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**Cristiano** · 08-30-2009, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Miriel Enfield

And I just noticed the bunny ads running here.

I'm watching you, SL. You'd better buy cute, well built rabbits after going nuts over those ugly chickens.

I love the bunny ads lol. Here's hoping they eat chickens:

**Ann Launay** · 08-30-2009, 05:12 PM

Will we really be able to get bunnies with pancakes on their heads?

**Cristiano** · 08-30-2009, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Ann Launay

Will we really be able to get bunnies with pancakes on their heads?

We better be able to, or it will be false advertising and we will need to protest

Malachi · 08-31-2009, 09:37 AM

Now, aside from being laggy and noisy, my chickens have - despite having ample food - started complaining in chat that they "need more sion chicken food". I even put a vulture in their pen to stare at them menacingly. One chicken managed to plow its way through the 0.5m thick base of the pen and is now stuck in the surface of the ground below the pen.

The biggest problem with sion chickens was the decision to make them physical. This is a problem because physics in SL doesn't really work, especially at chicken sizes. Perhaps this is a manifestation of SL quantum physics where rather than being stopped by the barrier of the pen floor, the chick made a quantum tunnel past the barrier without passing through the barrier.

The stupid fucking sion chickens can't even keep to the surface of a planar prim, sliding mindlessly about 1/4m above the floor. The other major design defect is they appear to follow a pure random walk algorithm which in an enclosed pen will have them bump into the walls and stay there more often than not. Given time and interest I think I could prove this mathematically but an intuitive explanation goes thusly:

Assume a square pen and a gridded "next step" space of a three by three grid like a tic-tac-toe board with the chicken at the center. At some point in its random walk the chicken will reach a wall, where 3 of the 8 possible next steps are wrong (meaning into the wall again). If caught in a corner, 5 of 8 possible next steps will be wrong. The chicken will eventually move away from the wall, but once at a wall it will tend to stay there with high probability.

There are an easy handful of mostly-random walks which would make for less wall butting and more interesting behavior, but Sion Zaius appears not to know that. I didn't bother testing the stupid fucking sion chickens outside of a pen because, copious End User License Agreement notwithstanding, I saw no indication that they make any effort to not leave your parcel or enter a no-script parcel and die. Unfortunately, I took a look at the prototype of the turtles someone mentioned which seem to have all the same bad scripting but at least they don't appear to need consumable, expensive proprietary "food" to keep them alive.

I tried shooting the stupid fucking sion chickens with my trusty, venerable Seburo, but one of them was pushed into oblivion and I could not find it. I hope it dies soon.

I now have a crab.

Daisy Rimbaud · 08-31-2009, 10:48 AM

I have to say, I have yet to see one of these chickens anywhere in SL.

Malachi · 08-31-2009, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Daisy Rimbaud

I have to say, I have yet to see one of these chickens anywhere in SL.

Search "Places" for them and you'll find them in great abundance.

Similarly, I've not seen people having sexx0rz in SL (except the one time I found a couple that had rezzed some poseballs on my PG open parcel) but I'm pretty sure it exists.

Malachi · 08-31-2009, 10:47 PM

I am pleased to note that "stupid fucking sion chickens" - Google Search yields only Important News! - Page 2 - SLUniverse Forums

Great search engine optimization, Cristiano, thanks.

Daisy Rimbaud · 09-01-2009, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Malachi

Search "Places" for them and you'll find them in great abundance.

Similarly, I've not seen people having sexx0rz in SL (except the one time I found a couple that had rezzed some poseballs on my PG open parcel) but I'm pretty sure it exists.

Oh, I'm sure I could find them if I looked for them - my point is only that they are not such a plague that I have stumbled on them by accident. For which I guess I should be grateful.

Tyche Shepherd · 09-03-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Cristiano

SLU is officially an Anti-Sion Chicken Zone.

