larger size for Gulping Dropbass

TricMagic
1: Improved hearing for Currentsurfer Bloodcovy
2: Speciate the above
  A: Sedative gland
  B: Sinking organ and send to The Midnight Zone
3: Speciate Pixie Bloodcovy
  A: Stunning Zap and send to Eke Shallows
  B: Stunning Zap
SS: Larger size for Basic Bloodcovy

flazeo25
1: Improved stinger for Smart Spermsquid
2: Internal gills to lungs
3: Stronger tentacles
SS: Split the above
  SSA: Parasitic eggs
  SSB: Carnivory and send to Uch Shallows

brangerlon
1: Better digestion for Indigestive Gloworm
SS: Support action 1
2: Social behavior for Lightshow Carriercovy
3: Bioluminescent communication for Lightshow Carriercovy

Blood_Librarian
1: Social behavior for Knifehead Whalegore
2: Calcium based dentals
3: Carcinisation for Hollow Krillgore
SS: Crab claws for Hollow Krillgore

Crystalizedmine
1: Repairing choloroplasts
SS: Speciate the above
  A: Lungs
  B: Omnivorous diet
2: Legs for SSA
3: Become smaller and clean animals for SSB

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 28, 2023, 09:01:38 pm

1: Emergency patch and fix pack tactics.
2: Develop tough and thick skin both to insulate themselves and protect themselves from attack.
3: Basic color camouflage to hide from predators when resting or not hunting.
SS: MIND CONTROL PHEROMONES TO LURE PREY

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 29, 2023, 06:05:09 am

(Guess we don't need a nose, yeah/)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 29, 2023, 12:20:57 pm

(Wait, did Knightwing not speciate yet?)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 29, 2023, 12:36:31 pm

(They don't believe in parallel evolution.)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 29, 2023, 05:17:27 pm

Parallel evolution is for nerds

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 29, 2023, 06:09:18 pm

I mean... Both are good strategies.

That aside, I wonder who will go for The Big S™? Maybe Knightwing again. Or maybe flazeo, he is not too far off.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 29, 2023, 06:40:26 pm

What is The Big S™?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on August 29, 2023, 07:18:31 pm

I assume it's the shellfolks

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 29, 2023, 07:37:06 pm

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I mean... Both are good strategies.

That aside, I wonder who will go for The Big S™? Maybe Knightwing again. Or maybe flazeo, he is not too far off.

I'm waiting for the promised disaster that will kill off the dinosaurs the Bir Shallows.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 30, 2023, 04:35:39 am

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 29, 2023, 06:40:26 pm

What is The Big S™?

Becoming a sapient/sophont/a civilised species.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 30, 2023, 07:50:11 am

I would argue the Selfish were anything but civilized. Brutes more like even with the brains

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 30, 2023, 08:46:44 am

I want to go for The Big S™

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 30, 2023, 09:26:18 am

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 30, 2023, 08:46:44 am

I want to go for The Big S™

You could... But be warned.

There are consequences.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on August 30, 2023, 10:40:05 am

The only big S that I care about is Speciating!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on August 30, 2023, 10:56:43 am

Clearly toxin is the superior tech, demonstrated by the lightshow carriercovy with a _small population of 200

*mic drop*

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 30, 2023, 11:02:24 am

Quote from: brangerlon on August 30, 2023, 10:56:43 am

Clearly toxin is the superior tech, demonstrated by the lightshow carriercovy with a _small population of 200

*mic drop*

Until someone evolves to target you specifically.

And sapience comes with its strengths.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 30, 2023, 05:15:30 pm

Quote from: TricMagic on August 30, 2023, 07:50:11 am

I would argue the Selfish were anything but civilized. Brutes more like even with the brains

Says the slime creatures without a actual brain

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 30, 2023, 05:39:22 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on August 30, 2023, 05:15:30 pm

Quote from: TricMagic on August 30, 2023, 07:50:11 am

I would argue the Selfish were anything but civilized. Brutes more like even with the brains

Says the slime creatures without a actual brain

Who were the bio-engineers?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 6 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 30, 2023, 06:18:46 pm

Okay guys. Both of you were coolio. And you can go for it again if you want.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 |
Post by: Magmacube_tr on August 30, 2023, 08:10:09 pm

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The Events

Strength: 97 (Very Major)
Timeframe: 3 (Single Turn)
Temperament: 3 (Inconvenient)

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The World

A species of virus has appeared in the oceans of the world. It specialises on targeting choloroplasts. It has quickly gained a foothold in every ecosystem that sees sunlight. The vegetation yield has dropped as a result. This will pass as the flora adapt and the pandemic becomes an endemic.

All plant populations will be down a degree for a turn.

The poison fish crisis has progressed further.

Saltmaker Bloodcovy, Constipated Bloodcovy and Spadenose Dropeel are extinct.

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notquitethere
SS: Gigantism for Handnose Dropcod: 2
1: Keratin plates for Handnose Dropcod: 1+1=2
2: Tusks for Handnose Dropcod: 2+1=3
3: Corrosive spit for Screaming Pancod: 4

Knightwing64
1: Fix pack behavior: 1+1=2
2: Thick skin: 2
3: Camuflage: 4
SS: Mind control pheronomes: 5+1=6

The Canadian Kitten
1: Hearing for Giant Dropbass: 3
2: Smaller size for Gang Dropbass: 4
3: Thicker skin for Bitey Dropbass: 1
SS: Larger size for Gulping Dropbass: 6

TricMagic
1: Improved hearing for Currentsurfer Bloodcovy: 4+1=5
2: Speciate the above
  A: Sedative gland: 1+1=2
  B: Sinking organ and send to The Midnight Zone: 1
3: Speciate Pixie Bloodcovy:
  A: Stunning Zap and send to Eke Shallows: 4
  B: Stunning Zap: 2
SS: Larger size for Basic Bloodcovy: 7

flazeo25
1: Improved stinger for Smart Spermsquid: 3+1=4
2: Internal gills to lungs: 4+1=5
3: Stronger tentacles: 1+1=2
SS: Split the above:
  A: Parasitic eggs: 5
  B: Carnivory and send to Uch Shallows: 2+1=3

brangerlon
1: Better digestion for Indigestive Gloworm: 3+1+2= Capped at 5
SS: Support action 1: 6
2: Social behavior for Lightshow Carriercovy: 4
3: Bioluminescent communication for Lightshow Carriercovy: 2+1=3

Blood_Librarian
1: Social behavior for Knifehead Whalegore: 1
2: Calcium based dentals: 4
3: Carcinisation for Hollow Krillgore: 4
SS: Crab claws for Hollow Krillgore: 6

Crystalizedmine
1: Repairing choloroplasts: 1
SS: Speciate the above:
  A: Lungs: 6
  B: Omnivorous diet: 7
2: Legs for SSA: 4+1=5
3: Become smaller and clean animals for SSB: 3

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Bir Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/13 species)

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Quote from: Familial Covylossal | NT/80-40=40 | Knightwing64

A large, carnivorous, rotund animal three meters in diameter, with many sharp, flexible tendrils with the ability to cast electricity to prey. It lives in small groups of a five or six related individuals, and are immidiately hostile to any other. It moves and manouvers around by using air jets on its underside. It has a large round mouth that it uses to devour its prey via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a thick, porous skin that allows algea to grow on it, giving it camuflage. Its tissues are slightly acidic and charged with electricity, making it a bad target to parasites. It has a large brain, fish-like eyes, and a weak sense of electroreception. It secretes a pheromone that makes the algea that grow on it seem more attractive to prey. If it can't find prey, it goes into stasis to conserve energy. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Pixie Bloodcovy | LC/100-20=80 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, omnivorous, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It produces a weak electric shock to surprise prey. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from:  Sly Tullycod | LC/100-40=60 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It avoids anything pink and yellow at all costs.

Quote from:  Slimy Tullycod | LC/100-40=60 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its skin is covered in toxic sweat, which it gets from its prey. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Clicking Bloodcovy | LC/100-40=60 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to neutralise acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

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Quote from:  Spawning Killgore | LC/90-30-10=50 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. The eggs hatch into undeveloped larvae, which mature later on.

Quote from: Sluggish Elecod | CR/50-30-10=10 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 2.4 meters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body. It is a very slow animal. It has large keratin tusks to crack open algea trees, and mouth plates that it uses to ineffectively chew the lignite-rich tissue into a rough paste, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a brain with good memory and recognition, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Screaming Pancod | LC/90-30-10=50 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has fine, long keratin brushes in its mouth to filter algea spores from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It also has corrosive spot that it sometimes uses to break down woody tissues to eat. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Giant Dropbass | LC/100-30-10=60 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small hyperactive brain, a pair of internal ears and large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals.

Quote from: Water-Raker Spermsquid | LC/90-30-10=50 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, herbivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch, and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two electroreceptive tentacle feelers, and fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Cooperating Carriercovy | LC/250-10=240 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, herbivorous, flat, droplet-shaped animal 5 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is covered in bright pink with bioluminescent yellow stripes. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It is incredibly toxic, to the point of a hardline biological limit, making it completely inedible. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both sexes guard in a nest. It is capable of simple communication using light signals, and lives in uncoordinated swarms that groom eachother.

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Eke Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/11 species)

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Eke Shallows | Algea Forest | (10/11 species)]

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Quote from: Spark Bloodcovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, omnivorous, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Nibbler Bloodcovy | LC/100-20=80 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. It sometimes nibbles at algea. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Lungenose Dropcod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 20 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has two pairs of sharp keratin plates to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for catching prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Piranha Dropbass | LC/100 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 10 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in packs made of a dozen or so individuals.

Quote from:  Cleaning Killgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, omnivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. The eggs hatch into undeveloped larvae, which mature later on. It also targets parasites on other animals.

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Quote from: Grunting Pancod | LC/100-10=90 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, a pair of internal ears and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make grunting sounds to communicate. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Cuckoo Spermsquid | LC/100-10=90 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a hallucinogenic stinger at the tip. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in keratin scales. It has complex vocal chords. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong, crushing tentacles. It has a smart brain, sensitive tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are then injected in the eggs of other species. It lives in tribes and forms complex social structures.

Quote from:  Burrowing Krillgore | LC/100-10=90 | Blood_Librarian

A tiny, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal a centimeter in length, with two pairs of flat, hardened fins for digging into sand. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to bite algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives under the sand, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Beaching Hexturtle | LC/100-10=90 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. The sail eventually accumulates too much choloroplasts and has a mini algal bloom, killing the animal. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators

Quote from: Pygmy Hexturtle | LC/100-10=90 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, omnivorous animal 20 centimeters in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. The sail eventually accumulates too much choloroplasts and has a mini algal bloom, killing the animal. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It cleans other animals of parasites and infections.

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Uch Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/9 species)

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Quote from: Smart Spermsquid | LC/100 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, carnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a hallucinogenic stinger at the tip. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in keratin scales. It has complex vocal chords. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong, crushing tentacles. It has a smart brain, sensitive tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs  It lives in tribes and forms complex social structures.

Quote from: Giant Bloodcovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal 30 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to neutralise acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Pearly Megalocod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 75 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small, circular scales that cover its face and back. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Sand-burrower Gloworm | LC/100 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, carnivorous, vermiform animal 30 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is covered in bright pink with yellow stripes and glows at night. It has a pair of keratin mandibles to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a small brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It is very toxic. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both sexes guard in a nest. The fries pick at any debris or parasite the adults have on their bodies.

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Quote from: Detector Pancod | LC/100-10=90 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, electroreceptive pits on its face, and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Mob Spermsquid | LC/100-10=90 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and fish-like eyes. It forms loose, unorganised herds. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Flying Kilgore | LC/100-10=90 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Bitey Dropbass | LC/60-10=50 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has very thick, leathery skin that weights it down. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals that frequently clean and bite eachother.

Quote from: The Open Ocean

The Sunlight Zone | Epipelagic Ocean | (5/7 species)

Spoiler: Local Species (click to show/hide)

Quote from:  Apex Predators | (0/1)

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Quote from:  Predators | (2/3) | Prey Amount=170-200= -30 (Decreasing; Insufficent Prey)

Quote from:  Knifehead Whalegore | LC/80 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, knife-shaped animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is very social, but has no ability to coordinate, resulting in chaos at every opportunity.

Quote from: Currentsurfer Bloodcovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of large, sail shaped, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its has an internal sack connected to its mouth that secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, and precise echolocation and hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

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Quote from:  Prey | (3/3) | Plankton Amount=Common (-10 malus to all herbivores)

Quote from:  Migratory Shrimpgore | LC/100-10=90 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, filterfeeding, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to briefly glide in the air. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Pelagic Pancod | NT/50-10=40 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 10 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch, along with a large circular organ on its back that creates blasts of sound that grants it small bursts of speed. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to ineffectively filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It is migratory and reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs in the shallow waters.

Quote from: Gulping Dropbass | VU/40-10=30 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 3 meters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes. It ineffectually filters algea via suction from a set of internal gills, never leaving the waters surface. It's back has symbiotic algea colonies attached. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals.

The Midnight Zone | Bathypelagic Zone | (4/7 species)

Spoiler: Local Species (click to show/hide)

Quote from:  Apex Predators | (0/1)

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Quote from:  Predators | (1/3) | Prey Amount=300-100=200 (Stable)

Quote from: Deepsea Megalocod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 75 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's body is filled with a chemical that allows it to live in the deep sea. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Floaty Bloodcovy | LC/50 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of large, sail shaped, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. A gaseous bladder controls its depth, but it can either ascend or descend with no inbetween. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, and precise echolocation and hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

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Quote from:  Prey | (3/3) | Sea Snow Amount=Optimal (no maluses)

Quote from: Abbysal Dropeel | LC/100 | notquitethere

A serpentine, flat animal half a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to gather sea snow from the seafloor, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepsea Spermsquid | LC/100 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, sperm-shape animal 25 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch, and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to eat seasnow from the sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. It's tissues are packed with a chemical that makes it immune to pressure. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Hollow Krillgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, crustaceanoid, bottomfeeding, crab-shaped animal 5 centimeters in length. It has six hydraulic legs and a pair of pincers that it uses to shove seasnow into its mouth. It is covered in a hardened, bony exoskeleton and is very lightweight. It has a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in deep ocean. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs.

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Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on August 31, 2023, 08:17:08 am

Bloodletting of the Poison.
Spark Bloodcovy increases in size, moving away from a parasitic lifestyle to a carnivorous one.. Shock and sedate are the standard.
Spark Bloodcovy develops a digestive system. It can now process meat within it's stomach, and better absorb nutrients in blood.
SS Roll: Spark Bloodcovy develops it's antidote into an active protection against toxin and disease. (White Blood Cells)
Speciation/Spark Bloodcovy develops in size, with a focus towards more active hunting of prey. Remain in Eke Shallows
Spark Bloodcovy develops in size, with a focus towards more active hunting of prey. Return to Bir Shallows


Sparky is rolling in like a storm.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on August 31, 2023, 09:01:57 am

For the cooperating carriercovy

1:develop a hardening mucus for nest building
Ss: support action one

2:improve nest building behaviors, now building domes with entrances to small for large predators to enter

3:increased brain speed

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on August 31, 2023, 09:24:03 am

1.Pygmy Hexturtle develops mild poison to make predator's stomach hurt
2.Pygmy Hexturtle repurposes sails to fins
3.Pygmy Hexturtle speciates:
    a. Becomes red with yellow dots send to Bir shallows
    b. Becomes yellow with red dots send to Uch shallows(The purpose of the pattern/colour is to alert predators that these are poisonous and should not be eaten)
ss.Beaching Hexturtle develops a better immune system

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on August 31, 2023, 03:49:45 pm

Smart Spermsquid:
-[1] Speciate the Smart Spermsquid.
--[1A] Grow Larger.
--[1B] Improve it's rot eating stomach to allow it to digest posionious flesh and send it to Bir Shallows
-[2] Speciate the Deepsea Spermsquid.
--[2A] Snalization by forming a snail shell.
--[2B] Snalization by forming a snail shell and send it to The Sunlight Zone.
-[3] Speciate the Mob Spermsquid.
--[3A] Improve it's tentacles and alter it's body to allow it to adapt to burrowing life then send it to Bir Shallows
--[3B] Alter it scales colour patterns to give it a Camuflage.
-[SS] Improve upon the Cuckoo Spermsquid hallucinogenic stinger to allow it form primitive animal husbandy.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on September 01, 2023, 11:21:03 am

1.Knifehead Whalegore - Parasite resistance through pack cleaning behavior by young.
2. Hollow Krillgore acquires a more robust carapace that breaks into sharp points, making it very difficult eat eat whole, as well as harder to parasitize through burrowing.
3. Speciate Hollow Krillgore
3A. Bigger
3B. Omniverous
SS:Knifehead Whalegore - Fix Social Pack Behavior, it's chaotic tendencies are adjusted into a verdant curiosity in experiencing new phenomena.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on September 01, 2023, 01:06:06 pm

1: Speciate Giant DropBass
A: Hard Carapace
B: Immunity to Cooperating Carriercovy and future evolutions toxin
2: Bitey Dropbass: Reduction of biting behaviour when cleaning
3: Bitey Dropbass: Clean other fishes (mostly predators)
SS:Gulping Dropbass Baleen like filter feeding system to consume both algae and other smaller animals

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 01, 2023, 01:35:57 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 31, 2023, 09:24:03 am

1.Pygmy Hexturtle develops mild poison to make predator's stomach hurt
2.Pygmy Hexturtle repurposes sails to fins
3.Pygmy Hexturtle speciates:
    a. Becomes red with yellow dots send to Bir shallows
    b. Becomes yellow with red dots send to Uch shallows(The purpose of the pattern/colour is to alert predators that these are poisonous and should not be eaten)
ss.Beaching Hexturtle develops a better immune system

Change my votes form that to this:
1.Pygmy Hexturtle develops mild poison to make predator's stomach hurt
2.Beaching Hexturtle have special immune cells making sure chloroplasts don't build up too much(by destroying the right amount of chloroplasts)
3.Pygmy Hexturtle speciates:
    a. Becomes red with yellow dots send to Bir shallows
    b. Becomes yellow with red dots send to Uch shallows(The purpose of the pattern/colour is to alert predators that these are poisonous and should not be eaten)
ss.Beaching Hexturtle speciates:
    a. Develops keratin molars and ditches the basking style in favour of chewing up algea forests.
    b. Develops eggshells so that the eggs won't dry up when laid on land. Switch to laying eggs on land

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 01, 2023, 01:47:20 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on September 01, 2023, 01:35:57 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on August 31, 2023, 09:24:03 am

1.Pygmy Hexturtle develops mild poison to make predator's stomach hurt
2.Pygmy Hexturtle repurposes sails to fins
3.Pygmy Hexturtle speciates:
    a. Becomes red with yellow dots send to Bir shallows
    b. Becomes yellow with red dots send to Uch shallows(The purpose of the pattern/colour is to alert predators that these are poisonous and should not be eaten)
ss.Beaching Hexturtle develops a better immune system

Change my votes form that to this:
1.Pygmy Hexturtle develops mild poison to make predator's stomach hurt
2.Beaching Hexturtle have special immune cells making sure chloroplasts don't build up too much(by destroying the right amount of chloroplasts)
3.Pygmy Hexturtle speciates:
    a. Becomes red with yellow dots send to Bir shallows
    b. Becomes yellow with red dots send to Uch shallows(The purpose of the pattern/colour is to alert predators that these are poisonous and should not be eaten)
ss.Beaching Hexturtle speciates:
    a. Develops keratin molars and ditches the basking style in favour of chewing up algea forests.
    b. Develops eggshells so that the eggs won't dry up when laid on land. Switch to laying eggs on land

Change destroying chloroplasts to discarding chloroplasts

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 03, 2023, 08:52:50 am

When is the tracker coming?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on September 03, 2023, 08:56:20 am

Whenever knightwing makes it out of Computer Virus City.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 03, 2023, 09:50:41 am

notquitethere
1: Better metabolism for Sluggish Elecod (You can't make gigantism better.)
SS: Improve keratin plates of Sluggish Elecod to masticating teeth
2: Bigger fins for Pelagic Pancod
3: Speciate the above
  A: Baleen
  B: Round mouth for commmensal latching

Knightwing64
1: ...
2: ...
3: ...
SS: ...

The Canadian Kitten
1: Speciate Giant Dropbass
  A: Hard Carapace
  B: Immunity to Carriercovy toxin
2: Fix grooming behavior for Bitey Dropbass
3: Predator cleaning for Bitey Dropbass
SS: Baleen for Gulping Dropbass

TricMagic
1: Size increase for Spark Bloodcovy
2: Improved digestive system for Spark Bloodcovy
SS: Improve immune system for Spark Bloodcovy
3: Speciate the above
  A: Larger size and send to Bir Shallows
  B: Larger size

flazeo25
1: Speciate Smart Spermsquid
  A: Larger size
  B: Toxin digesting and send to Bir Shallows
2: Speciate Deepsea Spermsquid
  A: Shell
  B: Shell and send to Sunlight Zone
3: Speciate Mob Spermsquid
  A: Burrowing tentacles and send to Bir Shallows
  B: Camuflage
SS: Hypnotic sting for Cuckoo Spermsquid

brangerlon
1: Mucus for nest building for Cooperating Carriercovy
SS: Support action 1
2: Large, dome-like nests
3: More brainpower

Blood_Librarian
1: Parasite-cleaning young for Knifehead Whalegore
2: Sharp spikes on Hollow Krillgores exokeleton
3: Speciate Hollow Krillgore
  A: Bigger
  B: Omnivororus
SS: Fix social behaviors of Knifehead Whalegore

Crystalizedmine
1: Stomach hurting poison for Pygmy Hexturtle
2: Choloroplast balancing for Beaching Hexturtle
3: Speciate Pygmy Hexturtle
  A: Become red with yellow dots and send to Bir Shallows
  B: Become yellow with red dots send to Uch Shallows
SS: Speciate Beaching Hexturtle
  A: Keratin molars
  B: Amniotic eggs

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on September 03, 2023, 10:51:40 am

3A species is going to Bir Shallows

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on September 03, 2023, 12:48:02 pm

- Improve Gigantism of Sluggish Elecod, making it less sluggish
[SS] - Improve keratin plates, creating mashing teeth
- Expand out the Pelagic pancod's fins, elongating for more efficient open ocean travel
- Speciate the Pelagic Pancod:
A: Improve Pelagic Pancod feeding, with baleen
B: Round out the mouth and suction organ, allowing the Pancod to latch on to other creatures, parasitcally like a leech 

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 03, 2023, 05:04:43 pm

And now, we wait for Knightwing...

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 03, 2023, 05:08:48 pm

Again
*sighs*

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 03, 2023, 05:11:06 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on September 03, 2023, 05:08:48 pm

Again
*sighs*

Yea it isn't the best. But Knightwing is perpetually under [DISEASE], so be nice.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 05, 2023, 05:51:14 am

If Knightwing doesn't votes, I will skip him.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 05, 2023, 07:45:27 pm

I will post in the morning. I’ll try to be more consistent with posting, I’ve been really busy lately, 😓

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: FiveBalesOfHay on September 05, 2023, 09:49:16 pm

I'd like to join!

Speciate Abyssal Dropeel:

• Consolidate strands of keratin brush into four sharp fangs.
• Develop a digestive system suited to meat and become carnivorous.
• Replace many fins with one single membrane down the length of the body. Move in an undulating pattern.
• SS: Increase the strength of the internal gills, allowing this species to suck in prey.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 06, 2023, 03:23:44 am

Quote from: FiveBalesOfHay on September 05, 2023, 09:49:16 pm

I'd like to join!

Speciate Abyssal Dropeel:

• Consolidate strands of keratin brush into four sharp fangs.
• Develop a digestive system suited to meat and become carnivorous.
• Replace many fins with one single membrane down the length of the body. Move in an undulating pattern.
• SS: Increase the strength of the internal gills, allowing this species to suck in prey.

Alright, cool.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 06, 2023, 09:38:23 am

notquitethere
1: Better metabolism for Sluggish Elecod (You can't make gigantism better.)
SS: Improve keratin plates of Sluggish Elecod to masticating teeth
2: Bigger fins for Pelagic Pancod
3: Speciate the above
  A: Baleen
  B: Round mouth for commmensal latching

Knightwing64 (Post already.)
1: ...
2: ...
3: ...
SS: ...

The Canadian Kitten
1: Speciate Giant Dropbass
  A: Hard Carapace
  B: Immunity to Carriercovy toxin
2: Fix grooming behavior for Bitey Dropbass
3: Predator cleaning for Bitey Dropbass
SS: Baleen for Gulping Dropbass

TricMagic
1: Size increase for Spark Bloodcovy
2: Improved digestive system for Spark Bloodcovy
SS: Improve immune system for Spark Bloodcovy
3: Speciate the above
  A: Larger size and send to Bir Shallows
  B: Larger size

flazeo25
1: Speciate Smart Spermsquid
  A: Larger size
  B: Toxin digesting and send to Bir Shallows
2: Speciate Deepsea Spermsquid
  A: Shell
  B: Shell and send to Sunlight Zone
3: Speciate Mob Spermsquid
  A: Burrowing tentacles and send to Bir Shallows
  B: Camuflage
SS: Hypnotic sting for Cuckoo Spermsquid

brangerlon
1: Mucus for nest building for Cooperating Carriercovy
SS: Support action 1
2: Large, dome-like nests
3: More brainpower

Blood_Librarian
1: Parasite-cleaning young for Knifehead Whalegore
2: Sharp spikes on Hollow Krillgores exokeleton
3: Speciate Hollow Krillgore
  A: Bigger
  B: Omnivororus
SS: Fix social behaviors of Knifehead Whalegore

Crystalizedmine
1: Stomach hurting poison for Pygmy Hexturtle
2: Choloroplast balancing for Beaching Hexturtle
3: Speciate Pygmy Hexturtle
  A: Become red with yellow dots and send to Bir Shallows
  B: Become yellow with red dots send to Uch Shallows
SS: Speciate Beaching Hexturtle
  A: Keratin molars
  B: Amniotic eggs

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Speciate from Abyssal Dropeel and add four sharp fangs
2: Carnivory
3: Fuse all fins on back and belly to form a moray eel-like fin
SS: Increased suction power

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 06, 2023, 10:12:00 am

1:NO MORE ATTACKING OWN SPECIES

2: PARASiTR IMMUNITY

3: More efficient body, everything does everything better and wastes less energy doing it.

