Amoebas have... genders? - Endless Space

Amoebas have... genders?

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ETank

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ETank

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13 years ago

May 28, 2012, 4:29:30 AM

I'm far less worried about the player-made bios having gender and far more worried about the "Glados AI" Portal knockoff being a potential lawsuit from their biggest online distributor, especially if the team doesn't realize that they're about to adopt a trojan horse into the canon of their game.

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VulpesWalker

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13 years ago

May 28, 2012, 4:42:36 AM

LordAshanti wrote:
Would the Amoeba as a race reproduce quicker if they are an asexual race? I wonder if this is factored into their race characteristics.

I think they should reproduce a lot quicker yes, and it has already been stated they are more diplomatic, possibly rapid expansion equal more influence which makes for a more diplomatic race?

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stevenmc409

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13 years ago

May 28, 2012, 4:56:56 AM

ETank wrote:
I'm far less worried about the player-made bios having gender and far more worried about the "Glados AI" Portal knockoff being a potential lawsuit from their biggest online distributor, especially if the team doesn't realize that they're about to adopt a trojan horse into the canon of their game.

It looks like Galdos AI is going to lose so don't worry about it unless it makes a sudden comeback.

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VulpesWalker

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May 28, 2012, 5:00:16 AM

I think it would be scary to be Asexual like an Amoeba... I mean seriously that one lonely night when you're home alone and you start watching NSFW material... and bang you just had a kid... scary stuff.

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Ranzear

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Ranzear

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13 years ago

May 28, 2012, 5:03:56 AM

Thankfully the freshly fissioned little polyp will take perfectly after you and probably crack a beer and order ES to play too.

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Oliolli

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Oliolli

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May 28, 2012, 5:04:29 AM

VulpesWalker wrote:
I think it would be scary to be Asexual like an Amoeba... I mean seriously that one lonely night when you're home alone and you start watching NSFW material... and bang you just had a kid... scary stuff.

When humans are in question, "Asexual" most often means the sexual orientation: an asexual person has no sex drive. Thus an asexual human probably doesn't start watching NSFW material. Why would he/she?

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Ranzear

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Ranzear

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May 28, 2012, 5:09:53 AM

He meant in the biological sense, not the gender-crisis sense.

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Fresh_Undies

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Fresh_Undies

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13 years ago

May 28, 2012, 5:39:42 AM

Reading this thread I remembered that British sex ed show we Australians were unfortunate enough to have on our television airways.

I remember a segment that discussed how a microscopic worm like organism in the ocean was male at one end and female on the other end.

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VulpesWalker

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VulpesWalker

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May 28, 2012, 8:37:46 AM

Oliolli wrote:
When humans are in question, "Asexual" most often means the sexual orientation: an asexual person has no sex drive. Thus an asexual human probably doesn't start watching NSFW material. Why would he/she?

For pleasure, and Asexual reproduction is present in the life of an Amoeba, should look it up ya totally should

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repbunny

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repbunny

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13 years ago

May 24, 2012, 2:51:47 AM

I like the article alot!

smiley: biggrin

thanks for the interesting read

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Astra

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Astra

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13 years ago

May 23, 2012, 11:00:35 PM

I was thinking the same thing. I always imagined the Amoebas (as the species) to be some sort of divisible, non-gendered, sentient gamete or something.

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Draco18s

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Draco18s

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13 years ago

May 23, 2012, 11:02:12 PM

repbunny wrote:
Wouldn't they have genderless pronouns like.. I don't know... Zhe? Xe?

Xe is fairly widely accepted.

Xe/Xem/Xir (Xyr)/Ximself (Xemself)

(He/Him/His/Himself, respectively)

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Igncom1

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13 years ago

May 23, 2012, 11:09:03 PM

I voted, on C B B.

And the cheesy Portal refrence i belive was, too cheesy. :rolleyes:

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repbunny

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May 23, 2012, 11:18:20 PM

Draco18s wrote:
Xe is fairly widely accepted.

Xe/Xem/Xir (Xyr)/Ximself (Xemself)

(He/Him/His/Himself, respectively)

Ah, interesting. I learn something new everyday!~

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stevenmc409

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stevenmc409

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May 23, 2012, 11:20:10 PM

They shouldn't have gender but maybe for purpose of inter-species interactions they choose a gender they represent themselves as.

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Draco18s

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May 23, 2012, 11:29:40 PM

stevenmc409 wrote:
They shouldn't have gender but maybe for purpose of inter-species interactions they choose a gender they represent themselves as.

That's more appropriate to a race that is hermaphroditic (i.e. both male and female*) than one that literally has no gender.

*As we understand them. Some races may even have three, four, or more genders! Achron pulled this off and had a 3-gender race. Any two different ones would reproduce to get the third, IIRC (based entirely on forum comments, as I haven't played that race yet).

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UrsaClaire

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UrsaClaire

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13 years ago

May 23, 2012, 11:50:25 PM

Note some are also It.

Theory: Amoeba have no physical gender, but exposure to gendered races and concepts have lead to those with certain personalities choosing to identify as He or She. Those who are It might even find this practice silly! Who knows!

Remember, gender is a spectrum, not a binary switch. It's also much more about self-identity than anatomy. All we really know here is some Amoeba are addressed as He, some as She, some as It. Nothing more.

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Psheep

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May 23, 2012, 11:50:52 PM

Totally agree that they should be genderless and it seems weird they get he or she.

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craigbic

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craigbic

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13 years ago

May 23, 2012, 11:54:08 PM

Aren't we anthropomorphising the Amoeba faction in general just by having them in the game? Not too many space faring, intelligent, colony managing amoebae around today.

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repbunny

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13 years ago

May 24, 2012, 1:39:04 AM

Amoebas that can shift out of their bodies. O_O I wonder if what we are seeing are their bodies or manifestation of their consciousness.

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