User:Somarinoa

About Me
Greetings and salutations: my name is Thor, and I am the creator of the Aurum, as well as various other alien species and locations. I am 25.5 years old and live in Alaska. I originally was born in Ninilchik but now reside in Alaska's biggest city,  Anchorage. Outside of working on my Aurix game on GameFaqs, I work as a member of the Alaska Paranormal Reasearch & Investigations as an Intuitive and Energy Transference Agent, as well as site administrator. I am also the Grammar Nazi Moderator on the Sagan IV forums.

I consider myself an amateur scientist, through which I mainly follow biology,  astronomy, and  paleontology; however, I am also a follower of  cryptozoology. This is partially caused by my coming from an old town like Ninilchik (which happens to be a very-unknown hot-spot for paranormal activity) as well as coming from a family of intuitives (true "psychics" no longer call themselves that due to people like  Ms. Cleo,  John Edward, and  Sylvia Browne giving them a bad name). No, I cannot control my intuitive "abilities", other than what I choose to call energy transference.

I am notorious for my excessive amount of pets, which currently includes the following: 1 dog (Lucky) 3 cats (Charlie, Akasha, & Corvis) 7 parakeets (Tweetie, Mellow, Ozbird, Taffy, Topher, & Flicky) 2 cockatiels (Mozart & Baby) 3 leopard gecko (Blizzy & 2 unnamed ones) 1 hedgehog/urchin ("Sonic" aka Hedgeums aka Ulysses) 1 gerbil (Unnamed) 1 hamster (Unnamed)

My interests include movie making, my wide humor range (from quite light to sufficiently dark humor), making video games, playing video & computer games, collecting pets, ghost-hunting, UFO-hunting, my writings and drawings, and dressing up (currently as Black Mage,  Snifit,  Pyramid Head, Clyde the Ghost, or a Giant Jawa) and acting like an fool throughout town or in my own movies. I am addicted to the internet, and my life typically revolves around video games, which technically makes me a "nerd".

I originally heard about Spore from my friend  Charlie back when it had apparently first been announced, and had quietly followed the news about until I finally became openly obsessed with it around May 2006. It is a game that's right up my alley, considering I had hoped to make a game in this scope myself one day.

Favorite Articles

 * Savanna Roamer -- Some of the best art on all of Sagan IV. I'm pretty sure this is one of everyone's favorites.
 * Scavenging Parrotworm -- It just looks so damn creepy!
 * Shruma -- For a long time it was my favorite of the Shrew line.
 * Dark Giant Shovelhead -- The image is really a fantastic one, and the colors, while dark (as they should be), are perfect.

Claims to Fame

 * Solitary author of the Aurix game on GameFaqs.
 * Coined the term "Quantient", which is a level of intellect above sapience, in which all cells in the body sapience, making the body work like a hive mind of sorts.
 * Coined the term "Cellitient" alongside Yannick.
 * Used 100% original sprites to show the look of the creatures of the Aurix game, which is done totally in MSPaint.
 * First user to list Scientific Classification on Spore creatures, which I do extensively, as you can see from my creation pages. This feature is now seen on various other Spore pages.
 * Personally wrote the Scientific Classifications for the Corosliev (a creature from the Spore Game forums), and am in the process of writing one for the  Zebodi from GameFaqs, as well.
 * Possibly the most dedicated (but somewhat slow because of this) Spore fanfiction writers out there. For instance, Round 85 of the Aurix game (posted Wednesday, September 6th, 2006) took me approximately 12 hours to write and redraw the sprites. Little of that time was spent on breaks.
 * Was the first person on Sagan 4 Wiki to post all of his creatures up after its creation -- only creature posted before all of his was Protosagania itself.

Species Gallery
Below is a gallery of all the species I've added thus far in order of creation. Note that a "†" denotes an extinct species.

Current Creations
Here is a list of my current contributions to SporeWiki, in order of creation:

Microorganisms

 * Megaorthoceros segnoneustes -- A massive-proboscised detrivoric/chemovoric descendant of the Protosagania, inhabiting tropical waters, both fresh and marine. Extant.