SS: MOAR MIND CONTROL


If this seems rushed, it’s because im in class and it is 😭

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 06, 2023, 07:10:57 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on September 06, 2023, 10:12:00 am

1:NO MORE ATTACKING OWN SPECIES

Why? Cannibalism is awesome!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on September 06, 2023, 07:43:28 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on September 06, 2023, 07:10:57 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on September 06, 2023, 10:12:00 am

1:NO MORE ATTACKING OWN SPECIES

Why? Cannibalism is awesome!

Cannibalism is terrible for ones well being.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on September 06, 2023, 08:23:43 pm

Speciation allows Cannibalism.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 8 |
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 07, 2023, 06:58:58 pm

Turn 7

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The Events

Strength: 9 (Nothing)
Timeframe: N/A
Temperament: N/A

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The World

There is one animal that is becoming a bit too intelligent for safety. And due to that very same creature, the ecosystem of Bir Shallows is about to collapse. There are giant domes everywhere.

Hardened Dropbass, Pelagic Sylangoes, Burrowing Spermsquid, Screaming Pancod, Redspotted Hexturtle are extinct.

We have our first apex!

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Actions

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

notquitethere
1: Better metabolism for Sluggish Elecod: 5+1= Capped at 5
SS: Teeth for Sluggish Elecod: 2+1= 3
2: Bigger fins for Pelagic Pancod: 1+1= 2
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Baleen: 4+1= 5
  B: Round mouth for commmensal latching: 5+1=  Capped at 5

Knightwing64
1: Improve social behavior: 4+1= 5
2: Parasite Immunity: 5+1=  Capped at 5
3: More efficent metabolism: 1+1= 2
SS: Better pheromones: 4+1= 5

The Canadian Kitten
1: Speciate Giant Dropbass:
  A: Hard Carapace: 2
  B: Immunity to Carriercovy toxin: 3
2: Fix grooming behavior for Bitey Dropbass: 4+1= 5
3: Predator cleaning for Bitey Dropbass: 4
SS: Baleen for Gulping Dropbass: 6+1= 7

TricMagic
1: Size increase for Spark Bloodcovy: 1
2: Improved digestive system for Spark Bloodcovy: 5+1=  Capped at 5
SS: Improve immune system for Spark Bloodcovy: 3+1= 4
3: Speciate the above
  A: Larger size and send to Bir Shallows: 2
  B: Larger size: 3

flazeo25
1: Speciate Smart Spermsquid:
  A: Larger size: 1
  B: Toxin digesting and send to Bir Shallows: 1
2: Speciate Deepsea Spermsquid:
  A: Snail shell: 4
  B: Snail shell and send to Sunlight Zone: 2
3: Speciate Mob Spermsquid:
  A: Burrowing tentacles and send to Bir Shallows: 3+1= 4
  B: Camuflage: 4+1= 5
SS: Hypnotic sting for Cuckoo Spermsquid: 5+1= 6

brangerlon
1: Mucus for nest building for Cooperating Carriercovy: 1+2=3
SS: Support action 1: 6
2: Large, dome-like nests: 4+1= 5
3: More brainpower: 5+1= 6
WARNING! PRE-SAPIENT STATUS REACHED!

Blood_Librarian
1: Parasite-cleaning young for Knifehead Whalegore: 4+1= 5
2: Sharp spikes on Hollow Krillgores exokeleton: 1+1= 2
3: Speciate Hollow Krillgore:
  A: Bigger: 3
  B: Omnivororus: 3
SS: Fix social behaviors of Knifehead Whalegore: 2+1= 3

Crystalizedmine
1: Stomach hurting poison for Pygmy Hexturtle: 4
2: Choloroplast balancing for Beaching Hexturtle: 1
3: Speciate Pygmy Hexturtle:
  A: Become red with yellow dots and send to Bir Shallows: 5
  B: Become yellow with red dots send to Uch Shallows: 2
SS: Speciate Beaching Hexturtle:
  A: Keratin molars: 5+1= 6
  B: Amniotic eggs: 5+1= 6

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Speciate from Abyssal Dropeel and add four sharp fangs: 2+1= 3
2: Carnivory: 4
3: Fuse all fins on back and belly to form a moray eel-like fin: 1+1= 2
SS: Increased suction power: 4+1= 5

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Bir Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/13 species)

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Bir Shallows | Algea Forest | (13/13 species)

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Quote from: Coveted Covylossal | NT/90-50=40 | Knightwing64

A large, carnivorous, rotund and slow animal 4 meters in diameter, with many sharp, flexible tendrils with the ability to cast electricity to prey. It lives in groups of up to 30 individuals. It moves and slowly manouvers around by using air jets on its underside. It has a large round mouth that it uses to devour its prey via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a thick, porous skin that allows algea to grow on it, giving it camuflage. Its tissues are slightly acidic, charged with electricity, and protected with algal growths, making it a non-target to parasites. It has a large brain, fish-like eyes, and a weak sense of electroreception. It secretes a pheromone that enchants prey that wander too close, luring them closer. If it can't find prey, it goes into stasis to conserve energy. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from: Pixie Bloodcovy | LC/100-50=50 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, omnivorous, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It produces a weak electric shock to surprise prey. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from:  Sly Tullycod | LC/100-50=50 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It avoids anything pink and yellow at all costs.

Quote from:  Slimy Tullycod | LC/100-50=50 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its skin is covered in toxic sweat, which it gets from its prey. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Clicking Bloodcovy | LC/100-50=50 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to neutralise acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from:  Flippery Cuttlecovy | LC/100-50=50 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, carnivorous animal 20 centimeters in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spike teeth in its mouth to bite and kill prey. It has a very strong immune system. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Suicidal Spermsquid | CR/60-50=10 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, carnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a hallucinogenic stinger at the tip. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in keratin scales. It has complex vocal chords. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong, crushing tentacles. It has a smart brain, sensitive tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs  It lives in tribes and forms complex social structures. It keeps eating Carriercovies, even though it has very little resistance to its toxins.

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Quote from:  Spawning Killgore | NT/80-40=40 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. The eggs hatch into undeveloped larvae, which mature later on.

Quote from: Spireater Elecod | EN/60-40=20 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 2.4 meters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body. It is a slow animal as a result. It has large keratin tusks to crack open algea trees, and keratin teeth to chew the lignite-rich tissue into a rough paste, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a brain with good memory and recognition, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Lavaskin Hexturtle | LC/100-20=80 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, omnivorous animal 20 centimeters in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. The sail eventually accumulates too much choloroplasts and has a mini algal bloom, killing the animal. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It cleans other animals of parasites and infections.

Quote from: Giant Dropbass | LC/100-40=60 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins, especially to Carriercovy toxin. It has a small hyperactive brain, a pair of internal ears and large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals.

Quote from: Water-Raker Spermsquid | NT/80-40=40 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, herbivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch, and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two electroreceptive tentacle feelers, and fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Cusp Carriercovy | LC/300 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, herbivorous, flat, droplet-shaped, pre-sapient animal 5 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is covered in bright pink with bioluminescent yellow stripes. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a fast and efficent brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It is incredibly toxic, making it completely inedible. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both parents guard. It is capable of communication using light signals, and lives in large, cooperative societies, and is able to secrete a resin-like substance to build large, dome-shaped nests and form sprawling colonies.

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Eke Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/11 species)

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Eke Shallows | Algea Forest | (10/11 species)]

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Quote from:  Fluttering Cuttlecovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, carnivorous animal 30 centimeters in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spike teeth in its mouth to bite and kill prey. It has a very strong immune system. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Nibbler Bloodcovy | LC/100-20=80 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. It sometimes nibbles at algea. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Lungenose Dropcod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 20 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has two pairs of sharp keratin plates to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for catching prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Piranha Dropbass | LC/100 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 10 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in packs made of a dozen or so individuals.

Quote from:  Cleaning Killgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, omnivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. The eggs hatch into undeveloped larvae, which mature later on. It also targets parasites on other animals.

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Quote from: Grunting Pancod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, a pair of internal ears and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make grunting sounds to communicate. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Parasitoid Spermsquid | LC/100 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a hallucinogenic stinger at the tip. The poison makes the stung animal believe that the parasites eggs are of their own. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in keratin scales. It has complex vocal chords. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong, crushing tentacles. It has a smart brain, sensitive tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are then injected in the eggs of other species. It lives in tribes and forms complex social structures centered around making other animals care for their young.

Quote from:  Burrowing Krillgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A tiny, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal a centimeter in length, with two pairs of flat, hardened fins for digging into sand. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to bite algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives under the sand, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Beachlaying Hexturtle | LC/100 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a blank back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of soft eggs that harden after fertilisation. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators, and lays its hardshelled eggs in soft sand.

Quote from: Grazing Hexturtle | LC/100 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs on its underside. It has keratin teeth in its mouth to chew on vegetation, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a blank back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators.

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Uch Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/9 species)

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Uch Shallows | Algea Forest | (8/9 species)

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Quote from: Smart Spermsquid | LC/100 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, carnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a hallucinogenic stinger at the tip. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in keratin scales. It has complex vocal chords. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong, crushing tentacles. It has a smart brain, sensitive tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs  It lives in tribes and forms complex social structures.

Quote from: Giant Bloodcovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal 30 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to neutralise acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Pearly Megalocod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 75 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small, circular scales that cover its face and back. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Sand-burrower Gloworm | LC/100 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, carnivorous, vermiform animal 30 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is covered in bright pink with yellow stripes and glows at night. It has a pair of keratin mandibles to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a small brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It is very toxic. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both sexes guard in a nest. The fries pick at any debris or parasite the adults have on their bodies.

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Quote from: Detector Pancod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, electroreceptive pits on its face, and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Commando Spermsquid | LC/100 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales that can change color by chromatophores. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and fish-like eyes. It forms loose, unorganised herds. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Flying Kilgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Groomy Dropbass | LC/100 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has very thick, leathery skin that weights it down. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals that frequently clean eachother, and also clean other animals as well

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The Sunlight Zone | Epipelagic Ocean | (6/7 species)

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Quote from:  Knifehead Whalegore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, knife-shaped animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is very social, and lives in large, but anarchic pods. The adults periodically approach shallow waters so that the young whalegores can clean them.

Quote from: Currentsurfer Bloodcovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of large, sail shaped, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its has an internal sack connected to its mouth that secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, and precise echolocation and hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Remora Pancod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, parasitic, circular, flattened animal 10 centimeters in length, with two large fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch, along with a large circular organ on its back that creates blasts of sound that grants it small bursts of speed. It has a wide, round mouth filled with tiny keratin spikes to latch and draw blood from larger prey animals, which it then sucks via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It is migratory and reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs in the shallow waters.

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Quote from:  Migratory Shrimpgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, filterfeeding, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to briefly glide in the air. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Manta Pancod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 50 centimeters in length, with two large fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch, along with a large circular organ on its back that creates blasts of sound that grants it small bursts of speed. It has two large, mobile brushes of baleen in its mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It is migratory and reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs in the shallow waters.

Quote from: Gargantuan Dropalina | LC/100 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, filterfeeding, droplet-shaped animal 6 meters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin baleen, It filters algea and swallows it via suction from a set of internal gills, keeping close to the waters surface to do so. It's back has symbiotic algea colonies attached. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals.

The Midnight Zone | Bathypelagic Zone | (6/7 species)

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Quote from: Deepsea Megalocod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 75 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's body is filled with a chemical that allows it to live in the deep sea. It has a small brain with large memory center, vestigial eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Floaty Bloodcovy | LC/50 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of large, sail shaped, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. A gaseous bladder controls its depth, but it can either ascend or descend with no inbetween. It has a small brain, vestigial eyes, and precise echolocation and hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Deepdweller Yarom | LC/100 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, carnivorous, flat animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan that lacks and stabilising fins. It has four long keratin fangs in its mouth to stab and kill prey, which it then swallows whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, small, vestigial fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Prey | (3/3) | Sea Snow Amount=Optimal (no maluses)

Quote from: Abbysal Dropeel | LC/100 | notquitethere

A serpentine, flat animal half a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to gather sea snow from the seafloor, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, small, vestigial fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepsea Sylangoes | LC/100 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, snail-esque animal 10 centimeters in size, with dozens of tiny fins that cover the exposed part of its body, moving in synch. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to eat seasnow from the sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales, an a large, spiral keratin shell. It's tissues are packed with a chemical that makes it immune to pressure. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and vestigial, small fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Spikey Crabgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, crustaceanoid, bottomfeeding, crab-shaped animal 10 centimeters in length. It has six hydraulic legs and a pair of pincers that it uses to shove seasnow into its mouth. It is covered in a hardened, bony, and very, very spikey exoskeleton and is very lightweight. It has a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in deep ocean. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs.

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Look guys, gonna be honest with you. Situation with poison fishies is going to go from bad to worse.

Sapience is not a very special thing. Elephants, whales and crows are also sapient. Being sapient only means that a creature has a sense of self.

But when we talk about sapience in this context, the correct term would be "sophonence". Sophonence is a whole another thing. It can only appear when these pre-requisites are fulfilled. They don't have to be all separately adapted. One can make the other automatically appear; as in, species with hands gaining high intelligence will automatically get primitive tool use.

1: High enough brainpower.
2: The ability to use this brainpower to express and exhance ideas.
3: Ability to comprehend oneself and other such abstract concepts.
4: Extensive tool use and mastery of own environment.

Carriercovies have 1 and 2, and half of the 4. If brangerlon decides to expand its brain one more time, it will go up to 4.

I really cannot guarantee what will happen after.

I will still use the word sapience for the phenomenon to not cause unnecessary nuance.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 07, 2023, 07:37:24 pm

1. Dial back how much chloroplasts Beachlaying Hexturtle is discarding
2. Dial back how much chloroplasts Grazing Hexturtle is discarding
3. Give chloroplast balancing feature to Lavaskin Hexturtle
ss. Speciate Lavaskin Hexturtle
    a. Not only does it repair chloroplasts, the chloroplasts now reproduce within the creature
    b. A more streamlined body

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 07, 2023, 07:37:59 pm

Anyways, congrats on Knightwing for first apex predator!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on September 07, 2023, 07:39:42 pm

Well..

Fluttering Cuttlecovy
Develop upon it's Size. (As one failed.) A mass greater than a teardrop, as we have the digestion system to support it.
Expand upon its fin-tentacles, carrying long thin grasp-suckers with a needle on the end to inject sedative.
Expand upon it's mind, increasing it's brain's ability to develop solutions to hunting.
SS Roll: Speciation Event: Send to Bir Shallows and Uch Shallows

Entire ecosystem is about to collapse, but eh.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: FiveBalesOfHay on September 07, 2023, 08:38:02 pm

• Use large memory center to be able to recognize family members and develop relationships.
• Gain stabilizing fins.
• Speciate Deepdweller Yarom:
  • a: Develop bioluminescence in fins. Each organism will have a distinctive "name" pattern, and certain other instinctual patterns are used for display and communication.
  • b: Lose deep sea adaptations and send to the sunlight zone.
• SS: b: Develop a protective layer of skin that can cover the ears, so as to defend against the sonic attacks of the manta pancod.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on September 07, 2023, 08:53:42 pm

I can't believe my ss rolls actually saved my whales!

1:  L A R G E for Gargantuan Dropalina
2: Speciate Piranha Dropbass
A: Carapace
B: More efficient brain? (less hyperactive)
3: Vocal Cords to communicate amongst themselves for Gargantuan Dropalina
SS: Fix Groomy Dropbass Leathery skin

Man, my whales are the largest creatures
It's amazing they managed to survive at all so far.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on September 07, 2023, 08:57:11 pm

All told the Sunlight Zone is pretty chill.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on September 08, 2023, 01:50:43 am

Parasitoid Spermsquid:
-[1] Develop a roundish two nostrils snout to allow it to smell.
-[2] Improve it's brain even more to allow for tool usage via it's tenctacles.
-[SS] Improve it's brain to make it even smarter.
-[3] Speicate the Suicidal Spermsquid.
--[3A] Develop it's stomach for immunity to Cusp Carriercovy toxins.
--[3B] Develop it's stomach for immunity to Cusp Carriercovy toxins and send to Uch shallows.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on September 08, 2023, 04:34:12 am

Lots of cool sea beasties. Just a small fix: FiveBalesOfHay's lovely new species should be properly attributed.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 08, 2023, 05:09:55 am

Quote from: notquitethere on September 08, 2023, 04:34:12 am

Lots of cool sea beasties. Just a small fix: FiveBalesOfHay's lovely new species should be properly attributed.

sorry i forgor

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on September 08, 2023, 12:17:03 pm

for sand-burrower gloworm

1: improve vision
2: sandy color
ss: size increase

for cusp carriercovy
3: BIG S^TM increase brain power

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 08, 2023, 01:50:29 pm

Quote from: brangerlon on September 08, 2023, 12:17:03 pm

3: BIG S^TM increase brain power

crap

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on September 08, 2023, 02:12:07 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on September 08, 2023, 01:50:29 pm

Quote from: brangerlon on September 08, 2023, 12:17:03 pm

3: BIG S^TM increase brain power

crap

A better brain requires more resources. And these things are tiny. Likely to be eaten in the dark.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 08, 2023, 05:18:52 pm

Somebody, please take care of the poison fish crisis.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on September 08, 2023, 05:20:41 pm

I spent so many actions on my dang elecods and they're still struggling. Don't want those long nose guys to die on me now. Hmm

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 08, 2023, 05:30:30 pm

notquitethere
1: ...
2: ...
3: ...
SS: ...

Knightwing64
1: ...
2: ...
3: ...
SS: ...

The Canadian Kitten
1: Even larger size for Gargantuan Dropalina
2: Speciate Piranha Dropbass
  A: Carapace
  B: Fix brain
3: Vocal chords for Gargantuan Dropalina
SS: Fix Groomy Dropbass' skin

TricMagic
1: Size increase for Fluttering Cuttlecovy
2: Stingers in fin suction cups
3: Improve brain
SS: Speciate the above
  A: Send to Bir Shallows
  B: Send to Uch Shallows

flazeo25
1: Snout for Parasitoid Spermsquid
2: Tool use
3: Improve brain
SS: Speciate Suicidal Spermsquid
  A: Develop digestive immunity to Carriercovy toxin
  B: Develop digestive immunity to Carriercovy toxin and send 
  to Uch Shallows

brangerlon
1: Improve vision
2: Sand camuflage
SS: Size increase
3: Sapience (Sapience will mean that a substantial amount of your toxicity will be lost. It has been slowly losing toxicity as you improved its brain.)

Blood_Librarian
1: ...
2: ...
3: ...
SS: ...

Crystalizedmine
1: Fix back fin for Beachlaying Hexturtle
2: Fix back fin for Grazing Hexturtle
3: Chloroplast balancing for Lavaskin Hexturtle
SS: Speciate the above
  A: Chloroplast production
  B: A more streamlined body

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Social behavior for Deepdweller Yarom
2: Stabilising fins
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Develop bioluminescene in fins
  B: Lose deep sea adaptations and send to Sunlight Zone
SS: Sonic blast shield for 3B.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on September 08, 2023, 05:39:44 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on September 08, 2023, 05:18:52 pm

Somebody, please take care of the poison fish crisis.

Let's fix it with another poison fish! Surely that won't go wrong at all!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on September 08, 2023, 05:44:18 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on September 08, 2023, 05:18:52 pm

Somebody, please take care of the poison fish crisis.

I tried. My speciation events in those shallows haven't succeeded for two turns.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on September 08, 2023, 06:21:56 pm

Quote from: flazeo25 on September 08, 2023, 01:50:43 am

-[3] Speicate the Suicidal Spermsquid.
--[3A] Develop it's stomach for immunity to Cusp Carriercovy toxins.
--[3B] Develop it's stomach for immunity to Cusp Carriercovy toxins and send to Uch shallows.

I changed the 3 action to this instead.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on September 08, 2023, 10:17:03 pm

What happened to the speciated offshoot and the original ancestor species of the Hollow Krillgore? my understanding was that 2 species would've formed, one omnivorous and a predator and the other a herbivore -- with the last predator slot in competition.

1.Adapt Knifehead Whalegore to hunting large prey by adapting a cylindrical body plan with a circular flat head-- thickening it's skull into rounded, thick shape, moving the mouth and eyes  into a sort of angular shape behind the hammerhead so that it could track it's prey with front facing eyes without using them as impacting surface.  All of the adaptions so that it could stun and wound prey by slamming into it at maximum speed so that it could be ripped apart and eaten at leisure.
2. 6 new limbs developed into triple jointed, slender and long limbs ending in claws for ripping apart big prey and spearing small prey to feed into its mouth.
3. Speciate the Above into a new species
2A. Send to Uch Shallows & develop a larger brain to keep track of what it can and cannot eat. It should be smart enough to figure out that it can break open large dome structures to collect food that shouldn't be quite lethal yet if everything works out.
2B. Cusp CarrierCovy Toxin resistance, maybe just enough to eat immature specimens.
SS. Support Action 1

this has been a exciting game so far, i wonder if it'll continue.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 09, 2023, 04:15:13 am

Quote from: Blood_Librarian on September 08, 2023, 10:17:03 pm

What happened to the speciated offshoot and the original ancestor species of the Hollow Krillgore? my understanding was that 2 species would've formed, one omnivorous and a predator and the other a herbivore -- with the last predator slot in competition.

Speciation splits a species in two. The original dissappears.

The predator failed to exist as a reuslt of the dice. There were better contenders.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on September 09, 2023, 05:04:23 pm

[1][SS] Speciate Spireater Elecod
- Enlarged cecum gut structures specifically for breaking down exudates (resins, sap etc.) so that it can feed on all these tasty domes popping up.
- Improve brain power even more, focusing on following other herbivores and then out-eating them -> send to Eke Shallows

Mutate Lungenose Dropcod x2 (so it can follow Hexaturtles onto land and steal their eggs):
[2]- Develop lungs
[3]- Improve fin pattern to more seal-like with big tail & flippers to allow flopping on land

[4] Pearly Megalocod - create more shark-like fin pattern, focusing on speed. (It's already the biggest predator, so if it becomes faster than the others it might be able to eat more of them!)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2023, 04:36:15 am

Will post later today

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on September 11, 2023, 04:57:04 am

I made my Elecod symbiosis idea more specific and fun.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 11, 2023, 04:03:29 pm

notquitethere
SS: Speciate Spireater Elecod
  A: Resin eating
  B: Larger brain
1: Lungs for Lungenose Dropcod
2: Fins to Flippers for Lungenose Dropcod
3: Shark-like fins for Pearly Megalocod

Knightwing64
1: ...
2: ...
3: ...
SS: ...

The Canadian Kitten
1: Even larger size for Gargantuan Dropalina
2: Speciate Piranha Dropbass
  A: Carapace
  B: Fix brain
3: Vocal chords for Gargantuan Dropalina
SS: Fix Groomy Dropbass' skin

TricMagic
1: Size increase for Fluttering Cuttlecovy
2: Stingers in fin suction cups
3: Improve brain
SS: Speciate the above
  A: Send to Bir Shallows
  B: Send to Uch Shallows

flazeo25
1: Snout for Parasitoid Spermsquid
2: Tool use
3: Improve brain
SS: Speciate Suicidal Spermsquid
  A: Develop digestive immunity to Carriercovy toxin
  B: Develop digestive immunity to Carriercovy toxin and send 
  to Uch Shallows

brangerlon
1: Improve vision
2: Sand camuflage
SS: Size increase
3: Sapience (Sapience will mean that a substantial amount of your toxicity will be lost. It has been slowly losing toxicity as you improved its brain.)

Blood_Librarian
1: Door ram body plan for Knifehead Whalegore
2: Three pairs of long clawed digits for Knifehead Whalegore
3: Speciate the above
  A: Bigger brain and send to Uch Shallows
  B: Carriercovy toxin resistance
SS: Support action 1

Crystalizedmine
1: Fix back fin for Beachlaying Hexturtle
2: Fix back fin for Grazing Hexturtle
3: Chloroplast balancing for Lavaskin Hexturtle
SS: Speciate the above
  A: Chloroplast production
  B: A more streamlined body

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Social behavior for Deepdweller Yarom
2: Stabilising fins
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Develop bioluminescene in fins
  B: Lose deep sea adaptations and send to Sunlight Zone
SS: Sonic blast shield for 3B.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on September 11, 2023, 06:12:51 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on September 11, 2023, 04:03:29 pm

Blood_Librarian
1: Door ram body plan for Knifehead Whalegore
2: Three pairs of fine manipulators for Knifehead Whalegore(?)(is this really for your whales? I wanna know.)
3: Speciate the above(?)
  A: Bigger brain and send to Uch Shallows
  B: Carriercovy toxin resistance
SS: Support action 1

Yeah, but I don't picture Action number 2 as fine manipulators so much as long spear-heads made like a elephant or narwhals tusk, attached to limbs designed to swing around for a lot of momentum to kill when the hammer "head" isn't applicable.
If this isn't possible, we could simplify it into a elbow joint & shoulder joint analogue and just rely on two sets of muscles to do the swing work for a bio-mechanically simpler design.
I also don't think they are not really qualify as whale-like until they're at least 2 or 2.5 meters long.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 11, 2023, 06:19:39 pm

Quote from: Blood_Librarian on September 11, 2023, 06:12:51 pm

Yeah, but I don't picture Action number 2 as fine manipulators so much as long spear-heads made like a elephant or narwhals tusk, attached to limbs designed to swing around for a lot of momentum to kill when the hammer "head" isn't applicable.
If this isn't possible, we could simplify it into a elbow joint & shoulder joint analogue and just rely on two sets of muscles to do the swing work for a bio-mechanically simpler design.
I also don't think they are not really qualify as whale-like until they're at least 2 or 2.5 meters long.

