Mutation: Hive caste that is immobile, can spread, and can manage other castes. However, they will be built in with an emergency function that we may take control of them if necessary.
Action: Produce “Hives” and have our minions spread them around our inhabited territory.
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I wonder if cent will just boost thy’s votes yet again…
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Mutation: Hive caste that is immobile, can spread, and can manage other castes. However, they will be built in with an emergency function that we may take control of them if necessary.
Action: Produce “Hives” and have our minions spread them around our inhabited territory.
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These are boosts, right?
8(6+1+1)
1 6 6
(Boosts Nigel’s Action and Mutation)
5 (4+1)
5 (4+1)
Round 39 - 18:00, May 4th, 2000
Round Summary
Following the first wave of country restrictions, it appears that more countries are preparing for enabling anti-ant resolutions of the lighter kinds and the ones which already have imposed such limitations are working on harsher crackdown on the ant colonies which have been reported to be appearing all across the globe now…
The Organism Report
TO developed some nice little neurons which can react to various wavelenghts (+50 ME)! Right after developing them, it would research all the pages relating to CPU archtecture it could find on the web, and eventually it absorbed all there is about it out there in these early days of the Internet (Ultimate CPUA Knowledge).
Following this huge influx of data, the ant got the idea of creating a caste which would pretty be a weaker version of itself which would do all sorts of things in various lands. Eventually “The Hive Caste” has been created and given birth to, with the first few above-average-quality specimens being sent to other colony sites in Nicaragua to command their development and growth (+75 MH, +50 S, +2 Hivecaste Colonies).
Influence Report
TO had a plan for a while to set up a proper network of distributing the excess food it has gathered to people around the colonies which collect it in exchange for money, however while thinking about implementing this the ant hit a large branch and forgot what it’s been planning (-50 H). At a much better hand meanwhile, TO’s diplomats managed to strenghten the nest’s grip on Nicaragua way more than anybody could’ve expected this soon, as they have created a brand-new ant-sponsored news station which has spread the ant agenda to such a degree that the “followers of the ant route” could now form a sizeable political party. Not just that, some of them managed to establish close ties with the highest individuals of the diplomatic apparatus of the central-american country thanks to multiple charities and donations, allowing the hive to influence the relations of Nicaragua to an extent. If this trend continues in the next few following hours aswell, the ant kin is sure to become the de facto governing faction of Nicaragua, getting a first country under a total control of it’s…
Multiple colonies have established themselves across the states of the single banner, sending back not-so-needed-anymore resources to the main nest and increasing the degree of control of the US the antlings have…
RESULTS
+50 ME, CPUA Ultimate Knowledge, +75 MH, +50 S, +2 5Q Hivecaste Colonies, +10 Q4 Colonies (US), -50 H, New PPT
TO Statistics
ARMOUR - 475
HEALTH - 7803/7878
STRENGTH - 6916
RESOURCES - 1536/1536 (-125 R from mutations, used 100 R to regenerate 300 E) [+3525 R in hiding]
ENERGY - 4250/4400 (-300 E from actions)
SIZE - ~5M
PASSIVES: (1.5XSM)H/R, (1.5XSM)R/R
Other Statistics
HUMAN KNOWLEDGE - 3
POLITICAL POWER TIER - POLITICAL PARTY
INFLUENCE - COUNTRY-LEVEL
HUMAN POPULATION ~ 6099999999
COUNTRY POPULATION ~ 5100000
KILLS - 1 PERSON (TO - 1, NON-TO - 0)
INCOME - 725 | MONEY - 29125
KNOWLEDGE: Electric Animals, Boats, Better Boats, Bit Better Boats, Electricity, Magnet Stuff, Small Boat Upgrade, Superior Boats, Cellular Metabolism, Fiber Optics Mastery, Ultimate CPUA Knowledge
TOWER HEIGHT = ~950 Meters (+100 meters since last round, stability secured up to 1000 meters)
SCOUT PRODUCTION: 2X4Q AT R39, 1X2Q AT R39, 1X4Q at R40, 1X5Q AT R40
INCOMING CHANGES
6 HOURS -
12 HOURS -
18HOURS -
24 HOURS -
30 HOURS -
36 HOURS - INDIA COLONY 4
Mutations
Defensive M
Offensive M
Mobility M
Utility M
Tower Action Improvement (100% chance that tower-related actions get boosted by 1 point)
Test Organ (Rolls of “1” no longer possible on mutation votes, gives every mutation extra ((1/4XSM)R))
Extra Tower Action Improvement (100% chance that tower-related actions get boosted by a 2nd point)
Extra Extra Tower Action Improvement (1/6 chance that tower-related actions get boosted by a 3rd point)
Brain/Sensory M
Neuron Gene Cleanup
Light-Based Neuron Type
Logicgate Neuron Organelles
Wavelenght differenciation
Body-wide M
Sulferreducens Genes: Electricity, Nanowires, Reduction of sulfur and metal
Mitochondrion Electricity Usage
Caste M
Tiny Winged Caste
Alternator Caste
GP Caste
Hive Caste
Miscellaneous M
For mutations prior to Round 25, look here.