/me ponders if Cris is behind this JIRA calling for Sion Chickens to be banned under Californian State Law

https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-4788

Rooke Ayres · 09-04-2009, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyche Shepherd

/me ponders if Cris is behind this JIRA calling for Sion Chickens to be banned under Californian State Law

https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-4788

I don't know whether or not Cris is behind the JIRA, but I do agree with the JIRA that the Sion Chickens are a ponzi scheme, and technically based on the fact that LL's main servers and business is in California, the chickens should be banned (

)!

Galen McGinnis · 09-06-2009, 11:50 AM

What sort of an effect can these little poop machines have? I have recently found a pen, on a 512 in the sim (mainland, and there could be more elsewhere, along with who knows what else) with 7 chickens and related chickenalia. Last 2 days time dilation has been hovering around .7, sim physics at 30.

Up till now time dilation was .95 or better with sim physics at 45.

Thought I'd ask before we cal in the troops.

Malachi · 09-06-2009, 12:29 PM

There are multiple chicken versions out there, the latest stupid fucking sion chickens seem to be v12 called "lagless" by their creator. At one point while looking at the multiple pyramid sellers, I did see a v12 chicken complain that it was shutting down because the sim time dilation was too great. I didn't look any further so it could have been v11 chickens there that caused the v12 to hibernate.

The main sion chicken storelette has a "click here to upgrade a chicken to v12". But for that to work, you'd need to rez the stupid fucking sion chicken from your inventory but you need to buy stupid fucking sion chicken carriers in order to Take a chicken without it killing itself.

As my test above shows, as physical objects, the stupid fucking sion chickens are completely subject to being physically blasted. Unfortunately, unless they fall off the grid, you may just have shifted them to someone else's sim and made them someone else's problem; that's kinda impolite.

**eku Zhong** · 09-06-2009, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Galen McGinnis

chickenalia. .

oooooooooooooo wot a nice word

chickenalia....

SIGH

Beezle Warburton · 09-06-2009, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Malachi

There are multiple chicken versions out there, the latest stupid fucking sion chickens seem to be v12 called "lagless" by their creator.

Ah, the ones that "shut down for a bit" so the sim *might* be usable in little hiccups.

Galen McGinnis · 09-06-2009, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Malachi

There are multiple chicken versions out there, the latest stupid fucking sion chickens seem to be v12 called "lagless" by their creator. At one point while looking at the multiple pyramid sellers, I did see a v12 chicken complain that it was shutting down because the sim time dilation was too great. I didn't look any further so it could have been v11 chickens there that caused the v12 to hibernate.

The main sion chicken storelette has a "click here to upgrade a chicken to v12". But for that to work, you'd need to rez the stupid fucking sion chicken from your inventory but you need to buy stupid fucking sion chicken carriers in order to Take a chicken without it killing itself.

As my test above shows, as physical objects, the stupid fucking sion chickens are completely subject to being physically blasted. Unfortunately, unless they fall off the grid, you may just have shifted them to someone else's sim and made them someone else's problem; that's kinda impolite.

Hummm, so I'll forgo the sniper rifle testing... for now.

Maybe Foghorn can loan me his little nemisis:

teddlesruss_Vollmar · 09-07-2009, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Malachi

YouTube - LAURIE ANDERSON - EXCELLENT BIRDS

Oh man, did I have a crush on her then.

Yeah gotta love LA she was one of the most avant-garde artists.

And I did, too...

**Ann Launay** · 09-07-2009, 02:27 AM

I killed 2 of my turtles. At least, I assume that's why they were on their backs and unresponsive.

The other two, however...

**Ann Launay** · 09-07-2009, 07:41 PM

Ooo, they made a tealish egg...I may have to keep that turtle, even if I murdigate the others.

ETA:

Vitolo Rossini · 09-08-2009, 11:51 AM

People are now using Sion chicken rezzers, next to egg killers by Sion, for intentional griefing. When used together, without allowing the chicks to hatch, this completely destroys region performance!

**Siobhan OFlynn** · 09-08-2009, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Vitolo Rossini

People are now using Sion chicken rezzers, next to egg killers by Sion, for intentional griefing. When used together, without allowing the chicks to hatch, this completely destroys region performance!

