Entropia Science

[Dawis]

Hi all,

I propose to open new miniforum or category inside this forum dedicated to Entropia science. Why ? Well it is obvious a lot of Entropians have scientific interest into foundations of this universe and rules inside it. Every human have natural interest about how things works in the environment he lives. To fellow entropian this universe is EU and it is just as normal to ask - But how this really works? We we get such result? How can we explain this phenomena?
This interest is obvious and is observable throughout this forum - people are introducing interesting theories, performing interesting measurements, discussing about how things could work.

I already see several main branches of Entropia science:

1. Loot theory
2. Entropia physics
3. Item theory
4. Skill theory
5. Entropia economics

With first one being the father and the mother of entropia science we can already see that sometimes these branches overlap and intersect which is normal and also happens in real science.
We can also see that there are lot of sub branches appearing and devoloping rapidly.

It would also be nice to include category for Theory and Experiments/ Measurements inside each subcategory.

Also nice would be Scientists hall of fame - main contributors to each science.

He he would be nice if after a year someone would recieve: Entropia award of science for breakthrough in loot theory

[Trux]

it's all already there, no?
we have hunting, items, skills, economy sections and more.

[Wollongong]

I definately see options for a sociology section.

[Dawis]

Originally Posted by Trux

it's all already there, no?
we have hunting, items, skills, economy sections and more.

Well we have those sections.
But point of interest is entirely different in topics like "need some help with my gun", I have a theory about skillgain

Don't you agree?

[Svarog]

It will be rather a mysticism & alchemy haven than a science, but damn why not, all those crazy theories in one place .

[LarsMac]

Absolutely.
A lot of research has been done, and should be continued.

[jjmatrix]

Interesting idea to say the least; lots of stuff that can be done.

[711]

A large and active forum such as EF can get very confusing with overlapping and redundant forums and subforums.

The way things work now, mining "research" threads are posted in the Mining forum, where members would expect to find them. Same for loot or skill research threads, etc.

Creating a separate "Science" forum would duplicate already existing forums and cause fragmentation, confusing members and visitors, in my opinion.

[Dawis]

Originally Posted by 711

A large and active forum such as EF can get very confusing with overlapping and redundant forums and subforums.

The way things work now, mining "research" threads are posted in the Mining forum, where members would expect to find them. Same for loot or skill research threads, etc.

Creating a separate "Science" forum would duplicate already existing forums and cause fragmentation, confusing members and visitors, in my opinion.

Loot theory and Skill theory covers all aspects of game. It can not be placed under mining, hunting or any other part. Besides it is now dificult for other Entropians to find what other entropians have researched / dicussed / measured. All research done of course is here, but it is scattered all across this forum both in time and space.

I don`t think such move would confuse forum members. If anything it would make easier to find ideas and theories of other players.

[711]

Originally Posted by Dawis

Loot theory and Skill theory covers all aspects of game. It can not be placed under mining, hunting or any other part. Besides it is now dificult for other Entropians to find what other entropians have researched / dicussed / measured. All research done of course is here, but it is scattered all across this forum both in time and space.

I don`t think such move would confuse forum members. If anything it would make easier to find ideas and theories of other players.

Discussions of general loot theory belong in either in the General Economy Discussion forum, or in the About Entropia Universe forum, depending on the primary focus of the thread. Skill theories clearly belong in the existing Skills forum.

As for finding relevant threads, EntropiaForum has two very powerful search options available:

• The default forum search which allows sorting of results by many parameters, including initial post date, last post date, number of replies, number of views and the ability to search only thread titles, or only posts, or both. Also, results can be shown either as threads or posts, making it quite easy to find relevant threads.
  
• Google Powered EF search, which allows for very advanced keyword searches using common boolean operators. More info on this search tool can be found here: http://www.entropiaforum.com/forums/...available.html

These two search options make it quite easy for members to find relevant threads. Taking the time to learn how to use those forum tools is time very well spent, especially for serious researchers and would-be "Entropia scientists".