IRC log for #sporewiki on 20160706

00:00.24Charles_MurrayWell, I find that people's understandings of the categories politicians fit in is actually very varied and changes drastically depending on the groups you're talking to
00:00.57MonetI must have been roped in to HoC's message that in government, there is rarely a knight in shining armour.
00:01.47Charles_MurrayEveryone has a set of ideas (ideal personalities, if you like) of what leadership looks like, and leaders try to call up or conform to those personalities/ideas
00:02.03MonetIt felt like a change to the more typical "morally-upright guy surrounded by crooked peers"
00:03.45Charles_MurrayWell, that's not the case IRL either
00:04.08Charles_MurrayBut that's not because everyone is evil/the system selects for the most powerful or morally corrupt
00:04.15Charles_MurrayBut because these things are hard
00:11.08MonetIts easy in media to paint those who make controversial choices as morally corrupt.
00:19.32MonetI Maybe its some kind of Arcadia principle. Or maybe its rooted in common narrative devices.
00:20.40MonetIn this case, People don't like politicans. They want someone they relate to, so executives and writers try going for osmoene the common viewer would relate to - namely someone with similar ideals to them.
00:39.55DrodoEmpiretest
00:40.36Technobliteratorhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Ottzello_Revolution :oo
00:46.53DrodoEmpireInteresting
00:55.39TechnobliteratorShould have this finished in a few hours
00:56.50DrodoEmpireOkay
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05:58.46TechnobliteratorCharles_Murray, when you're around, you may find http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Ottzello_Revolution interesting
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08:05.40TreebeardHello
08:06.12GhelaeHello.
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08:38.41Groxkiller98Heya.
08:39.14Groxkiller98Anything going on?
08:42.19Groxkiller98I'm thinking of creating a page for Teyo'Suna. She's the current leader of a Mithadorn War Clan.
08:42.55Groxkiller98Maybe also Tano'Suung...
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09:00.23GhelaeHello.
09:00.36Groxkiller98Heta.
09:00.42Groxkiller98Heya*
09:03.45TreebeardHello
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09:11.16Groxkiller98Xho said he'd be back next week, didn't he?
09:12.57Ghelaelooks at his user page
09:13.05GhelaeAround July 10.
09:13.13Groxkiller98kk
09:13.23Groxkiller98Which is next week.
09:16.09GhelaeDepends on whether you consider Sunday to be the first or last day of the week. :P But yes, he should be back next week.
09:16.29Groxkiller98'Kay.
09:16.47Groxkiller98I wanted to thank him for letting my mention the Xhodocto on my Mithadorn page.
09:16.50Groxkiller98Cults.
09:21.41Groxkiller98You read the thing with the Mithadorn cults by chance?
09:22.53GhelaeYes.
09:23.04Groxkiller98What do you think of it?
09:23.43Ghelaehas another look at it
09:23.47Groxkiller98XD
09:24.07GhelaeMaybe rather than using a horizontal line, you should add a subsection on Religion, and perhaps mention other religions in the Republic if there are any?
09:24.52Groxkiller98Maybe. The Republic as a whole is very atheistic.
09:25.05Groxkiller9898% of the population are non-religious.
09:25.15Groxkiller981% follow the Ankoran religion.
09:25.24Groxkiller981% are other religions.
09:25.35Groxkiller98(Which includes the cults.)
09:26.07GhelaeThat's certainly something to mention.
09:26.57Groxkiller98I'll add that then. But later. I'm heading for break in 5 mins.
09:27.11Groxkiller98When I get back, I'll do that.
09:28.38Groxkiller98Oh, and does anybody mind if I claim http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Antella in the fictionverse?
09:29.51GhelaeNope.
09:30.06Groxkiller98^_^
09:30.13Groxkiller98I'll put a space-port on it. :P
09:31.45Groxkiller98Right, break should be any moment now. See you later, in advance.
09:33.11Groxkiller98Also; I may be able to create a Fictionverse game, depending on how long it takes to finish the Purple Rain Game Engine.
09:34.25Groxkiller98>_>
09:34.25Groxkiller98Still waiting for the Dev Kit. >_.
09:34.52Groxkiller98I do not understand C++ at all, so I need something easier to interact with.
09:41.17Groxkiller98It would appear my teacher has forgotten we had a break scheduled...
10:33.51Charles_Murraytest
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11:23.37JepardiHi
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11:25.21Groxkiller98Hai.
