N00BWI: WI Humanity All Died Because of A Catastrophic Event?

[Hannibal.Caesar]

Hey dudes, what would happen if the earth was hit by a hypercane/a gamma ray burst/a huge frickin' nuclear bomb/an asteroid/Yellowstone exploding/a zombie invasion?

What would happen? What would the history of humankind look like after a world-ending, catastrophic event?

[Georgepatton]

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'Nuff said.

[No Peace]

We'd be fine.

[dmz23]

ooo,sarcasm would be dead thats for sure...

[DeathDemon]

OOC: Well, since this is a NOOBWI, let's grab the info from the über-noob...

IC: The ozone layer would be screwed up, most life on the planet would be killed,
and those "lucky" enough to survive, would starve to death because there wouldn't be any food, and if there were survivors, they'd have to band together in order to survive because we'd be back in the 19th century because
our satellites wouldn't be working. Btw, 100 light-years is just down the road
astronomically.

The GRB would create tsunamis that would slam into the West Coast. It would also create fires that would burn for years and block out
the sun.

There'd be a handful of survivors. If they could band together, everything
would be back to sort of normal, in about ten years, maybe more. That
would mean it would be safe to plant crops.

Oh, BTW, did you know that in 1941, FDR was supposedly seen on the presidential yacht, Sequoia, which was going through the Cape
Cod Canal at the time. It wasn't FDR. It was someone else. FDR was on the cruiser Augusta on his way Newfoundland at the time

[Mr. Evangelical]

Hopefully I wouldnt live to see the shitty aftermath.

[dmz23]

That's quite hilarious=).

[DuQuense]

Whe would all be dead :eek:and NO-ONE:rolleyes: would be posting on this Board.:cool:

[Weaver]

It's already happened and we are still here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory

"According to the Toba catastrophe theory, 70,000 to 75,000 years ago a supervolcanic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervolcano) event at Lake Toba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Toba), on Sumatra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra), reduced the world's human population to 10,000 or even a mere 1,000 breeding pairs, creating a bottleneck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneck) in human evolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution). The theory was proposed in 1998 by Stanley H. Ambrose (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanley_H._Ambrose&action=edit&redlink=1) of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign).[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory#cite_note-ambrose1998-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory#cite_note-1)"

http://tobavolcano.googlepages.com/

"The Toba-induced volcanic winter hit these small bands hard, reducing their numbers drastically; in what is known as a population bottleneck, the worldwide human population shrank to as small as 10,000 people or even less (estimates vary).5 (http://tobavolcano.googlepages.com/#end5)"

[Doraemon]

It's already happened and we are still here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory

"According to the Toba catastrophe theory, 70,000 to 75,000 years ago a supervolcanic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervolcano) event at Lake Toba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Toba), on Sumatra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra), reduced the world's human population to 10,000 or even a mere 1,000 breeding pairs, creating a bottleneck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneck) in human evolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution). The theory was proposed in 1998 by Stanley H. Ambrose (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanley_H._Ambrose&action=edit&redlink=1) of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign).[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory#cite_note-ambrose1998-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory#cite_note-1)"

http://tobavolcano.googlepages.com/

"The Toba-induced volcanic winter hit these small bands hard, reducing their numbers drastically; in what is known as a population bottleneck, the worldwide human population shrank to as small as 10,000 people or even less (estimates vary).5 (http://tobavolcano.googlepages.com/#end5)"
OOC: I love how someone tries to look smart, yet can't even look up what a NOOBWI is in the wiki:rolleyes:

Guys, this is a NOOBWI. We act like we're noobs and make bunch of stupid comments for the fun of it.

[Blochead]

Guys how would this effect WWII? Would the Nazis win and invade America if there aren't enough people left there?!?!?

[Codae]

Guys how would this effect WWII? Would the Nazis win and invade America if there aren't enough people left there?!?!?
no theyd go after india becuse thats where ghandi is

[Bill Garvin]

Hey dudes, what would happen if the earth was hit by a hypercane/a gamma ray burst/a huge frickin' nuclear bomb/an asteroid/Yellowstone exploding/a zombie invasion?

What would happen? What would the history of humankind look like after a world-ending, catastrophic event?

At a guess we'd all starve because our 401Ks would be worthless and we couldn't afford to eat when we retire.

[Weaver]

I beg your pardon, Emperor Akahito. Thank you for your kind explanation. :rolleyes:

[HUCK]

Guys how would this effect WWII? Would the Nazis win and invade America if there aren't enough people left there?!?!?
God ur anOOOOOOB!!!! They would invade MAxiCns XD!!!

LOL!!!!

[Zyzzyva]

I beg your pardon, Emperor Akahito. Thank you for your kind explanation. :rolleyes:

OOC: That's not n00bish enough. The correct response is:

No! i is right! u suck HAHAHAHA! :mad::p:p:p:mad:

OOC: ;)

[Weaver]

I'd better find out what all the acronyms mean.