 * Cnidolium simplistica -- A cnidocyte-covered, cytovoric descendant of the Protosagania, inhabiting temperate waters down to a depth of 157ft. Extant.


 * Megaorthoceros salisvimmia -- A multi-paddled parasitic-detrivoric/chemovoric descendant of the Megaorthoceros segnoneustes, trapped in the Hydro-Nuke Salt Lake. Extinct.


 * Fluctuator (Megamelanus camptoderm) -- A complex, photosynthetic descendant of the Krakow Black Algae, able to oscillate any of four membranes in order to move. Inhabits Hydro Coast and LadyM Ocean (Sunlight Zone).  Extinct.


 * Floralgae (Multiquila hexaneuston) -- An advanced, photosynthetic descendant of the Petalgae, who can now move their 'petal cells' towards or away from the sunlight, granting them some control over their buoyancy. Inhabits the  Ittiz & Nuke Coasts, as well as the Sunlight Zone of the  Jujubee Ocean.  Extinct.


 * Biln (Phoenokarpats mangnesi) -- An advanced evolution of the Swamp Beans, who use electroplaques as a colony to create static in their habitats to collect edible particles. Inhabit the Ichthy Swamp.  Extinct.


 * Vandroutine (Teproutine neomorphus) -- An advanced descendant of the Teproutine, which spend their entire lives living within the confines of Vandriswoop and Pallenidust puddles. Inhabit the Ittiz-Ovi Desert, as well as Clayren Beach, Ittiz Swamp, Ittiz Rocky, Wright Rainforest, & Ovi-Hydro Plains.  Extant.


 * Cnidolium moderitannus -- An advanced descendant of Cnidolium simplistica who has inhabits Ladym Ocean, Flisch Coast, and King Coast. Extant.


 * Megaorthoceros circumorphos -- A species of megaorthocerosi who have become a colony in a ring shape and inhabiting the Ladym Ocean (Sunlight Zone & Twilight Zone), BigL Coast, and King Coast. Extant.


 * Nibbling Kelpeg (Cnidolium microankylobrachium) -- A herbivorous descendant of the Kelpeg, which stay hooked onto flora using adapted cnidocytes. Extant.


 * Funivenator twangeri -- A slightly-advanced descendant of the Funivenator organuculus which has both of its flagella fused for better use of its "twanger". Extant.

Creatures

 * Bristlesquid (Marepheteuthis setaeus) -- A freshwater descendant of the Filtersquid, inhabiting the Ichthy River. Extinct.


 * Combstrainer (Aeroflora nanodont) -- A filter-feeding descendant of the Stickyball Licker, inhabiting the Slarti River and the nearby Hydro-Nuke Savannah. Extinct.


 * Fursquid (Marepheteuthis pseudomammali) -- A freshwater descendant of the Bristlesquid, inhabiting the Ichthy River. Extinct.


 * Hydroneustes (Marepheteuthis hydroneustes) -- A tailed, sighted descendant of the Hydroskimmer, inhabiting the Glicker Reef. Extinct.


 * Chambered Urchip (Pseudopeloris scellofloten) -- A shelled, floating descendant of the Shelled Urchip, that requires the tides to move about and inhabits the Glicker Reef and once inhabiting the Wright Reef, as well. Extinct.


 * Roaming Plent (Ursiporcus roven) -- A small descendant of the Sailbacked Bearhog Plent with a large habitat range. Extinct.


 * Shorthorn Gulper (Ceracorytha protoceros) -- A horned descendant of the of the Dome-Headed Gulper, inhabiting the Huggs-Yokto Savannah, Yokto Temperate Forest, and the Huggs Temperate Forest. Extinct.


 * Swiftstrainer (Aerosifter velocistringere) -- A slightly-larger descendant of the Combstrainer which feeds from moist sand on the Somarinoa Beach. Extinct.


 * Ventrapper (Segmentocauda clifelumenus) -- A slightly larger descendant of the Marollon which builds hard tubes around its excavation holes. Extant.


 * River Shrew (Chaetotherium protoneustes) -- An amphibious descendant of the Stalking Shrew which now inhabits the Ichthy River. Extinct.


