Spineblade

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*jumps on the late train* Happy birthday Mikzal!

Four years, that's a long time. You've stuck around for it, too. I salute your resilience! It seems you've had a good time while you're at it too, so here's to a even more years!

FISH It looks like a great design! I hope the manufacture and performance go well!

Signed up yesterday. It's the first time I'll ever be competing in a Pokémon competition of sorts, and I'm not really sure what to expect. I hope it doesn't feel like the nations are overloaded, considering the number of people that have signed up at this point.

Nice stuff. I guess this confirms the trainers being on the battlefield if it wasn't already. Also that fire looks nice. It seems to be lighting up the platform a little! I can't really tell from the pictures how detailed the spectators are. Let's hope they have some life to them.

Hi there, welcome to the forum! I've seen you around on the server a bit, but let me now officially welcome you!

Well I mean I've never played the other two series, so I would be inclined towards Pokémon. However, you should ask yourself, which game do you think you'll get the most enjoyment and the most playtime out of? If that happens to be Sun/Moon, are you willing to wait until November before you can get it?

If you get something else now, will you be able to get Sun/Moon when they are released? Or is it the case that you're not absolutely bothered about getting them when they come out?

If I remember correctly, the problem with just 'making an atmosphere' for Mars is that it would be unstable; Mars has a much weaker magnetic field than that of Earth, meaning solar winds can much more easily displace gas particles at the top of the atmosphere, since there isn't really anything protecting them. For this reason, even if we made an artificial atmosphere there, it would deteriorate very quickly, so it would require constant replenishment (a massive drain on resources) or some kind of technology to create an artificial magnetic field (currently technologically unforeseeable on a planet-wide scale). So basically, our current technological abilities mean that biomes would be a must for large-scale survival there. Although I personally agree with your point that we should prioritise the maintenance of Earth over the colonisation of other planets, I doubt that we as a species will be able to resist the idea of the exploration of other worlds. Exploration and curiosity are in part what lead us to becoming the dominant species on Earth, and I don't think it will stop there if we have the means to do so.

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Well, that's... a big one. There are so many lines, how long did this take you? You have quite the mastery over where you put your lines, I think. In particular, the distinction between root and rock is incredibly clear, and the shape overall is very organic and very pleasing.

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Rowlet! I can do that now~

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We still have a ways to go before we can start thinking about colonising another planet on a large scale. Nevertheless, unless there is some terrible catastrophe here on Earth that will knock us back a couple of notches on the Civilisation scale, I feel it likely that it will happen eventually. The good thing about colonising Mars is that, unlike some of our own continents, there isn't the moral issue of invading someone's homeland (as far as the consensus goes anyway, assuming there is no life or no significant life on Mars). As a (presumably) uninhabited planet, Mars doesn't really belong to anybody, so possession isn't an issue. Some people would doubtless have their concerns about tainting a celestial body that has been (mostly) untouched by human influence for billions of years; they might consider our spread be the start of the human pests' invasion of the galaxy, or whatever. Or maybe they just don't want to see us potentially ruin the natural beauty of another celestial body. If you look it from a scientific angle, it currently seems to be little more than relatively insignificant lump of rock with a pretty tall mountain and a nice red colour. Beneath the surface, it could be a valuable resource, so why not go there and make use of it? It wouldn't hurt anyone. No ecosystem to preserve, not much of an environment to look after. Heck, in a few hundred years we might have the terraforming technology to make it significant. As for the question of dropping nukes on Mars? Well, maybe double and triple check that we're not messing with any microbial life first.

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