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Corvus coracis·8/19/2014 in News and Announcements

Two things:

The competition ends at 12:00 AM (UTC) on August 22. Mark your entries as finished to get them reviewed. So far I am the only "finished" entry, although I can be assured that Harekiller and KaptainWombat are probably finished as well. Just use {{comp entry}} to mark it as finished, explanation for how to do that is in the template documentation.
Are we having a break between this and the next competition? I vote yes, about a week or two. Feel free to tell me your opinion on this. Also, this is where you should post your ideas for the next competition.

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Corvus coracis·8/24/2014

Marcello27 wrote: I'm thinking not in the past, and moons seem like the only viable option, so they are allowed. I think the rules should be:

Choose a body in the solar system on which there could be life at present;
Create an ecosystem on that body with at least five species;
Present it in a way that seems factual;
And terraforming is not allowed.
What does everyone think?

This is what was agreed upon. Give it a week or two; we'll probably start next weekend.

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JaggerButtermilk·8/24/2014

So, I'll choose Titan and have floating whale/tadpole/seahorse things that feed on bacteria.

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Corvus coracis·8/24/2014

Lightbulb…

I'm going for machines. Natural, machine life. They operate very similarly to robots on Earth. They don't need food, but actually take in pure energy. They're silicon based. The main difference is that reproduction is more similar to earthly life.

This is Enceladus I'm choosing.

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Corvus coracis·8/24/2014

Harekiller wrote: Yeah, fine, you win.

But KW, I notice the forum people liked yours better.

Also, KaptainWombat has the featured project anyway.

FYI, KaptainWombat should really start using his admin powers.

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KaptainWombat·8/24/2014

Firstly, a marine monitor is unlikely to evolve into something that doesn't look like a Mesozoic marine reptile. I also thought up a way for them to have venom.

Secondly, on the problem of duration, the plesiosaurs survived from the breakup of Pangaea to the end of the Mesozoic, some 150 million years at least, so that shouldn't be a problem.

Thirdly, the dominance problem has relevance, but there is also a high diversity of fish/sharks, and also venenosuchians -which are NOT halilycosaurs.

On my admin powers, I have not had a reason to use them, nor do I know how.

Anyhow, I knew after reading it that Marcello's entry fit the competition criteria better, so congratulations.

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Harekiller·8/24/2014

Both had their goods and bads. Marcello won here, KW won on the forums; though only the wiki points technically count, so Marcello is the official winner.