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Posted by: Changer the Elder.2948

Changer the Elder.2948

“The stubbornness of the moose in mini form! This miniature will follow you anywhere, even when you lock horns with your enemies! "

Deer ANet,
I hate to be the bearer of bad news here, but… moose have antlers x)

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Posted by: Kako.1930

Kako.1930

Not all of them do though. :P

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Posted by: Just a flesh wound.3589

Just a flesh wound.3589

Depends on the time of year also. Like deer, males drop and regrow them each year.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose
“After the mating season males drop their antlers to conserve energy for the winter. A new set of antlers will then regrow in the spring. Antlers take three to five months to fully develop,”

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ANet may give it to you.

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Posted by: Changer the Elder.2948

Changer the Elder.2948

Mini has, and even females and calves do carry a gene that says “ANTLERS” in them, despite having none. There is, however, no moose with horns x)

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Posted by: Just a flesh wound.3589

Just a flesh wound.3589

Lock horns is an English idiom, meaning to get into a fight. The phrase is also referring to the player, not the moose. "The stubbornness of the moose in mini form! This miniature will follow you anywhere, even when you lock horns with your enemies! "

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/lock+horns
To get into an argument. Two deer, moose, or members of another antlered species who have a dispute they want to settle will face off, paw the ground, and charge at each other. Their antlers clash and often become enmeshed. They have locked horns. People who have a bone to pick can be said to lock horns too. The phrase appears in an 1865 poem by Algernon Swinburne to describe the domestic disagreement of a heifer and her mate locking horns.

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Posted by: Gaile Gray

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet Communications Manager

But guys! It says when you lock horns, not when they lock horns, so I think we’re good!

Love my new moosie, btw.

Gaile Gray
Communications Manager
Guild & Fansite Relations; In-Game Events
ArenaNet

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Posted by: Sinope.5630

Sinope.5630

I don’t know, have people estranged from nature so much, that they don’t know how mooses are running.

I saw this kind of incorret things from moose minipet:

  • Minipet moose is running like deer and it have short legs
  • Mooses can trot and run wild
  • Mooses can not be jumpy
  • Mooses have long legs.

This only makes me think, that designer who have implement this mini moose not ever seen real moose.

Here is link where moose is running in water:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYlZmV6fvn8

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Posted by: RoseofGilead.8907

RoseofGilead.8907

A moose once bit my sister.

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Posted by: Donari.5237

Donari.5237

Careful, Rose, you might get sacked.

(On topic … I’m just pleased the mini moose looks like the full size moose roaming the game. I would have bought the mini ram if it actually was one instead of some sort of deformed lamb. I like minis that could reasonably be animal pets — sure moose aren’t usually that small, but people have bred tiny ponies, so it can be done).

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Posted by: Substance E.4852

Substance E.4852

I don’t know, have people estranged from nature so much, that they don’t know how mooses are running.

I saw this kind of incorret things from moose minipet:

  • Minipet moose is running like deer and it have short legs
  • Mooses can trot and run wild
  • Mooses can not be jumpy
  • Mooses have long legs.

This only makes me think, that designer who have implement this mini moose not ever seen real moose.

Here is link where moose is running in water:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYlZmV6fvn8

It’s pretty obvious that they used the same rig and animation set as the deer for the moose.

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Posted by: Naus the Gobbo.5172

Naus the Gobbo.5172

So GWII got the moose that WoW has promised for years.

What we do in life echoes in eternity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zkT2uZAGA – GW2 – A world of wonder

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Posted by: Doggie.3184

Doggie.3184

The description is accurate for me cuz my Sylvari has devil horns on his head as well as Thoughtless potions. I have to find enemies with horns though to do much lockage.

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Posted by: ProtoGunner.4953

ProtoGunner.4953

I don’t get the OP’s problem? The Mini Moose in the game has antlers?

‘would have/would’ve been’ —> correct
‘would of been’ —> wrong

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Posted by: Saturn.6591

Saturn.6591

I don’t get the OP’s problem? The Mini Moose in the game has antlers?

What OP is getting at is, that antlers and horns are no the same thing by definition.

But then again, it indeed says YOU lock horns, and not the moose. Of course it’s said that way because of the antlers, but really… it’s kinda silly to be nitpicky about that.

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Posted by: Sarisa.4731

Sarisa.4731

One of my guildmates is Canadian, and says she was contractually obligated to purchase the Moose.

Lille of the Valley [WHIP]

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Posted by: RabidCoqui.1983

RabidCoqui.1983

I’d like to thank all the folks that worked on making this happen…

Moose Trained by Yutte Hermsgervordenbroti

Special Moose Effects Olaf Prot

Moose Costumes Siggi Churchill

Moose choerographed by Horst Prot III

Miss Taylor’s Mooses by Hengst Douglas-Home

Moose trained to mix concrete and
sign complicated insurance forms by Jurgan Wigg

Mooses noses wiped by Bjorn Irkestom-Slater

Large moose on the left hand side
of the screen in the third scene
from the end, given a therough
grounding in Latin, French, and
‘O’ level geography by Bo Benn

Suggestive poses for the moose
suggested by Vic Rotter

Antler-care by Liv Thatcher