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11:26.44Groxkiller98Hey, Wormy.
11:27.00Wormy_hi
11:27.04Technobliteratorhi Wormy_
11:27.19Wormy_hello
11:27.24TechnobliteratorCheck this page out: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Ottzello_Revolution :o
11:28.14Groxkiller98Cool.
11:28.33Groxkiller98I was thinking of having a Teyan Civil War.
11:28.58Groxkiller98Something like the current China situation. They agree there is only one Imperium - They disagree on who it is.
11:29.33Wormy_Wow, you've written a lot there
11:30.49Technobliteratorthis is just post-Reckoning fiction done early
11:30.58TechnobliteratorI'll be starting work on the Union Republic of Ottzello's page soon
11:31.46Technobliteratorwill need a flag for this
11:32.51TechnobliteratorWormy_, what would the DCP think of URO?
11:34.15Wormy_Pre-GXS step in the wrong direction of democracy, post-GXS, dunno they are more cool headed
11:35.10TechnobliteratorURO would probably want to still be bffs with the DCP
11:35.14Technobliteratorgiven their long history
11:37.34Charles_MurrayFrance - *is really glad*
11:37.42Groxkiller98XD
11:38.05Groxkiller98This stuff has no bearing on the Mithadorn, Teyan or Ankoran. Different galaxy.
11:38.54MonetWell it might affect URO-PAE relations
11:39.10Groxkiller98THAT will affect my works then.
11:39.32Groxkiller98I may have no part in the PAE, but they're basically the powerhouse of Andromeda.
11:39.34TechnobliteratorOh, how would the PAE feel about URO?
11:41.30Charles_MurrayFrance could act as a point of contact with the PAE if you want to smooth things over
11:42.18MonetWell not sure on the DIvinarium but the DI side of the PAE might enjoy it.
11:42.19Technobliteratorman, I wish Oluap's PC wasn't broken, this probably affects him most
11:42.24Technobliteratorah, nice
11:43.36MonetAs much as the DI are one of the big nations who believei n order, the population or government aren't too fond of authoritarianism, as in their eyes authoritarianism tends to strangle free commerce.
11:44.00TechnobliteratorYeah, UNO was an oligarchy that trended more and more towards imperialism
11:44.09Technobliteratoras seen in the cancelled USO fiction
11:44.27Technobliteratorso the Loron are technically heroes
11:44.33Technobliteratorfor making UNO become good guys
11:44.37MonetTechnically.
11:45.10Groxkiller98The PAE are gonna frown on the Teyan if they asked to join up. >_>
11:45.30Groxkiller98Military dictatorships aren't viewed highly, I would assume.
11:45.51MonetDepends how extreme
11:46.33MonetAs you have the Divinarium - an authoritarian theocracy.
11:46.41TechnobliteratorHm, URO are probably no longer militaristic, outside of the Loron
11:46.59Technobliteratorthe Loron are probably the only people they need to keep happy and they can do that by throwing them at Da Rogue Boyz
11:47.19Groxkiller98XD
11:47.58Groxkiller98Most military powers could likely be kept happy by being thrown at them.
11:49.23TechnobliteratorI should make URO's page soon
11:50.35Groxkiller98I need to update the Mithadorn culture page when I get home.
11:55.00Charles_MurrayTechnobliterator: Dere
11:55.01MonetI'm sure the PAE would happily do business with URO.
11:55.12Technobliterator^.^
11:55.14Technobliteratorah, sweet
11:56.14Charles_MurrayWhat do you think? :D
11:57.43TechnobliteratorYep, I like the edit
12:00.24Charles_MurrayHow ready would UNO be to go up against a modern hyperspatial airforce?
12:01.00TechnobliteratorUNO may be able to in any area that wasn't under risk of a cyber attack
12:01.14Technobliteratorsince it has Tralkik robots to deal with that
12:02.47Charles_MurrayThe French would also be learning from the experience of Ottzello pilots in going up against Tralkik robots; What are they, exactly?