Alright, I got it.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on September 11, 2023, 06:20:52 pm

And now we wait to see if Knightwing has ben eaten by Pepsi Man.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 11, 2023, 06:23:23 pm

Quote from: TricMagic on September 11, 2023, 06:20:52 pm

And now we wait to see if Knightwing has ben eaten by Pepsi Man.

I bet he was!

He'll be fine. Pepsi men only bit off a few tendons.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on September 11, 2023, 06:46:04 pm

He always prefers the chewiest part of it.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 12, 2023, 10:25:08 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2023, 04:36:15 am

Will post later today

Maybe threatening to skip your votes will motivate you...

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 12, 2023, 07:30:02 pm

Action 1: Toxin/Posion Resistance

Action 2: Bigger Brain, cover tendrils in dangerous objects scavenged from the environment, like a boxer crab.

Action 3: Adapt body to be able to migrate and survive in different zones in case of a ecosystem collapse.

SS: The mind control pheromones can pair off of and enhance each other, making the overall effect greater when living in close areas. (Pheromones better in packs, not only is it a enhancement for pheromones, but a evolutionary incentive to stay in groups.)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 12, 2023, 07:38:58 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on September 12, 2023, 10:25:08 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2023, 04:36:15 am

Will post later today

Maybe threatening to skip your votes will motivate you...

I blame HS

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: FiveBalesOfHay on September 12, 2023, 08:21:45 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on September 12, 2023, 07:38:58 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on September 12, 2023, 10:25:08 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2023, 04:36:15 am

Will post later today

Maybe threatening to skip your votes will motivate you...

I blame HS

Homestuck :(

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 13, 2023, 04:35:55 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on September 12, 2023, 07:38:58 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on September 12, 2023, 10:25:08 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2023, 04:36:15 am

Will post later today

Maybe threatening to skip your votes will motivate you...

I blame HS

Heartstopper :(

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on September 13, 2023, 03:23:23 pm

Hmm isn't one of the dangers of making species too smart is chance they'll attack themselves due to tribalism.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 13, 2023, 05:38:37 pm

Quote from: flazeo25 on September 13, 2023, 03:23:23 pm

Hmm isn't one of the dangers of making species too smart is chance they'll attack themselves due to tribalism.

Yes. Sapience is... unstable.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on September 16, 2023, 05:07:07 am

Excellent

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 16, 2023, 05:18:15 pm

Turn 8

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The Events

Strength: 67 (Minor)
Timeframe: 19 (Four Turns)
Temperament: 2 (Bad)

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The World

Minor Ice Age (4 Turns Left)

The world tempature median has suddenly dropped by 7 degrees overnight. The reason is unclear and definitely paranormal. What was an eternal spring is now an eternal autunm.

Everyone gets a decrease to their population counts as none of you have climate adaptations. It will go away when the event ends, or if you adapt to the colder climate. Larger organisms will be less effected, while smaller ones may go endangered from the drop.

Grunting Pancod, Tortoise Dropbass, Giant Bloodcovy, Sly Tullycod, Immune Spermsquid and Spawning Killgore are extinct.

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Actions

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

notquitethere
SS: Speciate Spireater Elecod
  A: Resin eating: 4+1=5
  B: Larger brain and send to Eke Shallows: 3+1=4
1: Gills to lungs for Lungenose Dropcod: 4+1=5
2: Fins to seal flippers for Lungenose Dropcod: 2+1=3
3: Shark-like fins for Pearly Megalocod: 5+1=5

Knightwing64
1: Toxin resistance: 5
2: Bigger brain and very primitive tool use: 2+1=3
3: Environmental adaptability: 1
SS: Pheronome chorus: 2+1=3

The Canadian Kitten
1: Even larger size for Gargantuan Dropalina: 5
2: Speciate Piranha Dropbass
  A: Carapace: 1
  B: Fix brain: 1+1=2
3: Vocal chords for Gargantuan Dropalina: 3
SS: Fix Groomy Dropbass' skin: 6+1=7

TricMagic
1: Size increase for Fluttering Cuttlecovy: 2
2: Stingers in fin suction cups: 4+1= 5
3: Improve brain: 4+1= 5
SS: Speciate the above
  A: Send to Bir Shallows: 5
  B: Send to Uch Shallows: 7

flazeo25
1: Snout for Parasitoid Spermsquid: 5
2: Tool use: 2
3: Improve brain: 3+1=4
SS: Speciate Suicidal Spermsquid
  A: Develop digestive immunity to Carriercovy toxin: 7
  B: Develop digestive immunity to Carriercovy toxin and send 
  to Uch Shallows: 4

brangerlon
1: Improve vision for Sand-burrower Gloworm: 4+1=5
2: Sand camuflage: 4
SS: Size increase: 6
3: Sapience for Cusp Carriercovy: #!@?-You've made your choice...

Blood_Librarian
1: Door ram body plan for Knifehead Whalegore: 2+1+2=4
2: Three pairs of long clawed digits for Knifehead Whalegore: 4
3: Speciate the above
  A: Bigger brain and send to Uch Shallows: 5+1= Capped at
  5
  B: Carriercovy toxin resistance: 5
SS: Support action 1: 5

Crystalizedmine
1: Fix back fin for Beachlaying Hexturtle: 3+1=4
2: Fix back fin for Grazing Hexturtle: 2+1=3
3: Chloroplast balancing for Lavaskin Hexturtle: 4+1=5
SS: Speciate the above
  A: Chloroplast production: 4+1=5
  B: A more streamlined body: 3+1=4

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Social behavior for Deepdweller Yarom: 5
2: Stabilising fins: 3+1=4
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Develop bioluminescene in fins: 2+1=3
  B: Lose deep sea adaptations and send to Sunlight Zone: 2
SS: Sonic blast shield for 3B: 6

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Quote from: The Bir Island

Bir Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/13 species)

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Bir Shallows | Algea Forest | (13/13 species)

Spoiler: Local Species (click to show/hide)

Quote from:  Apex Predators | (1/1) | 565-600= -35 (Unstable; Insufficent Prey)

Quote from: Loudcryer Covylossal | VU/80-50=30 | Knightwing64

A large, carnivorous, rotund and slow animal 4 meters in diameter, with many sharp, flexible tendrils with the ability to cast electricity to prey. It lives in groups of up to 30 individuals. It moves and slowly manouvers around by using air jets on its underside, which it rarely does so as it is very sensitive to environmental changes. It has a large round mouth that it uses to devour its prey via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a thick, porous skin that allows algea to grow on it, giving it camuflage. It has very efficent anti-toxin defenses. Its tissues are slightly acidic, charged with electricity, and protected with algal growths, making it a non-target to parasites. It has a large brain, fish-like eyes, and a weak sense of electroreception. It secretes a pheromone that enchants prey that wander too close, luring them closer. Its effects marginally increase when more covylossi are together, but usually one alone takes the scene. If it can't find prey, it goes into stasis to conserve energy. It uses simple tools and attaches sharp objects onto its tentacles. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Predators | (6/6) | Prey Amount= 370-195= 175 (Stable)

Quote from: Pixie Bloodcovy | EN/70-50=20 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, omnivorous, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It produces a weak electric shock to surprise prey. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from:  Birian Fluttering Cuttlecovy | LC/75 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, carnivorous animal 40 centimeters in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It has small keratin spike teeth in its mouth to bite and kill prey. It has a very strong immune system. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a large brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from:  Slimy Tullycod | NT/85-50=35 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its skin is covered in toxic sweat, which it gets from its prey. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Clicking Bloodcovy | EN/70-50=20 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to neutralise acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from:  Flippery Cuttlecovy | EN/75-50=25 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, carnivorous animal 20 centimeters in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spike teeth in its mouth to bite and kill prey. It has a very strong immune system. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: People-eater Spermsquid | EN/70-50=20 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, carnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a hallucinogenic stinger at the tip. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in keratin scales. It has complex vocal chords. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong, crushing tentacles. It has a smart brain, sensitive tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs  It lives in tribes and forms complex social structures. It mainly targets the Domedwellers and is immune to their toxin. It follows the Elecods to pick its victims.

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Quote from: Lavaskin Hexagonbaga | LC/80-20=60 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, omnivorous animal 25 centimeters in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs on its underside. It's body is streamlined, which makes it easier for it to move. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It cleans other animals of parasites and infections.

Quote from: Domewrecker Elecod | EN/70-40=30 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 2.4 meters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body. It is a slow animal as a result. It has large keratin tusks to crack open algea trees, and keratin teeth to chew the lignite-rich tissue into a rough paste, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It also prefers to eat Domedweller's resin by brraking their nests apart. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a brain with good memory and recognition, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Lavaskin Hexturtle | LC/80-20=60 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, omnivorous animal 20 centimeters in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a self-replenishing photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It cleans other animals of parasites and infections.

Quote from: Giant Dropbass | NT/80-40=40 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins, especially to Carriercovy toxin. It has a small hyperactive brain, a pair of internal ears and large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals.

Quote from: Water-Raker Spermsquid | EN/60-40=20 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, herbivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body, moving in synch, and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two electroreceptive tentacle feelers, and fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  The Domedweller | LC/300 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, herbivorous, flat, droplet-shaped, sapient animal 5 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is covered in bright pink with bioluminescent yellow stripes. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a very fast and efficent brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It is rather toxic, making it inpalatable to most. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both parents guard. It is capable of communication using light signals, and lives in large, cooperative societies, and is able to secrete a resin-like substance to build large, dome-shaped buildings of various purposes and form sprawling colonies.

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Eke Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/11 species)

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Eke Shallows | Algea Forest | (9/11 species)]

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Quote from: Nibbler Bloodcovy | LC/80 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. It sometimes nibbles at algea. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Lungenose Dropseal | LC/80 | notquitethere

A mostly aquatic, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with two large flippers and one tail that can haul it on land with a tripodal gait. It has two pairs of sharp keratin plates to kill prey. It has a pair of lungs. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for catching prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Piranha Dropbass | NT/40 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 10 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in packs made of a dozen or so individuals.

Quote from:  Cleaning Killgore | LC/60 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, omnivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. The eggs hatch into undeveloped larvae, which mature later on. It also targets parasites on other animals.

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Quote from: Spireater Elecod | LC/90 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 2.4 meters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body. It is a slow animal as a result. It has large keratin tusks to crack open algea trees, and keratin teeth to chew the lignite-rich tissue into a rough paste, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a large brain with good memory and recognition, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Parasitoid Spermsquid | LC/75 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a hallucinogenic stinger at the tip. The poison makes the stung animal believe that the parasites eggs are of their own. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in keratin scales. It has complex vocal chords. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong, crushing tentacles. It has a large, smart brain, sensitive tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils, a snout with two nostrils for smelling, and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are then injected in the eggs of other species. It lives in tribes, uses crude tools, and forms complex social structures centered around making other animals care for their young.

Quote from:  Burrowing Krillgore | LC/60 | Blood_Librarian

A tiny, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal a centimeter in length, with two pairs of flat, hardened fins for digging into sand. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to bite algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives under the sand, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Beachlaying Hexturtle | LC/80 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of soft eggs that harden after fertilisation. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators, and lays its hardshelled eggs in soft sand.

Quote from: Grazing Hexturtle | LC/80 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs on its underside. It has keratin teeth in its mouth to chew on vegetation, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators.

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Uch Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/9 species)

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Uch Shallows | Algea Forest | (9/9 species)

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Quote from:  Uchian Handfish Whalegore | LC/80 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs with clawed ends to tear apart prey. It has a large brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is very social, and lives in large pods. The young clean the adults of parasites. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from:  Predators | (4/4) | Prey Amount=260-325=-65 (Unstable; Insufficent Prey)

Quote from: Smart Spermsquid | LC/80-15=65 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, carnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a hallucinogenic stinger at the tip. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in keratin scales. It has complex vocal chords. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong, crushing tentacles. It has a smart brain, sensitive tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs  It lives in tribes and forms complex social structures.

Quote from:  Uchian Fluttering Cuttlecovy | LC/75-15=60| TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, carnivorous animal 40 centimeters in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It has small keratin spike teeth in its mouth to bite and kill prey. It has a very strong immune system. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a large brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Pearly Megalocod | LC/90-15=75 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 80 centimeters in length, with a set of shark-like, cartilageous fins. It has small, circular scales that cover its face and back. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Sand-burrower Glowyrm | LC/80-15=65 | brangerlon

A piscine, carnivorous, vermiform animal a meter in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is blotchy sand yellow, and glows at night. It has a pair of keratin mandibles to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a small brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and sharp, fish-like eyes. It is very toxic. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both sexes guard in a nest. The fries pick at any debris or parasite the adults have on their bodies.

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Quote from: Detector Pancod | LC/65 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, electroreceptive pits on its face, and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Commando Spermsquid | LC/75 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales that can change color by chromatophores. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and fish-like eyes. It forms loose, unorganised herds. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Flying Kilgore | LC/50 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Ornate Dropbass | LC/70 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has very thick, leathery but lightweight skin with many ornate grooves on that attract mates. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals that frequently clean eachother, and also clean other animals as well

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The Sunlight Zone | Epipelagic Ocean | (7/7 species)

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Quote from:  Pelagic Handfish Whalegore | LC/80 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs with clawed ends to tear apart prey. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is immune to carriercovy toxin. It is very social, and lives in large, but anarchic pods. The adults periodically approach shallow waters so that the young whalegores can clean them. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from: Currentsurfer Bloodcovy | LC/50 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of large, sail shaped, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its has an internal sack connected to its mouth that secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, and precise echolocation and hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Remora Pancod | LC/60 | notquitethere

A piscine, parasitic, circular, flattened animal 10 centimeters in length, with two large fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch, along with a large circular organ on its back that creates blasts of sound that grants it small bursts of speed. It has a wide, round mouth filled with tiny keratin spikes to latch and draw blood from larger prey animals, which it then sucks via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It is migratory and reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs in the shallow waters.

Quote from: Pelagic Yarom | NT/40 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, carnivorous animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long keratin fangs in its mouth to stab and kill prey, which it then swallows whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a brain with large memory center, tiny, ineffective fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It is defended against the sonic shocks of pancods with skin flaps that cover its face when needed. lives in clans of a few dozen related individuals. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Migratory Shrimpgore | LC/60 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, filterfeeding, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to briefly glide in the air. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Manta Pancod | LC/80 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 50 centimeters in length, with two large fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch, along with a large circular organ on its back that creates blasts of sound that grants it small bursts of speed. It has two large, mobile brushes of baleen in its mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It is migratory and reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs in the shallow waters.

Quote from: Gargantuan Dropalina | LC/100 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, filterfeeding, droplet-shaped animal 10 meters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin baleen, It filters algea and swallows it via suction from a set of internal gills, keeping close to the waters surface to do so. It's back has symbiotic algea colonies attached. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It has vocal chords, but it can't hear. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals.

The Midnight Zone | Bathypelagic Zone | (6/7 species)

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Quote from: Deepsea Megalocod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 75 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's body is filled with a chemical that allows it to live in the deep sea. It has a small brain with large memory center, vestigial eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Floaty Bloodcovy | LC/50 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of large, sail shaped, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. A gaseous bladder controls its depth, but it can either ascend or descend with no inbetween. It has a small brain, vestigial eyes, and precise echolocation and hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Deepdweller Yarom | LC/100 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, carnivorous, flat animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long keratin fangs in its mouth to stab and kill prey, which it then swallows whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a brain with large memory center, small, vestigial fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It lives in clans of a few dozen related individuals. It has bioluminescent patches on its fins, which it uses to communicate. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Prey | (3/3) | Sea Snow Amount=Optimal (no maluses)

Quote from: Abbysal Dropeel | LC/100 | notquitethere

A serpentine, flat animal half a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to gather sea snow from the seafloor, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, small, vestigial fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepsea Sylangoes | LC/100 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, snail-esque animal 10 centimeters in size, with dozens of tiny fins that cover the exposed part of its body, moving in synch. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to eat seasnow from the sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales, an a large, spiral keratin shell. It's tissues are packed with a chemical that makes it immune to pressure. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and vestigial, small fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Spikey Crabgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, crustaceanoid, bottomfeeding, crab-shaped animal 10 centimeters in length. It has six hydraulic legs and a pair of pincers that it uses to shove seasnow into its mouth. It is covered in a hardened, bony, and very, very spikey exoskeleton and is very lightweight. It has a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in deep ocean. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs.

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Crisis... averted?

The ice age, combined with your efforts to combat the carriercovies have resulted in you being able to halt their spread.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 16, 2023, 05:25:50 pm

Also, the game needs a format change of sorts...

Each individual post in the forum can be no longer than 40.000 characters. Turn 8 right here is about 36.000.

I'll be looking at alternative ways to post. But landfall is postponed indefinitely.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 16, 2023, 05:49:19 pm

1. Lavaskin Hexagonbaga now forms schools to protect themselves from predators and to preserve more heat
ss. Lavaskin Hexturtle develops claw/spikes at the ends of their limbs to protect themselves from predators
2. Lavaskin Hexagonbaga develops tail fins to be better propel themselves
3. Lavaskin Hexturtle speciates:
    a. develops sharp keratin teeth and starts eating other fish
    b. develops ears to hear predators(if it already has ears, better hearing)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on September 16, 2023, 05:49:56 pm

Is there a reason I have 3 different versions of the same animal?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 16, 2023, 05:52:17 pm

Quote from: TricMagic on September 16, 2023, 05:49:56 pm

Is there a reason I have 3 different versions of the same animal?

Wait, 3?

There is one in Bir and one in Uch. Where is the third?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on September 16, 2023, 08:06:01 pm

Parasitoid Spermsquid:
-[1] Develop it's keratin scales into thick scaly skin giving it better protection.
-[2] Develop it's flippers into legs each with webbed toed claws.
-[SS] Develop vocal communication for primative language.
-[3] Speciate the above:
--[3a]Develop primative shelters using tools and tenctacles on the beachs.
--[3b] Develop a powerful crocdile like mouth to allow for predation.

Time for the rise of reptillian like squids.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 17, 2023, 06:27:25 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on September 16, 2023, 05:25:50 pm

Also, the game needs a format change of sorts...

Each individual post in the forum can be no longer than 40.000 characters. Turn 8 right here is about 36.000.

I'll be looking at alternative ways to post. But landfall is postponed indefinitely.

I suggest splitting the turn posts into two; split right when Uch Island begins

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on September 17, 2023, 06:53:18 pm

1: Hearing for Gargantuan Dropalina
2: ability to produce sonic attacks for  Gargantuan Dropalina
3: being able to weather cold climate for Piranha Dropbass
SS: Defense against sonic attacks for Gargantuan Dropalina

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on September 18, 2023, 10:25:08 am

I feel like such a fool for sending my beast to Uch instead of Bir.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on September 18, 2023, 10:40:40 am

Uchian Fluttering Cuttlecovy
Add fat to better retain heat and nutrients.
A strong heart to circulate blood.
A better brain to handle hunting.
SS: A multi-layered mouth capable of both sucking blood and eating the flesh of prey.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: FiveBalesOfHay on September 18, 2023, 11:23:57 am

Pelagic Yarom:
- Increase brain size
- Develop better eyes
- Learn to pick parasites off of other clan members
- SS: Hunt in packs

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on September 18, 2023, 11:30:34 am

Oh ho ho. I'm going to be very wicked this round. Very wicked indeed.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 18, 2023, 02:15:33 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on September 18, 2023, 11:30:34 am

Oh ho ho. I'm going to be very wicked this round. Very wicked indeed.

... should we be concerned?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 18, 2023, 03:16:08 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on September 18, 2023, 02:15:33 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on September 18, 2023, 11:30:34 am

Oh ho ho. I'm going to be very wicked this round. Very wicked indeed.

... should we be concerned?

Yes.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on September 18, 2023, 06:45:48 pm

Bir Shallows
[SS] Speciate Slimy Tullycod
A: Elongate fins to maximise chance of brushing against prey with toxic sweat
B: Mutate a powerful tail for speed and bashing others -> Move to Eke Shallows

Eke Shallows
Speciate Lungenose Dropseal
A: Evolve internal egg-laying pouch to protect eggs from predation and parasitism
B: Increase size through bigger bone structure -> Send to Uch Shallows

Uch Shallows
Speciate Pearly Megalocod
A: Improve musculature, for more powerful biting, swimming and size
B: Develop protective layer of fat, increasing size but mostly to protect against electrogenesis -> move to Bir Shallows

Open Ocean
Speciate Deepsea Megalocod
A: Spiral-form bodyplan, corkscrewing through the water, to amplify the vortex that sucks things into its mouth
B: Improve intelligence, evolving social sense to hunt in pods

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 18, 2023, 07:24:53 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on September 16, 2023, 05:49:19 pm

1. Lavaskin Hexagonbaga now forms schools to protect themselves from predators and to preserve more heat
ss. Lavaskin Hexturtle develops claw/spikes at the ends of their limbs to protect themselves from predators
2. Lavaskin Hexagonbaga develops tail fins to be better propel themselves
3. Lavaskin Hexturtle speciates:
    a. develops sharp keratin teeth and starts eating other fish
    b. develops ears to hear predators(if it already has ears, better hearing)

I want to edit my turn a little:
2. the specific tail fin is forked Homocercal fin
3a. I want the adults to develop sharp teeth. What I mean by this is that the juveniles retain the cleaning and basking style baleen while the adults grow sharp keratin teeth and solely eats other fish.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 18, 2023, 07:48:10 pm

Will post either sometime tomorrow or the day after

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on September 19, 2023, 12:41:07 pm

for the Domedweller
1: develop agriculture
2: improve dome strength
ss: more vibrant color

for Sand-burrower Glowyrm
3:speciate
3A: turn the four fins into an ovipositor
3B: deepsea chemical and move to midnight zone

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on September 19, 2023, 01:14:09 pm

Still not sure what notquitethere, master plan is with those choices yet...

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on September 19, 2023, 01:37:15 pm

I swear NQT is going try to drown everyone out via sheer volume of species or something like that

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on September 19, 2023, 03:01:02 pm

Here's a quick look at one way of scoring the game (though the nice thing is, everyone can aim for different personal win conditions):

NQT: 10 species in 10 niches
TricMagic 8 species in 5 niches
Blood Librarian: 7 species in 7 niches
Flazeo25 6 species in 6 niches
Canadian Kitten 4 species in 4 niches
Crystalizedmine 4 species in 2 niches
brangerlon 2 species in 2 niches
FiveBalesOfHay 2 species in 2 niches
Knightwing 1 species in 1 niche
44/47 slots taken

(I've defined "niche" here as apex/predator/prey in each biome.)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on September 19, 2023, 03:23:52 pm

Isn't the hard part of that plan then to outcompete other creatures in other biomes if your speciating to it, since replacing a creature harder.

But I can see somewhat now what your doing.

Your speciating Deepsea Megalocod to maintain it's predator postion while trying to get one of it's two slipts as apex, likely the spiral form has better chance if dice rolls in favor.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on September 19, 2023, 03:37:32 pm

You're right that I've got my sights on the Apex position, and rolling the dice on which of the two might have chance. But the key thing is, even if both fail, they have a good chance of making a rival species extinct. My thinking in displacement is that if I try and displace into areas where my species is more populous than the least-populous rival, then I have a good chance of displacing them (though it's not certain as creatures are adapted to the other creatures in their area). I don't think all 8 dice rolls will go my way, but spreading the risk around seems like a safer approach. Spreading the species around makes it more likely that an evolutionary branch will survive, in case a big shock makes them non-viable in any given biome.

In the last game, Knightwing also focused on one mega species, while I speciated loads and Tric speciated and then merged his creatures.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on September 19, 2023, 04:21:53 pm

In this game I'm focusing on one overall species, with selection determining which survive and become the primary.
Parasites will never be Apex, but you can't really get rid of them

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on September 19, 2023, 04:24:21 pm

Is merging possible here?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 19, 2023, 04:37:17 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on September 19, 2023, 03:01:02 pm

Knightwing 1 species in 1 niche

I see that Knightwing still hasn't speciated.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on September 19, 2023, 06:00:18 pm

Quote from: flazeo25 on September 19, 2023, 04:24:21 pm

Is merging possible here?

Probably not easily. TricMagic's whole gimmick in the last game was cross-speciating spore stuff. He eventually merged a bunch of them into a sort of hivemind, somehow. Magma allowed other weird creative stuff like:

- a creature that was so big it became a biome
- environment-destroying civilisation
- domestication

Quote from: TricMagic on September 19, 2023, 04:21:53 pm

In this game I'm focusing on one overall species, with selection determining which survive and become the primary.
Parasites will never be Apex, but you can't really get rid of them

Probably easier than trying to juggle half a dozen different branches.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on September 20, 2023, 12:09:43 am

1. Speciate Uchian Handfish Whalegore
1A. Secondary strikers adapted towards spearing smaller prey items as well as personal grooming
1B. Send to Eke Shallows
2. Spikey Crabcore - Bigger
3. Spikey Crabgore - Speciate
3a. Send to Eke Shallows
3b. Adapt towards shallows life, as well as eating Algae with its big wonkey claws.
SS.  Support 2. Doesnt matter if they become spider crabs or  large bodied coconut crab esqued beings I suppose. What matters is that they are basically indestructable gigabeings with very poor prospects of any predator or parasite to get at it in my opinion going to a place that has no near peer equivalent -- except for the newly introduced whalegore.

