Ask Icedmask **Relaunching this very soon**

What's this?

Ok, so this thread can function like an oracle kind of thing. Here you can ask me questions, questions about almost everything and I will try to answer as good as I can.

Like what?

Spore related things like "How do I make my creations more popular" or "What do you think of this creation?" (yes, I will gladly give feedback in this thread as well) Or maybe other things like: "Where do babies come from?" or "What's the meaning of life?"

Rules and general information:

-This is meant like a thread for spore questions regarding creating, but you are allowed to ask off-topic questions too -just don't let it go to far.
-I will not be giving out any specific info of my private life, so it's unnecessary to ask.
-The regular forum rules -no spamming, flaming, trolling you should know all that by now.

Questions:

TheHiveMind wrote:what is the meaning of 42?

MjrGlory wrote:Mah question: "Would you eat the moon if it were made out of barbecue spareribs?"



(or the long version if you actually need background information )

Reyes1 wrote:Icedmask....... how is it that life sprang from nothing more than organic compounds and RNA?

ProbablynotHax wrote:In response to the OP edit:

Answered questions:

SuperLoki wrote:What's my middle name?

Answer: Let's hope she one day will reveal this mystery for us.

ProbablyNotHax wrote:What is the name of the mathematical formula in complex analysis that shows the similarities in the relationships of the trigonometric functions and large exponential functions?

Answer: "Euler's formula" (how does he know such things O.o)

SuperLoki wrote:What is your favorite creation in Spore? Can't be made by you

Answer: My favorite creation in spore is actually an adventure that happens to be "The Beasts of Boron" by Parkaboy. How he manages to make relatively simple creations into something totally awesome have always amazed me.

The Beasts of Boron is a perfect example of his unique style. When he makes an adventure is it usually not an 8 act long epic fighting thing. It is usually simple adventures that don't take to much time to finish, but they can be really hard and he makes the player think and investigate.

If you have read sporetips.blogspot.com then you will see how many great tips and tricks he have for adventures. Ive played everyone of his adventures and he cleverly uses all the tricks he got all the time. The first comment I read when I was finished with The Beasts of Boron was "Dude, that was actually a really good adventure" -think that described what the majority felt when they had played it.

Parkaboy = Genius

(First time the Oracle had to go out with personal believes!)

Reyes1 wrote: If have have four apples and then someone eats one of them, but then i get a shipment of 400000 apples, but 33% of it get destroyed on the way here. how many apples do i have?

Answer: 268.003 apples. 33% of 400.000 is 132.000. 400.000 - 132.000 is 268.000 + those three apples you had from before. (The Oracle is finally right!)

MetalStarTech wrote:Can u tell us what film was Co produced by Michael Douglas, But didn't star his father Kirk owing to his age and studio Intervention, Though he had wanted to play the role for a long time ?? and is the one thing Kirk and Michael regretted

Answer: Im going to guess "Illusion" from 2004. That's one of the few later films I know Micheal Douglas have starred in.. (another hard one for the Oracle!)

Reyes1 wrote:How do you make perfect rings in the building editor?

Answer: There is a lot of tutorials for this and how to do it precisely over at the All About Buildings thread by Sakiara on the sporum. But im going to explain the basics:

Ok, you take a connector and carefully place a building block part on it like this:


Then you take and press "alt" on the building block, it will then copy:


You still got the same building block on the connector. If you now move the connector a little like this:


And copy the block again, you will in the end get a perfect circle:


There you go, as I mentioned, you cab get more detailed tutorials on the All About Buildings thread

bmpalmann wrote:What's the secret behind the ruins you make?

Answer: Actually, I get that question often, so Ive decided to post a tutorial at the "All About Buildings" thread by Sakiara. It should be there In the OP -if Saki has remembered to update it.

So, if you want any feedback, tips, advice or answers regarding other things, just ask

-Icedmask "The Oracle" =D

What's my middle name?





Nice idea.

what is the name of the mathematical formula in complex analysis that shows the similarities in the relationships of the trigonometric functions and large exponential functions?

A hint would be calculus.

Icedmask. If have have four apples and then someone eats one of them, but then i get a shipment of 400000 apples, but 33% of it get destroyed on the way here. how many apples do i have?


hey one real question i've had. i never fully got how you make a perfect circle with parts in the building editor. I've tried thet based-platform thing, but I never seem to get it quite right (building editor not my strong point)

How do you make circles with squares in building editor?

