Activity for Sigmaâ€
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comment | Post #279497 |
Can you change your title to specify that you're focusing on the West-East crossing? Following the trade winds is a much different animal (c.f. the ConTiki). (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279497 |
Can you be more specific about introductory knowledge of blacksmithing? It's practically impossible to build a ship without cutting boards. If they don't know how to smelt iron (or other) they're in trouble. (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279497 |
Does your group even know North America exists? I have a hard time coming up with a reason they would prefer to travel into the unknown east rather than west along semi-familiar trade routes.
(more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279497 |
Where in Asia is your group starting? Thailand and Kamchatka have very different resources available and would require very different skillsets and fixed resource costs.
How familiar are your traders with navigation, geography, and the ability to handle a ship? The West-East crossing is perilous ... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277434 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
| Answer | — |
A: How do I realistically keep my large mammalian predator hidden from other pack hunters. Idea 1 Everyone needs water. Your Giant Hyena frequents watering holes and waits for prey to arrive. Maybe it camoflages itself with mud or lurks underneath the surface of the water. Once a target is sufficiently close it snaps its neck out and chomps them. If the predator is intelligent it ma... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #275788 |
Would it make any kind of sense to limit Researched Q&A to people who have reached a certain trust level? At that point they should be slightly more familiar with the site and have a better feel for what questions go where. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #275772 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
| Question | — |
How do we handle imported questions that don't fit the new site? Some topics may be good for a more general worldbuilding site, but are not appropriate for SpecSci. For example, How can my vampires hide in public? or How can I prevent the creation of fruit-salad chimeras? Should we flag these questions for removal or take another approach? (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |