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#12008 - 06/30/05 09:58 AM
[SPOILER] The Whale
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Trainee
Registered: 06/08/05
Posts: 38
Loc: Ontario, Canada
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When people were saying they had a whale to feed the villagers, I didn't realize there would be a choice. I'm a firm believer in saving the whales and gained goody points instead but I'm not sure what I would have done if the villagers were still only foraging and the tree was empty!
Have others made the same choice I did? Actually, I had to make the decision twice, fairly early in the game. In the first game, the whale never appeared.
Edited by ladycfii (07/11/05 05:22 PM)
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#12009 - 06/30/05 10:14 AM
Re: The Whale
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Registered: 06/06/05
Posts: 31
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I always save the whale. First, whale-meat is greasy. Second, I'd rather that the alternative.
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#12010 - 06/30/05 10:15 AM
Re: The Whale
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I have only come across the Whale once and I went for the save it solution. My inhabitants died out quite quickly after that. I would still do the same next time.
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#12011 - 07/10/05 02:06 PM
Re: The Whale
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Registered: 05/04/05
Posts: 2
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I saved the whale too + my village has lasted ages + is still going
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#12012 - 07/11/05 01:25 PM
Re: The Whale
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Consigliere
Registered: 10/13/04
Posts: 378
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It's a computer game.
I play Grand Theft Auto. I jack cars, rob shops, burgle houses, mug pedestrians and speed, crash and burn.
In Half Life 2 I saved City 17 from the oppressive rule of the mysterious 'benefactors' who had enslaved the human race, and killed many people on my way to doing so.
And in Sim City I unleashed the power of an evil giant robot on my city and wiped out many lives and caused terrible hardship to the city.
But in real life I'm a Tax Accountant. Go figure.
So when the whale beaches up, and my village food store is looking a little low, I cut that baby up and feed it to them.
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#12013 - 07/11/05 05:11 PM
Re: [SPOILER] The Whale
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Registered: 06/22/05
Posts: 12
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I saved the while myself too. At least it does boost you to the next spiritual level, therefore it does pay you in some tech points to do that as well.
Buttoneer... I was curious. When you did eat the while, did it boost you to the next farming level?
Edited by ladycfii (07/11/05 05:22 PM)
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#12014 - 07/11/05 05:33 PM
Re: The Whale
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Quote:
It's a computer game.
I play Grand Theft Auto. I jack cars, rob shops, burgle houses, mug pedestrians and speed, crash and burn.
In Half Life 2 I saved City 17 from the oppressive rule of the mysterious 'benefactors' who had enslaved the human race, and killed many people on my way to doing so.
And in Sim City I unleashed the power of an evil giant robot on my city and wiped out many lives and caused terrible hardship to the city.
But in real life I'm a Tax Accountant. Go figure.
So when the whale beaches up, and my village food store is looking a little low, I cut that baby up and feed it to them.
I was wondering if anyone was gonna say that, lol. It's just a gae, not real life. In real life, yeah i'd save the whale. Keep in mind I also have an infinite number of food sources in real life. In the game, if you havent started farming, eating a whale might not be a bad idea
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#12015 - 07/11/05 05:40 PM
Re: The Whale
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Registered: 07/11/05
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#12016 - 07/12/05 07:13 AM
Re: [SPOILER] The Whale
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Consigliere
Registered: 10/13/04
Posts: 378
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I saved the while myself too. At least it does boost you to the next spiritual level, therefore it does pay you in some tech points to do that as well.
Buttoneer... I was curious. When you did eat the while, did it boost you to the next farming level?
I'm afraid it did nothing for the overall tech development of my village. Your point is absolutely right of course. You DO get extra spirituality for saving the whale but you get loads of food for cutting it up. The choice I make is governed by what my village needs at the time and not by real-life sentimentality.
Now 'Black & White' or 'Fable', both games which effectively reflect your personality as you make choices I think more carefully about and I would most probably 'save the whale' in those circumstances. But this game is a fight for survival and you do what you need to do rather than what you'd 'like' to do.
IMHO, of course 
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#12017 - 07/12/05 10:36 PM
Re: [SPOILER] The Whale
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Newbie
Registered: 06/06/05
Posts: 6
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I saved the whale too. Basically your choice is between more food or a huge tech point bonus (because tech points that would have gone towards that extra spirituality level can now be applied to something else). The tech points were worth more to me, so I (er, they) pushed the whale back.
And uh, welcome, DeLorean 
Edited by TheoParke (07/12/05 10:38 PM)
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