I really wanted to try for a avatar mind thing but I thought of it too late to populate it early in the evolutionary tree.

Maybe some type of big excel sheet on google could be a acceptable replacement for the turns? The frmat seems easy to replicate on the excel sheet and it might even look good.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 21, 2023, 12:40:47 pm

Will post later today after the bus ride and etc.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 21, 2023, 06:10:25 pm

So, is it after your bus ride now?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on September 21, 2023, 06:25:57 pm

The bus consumed knightwing  :(

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 21, 2023, 08:53:17 pm

1: Specialize the bio electricity in a way that it specifically targets the muscles and various important organs to paralyze so they die due to their heart not pumping blood or etc.

2: MOAR TOOLS, MORE SMART, EMBRACE SUPERIORITY

3: Increase muscles to flex and push in the direction where they use their air bursts, allowing for faster movement and greater agility.

SS: Fix environmental adaption.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on September 22, 2023, 07:15:49 am

Electricity doesn't work that way Knightwing. You want to increase Current, which means much much faster electricity. 

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 22, 2023, 10:47:40 am

The predator counter for the sunlight zone says it has 2 out of 3 predator slots filled even though it lists 3 predators

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 7 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 22, 2023, 04:49:49 pm

notquitethere
SS: Speciate Slimy Tullycod
  A: Lionfish fins
  B: Strong tail and send to Eke Shallows
1: Speciate Lungenose Dropseal
  A: Ovoviviparity
  B: Increase size and send to Uch Shallows
2: Speciate Pearly Megalocod
  A: Improve musculature
  B: Blubber and send to Bir Shallows
3: Speciate Deepsea Megalocod
  A: Spiral body shape
  B: Improve brain

Knightwing64
1: Improve bioelectric shocks
2: Improve brain
3: More dynamic body
SS: Fix environmental adaptation

The Canadian Kitten
1: Hearing for Gargantuan Dropalina
2: Sonic shock attacks for Gargantuan Dropalina
3: Mesothermal metabolism for Piranha Dropbass
SS: Soundproof front skin for Gargantuan Dropalina

TricMagic
1: Blubber for Uchian Fluttering Cuttlecovy
2: Better heart for Uchian Fluttering Cuttlecovy
3: Improved brain for Uchian Fluttering Cuttlecovy
SS: Improve mouth to eat meat as well as blood

flazeo25
1: Scutes for Parasitoid Spermsquid
2: Legs with webbed feet for Parasitoid Spermsquid
SS: Primitive language ability
3: Speciate the above
  A: Building shelters on beaches with mud
  B: Crocodilian jaws

brangerlon
1: Agriculture for The Domedwellers
2: Better resin
SS: DYEURS COLOURES
3: Speciate Sandburrower Glowyrm
  A: Fins into ovipositors
  B: Deepsea adaptations and send to The Midnight Zone

Blood_Librarian (This... isn't how speciation works at all.)
1: Speciate Uchian Handfish Whalegore
  A: Secondary appendages adapt for small prey and grooming
  B: Send to Eke Shallows
2: Larger size for Spikey Crabgore
3: Speciate the above
  A: Adapt to shallow sea and send to Eke Shallows
  B: ...
SS: Support action 2

Crystalizedmine
1: Prosocial behavior for Lavaskin Hexagonbaga
2: Claws for Lavaskin Hexturtle
3: Tail fin for Lavaskin Hexagonbaga
SS: Speciate 2
  A: Omnivory
  B: Hearing

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Bigger brain for Pelagic Yarom
2: Better eyes for Pelagic Yarom
3: Prosocial cleaning
SS: Pack hunting

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on September 24, 2023, 12:51:25 pm

3: Speciate the above
  A: Adapt to shallow sea and send to Eke Shallows
  B: Adapt locomotive ability to for short bursts of movement / leaping for more effective predation or escape.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on September 26, 2023, 04:51:36 pm

Looking good.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 27, 2023, 07:54:21 pm

I was just about to apologize for not posting because my great grandpa just passed away and the funeral really ruined my mood but it seems like I’m not late soooo

Joy

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on September 29, 2023, 11:29:37 pm

So you're still alive right?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on September 30, 2023, 09:43:45 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on September 29, 2023, 11:29:37 pm

So you're still alive right?

I LIIIIIIIVE!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 9 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 01, 2023, 04:43:32 pm

Turn 9

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The Events

Strength: 100 (Very Powerful)
Timeframe: (Single Turn)
Temperament: 5 (Convenient)

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The World

Minor Ice Age (3 Turns Left)

The ground rumbles. The sea shakes. The air churns.

Clouds swirl up above. And from inside it, three strange, gigantic beings descend down into the sea and onto Bir Shallows.

It is a group of spheres colored in different shades of gray, with many long tentacles coming from under them. On their "face" are glowing lights of various shapes and amounts. On their backs are giant wings made of metal blades.

The beings start walking towards the nearest dome to test their observations. They approach a colony and take a gander around it while the lesser species either get away or stare in awe.

It was a simple coincidence when they noticed the presence of sapience in their world. But for them -and luckily for you- they see its emergence as a welcome surprise rather than something bad.

They quickly fly into the sky and dissappear after being satisfied with their research.

Who and what were these curious strangers? What were they doing here?

I think you already know.

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Smart Spermsquid, Clicking Bloodcovy, Floaty Bloodcovy, Savage Scutelizard, Deepsea Glowyrm, Water-Raker Spermsquid,

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Actions

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

notquitethere
SS: Speciate Slimy Tullycod:
  A: Lionfish fins: 1+1=2
  B: Strong tail and send to Eke Shallows: 7
1: Speciate Lungenose Dropseal:
  A: Ovoviviparity: 2+1=3
  B: Gigantism and send to Uch Shallows: 3
2: Speciate Pearly Megalocod:
  A: Improve musculature: 3+1=4
  B: Blubber and send to Bir Shallows: 3
3: Speciate Deepsea Megalocod:
  A: Spiral body shape: 2
  B: Improve brain: 1+1=2

Knightwing64 (dem rolls) (like wow)
1: Improve bioelectric shocks: 5+1= 5*
2: Improve brain: 4+1= 5
3: More dynamic body= 5+1= 5*
SS: Fix environmental adaptation: 6+1=7

The Canadian Kitten
1: Hearing for Gargantuan Dropalina: 4
2: Sonic shock attacks for Gargantuan Dropalina: 3
3: Mesothermal metabolism for Piranha Dropbass: 2
SS: Soundproof front skin for Gargantuan Dropalina: 3

TricMagic
1: Blubber for Uchian Fluttering Cuttlecovy: 5
2: Better heart for Uchian Fluttering Cuttlecovy: 2+1=3
3: Improved brain for Uchian Fluttering Cuttlecovy: 1+1=2
SS: Improve mouth to eat meat as well as blood: 3+1=4

flazeo25
1: Scutes for Parasitoid Spermsquid: 2+1=3
2: Legs with webbed feet for Parasitoid Spermsquid: 2+1=3
SS: Primitive language ability: 4
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Building shelters on beaches with mud: 2
  B: Crocodilian jaws: 1+1=2

brangerlon
1: Agriculture for The Domedwellers: 5
2: Better resin: 2+1=3
SS: DYEURS COLOURES: 1
3: Speciate Sandburrower Glowyrm
  A: Fins into ovipositors: 5+1= 5*
  B: Deepsea adaptations and send to The Midnight Zone: 3

Blood_Librarian
1: Speciate Uchian Handfish Whalegore
  A: Secondary appendages adapt for small prey and grooming: 4+1=5
  B: Send to Eke Shallows: 4
2: Larger size for Spikey Crabgore: 2+(-2)= 0 (sorry)
3: Speciate the above:
  A: Adapt to shallow sea and send to Eke Shallows: N/A
  B: Short bursts of speed: N/A
SS: Support action 2: 2

Crystalizedmine
1: Prosocial behavior for Lavaskin Hexagonbaga: 4+1=5
2: Claws for Lavaskin Hexturtle: 3+1=4
3: Tail fin for Lavaskin Hexagonbaga: 5
SS: Speciate 2:
  A: Omnivory: 5
  B: Hearing: 7

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Bigger brain for Pelagic Yarom: 2+1=3
2: Better eyes for Pelagic Yarom: 1+1=2
3: Prosocial cleaning: 4+1=5
SS: Pack hunting: 2+1=3

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Quote from: The Bir Island

Bir Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/13 species)

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Bir Shallows | Algea Forest | (13/13 species)

Spoiler: Local Species (click to show/hide)

Quote from:  Apex Predators | (1/1) | 580-600= -20 (Unstable; Insufficent Prey)

Quote from: Loudcryer Covylossal | LC/100-40=60 | Knightwing64

A large, carnivorous, perfectly rotund, extremely adaptable animal 4 meters in diameter, with many sharp, flexible tendrils with the ability to powerfully cast electricity to prey. It lives in groups of up to 30 individuals. It moves and manouvers around by using air jets on its underside. It has a large round mouth that it uses to devour its prey via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a thick, porous skin that allows algea to grow on it, giving it camuflage. It has very efficent anti-toxin defenses. Its tissues are slightly acidic, charged with electricity, and protected with algal growths, making it a non-target to parasites. It has a very large brain, fish-like eyes, and a sense of electroreception. It secretes a pheromone that enchants prey that wander too close, luring them closer. Its effects marginally increase when more covylossi are together, but usually one alone takes the scene. If it can't find prey, it goes into stasis to conserve energy. It uses tools and attaches sharp, or otherwise useful objects onto its tentacles. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Predators | (6/6) | Prey Amount= 370-210= 160 (Stable)

Quote from: Pixie Bloodcovy | EN/70-50=20 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, omnivorous, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It produces a weak electric shock to surprise prey. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from:  Birian Fluttering Cuttlecovy | LC/75 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, carnivorous animal 40 centimeters in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It has small keratin spike teeth in its mouth to bite and kill prey. It has a very strong immune system. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a large brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from:  Spiny Tullycod | EN/70-50=20 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with dozens of long, spine-like fins that cover its body, slowly moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its skin is covered in poisonous sweat, which it accumulates from its prey. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Pear-ly Megalocod | LC/100-50=50 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, pear-shaped animal 90 centimeters in length, with a set of shark-like, cartilageous fins. It has small, circular scales that cover its face and back and has a thick layer of subdermal fat. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Flippery Cuttlecovy | EN/75-50=25 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, carnivorous animal 20 centimeters in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spike teeth in its mouth to bite and kill prey. It has a very strong immune system. Its mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: People-eater Spermsquid | EN/70-50=20 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, carnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a hallucinogenic stinger at the tip. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in keratin scales. It has complex vocal chords. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong, crushing tentacles. It has a smart brain, sensitive tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs  It lives in tribes and forms complex social structures. It mainly targets the Domedwellers and is immune to their toxin. It follows the Elecods to pick its victims.

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Quote from: Tailed Hexagonbaga | LC/90-20=70 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, omnivorous animal 40 centimeters in length, with a large tail and three pairs of small, stubby limbs on its underside. It's body is streamlined, which makes it easier for it to move. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It lives in large herds and cleans others of parasites and infections.

Quote from: Domewrecker Elecod | EN/70-40=30 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 2.4 meters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body. It is a slow animal as a result. It has large keratin tusks to crack open algea trees, and keratin teeth to chew the lignite-rich tissue into a rough paste, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It also prefers to eat Domedweller's resin by brraking their nests apart. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a brain with good memory and recognition, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Lavaskin Hexturtle | LC/80-20=60 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, very omnivorous animal 20 centimeters in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs that end in claws on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a self-replenishing photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It cleans other animals of parasites and infections.

Quote from: Giant Dropbass | NT/80-40=40 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins, especially to Carriercovy toxin. It has a small hyperactive brain, a pair of internal ears and large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals.

Quote from: Earful Hexturtle | LC/90-20=70 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, omnivorous animal 20 centimeters in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs that end in claws on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a self-replenishing photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, internal ears, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It cleans other animals of parasites and infections.

Quote from:  The Domedweller | LC/300 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, herbivorous, flat, droplet-shaped, sapient animal 5 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is covered in all sorts of bright colors with bioluminescent stripes. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a very fast and efficent brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It is rather toxic, making it inpalatable to most. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both parents guard. It is capable of communication using light signals, and lives in large, cooperative societies, and is able to secrete a hard, resin-like substance to build large, dome-shaped buildings and form sprawling colonies surrounded by curated algea fields.

Domedwellers only mate and emphasize with ones that are similar in color. So they are very racist to eachother and are now separated into many different regional subspecies that are in constant warfare.

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Eke Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/11 species)

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Quote from:  Ekean Handfish Whalegore | LC/80 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs with clawed ends to tear apart prey. It has a large brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is very social, and lives in large pods. The young clean the adults of parasites. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from: Nibbler Bloodcovy | LC/80 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. It sometimes nibbles at algea. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. It's mouth secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain, along with a basic compound to stave off acidity. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Eggcarrying Dropseal | LC/80 | notquitethere

A mostly aquatic, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with two large flippers and one tail that can haul it on land with a tripodal gait. It has two pairs of sharp keratin plates to kill prey. It has a pair of lungs. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for catching prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. Mother releases a porous egg pouch and retracts back after fertilisation and hatches them inside.

Quote from: Piranha Dropbass | NT/45 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, carnivorous, weakly mesothermic, droplet-shaped animal 10 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in packs made of a dozen or so individuals.

Quote from: Cleaning Killgore | LC/60 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, omnivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. The eggs hatch into undeveloped larvae, which mature later on. It also targets parasites on other animals.

Quote from: Speedy Tullycod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter and a half in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body. It has a long, strong, finned tail. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its skin is covered in toxic sweat, which it gets from its prey. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from: Spireater Elecod | LC/90 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 2.4 meters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body. It is a slow animal as a result. It has large keratin tusks to crack open algea trees, and keratin teeth to chew the lignite-rich tissue into a rough paste, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a large brain with good memory and recognition, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Beachdwelling Scutelizard | LC/90 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 30  centimeters in length, with four legs with webbed feet and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a hallucinogenic stinger at the tip. The poison makes the stung animal believe that the parasites eggs are of their own. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in long keratin scutes. It has complex vocal chords and ability to form primitive languages. On either side of its mouth are four long, crushing tentacles. It has a large, smart brain, sensitive tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils, a snout with two nostrils for smelling, and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are then injected in the eggs of other species. It lives in tribes, constructs mud dwellings on beaches, uses crude tools, and forms complex social structures centered around making other animals care for their young.

Quote from:  Burrowing Krillgore | LC/60 | Blood_Librarian

A tiny, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal a centimeter in length, with two pairs of flat, hardened fins for digging into sand. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to bite algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives under the sand, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Beachlaying Hexturtle | LC/80 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of soft eggs that harden after fertilisation. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators, and lays its hardshelled eggs in soft sand.

Quote from: Grazing Hexturtle | LC/80 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs on its underside. It has keratin teeth in its mouth to chew on vegetation, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators.

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Uch Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/9 species)

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Uch Shallows | Algea Forest | (9/9 species)

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Quote from:  Uchian Handfish Whalegore | LC/85 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs of various sizes with clawed ends to tear apart prey of various sizes and are also used in self-grooming. It has a large brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is very social, and lives in large pods. The young clean the adults of parasites. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from: Lungenose Dropseal | LC/80 | notquitethere

A mostly aquatic, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with two large flippers and one tail that can haul it on land with a tripodal gait. It has two pairs of sharp keratin plates to kill prey. It has a pair of lungs. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for catching prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Sabertooth Cuttlecovy | LC/100-15=85 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, carnivorous animal 50 centimeters in length, with a layer of subdermal fat and a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It two pairs of long, hollow canines in its mouth to suck blood and tear flesh apart. It has a very strong heart and immune system. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a very large brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Pearly Megalocod | LC/90-15=75 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 80 centimeters in length, with a set of shark-like, cartilageous fins. It has small, circular scales that cover its face and back. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. Its muscles are very powerful. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Sand-burrower Glowyrm | LC/80-15=65 | brangerlon

A piscine, carnivorous, vermiform animal a meter in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is blotchy sand yellow, and glows at night. It has a pair of keratin mandibles to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a small brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and sharp, fish-like eyes. It is very toxic. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both sexes guard in a nest. The female has an ovipositor instead of back fins. The fries pick at any debris or parasite the adults have on their bodies.

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Quote from: Detector Pancod | LC/65 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 15 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, electroreceptive pits on its face, and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Commando Spermsquid | LC/75 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales that can change color by chromatophores. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and fish-like eyes. It forms loose, unorganised herds. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Flying Kilgore | LC/50 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Ornate Dropbass | LC/70 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has very thick, leathery but lightweight skin with many ornate grooves on that attract mates. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals that frequently clean eachother, and also clean other animals as well

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The Sunlight Zone | Epipelagic Ocean | (7/7 species)

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Quote from:  Pelagic Handfish Whalegore | LC/80 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs with clawed ends to tear apart prey. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is immune to carriercovy toxin. It is very social, and lives in large, but anarchic pods. The adults periodically approach shallow waters so that the young whalegores can clean them. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from: Currentsurfer Bloodcovy | LC/50 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, endoparasitic animal a centimeter in length, with a pair of large, sail shaped, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cup ends, moving in synch. It has small keratin spikes in its mouth to stick onto larger animals, burying its head and feeding off their blood. Its body produces an antidote against Carriercovy toxin. Its has an internal sack connected to its mouth that secretes a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the host from feeling its pain. It has a small brain, fish-like eyes, and precise echolocation and hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Remora Pancod | LC/60 | notquitethere

A piscine, parasitic, circular, flattened animal 10 centimeters in length, with two large fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch, along with a large circular organ on its back that creates blasts of sound that grants it small bursts of speed. It has a wide, round mouth filled with tiny keratin spikes to latch and draw blood from larger prey animals, which it then sucks via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It is migratory and reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs in the shallow waters.

Quote from: Mob Yarom | LC/60 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, carnivorous animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long keratin fangs in its mouth to stab and kill prey, which it then swallows whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a large brain with large memory center, small fish-like eyes without color vision, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It is defended against the sonic shocks of pancods with skin flaps that cover its face when needed. lives in clans of forty or so related individuals that mob large prey and clean eachother. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Migratory Shrimpgore | LC/60 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, filterfeeding, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to briefly glide in the air. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Manta Pancod | LC/80 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 50 centimeters in length, with two large fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch, along with a large circular organ on its back that creates blasts of sound that grants it small bursts of speed. It has two large, mobile brushes of baleen in its mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It is migratory and reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs in the shallow waters.

Quote from: Gargantuan Dropalina | LC/100 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, filterfeeding, droplet-shaped animal 10 meters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin baleen, It filters algea and swallows it via suction from a set of internal gills, keeping close to the waters surface to do so. It's back has symbiotic algea colonies attached. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small hyperactive brain, large, fish-like eyes and internal ears. It has vocal chords that it uses to produce sonic blasts, and thickened skin on its face be resist its effects. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals.

The Midnight Zone | Bathypelagic Zone | (6/7 species)

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Quote from: Deepsea Spiralcod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, spring-shaped animal a meter in length. It slowly spirals in the water in search of prey. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's body is filled with a chemical that allows it to live in the deep sea. It has a small brain with large memory center, vestigial eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepsea Megalocod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 75 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's body is filled with a chemical that allows it to live in the deep sea. It has a small, hyperactive brain with a large memory center, vestigial eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepdweller Yarom | LC/100 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, carnivorous, flat animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long keratin fangs in its mouth to stab and kill prey, which it then swallows whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a brain with large memory center, small, vestigial fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It lives in clans of a few dozen related individuals. It has bioluminescent patches on its fins, which it uses to communicate. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Prey | (3/3) | Sea Snow Amount=Optimal (no maluses)

Quote from: Abbysal Dropeel | LC/100 | notquitethere

A serpentine, flat animal half a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to gather sea snow from the seafloor, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, small, vestigial fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepsea Sylangoes | LC/100 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, snail-esque animal 10 centimeters in size, with dozens of tiny fins that cover the exposed part of its body, moving in synch. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to eat seasnow from the sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales, an a large, spiral keratin shell. It's tissues are packed with a chemical that makes it immune to pressure. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and vestigial, small fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Spikey Crabgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, crustaceanoid, bottomfeeding, crab-shaped animal 10 centimeters in length. It has six hydraulic legs and a pair of pincers that it uses to shove seasnow into its mouth. It is covered in a hardened, bony, and very, very spikey exoskeleton and is very lightweight. It has a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in deep ocean. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs.

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All turns will be in 2 pieces from now on. Yea looks weird, but it works.

Yea I am ripping off the Meta-Humans (https://www.deviantart.com/abiogenisis/art/Contact-523746143), so what?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on October 01, 2023, 05:22:52 pm

Sabertooth Cuttlecovy
Develop Brain. (Rolled a 2, so bonus)
Develop Hearing. (Pretty sure that rolled low at some point too. Not too sure)
Develop Sight. (Never rolled but eyes.)
SS Role: Give live births instead, hosting the eggs within their own body and mating.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on October 01, 2023, 05:34:04 pm

Hmm what's my beachdwelling currently missing to prevent becoming sapient. Also damn xenos are watching us.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 02, 2023, 06:16:07 am

Quote from: flazeo25 on October 01, 2023, 05:34:04 pm

Hmm what's my beachdwelling currently missing to prevent becoming sapient. Also damn xenos are watching us.

You need to vote for it.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on October 02, 2023, 03:50:43 pm

1. Beachlaying Hexturtle develops a whale-like tail
ss. Beachlaying Hexturtle develops a bigger brain for processing information
2. Beachlaying Hexturtle speciates:
    a. Hearing
    b. internal fertilization and live birth, send to uch shallows
3. Grazing Hexturtle speciates:
    a. Alongside the keratin molars, it develops two sharp teeth(This does not mean that I'm switching out keratin molars) to defend themselves
    b. Develop claws at the ends of the limbs, send to uch shallows

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on October 03, 2023, 08:18:53 am

for sandburrowing glowyrm

1: turn front fins into claws for digging

2: develop hearing

3: become fully subterranean

Ss: Parthenogenesis when necessary

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on October 03, 2023, 08:48:35 am

1.Speciate Spikey Crabgore
A. Incorporate Alkaline agents inside the shell to to reduce parasitization
B. Adapt to shallows, send to Bir Shallows
2. Speciate Pelagic Uchian Handfish Whalegore
A. Develop chemoreceptive sense of Smell
B. Thickened bottom "skin" to allow it to survive ram maneuvers in very shallow water, as well as altered fins to let it un beach itself. Send to Bir Shallows.
3. Uch Shallows Flying Kilgore develop  the capability to to enter up stream & rivers and such to have mating seasons in the isolated and hopefully better (for their spawn) conditions, where they'll probably die depending on how intense the river was.
SS: Migratory Shrimpgore adapt a cold blooded  analogous body chemistry to conserve energy in difficult times where the temperature is low and the algae is few inbetween. basically they slow down and conserve energy when it is cold, while also gaining chemical compounds to survive and exit this state when the time comes.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: FiveBalesOfHay on October 05, 2023, 09:33:38 am

1. Mob Yarom: Develop color vision
2. Speciate Mob Yarom:
    a. Develop a pair of large nostrils to hunt down prey by scent
    b. Greatly increase size and strength of keratin fangs and send to Eke Shallows
3. b: Learn to dig out burrows in the sand as well as inside the largest algae trees with its strong fangs
SS: b: Create large, social colonies of many interconnected burrows

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on October 05, 2023, 10:17:45 am

1: larger size for Gargantuan Dropalina 
2: internal fertilization of eggs for Gargantuan Dropalina
3: larger brain for Gargantuan Dropalina
SS: sense of smell for Gargantuan Dropalina

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 05, 2023, 01:51:49 pm

notquitethere
1: Better smelling for Deepsea Spiralcod
2: Improve brain
3: Better muscles
SS: Speciate the above
  A: Improve brain for movement
  B: Improve eyes and send to Sunlight Zone

Knightwing64
1: ...
2: ...
3: ...
SS: ...

The Canadian Kitten (You are going full whale route, huh)
1: Larger size for Gargantuan Dropalina (Regardless of this rolls success, dropalina population will shrink. There is only so much food.)
2: Ovoviviparity
3: Largee brain
SS: Sense of smell

TricMagic
1: Bigger brain for Sabertooth Cuttlecovy
2: Better hearing
3: Improve sight
SS: Ovoviviparity

flazeo25
1: Lubber for People-eater Spermsquid (How do you turn scales to fat? Also both can exist)
2: Speciate the above
  A: Develop giant maw
  B: Develop giant maw and send to Uch Shallows
3: Komodo dragon head for Beachdwelling Scutelizard
SS: Acid Spit

brangerlon
1: Front digging claws for Sandburrower Glowyrm
2: Develop hearing
3: Become sea mole
SS: Parthenogenesis

Blood_Librarian
1: Speciate Spikey Crabgore
  A: Alkaline shell to resist parasites
  B: Adapt and send to Bir Shallows
2: Speciate Pelagic(?) Uchian(?) Handfish Whalegore (which?)
  A: Sense of smell
  B: Coastal hunting adaptations (will have some other consequences)
3: (There are no rivers.)
SS: Torpor for Migratory Shrimpgore

Crystalizedmine
1: Horizontal tail for Beachlaying Hexturtle
SS: Bigger Brain for Beachlaying Hexturtle
2: Speciate the above
  A: Hearing
  B: Ovoviviparity and send to Uch Shallows
3: Speciate Grazing Hexturtle
  A: Tusks
  B: Claws and send to Uch Shallows

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Color vision for Mob Yarom
2: Speciate Mob Yarom
  A: Sense of smell by olfactory holes
  B: Improve the keratin fangs and send to Eke Shallows
3: Interconnected burrows
SS: Communality

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on October 05, 2023, 03:29:50 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on October 05, 2023, 01:51:49 pm

The Canadian Kitten (You are going full whale route, huh)
1: Larger size for Gargantuan Dropalina (Regardless of this rolls success, dropalina population will shrink. There is only so much food.)
2: Ovoviviparity
3: Largee brain
SS: Sense of smell

I think Canadian Kitten forgot one very important part of whale%, go on land and return to water.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on October 05, 2023, 04:52:39 pm

People-eater Spermsquid:
-[1] Develop it's scales into layers of fat covered by mollusk skin to protect it from cold.
-[2] Speciate the above:
--[2A] Develop giant crunching maw
--[2B] Develop giant crunching maw and send to Uch Shallows

 Beachdwelling Scutelizard:
-[SS] Develop acid spit using acid glands and stomach acid.
-[3] Develop it's mouth and head partily into savage komodo dragon like one.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on October 05, 2023, 05:36:57 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on October 05, 2023, 03:29:50 pm

I think Canadian Kitten forgot one very important part of whale%, go on land and return to water.

