Quests & Challenges

[center][img]http://orig00.deviantart.net/0606/f/2017/002/f/9/171_by_juhcmoraes-dau06qr.gif[/img] [font=century gothic][size=5][color=black]Ran's personal quests & challenges[/color][/size][/font] [color=white]_______[/color] [rule] [/center][left] [font=tahoma][size=3][color=white]_______[/color][color=grey][font=tahoma][size=2]Hello! Welcome to my personal quests, challenges & more topic! I have no idea what you're doing here, but you do you.[/size][/font] [color=white]_______[/color][color=grey][font=tahoma][size=2]Considering that I'm a disorganized mess and that if I don't write something down I'll forget about it completely, I felt like it'd be a neat idea to create this topic. This is more so that I can have some sort of "to-do list" somewhere on the website that I can easily check whenever I want. Feel free to post, but I won't see it unless you tag me. [/size][/font] [color=white]_______[/color] [color=white]_______[/color] [columns] [color=white]_______[/color] [nextcol] [quote=table of contents][color=#F8F3D4]______[/color] [b]1[/b] - Intro (you are here!) [color=#F8F3D4]__[/color][b]1.1[/b] - Table of contents [color=#F8F3D4]__[/color][b]1.2[/b] - Updates [b]2[/b] - Coliseum [color=#F8F3D4]__[/color][b]2.1[/b] - Long drop challenge [color=#F8F3D4]__[/color][b]2.2[/b] - Familiars [color=#F8F3D4]__[/color][b]2.3[/b] - Capes [color=#F8F3D4]__[/color][b]2.4[/b] - Vistas [color=#F8F3D4]__[/color][b]2.5[/b] - Skins [b]3[/b] - Items & dragons [b]4[/b] - Lore related [b]5[/b] - Misc [/quote] [nextcol][color=white]_______[/color][nextcol][color=white]_______[/color] [nextcol][nextcol][nextcol][nextcol] [font=century gothic][size=4][color=Black][b]Notes[/b][/color][/size][/font] [font=tahoma][size=3][color=white]_______[/color][color=black]♦[/color][color=grey] Here is a note. [color=white]_______[/color][color=black]♦[/color][color=grey] Here is another note. [rule] [font=century gothic][size=4][color=Black][b]Updates[/b][/color][/size][/font] [font=tahoma][size=3][color=white]_______[/color][color=black]MM/DD/YY[/color][color=grey] Here is an update. [color=white]_______[/color][color=black]MM/DD/YY[/color][color=grey] Here is another update. [nextcol][color=white]_______[/color] [/columns] [color=white]_______[/color] [color=white]_______[/color] [center] [font=georgia][size=1][color=black]CAT GIF FROM LINGSCARS; CODING DONE BY RANMARU (THOUGH THAT'S NOT REALLY A FEAT LOL)[/color][/size][/font][/center]

[center][font=century gothic][size=5][color=black]Coliseum[/color][/size][/font] [color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color] [rule] [/center] [font=century gothic][size=4][b][color=black]Long drop challenge[/color][/b][/size][/font] [color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color] [center][font=georgia][size=3][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/1971573/189#post_25830748]Training Fields [/url]| [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/1971573/190#post_25855911]Woodland Path[/url] | [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/1971573/196#post_25988629]Scorched Forest[/url] | [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/1971573/198#post_26053713]Sandswept Delta[/url] | Blooming Grove | [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/1971573/266#post_27903146]Forgotten Cave[/url] | Bamboo Falls | [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/1971573/231#post_26851856]Redrock Cove[/url] | Waterway | Arena | [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/1971573/204#post_26161600]Volcanic Vents[/url] | Rainsong Jungle | Boreal Wood | Crystal Pools | Harpy's Roost | Ghostlight Ruins | Mire | Kelp Beds | Golem Workshop[/size][/font][/center] [color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color] [center][quote=Best loot overall] [item=vista: training fields] [item=crimson emperor crate]x2 [item=bottled wrath chest]x2 [item=shadow within chest] [item=twilight brambles chest]x2 [item=blue and green flair scarf] [item=forest green leg wraps] [item=bloodscale greaves] [item=crown of bones] [item=peacock crate] [item=unhatched shadow egg] [item=toxophilite's cape] [item=toxophilite's leggings] [item=vista: volcanic vents]x2 [item=toxophilite's tail twist]x2 [item=toxophilite's wing cover] [item=spiney whale] [item=twilight rose thorn arm tangle] [item=throatarium chest] [item=cherrybrook chest] [item=unhatched water egg] [/quote][/center] [color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color] [color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color] [rule] [font=century gothic][size=4][b][color=black]Familiars[/color][/b][/size][/font] [font=tahoma][size=3][color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color][color=grey]Still [b]missing[/b] the following familiars: [columns] [b]TRAINING FIELDS[/b] • Bumble • Crimson Emperor [b]WOODLAND PATH[/b] • Basilisk • Blooming Strangler • Janustrap [nextcol] [b]SCORCHED FOREST[/b] • Banded Owlcat • Centaur Archer • Crowned Bonepriest • Extinguished Jackalope • Rambra • Red-Winged Owlcat • Smoke Gyre • Umberhorn Qiriq • Wintermane Spearkman [nextcol] [b]SANDSWEPT DELTA[/b] • Nightsky Fuiran • Peacock Scorpion [/columns] [color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color] [color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color] [rule] [font=century gothic][size=4][b][color=black]Capes[/color][/b][/size][/font] [font=tahoma][size=3][color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color][color=grey]Still [b]missing[/b] the following capes: [item=gladewalker cape] [item=firebreather cape] [color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color] [color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color] [rule] [font=century gothic][size=4][b][color=black]Vistas[/color][/b][/size][/font] [font=tahoma][size=3][color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color][color=grey]Still [b]missing[/b] the following vistas: [item=vista: woodland path] [item=vista: blooming grove] [item=vista: forgotten cave] [item=vista: bamboo falls] [item=vista: redrock cove] [item=vista: waterway] [item=vista: arena] [item=vista: rainsong jungle][item=vista: golem workshop] [color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color] [color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color] [rule] [font=century gothic][size=4][b][color=black]Skins[/color][/b][/size][/font] [font=tahoma][size=3][color=#F2EEE5]_______[/color][color=grey]Still [b]missing[/b] the following skin crates: [columns] [b]TRAINING FIELDS[/b] • Amaranth Crate • Death Head Crate • Emerald Webwing Crate • there's more but the list won't load rip [nextcol] [/columns]

