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Re: Suggestions for Arcane Dom (and other struggling teams)
(Anonymous) 2023-07-21 05:15 am (UTC)(link)I honestly am wondering if the OP is in my flight, as this looks like our playbook almost exactly.
And we do pretty good with it. If you have the right number of bodies and skillsets available, this works.
That's a big if, and I'm willing to bet the playbook isn't always going to work if you don'thave it all. It's like baking a cake without an ingredient. It might work... or you might get sludge or a dense mess.
And we do pretty good with it. If you have the right number of bodies and skillsets available, this works.
That's a big if, and I'm willing to bet the playbook isn't always going to work if you don'thave it all. It's like baking a cake without an ingredient. It might work... or you might get sludge or a dense mess.
Lmaooo I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend - I actually started my lair in Wind, but when the Windbound Plumage apparel came out during the first Mistral Jamboree, it became a bit of an in-joke to refer to the "green breeze" part as a "fart blast" instead LMAO, and from then on I've not been able to unsee it :P
Wind's light green eyes can be very pretty with the right dragon color match! and I defo agree with the anon who is glad that Nature isn't the only green eye. Nature primal eyes are so pretty tho that they gave me a new appreciation for Nature eyes as a whole. When I first joined, Nature, Water, and Shadow were my least favorite eyes, I think because of how deeply saturated they are. Shadow primal is my #1 fav primal eye now, but the rest of the Shadow eyes are pretty lackluster in comparison I suppose.
Wind's light green eyes can be very pretty with the right dragon color match! and I defo agree with the anon who is glad that Nature isn't the only green eye. Nature primal eyes are so pretty tho that they gave me a new appreciation for Nature eyes as a whole. When I first joined, Nature, Water, and Shadow were my least favorite eyes, I think because of how deeply saturated they are. Shadow primal is my #1 fav primal eye now, but the rest of the Shadow eyes are pretty lackluster in comparison I suppose.
Re: Suggestions for Arcane Dom (and other struggling teams)
(Anonymous) 2023-07-21 06:52 am (UTC)(link)DA
This, I think what OP posted is ideal, but having enough people to cover all of that and avoid burnout is not always possible.
I've noticed it in my flight, when they post recruiting, they add a decent amount of people, but they all slowly fizzle out within 3 months and about 1 in 3 remain. Some leave due to health, some change flight, some just lose interest in the site etc.
This, I think what OP posted is ideal, but having enough people to cover all of that and avoid burnout is not always possible.
I've noticed it in my flight, when they post recruiting, they add a decent amount of people, but they all slowly fizzle out within 3 months and about 1 in 3 remain. Some leave due to health, some change flight, some just lose interest in the site etc.
hi I have surgery in like 2 hours, can anyone send cool niche facts about something you really like so I have something to read while I wait? thanks you guys are the nicest salty internet guys around have a great day
Not offended just confused XD I didn't know about the plumage jokes, makes more sense now.
Aww nonny, I hope it goes well and you recover quickly!
Some facts based on my special interests:
→Arenaviridae get their name from the grainy "sand" like appearance they have under a microscope, which comes from ribosomes that they steal from host cells. The ribosomes have no purpose in replication, so virologists still don't know WHY they do that.
→Arenaviridae are classified as "negative-sense" viruses, but they're ACTUALLY ambisense- this means the sections of their RNA go in a different direction from the majority of their genome, as opposed to going in the same direction.
Fun fact: I did my thesis on Arenaviridae, and during my microbiology class, my professor was sick and didn't feel like teaching, so he put on Osmosis Jones, and told us "The student who can give me the most well-thought out, well researched hypothesis on what kind of pathogen Thrax is, will get their next exam test rounded up to the nearest letter grade."