 * Gateway Shrub (Toxicocrystallus bhelsorbere) -- An orange-hued descendant of the Poison Crystal Shrub, which inhabits the entrances into the Somarinoa Sea Caves. Extinct.


 * Geistrat (Comorodent yurei) -- An inflatable descendant of the Norat which now inhabits both the Krakow Rocky and Krakow Plains. Extant.


 * Shrotter (Aquatherium protoneustes) -- A fully-carnivorous descendant of the River Shrew, which co-exists in the Ichthy River with its ancestor. Extinct.


 * Buryworm (Dipnoivermis eokritophysis) -- A highly adapted descendant of the Filterworm, inhabiting the Bone River, which is capable of burying itself and hibernating for many years at a time. Extant.


 * Nightstrainer (Aerosifter noctostringere) -- A cave-dwelling descendant of the Combstrainer, who builds their nests out of solidified saliva, inhabiting the Rabid Sandstone Caves and feeding in the Slarti River. Extinct.


 * Dawn Scraper (Pinnipedflora amphidontus) -- A tusked arctic descendant of the Sealplent, inhabiting the Allen Ice Caves and hunting in along the North Polar Coast. Extinct.


 * Frigidsnatch (Serpensmaris prenospondylus) -- An arctic descendant of the Snappersnatch, who ambushes species living near cave exits into the South Polar Coast. Extinct.


 * Trowelhorn Gulper (Ceracorytha cryptoschovel) -- A burrowing descendant of the Shorthorn Gulper, who quickly snatch passing prey while at the same time warning potential non-predators of its presence with its gleaming tongue. It inhabits the Huggs-Yokto Savannah.  Extinct.


 * Beach Shrotter (Aquatherium zandikoiloma) -- A seemingly-playful, beach-dwelling descendant of the Shrotter, which now possesses barbels along its snout for tasting potential food before it enters the mouth. It inhabits the King Beach and King Coast.  Extinct.


 * Brittlesquid (Lystroteuthis cryptopelon) -- A strange, benthic descendant of the Bristlesquid, which now can protect itself by pulling itself into its burrow with its elongated mantle and invert its tentacle-cowl to reveal sharp barbs. It inhabits the Ichthy Swamp.  Extinct.


 * Spelun Ketter (Kitrae segnoklimmen) -- A cave-dwelling descendant of the Violet Ketter, who now can scale walls thanks to pads on their feet that secrete sticky resin. It inhabits the Rabid Sandstone Caves.  Extinct.


 * Raptorian Bearhog (Ursiporcus cavumvenator) -- A cave-dwelling, omnivorous descendant of the Roaming Plent, lightly disguised as a Cave Orbitree. It inhabits the Raptor Limestone Caves and the Ovi-Hydro-Nuke Rainforest.  Extinct.


 * Falsequill Sauceback (Cryptotherium echinostegos) -- A burrowing descendant of the Spiney Sauceback, which disguises itself as a set of Quillblades and whose young are birthed as subterranean larvae. Extinct.


 * Nomad (Probiscisaurus prototarkhi) -- A descendant of the Savanna Roamer, this species was the planet's ill-fated sapient species. Their existence was (purposefully) cut short by the Gamma Ray Burst.  They inhabited the Huggs-Yokto Savannah, Slarti River, and Slarti Swamp.  Extinct.


 * Maelstrom Ghark (Animiscis velocicoelognathus) -- An offshoot of the Abyssal Ghark, which moved up into the Twilight Zone of the Jujubee Ocean, and which also can be found along the  sea floor.  Extinct.


 * Taigapin (Cryoteuthus nomei) -- An advanced descendant of the Teuthopin, which has moved into the Huggs Taiga, where it thrived. It has developed a complex communication system.  Extant.


 * Rapidsnatch (Serpensmaris tachycides) -- A faster-swimming descendant of the Frigidsnatch, who moved northwards into the warmer waters of the Ovi Coast. Extinct.


 * Solaster (Aquatherium scelidapteryx) -- A fully-marine descendant of the Beach Shrotter, who now lives exclusively along the King Coast, although they are seasonally found in the Jujubee Ocean, as well.  Extinct.


