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Jessica
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7/8/2013 | |
Please read this entire post before signing up for this wolfling run.
Some details are subject to change prior to the start of this wolfling run.
With so many awesome wolfling runs that have taken place recently, I figured it was about time I hosted one of my own! This special aquatic wolfling run will solely feature the as-yet unreleased Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norns I have been working on. Hopefully this is a fun way to lead up to their public release very soon!
I am hoping to do a live broadcast of this wolfling run, but time constraints may result in uploaded YouTube videos and/or image updates. I am not 100% sure how many participants to allow... This is a first come, first served wolfling run, yet depending on the number of people who sign up, I may end up holding multiple rounds and awarding the Norn with the highest number of points. In the case of multiple rounds, participants may be mixed together to balance out colors and genders.
WOLFLING RUN RULES
Due to technical issues and time constraints, this wolfling run has been updated to run to the point of having 12 total second generation Norns born. Once this happens, points will be tallied. It's more of a breeding challenge in some ways, and I apologize for the change! Video also hasn't worked out... My computer is not being cooperative at all, but I hope that the announcement of the winners and the release of the breed makes up for any issues! There are a few additions that I hope will make up for these problems!
This aquatic wolfling run will use Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norns. Participants will live in the Pearl Ocean and Past Seas metarooms, and be unassisted. The only time they may be interacted with is when they are initially moved, either in an egg or as a newborn. Any other intervention will not take place. Offspring will be exported upon hatching and will likely be made available for download.
This will be a slightly unconventional wolfling run. Rather than just awarding the Norn who lives the longest, all Norns will be given points throughout their lives according to the following point scale:
2 Points for reaching adulthood
2 Points for being the first to use a lift
2 Points for being the first to use a door
4 Points per child who is not a stillborn
4 Points for being the first to visit all four metaroom levels
In the event of a tie, whichever Norn lived the longest in total minutes will be the winner. If there is still a tie, the Norn with the most children will be the winner. If there is still a tie, two winners will be named!
Any questions? Feel free to post or PM me! There is no way to ensure a "perfect" wolfling run, but I've made every effort to make sure that the agents being used are not buggy. There will be no real threat to these Norns, mainly because they're just too beautiful! Each round (or just a single one) should last approximately 4-5 hours.
PARTICIPANTS
Entries are CLOSED
8 Females | 10 Males | 5 Blue | 3 Green | 3 Pink | 4 Purple | 3 Standard
Round One
- Berri (Pink Female) for C-Rex
- Billy (Green Male) for Ylukyun
- Mr. Cheese (Standard Male) for Laura
- Otohime (Blue Female) for Grendel Man
- Rascoon (Blue Male) for Rascii
- Rikori (Purple Male) for KittyTikara
Round Two
- Clyde (Pink Male) for Kappsune
- Gwendolyn (Green Female) for DarbyDoo
- Lark (Purple Female) for Kezune
- Mana (Blue Male) for Magpie-Angel
- Selkie (Standard Female) for NimhsLab
- Tom (Blue Male) for Malkin
Round Three
- Azteca (Purple Female) for Rubberducky
- Nuadha (Blue Male) for Geckogirl191
- Rahul (Standard Male) for Frick
- Raspberry (Pink Female) for Ettinmaniac
- Smoothie (Purple Male) for HavenHoney
- Typhii (Green Female) for Lennmeister
PRIZES
The winner of this wolfling run will have his or her choice of one (1) of the following prizes:
- Custom Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norn: The winner will be able to specify a color and gender, and then a unique first generation Norn will be sent. Note that there are some colors which do not show up very nicely with the sprites. Shades of blue, green, pink, and purple are recommended.
- Creatures: The Albian Years Code: The winner will receive a gift code to be redeemed on GOG.com. By choosing this prize, the participant acknowledges that he or she does not already own a copy of Creatures: The Albian Years from GOG.com, has a working GOG.com account, and will be able to download and install the game from GOG.com for his/herself.
- Creatures Exodus Code: The winner will receive a gift code to be redeemed on GOG.com. By choosing this prize, the participant acknowledges that he or she does not already own a copy of Creatures Exodus from GOG.com, has a working GOG.com account, and will be able to download and install the game from GOG.com for his/herself.