I did a three page paper on how I hypothesized that Thrax was an Arenaviridae, specifically the Lymphocytic choriomeningitis Arenaviridae (LCMV) due to the following points/evidence:
-Thrax took trophies from his hosts, and he didn't need them- for survival or replication. (Like an Arenaviridae)
-Symptoms started off as a common cold with sore throat, malaise, fever and headache, which got exponentially worse. (Similar to the prodromal phase of LCMV)
-He caused a major fever by infiltrating the brain and attacking/sabotaging the hypothalamus. (While LCMV doesn't target the hypothalamus, meningitis is an overall inflammation of the brain, which is only exacerbated by the fever of LCMV)
-Frank contracted Thrax by eating a hard boiled egg that had been handled by a chimp, and dropped on the floor of the chimp's enclosure. (LCMV can be contracted by primates, but the main reservoir is mice and their urine- which is common in zoos if they're not cleaned properly.)
-Thrax caused spontaneous rupture and hemorrhage of cells and membranes he attacked. (LCMV, as an Arenaviridae, is a hemorrhagic fever, similar to Lassa fever)
I presented this to my professor, and he picked my hypothesis- and encouraged me to pursue a thesis about Arenaviridae!
Some facts based on my special interests:
→Arenaviridae get their name from the grainy "sand" like appearance they have under a microscope, which comes from ribosomes that they steal from host cells. The ribosomes have no purpose in replication, so virologists still don't know WHY they do that.
→Arenaviridae are classified as "negative-sense" viruses, but they're ACTUALLY ambisense- this means the sections of their RNA go in a different direction from the majority of their genome, as opposed to going in the same direction.
Fun fact: I did my thesis on Arenaviridae, and during my microbiology class, my professor was sick and didn't feel like teaching, so he put on Osmosis Jones, and told us "The student who can give me the most well-thought out, well researched hypothesis on what kind of pathogen Thrax is, will get their next exam test rounded up to the nearest letter grade."
I did a three page paper on how I hypothesized that Thrax was an Arenaviridae, specifically the Lymphocytic choriomeningitis Arenaviridae (LCMV) due to the following points/evidence:
-Thrax took trophies from his hosts, and he didn't need them- for survival or replication. (Like an Arenaviridae)
-Symptoms started off as a common cold with sore throat, malaise, fever and headache, which got exponentially worse. (Similar to the prodromal phase of LCMV)
-He caused a major fever by infiltrating the brain and attacking/sabotaging the hypothalamus. (While LCMV doesn't target the hypothalamus, meningitis is an overall inflammation of the brain, which is only exacerbated by the fever of LCMV)
-Frank contracted Thrax by eating a hard boiled egg that had been handled by a chimp, and dropped on the floor of the chimp's enclosure. (LCMV can be contracted by primates, but the main reservoir is mice and their urine- which is common in zoos if they're not cleaned properly.)
-Thrax caused spontaneous rupture and hemorrhage of cells and membranes he attacked. (LCMV, as an Arenaviridae, is a hemorrhagic fever, similar to Lassa fever)
I presented this to my professor, and he picked my hypothesis- and encouraged me to pursue a thesis about Arenaviridae!
If I were developing FR, ancient genes would be my go-to A/B test for what players want on moderns.
If I saw a non-line-breaking ancient gene getting overwhelmingly used I would then think, hmm, let’s expand that.
No idea if that’s tracked on the site though. Especially since Breakup/Mosaic was chosen to port over early on, lol
If I saw a non-line-breaking ancient gene getting overwhelmingly used I would then think, hmm, let’s expand that.
No idea if that’s tracked on the site though. Especially since Breakup/Mosaic was chosen to port over early on, lol
i hope your surgery goes well anon
i like plants. i don't know if you've heard of it, but a few years ago, more evidence was uncovered suggesting that plants, or at least certain types of them, can possibly "see" using some sort of plant-specific ocelli (eyes, basically. very simple eyes).
this was done by studying how boquila trifoliolata (a type of vine that grows in parts of argentina and chile) mimics other plants through mimetic polymorphism; essentially, it can change its own leaves to resemble those of whatever plant it's growing on. however, it's different from other plants with this quality in that it's not limited to mimicking only one type of plant (a single b. trifoliolata vine can mimic several surrounding plants' leaves, regardless of whether it's actually touching them), nor is it parasitic to the host plant. it was previously thought that this mimicry could either be due to horizontal gene transfer, or that organic compounds emitted from the host plants caused the change in b. trifoliolata's own leaves.