Fortunately, I can evolve whatever I want without generally having to conditions animals had to drastically change. Unfortunely, I don't think my whales can go on land to eat stuff yet.

Maybe shark time?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on October 06, 2023, 07:35:38 pm

I'll swap to to clarify that I am using the Uchian Handfish Whalegore.

 I'll swap 3 to
"Uch Shallows Flying Kilgore: Develops Sense of smell to accrue Algae better & avoid predation.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on October 07, 2023, 07:17:14 pm

Will post tomorrow

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on October 09, 2023, 06:07:49 pm

Knightwing and NQT, how are your turns going?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on October 09, 2023, 06:36:20 pm

Got bogged down with a load of other stuff but let's see if we can't get to apex:

Mutate Deepsea Spiralcod
1. Improve smelling, increase nostril sensitivity to smell futher
2. Improve brain size, focusing on scent discernment/detection
3. Strengthen musculature to speed up the spiral motion through the ocean
Speciate and [SS]
4A: Improve brain, focusing on gyroscopic senses for more graceful corkscrewing
4B: Unvestigialise the eyes and send to Sunlight Zone

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on October 11, 2023, 07:29:50 pm

Apologies for giving false hope, I will post tomorrow after my dentist appointment

(I got grounded 😭)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 12, 2023, 02:35:15 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on October 11, 2023, 07:29:50 pm

Apologies for giving false hope, I will post tomorrow after my dentist appointment

(I got grounded 😭)

plz voet

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on October 12, 2023, 03:04:24 pm

Take Nakeen's approach, and let time move on.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on October 12, 2023, 06:38:16 pm

Is it after your dentist appointment now?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on October 12, 2023, 07:13:22 pm

1: Make the eggs of the species emit a foul smelling odor, discouraging species from eating it and allowing it’s parents to track it if somehow lost.

2: Enhance eyes, copying the mantis shrimp

3: Moar smart

SS: more efficient body, able to subsist on less amounts of food in response to the lower amount of prey.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 14, 2023, 04:13:33 pm

Turn 10

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The Events

Strength: 89 (Major Event)
Timeframe: 4 (Single Turn)
Temperament: 1 (Awful Stuff)

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The World

Minor Ice Age (2 Turns Left)

The climate has gotten colder once again. Even though it is a geologically short one, it is still a few thousand year long cold spell. This has consequences, as you can tell. -40 population malus. Death to the vulnerable!

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Currentsurfer Bloodcovy, People-eater Spermsquid, Giant Dropbass, Flying Kilgore, Detector Pancod, Nibbler Bloodcovy, Pixie Bloodcovy, Flippery Cuttlecovy are extinct.

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notquitethere
1: Better smelling for Deepsea Spiralcod: 4+1=5
2: Improve brain: 1+1=2
3: Better muscles: 3+1=4
SS: Speciate the above:
  A: Improve brain for movement: 5+1: 6
  B: Improve eyes and send to Sunlight Zone: 3+1: 4

Knightwing64
1: Smelly eggs: 1
2: Improve eyes: 3+1=4
3: Improve brain: 2+1=3
SS: More efficent body: 5+1=6

The Canadian Kitten
1: Larger size for Gargantuan Dropalina: 5
2: Ovoviviparity: 1
3: Larger brain: 4+1=5
SS: Sense of smell: 6

TricMagic
1: Bigger brain for Sabertooth Cuttlecovy: 5+1= Capp- @#$
2: Better hearing: 3+1=4
3: Improve sight: 3+1=4
SS: Ovoviviparity: 7

flazeo25
1: Lubber for People-eater Spermsquid: 1
2: Speciate the above
  A: Develop giant maw: 2+1=3
  B: Develop giant maw and send to Uch Shallows: 4+1=5
3: Komodo dragon head for Beachdwelling Scutelizard: 5
SS: Acid Spit: 1

brangerlon
1: Front digging claws for Sandburrower Glowyrm: 4+1=5
2: Develop hearing: 5
3: Become sea mole: 2
SS: Parthenogenesis: 2+1=3

Blood_Librarian
1: Speciate Spikey Crabgore:
  A: Alkaline shell to resist parasites: 4
  B: Adapt and send to Bir Shallows: 2
2: Speciate Uchian Handfish Whalegore:
  A: Sense of smell: 5
  B: Coastal hunting adaptations: 4
3: Sense of smell for Flying Kilgore: 3
SS: Torpor for Migratory Shrimpgore: 1

Crystalizedmine
1: Horizontal tail for Beachlaying Hexturtle: 5
SS: Bigger Brain for Beachlaying Hexturtle: 5+1=6
2: Speciate the above:
  A: Hearing: 5
  B: Ovoviviparity and send to Uch Shallows: 4
3: Speciate Grazing Hexturtle:
  A: Tusks: 2+1=3
  B: Claws and send to Uch Shallows: 1+1=2

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Color vision for Mob Yarom: 5
2: Speciate Mob Yarom:
  A: Sense of smell by olfactory holes: 5
  B: Improve the keratin fangs and send to Eke Shallows: 4
3: Interconnected burrows: 4
SS: Communality: 2+1=3

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Bir Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/13 species)

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Quote from: Loudcryer Covylossal | EN/20 | Knightwing64

A large, carnivorous, perfectly rotund, extremely adaptable animal 4 meters in diameter, with many sharp, flexible tendrils with the ability to powerfully cast electricity to prey. It lives in groups of up to 30 individuals. It moves and manouvers around by using air jets on its underside. It has a large round mouth that it uses to devour its prey via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a thick, porous skin that allows algea to grow on it, giving it camuflage. It has very efficent anti-toxin defenses. Its tissues are slightly acidic, charged with electricity, and protected with algal growths, making it a non-target to parasites. It has a very large, smart brain, bulging, mantis shrimp-like eyes, and a sense of electroreception. It secretes a pheromone that enchants prey that wander too close, luring them closer. Its effects marginally increase when more covylossi are together, but usually one alone takes the scene. If it can't find prey, it goes into stasis to conserve energy and is very energy efficent overrall. It uses tools and attaches sharp, or otherwise useful objects onto its tentacles. It reproduces by external fertilisation of foul-smelling eggs.

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Quote from:  Birian Fluttering Cuttlecovy | NT/35 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, carnivorous animal 40 centimeters in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It has small keratin spike teeth in its mouth to bite and kill prey. It has a very strong immune system. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a large brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Pear-ly Megalocod | CR/10 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, pear-shaped animal 90 centimeters in length, with a set of shark-like, cartilageous fins. It has small, circular scales that cover its face and back and has a thick layer of subdermal fat. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Coastal Handfish Whalegore | LC/55 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal half a meter in length, with two pairs of hard, stout, wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales, which turn into plates at the belly. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are two pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs of various sizes with clawed ends to tear apart prey of various sizes and are also used in self-grooming, along with a two short, muscular digits to drag itself on shore. It has a large brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid in tide pools. It is very social, and lives in pods. The young clean the adults of parasites. It hunts in shallow coasts, ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from: Tailed Hexagonbaga | LC/50 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, omnivorous animal 40 centimeters in length, with a large tail and three pairs of small, stubby limbs on its underside. It's body is streamlined, which makes it easier for it to move. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It lives in large herds and cleans others of parasites and infections.

Quote from: Lavaskin Hexturtle | EN/20 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, very omnivorous animal 20 centimeters in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs that end in claws on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a self-replenishing photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It cleans other animals of parasites and infections.

Quote from: Shallow Crabgore | LC/50 | Blood_Librarian

A small, crustaceanoid, herbivorous, animal 10 centimeters in length. It has six hydraulic legs and a pair of pincers that it uses to shove algea into its mouth. It is covered in a hardened, bony, and very, very spikey exoskeleton and is very lightweight. It has a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs.

Quote from: Earful Hexturtle | VU/30 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, omnivorous animal 20 centimeters in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs that end in claws on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a self-replenishing photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, internal ears, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It cleans other animals of parasites and infections.

Quote from:  The Domedweller | LC/200 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, herbivorous, flat, droplet-shaped, sapient animal 5 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is covered in all sorts of bright colors with bioluminescent stripes. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a very fast and efficent brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It is rather toxic, making it inpalatable to most. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both parents guard. It is capable of communication using light signals, and lives in large, cooperative societies, and is able to secrete a hard, resin-like substance to build large, dome-shaped buildings and form sprawling colonies surrounded by curated algea fields.

Domedwellers only mate and emphasize with ones that are similar in color. So they are very racist to eachother and are separated into many different regional subspecies that are in constant warfare.

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Eke Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/11 species)

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Eke Shallows | Algea Forest | (11/11 species)]

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Quote from:  Apex Predators | (1/1) | 355-500= -145(Unstable; Insufficent Prey)

Quote from:  Ekean Handfish Whalegore | EN/20 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs with clawed ends to tear apart prey. It has a large brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is very social, and lives in large pods. The young clean the adults of parasites. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from:  Predators | (5/5) | Prey Amount=170-185=-15 (Unstable; Insufficent Prey)

Quote from: Tunneller Yarom | LC/50 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, carnivorous animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long, tough keratin-carbonate fangs in its mouth to kill prey and carve burrows on rocks or algea spires. It swallows its food whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a large brain with large memory center, sharp fish eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It is defended against the sonic shocks of pancods with skin flaps that cover its face when needed. It lives in interconnected burrows with fifty or so related individuals that hunt together and clean eachother. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Eggcarrying Dropseal | LC/50 | notquitethere

A mostly aquatic, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with two large flippers and one tail that can haul it on land with a tripodal gait. It has two pairs of sharp keratin plates to kill prey. It has a pair of lungs. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for catching prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. Mother releases a porous egg pouch and retracts back after fertilisation and hatches them inside.

Quote from: Piranha Dropbass | CR/5 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, carnivorous, weakly mesothermic, droplet-shaped animal 10 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in packs made of a dozen or so individuals.

Quote from: Cleaning Killgore | EN/20 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, omnivorous, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to glide in the air. It is covered in scales. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. The eggs hatch into undeveloped larvae, which mature later on. It also targets parasites on other animals.

Quote from: Speedy Tullycod | LC/60 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter and a half in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body. It has a long, strong, finned tail. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its skin is covered in toxic sweat, which it gets from its prey. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from: Spireater Elecod | LC/50 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 2.4 meters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its body. It is a slow animal as a result. It has large keratin tusks to crack open algea trees, and keratin teeth to chew the lignite-rich tissue into a rough paste, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a large brain with good memory and recognition, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Acidburn Scutelizard | EN/20 | flazeo25

A reptilian, opportunistically omnivorous animal 40 centimeters in length, with four legs with webbed feet and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length with a hallucinogenic stinger at the tip. The poison makes the stung animal believe that the parasites eggs are of their own. It has a short neck and a reptilian head, with two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. Its mouth is constantly burning due to its runaway stomach acid production. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in long keratin scutes. It has complex vocal chords and ability to form primitive languages. On either side of its mouth are four long, crushing tentacles. It has a large, smart brain, sensitive tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils, a snout with two nostrils for smelling, and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are then injected in the eggs of other species. It lives in tribes, constructs mud dwellings on beaches, uses crude tools, and forms complex social structures centered around making other animals care for their young.

Quote from:  Burrowing Krillgore | EN/20 | Blood_Librarian

A tiny, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal a centimeter in length, with two pairs of flat, hardened fins for digging into sand. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to bite algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives under the sand, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Beachlaying Hexturtle | NT/40 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal 75 centimeters in length, with three pairs of short legs on its underside and a large horizontal tail. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a large brain with a developed memory center, fish-like eyes, sensitive internal ears, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of soft eggs that harden after fertilisation. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators, and lays its hardshelled eggs in soft sand.

Quote from: Boar Hexturtle | NT/40 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs on its underside. It has a pair of tusks to uproot and keratin teeth in its mouth to chew on vegetation, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators.

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Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
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Uch Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/9 species)

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Uch Shallows | Algea Forest | (9/9 species)

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Quote from:  Uchian Handfish Whalegore | NT/45 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs of various sizes with clawed ends to tear apart prey of various sizes and are also used in self-grooming. It has a large brain, two sensitive nostrils, and sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is very social, and lives in large pods. The young clean the adults of parasites. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from:  Predators | (4/4) | Prey Amount=165-210=-45 (Unstable; Insufficent Prey)

Quote from: Lungenose Dropseal | NT/40 | notquitethere

A mostly aquatic, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with two large flippers and one tail that can haul it on land with a tripodal gait. It has two pairs of sharp keratin plates to kill prey. It has a pair of lungs. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for catching prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Diegonic Cuttlecovy | LC/80 | TricMagic

A droplet-shaped, pre-sapient, carnivorous animal 60 centimeters in length, with a layer of subdermal fat and a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It two pairs of long, hollow canines in its mouth to suck blood and tear flesh apart. It has a very strong heart and immune system. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a very large, complex brain, sharp fish eyes, echolocation and hearing. It reproduces by internal fertilisation and hatching of eggs. It displays feats of intelligence above that of an average animal.

Quote from: Pearly Megalocod | NT/35 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 80 centimeters in length, with a set of shark-like, cartilageous fins. It has small, circular scales that cover its face and back. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. Its muscles are very powerful. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Seaterranean Glowyrm | LC/55 | brangerlon

A piscine, carnivorous, vermiform animal a meter in length, with a pair of digging claws on its sides. Its skin is blotchy sand yellow. It has a pair of keratin mandibles to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain, chemoreceptive whiskers, nocireceptive strips on its sides, and sharp, fish-like eyes. It is very toxic. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both sexes guard in a burrow. Females often clone themselves instead of mating, resulting in a smaller gene pool. Males have a pair of fins on their back, and females have an ovipositor instead. The fries live with adults under the sediment and pick at any debris or parasite the adults have on their bodies.

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Quote from: Grazing Hexturtle | NT/40 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs with claws on its underside. It has keratin teeth in its mouth to chew on vegetation, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators.

Quote from: Commando Spermsquid | NT/35 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, sperm-shaped animal 25 centimeters in length, with four flippers and a very long, flat tail that makes up most of its length. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales that can change color by chromatophores. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and fish-like eyes. It forms loose, unorganised herds. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Bellynest Hexturtle | LC/60 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal 75 centimeters in length, with three pairs of short legs on its underside and a large horizontal tail. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a large brain with a developed memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by internal fertilisation of hard eggs that are hatched inside the mother. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators.

Quote from: Ornate Dropbass | VU/30 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has very thick, leathery but lightweight skin with many ornate grooves on that attract mates. It has a small hyperactive brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals that frequently clean eachother, and also clean other animals as well

Quote from: The Open Ocean

The Sunlight Zone | Epipelagic Ocean | (7/7 species)

Spoiler: Local Species (click to show/hide)

Quote from:  Apex Predators | (1/1) | 225-300= -75 (Unstable; Insufficent Prey)

Quote from:  Pelagic Handfish Whalegore | NT/35 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs with clawed ends to tear apart prey. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is immune to carriercovy toxin. It is very social, and lives in large, but anarchic pods. The adults periodically approach shallow waters so that the young whalegores can clean them. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from:  Predators | (3/3) | Prey Amount=125-100=25 (Stable)

Quote from: Opensea Spiralcod | LC/50 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, spring-shaped animal a meter in length. It slowly spirals in the water in search of prey. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's body is filled with a chemical that allows it to live in the deep sea. It's muscles are very strong. It has a small, fast brain with large memory center, colorblind eyes and a sensitive pair of nostrils. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Remora Pancod | EN/20 | notquitethere

A piscine, parasitic, circular, flattened animal 10 centimeters in length, with two large fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch, along with a large circular organ on its back that creates blasts of sound that grants it small bursts of speed. It has a wide, round mouth filled with tiny keratin spikes to latch and draw blood from larger prey animals, which it then sucks via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It is migratory and reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs in the shallow waters.

Quote from: Mob Yarom | VU/30 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, carnivorous animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long keratin fangs in its mouth to stab and kill prey, which it then swallows whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a large brain with large memory center, sharp fish eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with two large nostrils. It is defended against the sonic shocks of pancods with skin flaps that cover its face when needed. lives in clans of forty or so related individuals that mob large prey and clean eachother. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Prey | (3/3) | Plankton Amount=Optimal (No Maluses)

Quote from:  Migratory Shrimpgore | CR/10 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, filterfeeding, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to briefly glide in the air. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It goes into torpor when malnourished, which isn't a good adaptation for a pelagic, filterfeeding animal.

Quote from: Manta Pancod | LC/40 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 50 centimeters in length, with two large fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch, along with a large circular organ on its back that creates blasts of sound that grants it small bursts of speed. It has two large, mobile brushes of baleen in its mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It is migratory and reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs in the shallow waters.

Quote from: Colossal Dropalina | LC/75 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, filterfeeding, droplet-shaped animal 20 meters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin baleen, It filters algea and swallows it via suction from a set of internal gills, keeping close to the waters surface to do so. It's back has symbiotic algea colonies attached. It has two tiny fangs with a painful venom, and is somewhat immune to toxins. It has a large brain, large fish-like eyes, olfactory pits on its cheeks and internal ears. It has vocal chords that it uses to produce sonic blasts, and thickened skin on its face be resist its effects. It reproduces by internal fertilisation of thousands of eggs, which are released as vulnerable fries. It lives in herds of a few dozen adult individuals.

The Midnight Zone | Bathypelagic Zone | (6/7 species)

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Quote from: Deepsea Spiralcod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, spring-shaped animal a meter in length. It slowly spirals in the water in search of prey. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's body is filled with a chemical that allows it to live in the deep sea. It's muscles are very strong. It has a brain with large memory and movement centers, vestigial eyes and a sensitive pair of nostrils. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepsea Megalocod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 75 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's body is filled with a chemical that allows it to live in the deep sea. It has a small, hyperactive brain with a large memory center, vestigial eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepdweller Yarom | LC/100 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, carnivorous, flat animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long keratin fangs in its mouth to stab and kill prey, which it then swallows whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a brain with large memory center, small, vestigial fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It lives in clans of a few dozen related individuals. It has bioluminescent patches on its fins, which it uses to communicate. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Prey | (3/3) | Sea Snow Amount=Optimal (no maluses)

Quote from: Abbysal Dropeel | LC/100 | notquitethere

A serpentine, flat animal half a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to gather sea snow from the seafloor, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, small, vestigial fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepsea Sylangoes | LC/100 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, snail-esque animal 10 centimeters in size, with dozens of tiny fins that cover the exposed part of its body, moving in synch. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to eat seasnow from the sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales, an a large, spiral keratin shell. It's tissues are packed with a chemical that makes it immune to pressure. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and vestigial, small fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Spikey Crabgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, crustaceanoid, bottomfeeding, crab-shaped animal 10 centimeters in length. It has six hydraulic legs and a pair of pincers that it uses to shove seasnow into its mouth. It is covered in a hardened, bony, and very, very spikey exoskeleton and is very lightweight. It's exokeleton is also very alkaline, which fends off parasites. It has a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in deep ocean. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs.

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Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 14, 2023, 04:21:15 pm

Also, how in Tarn's tarnation did this get 9967 (as of now) views?!?!??

Just how many people are watching this?!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on October 14, 2023, 04:55:04 pm

Diegonic Cuttlecovy
Develop Oxygen filtering, able to stay on the surface for extended periods.
SS Roll: Develop slick fur to stay warm and trap heat.
Speciation: Spread to Bir Island, remain in Uch Shallows
Speciation: Spread to Eke Island, spread to Uch Island.

Taking oxygen from air or water. Hunting is done by moving from the shore into the shallows, with most time spent on beaches. No predators, so can spend time resting and socializing.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on October 14, 2023, 05:07:58 pm

1. Lavaskin Hexturtle develops sharp teeth and does not bask nor clean other creatures. It takes bites out of other creatures(This shouldn't get rid of my chloroplasts because it has self-replenishing chloroplasts and there are other mixotrophs in the biome thus absorbing their chloroplasts)
ss. Earful Hexturtle develops a larger cerebellum(controls muscles and balance, helps movement)
2. Grazing Hexturtle speciates:
    a. Develops hearing
    b. Develops hearing, send to Bir Shallows
3. Bellynest Hexturtle speciates:
    a. Develops hearing
    b. Develops hearing, send to Bir Shallows

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on October 15, 2023, 01:13:34 am

Acidburn Scutelizard:
-[1] Head plan 2 - Merge it's sensitive tentacles and hearing tendrils into pointy ears and it's crushing tentacles moved to rear of it's head with it's tips taking it's tail stinger(tail loses it's stinger.)
-[2] Warm wombed ovoviviparity.
-[SS] Make it's digestive system more complex and not have it's acid glands burn it.
-[3] Speciate the above:
--[3A] Improve it's homostasis by growing fat layers under it's scutes.
--[3B] Improve it's homostasis by growing fat layers under it's scutes and send to Bir Shallows Beachs.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on October 15, 2023, 02:19:57 am

1: Internal Fertilization for Colossal Dropalina

2: Piranha Dropbass
A: Climate Adaptation
B: Carapace and send to Bir Shallows

3: Ornate Dropbass Climate Adaptation

SS: Ornate Dropbass brain fix

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on October 15, 2023, 12:11:34 pm

Just curious:
What happens when all the species you have die?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on October 15, 2023, 12:44:17 pm

You'll likely have to restart over by choosing a existing species to branch off of.

Also you lava turtle has high chance of going extinct next turn due to low stat and all other species and turtles going to move into Bir shallows.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 15, 2023, 03:35:07 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on October 15, 2023, 12:11:34 pm

Just curious:
What happens when all the species you have die?

You can either leave the game, or start another branch. Like flazeo said.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on October 16, 2023, 01:25:06 pm

for the Domedewller
1. speciate:
1a: lose sapience for more toxin
2a: develop spines filled with toxin (derived from fuzz)
3a: more toxin
ssa: more toxin

1b: more brain

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 16, 2023, 01:47:02 pm

Quote from: brangerlon on October 16, 2023, 01:25:06 pm

1a: lose sapience for more toxin

You can't lose sapience. You can adapt for different lifestyles, but you cannot lose sapience.

Quote from: brangerlon on October 16, 2023, 01:25:06 pm

1b: more brain

Also, you can't get smarter than a sapient state.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on October 16, 2023, 02:05:26 pm

Meanwhile, mine are now dolphins of the magmacube world. Just this side of sentience without any of that pesky sapience.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on October 16, 2023, 04:06:22 pm

I'm pretty sure Magmacube considers dolphins to be sapient

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 16, 2023, 04:52:23 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on October 16, 2023, 04:06:22 pm

I'm pretty sure Magmacube considers dolphins to be sapient

What makes you think that? I am I kinda do but-

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 8 |
Post by: Crystalizedmire on October 16, 2023, 05:05:47 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on October 16, 2023, 04:52:23 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on October 16, 2023, 04:06:22 pm

I'm pretty sure Magmacube considers dolphins to be sapient

What makes you think that? I am I kinda do but-

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on September 07, 2023, 06:58:58 pm

Look guys, gonna be honest with you. Situation with poison fishies is going to go from bad to worse.

Sapience is not a very special thing. Elephants, whales and crows are also sapient. Being sapient only means that a creature has a sense of self.

But when we talk about sapience in this context, the correct term would be "sophonence". Sophonence is a whole another thing. It can only appear when these pre-requisites are fulfilled. They don't have to be all separately adapted. One can make the other automatically appear; as in, species with hands gaining high intelligence will automatically get primitive tool use.

1: High enough brainpower.
2: The ability to use this brainpower to express and exhance ideas.
3: Ability to comprehend oneself and other such abstract concepts.
4: Extensive tool use and mastery of own environment.

While I don't know if dolphins tick 2 and 3 I do know they use tools. Considering that you consider elephants, whales, and crows sapient, I'm guessing that you consider dolphins to be too. But as you pointed out, the correct term is sophonence.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on October 17, 2023, 01:01:08 pm

Quote from: brangerlon on October 16, 2023, 01:25:06 pm

for the Domedewller
1. speciate:
1a: lose sapience for more toxin
2a: develop spines filled with toxin (derived from fuzz)
3a: more toxin
ssa: more toxin

1b: more brain

change a1 to MORE TOXIN

change b1 to SOLVE RACISM

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on October 17, 2023, 02:50:32 pm

Quote from: brangerlon on October 17, 2023, 01:01:08 pm

change b1 to SOLVE RACISM

You can do that?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on October 17, 2023, 02:55:09 pm

I hope they roll a 1 and spark off a genocidal war based on the shape of the bodies.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 17, 2023, 03:00:50 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on October 17, 2023, 02:50:32 pm

Quote from: brangerlon on October 17, 2023, 01:01:08 pm

change b1 to SOLVE RACISM

You can do that?

