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Finalizing the Island; Do not post threads in this subforum just yet.
Topic Started: Sep 28 2014, 04:15 PM (1,818 Views)
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READ THIS WHOLE THING IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS COMMUNITY PROJECT.

Alright, we're this close to beginning this shibang, this thread will decide the details of this project and render them official and more or less unchangeable (minus a few details).

- The island(s) originally split from Southeastern Pangaea during the end of the Anisian (approximately 242MYA) along a stretch of the Tethys Sea, as seen here (http://i.imgur.com/AVnJTLR.png).

- The main immigration events to this/these island(s) happened during the Mid Triassic (Southern Pangaea), Jurassic and Early Eocene (India); flying and marine animals from any time after the Mid Triassic were capable of immigrating at any point since then.

- The island(s) have a rough surface area of around 82 000 square kilometres (a bit larger than Hațeg Island), allowing for animals exceeding one metric ton.

- The island(s) is/are presently located in the Indian Ocean, closer to Africa than Australia, and closer to Antarctica than Asia.

- The overall climate of the island(s) is subtropical to temperate, not unlike New Zealand.

Now those are the characteristics of the island that have been more or less decided (some of it just by me), any of it that you think need to be changed should be said in the comments belong.




Now there are a few more things to decide: the time (Early, Mid, Late) and location (Africa or Asia) of the Jurassic Immigration Event and the type of island.

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Remember, the types of islands:

Island A

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Island A: Your typical lost island. One large island, a few tiny ones along its coast mainly there just for aesthetics. Nothing particularly special, and all the fauna and flora will have a chance to interact, with few barriers. Very simple in form and the basic.


Island B

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Island B: A small archipelago. One distinct large island and two or three smaller ones. Allows for relatively distinct wildlife for each island and thus a larger diversity of life but keeps it uncomplicated.


Island C

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Island C: A large archipelago. Lots of islands, both large and small. No real distinct "main" island. Unique wildlife and possibly microclimates across each island. Much more complicated.


Island D

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Island D: Worn down island. Very similar to Island A, but probably more diverse and messed up biomes (more specifically it means the biomes themselves will be smaller individually but more spread out). Also potentially aesthetically pleasing.


These will also be the island(s)' appearance unless someone has a suggestion/recommendation for the island(s) shape.




Please comment your opinions/choices on as much as possible and the reasons for them below.
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Just a suggestion.
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I'd go with island C. I personally love the idea of predatory Heterodontosaurs, and I think Prosauropods could also become dominant over the later Sauropods.
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Myotragus
Sep 28 2014, 05:15 PM
are we just gonna imagine the extinction events don't affect the island(s)?.
More or less this. Then again, it probably won't be noticeable considering we're mostly focusing on living animals and plants (and recently extinct ones if you wish).

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BTW, You can change your vote before the end of 8:30PM EST (approximately two hours from now), when I'll count up the votes and see what we've decided.

I'll count my own votes (let's see hmmm, Early Jurassic Africa and any island) unless someone says that's poor of me.
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Shouldn't we give longer then that? There are members that would participate that haven't been online period since the voting started. I'd give it until this time tomorrow.
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There seems to be a reasonably large number of votes by now.
Besides, there's a few more things that need to done before we can begin this thing and I (and I'm sure most of you) want to start this thing as soon as possible.

If any of the islands or time period voting comes to a tie then I'll extend the vote a bit longer to break the tie.
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Early Jurassic Africa, C. That one looks the most fun.
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I vote for island D, although looking at all the vote for C there's no doubt D is going to lose.
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Alright you got 10 minutes until the voting ends and the final island design and Jurassic time period is decided.

You have 10 minutes to either change your vote or if you haven't already, vote.
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well, I vote for the B island
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I like the idea of B. B gets my vote.
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FINAL CALL, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE TO VOTE OR CHANGE YOUR VOTE.

THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE.
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Island C and Early Jurassic immigration from Asia.
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Oooooo, so right now Island B and C are neck and neck, tied for a finish; I'll give it until 9:15pm EST (around 20 min) and see what happens then.
Early Jurassic has triumphed over Late Jurassic while Mid Jurassic is still at the start, still I'll keep their vote open just because the other one is tied.

PLS VOTE IF YOU HAVE NOT YET DONE SO.
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