The Cell Evolution Forum Competition: Evolve your way to victory!

[Failure McFailFace]

Welcome to the Cell Evolution Forum Competition, where you take control of a cell and progressively evolve it into something else!

This game is controlled by dice rolls and the players. Occasionally I'll make some events if I feel that the game is getting stale :3

This game will start when I have 5-8 players, but you can join in after the first round!

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PLAYER LIST:
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Miniking
Mr_Bob
Sirvup
Ps
Raitaki
Kasu
PX
LaserTurtle
DNAbc
Giratina93
Evil_Nazgul0616
Raikaria
Der_Bright_Poster

RULES

• Every turn, you must pick a trait to evolve.
• The trait must be reasonable for the stage of your creature. EX: No legs when single-celled.
• You can sabotage others by giving them a -1, or help them with a +2. These are added to the rolls.
• The trait you have picked will be affected by a dice roll. See below.
• Occasionally, I'll roll a 1d6 for an event. Also see below
• If you're a late-comer, you will get X traits (X = round # + 1) with no modifiers for free to catch up to the others.
  
• Have fun, feel free to discuss things, and survive and thrive!
• The trait must be reasonable in real life. (Thanks Miniking!)

Rolls
Traits
Uses 1d6
1: Inverted
2: Very bad effect
3: No effect
4: Not expected effect
5: Expected effect
6-7: Better than expected
8+: SUPER EVOLUTION (significantly better than expected)

Events
Uses 1d6
1-2: Bad event
3-4: No event
5-6: Good event

Endangerment Ranks
These ranks show how close to dying off your species is.
EX: Extinct. Sorry, you are out of the game.
CR: Critically endangered. You are close to extinction.
EN: Endangered. You will most likely live unless a bad event or another species goes for you.
VU: Vulnerable. You're safe, but you might die in the future.
NT: Near threatened. Your species is doing fine, but you shouldn't worry about it dying off
LC: Don't even bother worrying. It'll take a miracle for your species to die off from this rank.

Reproductive Systems
There are 2 types: Vertical and horizontal.
Vertical
Make a second trait vote, and roll for that trait, but you can't get -1 or +2 on this:
1: Opposite of what was intended
2: Slightly worse than what was intended
3: No effect
4: No effect
5: As intended
6: Better than intended

Horizontal
Take a trait that anther species has and roll with no modifiers:
1-3: No effect
4-6: Success
Now that the rules are out of the way, let's get to the story:

Round 0

After millions of years, the planet has finally reached a state of equilibrium. The climate changes have become less severe, and although it still goes well below zero in the winter and far above 50 degrees Celsius in the summer, life is slowly but surely taking a grasp. Eruptions and earthquakes are still fairly common and cause death to thousands of species every few months. However, this has only increased the pace of evolution, as organisms less fit to survive are completely wiped from the face of the planet.

The first and only species is Protobactum Thrivum, though this is surely only temporary.
Protobactum Thrivum is a simple Eukaryotic bacteria cell, consisting of only a nucleus and a membrane. It lives at the very bottom of the sea, feeding of the compounds that were created when the planet first formed. It makes energy by metabolizing glucose in its cytoplasm, a fairly inefficient process. Without chloroplasts or any DNA coding for chemosynthesis this organism is very dependent on its constantly changing environment, and is thus given the title of Endangered. It cannot move and can only hope that its food (random proteins and sugars) will be carried close enough by the currents to be engulfed.

Traits: None
Appearance: Doesn't form colonies and cannot be seen without a microscope.
Environment: Bottom of sea
Conservation Status: EN

NOTE: Every new player starts with this species.
Based on the Official Thrive Forum Game Competition

[Failure McFailFace]

Templates for myself:

Rounds

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[b][u]Round X[/b]

[u]Event:[/u] Insert event here

/* insert
a
bunch
of
profiles
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Species Profiles:

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[b][u]Username[/b]
[b]Roll:[/b] //Numbers

/* story of current trait */

[b]Traits:[/b] //List of traits
[b]Appearance:[/b] //looks like something
[b]Environment:[/b] //lives somewhere
[b]Conservation Status:[/b] //is half-dead?

