The Factory Floor

2:52 AM

@DaaaahWhoosh I wonder how well the Hot Questions list would do without WB.SE!

@MonicaCellio et al.: I've whipped up an RPG.SE ad to propose for your community promotion ads. Take a look and drop some feedback, if you care.

Monica Cellio

@nitsua60 nice ad ideas! I like the transition thing you have going in the art. On slogans, "Done building? Now game in it." and "Set your world in motion" are both catchy and convey the right ideas about your site (or at least seem to from here). I liked "if you build it, we will play it" but after seeing the comments it got I understand why that's not the best fit.

Oh, maybe you meant drop some feedback there. I don't want your community give a WB mod undue weight, though -- you guys know better what represents your community well than we do. So feel free to relay whatever you like from what I said.

StackExchange

8:29 AM

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A: Sandbox for Proposed Questions

Plausibility of warp field based super-speed power While something like a alcubierre drive is a staple of ftl technology in sci-fi, I wonder how it would operate on a smaller scale on earth. The idea has occurred to to have a superhero with gravity and antigravity powers try to create somethin...

bilbo_pingouin

@HDE226868, and @James: you know it's time to stop arguing when someone thinks that the Bible is a factual evidence of anything. (Regardless people beliefs, it remains a story that was written a posteriori.) You'll never get anywhere in such discussion.

Nikita Akopjans

@bilbo_pingouin Oh, you definitely can get somewhere - you can get to the brink of exhaustion an/or insanity.

bilbo_pingouin

8:59 AM

@NikitaAkopjans yep. Still a reason good enough not to continue ;-)

Worldbuilding Meta

10:31 AM

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Q: Multi generational ship FAQ

Recently I got into multi generational ships topic and I feel that I am not only interested in ideas how we could travel to another solar system at speeds slower than lightspeed Purpose of this meta post is to gather all multi generational ship posts on one place. I will start with my additions ...

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overactor

11:14 AM

sorry about the relatively long wait, tell me if you need anything else

overactor

11:31 AM

Here's just the planet:

overactor

12:23 PM

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A: Worldbuilding Site Design

Suggestion: add a planetary ring to the logo I like the logo but feel like it doesn't have much of a silhouette, which makes it seem very generic at smaller sizes. The fact that the colours start to blend together at small sizes doesn't help either. I'd suggest you add a planetary ring to it, t...

I've added a mock-up of the proposed logo with a planetary ring around it to my answer for those who want to see what it could look like.

Tim B

1:20 PM

looks good :)

overactor

@TimB cool, thanks

Serban Tanasa

My religion question seems to have somehow accumulated 3 close votes, but no comments from the would-be closers... I guess that's just the fate of religious-themed questions

DaaaahWhoosh

1:37 PM

@SerbanTanasa It's being voted as Idea Generation, so I think it's more as a response to the answers than the question itself

bilbo_pingouin

1:55 PM

yep it appeared in the queue for IG. I guess that if you had asked about "how can I stop that religion", it would be too broad, and IG, but you asked is it possible (which lead me to vote against the VTC). But some might not have seen it the same way

overactor

2:52 PM

About the site design, the world we're seeing is a moon of the large object in the sky, right?

DaaaahWhoosh

3:07 PM

@overactor I think it's left up to interpretation. Any particular reason you're asking?

James

@bilbo_pingouin Its was mildly entertaining :)

overactor

@DaaaahWhoosh because it interests me

I'd say it's a gas giant and we're on a natural satellite of it

the two smaller objects must be other satelites

they're quite large though

DaaaahWhoosh

@overactor Maybe they're satellites of the satellite we're on

overactor

Does that ever occur?

DaaaahWhoosh

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Q: Moons of Moons of Moons

My question is simple: How many nested moons are physically possible? If our moon had a moon, that would be a nesting of 1. I'm assuming it's easily possible for a really big moon to be orbiting a gas giant and have its own moon. If the dimensions were right, that moon could also have a moon? ...

hard-science moons

overactor

3:12 PM

In the site design, the one that's drawn is behind the planet though

So double moons would definitely be possible

DaaaahWhoosh

Anything's possible :)

I definitely like the idea of being on a habitable moon with its own pair of moons

maybe there could be a time when the planet, first order moon, second order moons, and the sun would all be in alignment

it would only happen once every 10,000 years, but something cool would happen

overactor

that would be awesome

DaaaahWhoosh

maybe that's what the lady and the robot are doing, they've just found out about what happens during The Alignment, and they're travelling to warn the city about it

overactor

we could request that @KurtisBeavers moves the small object so that it appears in front of the large one

@DaaaahWhoosh ooh

I like that

It does look like a lineup will happen soon (if the satelite were moved to the front)

DaaaahWhoosh

I don't know if I'm seeing what you're seeing, but that little one looks like it could be in front, it would just be smaller than the other little one

overactor

3:23 PM

@DaaaahWhoosh I'm looking at the site mock-up, not the poster

DaaaahWhoosh

OOOOoooooooh, right, I see what you mean then, yeah

yeah, they should definitely move that moon

especially since they already have, so it must be somewhat simple to do

overactor

It could be another satellite of the planet, it would be pretty big though

DaaaahWhoosh

yeah, maybe even binary-planet-sized

overactor

@DaaaahWhoosh also cool

DaaaahWhoosh

It would be interesting if we could have some sort of contest to figure out what's happening in the site design. I think someone mentioned a few days ago that we'd be the ones making up the lore

overactor

3:38 PM

@DaaaahWhoosh I suggested that, I think James said he'd make a series out of it

yup, it was @James

James

3:54 PM

@overactor I can whip those up this afternoon probably. I am just planning to copy the images that the designer provided into single threads so we can discuss each individually.

DaaaahWhoosh

@James what do you mean by 'images'? There's just the background, right?

James

Basically I am going to create a thread (post) for each of the components SE provided us.

DaaaahWhoosh

Ah, so like the background, and the logo, and the... color scheme?

I wonder if it's too late to think up some images for badges

or images for up/downvoting

ooh, I wonder if we can pick what color the middle part is

I'd like it if instead of white, it was that dull minty green

overactor

@James in how many hours is this afternoon where you are?

James

4:14 PM

@overactor 3 maybe. After I get back from lunch

Actually I am working on the meta meta post now itll be up shortly...

James

4:44 PM

Ok...I said screw it and posted all of it.

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Q: Reviewing the site design - Meta Thread

I am creating this thread to centralize a review of the different components that were provided in our draft site design. A follow on thread will be created, and linked below, for each component (Banner, Logo, etc). Component Reviews: Community Promotion Ads (Figured we may as well includ...

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Worldbuilding Meta

4:54 PM

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Q: Reviewing the site design - Meta Thread

I am creating this thread to centralize a review of the different components that were provided in our draft site design. A follow on thread will be created, and linked below, for each component (Banner, Logo, etc). Component Reviews: Community Promotion Ads (Figured we may as well includ...

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Q: Reviewing the site design #1. Logo and Name

Here is what we were provided for the Logo and Name of the site. And integrated with the full name.

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Q: Reviewing the site design #2 - Color Scheme and Theme

The color scheme Thematic Ideas

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DaaaahWhoosh

@James I'll be posting some of my color ideas once I get on a computer with a halfway decent image editor.

James

6:18 PM

Please take a few minutes and post your opinions and ideas on the site design in the above threads. Thanks!

DaaaahWhoosh

6:35 PM

@bowlturner how are you always two steps ahead of me? I was just about to comment on that question about the dangers of solar radiation

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