World Map
TO location: South of Reserva Natural Sierra Quirragua, near Matiguas, Central Nicaragua
Notable Influence:
-Nicaragua (host country, country-scale influence)
-Honduras (colony country, no real influence)
-Costa Rica (colony country, no real influence)
-Panama (colony country, no real influence)
-USA (colony country, regional influence)
-Brazil (colony country, no real influence)
-France (colony country, no real influence)
-Egypt (colony country, no real influence)
(Removed not to take up forum space)
(Green = Colonies Only, Orange = Regional Influence, Red = Country-Scale Influence, Pink = Light Restrictions)
Colonies: 3, 6, 5, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 6, 2X5HC, 10x4 (R/R - 1225, Money/R - 2450)
Miscellaneous
The first country is looming towards an ant takeover…
Anybody can join this forum game, it’s very easy!
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- Try to sell excess resources from colonies
- Use half our money to infiltrate other Nicaraguan news companies.
- Using donations, news broadcasts and political campaigns to get more of the population to support the ant
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M: another type of light neurons that have their own individual light CPUs, optimized for running a small, self modifying neural network, allowing each neuron to be enough to control a worm, and communicate using bundles of fiber optic axons, making the ‘brains’ of all cells in a brain operate as one neural network (optical processing unit layer 1 will separate wavelengths)
A: plant a backup tree
pre-round 25 mutations, sorted into the new format and with occasional comments:
defensive
offensive
- Jaw Electrocution
- Venom
- Larger Mandibles
- Lethaler Venom
- Poison Stinger[3]
- Venom Projectile
- Acid Spit(would this go with the venom projectile or is our best ranged strategy at this point to spit on our enemies and shoot them with our venom?)
- Hallucination Venom[4]
- Better Poison Stinger
- Voice Attack
- Trap Building Master
- Stronger Claws
mobility
- Hydrogen Bladder
- Wings
- Better Wings
- Better Flight[5]
- Shifting Weight
- Faster
utility
- Oleic Acid Secretion
- More Oleic Acid Production
- Tentacles
- Better Tentacles
- Color Shifting
- Higher egg production rate[6]
- Better Healing (R to H ratio now 1:2.5)
- Better Energy Production (now 1:3)
- Cuteness
- False Charisma[7]
- More Cuteness
- Hemoglobin Marrow
- Extra Cuteness[8]
- Gene-Stealing Claws
- Passive Healing ((1/2 Size Multiplier)H/R)
- Backup Eggs[9]
- Substance Mimicry
- Better Digging Abilities
- Anti-Human Camouflage[10]
- Confusion Chemical
- Capsid organ
- Capsid organ
- Colour Camouflage
- Adrenaline Glands[11]
- Camoufalge[12]
brain/sensory/communication
- Better Pheromones
- Better Antennae
- “Bipolar Disorder”
- More Neurons
- Smaller Neurons(x2) & less feedback
- Vocal Cords
- Inability to hate or be angry
- Empathy(+2)
- Larger Brain
- Language Lobe
- More Intelligence(x11)
- Voice organ[13]
- Whiskers
- Cat Ears
- Big Eyes
- Voice Throwing
- Cerebral Structures in lower body
- Mutation Commanding[14]
- ENs
- Constant Scout Communication
- Better Voice
- Better Neurons(x2)
- Better Speech
- Trap trigger detection
- Wifi Antennae
- Browsing Ganglia
- Wifi Hotspot
- Better Brainmatter in lower body
- Better Logical Abilities
- Better Language
- Hivemind
- Night Sight
- geometry ganglion
- Sweet Baking Neurons[15]
- Sweet Tastebuds
- Better sugar tastebuds
- Endosymbiotic Neuron External Power
body-wide
- Evolving Tissue
- Radiation Sickness Resistance
- More Radiation Resistance
- EVEN MORE Radiation Resistance
- Lead in Cells
- Cell Freedom
- DNA destruction
- Stronger Muscles
caste
- Being a Queen
- New Caste
- Photosyntesis queen-like caste
- Trap Caste[16]
- Scout Caste[17]
- Silk Ants
- Assymetrical poison trap child
- Pipe Caste
- Soil-Eaters (+(Size Multiplier) R per Round)
- Miner Caste
- Pipe Caste Bio Optic Fiber[18]
- Stomach Caste
