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Post by DarkRaine on Dec 17, 2008 21:17:03 GMT -5
For a long time, Ant was thought to be either semi-solid, or liquid, however I would like to debate otherwise. I think that Ant is a type of powder. However, its a special type of powder because it is programmed to "walk." Ant does create the illusion of flowing, however, in reality, each pixel is rapidly "walking" from left to right. My main reasoning is because of the fact that you can walk on ant. I could be wrong however, this is just a thought that I want to debate about.
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Post by noodlesoup on Dec 18, 2008 1:47:43 GMT -5
Yes, ant has some fluid like and solid like properties. But I'm going to have to call it a solid. 1, because powders float on it, and 2, because the only similarity it has to a liquid is that it moves left and right, but that was only because it was made to simulate an ant, and the way they did it was to make it move. Left. And. Right.
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Post by soccerking on Dec 18, 2008 1:58:09 GMT -5
Yes, ant has been thought to be the heaviest "liquid" for some time, and maybe it is just a very wierd type of liquid.
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Post by secret on Dec 18, 2008 2:26:32 GMT -5
Actually the state of Ant is Powder
For an PG liquid
Powders, organisms (Player, fighters) and objects (Box) sink into it (no matter how dense the liquid is)
But in the case of Ant
The above things rest on top of it
Therefore we can conclude:
Ant is a solid
Ant cannot be a stationary solid (either drag-able or non-drag-able) since it does respond to gravity and fall.
So with the above evidence
We can conclude that Ant is a powder
Ant is programmed to walk randomly (left or/and right)
Which produce an illusion that Ant "flows" like a liquid.
But it is a powder, not liquid
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Post by noodlesoup on Dec 18, 2008 2:38:07 GMT -5
Not to mention superball also bounces off of it. That pretty much rules out any chance of it being a liquid.
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Post by ~Memzak~ on Dec 18, 2008 4:51:10 GMT -5
Doesn't super-ball also bounce off water?
I could be wrong though...
but I agree with you in saying that the only reason it look like liquid, is because of it moving...
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Post by me2 on Dec 18, 2008 5:23:50 GMT -5
Ant is not a really liquid. All other liquids are splashing if you throw stone or superball into them. Ant doesn't do this. Powders start to sink in liquids, but not in Ant. And superballs only look like bouncing of a liquid if you throw to many. The superballs don't sink quickly enough and other superballs bounce of those superballs. I'd like to add, I would classify the charged Ant as a "(moving) solid", in contrast to the uncharged ant, which acts like moving powder) Reason: - Make some ants building their stuff.
- Rise the number of dots to make sure there are less than 1000 dots left. The ants will stop working.
- Now carefully clear everything around a charged ant. (while always making sure the remaining dots don't go above 1000)
- The Ant will float in the air, not moving, not reacting to wind. (similar to metal, C4, wood, torch, ...)
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Post by ~Memzak~ on Dec 18, 2008 6:19:16 GMT -5
ya, i noticed that too...
or you can have them build metal until its less than 1000 and the drag them out of the metal...
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Post by FoxtrotZero on Dec 18, 2008 23:30:29 GMT -5
Though technically a powder with its properties (such as magma has its proporties) i would calssify it as "Other" with Virus (because they are abnormal and designed to interact with other elements) and Thunder (which i think simply would not fit in another category).
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Post by noodlesoup on Dec 19, 2008 0:01:12 GMT -5
Doesn't super-ball also bounce off water? No. |
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Post by soccerking on Dec 19, 2008 8:15:29 GMT -5
A liquid when falling will move from side to side, but ant just goes straight down. In this instance it is a powder.
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Post by cuckooman on Dec 21, 2008 14:45:42 GMT -5
How about we just categorize it under other.
It doesn't fit under any of the existing categories.
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Post by PickleMan on Dec 21, 2008 16:17:22 GMT -5
I think it is a plasma/polymer. It has many propertys of a plasma, yet many of a polymer.
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Post by DakrRaine on Dec 21, 2008 16:18:50 GMT -5
I think it is a plasma/polymer. It has many propertys of a plasma, yet many of a polymer. that's what I'm trying to debate against, it creates the illusion that it's something like a plasma, but its just a living, walking powder... |
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Post by soccerking on Dec 21, 2008 16:55:00 GMT -5
I agree with cuckooman, it fits best under Other.
Or there could be a new category, like Animal.
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Post by G on Dec 21, 2008 17:03:07 GMT -5
A liquid when falling will move from side to side, but ant just goes straight down. In this instance it is a powder. Actually, it does move side to side while falling. just put 2 or 3 dots of it, zoom in, and watch. Edit: sorry, this is only when they are close together. |
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Post by Qwerty on Dec 21, 2008 21:12:44 GMT -5
Yeah, they walk on each other...
So, it is a moving powder?
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Post by Sandmaster on Dec 21, 2008 22:03:29 GMT -5
*sigh*
And I am completely unmentioned...I figured this out before everyone. I defined it as an undefined element before anyone else even knew it was wierd!
EDIT: i feel a bit arrogant. I have no idea if I'm the first. If anyone else thinks they discovered it before me, please say so.
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Post by ~Memzak~ on Dec 22, 2008 16:27:15 GMT -5
I did!!
Lol, not really...
but did you readlly discover that first?
I thought it was TheListo or Ghost who told us about it (back then)
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Post by Sandmaster on Dec 22, 2008 16:52:00 GMT -5
Well, Listo made it that way on purpose, but I was the first to tell people that ant is all messed up and stuff.
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