however, recently, it was discovered through experimentation that b. trifoliolata would mimic artificial house plants as well. thus the suggestion that the plant could in some way "see" what it was trying to mimic. it's not a new theory, it was first brought up over a century ago, but there wasn't as great of an opportunity to test it before this plant. but there's still no definitive answer as to what specific mechanism is used in the mimicry. it also opens the door to other suggestions of things like plants having similar structures to human/animal neurons and stuff like that but it's not a super common theory, i don't think? i just think it's cool. plants are a lot more complex than you might think.
i like plants. i don't know if you've heard of it, but a few years ago, more evidence was uncovered suggesting that plants, or at least certain types of them, can possibly "see" using some sort of plant-specific ocelli (eyes, basically. very simple eyes).
this was done by studying how boquila trifoliolata (a type of vine that grows in parts of argentina and chile) mimics other plants through mimetic polymorphism; essentially, it can change its own leaves to resemble those of whatever plant it's growing on. however, it's different from other plants with this quality in that it's not limited to mimicking only one type of plant (a single b. trifoliolata vine can mimic several surrounding plants' leaves, regardless of whether it's actually touching them), nor is it parasitic to the host plant. it was previously thought that this mimicry could either be due to horizontal gene transfer, or that organic compounds emitted from the host plants caused the change in b. trifoliolata's own leaves.
however, recently, it was discovered through experimentation that b. trifoliolata would mimic artificial house plants as well. thus the suggestion that the plant could in some way "see" what it was trying to mimic. it's not a new theory, it was first brought up over a century ago, but there wasn't as great of an opportunity to test it before this plant. but there's still no definitive answer as to what specific mechanism is used in the mimicry. it also opens the door to other suggestions of things like plants having similar structures to human/animal neurons and stuff like that but it's not a super common theory, i don't think? i just think it's cool. plants are a lot more complex than you might think.
I genuinely don't believe that, no. If they had said "recoding the AH doesn't slow down ancients," sure, that's two different kinds of work and thus two different types of jobs. But new breeds, whether modern or ancient, are both art jobs. Unless they're going to just cut back on staff if they don't have ancients, then I don't see any way that they're not diverting at least some of their work flow potential to ancients.
It needs a highly motivated group of people. Not necessarily a large group... just large enough to share the burden.
And it not working for a flight does not and should not reflect poorly on those trying. Done right, it's a finely tuned machine. Done wrong, it can work, but not always.
And it not working for a flight does not and should not reflect poorly on those trying. Done right, it's a finely tuned machine. Done wrong, it can work, but not always.
You really think 3 poses, and a handful of genes for those is what's slowing down the introduction of a new modern... which needs every single piece of apparel and modern gene redrawn for it? If they don't release something, the site will not have a playerbase. People will leave.
I wouldn't be shocked if there is another modern fully drawn right now slowly going through that process. The modern concept itself is the problem. Not the ancients that keep the site alive and active in the interim.
I wouldn't be shocked if there is another modern fully drawn right now slowly going through that process. The modern concept itself is the problem. Not the ancients that keep the site alive and active in the interim.
Yeah, it would be great if that were what seemed to be happening, but with one prim/sec pair ported over in four years, and as you say, it being that one - and at one point, in a fit of mild pique, I dragonsearched Gaolers with various gene pairs and Mosaic/Breakup was indeed the very least-popular selection, so it's not just me thinking they're rather ugly - it just doesn't seem to be the case. (Flecks I'd call a much better pick, nice and versatile for themed dragons, although I like Crackle and Smirch for similar reasons, and they're pretty generally derided. But also non-linebreaking ancient terts are in the minority anyway, so there was less to choose from there.)
So literally every ancient release thus far has had me saying 'Well, the breed itself is forgettable, but nbd, moderns keep me plenty busy...but ouch, that one gene though, wish it wouldn't be ancient-locked for years and probably forever'.
So literally every ancient release thus far has had me saying 'Well, the breed itself is forgettable, but nbd, moderns keep me plenty busy...but ouch, that one gene though, wish it wouldn't be ancient-locked for years and probably forever'.