:)

[Hannibal.Caesar]

I'd better find out what all the acronyms mean.

:)

Uh ... here's a few:

WI = What If
DBWI = Double Blind What If
N00BWI = Noob What If
IIRC = If I Recall Correctly
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
IOTL = In Our Time Line
OTL = Our Time Line

[Omnibus]

...what will happen?

Clearly, the rats will take over.

It will take them a few dozen years (over 3 million rat generations) to get to Stone Age technology.

Then it will take 345 years to get to Feudalism, give or take.

After that, they won't know how to use oil or coal or stuff because it's mostly gone and besides their rats, but theil figure out how to recreate us from the remnants of are civilization. Meanwhile all the oil and stuff will restock because of the catastrophe.

Then once the new humans get here rats will realize we're the best and just be our servants and stuff, but they would make all the cool anime tech and Gundam stuff for us, because it just so happens thats what rat's brain's R good 4.

Also, they'll make rockets, so we can take over all of space, and their fatser than lite (flt).

Then we'll have levitation vision and virutal realty and giant robots and stuff thanks to the rats who thought that would be neat for us to have and theil make us magic batteries that R rilly sceince.

Also, they'd find a way to regrow me and most of you guys, but not the dickwads. And I would be the guy they respected the most, cuz rats are perceptive like that, so Id be the boss, but lowkey I promiss.

So I'd be the most influenshul guy in the ratocracy, and the rat slaves would be salves for all fo us but you sukcwads, so teh good ppl would have all and the rest of u r dead, but reborn as andriods so u can be torcherd 4 sucking.

Sweet! Youtopia!

[Lord Grattan]

If all humans die then life as we know it would cease to exist because we are the only ones who are aware that we are alive.

[Kabraloth]

Chuck Norris would be really, really lonely.

[Slamet]

...what will happen?

Clearly, the rats will take over.



Nah, I support them cockroaches.

They're intellengent enough to stay underground for a while, and wait for the earth to cool down. Then they go back in the wild. Fast-forward 30,000 years (yeah, they'll take longer, cos' they aren't hot-bloodedand aren't all that capable of taking the world by storm) and we'll have anthro-cockroaches with gamma-ray guns. With developed society resembling communism (They all look the same)

At least, that's what History Channel said. I treat it like some treat the Quran or the Bible. :D

[ninebucks]

The Octopodiii will take over the Americas and, after discovering the remains of a Starbucks, will create a culture that worships the chick from the Starbucks logo. The leader of the Octopodiii will be called George W Bush (LOL).

Meanwhile, Europe will take over by rats, the rats will start wearing silly hats, and will name themselves things like Matt, or Pat, or Nat or Squat. The Ultimateforce Completepresident of the Ratropean Union will be Bat the Rat in a Silly Hat.

One day, Bat the Rat in a Silly Hat finds a helicopter hidden in a forest and flies it to America, there he meets George W Bush and they become best friends.

Alas! It was not to last, and King Barbar of the Elephant Kingdom and a Chinese Cockroach called Chairman Mao Junior declare war on the White animals. Jillions of animals die.

Then, it turns out that humans were actually alright and just sleeping/hiding. We pounce out from the shadows and eat everyone. OM NOM NOM NOM! LOL!

[arctic warrior]

Uh ... here's a few:

WI = What If
DBWI = Double Blind What If
N00BWI = Noob What If
IIRC = If I Recall Correctly
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
IOTL = In Our Time Line
OTL = Our Time Line

How about PR:

[arctic warrior]

How about PR:

Don't need an answer - discovered. (no not the tv - chann)

[Grey Wolf]

OOC: I love how someone tries to look smart, yet can't even look up what a NOOBWI is in the wiki:rolleyes:

Guys, this is a NOOBWI. We act like we're noobs and make bunch of stupid comments for the fun of it.

Oh, I wondered what was going on !

...are you REALLY the Emperor of Japan ?!
(Noob comment...)

Best Regards
Grey Wolf

[DaleCoz]

Hmmm. There are places on the Internet where you wouldn't be sure this is tongue-in-cheek.

I vote for 'possums over rats and maybe even cock roaches. 'possums have hands and they're just about impossible to kill off. Well actually I guess the opposable thumbs are on their back feet, which means they're actually opposable toes. But then again if an animals walks on all fours then if the thumb on the their front feet is opposable it's really a big toe too. Hmmm. I still vote for 'possums. Not sure why.

[Hannibal.Caesar]

Hmmm. There are places on the Internet where you wouldn't be sure this is tongue-in-cheek.

I vote for 'possums over rats and maybe even cock roaches. 'possums have hands and they're just about impossible to kill off. Well actually I guess the opposable thumbs are on their back feet, which means they're actually opposable toes. But then again if an animals walks on all fours then if the thumb on the their front feet is opposable it's really a big toe too. Hmmm. I still vote for 'possums. Not sure why.

