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AM23 256 peridot-B
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altermaven
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ALTERMAVEN                        2023-11-03 09:49
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NO SAFETY BUNKER TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT, NO CRAWLSPACE, NOW YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH FALLING "LEMONS"...  
  
PERIDOT IS A YELLOWISH-GREEN TRANSPARENT VARIETY OF OLIVINE. ALSO REFERRED TO AS CHRYSOLITE, IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW GEMSTONES THAT DO NOT HAVE MORE THAN ONE COLOR. HOWEVER, THE INTENSITY OF THE GREEN LIES SOLEY ON HOW MUCH IRON IS PRESENT IN THE MINERAL, MEANING PERIDOT CAN BE SEEN AS ALMOST YELLOW TO A GREENISH, EMERALD-LIKE COLOR.  
  
IT IS ISOMORPHIC OLIVINE WITH MAGNESIUM, IRON AND SILICATE IN A ORTHORHOMBIC STRUCTURE.  
  
WHILE OLIVINE IS ABUNDANT, PERIDOT IS RARE DUE TO CHEMICAL INSTABILITY. SINCE PERIDOT SHARES A COMMON THREAD WITH FORSTERITE, WHICH IS MAGNESIUM-RICH OLIVINE, FINDING A LARGE ENOUGH PERIDOT TO FORM INTO A GEM IS QUITE RARE; BECAUSE OF THIS, PERIDOT IS PRECIOUS.  
  
THE TYPE OF PERIDOT REPRESENTED HERE IS THE COMMON YELLOWISH-GREEN VARIETY.  
  
IT HAS A MOHS HARDNESS OF 6.

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DARKSTOORM                        2023-11-03 11:14
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WHAT AN INTERESTING SLIME PATTERN. A LITTLE OBSERVATION WILL SAVE ^ FROM GETTING CRUSHED

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ALTERMAVEN                        2023-11-03 12:06
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THAT IT EVENTUALLY JUST SWITCHES TO A SLOW CASCADING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL INTENTION, BUT SEEING IT HAPPEN JUST MADE ME WANT TO LEAVE IT AS IS!

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DUSTIN                            2023-11-04 01:49
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WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING PATTERN INDEED! :D  
THE SLIME BEHAVIOUR IS SUPPOSED TO BE (PSEUDO-) RANDOM GENERATED, AND YET SUCH A REGULAR PATTERN! I MADE A QUICK MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS:  
  
| 5*38=190 SLIMES IN THE CAVE  
| CYCLE LENGTH OF THE RNG: 73*13=949 (73 AND 13 BEING THE IMPERMEABILITY NUMBERS!)  
  
AND 5*190=949+1, WHICH MEANS THAT IF A PARTICULAR SLIME GETS THE RNG VALUE X IN FRAME Y, THEN THE LEFT NEIGHBOR GETS THE SAME VALUE X IN FRAME Y+5.   
SIMPLER SAID: WHWNEVER A SLIME SWALLOWS, ITS LEFT NEIGHBOR WILL SWALLOW 5 FRAMES LATER! :D  
  
WITH SIMILAR MATH, SIMILAR PATTERNS SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO CREATE!  
A GENERALIZED VERSION OF THE ABOVE EQUATION IS:  
  
F * S = 949 - D  
  
IF S IS THE TOTAL SLIME COUNT IN THE CAVE, THEN THIS EQUATION MEANS THAT WHENEVER SLIME X IS ACTIVE, THEN SLIME X+D WILL BE ACTIVE F FRAMES LATER.   
  
THIS OFFERS A LOT OF INTERESTING POSSIBILITIES, TO SAY THE LEAST! :D

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ALTERMAVEN                        2023-11-04 23:42
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AND TO THINK ALL OF THIS WAS UNINTENDED AT THE START, BUT I WONDER IF THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF THE PERMEABILITY WAS A LITTLE MORE OR LESS?

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DUSTIN                            2023-11-05 15:58
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altermaven: WELL, THE EQUATION BELOW IS INDEPENDANT OF THE PERMEABILITY. WITH PERMEABILITY 8, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WOULD OF COURSE BE FEWER SWALLOWS IN TOTAL, BUT THE RULE "WHENEVER A SLIME IS ACTIVE, THEN ITS LEFT NEIGHBOR WILL BE ACTIVE 5 FRAMES LATER" WOULD STILL HOLD!

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ALTERMAVEN                        2023-11-06 16:11
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INTERESTING!