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Geminex · 03-26-2010, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Krylo

DEVOLVE:

Lithovore (Rock eating is too slow)
Mouth (Noise making has so far proven unnecessary, and we eat via membrane)
Whiskers (Don't do anything)
Spine (Only has aesthetic use currently in giving us a neck)
Brain (Completely useless. Our sensory organs worked perfectly well and we had exactly as much dexterity without it)
Spider Legs (Broken off anyway)

Maintain:
Bioluminesence (Useful for keeping away dweller, once dweller is dealt with, can be safely devolved. Useless for any other tasks)
Cannibalize (Useful for shutting off bioluminesence, if we need to sneak somewhere, or temporarily removing other evolutions if they become an issue)
Echolocation (If evolved to advanced state, can keep us from ever being snuck up on/surprised. 360 degree vision = good idea.)
Hypermass Generator (Being able to shrink will probably be useful)
Secretion Control (Needed to use any secretions meaningfully)
Laser Eyes (Self defense)
Eyes (Mostly useless with echolocation, but I don't want to look at a bunch of joyless colourless images as we saw when we were using it in the dark)
Arms/Hands (Mostly useless for now, but potentially useful later)
Cat ears (Hearing necessary for echolocation, and useful for general survival)
Nose (Smelling is good for general survival)
Strengthened Membrane (Self defense)
Sticky Film (With secretion control, can be used to climb as was originally intended)
Shell (With secretion control, can be used to form makeshift weapons as well as armor)
Acid (With secretion control, can be used to destroy environments, as a weapon, and as a deterrent for predators)

Evolve:

Advanced Echolocation, which uses ambient sounds negating the need to create our own noises. Like Daredevil. Shouldn't use an extra evolutionary slot as it will replace the old echolocation.

Advanced Laser Eyes, intense enough to cause small burns, and light dry kindling aflame. Self defense. As advanced echolocation, shouldn't require another slot.

Commands:
Use Shell Secretion to form Claws on your Hands.

Hunt Dweller.

It can not be allowed to survive.

I'd keep the brain and mouth, actually. I have a feeling that sooner or later we'll have to interact with other things and communicate.
Unless we just keep powering up our laser eyes, in which case there'll be no need to communicate whatsoever.

Devolving bioluminescence later is good.
I'm not sure whether to keep the eyes if we're gonna power up our echolocation, but ok. We might make it out of this cave eventually, whereupon eyes will be very useful.
If we can evolve and develove stuff without a penalty, we can just evolve and use eyes outside and echolocation inside, and always devolve the unnecessary one.

So basically:

DEVOLVE:

Lithovore (Rock eating is too slow)
Whiskers (Don't do anything)
Spine (Only has aesthetic use currently in giving us a neck)
Spider Legs (Broken off anyway)

Maintain:
Bioluminesence (Useful for keeping away dweller, once dweller is dealt with, can be safely devolved. Useless for any other tasks)
Cannibalize (Useful for shutting off bioluminesence, if we need to sneak somewhere, or temporarily removing other evolutions if they become an issue)
Echolocation (If evolved to advanced state, can keep us from ever being snuck up on/surprised. 360 degree vision = good idea.)
Hypermass Generator (Being able to shrink will probably be useful)
Secretion Control (Needed to use any secretions meaningfully)
Laser Eyes (Self defense)
Eyes (Mostly useless with echolocation, but I don't want to look at a bunch of joyless colourless images as we saw when we were using it in the dark)
Arms/Hands (Mostly useless for now, but potentially useful later)
Cat ears (Hearing necessary for echolocation, and useful for general survival)
Nose (Smelling is good for general survival)
Strengthened Membrane (Self defense)
Sticky Film (With secretion control, can be used to climb as was originally intended)
Shell (With secretion control, can be used to form makeshift weapons as well as armor)
Acid (With secretion control, can be used to destroy environments, as a weapon, and as a deterrent for predators)

Evolve:

Advanced Echolocation, which uses ambient sounds negating the need to create our own noises. Like Daredevil. Shouldn't use an extra evolutionary slot as it will replace the old echolocation.

Advanced Laser Eyes, intense enough to cause small burns, and light dry kindling aflame. Self defense. As advanced echolocation, shouldn't require another slot.

Sky Warrior Bob · 03-26-2010, 07:00 AM

I say get rid of the spine, as we don't apparently use it & I think we haven't seen it since we lost our spider legs. Same goes for the brain. What has it done for us anyway?

Point of fact, everyone posting here IS our real intelligence. The brain of the creature, is just something that is there for looks. It does nothing for us, if we developed some sort of subconscious, maybe it'd be useful. However, even then we might be able to have that without a vestigle brain.

I'm thinking we could also drop the echolocation. Sure, it was helpful in dark areas. However, now that we glow in the dark, it really isn't necessary. Besides, currently our echolocation only works on command & isn't active all the time. So if we keep echolocation, we might want to drop our eyesight.

And frankly, seeing everything in B&W all the time is kinda boring. So I vote no echo.

SWB

Naqel · 03-26-2010, 08:06 AM

I say we keep evolvong towards one of those.

Tev · 03-26-2010, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Naqel

I say we keep evolvong towards one of those.

No thanks. The Catablepus has far more charm.

Krylo · 03-27-2010, 08:04 PM

I say we evolve into one of these.

Except pink.

And with a cat face.

Ryong · 03-27-2010, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Krylo

I say we evolve into one of these.

Except pink.

And with a cat face.

I'd totally support it if not for the fact that these are specifically made to fit corridors.

How about a globe shape, instead of cubic?

PyrosNine · 03-27-2010, 09:50 PM

We're at our limit with only 1 evolution. We can mix and match later, but all we need to do to regain evolutions is just drop 1 evolution, and we can proceed as normal, and drop evolutions as we see fit to make new ones.

I say just the spider legs for now, and once we're outside and safe, drop the bioluminsence.

For now, just ignore further evolutionary impulses until we get something to eat. Surely we can evolve further on a full stomach.

On the subject of the brain, we need to keep it. WE need to learn, so that when we're no longer at the beck and call of a thousand warring voices, we can survive on our own!

Yumil · 03-27-2010, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by PyrosNine

On the subject of the brain, we need to keep it. WE need to learn, so that when we're no longer at the beck and call of a thousand warring voices, we can survive on our own!

I rather prefer a mindless killing machine, and if we are successful, there shall be nothing left to hurt us

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PyrosNine · 03-28-2010, 02:05 AM

This is exactly what I'm talking about! All the voices in our head are warmongering elitists with no sense of survival!

How are we going to advance as a species if half our evolution choices are just to look cool and murder everything in existence!?

I almost feel as if we're tripping over something really important, like a backstory that explains where we came from, and how we are what we are. It's bad enough we have over thirty distinct voices buzzing about in a horrific dissociative disorder, but we seem to be pushing evolution towards things we should not know about or remember.

Especially the inevitable Drill hands!

Geminex · 03-28-2010, 05:46 AM

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How are we going to advance as a species if half our evolution choices are just to look cool and murder everything in existence!?

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03-26-2010, 07:00 AM	#362
Sky Warrior Bob bOB iZ brOkeN Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a nice place to visit... Posts: 3,755	I say get rid of the spine, as we don't apparently use it & I think we haven't seen it since we lost our spider legs. Same goes for the brain. What has it done for us anyway? Point of fact, everyone posting here IS our real intelligence. The brain of the creature, is just something that is there for looks. It does nothing for us, if we developed some sort of subconscious, maybe it'd be useful. However, even then we might be able to have that without a vestigle brain. I'm thinking we could also drop the echolocation. Sure, it was helpful in dark areas. However, now that we glow in the dark, it really isn't necessary. Besides, currently our echolocation only works on command & isn't active all the time. So if we keep echolocation, we might want to drop our eyesight. And frankly, seeing everything in B&W all the time is kinda boring. So I vote no echo. SWB __________________ :bmage: Because breakdancing is evil, and so am I, you will click on this link: The power of evil compels you... You are in error. No one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation. Yes I know the breakdancing BM link doesn't work, and I don't care.

03-26-2010, 08:06 AM	#363
Naqel Jaywalker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Wherever my ass happens to sit. Posts: 664	I say we keep evolvong towards one of those. Last edited by Naqel; 03-26-2010 at 08:08 AM.

03-27-2010, 08:04 PM	#365
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	I say we evolve into one of these. Except pink. And with a cat face. __________________ I am very tired.

03-27-2010, 09:50 PM	#367
PyrosNine Zettai Hero Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A figment of my own imagination Posts: 6,103	We're at our limit with only 1 evolution. We can mix and match later, but all we need to do to regain evolutions is just drop 1 evolution, and we can proceed as normal, and drop evolutions as we see fit to make new ones. I say just the spider legs for now, and once we're outside and safe, drop the bioluminsence. For now, just ignore further evolutionary impulses until we get something to eat. Surely we can evolve further on a full stomach. On the subject of the brain, we need to keep it. WE need to learn, so that when we're no longer at the beck and call of a thousand warring voices, we can survive on our own! __________________ Pyrosnine.blogspot.com: An experimental blog of writing. Updated possibly daily. Possibly. A fair chance. Current Works for reading: War Between them, Karma Police. PyrosNine: Weirdo Magnet Extraordinaire!

03-28-2010, 02:05 AM	#369
PyrosNine Zettai Hero Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A figment of my own imagination Posts: 6,103	This is exactly what I'm talking about! All the voices in our head are warmongering elitists with no sense of survival! How are we going to advance as a species if half our evolution choices are just to look cool and murder everything in existence!? I almost feel as if we're tripping over something really important, like a backstory that explains where we came from, and how we are what we are. It's bad enough we have over thirty distinct voices buzzing about in a horrific dissociative disorder, but we seem to be pushing evolution towards things we should not know about or remember. Especially the inevitable Drill hands! __________________ Pyrosnine.blogspot.com: An experimental blog of writing. Updated possibly daily. Possibly. A fair chance. Current Works for reading: War Between them, Karma Police. PyrosNine: Weirdo Magnet Extraordinaire!