- Diplomat Caste
- Better Diplomats
- Food-to-Children Caste[19]
- Faster Healing + Healer Caste ((5/4 Size Multiplier)H/R)[20]
- Scout Reproduction[21]
- Better Healers ((3/2 Size Multiplier)H/R)
- Scout Colonies
- 4-tentacled big worker
misc
- ET glands
- Eggs steal stuff from cells
- Be Yellowish-Blue
- Size Increase x3 (to ~32cm)
- Size Increase (to ~64cm)
- Size Increase (to ~256cm)
- Size Increase (to ~7.5 meters)
- Cat features
- Size decrease (to ~2 meters)
- Armour Patterns
- Humanoid Shape
- Femminine Features[22]
- Humanoid Upper Body[23]
- Hair
- More Humanoid
- Larger Size (up to ~4 meters)
- Research Decay
- Silk[24]
- Corrosive Web
- Exoskeleton Color Change
- A bit bigger[25]
- Dropdown Mutation List Box[26]
we already have an endoskeleton? ↩︎
helps with spreading out impacts before they hit our organs ↩︎
ants already inject their venom with a stinger? they’re wasps, not spiders? ↩︎
is this a different type of venom than our venom that could kill a boar in 15 heartbeats? ↩︎
i don’t think we should’ve been able to fly at this size ↩︎
should this go here or in miscellaneous? ↩︎
wouldn’t this just be charisma? ↩︎
:3 ↩︎
should this go here or in defensive? ↩︎
and a stealth mutations box ↩︎
maybe there should also be a self preservation mutations box? ↩︎
?? ↩︎
we already had one? ↩︎
i feel like there should be a social mutations box ↩︎
??? ↩︎
like a bear trap, but it eats the bear and spits it out when we tell it to ↩︎
if only we also had a heavy caste, a medic caste, a pyro(fire immune flamethrower) caste, a spy caste, an engineer caste, a demoman caste, and a sniper caste ↩︎
ooooo foreshadowing ↩︎
this is why we need this. we already evolved this before r25 and we evolved it again last round.
tho, this one does use the digested goop from the digesters ↩︎oh hey we do have a medic caste! tho it’s probably really outdated ↩︎
i wonder if they’ve made an offshoot species from us yet? ↩︎
:3 ↩︎
we already had this? ↩︎
we already have a caste for that??? ↩︎
to what size? ↩︎
… ↩︎
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You mean a backup neural network?
Also thanks for the pre-r25 mutation list in the new format!
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the backup eggs grow into trees to keep the egg alive so it can hatch into a copy of us from when we planted it for longer than the normal incubation time of our ants, especially since they only start developing into us after we die(meaning they come at the cost of losing a week minimum, and then being a pupa for a while)
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I see, so it’s a caste upgrade then.
it’s an action?
oh and that reminds me, what’s gonna be done with all of the redundant mutations from pre-r25?
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You mean like the duplicates?
I’ll probably turn their recent duplicates into “major upgrades” (which’ll retain all things from before the recategorization that’ll take place next round).
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Mutation: Hive castes can now reproduce, cloning their DNA to make an identical offspring
Action: Create more Hive castes
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I sure do wonder what will @Centarian 's actions be, totally not boosts or anything…
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THE HIVE MUST GROW
Mutation: Hive castes can now reproduce, cloning their DNA to make an identical offspring
Action: Create more Hive castes
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Cent, do you ever plan to return to submitting “independent” votes? Would only Nigel leaving the FG prompt you to do that?
I plan on submitting independent votes eventually. We just need this tower to be as tall as the circumference of the earth is long.
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Not sure that’s physically possible…
Not sure that I care what’s physically possible.
I’LL MAKE IT HAPPEN ANYWAYS.
