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Codedragon wrote:

How are u

(u can read my factbook if you want to)

I'm hungry. How about you? Do dragons have set meal times or do they just eat whenever the feel like it?

I am Back

Chan island wrote:

*screaming in the background*

*distant explosion*

What? just happen

*Flys to the explosion*

Ertaland wrote:

It might just be me but i kinda just ignore the forum. And trading cards.

Yeah, I'm kinda non-existent on the forum but I do like the cards. But both the region mechanics and issues are what appeal to me the most, and for good reason.

Turbeaux wrote:

Why would uploaded consciousness bother with having bodies at all (except possibly for space travel) since "dumb" robots would be able to handle the menial work? There was a reason why the Borg emerged as one of the big villians of TNG-era Star Trek and that reason was that it was easier and much less expensive to put people in Borgy makeup and costumes than it would have been to create a race of huge eusocial bugs (apparently, that was plan A). (Character CG was not an option in the late eighties.)

We are the Borg. Lower your weapons and surrender your fleets. We will add your neurological and technological distinctiveness to our own; your culture shall be programmed to service us.

Caracasus wrote:

The forums can be a lot of fun, but I'd steer clear of General to be honest.

Gameplay too.

Frieden-und Freudenland wrote:

What is remarkable about this is that we, as humans, feel compassion for machines (literally heaps of junk metal, at this point) when they break. There is some interesting research on how humans anthropomorphize electronic devices and are capable of growing attached to them. (I don't have time to Google it and find the relevant links to the paper, but please do that yourself if you're interested.)

For the very same reason, we get angry at our devices when they don't work as anticipated, because we see them as "uncooperative teammates."

What is so mind-blowing about the human-AI cooperation that will soon be ubiquitous is that humans have evolved such strong social bonds and an enormous capacity for interpersonal affiliation, that we will most certainly project it on our robotic friends.

I'm curious about how this will unfold.

It's not that remarkable at all; the attachment is not to the heaps of metal, but to the behavior said heaps display. This is also why homo sapiens tends to show attachment to other mammals. And occasionally non-mammals. For example, I'm normally mildly arachnophobic except for many species of jumping spiders which are both mammal like in appearance (furry, if excessively legged) and behavior (ability to track objects and display apparent curiousity, their prowess for pathfinding and target tracking, etc).

So, when I bust out the q-tips to clean out my robotic vacuum, am I showing the initial signs of schizophrenia, or simply engaged in normal primate social grooming?

Turbeaux wrote:

...There was a reason why the Borg emerged as one of the big villians of TNG-era Star Trek and that reason was that it was easier and much less expensive to put people in Borgy makeup and costumes than it would have been to create a race of huge eusocial bugs (apparently, that was plan A). (Character CG was not an option in the late eighties.)

I figured it was just because the evil capitalists (Ferengi) turned out to be too stereotypically (in an arguably unpleasant way) silly to take seriously, so they flying-leap-in-the-opposite-direction-ed. And then had to come up with silly ways to stop the unstoppable juggernaut. Naturally, a hyper-advanced hyper-warp-capable superorganism would so totally leave the "put all drones to sleep so the cube overloads and explodes" program outside the firewall...

Also, "quantum" torpedoes. Is there anything "quantum" doesn't do?

At any rate, Quarks' characterization in DS9 was far improved, but the damage was done.

Autonomous cleaner bot cleaners wrote:

It's not that remarkable at all; the attachment is not to the heaps of metal, but to the behavior said heaps display. This is also why homo sapiens tends to show attachment to other mammals. And occasionally non-mammals. For example, I'm normally mildly arachnophobic except for many species of jumping spiders which are both mammal like in appearance (furry, if excessively legged) and behavior (ability to track objects and display apparent curiousity, their prowess for pathfinding and target tracking, etc).

Also, "quantum" torpedoes. Is there anything "quantum" doesn't do?

They are blue!

Jumping spiders are amazing but I would be terrified of them if I was the size of a small insect. I have never been an arachnophobe. There was a big house spider that would always be walking around on the ceilings while I grew up and I named it "Roberto". I am really glad that my parents had the good sense to not kill that spider!

The species that was causing trouble around the Neutral Zone was initially conceived to be insectoids who were associated with those strange parasites who tried to take over the Federation at the end of season one of TNG. Then I guess that they realized how difficult it would be to portray insectoid aliens before character CG was a thing. I like to think of a parallel universe where TNG used Farscape-style puppetry to fit them in.

So Dubant had a crack at redesigning my flag anyways, and I have to say they've done a great job! Nicely done and cheers.

Caracasus wrote:

So Dubant had a crack at redesigning my flag anyways, and I have to say they've done a great job! Nicely done and cheers.

Yes! I did!
And I can draw something for you! Check my works:

Flags what I drew!

by Dubant

List of flags what I made on this site:
Lesnak asked for flag with yellow, green and white. Flag in use.

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Golden Scar asked: Anything but make it communism themed So i made this.
But Golden Scar have been really busy to change flag for new one.

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Trap_o_bell ask: Could you do something with like tacos, aliens, communism and anything else?
He liked my first idea without tacos, so flag in use.

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I get card of Tarcax oxide. And tried to make flag in better quality:

But Tarcax oxide said: Flag is as intented. This flag was never meant to be crisp
So i try one more time:

But Tarcax oxide has his own idea and likes his own flag. And that is good! Well done!

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Also I get card of Ormusqand and tried to make it's flag in better quality:

Queen Ariel Sus-Ormusqand thanked me and now flag in use.

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Flag for Timao.
Nothing to describe - it was flag of Corinthians Paulista, but in low quality and rotated - I just update it.

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New flag for Cafevodka. Just put a little part of Irish pub on Irish flag. :)

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Flag for CRlSPR. But we quarreled, so I wouldn't finish this flag...

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For Ancient Whispers I made someting. Ancient Whispers ask for purple color, so we got:

Seagull ask: "I want to keep the circling stars and the seagull", so i made this:

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For Caracasus - I just updated flag.

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And I can draw a random flag - just give me 8 digits.
For example 09123235

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My own flag was made fast and easy.

I will be happy to make flags for anyone!

Read factbook

Secret report: Forest's plan to subvert TSP is on track.

Keep this on the down low

Volaworand wrote:

Secret report: Forest's plan to subvert TSP is on track.

Keep this on the down low

Does that mean I get to be a feeder delegate?

Almost as good as my own personal plan to take over every GCR at the same time with rampant hedgehogs and bazookas.