The OP says that we can only vote two suggestion, I fear that you'll have to cancel a vote here. :sad:+1 (to both)
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The OP says that we can only vote two suggestion, I fear that you'll have to cancel a vote here. :sad:+1 (to both)
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The OP says that we can only vote two suggestion, I fear that you'll have to cancel a vote here. :sad:
The issue was this is, if I recall, evolution is all about short-term changes, an organism evolving to deal with an immediate pressure, like defending against an emergent predator etc. Thus, planning is odd.
Wait wait wait wait wait. YOU were the inspiration for one of the SciFi channel's more recent movies? I don't know whether to feel better or worse about this. p)Well, in this sort of game evolution tends to happen quickly, assuming there are enough suggestions. Besides, I fully expect for the players to go off the deep end at some point. Not to give you any ideas, but one of these games ended with the Sophont Nightmare, a flying tentacled creature that assimilated every hostile life form it met into a massive web of symbiotic creatures and had no eyes but a highly developed sense of echolocation and a form of electrical telepathy becoming sentient.
Wait wait wait wait wait. YOU were the inspiration for one of the SciFi channel's more recent movies? I don't know whether to feel better or worse about this. p)
No particular movie, just a general trashing of the SyFy channel. Their movies are so bad, that it has to be intentional. Example: Sharknado.No. The game where that happened was "Competition" run by Eotyrannus over at the Bay 12 forums. This is the first of these games I've ran personally, but I've always been interested in them.
Also, what movie? Sound like some crazy B movie stuff.
Suggestion: develop basic muscles, so that we can control our main tentacles.
Suggestion: Suction cup or similar device to properly anchor itself to the seafloor to prevent it being washed away by the currents.
The currents undoubtedly exert a much stronger force on the blob now that it has tentacles, and it wouldn't surprise me if being washed away is a leading source of mortality. Furthermore, stronger anchorage would open up stronger-current habitats, and as any marine biologist will tell you, stronger currents equals more nutrients per square cm per hour. A higher nutrient uptake could then provide nergy to fuel further evolutions.
+1Suggestion 2: Since other organisms are using gas propulsion, we should develop our own gas bladder. Preferably, inside the butt so that we are farting our way to victory.
+1Suggestion 2: Since other organisms are using gas propulsion, we should develop our own gas bladder. Preferably, inside the butt so that we are farting our way to victory.
Alright, let's take a look at primitive creatures and see what we could use. I imagine that Tentacle Blob is quite similar to an early cephalopod. Cephalopods have a wide array of senses:
Gravity- This is a balance sensory receptor, one that they use to find equilibrium in an aquatic environment. It also detects when the creature is going towards a center of gravity, AKA when it is falling towards the bottom of the ocean floor. They use an organ known as a Statocyst.
Chemical Sensory- Similar to Olfaction (smell). This is used by Cephelopods to smell preditors and prey alike. In other creatures, this is sometimes used to communicate, though I am unsure of its effect underwater.
Touch- Cephalopods have an acute sense of touch. The three basic components of touch in most creatures are: Detection of Heat, Detection of Pressure, and Detection of Damage. The last one is what we call pain. In addition to this, cephalopods also use their tentacles to perceive depth.
Vision- Perhaps the most developed sense, is that of sight. Cephalopods use their sense of sight to detect predators and prey, as well as to communicate. They can detect brightness levels, shape, orientation of objects, and size. Despite this, and despite the fact that most cephalopods can change color, nearly all cephalopods are colorblind.
Hearing- Some squids have been known to use their Statocyst to detect sounds.
(Source: Wikipedia)
The Tentacle Blob still lacks any senses, so thinking of some potentially useful ones is good. Though, if these are your suggestions, I should remind you that you may only suggest two adaptions.
Suggestion 2: Since other organisms are using gas propulsion, we should develop our own gas bladder. Preferably, inside the butt so that we are farting our way to victory.