12:03.58Technobliteratorhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Tralkikianoe these dudes
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12:04.44AdmiralPandahi all
12:05.03MonetHi
12:06.01Technobliteratorhihi
12:07.11Charles_MurrayHm, I love the model of  the Tralkik Killer
12:07.13TechnobliteratorI need to create a flag
12:09.07Charles_MurrayThe Mirage Roi might have trouble with it in close combat. It's of a generation of French fighters still outfitted for limited dogfighting, but it's going to be outclassed by dedicated turnfighters and swarm fighters up close. At a distance, though, the Mirage Roi are equipped with long-range and medium-range missiles which might make up the difference
12:10.07Charles_MurrayAnd the French might ship experimental anti-swarm missiles in order to test their performance in combat, essentially missiles which fly into the center of a swarm then explode into tiny cluster fragments which seek their targets
12:11.21Technobliteratorah, makes sense
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13:24.35Hachimanhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:The_Last_Three LMAO
13:33.47Technobliterator._.
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13:47.48Technobliteratorhihi
13:48.49OluapTopHi
13:48.59OluapTopStuck on a laptop while my PC is a goner
13:49.43TechnobliteratorI know that feeling
13:50.02AdmiralPandawhat's funny is if you say it out loud, OluapTop almost sounds like laptop (yes I know that that was probably intentional)
13:50.23OluapTopcheeky
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14:18.42OluapTop~eat Cyrannian
14:18.42infobotACTION slurps up all the Cyrannian available
14:19.01Cyrannianur back you horrible thing
14:19.03Cyrannian~tickle OluapTop
14:19.04infobotACTION jumps on OluapTop, yelling "TICKLE FIGHT!!!!"
14:19.36OluapTopTemporarely. I might not be here in a few hours
14:19.42OluapTopMy PC is borked
14:20.32OluapTopTechnobliterator: So who represents URO in the PCA? Tuolog or Valzaria?
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14:27.14CyrannianOluapTop: Did you see my updates? I saw that you accidentally reverted one of them hur
14:27.32OluapTopYeah that's what happens when you browse on your phone
14:27.42OluapTopAnd you did gud, finally got back to your to-do list
14:28.23CyrannianIndeed, it's becoming shorter
14:28.46OluapTopmaek it empty grrr
14:32.59TechnobliteratorOluapTop, Valzaria represents them, Tuolog is now president of URO
14:33.03Technobliteratorhi Cyrannian
14:33.17OluapTopPresident oldie
14:33.23Technobliteratoryep
14:33.25OluapTopWhat happened to the rest of UNOL?
14:33.45CyrannianHai, interesting developments JO
14:33.48Cyrannian*Jo
14:33.55Technobliterator^.^
14:34.00TechnobliteratorThey still exist, I'll make their pages soon
14:34.02HachimanYeah, good stuff JO
14:34.06Technobliteratorpffft
14:34.26OluapTopI need you to add URO to the Codex
14:34.30OluapTopAnd move UNO to Inactive
14:34.32TechnobliteratorYep, will do
14:34.34Cyrannianbrb
14:35.02Technobliteratorthe pages that need updating most are the species pages
14:35.07OluapTopMaybe you'll stop reforming your fiction now hur
14:35.18Technobliteratorthen a few character pages
14:35.18OluapTopUNO, second UNO, USO, UNO again, URO
14:35.23Technobliteratorhaha yeah
14:35.26TechnobliteratorI have changed it so many times
14:36.03OluapTopURO is like UNO but with a japanese accent
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14:40.29Technobliteratorlmao
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14:46.24Technobliteratorhahaha
14:46.29TechnobliteratorI got edit conflicted by my own bot
14:47.00OluapTopHow meta
14:47.21HachimanAI uprising right there
14:47.51OluapTopUNO - payback time u shite
14:48.40Technobliterator:P
14:49.01Technobliteratorwow
14:49.05TechnobliteratorI moved UNO to inactive
14:49.08Technobliteratorforgot to change the state
14:49.48OluapTopdingus
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14:57.05Technobliteratorbbl gym
15:00.35drom_finally
15:00.52drom_http://i.imgur.com/i54KmJ4.jpg
15:08.57DrodoEmpire~seen dino82_
15:08.58infobotdino82_ <d8dd47aa@gateway/web/freenode/ip.216.221.71.170> was last seen on IRC in channel #sporewiki, 4d 15h 44m 42s ago, saying: '@drom: Yeah, I liked how it played out, nto the most basic ships as well'.
