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Post by Admin Game Master on Sept 8, 2015 14:43:39 GMT -5
Welcome all to the second forum game, this is mainly to deal with overflow we got after the creation of the first game. So to start out with. I will update with a new round daily. If you do not post for two rounds. We consider your species abandoned. If no one is available to fill the slot for 3 days the species will be considered extinct. Winner of this game will face off in the championships just like game 001. So lets get started (Conditions for this planet will be a bit different from 001) And don't forget your +2's and -1's!
Round 0
The planet slows after getting pelted with a huge asteroid several million years ago. This impact has slowed the planets rotation and given it many moons. The moons change the tide and the slow rotation means long days and nights. Ultimately that combined with the distance from the home star makes it a cold terrestrial planet. A somewhat thin layer of ice constantly covers the top of the ocean. And snow falls on land. Despite that however life has found a way to survive.
The first microbe Protobactum Falicium forms out of natural compounds and begins the unending race to evolve. It is one and only. But not for long. Protobactum Falicium is a simple Eukaryotic bacteria cell, consisting of only a nucleus and a membrane. It lives at the very bottom of the sea, feeding of the compounds that were created when the planet first formed. It makes energy by metabolizing glucose in its cytoplasm, a fairly inefficient process. Without chloroplasts or any DNA coding for chemosynthesis this organism is very dependent on its constantly changing environment, and is thus given the title of Endangered. It cannot move and can only hope that its food (random proteins and sugars) will be carried close enough by the currents to be engulfed.
Appearance:
Doesn't form colonies and cannot be seen without a microscope.
Environment:
Bottom of sea
Conservation Status:
EN
(While people from game 001 can post here I'd prefer to have newer people fill this game up! Thanks!)
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Post by redwatt50 on Sept 8, 2015 15:40:21 GMT -5
I will join this game too, but anyone who isn't in the first game is free to take my spot at any time. I will to attempt to evolve mitochondria.
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Post by Admin Game Master on Sept 8, 2015 15:42:37 GMT -5
I will join this game too, but anyone who isn't in the first game is free to take my spot at any time. I will to attempt to evolve mitochondria. This seems fair enough.
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Immortal
Cell
Nomming on pasta, Wondering about the other one near Mars
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Post by Immortal on Sept 8, 2015 16:55:46 GMT -5
Ditto on the mitochondria
2+ to joshthehawk
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Post by alexcat989 on Sept 8, 2015 22:29:45 GMT -5
-mitochondria
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joshthehawk
Multi-Cell
Only two things are certain. Death and Waffles.
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Post by joshthehawk on Sept 9, 2015 0:15:53 GMT -5
I'll do another 'I'll join until someone comes and takes my spot' and I vote for mitochondria.
+2 to Immortal.
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Post by classyamoeba on Sept 9, 2015 10:16:00 GMT -5
Joining until someone else is interested, I vote for litrophy, +2 to Immortal.
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Post by Admin Game Master on Sept 9, 2015 10:42:40 GMT -5
There are currently 5 players as soon as it jumps up to 8 it'll start that night.
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Post by moopli on Sept 9, 2015 17:37:52 GMT -5
Join. Evolve a rudimentary endo/exocytotic pathway: vesicles bud off external surface, providing more surface area for absorption/excretion, then re-attach, either to each other (rarely) or to external surface.
Are we more likely to get our evolutions if our votes are more gradual?
If not, I guess I would just 'evolve' mitochondria >.>
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Post by Admin Game Master on Sept 9, 2015 17:47:00 GMT -5
Join. Evolve a rudimentary endo/exocytotic pathway: vesicles bud off external surface, providing more surface area for absorption/excretion, then re-attach, either to each other (rarely) or to external surface. Are we more likely to get our evolutions if our votes are more gradual? If not, I guess I would just 'evolve' mitochondria >.> Uh, you can do cyotic pathways but keep in mind your cell needs energy, and I would say either do endocyotic or exocyotic they have very different purposes. Furthermore you'd need to pick between those or mitochondria. As far the votes go. I have no idea. Its up to the dice. The dice decide and the other players decide if you get a mutation or not. I mean you could attempt to evolve to become multicellular right off the bat, first turn, but you wouldn't be able to move nor would you have any energy production so as a result your race would suffer drastically.
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Post by moopli on Sept 9, 2015 17:58:19 GMT -5
Different purposes, yes, but the same origin: clathrin-like proteins and some accessory proteins which allow vesicles to bud off and fuse. I don't presume to evolve a more highly-controlled system than that, I just wanted to be a bit creative. I figure my basic cytoplasmic glycolysis should be enough for current (quite low) energy requirements, and my guess is that its reaction rate is probably limited by glucose supply, ie, by the amount of surface area I have available for absorption. Hence, a basic vesicle that buds and fuses, using some ATP, providing more surface (moreover, enclosed surface) for absorption, excretion, and further down the line, for compartmentalizing reactions and for phagocytosis (to get, for example, mitochondria which everyone seems to assume is an early freebie??).
If this line of reasoning doesn't agree with you, aight, I'll do something less scientifically orthodox but more in keeping with this game instead, and evolve mitochondria.
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Post by Admin Game Master on Sept 9, 2015 19:07:44 GMT -5
Different purposes, yes, but the same origin: clathrin-like proteins and some accessory proteins which allow vesicles to bud off and fuse. I don't presume to evolve a more highly-controlled system than that, I just wanted to be a bit creative. I figure my basic cytoplasmic glycolysis should be enough for current (quite low) energy requirements, and my guess is that its reaction rate is probably limited by glucose supply, ie, by the amount of surface area I have available for absorption. Hence, a basic vesicle that buds and fuses, using some ATP, providing more surface (moreover, enclosed surface) for absorption, excretion, and further down the line, for compartmentalizing reactions and for phagocytosis (to get, for example, mitochondria which everyone seems to assume is an early freebie??). If this line of reasoning doesn't agree with you, aight, I'll do something less scientifically orthodox but more in keeping with this game instead, and evolve mitochondria. Well now that I have a better understanding of pathways its alright. And mitochondria aren't really freebies. They're just the first things people pick cause they produce energy and that is a must. The complexity of the mutation doesn't effect how easy or hard it is to get it. Its pretty random.
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Post by moopli on Sept 9, 2015 22:17:00 GMT -5
+2 hairykary for being nice to me
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Post by evolutionarytardis on Sept 10, 2015 10:24:48 GMT -5
I'll join, but if someone new Wants to join feel free to take my spot. I want to change Cold temperature in energy.
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Post by Admin Game Master on Sept 10, 2015 17:17:25 GMT -5
7 slots filled 1 left.
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