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Rewriting Earth; a new wave of spec evo projects
Topic Started: Nov 21 2009, 11:38 PM (7,621 Views)
Canis Lupis
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Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the Earth.

Yeah, go on ahead. Until Parasky PMs me back about granting Vultur-10 mod powers for this project, you will have to add your own polls for the topics you created.
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It is February 1st, and I appear to be moderating this project now, so... the summary of votes so far...

Vege-bowl: 1 accept
Finger Neospoggia: 3 accept
Wave jelly: 2 accept, 1 reject
Bubble polyp: 3 accept
Greenwisp: 2 accept, 1 reject
Frecklejelly: 2 accept
Macehead spikeworm: 2 accept
Star-cows: 1 accept
Bluemud spikeworm: 2 accept
Rock trilobites: 1 accept, 1 reject

The rock trilobites are the only tie as of now, and since it's my creature I don't think it would be appropriate for me to break the tie, so ... can someone else please vote one way or the other?

When everyone is done voting I will move the topics (once I get the ability to) and we can start on the Ordovician.

Edited by Vultur-10, Feb 1 2010, 01:26 PM.
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One thing I noticed is missing from the list is a predator, there's nothing to take the place of Anomalocaris.
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Yeah, true.

Well, we'll have to fill more ecological roles for the Ordovician.

Which is ... starting now!

I guess the deadline for Ordovician critters is Feb. 30th. So, floor is open in Deliberation for the Ordovician creatures. And I started a thread in Biomes and Classification for discussing ecosystems in the Cambrian and how these creatures fit together.

(EDIT: Canis Lupis said more complete descriptions would be needed for the Ordovician and later, and I guess I'll go with that. Try to include habitat/range, size, what it eats, how it reproduces, etc.)
Edited by Vultur-10, Feb 4 2010, 05:07 PM.
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Seems like this really hasn't had much activity recently...

We need contributions from someone other than me for the Ordovician, otherwise I'll have to vote on all my own stuff :lol:
Edited by Vultur-10, Feb 19 2010, 02:34 PM.
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It's now March, so time to close up submissions for the Ordovician.

I will make polls on my threads; for some reason I still can't do this for others' so I will be sending PMs.

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are we voting for if they survive the extinction or if they exist at all?
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kopout
Mar 2 2010, 12:18 PM
are we voting for if they survive the extinction or if they exist at all?
If they exist at all.

The extinction thing will be a different thread.

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Can someone else please vote on the Hairplant?

It's tied, and if no one else does, I'll have to vote on my own creature.
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I think you might have to, nothing seems to be happening.
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The accepted species has been sorted out, so when are we going to decide what survives the extinction?
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Now, I guess; I'll start the thread.
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Oh, also, let's start putting Silurian species in Deliberation.

Since we're starting so late in the month I guess this one will run till April 10th rather than April 1st...
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Holben
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Okay, when does each project begin?
Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea.

"It is the old wound my king. It has never healed."
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Holbenilord
Apr 7 2010, 05:44 AM
Okay, when does each project begin?
Sorry, I have been VERY busy with RL recently.

I think we should end the Silurian Friday, then spend about a week on the wrapup (voting and the ecosystem thread), then start the Devonian May 1st. That one can end regularly on May 31st, as the school year will be over by then and I will have more time.
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