oh, i didnt know you get a tech bonus... that would make sense though. on second thought, i'd save the whale, lol. once you get fishing, food's not a problem anyway.

I'm not sure that's right Theo is it?

You get the spirituality upgrade automatically - as part of the event text it tells you that you have it, but I'd not noticed a boost in tech points as well.

Or does the boost only happen if you ahve already upgraded to spirituality 1?

When does this whale attempt t commit suicide anyway? I've nearly dawned on my 4th generation here, cleared the beach, built the hut, opened up the lagoon, restored the garden, and upgraded everything to lvl 2.

The whale is an island event. Island events are random and you can never be sure which ones you will get in any given game.

The whale incident is one of the Island Events. Since Island Events occur pretty much randomly and there are so many of them, you will never see all of them in a typical game.

Buttoneer, I think Theo's point was that getting the "free" tech upgrade was equivalent to getting a tech point bonus, since you don't have to spend all of those points on the next level of Spirituality. That can be significant, depending upon when the event happens.

I've played 12-20 games so far and haven't seen a whale. You don't need it.

no, it's definately not essential to any game. It's just one of those events that MAY come by at any given time!

I saved the whale, but now I wish I'd eaten it! After saving it and becoming more enlightened, a group of kids landed on the island, and I've been struggling to feed them ever since.

I do that, sometimes, too! At least I know that I understood your post correctly! And I agree with you, too!