I'm excited to get rolling, I'll be sure to get a post in today :)

made my first post! Very exited to see where this will go.
Love the composer by the way. very original.

Great post obscurus! I rather enjoy all the different angles everyone is taking.

@Termite: I hope my post was okay, I know chlorophyll is a big step but modern science suggests that the first algaes were formed when a photosynthetic cell collided with cells with developed mitochondria and created plant cells which created energy from the sucrose and utilized it via the mitochondria. If I remember properly.

I've already given my Entity a problem, can any of you find it? The road to perfection is one with many trials and errors :P

antarctic termite said It's pretty much the same 'try to create a singular ultimate species' idea, except it does so by stealing genes (not sure if that's a thing IRL but it can be here, if you can make it work), stealing the qualities of other organisms and assimilating them... Or like a virus, that tries to assert its own DNA over other species (absolutely no idea how that would work). All I'm thinking about is that it doesn't leave much for the entity itself to do, seeing as the species manages its own DNA either way. :|Ed: Ok so I lost computer access halfway thtough a post, and it'll be up either within a few hours or tomorrw morning. Everyone just keep doing whatever it is you think you're doing. You can grow a further +5% if you so desire.

There is an ideal of perfection, yes, but you're wrong in that the entity wouldn't have much to do. Just as you have no idea how the concept would work, I'm still working it out in my head and so the entity will need to experiment with the idea (and apply it through his sphere) to see what works and what doesn't.

I expect a lot of trial and error on The Matrices' part to even figure out if its possible for such a thing to occur in general, which I think will be rather fun :D

Plus, I gave The Matrices some leeway so that if such a thing seems impossible, or it loses hope for some amount of time, that it will not just stop functioning and will rather pursue other goals, even if they aren't entirely related to the original (or just don't seem to be initially).

Anyways, I'd like to get a post up methinks.

Oh, consider this: Integrating foreign DNA is likely to (for awhile) cause problems for the organisms and it'll take awhile to fine the right mixture of genetic code that will allow the creature to even 'store' the DNA properly to begin with. Plus, such an ability initially seems completely useless in regards to the creature's individual survival and instincts towards proliferating its genes to the next generation.

Aka it's a development that, unless integrated into the instincts of said creature, would be something that The Matrices would have to either work up to, or would be entirely contrary to certain basic instincts. So there is that.

I've thought it out quite a bit ^_^

Oh yeah, I also plan to have an organism (at some point) which has traits that are both plant-like and animal-like in nature. It should be intriguing to see if I can end up with such a result after a good while~

yoshua171 said
Oh yeah, I also plan to have an organism (at some point) which has traits that are both plant-like and animal-like in nature. It should be intriguing to see if I can end up with such a result after a good while~

If you want some inspiration, look up sea slugs and Venus fly traps. Both photo synthesize and eat to attain energy ^~^ our world is cool

Thanks Serenity. I'll do some research. Posted by the way ^_^

Oh, this looks awesome! I'll be posting a "Character" sheet later today, but unfortunately for now, I got to go do stuff first. I'll plan out what I want for my entity in the mean time.

Oh wise GM, how long would you like is to wait between posts? :)

Title: The Mother
Purpose: Everything in Her realm is sacred to her, and She will sustain all with every ounce of Her will, even if it ultimately leads to disaster. She just wants everything to thrive. She does not favor one species over another, She favors them all. If two species do not get along well, She will change their behavior so that they can coexist peacefully. Her ultimate goal is a world of many species, but no predators or parasites, no disease or hunger, yet a world without overpopulation or extinction. A clockwork world where death only comes with old age. Anything that comes into Her realm from outside, She treats as Her own, but She will not hesitate to change any behaviors that don't match Her ultimate goal. She is The Mother and the specimen of Her world are Her children, and She will do whatever it takes to protect them.

Wow, I'm amazed how much variety there is in the species already. This is absolutely fascinating, probably my favorite RP right now.

And on a side note, I did two years of microbiological science, specializing in viral parisitology. So I will be silently judging you all >:3

OMG, THE SUBSCRIPTION SYSTEM IS UP...AND IT WORKS.

Ahem, excuse my outburst.

Am I allowed to use 15% influence immediately, or should I wait until my second post to do so? Sorry for taking so long to post.

Kyelin said Wow, I'm amazed how much variety there is in the species already. This is absolutely fascinating, probably my favorite RP right now.And on a side note, I did two years of microbiological science, specializing in viral parisitology. So I will be silently judging you all >:3

Feel free to do just that m'lady. We're all uneducated peasants, functioning on Wikipedia knowledge. Although my birthday present this year is a National Geographic subscription, so yay science!

Draexzhan said Bleat

Yaay, more benevolence. Welcome.

Soulserenity20 said Oh wise GM, how long would you like is to wait between posts? :)

Just until most or several other players have had a chance to post and react themselves. If an Entity you're interacting with is inactive, feel free to make your move without them. They do need to have been given adequate time to respond though.

Soulserenity20 said Bleat

It's all good, I was hoping someone would make the chlorophyll step soon. I'll certainly be going that way in a little while. EO's still preoccupied with protecting his basic structures. I think I'm going to get him to make sea sponges from what he learned in this experiment sometime, but move his/her/its main focus to starting off some plant-like land growth sometime soon.

yoshua171 said Bleat

Ok, sure. Again, if you can physically make your organisms capable of integrating DNA, it should be fine.

marcopolonian said Am I allowed to use 15% influence immediately, or should I wait until my second post to do so? Sorry for taking so long to post.

You can do either. Not all Entities have to grow at the exact same speed, game balance aside.

Woot ^_^

Should be fun hehe~

Hope I didn't post prematurely.

I'm not too sure how enhancements work still. Is it entirely up to us being reasonable with evolutionary steps, or do you approve enhancements and make sure the game stays balanced?

I say this because I've split my Fire Feeders into two separate species, one I tend to and secretes the slime, and another rogue species that preys on my own cells (a purposeful narrative mistake by The Crawling Seeker, to motivate me to not sit on my ass for the rest of time XD)

Kyelin said Hope I didn't post prematurely.I'm not too sure how enhancements work still. Is it entirely up to us being reasonable with evolutionary steps, or do you approve enhancements and make sure the game stays balanced?

It's hard to measure even with the percentages. :| I might make changes or recommendations here and there from OOC, but yes, it's mostly self-moderated. If an Entity changes too much in too little time I might keep their changes intact but restrict their ability to make further changes for a while, if that's possible. As for posting, no it's perfectly fine. [:

Ugh, if any of the stuff I said in my last post is physically unfeasible or implausible, feel free to correct me. Among other things, I have a feeling I'm completely inaccurate on the stuff with aggregations and such.

I can't wait to make another post! If I can't tonight, it won't be until tomorrow night :| boo. I'm one of those crazy anxious people who checks in 20 times a day, if not more, to see what's going on. And it takes me like, 10 minutes to get a lengthy post up so I'm what one would call an "overly active" player. *poker face* that's what all the college kids do, right? Ignore their social life for good role plays? Oh good, I thought so. ._.

I'll get to writing something up I promise

Made my post. Since I did so much, I made sure to integrate some mistakes. It's certainly not a perfect system, but hey, it's gonna be interesting when things start to really speed up!