15:09.27OluapTophe ded
15:10.05DrodoEmpireDED
15:10.22dromAt least not dead as me
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15:34.36Wormy_Ghelaway, Cyrannian, OluapTop, Technobliterator, Charles_Murray, Hachiman:  Last Loron-DCP battle in Milky Way.  Also I really massacred the laws of quantum mechanics :P http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Da_Reckoning/Da_Milky_Way_Front#All_or_nothin.27
15:35.04OluapTopI saw that
15:35.16OluapTopReturn of Buuuk
15:36.45Wormy_yep
15:36.58Wormy_Is it three u's?  Woops
15:37.27OluapTopIs it not? I'm not sure myself
15:37.36OluapTopBuuuk has as manu u's as he wants
15:40.29Wormy_lol
16:02.10DrodoEmpiretest
16:17.15DrodoAwayGonna take a short walk
16:26.53Technobliteratoraw yissss
16:27.00TechnobliteratorI got an average 2:1 in all uni results
16:27.05Technobliteratorwith a first in two of them
16:27.07Technobliterator:D
16:27.13TechnobliteratorWormy_, I will read now
16:31.10TechnobliteratorReally nice :o
16:31.12TechnobliteratorI love it
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16:59.42Wormy_Fantastic results, also glad you liked the section
17:15.57dromI've gotten no responses from the universities I've applied to
17:15.58dromYet
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17:20.39dromWormy_ Technobliterator: Can't get any busier than this http://i.imgur.com/0l78Z3S.jpg
17:48.58DrodoEmpireThat walk took *much* longer than I anticipated >.<
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18:23.15TreebeardHello
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18:25.18DrodoEmpireHi
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18:31.32drom_Well, it went surprisingly smooth
18:33.57dromNow I need to get my ZNC client some SSL settings
18:34.42Wormy_bbl, cooking dinner
18:35.08dromTime to move it, hope it does not flop by then
18:49.44dromOur router's all ethernet sockets are full.
18:49.46dromFuck
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18:56.47dromAh there it is again
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19:05.33dromWormy_ Technobliterator: http://i.imgur.com/M73XY4P.jpg
19:05.52dromIRC-ing through the pictured microcomputer
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19:30.23drom~test
19:30.23infoboti heard test is not funny
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19:49.50TreebeardHello
19:50.20mrrankings11hi
19:50.31mrrankings11im here to seek advice
19:51.08mrrankings11for my empire
19:51.29mrrankings11so that the storys arnt total crap
19:52.00Tek0516http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1467817349-20160706.png
19:52.53mrrankings11lol
19:53.20mrrankings11anyway can anyone give me advice
19:53.29DrodoEmpireOh, hi
19:53.36DrodoEmpireWell, can we have a link?
19:54.11mrrankings11there isnt much on the main page
19:54.26DrodoEmpireI asked for a link to the fiction. >.<
19:54.31mrrankings11ill link a thread were i describe the concept to another user
19:54.49DrodoEmpireIt, and also the fiction if you don't mind
19:54.56DrodoEmpireBoth are useful
19:55.31mrrankings11i dont have the fictoin posted yet
19:55.48DrodoEmpireRight- what about your nation?
19:56.53mrrankings11http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:214030
19:57.00Hachimanhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Mikendem_empire and http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Captain:Wone and http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Creature:Vaxoneons
19:57.22DrodoEmpireAh, thanks you two
19:57.51DrodoEmpireI guess I'll look at your fiction idea first
19:58.32DrodoEmpireSo they're an enormous race of creatures?
19:58.51mrrankings11yes
19:59.03mrrankings11thell all the size of epics
19:59.13mrrankings11there huge
19:59.46DrodoEmpireHm.
20:00.17DrodoEmpireAnd they sometimes terraform worlds by enlarging them?
20:00.35HachimanWhat
20:00.36mrrankings11gtg
20:00.50DrodoEmpireAlright. See you soon
20:00.50mrrankings11will be back latr
20:00.58dromMy ZNC properly logs everything when I am away
20:01.00dromExcellent
20:01.32mrrankings11ok
20:01.34mrrankings11bye
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20:19.01ImpyDroidGuys
20:19.10ImpyDroidWhat is Spanish for "coins"
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20:21.29CyrannianHello everyone
20:23.10Technobliteratorhihi
20:30.19OluapTop~punch Cyrannian
20:30.19infobotACTION lets fly with a wild haymaker which catches Cyrannian right on the nose
20:30.31Cyrannian~tickle OluapTop
20:30.31infobotACTION jumps on OluapTop, yelling "TICKLE FIGHT!!!!"
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21:30.29mrrankings11hi
21:31.01mrrankings11im back
21:33.36DrodoEmpireHi
21:34.06mrrankings11ok so what do you think
21:34.11DrodoEmpireWell...