The completion of this wolfling run will also coincide with the approximate public release date of the Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norns.
ENTRY FORMAT
If you are interested in participating in this wolfling run, please reply with the following information:
Norn's Name: (Under 15 Characters)
Norn's Color: (Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, or Standard)
Norn's Gender:
Desired Prize: |
Entries will remain open until about July 10th. Don't miss out!
Keep an eye out for news about this wolfling run later in the week!
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Wee Scrivener
Trell
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7/8/2013 | |
Oooh! I wanna go!!
Hmm...
Norn's Name: Gwendolyn
Norn's Color: Green
Norn's Gender: Female
Desired Prize: Custom Colourtrue Mernorn would be just fabulous~
Trell
"Holy crap in a casket!" |
Jessica
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7/8/2013 | |
Sounds great, Darby! I assume you mean custom Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norn? I'd love to work on other breeds eventually, but this time around will just be for the Pearl Mermaid Norns.
Discover Albia |
Wee Scrivener
Trell
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7/8/2013 | |
Right, yes. I have a habit of just calling them Mernorns. My bad!
Trell
"Holy crap in a casket!" |
Air Guitarist
kezune
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7/8/2013 | |
Ohhh snap, I'm so signing up for this.
Norn's Name: Lark
Norn's Color: Purple
Norn's Gender: Female
Desired Prize: Custom Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norn
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Jessica
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7/8/2013 | |
No problem! I have a habit of calling the Aquanorns Mernorns, so I'm the one who seems to not have her head on straight today. Ha ha!
Discover Albia |
KittyTikara
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7/8/2013 | 1 |
Norn's Name: Rikori
Norn's Color: Purple
Norn's Gender: Male
Desired Prize: Custom Mermaid Norn, I already own the games on GOG.com.
Yess, more aquatic wolfling runs. <3
The Mobula Ray - My Creatures blog |
magpie-angel
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7/8/2013 | 1 |
i'd love to join in as well
Norn's Name: Mana
Norn's Color: blue
Norn's Gender: male
Desired Prize: custom colourtrue pearl mermaid norn
i think this is a great way to showcase the breed |
NimhsLab
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7/8/2013 | |
This sounds awesome.
Norn's name: Selkie
Norn's colour: Standard
Norn's gender: female
Desired prize: Oh man, I would love that albian years code, but
I would feel greedy, and would rather my parents get it for me... A teal colour-true mermaid-norn sounds cool though!
[chirping and clicking] Clicks for a winter god! > |
Sanely Insane
RisenAngel
Manager
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7/8/2013 | |
You seriously think I'd sit this one out?
Norn's Name: Otohime
Norn's Color: Blue
Norn's Gender: Female
Desired Prize: Custom Colortrue Pearlmad
~ The Realm ~
Risen Angel's Creatures Blog
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Jessica
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7/8/2013 | |
Fast signups, indeed! No one needs to worry about having the same color and gender, if that wasn't clear. It's my job to split these up into rounds if need be, and I'll be using Creature Nametags so that it will be easy to keep track of everything!
NihmsLab: You wouldn't be greedy at all if you'd like the code! I stocked up at the last sale. If I was worried about holding onto them, they wouldn't be listed as prizes. It's totally up to you, but I don't want you to feel bad if you'd be more interested in the code!
Discover Albia |
HavenHerbaven
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7/8/2013 | |
I would like to go
Norn's name: Smoothie
Norn's Color: Purple
Norn's Gender: Male
Desired Prize: Custom Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norn would be great
Herb
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NimhsLab
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7/8/2013 | |
(Why does every-one end up making it nihmslab instead of nimhslab? *Vaguely curious quirked eyebrow*) It's more about the fact that for SOME REASON, I haven't even told my parents about GOG.com, even though I'm near certain I would end up getting Albian Years as a Birthday/Christmas gift if I did. (Why haven't I told them about it yet??)
[chirping and clicking] Clicks for a winter god! > |
Jessica
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7/8/2013 | 1 |
HavenHoney: Please take a look at the color choices above in the entry form. There is no orange option, unfortunately. Let me know when you've updated your post. Thanks!