I foresee another wall o'text™ post coming from our favorite nutty blogger.

08-30-2009, 05:12 PM	#27 (permalink)
Ann Launay Neko-licious™ SLU Supporter Um, er...what now? Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7,907 My Mood: Addiction Solitaire Champion! SL Join Date: 8/8/06 Blog Entries: 3 XBOX Leaderboard: 38^th Awards: 1	Will we really be able to get bunnies with pancakes on their heads? __________________

09-06-2009, 11:50 AM	#36 (permalink)
Galen McGinnis Making His List Stoopdefied Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Federal Relocation Program Posts: 309 My Mood: SL Join Date: 9/22/2007	What sort of an effect can these little poop machines have? I have recently found a pen, on a 512 in the sim (mainland, and there could be more elsewhere, along with who knows what else) with 7 chickens and related chickenalia. Last 2 days time dilation has been hovering around .7, sim physics at 30. Up till now time dilation was .95 or better with sim physics at 45. Thought I'd ask before we cal in the troops. __________________ Ok now I ain't so dirty any more. What do you mean showering is an Adult activity. Oh hell did I rez in Braunworth again?

09-07-2009, 07:41 PM	#43 (permalink)
Ann Launay Neko-licious™ SLU Supporter Um, er...what now? Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7,907 My Mood: Addiction Solitaire Champion! SL Join Date: 8/8/06 Blog Entries: 3 XBOX Leaderboard: 38^th Awards: 1	Ooo, they made a tealish egg...I may have to keep that turtle, even if I murdigate the others. ETA: Last edited by Ann Launay; 09-07-2009 at 08:48 PM.

09-08-2009, 11:51 AM	#44 (permalink)
Vitolo Rossini Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 3 My Mood: SL Join Date: 4/08/2007- Rezzed 8 months prior, but then then surname I wanted came available! Business: "The Dogfather", and "Vito's Neighborhood" Blog Entries: 5	Sion Chickens for Griefing People are now using Sion chicken rezzers, next to egg killers by Sion, for intentional griefing. When used together, without allowing the chicks to hatch, this completely destroys region performance!

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08-31-2009, 10:48 AM	#30 (permalink)
Daisy Rimbaud Evil Genius Parental guidance needed Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hyades Posts: 1,572 My Mood:	I have to say, I have yet to see one of these chickens anywhere in SL.

08-31-2009, 10:47 PM	#32 (permalink)
Malachi the bathwater & the baby fish and bees are inherently sarcastic Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,664	I am pleased to note that "stupid fucking sion chickens" - Google Search yields only Important News! - Page 2 - SLUniverse Forums Great search engine optimization, Cristiano, thanks.

09-06-2009, 12:29 PM	#37 (permalink)
Malachi the bathwater & the baby fish and bees are inherently sarcastic Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,664	There are multiple chicken versions out there, the latest stupid fucking sion chickens seem to be v12 called "lagless" by their creator. At one point while looking at the multiple pyramid sellers, I did see a v12 chicken complain that it was shutting down because the sim time dilation was too great. I didn't look any further so it could have been v11 chickens there that caused the v12 to hibernate. The main sion chicken storelette has a "click here to upgrade a chicken to v12". But for that to work, you'd need to rez the stupid fucking sion chicken from your inventory but you need to buy stupid fucking sion chicken carriers in order to Take a chicken without it killing itself. As my test above shows, as physical objects, the stupid fucking sion chickens are completely subject to being physically blasted. Unfortunately, unless they fall off the grid, you may just have shifted them to someone else's sim and made them someone else's problem; that's kinda impolite.

09-07-2009, 02:27 AM	#42 (permalink)
Ann Launay Neko-licious™ SLU Supporter Um, er...what now? Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7,907 My Mood: Addiction Solitaire Champion! SL Join Date: 8/8/06 Blog Entries: 3 XBOX Leaderboard: 38^th Awards: 1	I killed 2 of my turtles. At least, I assume that's why they were on their backs and unresponsive. The other two, however...

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