21:34.20DrodoEmpireHow large exactly are these creatures?
21:34.41mrrankings11as big as an epic
21:35.11DrodoEmpireOkay... So like fifty to a hundred feet tall then?
21:35.22DrodoEmpireIf I remember how tall an epic is...
21:35.39DrodoEmpireWell here's the problem
21:36.06DrodoEmpireIf a being's too big, especially too big relative to its surroundings, then it can't reproduce and grow quickly
21:36.16DrodoEmpireAnd they need a *lot* of food to survive
21:36.55DrodoEmpireNeeding a ton of food and only reproducing slowly aren't good things when founding a civilization
21:37.04mrrankings11well if you read the thread you would realize something
21:37.12DrodoEmpireAnd what is that?
21:37.13mrrankings11there planet is huge
21:37.22DrodoEmpireAnd the fauna is huge as well?
21:37.23mrrankings11like extremly huge
21:37.27mrrankings11yes
21:37.39mrrankings11think of it as this
21:37.52HachimanSquare law
21:38.00DrodoEmpireYeah...
21:38.10DrodoEmpireIf we want to be realistic, a huge planet means huge gravity
21:38.16DrodoEmpireIf its at all earth-like
21:38.21OluapTopHuge creatures need smaller planets
21:38.22mrrankings11you have a regular planet and you scale it up along with every thing on it.
21:38.32HachimanAgain, square law#
21:38.34OluapTopThat's not how gravity works
21:38.43OluapTopHuge planet = small creatures
21:38.45HachimanBigger planets = looser gravity
21:38.46DrodoEmpireRight, but beyond my concerns there's physics
21:39.03mrrankings11well this isnt reality
21:39.11HachimanNo but this isn't fantasy either
21:39.15mrrankings11true
21:39.23OluapTopFictionverse obeys the laws of physics
21:39.27DrodoEmpireEhh
21:39.29mrrankings11ok
21:39.30DrodoEmpireFor the most part
21:39.41HachimanIf there's no magic involved, it does
21:39.47Wormy_Hello
21:39.49DrodoEmpireWe play fast and loose with it but things need to obey the basics yes
21:39.58mrrankings11well im sure i can come up with some explainatoin
21:40.27DrodoEmpireWell look at it like this- if they're huge, and everything else is to to the point that they wouldn't realise they're huge- why are they huge in the first place?
21:40.31mrrankings11like genetic mulnipulatoin
21:40.32DrodoEmpireWhat does it add?
21:40.45HachimanNo amount of genetic manipulation will change square law
21:40.54mrrankings11ok
21:41.01mrrankings11anyway it adds this
21:41.10mrrankings11when they get to space
21:41.30mrrankings11then they are huge compared to everything else
21:41.43HachimanBut what does that achieve
21:41.49mrrankings11there basicly epics
21:41.50DrodoEmpire...Yes, but why would that be good or necessary?
21:41.58mrrankings11well
21:42.02DrodoEmpireThat just stifles their ability to colonise a lot of worlds
21:42.13OluapTopThere are several races of giant aliens in the setting already
21:42.21mrrankings11i wanted to create a scenaryo were epics are civilized
21:42.45mrrankings11and i didnt know about dem giant aleins
21:42.48DrodoEmpireRight, and I suppose you can- but they may need to be a *bit* smaller for reasons of practicality
21:42.50HachimanIf I recall, *most* aliens in the setting are larger than baseline humans by a significant margin
21:43.01DrodoEmpireYeah but not fifty/hundred feet tall big
21:43.16HachimanAnd the actual *giant* aliens are literally space drifters as far as I know
21:43.19mrrankings11i want to create a giant alein
21:43.34DrodoEmpireYou can, but you have to keep in mind what we're saying
21:43.39mrrankings11so im going to find away to make it work
21:43.48mrrankings11i am
21:43.49DrodoEmpireThen talk to us about it
21:43.55Wormy_If you want big creatures of about a hundred feet in size or so on an Earth-sized planet, you could go for aquatic animals where buoyancy can play a role, or perhaps *really* dense atmosphere, but that complicates other things.
