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Spore Creatures Now Outnumber Known Earth Species

Posted by timothy on from the does-not-count-the-hollow-earth-creatures dept.

GBC writes "AFP is reporting that, as of a week ago, the number of creatures in the "Spore" database exceeded the number of known species on Earth. They are created using 'Creature Creator,' which is available in a free (with limited parts) or paid download at the Spore website. Will Wright seems extremely happy with the progress so far: 'We hit 100K in 22 hours and a million by the end of the first week. The numbers are just blowing us away.'"

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  1. What percentage are... by ivan256 · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...penis creatures?

    1. Re:What percentage are... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      The correct pedantic plural is "penes."

    2. Re:What percentage are... by CaptainPatent · · Score: 2, Informative

      I wouldn't be so sure!

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  2. Re:How many per user? by Dr.+Eggman · · Score: 4, Informative

    Each profile gives some statistics about this, so I grabbed the numbers off my profile:
    # Total number of creatures uploaded: 1906743
    # Total Users Total number of users: 675241
    # Creatures Uploaded in last 24 hours Creatures uploaded in last 24 hours: 30567
    # New Users in the Last 24 Hours New users in last 24 hours: 7853

    1906743 / 675241 = ~3 creatures per person. I've uploaded 130 myself, but there are a lot of of 1-time-only-creature creators too. As far as I've seen, very few users are over more than 200 and even 100 only somewhat common.

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  3. Re:The creature creator would have been much coole by Cornflake917 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Really it would be a fun exercise and it and it could teach what can go horribly, horribly wrong with just a little nudge to the DNA here and there.

    You obviously haven't seen the creatures that already have been created with this software. Some of them are the definition of "horribly wrong."

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  4. Re:DRM on Creature Creator? by Yvan256 · · Score: 2, Informative

    From what I've read even the free creature editor comes with SecuROM, so yes, you should stay far away from it.

  5. Re:The database is incomplete by Dr.+Eggman · · Score: 3, Informative

    Oh, wait! Here it is...

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  6. DRM by pluther · · Score: 2, Informative

    Gah!
    I did that several months ago. It hasn't allowed me to watch my purchased DVDs since. Apparently, it doesn't like my VGA connection to my monitor.

    I had to go learn how to rip DVDs just so I could watch the video I legitimately purchased.

    Ironically, WMP 10 has no problem playing the ripped content, or any DVDs that I burned myself.

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