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Well then, if you do succeed you’ll have created the most ambitious building yet.
5
1
1 6 2
(Boosts Nigel’s Action and Mutation)
6 (5+1)
7 (6+1)
Round 40 - 0:00, May 5th, 2000
Round Summary
As TO is now close to gaining absolute control over Nicaragua, a force forms within the nest…
The Organism Report
TO improved upon it’s neuron architecture even more since the dusk, as it managed to have it’s neurons… function as entire brains! This is sure to greatly boost the intelligence levels of the ant (+125 ME). Sadly enough the upgrade didn’t prevent TO from walking right below a loosely hanging branch, which fell on it whilist it was going to plant some strange trees (-50 H)…
The hive caste received a major upgrade, now being able to clone, creating an identical hive caste specimen (+100 S, +100 MH). While on itself this strenghtens the hives themselves, TO managed to create a Hive individual of unseen quality, which is now waiting for a command as to where it should be heading to…
Influence Report
While trying to make the colonies all across the globe sell their excess resources, TO again had a loose branch fall on it’s head, just like how an another one did just after it evolved CPUs-inside-neurons (-50 H). More successful however would be the attempt by TO to infiltrate the news stations of Nicaragua’s even more, as the “ant agenda” is now practically in control of all major news outlets in the state (-14550 Money, nigh-total control of Nicaraguan news). Despite this major achievement in the progress of taking over the Mesoamerican nation however, the attempts to take control of more of the government failed, only resulting in minor increase of power in the governing body proper (-1000 Money, a bit more control over the govt.).
While TO might’ve not noticed it as it was busy with other things, a considerable force made up of incubator-raised scouts and an extraordinary-quality hive caste member has formed inside the main hive, waiting for commands on what should it be doing (preferably where it should be going)…
RESULTS
+125 ME, -100 H, +100 S, +100 MH, -15550 Money, Near Total Control Over Nicaragua
TO Statistics
ARMOUR - 475
HEALTH - 7853/7978
STRENGTH - 7016
RESOURCES - 1536/1536 (-100 R from mutations, used 100 R to regenerate 300 E) [+4700 R in hiding]
ENERGY - 4300/4525 (-250 E from actions)
SIZE - ~5M
PASSIVES: (1.5XSM)H/R, (1.5XSM)R/R
Other Statistics
FORCES AT NEST: 5X4Q, 1X2Q, 1X5Q, 1X7QHC
HUMAN KNOWLEDGE - 3
POLITICAL POWER TIER - POLITICAL PARTY (NEWS CONTROLS)
INFLUENCE - COUNTRY-LEVEL
HUMAN POPULATION ~ 6099999999
COUNTRY POPULATION ~ 5100000
KILLS - 1 PERSON (TO - 1, NON-TO - 0)
INCOME - 725 | MONEY - 16750
KNOWLEDGE: Electric Animals, Boats, Better Boats, Bit Better Boats, Electricity, Magnet Stuff, Small Boat Upgrade, Superior Boats, Cellular Metabolism, Fiber Optics Mastery, Ultimate CPUA Knowledge
TOWER HEIGHT = ~950 Meters (+100 meters since last round, stability secured up to 1000 meters)
SCOUT PRODUCTION: 2X4Q AT R43, 1X2Q AT R43, 1X4Q at R44, 1X5Q AT R44
INCOMING CHANGES
6 HOURS -
12 HOURS -
18HOURS -
24 HOURS -
30 HOURS - INDIA COLONY 4
36 HOURS -
Mutations
Defensive M
Heat Resistance
Endoskeleton
Femur-like Structures
Stronger/Harder Exoskeleton x7
More Fat Layer
Offensive M
Jaw Electrocution
Venom
Larger Mandibles
Lethal-er Venom
Poison Stinger
Venom Projectile
Acid Spit
Hallucination Venom
Better Poison Stinger
Voice Attack
Trap Building Mastery
Stronger Claws
Mobility M
Hydrogen Bladder
Wings
Better Wings
Better Flight
Shifting Weight
Faster
Utility M
Oleic Acid Secretion
More Oleic Acid Production
Tentacles
Better Tentacles
Color Shifting
Higher Egg Production Rate
Better Healing (R to H ratio now 1:2.5)
Better Energy Production (now 1:3)
Cuteness
False Charisma
More Cuteness
Hemoglobin Marrow
Extra Cuteness