[Neovereign]

Alright I'll try this game out I guess.
>Attempt to obtain faint telekinesis, allowing my species to drag proteins and sugar towards themselves. _{(Hopefully that isn't too crazy, seeing as shiny things attract some animals for almost no reason and I'll stop typing now...)}

note to myself, ignore this post

[Failure McFailFace]

Alright I'll try this game out I guess.
>Attempt to obtain faint telekinesis, allowing my species to drag proteins and sugar towards themselves. _{(Hopefully that isn't too crazy, seeing as shiny things attract some animals for almost no reason and I'll stop typing now...)}

0/10 not science related, adding to op

PRO TIP: You're literally a single cell floating in a nutrient soup. You can barely move, and you can barely sustain yourself by digesting food in the cytoplasm.

[Neovereign]

Derp, but at least I was helpful. +1 Darwin Award
>Develop a Flagellum for movement.

[Mr_Bob]

Participation might be spotty.
>Develop Cilia

[Hello Purvis]

This threatens to be interesting.

>Develop symbiotic relationship.

[Ps]

Theistic Evolution: The Game

>Develop comprehensive digestion to ease food requirements

[Raitaki]

boo folks who mimic real life

>Develop a mechanism of propelling the cell by absorbing and propelling water!

[Kasu]

Now this is a cool concept.

> Develop an efficient form of digestion that requires less energy to be needed for survival.

[PX]

>Multiply

[LaserTurtle]

Aww yeah time to die horribly multiple times!
>develop photosynthesis

[Hello Purvis]

boo folks who mimic real life

>Develop a mechanism of propelling the cell by absorbing and propelling water!

I actually considered this, but I have better in mind.

[DNAbc]

Pls, everyone knows the strongest ability in nature is the one to multiply endlessly.

>upgrade multiplication speed

dubious. note for later

[Neovereign]

I don't wanna sound like a jerk or the boss, but I'm pretty sure some of these are invalid mutations...
> +2 Points to Gryffindor Mr. Bob's Roll Please.

[Failure McFailFace]

I don't wanna sound like a jerk or the boss, but I'm pretty sure some of these are invalid mutations...
> +2 Points to Gryffindor Mr. Bob's Roll Please.

yes they're invalid. but i'll find a way to make them work, though.

[Failure McFailFace]

Remember guys, you can both call for a trait AND give someone a +2 or -1 in the same turn.

Right now, you guys better help each other out by throwing +2s everywhere on your turns
Round 1

As the planet starts to stabilize, the many bacteria and other organisms are starting to multiply.

Event: N/A. Too early in the game for that.


Miniking
Roll: 1 = 1 --> Opposite effect

The first specimen of Protobactum Parvusrex attempts to use its microtubes to create a flagellum. Unfortunately, this leads to many cilia all over the cell's surface. These are not energy efficient, and you could find a way to make energy more efficiently. (lol did you see what i did there?)

Traits: Cilia
Appearance: P. thrivum with cilia
Environment: Deep ocean
Conservation Status: EN


Mr_Bob
Roll: 3 +2 = 5 --> Expected effect

Protobacteum bobus, like P. parvusrex, attempts to stick its microtubes out of the cell for movement. In this case, it's cilia and they work. You now have a way to move around, but like P. parvusrex, you have no way of efficiently creating energy from the food you eat.

Traits: Cilia
Appearance: Same as P. Parvusrex
Environment: Deep ocean
Conservation Status: EN


Sirvup
Roll: 2 = 2 --> Very bad effect

While other cells are trying to find ways of movement, the P. purvis attempts to find a relationship with another species. Unfortunately, it turns out you are the worse off of the two and your relationship ends up with many P. purvis dying off.

Traits: Malicious relationship
Appearance: same as ancestors
Environment: Deep ocean
Conservation Status: CR


Ps
Roll: 4 = 4 --> Not expected effect

The P. pes, in reaction to the abundance of free food, attempts to evolve a process that allows it to gain more energy from digesting glucose. It works and you get 5 times the energy from glucose, but the byproducts turns out to be hydrogen peroxide. If you want your species to live, you must find a way to remove the peroxide from the cell.

Traits: More efficient glucose digestion
Appearance: same as ancestors
Environment: Deep ocean
Conservation Status: EN


Raitaki
Roll: 4 = 4 --> Not expected effect
How would you take in the water? and how to get it out? develop those first

The P. tonitus, in need for movement, tries to evolve a water pump to propel itself. There several things wrong, though. It ONLY develops small proteins that carry water in and out of the cell, and when the cell tries to propel itself, it must recharge since most of its energy was used up in propelling itself.

