Zombie categorization update

Dear Bastards,

This is a follow-up proposal on zombie categorization prompted by discussion over skin color and other zombie features that merit that we take a second look at. This proposal will be controversial and I may get a lot of pushback. Reminder that this is not against anyone, it is solely pure trait science, and the DAO is free to vote however it feels, there is no agenda here and its purely out of love for this collection and respect for its art. As you know, BGAN zombies have parents CP zombies. CP zombies are characterized by 4 traits: 1- Zombie green skin 2- Red pupil 3- Eye bags (term taken from bgans metadata) 4- Drool These 4 traits all exist within the Bgans metadata but only the red pupil has been the staple trait which we rely on to categorize zombies. The GAN training however is complex and it is possible for features to remain from the OG zombie while losing other features. For instance, drool and green skin can remain while we lose the red pupil. Sometimes the pupil is covered but other zombie features exist. However, the drool is a very common trait in Bgans and so are eye bags. When it comes to skin color, we learned that Berk has experimented with skin color and introduced new colors into the sets. Yet, this does not mean that the zombie skin color is not present in the DNA of the Bgan. Take a look at Bgan #2620 owned by Sexas. Bgan #2620, has all the zombie features, the green skin, which I verified through DeltaE that it is at value of 2, which means indiscernible from CP zombie skin, it has the drool, the eye bags and of course the red pupils. This means that green skin is there we just did not know how to measure its accuracy to CP zombie skin. CP zombies sometimes have eyewear, and it hides the red pupil. Inspired by that I want to bring some fairness to this collection.

The proposal: I propose to add to the existing zombie definition in the trait constitution, the following conditions:

1- a bgan with pupil hidden or covered by the eyewear must have green skin with deltaE less or equal to X, (X being the maximum distance to be voted on by the community, which we can make very stringent) AND mouth trait: drool to be considered a zombie or zombie hybrid. 2- if the pupil is showing and it is not red, then all other zombie traits do not count.

If you take a look at Bgan #1057, it has the green zombie skin (delta E = 7) and it has the drool and for true fairness it does look like it has a lot of zombie DNA. I submit this proposal to be evaluated and voted on by the DAO. By quickly going through the collection, I do not think that many will fit the criteria and it is unlikely that the zombie and zombie hybrid types will be diluted. The DAO can vote to use a very strict DeltaE for the skin color if it wishes, but I truly believe that some bgans contain enough zombie DNA to be included in this category. If the proposal passes, I am currently working on a zombie DNA formula that would give a zombiness score. That score will be weighed on the different features with more weight on eye color and presence or absence of other zombie features. This score I intend to include it in the metadata (if voted on) and will serve as a tool of valuation of the purity vs bastardness of a bgan zombie, which will definitely influence market valuation.

CMFB