Gene-Stealing Claws
Passive Healing ((1/2 Size Multiplier)H/R)
Backup Eggs
Substance Mimicry
Better Digging Abilities
Anti-Human Camouflage
Confusion Chemical
Capsid Organ x2
Colour Camouflage
Adrenaline Glands
Camouflage
Tower Action Improvement (100% chance that tower-related actions get boosted by 1 point)
Test Organ (Rolls of “1” no longer possible on mutation votes, gives every mutation extra ((1/4XSM)R))
Extra Tower Action Improvement (100% chance that tower-related actions get boosted by a 2nd point)
Extra Extra Tower Action Improvement (1/6 chance that tower-related actions get boosted by a 3rd point)
Brain/Sensory M
Better Pheromones
Better Antennae
“Bipolar Disorder”
More Neurons
Smaller Neurons x2
Less Neuron Feedback
Vocal Cords
Inability to Hate or Be Angry
Empathy x2
Larger Brain
Language Lobe
More Intelligence x11
Voice organ
Whiskers
Cat Ears
Big Eyes
Voice Throwing
Cerebral Structures in lower body
Mutation Commanding
ENs
Constant Scout Communication
Better Voice
Better Neurons x2
Better Speech
Trap Trigger Detection
Wifi Antennae
Browsing Ganglia
Wifi Hotspot
Better Brainmatter in Lower Body
Better Logical Abilities
Better Language
Hivemind
Night Sight
Geometry Ganglion
Sweet Baking Neurons
Sweet Tastebuds
Better Sugar Tastebuds
Endosymbiotic Neuron External Power
Neuron Gene Cleanup
Light-Based Neuron Type
Logicgate Neuron Organelles
Wavelenght differenciation
Body-wide M
Evolving Tissue
Radiation Sickness Resistance
More Radiation Resistance
EVEN MORE Radiation Resistance
Lead in Cells
Cell Freedom
DNA destruction
Stronger Muscles
Sulferreducens Genes: Electricity, Nanowires, Reduction of sulfur and metal
Mitochondrion Electricity Usage
Caste M
Being a Queen
New Caste
Photosyntesis Queen-like Caste
Trap Caste
Scout Caste
Silk Ants
Assymetrical Poison Trap Child
Pipe Caste
Soil-Eaters (+(Size Multiplier) R per Round)
Miner Caste
Pipe Caste Bio Optic Fiber
Stomach Caste
Diplomat Caste
Better Diplomats
Food-to-Children Caste
Faster Healing + Healer Caste ((5/4 Size Multiplier)H/R)Scout Reproduction
Better Healers ((3/2 Size Multiplier)H/R)
Scout Colonies
4-Tentacled Big Worker
Tiny Winged Caste
Alternator Caste
GP Caste
Hive Caste
Miscellaneous M
ET Glands
Eggs Steal Stuff From Cells
Be Yellowish-Blue
Size Increase x3 (to ~32cm)
Size Increase (to ~64cm)
Size Increase (to ~256cm)
Size Increase (to ~7.5 meters)
Cat Features
Size Decrease (to ~2 meters)
Armour Patterns
Humanoid Shape
Femminine Features
Humanoid Upper Body
Hair
More Humanoid
Larger Size (up to ~4 meters)
Research Decay
Silk
Corrosive Web
Exoskeleton Color Change
A Bit Bigger
Dropdown Mutation List Box
(Credit for pre-round 26 mutations in here goes to willow)
World Map
TO location: South of Reserva Natural Sierra Quirragua, near Matiguas, Central Nicaragua
Notable Influence:
-Nicaragua (host country, country-scale influence)
-Honduras (colony country, no real influence)
-Costa Rica (colony country, no real influence)
-Panama (colony country, no real influence)
-USA (colony country, regional influence)
-Brazil (colony country, no real influence)
-France (colony country, no real influence)
-Egypt (colony country, no real influence)
(removed not to take up forum space)
(Green = Colonies Only, Orange = Regional Influence, Red = Country-Scale Influence, Pink = Light Restrictions)
Colonies: 3, 6, 5, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 6, 2X5HC, 10x4 (R/R - 1225, Money/R - 2450)
Miscellaneous
What will the forces be used for?
Anybody can join this forum game, it’s very easy!
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Mutation: Tower builder caste who’s only goal is to increase the tower’s volume, using our resources (of the metallic variety) to increase the height and circumference of the tower.
Action: Produce Tower Builders
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