 * Ghastrett (Comorodent mortemimus) -- A cruelly deceptive descendant of the Geistrat, who moved into the neighboring Huggs Temperate Forest to prey on unsuspecting scavengers. Extant.


 * Foild (Extoileisn globulmimus) -- A deceptive descendant of the King Foi, who coexists with its ancestor in the King Coast, but choosing to remain near Reefballs. Extant.


 * Swampstrainer (Aerosifter myrstringere) -- An offshoot of the few Nightstrainers who survived the collapse of their cavernous home, which moved on down the river to begin lives anew in the Slarti Swamplands. Extinct'''.

Plantlife

 * Runanchor (Hydropoaceae stolonostus) -- A lily-like, freshwater descendant of Hermangrass, inhabiting the Ichthy River. Extinct.


 * Glintdagger (Valadanis daciansis) -- A grass-like, sharp-bladed descendant of Violetblades, which inhabits the upper portions of Somarinoa Beach that are safely out of the surf's reach. Extant.


 * Leafy Plurgile (Tesquorumhallicis hadrophyllon) -- A leafy variant of the Plurgile, which inhabits the upper portions of Ovi Beach that are safely out of the surf's reach. Extinct.


 * Quillblades (Valadanis leptokentron) -- A modified descendant of Spikeblades, whose seeds are evolved out of poison sacs in the tips of the leaves. It inhabits the Huggs-Yokto Savannah, Huggs-Yokto Desert, and the Rabid Sandstone Caves.  Extant.

Surviving Organisms
''Not all of my species have survived, with a majority of those now found extinct having died out during the Gamma Ray Burst (GRB). Below is a list of all of my species who continue to survive in this, the current Week.''

Microorganisms

 * Cnidolium moderitannus
 * Cnidolium simplistica
 * Funivenator twangeri
 * Megaorthoceros circumorphos
 * Megaorthoceros segnoneustes
 * Nibbling Kelpeg
 * Vandroutine

Fauna

 * Buryworm
 * Foild
 * Geistrat
 * Ghastrett
 * Taigapin
 * Ventrapper

Flora

 * Glintdagger
 * Quillblades

Terrain Named After Me

 * Somarinoa Coast
 * Somarinoa Beach
 * Somarinoa Sea Caves

Species I've Added
This list does not include my own species.

Week 1

 * Protokrakocia Pentapseudoflagellis
 * Protosammea Massa
 * Binucluse Icosahedron Truncated Icosahedron
 * Hexapodia
 * Krakowhexia Symbiotae
 * Goliathpseudopodia Toxica
 * Carpotesta Glutterielux
 * Protohydroia Octherma
 * Protomancerxia Binarflagella
 * Carpotesta Fúgere
 * Carpotesta Pellícere
 * Binucleusdetritivorus
 * Binucleusphotoedo
 * Octahedral Hexapodia
 * Testudohexapodia
 * Protokrakocia Rete
 * Protokrakocia Pentaflagellis
 * Carpotesta Multifilae
 * Carpotesta Teneresca
 * Mega Binucleusdetritivorus
 * Mega Binucleusphotoedo
 * Protomancerxia Quadflagella
 * Protomancerxia Parasitica
 * Protomancerxia Toxica
 * Protomancerxia Megaflagella
 * Octahedral Hexapodia Major
 * Tubular Testudohexapodia
 * Carpotesta Teges
 * Carpotesta Multi-Teneresca
 * Binucleus Icosahedron
 * Binucluse Truncated Icosahedron
 * Krakowhydra Ancora
 * Krakowhydra Velox
 * Mancerxia Sorbus
 * Supergoliathpseudopodia
 * Iuncusaquatilis Immaturus
 * Carpotesta Testagleba
 * Carpotesta Gregatimesca
 * Binucleus Stella Dodecahedron
 * Iuncusaquatilis Scutella
 * Iuncusaquatilis Lemniscus
 * Krakowlimus Pituitae
 * Torquatocauda Grandibucha
 * Mancerxia Majorsorbus
 * Protomancerxia Thremaparasitica
 * Carpotesta Apricarius