The Domedwellers evolved to be very racist. brangerlon is trying to fix that.

Quote from: TricMagic on October 17, 2023, 02:55:09 pm

I hope they roll a 1 and spark off a genocidal war based on the shape of the bodies.

That absolutely can happen. And I genuinely hope it does.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on October 17, 2023, 05:17:50 pm

1. Burrowing Krillgore create insulated nests to sleep in during the night, and regurgitate out a clotting agent to do so.
2.Migratory Shrimpgore adapt their Torporius nature into a resistance to cold temperatures as adaptions to their biochemistry to survive colder temperatures without expending as much energy without slowing down.
3.Cleaning Krillgore create insulated nests to sleep in during the night, and regurgitate out a clotting agent to do so.
SS.Speciate Pelagic Handfish Whalegore adapt to survive in high pressure, cold environments with body chemistry changes, send to Bathypelagic Zone.

wait is this THE FIRST SPECIATION OF BRANGERLON? EPIC. Do you want me to adapt my crabs to be domesticated for you to use in your epic wars?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 18, 2023, 02:59:39 am

Quote from: Blood_Librarian on October 17, 2023, 05:17:50 pm

wait is this THE FIRST SPECIATION OF BRANGERLON? EPIC. Do you want me to adapt my crabs to be domesticated for you to use in your epic wars?

Not really. There is the glowyrm lineage which split much earlier.

Crab idea is fire tho.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on October 18, 2023, 08:21:48 am

1. Obligatory brain upgrade, sapience?

2. Increase reproductive capabilities to be akin to rabbits in order to combat extinction.

3. Slowed cell degradation for longer lifespan and longer periods of fertility in the species.

SS: Massively increased memory and learning capabilities, allowing them as a species to learn and correct dangerous behavior and to remember other species behaviors and weak points to capitalize off of.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on October 18, 2023, 08:35:40 am

You know.. Increasing reproduction means needing to eat more in order to fuel it. On top of brains needing more to eat. And they live longer, so they end up self-competing and draining the sea dry of food.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on October 18, 2023, 08:42:37 am

Yeah. So the prey either need to evolve in response or die.

🙄

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on October 18, 2023, 08:56:09 am

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 18, 2023, 09:04:41 am

Quote from: TricMagic on October 18, 2023, 08:35:40 am

You know.. Increasing reproduction means needing to eat more in order to fuel it. On top of brains needing more to eat. And they live longer, so they end up self-competing and draining the sea dry of food.

He is creating The Shellfolk. Again.

Ugh... INITIATE PROTOCOL NUTCRACKER!

Quote from: Knightwing64 on October 18, 2023, 08:42:37 am

Yeah. So the prey either need to evolve in response or die.

It will be you who dies right after. But alright, let's plunge that way again.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on October 18, 2023, 09:10:19 am

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on October 18, 2023, 09:04:41 am

Quote from: TricMagic on October 18, 2023, 08:35:40 am

You know.. Increasing reproduction means needing to eat more in order to fuel it. On top of brains needing more to eat. And they live longer, so they end up self-competing and draining the sea dry of food.

He is creating The Shellfolk. Again.

Ugh... INITIATE PROTOCOL NUTCRACKER!

Quote from: Knightwing64 on October 18, 2023, 08:42:37 am

Yeah. So the prey either need to evolve in response or die.

It will be you who dies right after. But alright, let's plunge that way again.

The ice age is literally about to kill them cause they have no cold protection. Let them die.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: FiveBalesOfHay on October 18, 2023, 12:16:30 pm

1. Tunneler Yarom: Evolve cold resistance.
2. Speciate Tunneler Yarom:
  a. Create specialized rooms underground for storing food.
  b. Lose exclusive carnivory and gain the ability to eat algae.
3. b. Become able to digest the algae spires themselves.
SS: a. Develop a system of simple communication using vocalizations.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on October 19, 2023, 07:02:20 am

[SS]  Speciate Pear-ly Megalocod
1. Calcify cartillage in jaws to give stronger bite able to eat things whole without tasting
2. Intensify acidity of digestive system for breaking down hard stuff turtle shells, bones, domes, etc.

Speciate Spireater Elecod
1. Cover in keratin fur to keep warm in ice age
2. Layer on blubber for warmth and calory storage and move to Uch Shallows

Speciate Remora pancod
1. Evolve ovipostor for injecting eggs into prey (or under shells, say) and send to Bir Shallows
2. Evolve tendrils to allow better latch onto prey

Speciate Lungenose Dropseal
1. Improve brainpower, focusing on stalking behaviour, for snatching eggs and taking young
2. Evolve razor pincer on the hooked claws, primarily for snipping back sails, legs, flippers etc...

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on October 19, 2023, 07:44:45 am

FOOL, CAN YOU NOT READ, I HAVE MADE THEM EXTREMELY ADAPTIVE, THEY WOULD ADAPT TO THE COLD AND JUST MIGRAT TO GREENER PASTURES

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 19, 2023, 05:04:31 pm

Quote from: Knightwing64 on October 19, 2023, 07:44:45 am

FOOL, CAN YOU NOT READ, I HAVE MADE THEM EXTREMELY ADAPTIVE, THEY WOULD ADAPT TO THE COLD AND JUST MIGRAT TO GREENER PASTURES

Yes, they survived the icy spell, and can simply speciate away too. But there will be a moment in which you will drain all prey and die.

You are an apex predator. Your existence depends on an abundance of prey. Any event a little bigger in scale than this single-turn cold spell will unmake you.

I suggest speciating to different niches and strata to at least preserve your evolutionary progress. So if you go extinct, you won't lose everything. Also, it will be interesting to see what sort of stuff covylossals could radiate into.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on October 19, 2023, 06:42:44 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on October 19, 2023, 05:04:31 pm

But there will be a moment in which you will drain all prey and die.

You are an apex predator. Your existence depends on an abundance of prey. Any event a little bigger in scale than this single-turn cold spell will unmake you.

Which is why, as my duty of being prey, that I survive and remain an easy target of food.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on October 22, 2023, 12:20:33 pm

Isn't one of the covylossal biggest weakness is it's that too large now, that cold wrecking havok on prey population and it's lack of own cold protection means it's food to sustain it too much. Risking itself to exintinction.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on October 22, 2023, 12:43:43 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on October 14, 2023, 05:07:58 pm

1. Lavaskin Hexturtle develops sharp teeth and does not bask nor clean other creatures. It takes bites out of other creatures(This shouldn't get rid of my chloroplasts because it has self-replenishing chloroplasts and there are other mixotrophs in the biome thus absorbing their chloroplasts)
ss. Earful Hexturtle develops a larger cerebellum(controls muscles and balance, helps movement)
2. Grazing Hexturtle speciates:
    a. Develops hearing
    b. Develops hearing, send to Bir Shallows
3. Bellynest Hexturtle speciates:
    a. Develops hearing
    b. Develops hearing, send to Bir Shallows

Wait, I change ss to Tailed hexagonbaga  develops a larger cerebellum

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 22, 2023, 03:25:18 pm

Quote from: flazeo25 on October 22, 2023, 12:20:33 pm

Isn't one of the covylossal biggest weakness is it's that too large now, that cold wrecking havok on prey population and it's lack of own cold protection means it's food to sustain it too much. Risking itself to exintinction.

Yea, it eats too much. It is too adept at what it is doing.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on October 22, 2023, 05:01:37 pm

This is why I made it adaptive

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on October 27, 2023, 08:40:40 am

Bump it's not to adapative.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 27, 2023, 05:01:37 pm

notquitethere
1: Speciate Pear-ly Megalocod
  A: Stronger jaw
  B: More acidic stomach acid
2: Speciate Spireater Elecod
  A: Keratin fur
  B: Blubber and send to Uch Shallows
3: Speciate Remora Pancod
  A: Injecting ovipositor
  B: Latching tendrils
SS: Speciate Lungenose Dropseal
  A: Improve brain to be more cunning
  B: Nose pincer from nose claws

Knightwing64
1: Sapience (gotta make this choice again, huh?)
2: Increased fecundity
3: Resistance to senescense
SS: Develop brain (Are you trying to create some sort of cthulhoid, great-old-one expy or something?)

The Canadian Kitten
1: Internal fertilisation for Colossal Dropalina
2: Speciate Piranha Dropbass
  A: Cold resistance
  B: Carapace and send to Bir Shallows
3: Cold resistance for Ornate Dropbass
SS: Better brain for Ornate Dropbass

TricMagic
1: Amphibiousness for Diegonic Cuttlecovy
SS: Otter fur for Diegonic Cuttlecovy
2: Speciate the above
  A: Spread to Bir Shallows
  B: Remain in Uch Shallows
3: Speciate the above
  A: Spread to Eke Shallows
  B: Speciate in Uch Shallows

flazeo25
1: Move venomous stinger to tentacles, and move tentacles to nape (The crushing tentacles are the sensitive tentacles, they are one and the same)
2: Ovoviviparity
SS: Fix stomach acid
3: Speciate the above
  A: Blubber
  B: Blubber and send to Bir Shallows

brangerlon (A very strange way to use your actions...)
1: Speciate the Domedweller
  A: More toxins (hmmm...)
  B: Solve racism
2: Back fuzz to venomous spines for 1A
3: More toxins for 1A (...)
SS: More toxins for 1A (aight)

Blood_Librarian
1: Insulating resin for Burrowing Krillgore
2: Torpor to cold adaptation for Migratory Shrimpgore (I have an idea)
3: Nests made of insulating resin for Cleaning Killgore
SS: Speciate off of Pelagic Handfish Whalegore and send to The Midnight Zone

Crystalizedmine
1: Sharp teeth and lamprey-like behavior for Lavaskin Hexturtle
SS: Better balance and coordination for Tailed Hexagonbaga
2: Speciate Grazing Hexturtle
  A: Hearing
  B: Hearing and send to Bir Shallows
3: Speciate Bellynest Hexturtle
  A: Hearing
  B: Hearing and send to Bir Shallows

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Cold resistance for Tunneler Yarom
2: Speciate Tunneler Yarom
  A: Construct hoarders
  B: Omnivory
3: Algea spire digestion for 2B
SS: Primitive speech for 2A

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on October 28, 2023, 04:12:49 pm

I'll note that I'm getting out of the sea to the island. Becoming Seals who spend their time on said shores for safety. (Though suppose that would be Beaching Behavior speciation.) Just gather up in masses to keep warm with their fur, completely out of reach of other predators when sleeping or resting. No more running the fish race trying to survive outside feeding times. We're going above it all.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on October 28, 2023, 04:40:24 pm

That was my strat with the Yunus in the last game. But there are predators who can go on land in this game so I'm not sure how effective your seal plan will be. My predatory Lungenose Dropseals have lungs and are already called seals...

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on October 28, 2023, 04:54:15 pm

K. So there is one predator in one area that can eat the things. The hunting strat should work though, given they aren't a safe target since you might get swarmed..

TricMagic
1: Amphibiousness for Diegonic Cuttlecovy
SS: Otter fur for Diegonic Cuttlecovy
2: Speciate the above,
  A: Spread to Bir Island, Beaching tendency to group up for safety and warmth.
  B: Remain in Uch Shallows, better blood circulation.
3: Speciate the above
  A: Spread to Eke Island, Beaching tendency to group up for safety and warmth.
  B: Speciate in Uch Island, Beaching tendency to group up for safety and warmth.

Add that to my action. (I don't think there is a dedicated dispersal action in game besides speciation.)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on October 28, 2023, 04:55:37 pm

Plus their's already quiet a few beach dwelling species now.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 11 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 28, 2023, 05:38:58 pm

Turn 11

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The Events

Strength: 95 (Very Major Event) (uh oh)
Timeframe: 17 (Three Turns)
Temperament: 3 (Inconvenient Stuff) (could be MUCH worse)

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The World

Minor Ice Age (1 Turn Left)

Moving Landmasses (3 Turns Left)

The islands are moving.

And not in a very geological timescale either. They are moving fast. An-entire-half-a-meter-in-a-single-day kind of fast. While definitely unnatural, as these movements cannot reasonably be tectonic, this has not much of a bearing on the local life. The movement of the islands are completely random. They constantly change course, never approaching eachother for a potential merge. So it is business as usual.

Underwater earthquakes, landslides and tsunamis are extremely common now and will continue to be for the next three turns. Some species will be minorly affected, some will not at all. Mainly nesting and coastal species will be subjected to its effects, while pelagic and deepsea species will carry on as if nothing has occured.

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Commando Spermsquid,  Eggjector Pancod, Piranha Dropbass, The Polack, Earless Hexturtle, Deafened Hexturtle, Cleaning Killgore are extinct.

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Actions

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

notquitethere
1: Speciate Pear-ly Megalocod
  A: Stronger jaw: 1+1= 2
  B: More acidic stomach acid: 2+1= 3
2: Speciate Spireater Elecod
  A: Keratin fur: 2
  B: Blubber and send to Uch Shallows: 4
3: Speciate Remora Pancod
  A: Injecting ovipositor: 3
  B: Latching tendrils: 5
SS: Speciate Lungenose Dropseal
  A: Improve brain to be more cunning: 4+1= 5
  B: Nose pincer from nose claws: 6+1= 7

Knightwing64
1: Increase intelligence: 3+1= 4 (that was close...)
2: Increased fecundity: 1+1= 2
3: Resistance to senescense: 5
SS: Develop brain: 5+1= 6 (pre-sapience it is)

The Canadian Kitten
1: Fix internal fertilisation for Colossal Dropalina: 1+1=2
2: Speciate Piranha Dropbass
  A: Cold resistance: 1
  B: Carapace and send to Bir Shallows: 4
3: Cold resistance for Ornate Dropbass: 4
SS: Better brain for Ornate Dropbass: 4+1= 5

TricMagic
1: Amphibiousness for Diegonic Cuttlecovy: 5
SS: Otter fur for Diegonic Cuttlecovy: 7
2: Speciate the above
  A: Huddling and send to Bir Shallows: 3
  B: Better blood circulation: 2+1=3
3: Speciate 2B
  A: Huddling and send to Eke Shallows: 4
  B: Huddling in Uch Shallows: 2

flazeo25
1: Move stinger to tentacles, and move those to nape: 3
2: Ovoviviparity and lose parasitism: 4
SS: Fix stomach acid: 6+1=7
3: Speciate the above
  A: Blubber: 1
  B: Blubber and send to Bir Shallows: 2

brangerlon
1: Speciate the Domedweller
  A: More toxins: 5+1= Capped at 5
  B: Solve racism: 5
2: Back fuzz to venomous spines for 1A: 3+1= 4
3: More toxins for 1A: 1+1= 2
SS: More toxins for 1A: 6+1= 7

Blood_Librarian
1: Insulating resin for Burrowing Krillgore: 5
2: Torpor to cold adaptation for Migratory Shrimpgore: 3+1= 4
3: Nests made of insulating resin for Cleaning Killgore: 1
SS: Speciate off of Pelagic Handfish Whalegore and send to The Midnight Zone: 6

Crystalizedmine
1: Sharp teeth and lamprey-like behavior for Lavaskin Hexturtle: 1+1= 2
SS: Better balance and coordination for Tailed Hexagonbaga: 4+1= 5
2: Speciate Grazing Hexturtle
  A: Hearing: 3
  B: Hearing and send to Bir Shallows: 1
3: Speciate Bellynest Hexturtle
  A: Hearing: 5
  B: Hearing and send to Bir Shallows: 1

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Cold resistance for Tunneler Yarom: 2
2: Speciate Tunneler Yarom
  A: Construct hoarders: 5+1= Capped at 5
  B: Omnivory: 1
3: Algea spire digestion for 2B: 1+1= 2
SS: Primitive speech for 2A: 2

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Quote from: The Bir Island

Bir Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/13 species)

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Bir Shallows | Algea Forest | (13/13 species)

Spoiler: Local Species (click to show/hide)

Quote from:  Apex Predators | (1/1) | 850-600= 250 (Stable)

Quote from: Loudspeaker Covylossal | LC/100 | Knightwing64

A large, carnivorous, perfectly rotund, extremely adaptable pre-sapient animal 4 meters in diameter, with many sharp, flexible tendrils with the ability to powerfully cast electricity to prey. It lives in groups of up to 30 individuals. It moves and manouvers around by using air jets on its underside. It has a large round mouth that it uses to devour its prey via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a thick, porous skin that allows algea to grow on it, giving it camuflage. It has very efficent anti-toxin defenses. Its tissues are slightly acidic, charged with electricity, and protected with algal growths, making it a non-target to parasites. It has a very large, smart brain, bulging, mantis shrimp-like eyes, and a sense of electroreception. It secretes a pheromone that enchants prey that wander too close, luring them closer. Its effects marginally increase when more covylossi are together, but usually one alone takes the scene. If it can't find prey, it goes into stasis to conserve energy and is very energy efficent overrall, and is very long lived. It uses tools and attaches sharp, or otherwise useful objects onto its tentacles. It reproduces by external fertilisation of thousands of tiny, foul-smelling eggs, which hatch into embryonic young with very low survival rates.

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Quote from:  Predators | (6/6) | Prey Amount= 440-410= 30 (Stable)

Quote from:  Birian Fluttering Cuttlecovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, carnivorous animal 40 centimeters in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It has small keratin spike teeth in its mouth to bite and kill prey. It has a very strong immune system. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a large brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Scavenger Pear-ly Megalocod | NT/40 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, pear-shaped animal 90 centimeters in length, with a set of shark-like, cartilageous fins. It has small, circular scales that cover its face and back and has a thick layer of subdermal fat. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's stomach acid is very potent. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Robustjaw Megalocod | NT/35 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, pear-shaped animal 90 centimeters in length, with a set of shark-like, cartilageous fins. It has small, circular scales that cover its face and back and has a thick layer of subdermal fat. It has a very robust, very large jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Coastal Handfish Whalegore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal half a meter in length, with two pairs of hard, stout, wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales, which turn into plates at the belly. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are two pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs of various sizes with clawed ends to tear apart prey of various sizes and are also used in self-grooming, along with a two short, muscular digits to drag itself on shore. It has a large brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid in tide pools. It is very social, and lives in pods. The young clean the adults of parasites. It hunts in shallow coasts, ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

Quote from: Plateha Dropbass | NT/35 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, carnivorous, weakly mesothermic, droplet-shaped animal 10 centimeters in length covered in an exoskeleton, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in packs made of a dozen or so individuals.

Quote from:  Birian Diegonic Cuttlecovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A droplet-shaped, pre-sapient, amphibious, carnivorous animal 60 centimeters in length, with a layer of subdermal fat, thick hydrophobic fur and a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It two pairs of long, hollow canines in its mouth to suck blood and tear flesh apart. It gills can store water to breathe air. It has a very strong heart and immune system. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a very large, complex brain, sharp fish eyes, echolocation and hearing. It reproduces by internal fertilisation and hatching of eggs. It rests and socialises on coasts, huddling for warmth, and displays feats of intelligence above that of an average animal.

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Quote from:  Prey | (6/6) | Plant Amount=Optimal (No Maluses)

Quote from: Tailed Hexagonbaga | LC/100 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, omnivorous animal 40 centimeters in length, with a large tail and three pairs of small, stubby limbs on its underside. It's body is streamlined and it is very quick and nimble. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a brain with large memory and coordination centers, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It lives in large herds and cleans others of parasites and infections.

Quote from: Bloodskin Hexturtle | LC/100 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, omnivorous, bloodsucking animal 20 centimeters in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs that end in claws on its underside. It has sets of keratin spines in its large mouth to filter algea from water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a self-replenishing photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It opportunistically drinks blood.

Quote from: Shallow Crabgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, crustaceanoid, herbivorous, animal 10 centimeters in length. It has six hydraulic legs and a pair of pincers that it uses to shove algea into its mouth. It is covered in a hardened, bony, and very, very spikey exoskeleton and is very lightweight. It has a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs.

Quote from: Earful Hexturtle | LC/100 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, omnivorous animal 20 centimeters in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs that end in claws on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a self-replenishing photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, internal ears, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It cleans other animals of parasites and infections.

Quote from:  The Domedweller | LC/250 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, herbivorous, flat, droplet-shaped, sapient animal 5 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is covered in all sorts of bright colors with bioluminescent stripes. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a very fast and efficent brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It is rather toxic, making it inpalatable to most. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both parents guard. It is capable of communication using light signals, and lives in large, cooperative societies, and is able to secrete a hard, resin-like substance to build large, dome-shaped buildings and form sprawling colonies surrounded by curated algea fields.

Quote from: Heavy Scutelizard | NT/40 | flazeo25

A reptilian, opportunistically omnivorous animal 45 centimeters in length, with four legs with webbed feet and a very long, flat tail that forms most of its length. It is obese and is therefore slow. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has very strong stomach acid and can spit it at foes. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in long keratin scutes. It has complex vocal chords and ability to form primitive languages. On its nape are four long, crushing tentacles, each with a stinger with hallucinogenic venom that makes the stung animal trip. It has a short neck and a reptilian head. It has a large, smart brain, sensitive head tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils, a snout with two nostrils for smelling, and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by internal fertilisation and hatching of eggs. It lives in tribes, constructs mud dwellings on beaches, uses crude tools, and forms complex social structures.

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Quote from:  Ekean Handfish Whalegore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs with clawed ends to tear apart prey. It has a large brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is very social, and lives in large pods. The young clean the adults of parasites. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from: Tunneller Yarom | LC/75 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, carnivorous, somewhat endothermic animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long, tough keratin-carbonate fangs in its mouth to kill prey and carve burrows on rocky surfaces. It swallows its food whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a large brain with large memory center, sharp fish eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It lives in interconnected burrows and shared larders, with fifty or so related individuals that hunt together and clean eachother. They make bubble noises to eachother, which they can't hear. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Eggcarrying Dropseal | LC/75 | notquitethere

A mostly aquatic, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with two large flippers and one tail that can haul it on land with a tripodal gait. It has two pairs of sharp keratin plates to kill prey. It has a pair of lungs. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for catching prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. Mother releases a porous egg pouch and retracts back after fertilisation and hatches them inside.

Quote from: Ekean Diegonic Cuttlecovy | LC/75 | TricMagic

A droplet-shaped, pre-sapient, amphibious, carnivorous animal 60 centimeters in length, with a layer of subdermal fat, thick hydrophobic fur and a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It two pairs of long, hollow canines in its mouth to suck blood and tear flesh apart. It gills can store water to breathe air. It has very strong cardiovascular and immune systems. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a very large, complex brain, sharp fish eyes, echolocation and hearing. It reproduces by internal fertilisation and hatching of eggs. It rests and socialises on coasts, and displays feats of intelligence above that of an average animal.

Quote from: Treehouse Yarom | NT/35 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, mesocarnivorous, somewhat endothermic animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long, tough keratin-carbonate fangs in its mouth to kill prey and carve burrows on algea spires, and cellulase in its saliva to turn them to sugar. It swallows its prey whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a large brain with large memory center, sharp fish eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It lives in interconnected burrows with fifteen or so related individuals that hunt together and clean eachother. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Speedy Tullycod | LC/85 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter and a half in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body. It has a long, strong, finned tail. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its skin is covered in slick slime. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from: Furryfin Spireater | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 2.4 meters in length, with dozens of tiny, hairy fins that cover its body. It is a slow animal as a result. It has large keratin tusks to crack open algea trees, and keratin teeth to chew the lignite-rich tissue into a rough paste, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a large brain with good memory and recognition, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Obese Scutelizard | VU/30 | flazeo25

A reptilian, opportunistically omnivorous animal 50 centimeters in length, with four legs with webbed feet and a very long, flat tail that forms most of its length. It is very obese and is therefore very slow. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has very strong stomach acid and can spit it at foes. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in long keratin scutes. It has complex vocal chords and ability to form primitive languages. On its nape are four long, crushing tentacles, each with a stinger with hallucinogenic venom that makes the stung animal trip. It has a short neck and a reptilian head. It has a large, smart brain, sensitive head tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils, a snout with two nostrils for smelling, and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by internal fertilisation and hatching of eggs. It lives in tribes, constructs mud dwellings on beaches, uses crude tools, and forms complex social structures.

Quote from:  Burrowing Krillgore | LC/80 | Blood_Librarian

A tiny, piscine, herbivorous, knife-shaped animal a centimeter in length, with two pairs of flat, hardened fins for digging into sand. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to bite algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives under the sand and makes nests with insulating secretions, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched.

Quote from: Beachlaying Hexturtle | LC/80 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal 75 centimeters in length, with three pairs of short legs on its underside and a large horizontal tail. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a large brain with a developed memory center, fish-like eyes, sensitive internal ears, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of soft eggs that harden after fertilisation. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators, and lays its hardshelled eggs in soft sand.

Quote from: Boar Hexturtle | LC/80 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs on its underside. It has a pair of tusks to uproot and keratin teeth in its mouth to chew on vegetation, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators.

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Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
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Quote from:  Uchian Handfish Whalegore | LC/85 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs of various sizes with clawed ends to tear apart prey of various sizes and are also used in self-grooming. It has a large brain, two sensitive nostrils, and sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is very social, and lives in large pods. The young clean the adults of parasites. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from: Lungenose Dropseal | LC/80 | notquitethere

A mostly aquatic, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with two large flippers and one tail that can haul it on land with a tripodal gait. It has two pairs of sharp keratin plates to kill prey. It has a pair of lungs. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for catching prey. It has a large brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Uchian Diegonic Cuttlecovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A droplet-shaped, pre-sapient, amphibious, carnivorous animal 60 centimeters in length, with a layer of subdermal fat, thick hydrophobic fur and a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It two pairs of long, hollow canines in its mouth to suck blood and tear flesh apart. It gills can store water to breathe air. It has very strong cardiovascular and immune systems. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a very large, complex brain, sharp fish eyes, echolocation and hearing. It reproduces by internal fertilisation and hatching of eggs. It rests and socialises on coasts, huddling for warmth, and displays feats of intelligence above that of an average animal.