Week 254
Original appearance: Wildclaw M // Oilslick Poison / Grapefruit Noxtide / Brown Capsule / Multi-gaze Plague
Scry of original appearance: https://www1.flightrising.com/scrying/predict?breed=10&gender=0&age=1&bodygene=11&body=70&winggene=24&wings=128&tertgene=18&tert=55&element=2&eyetype=5
Dragon ID: 87368008
Original appearance: Wildclaw M // Oilslick Poison / Grapefruit Noxtide / Brown Capsule / Multi-gaze Plague
Scry of original appearance: https://www1.flightrising.com/scrying/predict?breed=10&gender=0&age=1&bodygene=11&body=70&winggene=24&wings=128&tertgene=18&tert=55&element=2&eyetype=5
Dragon ID: 87368008
nayrt
i have no horse in this race but its cool as fuck that the roundsey dragon has a 8008/BOOB id
i have no horse in this race but its cool as fuck that the roundsey dragon has a 8008/BOOB id
op
yoooo this is neat! did you go on to work on the thesis?
yoooo this is neat! did you go on to work on the thesis?
op
I knew of mimetic polymorphism but not that this specimen could copy FAKE plants. that's absolutely insane. I gotta read more about that
I knew of mimetic polymorphism but not that this specimen could copy FAKE plants. that's absolutely insane. I gotta read more about that
AYRT
I did, but sadly, my laptop with all my research was stolen on Christmas Eve, and my external HDD was fried (this was LITERALLY 1-2 years before Google Drive/Docs came out so I was SOL.)
Two of the virologists I got interviews with disappeared- one back into the field, and one literally died from viral exposure during research so there were two interviews completely gone and unable to repeat.
I ended up becoming a medical lab tech instead. Maybe, once/if the student loan forgiveness happens, I'll go back to school to finish my degree, but I was SO crushed by the loss of my research, it was hard to continue.
I did, but sadly, my laptop with all my research was stolen on Christmas Eve, and my external HDD was fried (this was LITERALLY 1-2 years before Google Drive/Docs came out so I was SOL.)
Two of the virologists I got interviews with disappeared- one back into the field, and one literally died from viral exposure during research so there were two interviews completely gone and unable to repeat.
I ended up becoming a medical lab tech instead. Maybe, once/if the student loan forgiveness happens, I'll go back to school to finish my degree, but I was SO crushed by the loss of my research, it was hard to continue.
I can definitely understand that. I'm sorry that took the wind out of your sails, but I'm glad it didn't kill your career plan and that you still have aspirations to return. we need more passionate researchers in the medical field.
AYRT
Thanks! I'm still VERY much obsessed with viruses, still have all my Springer Indexes, as well as my textbooks and notes ♥
My focus was going to be epidemiology, so there's definitely going to be an ongoing need for those!
Thanks! I'm still VERY much obsessed with viruses, still have all my Springer Indexes, as well as my textbooks and notes ♥
My focus was going to be epidemiology, so there's definitely going to be an ongoing need for those!
viruses are cool stuff! i have a few friends in your field and microbiology that can go on for ages. people like you are gonna change the world and i hope you get to make the kinds of breakthroughs and learn new things that change our lives.
I'd love to be able to search through items when I'm sending a message/CR.
- A search function and the ability to use folders for PMs.
- A customizable notification bar with icons for different types of notifications. Baldwin, Arlo, AH, etc. It would be nice to see at a glance whether I need to check a ping or if I just need to chuck something new in the cauldron. With toggles for each type of notification.
- Extra tabs on individual dragon profiles. It would be awesome to separate chunks of lore or make separate wish/goal lists or a tab just for that dragon's art.
- A customizable notification bar with icons for different types of notifications. Baldwin, Arlo, AH, etc. It would be nice to see at a glance whether I need to check a ping or if I just need to chuck something new in the cauldron. With toggles for each type of notification.
- Extra tabs on individual dragon profiles. It would be awesome to separate chunks of lore or make separate wish/goal lists or a tab just for that dragon's art.
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