Traits: Energy-inefficient water propulsion
Appearance: same as ancestors
Environment: deep ocean
Conservation Status: EN


Kasu
Roll: 1 = 1 --> Opposite effect

In the P. kasum's haste to get more energy from glucose, it accidentally evolves a method to store energy using long glucose chains. Since all of the glucose absorbed is being dumped into these glucose chains, the P. kasum becomes an attractive source of energy for other cells. Once you can utilize these chains, you can find a way to generate even more energy from glucose.

Traits: The ability to convert glucose to glycogen/starch
Appearance: same as ancestors
Environment: Deep ocean
Conservation Status: CR


PX
Roll: 4 = 4

The P. Peksum initially finds out that there is strength in numbers, so the species multiplies into colonies of dozens of cells. Unfortunately, the process of dividing is very time-consuming and energy-intensive, so you should find a way to make energy.

Traits: Increased division
Appearance: Colonies look like blobs ~1 um.
Environment: Deep ocean
Conservation Status: VU (high number of individuals)

LaserTurtle
Roll: 5 = 5 --> Expected effect

The P. turturus develops a symbiotic relationship with a photosynthesizing bacteria, allowing the species to survive for a little longer in the dark depths of the deep ocean. If you want to be more efficient, you need to reach the surface.

Traits: Photosynthesis
Appearance: Green blob
Environment: Deep ocean
Conservation Status: VU


DNAbc
Roll: 3 = 3 --> no effect

The P. danabacus is still floating around the deep ocean, passively absorbing nutrients from the water.

Traits: none
Appearance: same as ancestors
Environment: deep ocean
Conservation Status: EN

[Kasu]

> Utilize the glucose chains by digesting them for energy before cell multiplication.

EDIT: I was gonna play it safe for a bit, but alright, haha.

+2 to Miniking.

[Hello Purvis]

I am pleased with this.


Let's cannibalize P. kasum for all that energy in order to replenish numbers and develop more efficient use of energy. -1 to Protobacteum bobus because all that mobility is a difficulty and it is time for buckets of crabs.

thanks for using -1s
-OP

[DNAbc]

>develop parasitism to p. kasum

aka utilize the energy others are utilizing.

utilizeption

[Raitaki]

Man, all those species flocking to p. kasum. Looks perfect for a feeding frenzy <3 If only I had any mobility ;_;

>Hmm...Develop pseudopods to trap pockets of water to use for propulsion? 8D This would probably fail hilarious in real life but I'M STICKIN' WITH IT

>Invest in agriculture, feed the world! Help Kasu for +2.

[PX]

>Develop means to consume other cells
+2 Purvis

[Giratina93]

This looks like fun. Let's see what we can do.

>Cillia for propulsion
>+2 to Kasu

[Failure McFailFace]

This looks like fun. Let's see what we can do.

>Cillia for propulsion
>+2 to Kasu

see rules, you get 2 traits to pick b/c next round is round 2

[Giratina93]

see rules, you get 2 traits to pick b/c next round is round 2

Oh. My apologies. Mitochondria so I can breath easier, and the afterinformed cillia.

[BT]

Oooh alright. I don't know biology, though!

I'll take my free trait of stretching like crazy. Get us some better surface area. Go where the current takes us.
Second, I'll roll to, uh, create poisons? If we get rid of any waste as part of our metabolism, make it so it's released in concentrated bursts of death.

I'll +2 rocket pump Super Raitaki Sunshine.

[Neovereign]

>+2 to Kasu. Friendly organisms ho!
>Develop pictures an interior system that utilizes air as a power source (there's small amounts of air in water right?)

[Ps]

>Develop cell walls sufficient to release Hydrogen Peroxide.
>+2 to Giratina93.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

Seems interesting. Mind if I join?

>Take free trait of flagellum for locomotion.
>Develop a resilient cell wall for defense.
> +2 to Kasu

[Mr_Bob]

In what cases can we use Vertical reproductions?  In lieu of an evolution roll? An additional roll for an existing trait?
Do I need to develop Glycolysis? Enzymes? Ways to manufacture proteins? Am I obsessing too much about mechanism and should just go for results?

>Develop cilia that can take in glucose
>+2 to P. Purvis