Week 12

 * Puffkin Shrub
 * Puffkin Scuttlecrab
 * Protoradia Quadrocytis
 * Rainforest Plapir
 * Salt Moss
 * Sauceback Hunter
 * Light Gatherer Plurge
 * Giant Island Bearhog
 * Cavehopper
 * Savanna Roamer
 * Swimming Sauceback
 * Shelled Nobom
 * Finned Bubblehorn
 * Plated Plentsnapper

Week 13

 * Porcurchip
 * Antler Urchip
 * Brain Urchip
 * Spiral Urchip
 * Soriparasite

Week 14

 * Exusfiltra
 * Bifurcated Gegabelt
 * Frilled Sauceback
 * Dwarf Miragebok
 * Horned Miragebok
 * Pleetcher
 * Island Neaver
 * Alpine Soriparasite

Week 16

 * Kingskwid
 * Polar Seadragolden
 * Vandriswoop
 * Pakko
 * Iron Hive
 * Claworm
 * Janitworm
 * Entomosuchus
 * Ringed Rustling
 * Pistonsaw Armorsnapper
 * Purple Hurlchunks Tree
 * Stained Bloomworm

Week 17

 * Dawn Thief
 * Riverundi
 * River Shoveltail
 * Crystal Fortress Scuttlecrab
 * Scuttlecrab Crystal
 * Brellagon
 * Plurgeyhopper
 * Triarii Lizardworm
 * Reefball Gilltail
 * Digging Mudworm
 * Gillfin
 * Crystal Gilltail
 * Koral Gilltail
 * Stonehorn
 * Rusty Urchip
 * Rusty Uktank
 * Leapdweller
 * Cave Carnofern
 * Albino Serpentsaur

Week 18

 * Box Teproutine
 * Terradendron
 * Botryomorsus Subterreus
 * Cnidolium Moderitannus
 * Megaorthoceros Circumorphos
 * Armored Brumgo

Week 19

 * Nibbling Kelpeg

My Standing on the Creation of Species
Although I don't go and tell people to follow my beliefs, I try to strongly follow my own guidelines while making species.

I don't believe in making a race the so-called "most powerful being in the universe/galaxy", as I feel it's a little unfair and I'm sure someone else can come up with something that could kick its butt. I try to make my specie balanced...ish. They are typically stronger than mankind, but tend to have their own set of exploitable weaknesses.

I see bipedal sapients as cliche, and I don't much like it. That being said, any races I created from before my belief system was created for me continue to exist in a form rather similar to their original design, and therefore I have plenty of bipedal sapients.

Help & Suggestions
If you have anything to suggest or if you're willing to help me with the creation of better artwork for my various creations, both here on Sagan IV and on SporeWikia, please do so; it will be very welcome. You can either get a hold of me through my talk section, or through my email (which I check more often) -- you can find my email address further below.

Lore
If you would like, I am willing to allow you to use my creations as content in the histories/current activity of your creations, considering you are kind and fair about it (in other words, no slaughtering my species or destroying huge amounts of anything, unless you ask first and get my permission) -- however, please ask me first. This is both so I can check what you've added, but also because I would like to work it into my own ongoing storylines. You can either get a hold of me through my email (found lower on this page), or through my talk page.

E-Mail
Do you wish to email me, without taking the time or the effort to go to my Aurix site and locate the email address yourself? Well then, you'll have to piece my address together here (in order to hopefully deter possible spam hitting my inbox), but you can email me at gokousama (at) hotmail (dot) com. Please put something involving Spore, SporeWiki, SporeWikia, Sagan IV, or the name of one of my creations from here or SporeWiki[a] or something similar into the title to help me realize it's not junk mail.

The Aurix Websites
You may check out the site for my Interactive Spore Fanfic, the Aurix. We are almost on Chapter 7, and the sooner you can log on, the better. I'm one of the better writers of Spore Games, as well. I also try to supply my players with sprite pictures of the Current Main Inhabitants that can be found during each round. If you would like to check this out at anytime, you can feel free by clicking the link below. The Aurix Main Website

You may also visit the forums we have set up, where further information may be located. The Vuunega Chronicles: The Story of the Aurix