@ Loki: If I knew that, then I would have told you. But.. since i got no clue at all, im going to guess out from the information I have without any clue, im going to guess the most popular female name in Britain right now, "Olivia"

(oh my.. that's an hard one to start with)

Olivia is the most popular English name? Weird, I've only ever known one person with it.

But yeah. You're wrong. Trick question, really, since no one knows my middle name. Just wanted to play around

What's the secret to maaking those awesome ruins of your?

@ Rebecca: I feel kind of tricked right now..

@Everyone.. be patient with this. Im only one guy up here. It may take some time, especially because Hax's question was so weird -.-

Sorry, I didn't mean to trick you ^^'


Okay, a serious question, for when you have a moment. What is your favourite creation in Spore? Can't be made by you

@ Hax: There is actually a branch of mathematics called Coplex Analysis, but Ive never heard of that formula.

But since I have to give you an answer, Im going to say that there is no formula that explains that at all!

(maybe an even harder one..)

Edit: It's 1:29 AM here right now, so I sould probably be off. Will most certainly wake up tomorrow with another bunch of questions

Alright, updated the OP. I will answer all of them, promise.

You mean "complex" analysis? I think that's a little too general of a term to be considered a branch. As you can do all sorts of analysis. From statistics to correlative. Though, statistics can form correlations

...

The correct answer is Euler's formula.

SuperLoki wrote:Olivia is the most popular English name? Weird, I've only ever known one person with it.

But yeah. You're wrong. Trick question, really, since no one knows my middle name. Just wanted to play around

I bet it's actually Rosemary

Lol, naahh. Nothing posh or embarrassing. People like it - I just like to **** around and keep it a secret

SuperLoki wrote:Lol, naahh. Nothing posh or embarrassing. People like it - I just like to **** around and keep it a secret

...Is it Butch?

...no, not at all o.O

hmmmmm kournikova???? Thats not a weird middle name

Okay, let's not kill Iced's thread.

Many Oracles around these days...



But can you compete with the most famous of them all, the almighty farseer, the future emperor of the space marines...

Ok here's one for u
without use of Winki

Can u tell us what film was Co produced by Michael Douglas, But didn't star his father Kirk owing to his age and studio Intervention, Though he had wanted to play the role for a long time ?? and is the one thing Kirk and Michael regreted

this I know myself and not cause of Winki or any movie or dedication sites

Why you keep spelling the word 'Answer' wrong on the OP?

He appears to have spelt it right. Also, do realize English isn't his native language, or he could be dyslexic, so don't point people out on typos unless you don't understand it.


Iced, I saw your answer to my question.... I DO have a middle name

Sorry guys, Was to fast typing yesterday. I can do mistakes like that all the time. Even when I type in Norwegian O.o

So.. You have a middle name. Now I feel even more tricked than before

Ok, time to answer some of your questions: (sorry for double posting, want to keep answers in an own post)

@Reyes 1: 268.003 apples. 33% of 400.000 is 132.000. 400.000 - 132.000 is 268.000 + those three apples you had from before. (The Oracle is finally right!)

@Loki: My favorite creation in spore is actually an adventure that happens to be "The Beasts of Boron" by Parkaboy. How he manages to make relatively simple creations into something totally awesome have always amazed me.

The Beasts of Boron is a perfect example of his unique style. When he makes an adventure is it usually not an 8 act long epic fighting thing. It is usually simple adventures that don't take to much time to finish, but they can be really hard and he makes the player think and investigate.

If you have read sporetips.blogspot.com then you will see how many great tips and tricks he have for adventures. Ive played everyone of his adventures and he cleverly uses all the tricks he got all the time. The first comment I read when I was finished with The Beasts of Boron was "Dude, that was actually a really good adventure" -think that described what the majority felt when they had played it.

Parkaboy = Genius

(First time the Oracle had to go out with personal believes!)

@MetalStarTech: Im going to guess "Illusion" from 2004. That's one of the few later films I know Micheal Douglas have starred in.. (another hard one for the Oracle!)

Interesting. Thanks for the feedback, I might try out that adventure then.

answer was One Flew Over The Coocoos Nest Kirk Douglas had to be still a active acter not on his death bed