[center][color=maroon][size=7][b]BUG FACTS![/b][/size][/color] [emoji=butterfly size=2] [emoji=plague rune size=1] [emoji=rhino beetle size=1] [emoji=plague rune size=1] [emoji=butterfly 3 size=1] [emoji=plague rune size=1] [emoji=spider size=1] [emoji=plague rune size=1] [emoji=butterfly 2 size=1] [emoji=plague rune size=1] [emoji=blue bee size=1] [size=4][b]So... What do we consider a bug?[/b] If I ask you right now to picture an arthropod (or simply mention an arthropod), you'll surely be able to do so without too much effort. If I ask you to [i]describe[/i] what an arthropod is... It might be a bit difficult. That's the point when we can turn to literature to find a neat definition to what an arthropod is, and here's one that I really like from Giribet & Edgecombe[/size] [size=1](1)[/size][size=4]:[/size] [quote]Arthropods are ecdysozoans, a clade of molting protostomes [...]. Within Ecdysozoa, a likely clade named ‘Panarthropoda’ includes animals with paired segmental ventrolateral appendages. Panarthropods comprises three clades that many authors classify as phyla, namely Tardigrada (water bears), Onychophora (velvet worms), and Arthropoda, also called by some ‘Euarthropoda’. In all panarthropods, the body is divided at least into a head and a trunk (these structurally and functionally distinct batches of segments are known as tagmata), but more tagmata are common, such as in insects (and other hexapods) which have a head, thorax and abdomen.[/quote] [size=4]And you may ask, "cool, but why are you telling me this Ran?", and I'll have to answer: Because I want to briefly talk about the relatives to arthropods, and why, depending on how you define what a "bug" is, maybe a few of them would fit the description. And I know, this is not a really straightforward way to do so, but I wanted to bring attention to something important: [b]arthropods are ecdysozoans[/b]. In short, all animals that belong to [b]Ecdysozoa[/b] have a cuticle made of chitin, secreted by their epidermis, that is shed at least once during the animal's life cycle. This sounds very characteristic of bugs, right? They too shed their exoskeleton at least once during their life. There's two groups under Ecdysozoa: Cycloneuralia and Panarthropoda. [b]Cycloneuralia[/b] contains Scalidophora (worm-like animals with special structures called scalids) and Nematoida (Nematoda and Nematomorpha, which are nematodes and their siblings, horsehair worms). They don't look much like arthropods, and truth be told, only one phyla under Scalidophora has true segmentation of the body. They do not have any appendages, though - so, again, could we call them bugs? (If you're wondering, the name Cycloneuralia refers to the fact the brain circles the pharynx of these animals) And then [b]Panarthropoda[/b] has Tardigrada (water bears!), Onychophora (velvet worms!) and Arthropoda (... arthropods!). And now... Can we start calling them bugs? Here, take a look at the body of a tardigrade: [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/SEM_image_of_Milnesium_tardigradum_in_active_state_-_journal.pone.0045682.g001-2.png[/img] It shows segmentation, a pair of appendages for each body segment... Okay, if we consider a bug anything that has many legs... Could this be a bug? Alright, next, we'll look at a velvet worm: [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Velvet_worm.jpg[/img] There's some segmentation visible, and pairs of appendages... And, honestly, this looks like an insect, doesn't it? Could this be a bug? Finally, here's a bunch of arthropods, fossil and extant: [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Arthropoda_collage.png[/img] These are definitly bugs!! ... Right? A spider can be called a bug? Is a shrimp a bug?? [emoji=butterfly size=2] [emoji=plague rune size=1] [emoji=rhino beetle size=1] [emoji=plague rune size=1] [emoji=butterfly 3 size=1] [emoji=plague rune size=1] [emoji=spider size=1] [emoji=plague rune size=1] [emoji=butterfly 2 size=1] [emoji=plague rune size=1] [emoji=blue bee size=1] Okay, okay. Here's the answer: true bugs should be insects from the order Hemiptera. This implies that some insects, like butterflies, are not bugs (butterflies are from the order Lepidoptera!). Of course, this doesn't apply to the coloquial use of "bugs" and what popular sense defines as bugs; there are plenty of scientists that sometimes refer to spiders as bugs, for example - especially if the audience they're speaking to has the habit to call spiders bugs. [b]What do [i]you[/i] consider a bug?[/b] For me, I consider any terrestrial arthropod a bug, and I wouldn't be opposed to calling velvet worms bugs too. Do they have many legs? Bug. Ran is happy leaving it at that. Then again... we do have some aquatic chelicerates that look like bugs... ----- [size=2](1) [url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.057]Giribet, G., & Edgecombe, G. D. (2019). The Phylogeny and Evolutionary History of Arthropods. In Current Biology (Vol. 29, Issue 12, pp. R592–R602). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.057[/url] Images from [i]Wikimedia Commons[/i]!

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