Player Features and Ideas Discussion

This thread reminded me of this study back in the 1960, regarding overpopulation.

In the early 1960s, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) acquired property in a rural area outside Poolesville, Maryland. The facility that was built on this property housed several research projects, including those headed by Calhoun. It was here that his most famous experiment, the mouse universe, was created.[1] In July 1968 four pairs of mice were introduced into the Utopian universe. The universe was a 9-foot (2.7 m) square metal pen with 54-inch-high (1.4 m) sides. Each side had four groups of four vertical, wire mesh “tunnels”. The “tunnels” gave access to nesting boxes, food hoppers, and water dispensers. There was no shortage of food or water or nesting material. There were no predators. The only adversity was the limit on space.

John Calhoun meeting Pope Paul VI in a rare reverse of the traditional hand clasp.
Initially the population grew rapidly, doubling every 55 days. The population reached 620 by day 315, after which the population growth dropped markedly. The last surviving birth was on day 600. This period between day 315 and day 600 saw a breakdown in social structure and in normal social behavior. Among the aberrations in behavior were the following: expulsion of young before weaning was complete, wounding of young, inability of dominant males to maintain the defense of their territory and females, aggressive behavior of females, passivity of non-dominant males with increased attacks on each other which were not defended against. After day 600 the social breakdown continued and the population declined toward extinction. During this period females ceased to reproduce. Their male counterparts withdrew completely, never engaging in courtship or fighting. They ate, drank, slept, and groomed themselves – all solitary pursuits. Sleek, healthy coats and an absence of scars characterized these males. They were dubbed “the beautiful ones”.

The conclusions drawn from this experiment were that when all available space is taken and all social roles filled, competition and the stresses experienced by the individuals will result in a total breakdown in complex social behaviors, ultimately resulting in the demise of the population.

hahahaha! Use a scout and once you get past the first 2-3 jumps in null their will be no one. Look at your map and see average pilots in space across all the nullsec systems, thats right they are all empty.

On my last day I'll be sure to forward whatever is left in my wallet to you in some way or another.

This sounds an awful lot like wormholes. Let me think...Oh yes, you connect to a random system when you find an outgoing (!K162) wormhole, the resources (anomalies, radar/ladar/gravimetric/magnetometric sites) are randomly generated in such an obscure manner that no one can take advantage of the system, and the alien race to combat with are the Sleeper drones. And if you leave the wormhole and wait long enough, you may never return to the same system again, as there's a 0.192% chance of connecting to a specific w-space system.

As for the people in null trying to kill you...have you tried using a T2 covops fitted with a Covops II Cloak? Because you can't get scanned down if your cloak is activated, and you can warp with it on. And if you warp to 0 on an object, you're automatically decloaked and can jump or dock right away.



NO, NO, NO, A THOUSAND TIMES NO. DO NOT TURN WORMHOLE SPACE INTO NULL. NO, NEIN, NYET.



False. VOC, AHARM, KNOCKS - these guys are all huge as hell and have been living in the same C5/6 systems for ages. Even a modestly sized corp or alliance can claim and hold lower-tier w-space systems for years.

I like the idea of expanding the map. 40,000 people on at some times its no wonder why there is no unclaimed space. I mean seriously there are people selling wormhole space....

why not make wormhole space null sec and add new area systems to wormhole