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Sindobook:
No small animal that is willing to talk about or admit it was at that panel, so not much more can be said there. I guess you could say that, after some of his earlier work, Bobo just wasn't too popular among small animals.
The funniest thing I saw was Tuan Tuan testing out his new camera, taking pictures of people in costumes while three other video crews who were pretending to be press were taking video. Video, not of the friends that Tuan Tuan was taking pictures of, but of Tuan Tuan himself taking pictures of his friends. Between the different video crews arguing, literally tripping over each other, and getting in each other's way, they might have actually gotten some video footage. But probably not, or at least probably nothing that noteworthy. I don't know why but it seems like Tuan Tuan has become something of a 'celebrity' lately in certain circles.
Sindobook:
Yes, I'm told it was early this morning. The bunny brigade and their allies timed the massive assualt to coincide with the release of the popular hit videogame 'Starcraft 2'. The family that runs the countryside farm (a bit of a misnomer -- the farm isn't really 'in the country' or even bordering 'the country') had all passed out due to lack of sleep, due to the recent popular videogame release a day or two ago. In the hours that followed, in a rather textbook small animal operation, an estimated 300 pigs loaded up packs with romaine lettuce, carrots, alfalfa hay, etc., while the roughly 200 bunnies in the bunny brigade ferried those packs from the farm to an undisclosed location. At noon one of the lookouts reported that some members of the family were starting to wake up so the operation was wound down. According to the debriefs, the pigs who were the last to depart report that only around 20% of the crop of romaine lettuce and 30% of the baby carrots remained.
Sindobook:
About that incedent.
This is second-hand so don't put a lot of weight on it.
According to Samantha, the current bunny de jure for the bunny brigade, one of the first-year bunnies was hit on repeatedly by a snake. "It was almost biblical. While she was in her full cosplay (which had horns), the snake would come up to her, do the snake thing, and say things like 'just looking at you makes me real horny' ". She gave a stare-down and also made sure the snake saw the other two bunnies she was flanked by, which seemed to give him pause and make him back off.
People who read this will probably think 'but oh snakes kill bunnies all the time'. Well in the wild sure. But you also haven't seen what 3 bunnies will do to a snake if they work together and are willing to face him down (rather than try to run away). The snake might kill one or two, but in the process the bunnies will bite into the snake and not release, even if they die. Faced with this form of MAD, most predators will simply back down. As that snake in the incident did.
The bunny brigade has a rep and they it's not just a rep, it's something they live up to for the most part.
Sindobook:
In response to Mikey's comments, it is agreed that no one should really do much at this time.
There's just no pressing reason why. The default is going to be 'no'. Too many unknowns.
I can almost guarantee you small animals will be there, but I doubt they're going to pay to be there. Long Shan has already announced his intention to return, issuing a de facto challenge to whatever snakes are going to remain next year.
Finally there's been a lot of people asking about C's bunnies and anything else C has planned. Frankly, I just don't know. I know a lot of people are expecting a battle, a big battle, but sometimes when everyone expects something, it's overblown and nothing really happens.
Sindobook:
Recently, Long Shan gave a full debrief to Samantha, who also collected information from her own operative in the Bunny Brigade.
Of some importance was Long Shan elaborating more on the 'assorted animals who led these guys' that I noted in my July 9th post.
Long Shan details the command detail as being a number of English Springer Spaniels that seemed to operate primarily in small groups of two to five (though occasionally alone). Mikey's comments on this breed of dog is that it is far from suited for mercenary work, the breed has devolved from a 'working' breed to a primarily a 'show' breed with several health and a few psyche problems due to inbreeding. One of the most prevalent problems is a mental condition known as 'rage syndrome' where the dog will suddenly, for no apparent reason, become uncontrollably aggressive toward anything and everything it is aware of - attacking people, other animals, or even inanimate objects if the former is not available. This is an unconscious action and the dog has no memory of the episode afterward, an episode can last anywhere from 30 seconds to several minutes, but most last a minute or two.
According to Long Shan, the English Springer Spaniels were largely ineffective commanders, deploying their snake underlings ineffectively. He gave the example of a single snake being tasked to patrolling a choke point that was 30 to 40 feet wide, this continued for several hours as small animals poured through en masse. Late in the day, a second snake was added, but this was still not enough to effectively patrol the area as small animals continued to simply bypass the snakes unabated. Likewise, several 'side door' and 'back door' choke points were completely devoid of any patrols. Most of the more enterprising small animals simply used these 'side' and 'back' doors for unrestricted access.
Long Shan was able to verify the reports of these dogs 'raging' on repeated occasions, trying to attack or acting aggressively toward small animals, people, or whatever else was in the vicinity. Deedee, a member of the Bunny Brigade, commented she witnessed a most bizarre incident, she was shopping at an EGL booth when she noticed out of the corner of her eye, a lone English Springer Spaniel with its eyes glazed over. The dog suddenly lurched and attacked a mannequin displaying a petticoat for no particular reason. It continued to try to sink its teeth into the mannequin's leg for a minute, then started to chew up a nearby dress, after about half a minute more, the dog stopped, looked bewildered and continued on.
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