21:43.58mrrankings11wait
21:44.08HachimanIn short, it won't work - not at the scale you're talking
21:44.22mrrankings11isnt there a beam that can enlarge a creature in spore
21:44.23DrodoEmpireNot necessarily Hachi, but its gonna be hard to do
21:44.40HachimanYes and Spore does not abide by the laws of physics
21:44.52mrrankings11wait
21:44.57Wormy_There's no explanation about how the beam works
21:44.59DrodoEmpireWell, yes, but nobody's going to enlarge an entire species
21:45.19OluapTopThe fictionverse is only loosely related to the game
21:45.20mrrankings11i will create a race to fullfill that purpose
21:45.58mrrankings11also if i have to shrink the planet i will
21:46.20DrodoEmpireRight, so here's a few things that you'll need to keep in mind then
21:46.29mrrankings11ok
21:46.37DrodoEmpireBig creatures don't really work on big, high-gravity worlds because of the physics
21:46.48mrrankings11i know
21:47.00Wormy_Okay, there's nothing to stop you doing those things.  But without explanation or consistency, the quality of the fic will go down.
21:47.17DrodoEmpireBig creatures also reproduce slowly and need a huge amount of food- this makes food production, which is what every civilization's based on- difficult
21:47.25mrrankings11i know thats why im working on an explanatoin
21:47.35DrodoEmpireIt'll need to be a brilliant explanation
21:47.38Wormy_^
21:48.04DrodoEmpireIn all, I think your largest challenge *will be* to actually explain how such a civilization works
21:48.33DrodoEmpireBecause if these are big creatures with limited space- how will they produce enough crops to feed a city of even ten-thousand?
21:48.36mrrankings11well
21:48.56DrodoEmpire(Which is the absolute minimum for a chiefdom- a step below a state when it comes to civilizations)
21:49.04DrodoEmpire(Well, either 10 or 50 000)
21:49.25mrrankings11i cant shrink the planet
21:49.41DrodoEmpireYou'll have to make it a low-gravity world for big creatures
21:49.47mrrankings11or break dem laws of physics
21:50.06mrrankings11im going to do some research
21:50.15DrodoEmpireAlright
21:52.32Wormy_Breaking laws of physics requires magic/hyperspace in the SporeWikiverse setting, but going back to what Drodo said earlier, why is it necessary to create something interesting or original to have epics?
21:52.59mrrankings11wait
21:53.42mrrankings11if the creatures were to evolve with extremely strong muscles
21:53.56Wormy_There's a time and place in the setting where you might want epics of law breaking, but that setting is crucial.  Stand-alone, it doesn't really say much about itself other than "epic creatures live here, because they are cool"
21:54.54HachimanExtremely strong muscles still do not fix the problem
21:54.55Wormy_Even stronger the muscle = more mass, which also means it would scale up very quickly
21:55.11mrrankings11im know this
21:55.15Wormy_As in, the weight of the animal
21:55.26mrrankings11thats why im giving them the muscles
21:55.46DrodoEmpireWell the thing is that its sorta self-defeating
21:55.49HachimanNo, muscles do not fix the problem
21:55.49Wormy_But eventually it will be too massive for any muscle to support.  Biological limits
21:56.02DrodoEmpireTo hold up more mass, you need more muscles, which add more mass
21:56.05Wormy_You also need to feed that animal
21:56.09DrodoEmpireAnd then yeah there's a limit
21:56.20DrodoEmpireAnd then you need to feed it, and big animals need lots of food
21:56.26mrrankings11the planet it big and so are the fona
21:56.30DrodoEmpireAnd big animals are also slow to repreduce
21:56.41Wormy_It needs to not break every bone in its body when it falls over
21:56.53DrodoEmpireIs the planet rocky
21:56.54DrodoEmpire*?
21:57.05mrrankings11well no
21:57.16DrodoEmpireSo the world isn't earth-like.
21:57.51DrodoEmpireWhat is it, then? If the world's at all earth-like, it'll be dense, which means a big world will also have high gravity
21:57.54mrrankings11well not exacley earth like
21:57.56DrodoEmpireWhich means no massive animals
21:58.35mrrankings11its a planet
21:58.41mrrankings11and so is earth
21:59.10DrodoEmpire...Yes, and
21:59.12DrodoEmpire*?
21:59.23mrrankings11thats it
21:59.35DrodoEmpireUhm, then what's your point?
21:59.51mrrankings11thats something earth and molindues has in commin
22:00.17DrodoEmpireWell I figured both were planets, but if this planet is at all similar then it'll have high-gravitt if its bug
22:00.19DrodoEmpire*big
22:00.29DrodoEmpireWhich rules out big animals or fauna
22:00.44mrrankings11well its differnt earth in many ways
22:00.48DrodoEmpireHow so?