Two ecotypes exist. One lives on coastal waters and spends time on land, and the other living on the deeper zones. The deepwater variant does not comes to the shore.

Quote from: Deathgrip Dropseal | LC/80 | notquitethere

A mostly aquatic, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with two large flippers and one tail that can haul it on land with a tripodal gait. Its mouth has two pairs of sharp keratin plates. It has a pair of lungs. It has a large, wide snout with a large, very sharp pincer, which it uses for killing prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Seaterranean Glowyrm | LC/75 | brangerlon

A piscine, carnivorous, vermiform animal a meter in length, with a pair of digging claws on its sides. Its skin is blotchy sand yellow. It has a pair of keratin mandibles to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain, chemoreceptive whiskers, nocireceptive strips on its sides, and sharp, fish-like eyes. It is very toxic. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both sexes guard in a burrow. Females often clone themselves instead of mating, resulting in a smaller gene pool. Males have a pair of fins on their back, and females have an ovipositor instead. The fries live with adults under the sediment and pick at any debris or parasite the adults have on their bodies.

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Quote from: Grazing Hexturtle | LC/90 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs with claws on its underside. It has keratin teeth in its mouth to chew on vegetation, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, a pair of internal ears and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators.

Quote from: Fatty Spireater | LC/75 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 2.4 meters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its fat body. It is a very slow animal as a result. It has large keratin tusks to crack open algea trees, and keratin teeth to chew the lignite-rich tissue into a rough paste, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a large brain with good memory and recognition, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Bellynest Hexturtle | LC/100 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal 75 centimeters in length, with three pairs of short legs on its underside and a large horizontal tail. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a large brain with a developed memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, an audiotory melon organ and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by internal fertilisation of hard eggs that are hatched inside the mother. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators.

Quote from: Oilnate Dropbass | LC/100 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It is covered with insulating oil. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has very thick, leathery but lightweight skin with many ornate grooves on that attract mates. It has a brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals that frequently clean eachother, and also clean other animals as well

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The Sunlight Zone | Epipelagic Ocean | (7/7 species)

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Quote from:  Pelagic Handfish Whalegore | LC/85 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs with clawed ends to tear apart prey. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is very social, and lives in large, but anarchic pods. The adults periodically approach shallow waters so that the young whalegores can clean them. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from: Opensea Spiralcod | LC/90 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, spring-shaped animal a meter in length. It slowly spirals in the water in search of prey. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. lIt's muscles are very strong. It has a small, fast brain with large memory center, colorblind eyes and a sensitive pair of nostrils. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Remora Pancod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, parasitic, circular, flattened animal 10 centimeters in length, with two large fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch, along with a large circular organ on its back that creates blasts of sound that grants it small bursts of speed. It has a wide, round mouth filled with tiny keratin spikes, and long hooked tendrils to latch and draw blood from larger prey animals, which it then sucks via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It is migratory and reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs in the shallow waters.

Quote from: Mob Yarom | LC/70 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, carnivorous animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long keratin fangs in its mouth to stab and kill prey, which it then swallows whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a large brain with large memory center, sharp fish eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with two large nostrils. It is defended against the sonic shocks of pancods with skin flaps that cover its face when needed. lives in clans of forty or so related individuals that mob large prey and clean eachother. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Migratory Shrimpgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, filterfeeding, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to briefly glide in the air. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. When cold, it slows down and forms temporary swarms to warm up.

Quote from: Manta Pancod | LC/80 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 50 centimeters in length, with two large fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch, along with a large circular organ on its back that creates blasts of sound that grants it small bursts of speed. It has two large, mobile brushes of baleen in its mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It is migratory and reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs in the shallow waters.

Quote from: Colossal Dropalina | LC/90 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, filterfeeding, droplet-shaped animal 20 meters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin baleen, It filters algea and swallows it via suction from a set of internal gills, keeping close to the waters surface to do so. It's back has symbiotic algea colonies attached. It has two tiny fangs with a painful venom, and is somewhat immune to toxins. It has a large brain, large fish-like eyes, olfactory pits on its cheeks and internal ears. It has vocal chords that it uses to produce sonic blasts, and thickened skin on its face be resist its effects. It reproduces by internal fertilisation of dozens of eggs, which are released as small, vulnerable babies. It lives in herds of a few dozen adult individuals.

The Midnight Zone | Bathypelagic Zone | (7/7 species)

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Quote from:  Apex Predators | (1/1) | 600-300= 300 (Stable)

Quote from:  Abyssal Handfish Whalegore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal three meters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs with clawed ends to tear apart prey. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by extremely large, fish-like eyes. It lives in deep ocean. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from: Deepsea Spiralcod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, spring-shaped animal a meter in length. It slowly spirals in the water in search of prey. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's body is filled with a chemical that allows it to live in the deep sea. It's muscles are very strong. It has a brain with large memory and movement centers, vestigial eyes and a sensitive pair of nostrils. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepsea Megalocod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 75 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's body is filled with a chemical that allows it to live in the deep sea. It has a small, hyperactive brain with a large memory center, vestigial eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepdweller Yarom | LC/100 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, carnivorous, flat animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long keratin fangs in its mouth to stab and kill prey, which it then swallows whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a brain with large memory center, small, vestigial fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It lives in clans of a few dozen related individuals. It has bioluminescent patches on its fins, which it uses to communicate. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from: Abbysal Dropeel | LC/100 | notquitethere

A serpentine, flat animal half a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to gather sea snow from the seafloor, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, small, vestigial fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepsea Sylangoes | LC/100 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, snail-esque animal 10 centimeters in size, with dozens of tiny fins that cover the exposed part of its body, moving in synch. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to eat seasnow from the sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales, an a large, spiral keratin shell. It's tissues are packed with a chemical that makes it immune to pressure. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and vestigial, small fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Spikey Crabgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, crustaceanoid, bottomfeeding, crab-shaped animal 10 centimeters in length. It has six hydraulic legs and a pair of pincers that it uses to shove seasnow into its mouth. It is covered in a hardened, bony, and very, very spikey exoskeleton and is very lightweight. It's exokeleton is also very alkaline, which fends off parasites. It has a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in deep ocean. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs.

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Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on October 28, 2023, 06:07:20 pm

What in the world are the requirements to make the islands our home... (Other than actual life that never comes.)

Birian Diegonic Cuttlecovy grows larger.
Birian Diegonic Cuttlecovy grows larger.
Birian Diegonic Cuttlecovy grows larger.
Birian Diegonic Cuttlecovy grows larger.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on October 28, 2023, 06:27:17 pm

Quote from: TricMagic on October 28, 2023, 06:07:20 pm

What in the world are the requirements to make the islands our home... (Other than actual life that never comes.)

It is less about the place of residence and more about the ecological niche the species occupies. Cuttlecovies eat aquatic or semiaquatic prey that eats underwater vegetation. They are bound to the shallows.

When land plants will evolve, then you can speciate a new terrestrial predator. But alas, the dice says no.

I will make land plants evolve in turn 15 though, if not earlier from the dice.

Also, what are you trying to do?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on October 28, 2023, 06:50:49 pm

1. Bloodskin Hexturtle develops better suction
ss. Bloodskin Hexturtle develops toxin immunity
2. Boar Hexturtle develops chloroplasts on the back, not just the sail
3. Beachlaing Hexturtle develops chloroplasts on the back, not just the sail

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: FiveBalesOfHay on October 28, 2023, 07:29:43 pm

1. Treehouse yarom: Lose ability to digest meat and become fully herbivorous.
2. Tunneler yarom: Secrete from the mouth a slimy substance that quickly hardens. Cover the walls of tunnels with this to reinforce them against earthquakes and make them harder to dig out.
3. Mob yarom: Develop semi-coordinated hunting patterns to surround prey and more easily hunt.
SS: Tunneler yarom: Develop speech.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: brangerlon on October 29, 2023, 08:15:47 pm

domedweller
1: mix sediment with resin to improve strength
ss: change structure of domes to allow for bigger sizes

glowyrm
2: streamline mandibles, turning them into a vertical beak
3: females can turn to males if male count is low

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on November 02, 2023, 02:22:22 am

Obese Scutelizard
-[1] Imbue it's internal fat and muscles with it's acidic glands.
-[2] Support action 1 action.
-[SS] Improve it's acid making it very corrosive.
-[3] Speciate the above:
--[3A] Compact it's muscles and fat making it more agile.
--[3B] Compact it's muscles and fat making it more agile then send to Bir Shallows

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on November 02, 2023, 06:14:22 pm

1: Make Plateha Dropbass smaller
2: Fix Internal Fertilization for Colossal Dropalina
3: Jaws for Plateha Dropbass
SS: Larger brain for Colossal Dropalina

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on November 03, 2023, 11:19:13 am

notquitethere
SS: Improve eyesight of Lungenose Dropseal
1: Improve brain for categorisation and pattern matching
2: Improve brain for social grouping and communication
3: Improve brain for pack tactics and ambush

Knightwing64(You should really speciate, you know? There are serious contenders to your one and only niche)
1: Tool use
2: Improve the stink of the eggs
3: Improve mouth vacuum
SS: Biochemical/bioelectrical telepathy

The Canadian Kitten
1: Smaller size for Plateha Dropbass
2: Fix internal fertilisation of Colossal Dropalina
3: Better jaws for Plateha Dropbass
SS: Bigger brain for Colossal Dropalina

TricMagic (You realise this is a very reckless thing to do, right?)
1: Bigger size for Diegonic Cuttlecovy
2: Bigger size for Diegonic Cuttlecovy
3: Bigger size for Diegonic Cuttlecovy
4: Bigger size for Diegonic Cuttlecovy

flazeo25
1: Acidic tissues
2: Acidic tissues
SS: Improve acid spit
3: Speciate the above
  A: Better muscles
  B: Better muscles and send to Bir Shallows

brangerlon
1: The Domedwellers discover cement
SS: Better domes for The Domedweller
2: Mandibles into vertical beak for Seaterranean Glowyrm
3: Female-to-male sequential hemaphroditism for Seaterranean Glowyrm

Blood_Librarian
1: Placid and amicable behavior for Shallow Crabgore
2: Inherent aggression for Spikey Crabgore
SS: Larger size for Spikey Crabgore
3: Speciate the above
  A: Shallow water adaptation and send to Eke Shallows
  B: Lopsided claws

Crystalizedmine
1: Better suction for Bloodskin Hexturtle
SS: Toxin immunity for Bloodskin Hexturtle
2: Photosynthetic back for Boar Hexturtle
3: Photosynthetic back for Beachlaying Hexturtle

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Herbivory for Treehouse Yarom
2: Resin for Tunneler Yarom
3: Better coordination for Mob Yarom
SS: Hearing for Tunneler Yarom

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 10 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: flazeo25 on November 03, 2023, 11:32:55 am

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on November 03, 2023, 11:19:13 am

flazeo25
1: Acidic tissues
2: More Acidic tissues
SS: Improve acid spit
3: Speciate the above
  A: Fix weight problem
  B: Fix weight problem and send to Bir Shallows

Change it this.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on November 03, 2023, 11:55:41 am

Yep.  Yep I do.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: FiveBalesOfHay on November 03, 2023, 03:38:45 pm

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on November 03, 2023, 11:19:13 am

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Herbivory for Treehouse Yarom
2: Resin for Tunneler Yarom
3: Better coordination for Mob Yarom
SS: Speech for Tunneler Yarom (but they can't hear?)

I thought I gave them ears sometime... oh well.
SS: Give Tunneler Yarom hearing.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on November 05, 2023, 02:34:17 pm

Nope, not falling to the second page!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on November 05, 2023, 02:48:49 pm

Well, Knightwing is gone.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on November 05, 2023, 05:22:17 pm

Quote from: TricMagic on November 05, 2023, 02:48:49 pm

Well, Knightwing is gone.

Reduced to atoms.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: notquitethere on November 06, 2023, 01:40:52 pm

Lungenose Dropseal (bid to become apex...)

[SS] - Improve eyesight, for spotting prey and avoiding predation
increase intelligence x3:
 - Categorisation / pattern matching
 - Social grouping/communication
 - Pack tactics/ambush

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: TricMagic on November 06, 2023, 02:01:19 pm

(The turn of Apex Combat. 3 go in, one comes out.)
I'm hoping the size increase helps anyway.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on November 08, 2023, 09:04:31 am

No will post later today

I got grounded again

Math grade keeps screwing me :(

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on November 08, 2023, 03:13:34 pm

Anyways, let's bet on who will become the next apex of the Bir Island!
I bet that Lungnose Dropseal will be the next one.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on November 08, 2023, 04:25:01 pm

Yeaaaa lets kill Knightwing, why not!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on November 08, 2023, 07:41:13 pm

1: BETTER IMPROVISED WEAPONS, TOOL CREATION

2: Put pheromones mixed in with the eggs stinky smell, making them smell extremely unappetizing and inedible.

3: Increased power and range for mouth vaccum

SS: Able to communicate with other species (somewhat) through inventive use of pheromones and electric signals. May not work on species with vastly different and or alien biologies.


It’s me, rejoice, mere mortals. The god of Shellfolk has returned

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on November 08, 2023, 08:34:53 pm

1. Shallow Crabcore gains "intelligence" aka behaviors that make it preferable for the DomeDwellers around to find optimal for animal husbandry (doesnt rip random stuff apart for fun anymore : ( )
2.Spikey Crabgore Ultra violence: Will seek out other non Spikey Crabgore beings to "clear out" grazing space or reduce predation.
3. Speciate Spikey Crabgore (After SS action) & send to Eke Shallows
A. Reversal of Deep Water survival mechanisms to begin adaption to shallow water areas.
B. Pincers become lopsided, one is bigger and for mauling, the other is smaller and for feeding.
SS: Spikey Crabgore becomes larger.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Knightwing64 on November 08, 2023, 09:52:12 pm

I underestimated the extent of my Florida family’s racism.

I’m a little disappointed in them tbh, though I probably should have seen it coming.

(Just heard my uncle saying some lowkey highly racist shit and my family just agreeing was really shocking for me.)

WTH, I hope I’m not infected with the Florida brain too :(

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Always Open to New Players)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on November 14, 2023, 11:42:43 am

Turn 12

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The Events

Strength: 43 (Minor Event)
Timeframe: 2 (Single Turn)
Temperament: 7 (Awsome Stuff)

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The World

Moving Landmasses (2 Turns Left)

The islands are still moving. Large earthquakes and tsunamis are still common occurances. But the ice age is finally over.

There is a development at Bir Shallows. Generations of tsunamis and underwater earthquakes have forced the algea spire population of the island to adapt. They have evolved to be much more durable, which comes with the advantage that they can hold their own weight on shallower, more tumulous waters. They now also have primitive root systems to hold onto their substrate. The algea spires now occur much closer to the shore.

The Landfall is ahead of schedule, and is now guaranteed to occur at Turn 14, instead of 15.

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Slower Obese Scutelizard, Spoiled Scutelizard and Burrowing Krillgore are extinct.

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notquitethere
SS: Improve eyesight of Lungenose Dropseal: 3+1=4
1: Improve brain for categorisation and pattern matching: 4+1=5
2: Improve brain for social grouping and communication: 2+1=3
3: Improve brain for pack tactics and ambush: 1+1=2

Knightwing64(Alright, have fun probably dying off.)
1: Tool use: 5+1= Capped at 5
2: Improve the stink of the eggs: 5+1= Capped at 5
3: Improve mouth vacuum: 4+1=5
SS: Biochemical/bioelectrical telepathy: 3+1=4
(...or not. like in the name of toady wow... dem dice) (you were THIS close to losing your position tho)

The Canadian Kitten
1: Smaller size for Plateha Dropbass: 2
2: Fix internal fertilisation of Colossal Dropalina: 4+1=5
3: Better jaws for Plateha Dropbass: 1+1=2
SS: Bigger brain for Colossal Dropalina: 5+1=6

TricMagic
1: Bigger size for Diegonic Cuttlecovy: 4
2: Bigger size for Diegonic Cuttlecovy: 5
3: Bigger size for Diegonic Cuttlecovy: 4
SS: Bigger size for Diegonic Cuttlecovy: 3

flazeo25
1: Acidic tissues: 2
2: Acidic tissues: 1
SS: Improve acid spit: 2+1=3
3: Speciate the above
  A: Better muscles: 5+1= Capped at 5
  B: Better muscles and send to Bir Shallows: 3+1=4

brangerlon
1: The Domedwellers discover cement: 3+1=4
SS: Better domes for The Domedweller: 5+1=6
2: Mandibles into vertical beak for Seaterranean Glowyrm: 3+1=4
3: Female-to-male sequential hemaphroditism for Seaterranean Glowyrm: 2+1=3

Blood_Librarian
1: Placid and amicable behavior for Shallow Crabgore: 2
2: Inherent aggression for Spikey Crabgore: 3
SS: Larger size for Spikey Crabgore: 3
3: Speciate the above
  A: Shallow water adaptation and send to Eke Shallows: 3
  B: Lopsided claws: 4+1=5

Crystalizedmine
1: Better suction for Bloodskin Hexturtle: 4+1=5
SS: Toxin immunity for Bloodskin Hexturtle: 3
2: Photosynthetic back for Boar Hexturtle: 2+1=3
3: Photosynthetic back for Beachlaying Hexturtle: 3+1=4

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Herbivory for Treehouse Yarom: 2+1=3
2: Resin for Tunneler Yarom: 2
3: Better coordination for Mob Yarom: 4+1=5
SS: Hearing for Tunneler Yarom: 6

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Bir Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/13 species)

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Quote from:  Apex Predators | (1/1) | 815-600= 215 (Stable)

Quote from: Loudspeaker Covylossal | LC/100 | Knightwing64

A large, carnivorous, perfectly rotund, extremely adaptable pre-sapient animal 4 meters in diameter, with many sharp, flexible tendrils that are able to cast powerful electricity. It lives in groups of up to 30 individuals. It moves and manouvers around by using air jets on its underside. It has a large round mouth that it uses to pull and devour its prey via suction from a set of very powerful internal gills. It has a thick, porous skin that allows algea to grow on it, giving it camuflage. It has efficent anti-toxin defenses. Its tissues are slightly acidic, charged with electricity, making it a non-target to parasites. It has a very large, smart brain, bulging, mantis shrimp-like eyes, and a sense of electroreception. It broadcasts electrical pulses that suggest its prey to come closer, along with pheromones to aid it. If there is no prey, it goes into stasis to conserve energy and is very energy efficent, and very long lived. It uses basic bone tools it crafts with its tentacles, to get around and hunt easier. It reproduces by external fertilisation of thousands of tiny, repulsive eggs, which hatch into embryonic young with very low survival rates.

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Quote from:  Predators | (6/6) | Prey Amount= 425-390= 35 (Stable)

Quote from:  Birian Fluttering Cuttlecovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A small, droplet-shaped, carnivorous animal 40 centimeters in length, with a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It has small keratin spike teeth in its mouth to bite and kill prey. It has a very strong immune system. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a large brain, fish-like eyes, echolocation, and weak hearing. It reproduces by parasitic eggs that must be planted inside a host. The eggs secrete a scabbing substance to somewhat seal the wound. This process will often kill the host.

Quote from: Scavenger Pear-ly Megalocod | LC/60 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, pear-shaped animal 90 centimeters in length, with a set of shark-like, cartilageous fins. It has small, circular scales that cover its face and back and has a thick layer of subdermal fat. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's stomach acid is very potent. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Robustjaw Megalocod | LC/50 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, pear-shaped animal 90 centimeters in length, with a set of shark-like, cartilageous fins. It has small, circular scales that cover its face and back and has a thick layer of subdermal fat. It has a very robust, very large jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Coastal Handfish Whalegore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal half a meter in length, with two pairs of hard, stout, wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales, which turn into plates at the belly. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are two pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs of various sizes with clawed ends to tear apart prey of various sizes and are also used in self-grooming, along with a two short, muscular digits to drag itself on shore. It has a large brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid in tide pools. It is very social, and lives in pods. The young clean the adults of parasites. It hunts in shallow coasts, ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

Quote from: Plateha Dropbass | VU/30 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, carnivorous, weakly mesothermic, droplet-shaped animal 5 centimeters in length covered in an exoskeleton, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong, very large and heavy jaw lined with large keratin spikes to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in packs made of a dozen or so individuals.

Quote from:  Greatest Diegonic Cuttlecovy | LC/50 | TricMagic

A droplet-shaped, pre-sapient, amphibious, carnivorous animal 6 meters in length, with a layer of subdermal fat, thick hydrophobic fur and a pair of long, but very thin, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It is a very slow animal. It two pairs of long, hollow canines in its mouth to suck blood and tear flesh apart. It gills can store water to breathe air. It has a very strong heart and immune system. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a very large, complex brain, sharp fish eyes, echolocation and hearing. It reproduces by internal fertilisation and hatching of eggs. It rests and socialises on very shallow waters and cannot move in land, and displays feats of intelligence above that of an average animal.

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Quote from: Tailed Hexagonbaga | LC/100 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, omnivorous animal 40 centimeters in length, with a large tail and three pairs of small, stubby limbs on its underside. It's body is streamlined and it is very quick and nimble. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a brain with large memory and coordination centers, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It lives in large herds and cleans others of parasites and infections.

Quote from: Bloodskin Hexturtle | LC/100 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, omnivorous, bloodsucking animal 50 centimeters in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs that end in claws on its underside. It has sets of very fine keratin cilia and four keratin spines in its large mouth to filter algea from water, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing and it is mildly resistant to toxins. It has a self-replenishing photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It opportunistically drinks blood.

Quote from: Shallow Crabgore | LC/75 | Blood_Librarian

A small, crustaceanoid, herbivorous, animal 10 centimeters in length. It has six hydraulic legs and a pair of pincers that it uses to shove algea into its mouth. It is covered in a hardened, bony, and very, very spikey exoskeleton and is very lightweight. It has a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It is an easygoing creature that tolerates others and has reduced fear responses, which makes it the ideal prey. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs.

Quote from: Earful Hexturtle | LC/100 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, omnivorous animal 20 centimeters in diameter, with three pairs of small, stubby limbs that end in claws on its underside. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its flesh is unappetizing. It has a self-replenishing photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. Its skin is colored in a vibrant red with many yellow dots, which grants it a degree of aposematic coloration. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, internal ears, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs that are seeded with choloroplasts from birth. It cleans other animals of parasites and infections.

Quote from:  The Domedweller | LC/300 | brangerlon

A small, piscine, herbivorous, flat, droplet-shaped, sapient animal 5 centimeters in length, with two pairs of fins on its sides. Its skin is covered in all sorts of bright colors with bioluminescent stripes. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to comb algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Along with internal gills, it has a coat of oxygenating fuzz on its flat back. It has a very fast and efficent brain, chemoreceptive whiskers and fish-like eyes. It is rather toxic, making it inpalatable to most. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both parents guard. It is capable of communication using light signals, and lives in large, cooperative societies, and is able to secrete a hard, resin-like substance and mix it with sand to build very large, dome-shaped buildings and form sprawling colonies surrounded by curated algea fields.

Quote from: Heavy Scutelizard | LC/50 | flazeo25

A reptilian, opportunistically omnivorous animal 45 centimeters in length, with four legs with webbed feet and a very long, flat tail that forms most of its length. It is obese and is therefore slow. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to scrape algea from rocks and sediment, which it then devours via suction from its mouth. It has very strong stomach acid and can spit it at foes. It has lungs connected to a single blowhole on top of its body. It is covered in long keratin scutes. It has complex vocal chords and ability to form primitive languages. On its nape are four long, crushing tentacles, each with a stinger with hallucinogenic venom that makes the stung animal trip. It has a short neck and a reptilian head. It has a large, smart brain, sensitive head tentacles, a pair of hearing tendrils, a snout with two nostrils for smelling, and light-sensitive fish-like eyes. It reproduces by internal fertilisation and hatching of eggs. It lives in tribes, constructs mud dwellings on beaches, uses crude tools, and forms complex social structures.

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Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
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Eke Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/11 species)

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Quote from:  Apex Predators | (1/1) | 885-500= 385 (Stable)

Quote from:  Ekean Handfish Whalegore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs with clawed ends to tear apart prey. It has a large brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is very social and lives in large pods. The young clean the adults of parasites. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from:  Predators | (4/5) | Prey Amount=485-400=85 (Stable)

Quote from: Tunnelmaker Yarom | LC/100 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, carnivorous, somewhat endothermic animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long, tough keratin-carbonate fangs in its mouth to kill prey and carve burrows on rocky surfaces, and an oral gland that makes rough nest resin. It swallows its food whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a large brain with large memory center, sharp fish eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, two small, sensitive cup-like ears, and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It lives in interconnected, burrows with rough walls and shared larders, with fifty or so related individuals that hunt together and clean eachother. They make bubble noises to eachother to communicate. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Eggcarrying Dropseal | LC/100 | notquitethere

A mostly aquatic, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with two large flippers and one tail that can haul it on land with a tripodal gait. It has two pairs of sharp keratin plates to kill prey. It has a pair of lungs. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for catching prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. Mother releases a porous egg pouch and retracts back after fertilisation and hatches them inside.

