Chicken Epidemic

The Chicken Epidemic was an event that first occurred in Cordova during May 3 when a mass Chicken Spawner was built by Nickmahon in an attempt to start a chicken industry, but failed disastrously when the chickens overpopulated and eggs were given out.

The Chicken Spawner
Nickmahon first decided to build a Chicken Spawner in Cordova after he built a mass Item Duper under spawn, since his "Penis" house had been deleted by Flubbernugget. It was designed to kick start his own Chicken Market, selling eggs and Chicken Meat in mass to boost his own profitability. The plan for the Chicken Spawner was simple ; water ontop of signs, and chickens on top. It was unclear how he planned to kill the chickens, or how he even managed to get so many.

The chickens overproduced and Nickmahon began crashing whenever he tried to kill the chickens. Other users in Cordova began to experience massive amounts of lag and crashing. Eventually Skeeve noticed the giant amount of chicken mobs in a small pit, and contacted Flubbernugget, on May 3 all the chickens were butchered and the spawner was ordered to be torn down. Unfortunately, many eggs were still left over.

Spread
Later that day, people began to notice how many chickens were in Cordova. The cause was Nickmahon leaving his chests opened; almost all the eggs were stolen, and were being thrown everywhere. The chickens had simply began to move around the areas, and have since, been an extreme amount of chickens over other mobs. Nickmahon was banned for an Item Duper under the spawn on the same day. The GCC was also considerably higher for chicken related items.

The chickens eventually died out from multiple stops of server intensive activity; any chickens in the vicinity of players died instantly. The only reported area still affected is Cordova

Affected Areas

 * Cordova
 * Spawn Area
 * Sandy bay
 * Travellers Guild Trainlines