22:02.22Wormy_Relatively, the bigger the muscle gets, the weaker it is for the animal's mass compared to smaller animals http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/dino/hokkanen/Size-Hokkanen.html
22:02.23mrrankings11for intance it is farther from the sun
22:02.42mrrankings11well not the sun but its start
22:03.05DrodoEmpireHow would that affect gravity?
22:03.30mrrankings11well
22:03.53mrrankings11wit wouldnt
22:03.57mrrankings11however
22:04.21mrrankings11wait
22:04.28mrrankings11i just realized
22:04.50mrrankings11what would happen if it had an insanely thic atmosphere
22:05.44mrrankings11and it had a low desity
22:06.04DrodoEmpirewhat would
22:06.06DrodoEmpire*?
22:06.22DrodoEmpire(Also- a low-density world would help your problems a lot)
22:06.43mrrankings11your right
22:07.06mrrankings11i should make it have a desity
22:07.18mrrankings11and thats what i said
22:07.23mrrankings11so
22:07.44mrrankings11we have a found a way to have big creatures
22:07.46mrrankings11yay
22:07.58DrodoEmpireEh, well
22:08.04mrrankings11or is there another problem
22:08.07DrodoEmpirePart of the way to have massive fauna
22:08.23DrodoEmpireWell no, that'll allow you to have massive fauna, but probably not quite as massive
22:08.24DrodoEmpireNot sure
22:08.30DrodoEmpireWormy_?
22:08.53Wormy_A thick atmosphere with higher density and viscosity would be helpful, since drag dominates over gravity.  Aquatic animals reach such huge sizes because they are both buyant and have shapes that can  fight against drag.
22:09.07mrrankings11ok
22:09.22Wormy_But it wouldn't help much - your epics might look like flying whales
22:09.25mrrankings11so we should make it have a high density
22:09.40mrrankings11SPACE WHALES
22:10.03Wormy_They probably wouldn't be much bigger than whales on Earth either
22:10.19mrrankings11Ok
22:10.24mrrankings11so
22:10.32Wormy_Actually, flying animals that are what sized would still require lower gravity
22:10.39Wormy_*that are whale
22:10.42mrrankings11would a low desity world help
22:10.57Wormy_Why don't you want a lower gravity planet?
22:11.13mrrankings11i do
22:11.15Wormy_This would be enormously more helpful
22:11.37mrrankings11but then i would have to scale the planet back down
22:12.09Wormy_Could you explain to my why you don't want it smaller?
22:12.09mrrankings11witch would cause the problem of were the epics would live
22:13.17mrrankings11wouldnt it make it harder for them to find space to live
22:13.34Wormy_I don't think that's a problem you should worry about too much.
22:13.35mrrankings11wait
22:13.50mrrankings11perhaps thats why they want to leave the planet
22:14.26DrodoEmpireAfter a long time and overpopulation sets in, maybe so
22:14.40mrrankings11ok
22:14.58Wormy_The problem of large creatures needing space for resources is a problem of any planet
22:15.17mrrankings11well that means im going to have to change some thigs with the histery im currenly writing
22:15.24mrrankings11but its ok
22:15.36DrodoEmpireDon't forget you have the problem of civilization
22:15.39Wormy_However, in terms of space there'd still be a huge surface area on even a Mars sized planet
22:15.51mrrankings11ok
22:16.07mrrankings11its not going to be too big
22:16.09DrodoEmpireMassive creatures need a lot of food and reproduce slowly- and food production is the first and most important step in civilization
22:16.21mrrankings11ok well
22:16.22DrodoEmpire(farming, herding, etc.)
22:16.44mrrankings11perhaps the planet has an insane amount of vegitatoin
22:17.05DrodoEmpireEarth has an insane amount of vegitation as well
22:17.25mrrankings11ok
22:17.29DrodoEmpireBut only so much of it is edible, and only a tiny handful of those species can actually be farmed and used by humans
22:17.39mrrankings11well
22:17.54mrrankings11im going to make earth jealus
22:17.57DrodoEmpireAnd humans are much smaller and require much less food
22:18.05DrodoEmpireSo agriculture works fine here
22:18.07mrrankings11ok
22:18.10mrrankings11first off
22:18.16Wormy_Generally low gravity planets will simply have taller creatures - energy to support such creatures would be less of a problem.  But the *epically* size d creatures on such a planet would have the same problem with resources
22:18.22mrrankings11the planet has no salt water
22:18.26DrodoEmpireHow?
