xxomegafaustxx
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Nonvariums are way behind because we as a community have been not given the time to properly evolve. But I want to make a clear distinction between evolution and adaptation: Evolution is a species capability of developing towards the environment. Evolution for a species is rather the formation of growth of it and takes perhaps even years and decades whereas adaptation is the ability to be successful in effectively using his/her environment based on their resources and ability to hunt and scavenge.
Analogically, it is like a competition between two flowers living in the same ecology. Allow me to tell a story:
The actors of the story:
The flowers: The players of the game
Varium: The nutrient-alternative for a flower to increase its growth against its rivaling competition.
The pot: The community to which all the flowers are entrenched in that allow them to grow.
The florist: (The developer of the game ED along with the Staff).
The Story:
A man passionate for flowers decides to become a florist and opens his business. To run the business, he needs to plant flowers to sell to his costumers.
To make a profit, he intends to sell the flowers he has grown. The florist thus begins by planting two flowers in the same pot. At this point of time, the pot can only sustain two flowers at a time. With this in mind, both the seeds of the flower are planted and carefully embedded in the soil within the pot.
The flower seeds exist in a fabric that is in the soil/community and are deeply rooted and entrenched within it because to be successful, both must use the soil to support their roots and blossom to the surface. Now seeing that you yourself are the very florist trying to plant both flowers, you try to keep them both in sunlight and water to promote healthy growth. The florist’s interest at this point of time is to provide both the proper necessitous conditions to flower both plants so that they can reach their potential. The florist continues this onwards for many days and periodically, sees the growth of both the flowers.
Now the florist wants to make his flowers grow faster. He then uses flower fertilizer; a nutrient-alternative and pots it in the soil. The fertilizer enables either flower to become more better looking, appealing and attractive. Both the flowers in this story have the ability to use the fertilizer to grow faster. The flowers (imaginatively), must choose between using varium or not. The florist has made it so that both my equally access the nutrients and use it towards their benefit. Thus the distinction can be established; the varium user/varium flower and nonvarium user/nonvarium flower.
Clearly, the florist in no instance is doing any wrong to the plants themselves other than use varium as a fertilizer the premium flower and to make the plants grow faster. Whether it be the normal or above average flower, the flower's both have the ability and choice to use the varium-like nutrients provided by the flower and compete in the same pot for sunlight, nutrients and water regardless.
But let’s just say, for fun, that the premium and more better looking flower had a mind: It was jealous because also, the nonvarium flower could remain competitive with its resources whilst could grow as fast but not as fast as it. The varium flower with this thinking pushes the nonvarium flower and easily overpowers it by using its roots so that the nonvarium flower could no longer access the nutrients, water and sunlight it needs. The premium flower pushes the less-appealing flower away and expands its roots to reach all the sunlight, soil and space that allow it to gain maximum water and nutrients. The smaller nonvarium flower tries to fight back but as varium flower pushes it further and further away, it becomes stronger easily making the nonvarium's flower efforts appear futile. The varium flower further pushes and bullies the nonvarium flower and slowly moves, with force, the nonvarium flower to the other side of the pot. Because of such actions, the nonvarium flower is pushed so great a distance that it creates a jarring gap and distance between them. The GAP and DISTANCE between them are far too great to conciliate their closure and the varium flower continues such actions slowing depriving and choking the nonvarium plant's ability to grow.
Now you're a florist and you come back to see the flowers. Of course, you can't see any difference with the flower's post actions because their roots are within the soil but you do notice its growth: They both appear to grow and after all, it looks as though they are at peace with each other. The florist continues his daily routine, giving more and more varium to the premium flower overlooking the nonvarium flower's state of condition. The florist can't understand why the flowers are spaced so greatly when he planted them together in the beginning so both could share the soil. He notices the GAP has made the more premium flower grow much faster whilst the nonvarium one to stop growing at a much slower rate.
So if you're the florist, what would you do? You want to keep both flowers: You know that one is certainly weakened and one is strengthened in terms of this GAP but the fact of the matter is they are both and always will be flowers. The florist’s on the other hand, needs them to grow healthily so that afterwards, he can sell them. You need them both. You need them both because you plan to sell the flowers and although you know that the premium flower would sell at a much greater price, the nonvarium flower also yields profit to the man. What action should the florist take?
If he knows for certain, the GAP is the problem, he will try to fix it and make them close to eachother. The problems he encounters are:
1. The roots of the flower are both entangled with each other. They provide obstruction to the man's interest in moving them together. But removing them could pose a serious threat to both plants as the roots are in a state of delicate fragility. If the man tries to do so and remove the roots, both the flowers may suffer leaving the farmer with two dead plants. He can't interfere in the process. That is he can’t interfere in the fabric of natural growth, nurture and nature.