NimhsLab: Oh dear! I think it's because I always mixed up the name of the movie title. Fixed that in the main post! Hope you do tell your parents about GOG.com eventually. I know I could make a whole big list of games I would love to have!
Discover Albia |
Sanely Insane
RisenAngel
Manager
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7/8/2013 | |
Well, we're definitely in need of some males. Factoring in Haven's submission, we've five females, but only two males.
~ The Realm ~
Risen Angel's Creatures Blog
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Frick
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7/8/2013 | |
Norn's Name: Rahul
Norn's Color: Standard
Norn's Gender: Male
Desired Prize: Custom colourtrue pearl mermaid norn ^_^ |
Caves Dweller
Rascii
Administrator
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7/8/2013 | |
Norn's Name: Rascoon
Norn's Color: Blue
Norn's Gender: Male
Desired Prize: Custom Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norn
- Rascii |
Kappsune
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7/8/2013 | |
May I be entered?
Norn's Name: Clyde
Norn's Color: Pink
Norn's Gender: Male
Desired Prize: Custom Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norn, please. |
Patient Pirate
ylukyun
Manager
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7/8/2013 | |
Norn's Name: Billy
Norn's Color: Green
Norn's Gender: Male
Desired Prize: Custom Norn |
ettinmaniac
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7/9/2013 | |
I would like to participate please!
Norn's Name: Raspberry
Norn's Color: Pink
Norn's Gender: Female
Desired Prize: Custom Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norn |
Lollipop Lord
C-Rex
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7/9/2013 | |
I might as well sign up too!
Norn's Name: Berri
Norn's Color: Pink
Norn's Gender: Female
Desired Prize: Custom Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norn, please! |
Tea Queen
Laura
Administrator
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7/9/2013 | |
Norn's Name: Mr. Cheese
Norn's Color: Standard
Norn's Gender: Male
Desired Prize: Custom Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norn |
Jessica
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7/9/2013 | 2 |
Great to see so much interest in this! Grendel Man has helped me out with a few suggestions to update the genome, but that shouldn't affect the timing of this wolfling run. It's looking like we'll end up with around 2-3 rounds at the rate of signups. I might decide to be generous and award the winner of each round, rather than one single overall winner. We'll see! I'm also thinking of slightly changing things up and using both the Pearl Ocean and Past Seas for the main population, thanks to a recommendation from Grendel Man.
I'll let everyone know the final details and what will be going on with the updates later this week. Keep the signups coming in! If the number starts to get a bit too high by the end of tomorrow, I might close entries a little early.., But I have a feeling I'll just deal with a little more chaos if I need to!
Discover Albia |
geckogirl191
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7/9/2013 | |
Meh, what the heck!
Norn's Name: Nuadha
Norn's Color: Blue
Norn's Gender: Male
Desired Prize: Custom Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norn |
Lenn
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7/9/2013 | |
Norn's Name: Typhii
Norn's Color: green
Norn's Gender:female
Desired Prize: creatures exodus code
Ik zwaai met mijn handen en mijn handen zwaaien terug. |
rubberducky
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7/9/2013 | |
Norn's Name: Azteca
Norn's Color: Purple
Norn's Gender: Female
Desired Prize: Custom Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norn |
Jessica
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7/9/2013 | |
Everyone should be added to the main post! Grendel Man has been helping me out immensely with making some final tweaks to the genomes. I'm running a test run now to ensure that these Norns can live well. Just made it to the second generation, but all seems like it's working from a genetic standpoint!
I also spent way too long setting up a test world that will be used for this wolfling run. So pretty, though! I have a lot of aquatic life going on, so I'm not sure if a livestream would be really slow. I'll be testing that out soon enough!
Keep those entries coming in! Remember that they'll be closing tomorrow. The first round of this wolfling run should take place this weekend! If I'm feeling extra ambitious, we might have every round completed by the beginning of next week!
Discover Albia |
magpie-angel
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7/9/2013 | |
maybe you should test it for a few generations or try crossbreeding them with something else to double check before you start the run.
i can't wait to see how this goes though |
Jessica
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7/9/2013 | 1 |
No worries: I'm going to at least generation 20 in this test! I found one genetic error I made with the updates... Norns died after a few seconds due to a silly error on my part. Now I've got plenty of adults who are breeding like crazy and living happy lives!