22:18.35DrodoEmpireBut increase the food requirement massively, and you need bigger and bigger crops and crop output
22:18.37mrrankings11becouse it has no salt
22:18.41DrodoEmpireHow?
22:18.57DrodoEmpireSalt is literally *everywhere*, it is one of the most basic compounds there are
22:18.58mrrankings11becouse there is no salt on the planet
22:19.11Wormy_Salt also is really useful
22:19.15DrodoEmpire^
22:19.21mrrankings11well its deep underground
22:19.21DrodoEmpireThat too, salt is important for Earth life
22:19.23mrrankings11then
22:19.27DrodoEmpireSo is a lot of water
22:19.35mrrankings11ok
22:19.41Wormy_All plants need some level of salt to survive
22:19.59mrrankings11how about we start with a small populatoin of epics
22:20.12DrodoEmpireI presume they started with a small population
22:20.13DrodoEmpire:p
22:20.15DrodoEmpireBut okay
22:21.01mrrankings11if you want you can read the unfinished history i made for them
22:21.38DrodoEmpireAlright
22:21.41Wormy_Sure
22:23.34mrrankings11http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:214030
22:23.49mrrankings11i dont have it on the main page yet
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22:29.15mrrankings11hi oluaptop
22:33.48mrrankings11.
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22:41.00mrrankings11are you guys
22:41.05mrrankings11there
22:41.50Wormy_yep
22:47.08mrrankings11ok
22:54.24mrrankings11so what do you think
23:08.05Wormy_I haven't got much to add to it
23:12.05mrrankings11is it good
23:12.09mrrankings11or bad
23:12.14mrrankings11or ok
23:28.24Wormy_Too little there for me to judge.  I think it could certainly be great with a lot of work.  Really think about the planet and constraints of nature, rather than obstacles, one can work out a solution or inspiration and develop something original.
23:28.55Wormy_*rather than seeing constraints as obstacles
23:29.20Wormy_They force one to think in a new way and enrich detail
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23:31.37Wormy_Say you went for a low gravity planet.  What would it be like on such a world?  Can they support the evolution of complex life?  And if they can, how would it effect civilisation on it?  How big are the creatures?  What are their abilities in low gravity?
23:31.45Wormy_These are all things to chew over
23:32.19mrrankings11ok
23:34.48Wormy_Personally I think there are geological problems for life sustaining low gravity worlds (of Mars mass), but moons are possibilities for very diminutive planets, or perhaps subterran life
23:34.48mrrankings11also im making another story
23:35.39DrodoEmpireOne thing at a time
23:35.51mrrankings11ok
23:36.15Wormy_Of course your planet doesn't need to be that small - in fact you could probably work out or ask people to do it for you to get the right gravity for the sizes of creatures you want
23:36.26mrrankings11The empire started on a giant planet called "Molindues" They were always a divided race. There are 6 main country's that were in Molindues. The vonisun. The glotcheabah., the clolinick, the werirome, the ladibie, and the dosibon. For the most part times were peaceful. Intell at one point in time the Dosibon decided to betray the rest of countrys. Because of this the other countrys had to fight back. In the end Ladibie was extr
23:36.53Wormy_Yeah - I'm not suggesting you do any of these things listed, I just want to throw out possibilities
23:37.07mrrankings11completely destroyed. Thou you may think with the traitor gone that it would be a time of peace omce again, it wasn't. See many of the people in the country's were so shoocken by the war that people began to fear eachouther as they were afraid a war could happen at any moment. The government officials began to fear as well. As each country grew more and more away from echouther the more and more the fear turned into agro. This
23:37.13mrrankings11ok
23:37.33mrrankings11Entell one day a object fell from the sky. A alein ship. When a scout found the ship they instantly notified general "Kahindah" in witch case he orderd some scientists to salvage the strange ship and see what they can get out of it. With the work of the C.S.A.T.R.o (colinick science and technology research operations) they successfully were able to recreate a rough prototype of a working space ship. (Thats all I have so far)
23:37.48mrrankings11ill remember the suggestoins
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23:40.18The_RandomnessHello
23:40.55Wormy_What did Dosibon do to betray nations of Molindues?
23:40.58Wormy_Hi
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