Quote from: Ekean Diegonic Cuttlecovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A droplet-shaped, pre-sapient, amphibious, carnivorous animal 60 centimeters in length, with a layer of subdermal fat, thick hydrophobic fur and a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It two pairs of long, hollow canines in its mouth to suck blood and tear flesh apart. It gills can store water to breathe air. It has very strong cardiovascular and immune systems. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a very large, complex brain, sharp fish eyes, echolocation and hearing. It reproduces by internal fertilisation and hatching of eggs. It rests and socialises on coasts, and displays feats of intelligence above that of an average animal.

Quote from: Speedy Tullycod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter and a half in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body. It has a long, strong, finned tail. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. Its skin is covered in slick slime. It has a long neck that it uses to scout for prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from: Furryfin Spireater | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 2.4 meters in length, with dozens of tiny, hairy fins that cover its body. It is a slow animal as a result. It has large keratin tusks to crack open algea trees, and keratin teeth to chew the lignite-rich tissue into a rough paste, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a large brain with good memory and recognition, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Thorny Crabgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small crustaceanoid, herbivorous, crab-shaped animal 20 centimeters in length. It has six hydraulic legs and a pair of pincers that it uses to shove algea into its mouth. It is covered in a hardened, bony, and very, very spikey exoskeleton and is very lightweight. It's exokeleton is also very alkaline, which fends off parasites. It has a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes.  It is a very aggressive animal that only tolerates it own kin. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs.

Quote from: Treehouse Beaveel | LC/85 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, herbivorous, somewhat endothermic animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long, tough keratin-carbonate fangs in its mouth to eat and carve burrows into algea spires, and cellulase in its saliva to turn them to sugar. It has a set of powerful internal gills. It has a large brain with large memory center, sharp fish eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It lives in interconnected burrows with fifteen or so related individuals that live together and clean eachother. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Beachlaying Hexturtle | LC/100 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal 75 centimeters in length, with three pairs of short legs on its underside and a large horizontal tail. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating, and it also photosynthesizes via its back. It has a large brain with a developed memory center, fish-like eyes, sensitive internal ears, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of soft eggs that harden after fertilisation. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators, and lays its hardshelled eggs in soft sand.

Quote from: Boar Hexturtle | LC/100 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs on its underside. It has a pair of tusks to uproot and keratin teeth in its mouth to chew on vegetation, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating, and it also has a partially photosynthetic back. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators.

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Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 12 | (Always Open to New Players)
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Uch Island | Barren Rock Flats | (0/9 species)

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Uch Shallows | Algea Forest | (9/9 species)

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Quote from:  Apex Predators | (1/1) | 700-400= 300 (Stable)

Quote from:  Uchian Handfish Whalegore | LC/85 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs of various sizes with clawed ends to tear apart prey of various sizes and are also used in self-grooming. It has a large brain, two sensitive nostrils, and sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is very social, and lives in large pods. The young clean the adults of parasites. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from:  Predators | (4/4) | Prey Amount=365-380= -15 (Unstable, Insufficent Prey)

Quote from: Lungenose Dropseal | LC/100 | notquitethere

A mostly aquatic, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with two large flippers and one tail that can haul it on land with a tripodal gait. It has two pairs of sharp keratin plates to kill prey. It has a pair of lungs. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for catching prey. It has a large, sophisticated brain with large memory and pattern recognition centers, orb-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It lives and hunts in anarchic, temporary pods that collectively mob their prey. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Uchian Diegonic Cuttlecovy | LC/100 | TricMagic

A droplet-shaped, pre-sapient, amphibious, carnivorous animal 60 centimeters in length, with a layer of subdermal fat, thick hydrophobic fur and a pair of long, rapidly flapping, cuttlefish-like fins with grasping suction cups, moving in synch. It two pairs of long, hollow canines in its mouth to suck blood and tear flesh apart. It gills can store water to breathe air. It has very strong cardiovascular and immune systems. Its suction cups has stingers that secrete a numbing and sedative venom to prevent the prey from fleeing. It produces an electric shock to stun prey. It has a very large, complex brain, sharp fish eyes, echolocation and hearing. It reproduces by internal fertilisation and hatching of eggs. It rests and socialises on coasts, huddling for warmth, and displays feats of intelligence above that of an average animal.

Two ecotypes exist. One lives on coastal waters and spends time on land, and the other living on the deeper zones. The deepwater variant does not comes to the shore.

Quote from: Deathgrip Dropseal | LC/100 | notquitethere

A mostly aquatic, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal a meter in length, with two large flippers and one tail that can haul it on land with a tripodal gait. Its mouth has two pairs of sharp keratin plates. It has a pair of lungs. It has a large, wide snout with a large, very sharp pincer, which it uses for killing prey. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Seaterranean Glowyrm | LC/80 | brangerlon

A piscine, carnivorous, vermiform animal a meter in length, with a pair of digging claws on its sides. Its skin is blotchy sand yellow. It has a vertical, scissor-like keratin beak to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain, chemoreceptive whiskers, nocireceptive strips on its sides, and sharp, fish-like eyes. It is mildly toxic. It has very fast reflexes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs, which both sexes guard in a burrow. Females often turn to males to increase their individual fitness, resulting in less females and a small gene pool. Males have a pair of fins on their back, and females have an ovipositor instead. The fries live with adults under the sediment and pick at any debris or parasite the adults have on their bodies.

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Quote from:  Prey | (4/4) | Plant Amount=Optimal (No Maluses)

Quote from: Grazing Hexturtle | LC/100 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal half a meter in diameter, with three pairs of short legs with claws on its underside. It has keratin teeth in its mouth to chew on vegetation, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, a pair of internal ears and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators.

Quote from: Fatty Spireater | LC/65 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, droplet-shaped animal 2.4 meters in length, with dozens of tiny fins that cover its fat body. It is a very slow animal as a result. It has large keratin tusks to crack open algea trees, and keratin teeth to chew the lignite-rich tissue into a rough paste, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a large, wide snout with muscular extensions that end in hooked claws, which it uses for grasping. It has a large brain with good memory and recognition, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Bellynest Hexturtle | LC/100 | Crystalizedmine

A circular, herbivorous animal 75 centimeters in length, with three pairs of short legs on its underside and a large horizontal tail. It has sets of keratin baleen in its large mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then swallows with suction. It has a pair of lungs connected to a blowhole. It has a photosynthetic back sail and it is very isolative to prevent overheating. It has a large brain with a developed memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth, an audiotory melon organ and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It always swims on the surface of the water. It reproduces by internal fertilisation of hard eggs that are hatched inside the mother. It spends alot of its time on barren land to evade predators.

Quote from: Oilnate Dropbass | LC/100 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, opportunistically omnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 30 centimeters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It is covered with insulating oil. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin spikes to cleanly scrape algea from the seabed, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has two long fangs with a very potent venom, and is largely immune to toxins. It has very thick, leathery but lightweight skin with many ornate grooves on that attract mates. It has a brain and its only sense is sight by large, fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs. It lives in herds of a few dozen individuals that frequently clean eachother, and also clean other animals as well

Quote from: The Open Ocean

The Sunlight Zone | Epipelagic Ocean | (7/7 species)

Spoiler: Local Species (click to show/hide)

Quote from:  Apex Predators | (1/1) | 575-300= 275 (Stable)

Quote from:  Pelagic Handfish Whalegore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal a meter in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs with clawed ends to tear apart prey. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. It is very social, and lives in large, but anarchic pods. The adults periodically approach shallow waters so that the young whalegores can clean them. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from:  Predators | (3/3) | Prey Amount=300-275= 25 (Stable)

Quote from: Opensea Spiralcod | LC/75 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, spring-shaped animal a meter in length. It slowly spirals in the water in search of prey. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. lIt's muscles are very strong. It has a small, fast brain with large memory center, colorblind eyes and a sensitive pair of nostrils. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Remora Pancod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, parasitic, circular, flattened animal 10 centimeters in length, with two large fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch, along with a large circular organ on its back that creates blasts of sound that grants it small bursts of speed. It has a wide, round mouth filled with tiny keratin spikes, and long hooked tendrils to latch and draw blood from larger prey animals, which it then sucks via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It is migratory and reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs in the shallow waters.

Quote from: Tribal Yarom | LC/100 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, carnivorous animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long keratin fangs in its mouth to stab and kill prey, which it then swallows whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a large brain with large memory center, sharp fish eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with two large nostrils. It is defended against the sonic shocks of pancods with skin flaps that cover its face when needed. It lives in clans of a hundred or so, each made up three or more familial clans that systematically take down prey many times their size and clean eachother. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Prey | (3/3) | Plankton Amount=Optimal (No Maluses)

Quote from:  Migratory Shrimpgore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A small, piscine, filterfeeding, knife-shaped animal 3 centimeters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins that allow it to briefly glide in the air. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth is covered in hairs to catch algea, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in open ocean, and migrates to shallow waters to reproduce. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs, which are laid on very shallow water where the mother itself had hatched. When cold, it slows down and forms temporary swarms to warm up.

Quote from: Manta Pancod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, herbivorous, circular, flattened animal 50 centimeters in length, with two large fins on the sides of its body, moving in synch, along with a large circular organ on its back that creates blasts of sound that grants it small bursts of speed. It has two large, mobile brushes of baleen in its mouth to filter algea from the water, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a single small nostril. It has an organ that can make a sonic boom, which it uses to deter predators. It is migratory and reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs in the shallow waters.

Quote from: Colossal Dropalina | LC/100 | The Canadian Kitten

A piscine, filterfeeding, droplet-shaped animal 20 meters in length, with a large, multi faceted fish tail at the end. It has a long digestive tract. It has a strong jaw lined with large keratin baleen, It filters algea and swallows it via suction from a set of internal gills, keeping close to the waters surface to do so. It's back has symbiotic algea colonies attached. It has two tiny fangs with a painful venom, and is somewhat immune to toxins. It has a very large brain, large fish-like eyes, olfactory pits on its cheeks and internal ears. It has vocal chords that it uses to produce sonic blasts, and thickened skin on its face be resist its effects. It reproduces by internal fertilisation of one to three large eggs, which are released as precocial miniature adults. It lives in herds of a few dozen adult individuals.

The Midnight Zone | Bathypelagic Zone | (7/7 species)

Spoiler: Local Species (click to show/hide)

Quote from:  Apex Predators | (1/1) | 600-300= 300 (Stable)

Quote from:  Abyssal Handfish Whalegore | LC/100 | Blood_Librarian

A piscine, omnivorous, cylindrical animal three meters in length, with two pairs of large wing-like fins. It is covered in insulating scales. Its mouth has long, calcium baleen to filter out small animals, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. On the sides of its mouth are three pairs of long, thin, three-jointed limbs with clawed ends to tear apart prey. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by extremely large, fish-like eyes. It lives in deep ocean. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs. It hunts by ramming its body onto targets, and then tearing them apart.

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Quote from:  Predators | (3/3) | Prey Amount=300-300=0 (Equilibrium)

Quote from: Deepsea Spiralcod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, spring-shaped animal a meter in length. It slowly spirals in the water in search of prey. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's body is filled with a chemical that allows it to live in the deep sea. It's muscles are very strong. It has a brain with large memory and movement centers, vestigial eyes and a sensitive pair of nostrils. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepsea Megalocod | LC/100 | notquitethere

A piscine, carnivorous, droplet-shaped animal 75 centimeters in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has a robust jaw with many spike-like keratin teeth to kill prey, which it then devours via suction from a set of powerful suction chambers on its gills. It's body is filled with a chemical that allows it to live in the deep sea. It has a small, hyperactive brain with a large memory center, vestigial eyes and a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepdweller Yarom | LC/100 | FiveBalesOfHay

A serpentine, carnivorous, flat animal half a meter in length, with a moray-like fin plan, with a long tail fin and four stabilising fins. It has four long keratin fangs in its mouth to stab and kill prey, which it then swallows whole via suction from a set of powerful internal gills. It has a brain with large memory center, small, vestigial fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It lives in clans of a few dozen related individuals. It has bioluminescent patches on its fins, which it uses to communicate. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

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Quote from:  Prey | (3/3) | Sea Snow Amount=Optimal (no maluses)

Quote from: Abbysal Dropeel | LC/75 | notquitethere

A serpentine, flat animal half a meter in length, with dozens of small fins that cover its body, moving in synch. It has small keratin brushes in its mouth to gather sea snow from the seafloor, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It has a small brain with large memory center, small, vestigial fish-like eyes, long whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a long, wide snout with a single small nostril. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from: Deepsea Sylangoes | LC/75 | flazeo25

A small, piscine, snail-esque animal 10 centimeters in size, with dozens of tiny fins that cover the exposed part of its body, moving in synch. It has two rows of keratin teeth in its mouth to eat seasnow from the sediment, which it then devours via suction from a set of internal gills. It is covered in keratin scales, an a large, spiral keratin shell. It's tissues are packed with a chemical that makes it immune to pressure. On either side of its mouth are four long, strong tentacles with suction cups on the tips and bristles on the sides to filter algea from water. It has a small, limited, but fast brain, two tentacle feelers and vestigial, small fish-like eyes. It reproduces by external fertilisation of eggs.

Quote from:  Spikey Crabbergore | LC/150 | Blood_Librarian

A small crustaceanoid, bottomfeeding, crab-shaped animal 20 centimeters in length. It has six hydraulic legs and a pair of pincers that are very asymmetric, one being much larger. It uses the large one to injure opponents, and uses the small one to shove seasnow into its mouth. It is covered in a hardened, bony, and very, very spikey exoskeleton and is very lightweight. It's exokeleton is also very alkaline, which fends off parasites. It has a set of internal gills. It has a small brain and its only sense is sight by sharp, fish-like eyes. It lives in deep ocean. It is a very aggressive animal that only tolerates it own kin. It reproduces by external fertilisation of many durable eggs.

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Turn Reports will span three posts from now on. One for each larger island and one for Uch and the pelagic habitats. Because even after the separation, Bir and Eke as they are now totaled over 22000 characters. Double that with the colonisation of land, and we exceed the 40000 limit.

On the bright side, this may allow me to create micro habitats for you to specialise on. Hear that Librarian, there may very well be freshwater on the islands, after all.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: TricMagic on November 14, 2023, 12:10:23 pm

Meanwhile the Cuttlecovy makes a massive jump for covy kind. 6 Meters.

Developing. Greatest Diegonic Cuttlecovy adaptations.
Develop Long fins with which to sail the currents. Tentacles among the side become sailfins, making use of the currents to move. They can fold against the side when needed.
Specialize Tentacle Growths Tentacles on the bottom become specialized. Some are strong and large, meant to be used to grasp prey and move on land. Others are fine and long, meant to entangle smaller creatures and sting them. And some are meant to zap and disable.
Speciation. Developing current surfing methods to improve their speed and maneuverability. 1 Remains in Bir Shallows, other moves to The Sunlight Zone
SS Roll. A robust and efficient digestion system to get everything out of prey. No food must be underutilized for a creature of such size.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on November 14, 2023, 03:50:23 pm

1. Bloodskin Hexturtle becomes fully carnivorous.
2. Bloodskin Hexturtle speciates:
    a. more toxin
    b. chloroplasts cover the entire back, not just the sail(the purpose of the green back is that so that they would look like a leaf). Send to Eke shallows
3. Boar Hexturtle speciates:
    a. Hearing, send to Bir Shallows
    b. Live birth
ss. Bellynest Hexturtle develops vocalizations. If they already have vocalizations, herd behaviour instead.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Knightwing64 on November 16, 2023, 06:48:09 am

Will post action tomorrow, yes, I am early

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: FiveBalesOfHay on November 16, 2023, 09:12:59 am

Tunnelmaker yarom: further language skills, becoming able to create new languages and learn new words
Speciate treehouse beaveel:
- a: grow larger and send to Bir Shallows
- b: gain green camouflage to hide among the algae
Treehouse beaveel a: build tunnels only in the less vital areas of algae spires and underneath their roots, allowing the spire to survive inhabitation
SS: Treehouse beaveel a: Designate a small group of breeding pairs for every colony, and have them release pheromones to prevent other beaveels from reproducing

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: notquitethere on November 16, 2023, 11:20:05 am

Speciate Lungenose Dropseal:
A. Improve social cohesion for closer pods (perhaps a clan system)
B. Improve crushing jaw power for opening up hexturtle egg shells and domes, and send to the Bir Shallows

Speciate the Fatty Spireater - [SS]
A. Sequential hermaphroditism, to maximise egg laying by dynamically rebalancing the sex distribution (which may be skewed in any given moment by the heavy predation)
B. Massive keratin spikes from all parts, leaving it looking like a living sea-mine, skewering most feeding attempts

Speciate the Robustjaw Megalocod:
A. Give micromuscles and perfectly smooth out the scales, so that they can made to suddenly align, giving a mirror-like effect, either to dazzle when near the water surface, or to make the Megalocod more invisible in darker waters -> move to Eke Shallows
B. Evolve a new internal stomach organ, a rotting chamber, where poisonous creatures can be swallowed whole and broken down safely before moving on to the rest of its digestive system.

Speciate the Furryfin Spireater
A- Increase size even further (to continue out-eating other creatures)
B - Evolve to exude a chemical to encourage the chemoreceptive Domedwellers to build domes on its back, giving it a level of protection -> move to Bir Shallows

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on November 16, 2023, 03:07:23 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on November 16, 2023, 11:20:05 am

B. Improve crushing jaw power for opening up hexturtle shells and domes, and send to the Bir Shallows

Fun fact: None of my hexturtles have shells.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: notquitethere on November 16, 2023, 04:29:02 pm

Let's say I meant those hard egg shells!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on November 17, 2023, 02:49:02 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on November 16, 2023, 04:29:02 pm

Let's say I meant those hard egg shells!

But not all hextestudines have hard-shelled eggs. In fact, the species that lay hard shelled eggs are a minority in the clade.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on November 18, 2023, 09:24:18 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on November 16, 2023, 06:48:09 am

Will post action tomorrow, yes, I am early

it's past tomorrow now

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on November 18, 2023, 11:22:27 am

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on November 18, 2023, 09:24:18 am

Quote from: Knightwing64 on November 16, 2023, 06:48:09 am

Will post action tomorrow, yes, I am early

it's past tomorrow now

Classic Knightwing.

Cut the juvenile forumite larvae kiddo some slack. If he posts now, he will still early by the standart he's set from before! HA-

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13
Post by: Magmacube_tr on November 20, 2023, 02:30:26 pm

notquitethere
1: Speciate Lungenose Dropseal
  A: More social cohesion
  B: Crushing jaws and send to Bir Shallows
SS: Speciate Fatty Spireater
  A: Sequential hemaphroditism
  B: Get covered in thagomizers
2: Speciate Robustjaw Megalocod
  A: Dynamic mirror scales and send to Eke Shallows
  B: Secondary stomach for handling hazardous prey
3: Speciate Furryfin Spireater
  A: Larger size
  B: Domedweller symbiosis and send to Bir Shallows


Knightwing64(ßpəçıəâtê)
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The Canadian Kitten
1: Three pairs of limbs for Plateha Dropbass
2: Pheromones for Plateha Dropbass
3: Trachea for Plateha Dropbass
SS: Larger brain for Colossal Dropalina

TricMagic
1: Long sail-like fins
2: Specialised tentacles
SS: Efficent digestive system
3: Speciate the above
  A: Improve maneuverability
  B: Improve maneuverability and send to Sunlight Zone.

flazeo25
1: Hands for Heavy Scutelizard
2: Corrosive spit for Heavy Scutelizard
3: Speciate the above
  A: Fix fatness
  B: Predation and send to Eke Shallows
SS: Speciate 3A
  A: More acidic tissues
  B: More acidic tissues and send to Uch Shallows

brangerlon
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SS: ...
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Blood_Librarian
1: More powerful large claw for Thorny Crabgore
2: Fawning for Uchian Handfish Whalegore
3: Hivemind for Shallow Crabgore
SS: Support action 2

Crystalizedmine
1: Carnivory for Bloodskin Hexturtle
2: Speciate the above
  A: More toxin
  B: Photosynthethic back
3: Speciate Boar Hexturtle
  A: Hearing and send to Bir Shallows
  B: Live birth
SS: Vocal communication for Bellynest Hexturtle

FiveBalesOfHay
1: Cultural language for Tunnelmaker Yarom
2: Speciate Treehouse Beaveel
  A: Grow larger and send to Bir Shallows
  B: Green camuflage
3: Strategic tunneling for 2A
SS: Eusociality for 2A

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: The Canadian kitten on November 21, 2023, 12:32:03 am

1: 3 pairs of legs for Plateha Dropbass
2: Communication via pheromones for plateha dropbass
3: Tracheae for plateha dropbass
SS: larger brain for Colossal Dropalina

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: notquitethere on November 21, 2023, 12:06:19 pm

Submitted my turn early for once  8)

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Blood_Librarian on November 24, 2023, 12:00:46 am

WOOOOOO WATER WARS INTENSIFY
I aam running out of prey animals, they keep getting pushed out of their niches, crab-core is punishing.

1. Thorny Crabgore goes all in on developing a more effective heavy lopsided claw hydraulics. It's gonna be optimized for pinching really hard, both for chopping algaic trees down and for cutting anything that can fit in it in half.
2. Uchian Handfish Whalegore develop signaling centers in their brain as well as proto-electrical receptors that override Loudspeaker Covylossal's original bioprogramming to instead offer some of it's kills to the covylossal's upon detecting the pheromonal & electrical report to hopefully garner deferred consumption from these intelligent titans.
3.Shallow Crabgore recycle negative passive behavior into mirror-neuron-like operancies: These sand grain-brained clawed beings become empathetic to the suffering of their kin, and maybe the things that it doesnt eat but coexists with.
SS. Support 2

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Post by: flazeo25 on November 24, 2023, 02:03:32 am

Heavy Scutelizard
-1: Develop it's front legs into grasping clawed arms, allowing it hold stuff or to claw at others.

-2: Improve it's acid spit to become corrosive when expelled.

-3: Speciate the species below:
--3A: Make it fit removing it's heavyiness.
--3B: Develop predation and send it to Eke Shallows.

-SS: Speciate 3A species below:
-- SSA: Develop acidic blood making it hard to eat.
-- SSB: Develop acidic blood making it hard to eat and send to Uch Shallows.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on November 24, 2023, 04:51:17 am

And that leaves Knightwing and brangerlon.

Let's play a mini-game. Place your bets. Which will one of the latevoters will vote the last? Post the letter to vote.

K: Knightwing
B: brangerlon

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: FiveBalesOfHay on November 24, 2023, 12:37:04 pm

My vote's on K

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Post by: Crystalizedmire on November 24, 2023, 04:06:06 pm

Branglerlon hasn't be active for a while so my bets on them

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Post by: notquitethere on November 24, 2023, 05:32:04 pm

Knightwing has never knowingly not been last, I have faith my boy can win this

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on November 24, 2023, 05:39:55 pm

Also I change 3b to repair chloroplasts

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Post by: The Canadian kitten on November 24, 2023, 07:05:41 pm

B

Gotta have a mix up of last place

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Post by: Knightwing64 on November 24, 2023, 09:47:23 pm

1: Develop hardened insides to deal with any spiky acidic or poisonous creatures with little issue.
2: Heightened pheromone control, push the limits of what is possible and see how different pheromones can act differently in varying species.
3: Toughened outside layers to better protect the babies and to increase survival rate.
SS: Take advantage of prey and make tools out of any body parts not eaten.

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Post by: Magmacube_tr on November 25, 2023, 02:35:21 am

Quote from: Magmacube_tr on November 24, 2023, 04:51:17 am

K: Knightwing
B: brangerlon

brangerlon "wins"!

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on November 25, 2023, 01:14:00 pm

Do we get any prizes for guessing correctly?

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Post by: Magmacube_tr on November 25, 2023, 05:18:54 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on November 25, 2023, 01:14:00 pm

Do we get any prizes for guessing correctly?

You get nothing.

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Post by: Knightwing64 on November 26, 2023, 05:36:24 pm

I always come back…

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Post by: FiveBalesOfHay on November 30, 2023, 10:04:35 pm

Should we skip Brangerlon?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Magmacube_tr on December 01, 2023, 03:42:03 am

Quote from: FiveBalesOfHay on November 30, 2023, 10:04:35 pm

Should we skip Brangerlon?

Probably.

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Post by: flazeo25 on December 03, 2023, 09:31:16 am

Is that so.

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Post by: Crystalizedmire on December 19, 2023, 05:03:54 pm

Can we have next turn before christmas?

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Post by: Magmacube_tr on December 19, 2023, 05:05:04 pm

Quote from: Crystalizedmire on December 19, 2023, 05:03:54 pm

Can we have next turn before christmas?

You probably can.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Wolfkey on December 27, 2023, 05:20:22 am

May i "JOIN NAOW!!!" your "gaem"?

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Post by: Magmacube_tr on December 27, 2023, 05:25:47 am

Quote from: Wolfkey on December 27, 2023, 05:20:22 am

May i "JOIN NAOW!!!" your "gaem"?

Alright, why not?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Wolfkey on December 27, 2023, 07:18:52 pm

I should have said this in my first message, but do i join by speciating someone else's creature or do i just get a bunch of tiny dropcovy?

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Crystalizedmire on December 27, 2023, 07:24:08 pm

You join by speciating someone else's creature

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Post by: notquitethere on December 27, 2023, 07:27:03 pm

Pick the coolest looking fish and turn it into a crab. We believe in you.

Title: Re: Competitive Evolution: Season 4 | Turn 13 | (Landfall Soon, Spots Available)
Post by: Wolfkey on December 28, 2023, 02:12:42 am

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Action 1: Speciate tunnelmaker yarom

Send to bir shallows (if i am allowed to)
Speciation mutation: Gain ability to squeeze into tiny spaces by having less bones.

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Actions 2 & 3: Mutation

Resistance to ingested toxins

Stronger suction to hunt groups of small creatures

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