It's not advised to crossbreed these Norns with anyone else. Sliders can develop, floating body parts can happen, and a lot of the amphibious/aquatic genes might not carry over properly. I wouldn't recommend crossbreeding these (ever) except at your own risk. But I think the unique colors will make up for that one limitation!
Discover Albia |
Malkin
Manager
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7/9/2013 | |
Norn's Name: Tom
Norn's Color: Blue
Norn's Gender: Male
Desired Prize: Custom Colortrue Pearl Mermaid Norn
My TCR Norns |
Jessica
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7/10/2013 | 3 |
Entries are now closed! With 18 participants, I'm pretty sure that three rounds of six Norns each will do the trick. My computer tends to crawl with lots of Norns, which would make any videos rather unbearable. I'm still not certain if livestreaming will work, but I do know that videos will work! Just need to figure out the timing and all.
At least one round should be completed over the weekend! I'll post when all of the details are finalized. Thanks to everyone who has entered! Good luck!
Discover Albia |
Jessica
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7/12/2013 | |
Everything is all set for this weekend! There will be a total of three rounds with six Norns in each one as follows:
Round One
- Berri (Pink Female) for C-Rex
- Billy (Green Male) for Ylukyun
- Mr. Cheese (Standard Male) for Laura
- Otohime (Blue Female) for Grendel Man
- Rascoon (Blue Male) for Rascii
- Rikori (Purple Male) for KittyTikara
Round Two
- Clyde (Pink Male) for Kappsune
- Gwendolyn (Green Female) for DarbyDoo
- Lark (Purple Female) for Kezune
- Mana (Blue Male) for Magpie-Angel
- Selkie (Standard Female) for NimhsLab
- Tom (Blue Male) for Malkin
Round Three
- Azteca (Purple Female) for Rubberducky
- Nuadha (Blue Male) for Geckogirl191
- Rahul (Standard Male) for Frick
- Raspberry (Pink Female) for Ettinmaniac
- Smoothie (Purple Male) for HavenHoney
- Typhii (Green Female) for Lennmeister
I did my best to evenly split up the colors and genders, and randomized when I could. The worst case is 2 males and 4 females, while the other two rounds will have 3 males and 3 females.
I've been going crazy trying to get a live broadcast going, but sadly this won't be possible. I should be able to provide at least partial video updates via YouTube, though, and will fill in any gaps with images/text! Some details of what will be happening:
- Participants will be randomly hatched in the Past Seas and Pearl Ocean. These are connected via a door with working CA links. After a few test runs, I can confidently say that Norns travel between the rooms at a decent rate. Sometimes they end up hunkering down in one room for a long time, but they usually journey between the two at least a few times during their lives.
- Offspring will be exported. I had intended to keep these in another room, but that would result in a fair bit of lag. Instead, the eggs will be hatched, offspring will be cataloged, and then exported. Chances are very high that these will be available for download!
- Six Norns shouldn't make any food sources go extinct. If this happens, though, I will not be replenishing any food supplies. With so many areas to find food, though, it's likely that they will simply migrate rather than starve to death. There's a lot of food, though... Most don't have to move that far to find fish, fruit, and seeds!
I'll keep my replies to this post limited to announcing any videos and/or blog updates on the wolfling runs.
Good luck to all!
Discover Albia |
Tea Queen
Laura
Administrator
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7/12/2013 | 1 |
Ooh, Mr. Cheese is in the first round; I can't decide whether going first is awesome or nerve-racking! Exciting, though. |
Jessica
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7/12/2013 | |
Check out the results of the first round at Discover Albia! My sincerest apologies for the technical problems I encountered, but I hope that this method is still decent enough. Every participant now gets a prize in some form, so that might make up for the lack of the video I wanted to work on.
The second and third rounds should take place this weekend!
Congratulations to the winner... I'll let everyone read on so as not to spoil anything right off the bat!
Discover Albia |
Jessica
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7/13/2013 | |
The second round is now complete! Only one more to go (likely tomorrow) and then we'll likely have a new download. I'll be working on sending out prizes tomorrow... A bit worn out this evening!
Discover Albia |
Jessica
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7/14/2013 | |
And... The final round has been completed!
Discover Albia |