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Rapozk

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"stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"
« on: February 21, 2012, 06:56:10 am »
In the latest announcement it says

"stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"

wth does that mean?
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Re: "stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2012, 06:59:47 am »
Maybe they all tried to steal the same thing (instead of dividing their attention among several items)
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Re: "stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2012, 09:12:53 am »
kea?
What is a kea?
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Re: "stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2012, 09:17:56 am »
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Re: "stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2012, 09:57:30 am »
Quote from: Rapozk on February 21, 2012, 06:56:10 am
In the latest announcement it says

"stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"

wth does that mean?
http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=5254
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Re: "stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2012, 10:11:16 am »
Quote from: Sphalerite on February 21, 2012, 09:17:56 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kea

What a strange bird. The article says it kills sheep by nibbling them to death!
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Re: "stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2012, 10:35:02 am »
RL sucks! In DF The  kea corpse  shatter your skull through your brain, bruising your hair.
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Re: "stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2012, 01:24:59 pm »
I boxed a vampire with walls as a automated ambush detection system, then the kea came.

Urist mcvampire has been missing for a week.
« Last Edit: February 21, 2012, 01:26:38 pm by jaxler »
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Re: "stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2012, 03:46:14 pm »
I don't know what he means by "clumpy", but in my last fortress Giant Keas stole every piece of gear my military dropped outdoors in their fits of laziness, all in one go.  Breastplate, boots, gauntlets, shield ... what's a bird want with that stuff anyway?  Lining a mating bower?   :P

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Re: "stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2012, 08:43:55 pm »
They're arming themselves for the onslaught.
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Re: "stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2012, 01:58:26 am »
Quote from: slink on February 21, 2012, 03:46:14 pm
I don't know what he means by "clumpy", but in my last fortress Giant Keas stole every piece of gear my military dropped outdoors in their fits of laziness, all in one go.  Breastplate, boots, gauntlets, shield ... what's a bird want with that stuff anyway?  Lining a mating bower?   :P
Bower birds are awesome.

They're like little dwarven birds, what with all the death and mayhem they have lining their homes.
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Re: "stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2012, 02:20:28 am »
Quote from: Sphalerite on February 21, 2012, 09:17:56 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kea

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A gathering or group of Kea is called a circus
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called a circus
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Help!  :o
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Re: "stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2012, 04:04:17 am »
Kea are crazy (and extreamly inteligent) they will steal the rubber round your car wind screan if you leave it in the ski feild carpark
(also check out the kiwi and kakapo)
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Re: "stopped kea from acting clumpy when stealing items"
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2012, 10:44:32 am »
if you want the kea to stop being "clumpy" then mod the game so they don't eat enough to survive.
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Quote from: jaxler on February 15, 2012, 10:26:25 pm
I've decided to say "fuck it" and will just implode my fort.

“Ok, Neo ChosenUrist, before you is two levers. Pull the Kimberlite lever -- you wakeup in a random bed and have whatever thoughts you want to think. You pull the Bauxite lever -- you stay in the caverns and I show you how deep the adamantine hole goes.” - psalms