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I feel like we should take the archetype further and have the first stage affect the 2nd with traits, maybe becoming neanderthals lowers diplomacy but increases combat effectiveness

maybe your custom species can do thing other can’t because of something physiological like maybe your species is vegan so any hunting would not provide any benefit

like spore

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You convinced me. Change of plans in progress…

What genus do you guys think we should start with?

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae#Phylogeny)

For Belgium’s sake, it’s harder to read here than in Wikipedia.
We should all start as the same species, which would be a common ancestor we mostly agree on, then it’s up to the players how to make their path.
Let’s make a poll. What group should we start with?
  • Hominoidae (Apes)
  • Hominidae (Great Apes)
  • Homininae
  • Hominini
  • Australopithecina
  • Homo (Humans)

0 voters

Hmm, I think we need more voters.

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vewyreiwd

@TeaKing, are you an electron?

Still, three voters ain’t enough. Should we invoke the grand master?
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Yes
I AM!
(thats a jojo reference btw)

i am an electron
likel my brothers mechanical and roboromb

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How many voters would be required to make the sample relevant? Hmm, should we mention players from the forum game or at least those who were at the beginning of the game?

@Mr.Pigeon @Pentaphon @OoferDoofer

I have mentioned you because I think you were in the first stage IIRC. Therefore, I’m asking you which branch of primates would you like to start with in a future game. Please vote in the poll in the earlier post. If you were not part of the first stage or if you would like to read an explanation of the current conundrum, please tell me. I will answer.
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yp wanst in the primate stage

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i just voted. also, why isnt this a pm?

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It isn’t a PM because a PM has a limit of 500 posts. Therefore, we would have to create a new one every time we reach the limit.
It is decided that Hominini is the group we should start with.

Hominini incognito is the starting species.

Damn, I’m confused. I wanted to make a tree of species, but there are some complications.

UPDATE

Apparently, humans and chimpanzees would have speciated around 10 millions years ago. It is not known what species was the last common ancestor.
Any suggestions?
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Template for first stage

Story
The story or introduction to the new round is found here.

Round X

Time, Ancestors – The Biological Odyssey, Aware

Player 1

Player: @username
Species: Genus species

Results & Explanation

Phylogeny
Phylogenetic map of the player’s species. It tells from what other species it branched off.
Map
Location(s) of the player’s species. It tells where the player is located or where he is spreading.
Location 1
Description of the current location of the player’s species. A map could be displayed for further information.

@names

Sorry for the double posting.

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the whole thing will likely not be used for a year lol

the game is gonna be long
super long

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The template is for when we’re testing the mechanics in the future (after our discussions and agreements).
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IF we start a new game. this game could die (unlikely) or just lose popularity. the game could also slow down to a point where a round was every month or so.

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Honestly the only reason I was able to pump out so many rounds every other day was because of quarantine, but as soon as school starts again rounds will probably be more of a weekly thing.

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Starting a new game? How could starting a new game after the current one is finished reduce its popularity? Isn’t that the point of the game? If we don’t make a new game after we’ve finished this one, it would actually reduce its popularity. This thread is not to make a new game. It’s to test some game mechanics for future games.

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I didnt say that. I said we might not start a game BECAUSE of losing popularity

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Interesting website about human evolution…

Here’s a hypothetical phylogenetic tree I made…

  • Sahelanthropus tchadensis
    • Orrorin tugenensis
      • Ardipithecus kadabba
      • Ardipithecus ramidus

List of suggestions…

  • Implement a better government system for next games (OoferDoofer).
  • The forum game should send PM when players haven’t discovered each other (blackjacksike).
  • Every time a stage is done, the Space Odyssey main them should be played.

To make the phylogeny tree, I may have found two potential common ancestors.

According to:

It’s time to choose

Which one would you like as our common ancestor?

  • Nakalipithecus nakayamai
  • Ouranopithecus

0 voters

@OmnipotentFNarr, @Evolution4Weak, @TeaKing, @OoferDoofer, @Mr.Pigeon, @Nover452

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nakalipithecus is an african ape
so its the most likely out of the two to be our ancestor

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Poll closed.

Family tree (base)

  • Nakalipithecus nakayamai (Common Ancestor, 9.9–9.8 mya)
    • Chororapithecus abyssinicus (Gorilla Ancestor, 8 mya)
    • Sahelanthropus tchadensis (Chimp–Human Ancestor, 7 mya)
      • Orrorin tugenensis (Last Chimp–Human Ancestor, 6.1–5.7 mya)
        • Pan incognito (Chimp Ancestor, Unknown date)
        • Australopithecus anamensis (Human ancestor, 4.2–3.8 mya)
          • Australopithecus afarensis (Human ancestor, 3.9–2.9 mya)
            • Homo habilis (Human ancestor, 2.3–1.65 mya)

[In progress…]

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I hope we are not starting with that one as it seems a bit too early

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what
ourano doesnt seem like an ancestor to chimps

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