2. He does not know even if, after he plants them together, that if the varium flower and nonvarium flower will continue this action. If the varium flower will move the nonvarium flower and push it with its roots.
3. And if he understands the varium flower's behavior and attitude up until this he can not change the varium flower's decision to do so. He can try implementing ridges to try to improve the GAP and lessen it, giving the nonvarium flower a chance to grow but internally, the varium flower continues to undermine and lengthen the GAP.
4. He realizes that the nonvarium flower is the victim, crying and screaming for help but he also can't eliminate the varium abuser because he feels that the flowers are important: Both are equally important to the florist. Destroying the only premium flower in the pot would not help to rectify the problem but rather, create a larger one.
The big picture here is that if you're a florist, you are developers trying to keep the game and both flowers alive. The original intention to keep both the flowers was to keep them in healthy competition but you see that now is not that case. You worry about this because of the GAP, try implementing "Balance" formulas in the soil to help the nonvarium flower after realizing, such efforts are futile. They are futile because the GAP is so large that it undermines completely, the nonvarium flower's ability to grow despite its trying.
The reality is that it paints a bigger picture of ED. The florist is the developer and has the ability to change the situation. But being a cautious florist, he/she knows that they can't intervene in this fine relationship; it is only up to the flowers to change it. But it starts with he varium flower who must stop it's compulsive disorder and allow for the healthy growth of the nonvarium flower. It must release it's choke on the petty flower and allow it to grow naturally.
They have to use more varium-nutrience to separate themselves from the average flock of flowers resulting in tremendous overspending. Rather than see the healthy and beautiful relationship that is derived from the nonvarium flower and foster it, the varium flower chooses to continue this path of behavior. The florist can't do nothing resulting into less plants being planted in the same pot as the varium flower has removed all of its nutrience; giving it all to itself. The soil or the community of ED has become essentially a wasteland for any new flowers to come to flower resulting into (In the context of ED) less and less users joining ED.
With less flowers to plant, the florist can no longer make a profit other than sell the only single varium flower its nutrients. He/she makes a smaller fortune trying to make the varium flower equal to that of many nonvarium flowers. So far, the florist has made miniscule profit. New flowers can't be planted because the very same flower has robbed their chances of growth and ever reaching their potentials and the flourist grieves because he/she no longer can plant flowers any more. No features ( or species of different plants) can be introduced because the same flower has also hinders the soil's ability to provide nutrients. That is deprived the community its chance to develop as a game.
Which brings me onto another point: The profit and value of both of the flowers in this story exist in the very understanding that they are both interrelated and connected at the very start of their life span as flowers. The value of the premium flower also depends on the value of the nonvarium flower. If there were no nonvarium flowers, how then can the premium flower compare itself to be "above average" and use the nonvarium flower as a greater standard of being a more excellent flower? The truth of the matter is there are too many pretty flowers in ED. Of course, it looks appealing but all the pretty flowers would realize that they are the average as all the flowers around them are just as pretty as them. Ever heard of the phrase "Appearances can be deceiving"? Not all beauty exists externally but internally. You don't need to plant expensive flowers in your backyard to make your backyard more exuberant or prettier. The beauty exists in all areas or life and their ability to grow and naturally coexist in the environment. True beauty is found in the resolute relationship between two entities. So, one may plant many expensive looking flowers in your backyard but not realize the beautiful relationship that it has with its surroundings: providing a home for the insects, nectar for the bees, and is a ravishing addition to the nature around it.
AND you may argue that it is because of the premium flower that has sustained the florist's up until now profit up until this story. That is because the premium flower yields much more value to the customers who purchase it whilst the nonvarium flower close to nothing in comparison.
But I ask you this: Would it surprise you that in a flourist shop, they sell flowers by the bundle and not singularly? And would it also surprise you that it is not just one, but many flowers within the bundle that make a bouquet beautiful? And if you look in a bouquet of flowers, are all of them equally pretty and ideal in feature? Some may not be equally beautiful, some may have defections, some may have missing petals but the truth of the matter is that it is the sum of all parts and not just one that makes the bouquet’s features ravishing.
What varium users don't realize is that they are destroying this very healthy relationship. Users that support the GAP or don’t see this: the current state of ED. If such an understanding is meet, only then will the florist be successful and both flowers sold at a far greater profit. Only then will a true community derive, with no form of hatred fostered towards eachother because of “unfair advantage”, “losing to noobs, this can’t be possible!” and “you use varium noob”, so forth.
So, for those who don't seem to follow my line of reasoning, I am here to "change "minds". I am here to offer an enlightened perspective on the issue of the GAP that has resolved in many nonvarium and also varium users' dissent.
So be a flower and blossom. Wake up and smell the roses.
< Message edited by xxomegafaustxx -- 10/22/2011 17:24:40 >
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