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

    Oh, wait! Here it is...

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