Microbe Contests

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Hvae you ever wanted to compete against randos online to make the best cell that only exists online? Do you have some time on your hands? If so, then why not join the Microbe Contest? Each round, I will give a prompt. For example: “Flagella! Mitochondria! Thermosynthase! HAVE IT ALL!” You submit a cell answering that prompt, and then I make a poll on which of the contestant’s builds are the best. So, what are you waiting for? Make the greatest cell! Edit: I will note that by replying to this, you are automatically a contestant and have to submit an organism every prompt.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

What do you mean by “the greatest”? In the eyes of autoevo?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

In the eyes of the community is how the best cell will be determined. What can go wrong?

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

You better hope people just won’t all vote for their own cells…

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Well, I’ll allow non-contestants to vote! So that it’s not people all voting for their own cells!

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Hm. Perhaps we could also forbid people from voting their own cells alltogether?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Yes, we can of course do that. If you vote for your own cell, that vote will be removed.

I’m just hoping people won’t make alts to bypass it, though… Because I won’t know if that happens.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Eh, too much effort for a forum contest.

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Yeah, but some people are stupidly dedicated and only know internet points.

Looking at you, Redditors…

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

This place shouldn’t be hosting people daring to go so low…

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Yeah… But let’s have the rule be alt = ban from competing, just in case.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Not sure this rule will find actual use…

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Yeah, I’m not sure either… But let’s get back to the actual contest. The prompt is: “World’s tiniest threat.”

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

So like just a metabolosome with a pilus?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

As many piluses and as much poison as possible in as little space as possible.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I’d guess just one metabolosome and one toxin proteins then.

[AnthropocenianAge (AnthropocenianAge Arthropleura wants to give you a hug!)]

If you use 0.2 osmoregulation cost, then one metabolosome can have three poison pili with silica shell membrane. I don’t know how much more poison pilus could be added, since it would depend on the Oxygen concentration in the atmosphere.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

By the way, does the descension’s osmoregulation boost count for this contest?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Hang on, ascension stage prototype is already in the game?

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Of course it is. You can even descend to make a full loop.