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The Ditch; the unknown might just lie right beneath your feet~
Topic Started: Sep 6 2015, 12:36 PM (2,811 Views)
Adman
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Totally not lamna
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Somewhere, in some time...

Not too far from where you live..

On the side of that one road that you travel on every day..

Lies the ditch.

It might seem unassuming (and indeed it really is quite bland), but what lies inside it are lifeforms unlike any on earth.

Separated from the rest of the world since a really long time ago, the ditch harbors very creepy and crawly creatures and pumpkin things that would scare the pants off of even an adult human.

This is no ordinary ditch.

No.

This is.

The Ditch
Projects and concepts that I have stewing around
Extended Pleistocene- An alternate future where man died out, and the megafauna would continue to thrive (may or may not include a bit about certain future sapients)
Inverted World- An alternate timeline where an asteroid hit during the Barremian, causing an extinction event before the Maastrichtian. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and notosuchians make it to the present, along with a host of other animals.
Badania- Alien planet that has life at a devonian stage of development, except it exists in the present day.
Ido- Alien world where hoppers (derived flightless ballonts) and mouthpart-legged beasts are prevalent.
Leto- Life on a moon orbiting a gas giant with an erratic orbit; experiences extremes of hot and cold.
The Park- ???
Deeper Impact- a world where the K-Pg extinction wipes out crocodilians, mammals, and birds; squamates, choristoderes, and turtles inherit the earth.
World of Equal Opportunity- alternate history where denisovans come across Beringia and interact with native fauna. Much of the Pleistocene fauna survives, and the modern humans that end up crossing into North America do not overhunt the existing animals. 10,000 years later, civilizations exist that are on par with European and Asian societies.
The Ditch- Nothing is what if seems..
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Velociraptor
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Are there terrordactyls in the ditch?
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Unnamed No K-Pg project: coming whenever, maybe never. I got ideas tho.
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Adman
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All I can say is that there is a looking glass in the ditch, and from it spawns a hell of a lot of fucked up tetrapods, including terrysaurs and dinnsaurs. Stay tuned, folks.
Projects and concepts that I have stewing around
Extended Pleistocene- An alternate future where man died out, and the megafauna would continue to thrive (may or may not include a bit about certain future sapients)
Inverted World- An alternate timeline where an asteroid hit during the Barremian, causing an extinction event before the Maastrichtian. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and notosuchians make it to the present, along with a host of other animals.
Badania- Alien planet that has life at a devonian stage of development, except it exists in the present day.
Ido- Alien world where hoppers (derived flightless ballonts) and mouthpart-legged beasts are prevalent.
Leto- Life on a moon orbiting a gas giant with an erratic orbit; experiences extremes of hot and cold.
The Park- ???
Deeper Impact- a world where the K-Pg extinction wipes out crocodilians, mammals, and birds; squamates, choristoderes, and turtles inherit the earth.
World of Equal Opportunity- alternate history where denisovans come across Beringia and interact with native fauna. Much of the Pleistocene fauna survives, and the modern humans that end up crossing into North America do not overhunt the existing animals. 10,000 years later, civilizations exist that are on par with European and Asian societies.
The Ditch- Nothing is what if seems..
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Troll Man
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pretend this says something funny

Myo
Sep 6 2015, 05:18 PM
Well, if it is, at this point I'm just gonna assume I can blame Troll Man.
You're not entirely incorrect, although explaining it would be difficult.
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Vorsa
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Mysterious tundra-dwelling humanoid
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I feel like somewhere amongst the stupidity lies some good material.
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Birbs

"you are about to try that on a species that clawed its way to the top of a 4 billion year deep corpse pile of evolution. one that has committed the genocide you are contemplating several times already. they are the pinnacle of intelligence-based survival techniques and outnumber you 7 billion to 1" - humans vs machine
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Still waiting to see if this is going to be a parody or not.
F.I.N.D.R Field Incident Logs
A comprehensive list of all organisms, artifacts, and alternative worlds encountered by the foundation team.

At the present time, concepts within are inconsistent and ever shifting.

(And this is just the spec related stuff)
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Martin
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DesOrages
Sep 7 2015, 10:50 AM
I feel like somewhere amongst the stupidity lies some good material.
rude
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LittleLazyLass
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Proud quilt in a bag

I think he's referring to the replies, given their grammar and what appears to be completely joking nature. I'm more confused by this than I was in Earth Without Earth though, so maybe I'm missing something.
totally not British, b-baka!
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I don't even really like this song that much but the title is pretty relatable sometimes, I guess.
Me
What, you want me to tell you what these mean?
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Words Maybe
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Monster
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Space Oddity

I want to learn about the giant crabs, their life and times
Flashlights, nightmares, sudden explosions.

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{10 Million Years of Rain]

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I want to know what the terapdactyls' favorite brand of snack foods are, and if they are friends with the DINASUARS.
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Unnamed No K-Pg project: coming whenever, maybe never. I got ideas tho.
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i would really like to no wht the biggest of the ditch fish does all day....!!!!!
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LittleLazyLass
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Proud quilt in a bag

Am I correct if I say this is just an in-joke and not going to be a project?
totally not British, b-baka!
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I don't even really like this song that much but the title is pretty relatable sometimes, I guess.
Me
What, you want me to tell you what these mean?
Read First
Words Maybe
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Sheather
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this is not a good documentary as i have learned 0 things about ditch fish.
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| Eden | Terra Metropolis | Life of the Sylvan Islands |


Other Spec Evo

| Sheatheria | Serina | The Last Dinosaur

A Wholesome and Good Thing

| Sam |
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Sayornis
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Are there octopuspiepods in the ditch and can they walk on land?

(Am I doing this right?)
The Library is open. (Now under new management!)
Dr Nitwhite
Aug 19 2016, 07:42 PM
As I said before, the Library is like spec crack.
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I think that if there were octopuspiepods in the ditch, they might drown, Sayornis...
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The Gaiaverse

| Eden | Terra Metropolis | Life of the Sylvan Islands |


Other Spec Evo

| Sheatheria | Serina | The Last Dinosaur

A Wholesome and Good Thing

| Sam |
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Monster
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Space Oddity

But crabs
Flashlights, nightmares, sudden explosions.

'active'
{tumblr}
{Veles}
{10 Million Years of Rain]

Commissions: Open.



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