OOC: Here's to hoping this thread stays alive as long as the "WI Gamma Ray" and "WI Huge Nuclear Explosion" and whatever else stays alive too.

IC: Personally, I like to think the humpback whales will take over. They're the underwater battleships of the world!

[the_lyniezian]

Uh ... here's a few:

WI = What If
DBWI = Double Blind What If
N00BWI = Noob What If
IIRC = If I Recall Correctly
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
IOTL = In Our Time Line
OTL = Our Time Line

OOC: More:

TL: Time Line (simple really)
ATL: Alternate Time Line
IMO: In My Opinion (I think)
DBRP: Double Blind Role Play (or similar, alternative to DBWI for those threads that are set in an ATL, but not a WI for the events of this TL. Some people still use DBWI, and this term is rare.)
FBWI: Future Blind What If (like a DBWI, but for FH)
FH: Future History
ASB: Alien Space Bats (and the forum of that name)
NPC: Non-Political Chat
N00BDBWI: I think you can guess! (Don't know if anyone but me has used it!)

EDIT: And...

OOC: Out Of Character
IC: In Character

[Codae]

OOC: More:

TL: Time Line (simple really)
ATL: Alternate Time Line
IMO: In My Opinion (I think)
DBRP: Double Blind Role Play (or similar, alternative to DBWI for those threads that are set in an ATL, but not a WI for the events of this TL. Some people still use DBWI, and this term is rare.)
FBWI: Future Blind What If (like a DBWI, but for FH)
FH: Future History
ASB: Alien Space Bats (and the forum of that name)
NPC: Non-Political Chat
N00BDBWI: I think you can guess! (Don't know if anyone but me has used it!)

EDIT: And...

OOC: Out Of Character
IC: In Character
OOC: For your "DBRP", I use "DB Discussion" or "DB Chat", depending on where one would find the thread in the other timeline. I've seen others using them, too.

[the_lyniezian]

I think the bacteria would take over and transform into weird slime creatures, come back via a wormhole and destroy mankind all over again.

Then get eaten by the worms who dug the wormholes.

[Finn]

After the apocalypse, we'd go up to Steampunk level, and then aliens would invade. Maybe the Draka?

[Blue Max]

Humanity is all going to die anyway. Death is a catastrophic event. So this OP changes nothing... Sorry.

[bard32]

Hey dudes, what would happen if the earth was hit by a hypercane/a gamma ray burst/a huge frickin' nuclear bomb/an asteroid/Yellowstone exploding/a zombie invasion?

What would happen? What would the history of humankind look like after a world-ending, catastrophic event?

Take the reefer out of your mouth and put in the ash tray. :D With the exception of the zombie invasion, the others are all possible. Even a glacier
burying New York City's possible. Remember the movie The Day After Tomorrow?

[Communist Wizard]

Take the reefer out of your mouth and put in the ash tray. :D With the exception of the zombie invasion, the others are all possible. Even a glacier
burying New York City's possible. Remember the movie The Day After Tomorrow?
I just can't stop it... *laughs uncontrollably*
The Day After Tomorrow brought up a few interesting tidbits but is obviously out of Hollywood's myth machine. The events in that movie, aside from a few, are implausible.

[Georgepatton]

I just can't stop it... *laughs uncontrollably*
The Day After Tomorrow brought up a few interesting tidbits but is obviously out of Hollywood's myth machine. The events in that movie, aside from a few, are implausible.
Yeah, but that dosen't stop it from being the favorite movie of the global warming people.

[Zyzzyva]

Yeah, but that dosen't stop it from being the favorite movie of the global warming people.

Speaking as a "global warming person", the movie was a crock of shit from end to end.

[the_lyniezian]

Speaking as a "global warming person", the movie was a crock of shit from end to end.

OOC: And this is a N00BWI.

IC: No it wasn't! All the scientists agree it's a legit possibility!

Ginger ale anyone?

[Zyzzyva]

OOC: And this is a N00BWI.

IC: No it wasn't! All the scientists agree it's a legit possibility!

Ginger ale anyone?

OOC: oops, sorry. :o

IC: It was stupid! Global warming will make the earth like venus inside a decade unless we return to the stone age!

[the_lyniezian]

OOC: oops, sorry. :o

IC: It was stupid! Global warming will make the earth like venus inside a decade unless we return to the stone age!

Ug!

(goes off to kill mammoth)

[Slamet]

Yeah, but that dosen't stop it from being the favorite movie of the global warming people.

Nah, the Global Warming people's movie is An Inconvenient Truth. Only with more nukes to do the FastForward-ing.

[Doraemon]

Oh, I wondered what was going on !

...are you REALLY the Emperor of Japan ?!
(Noob comment...)

Best Regards
Grey Wolf
Yes I am, lololol

And since you insulted me in da face, face the wrath of a million gundams invading your puny country. hahahah!!!

ooc: Sorry if I sounded mean in my first comment. Had a cranky day:o