0007614: Dwarf 21 (to Dwarf 20): "I died." - Dwarf Fortress Bug Tracker

(0027450)
Tzalizkan (reporter)
2014-07-24 14:44
edited on: 2014-07-24 14:48

You: "Hello, dwarf. I am Chicken 31."
Dwarf 17: "Died."

EDIT: It actually appears that they actually mean to refer to the dead hens on the ground. Now this sounds like a familiar issue reported around here...
Though it's still concerning that I've just addressed a dwarf as a chicken.

(0027476)
smjjames (reporter)
2014-07-24 23:01

It works if you have morale/fear off.

(0030888)
smjjames (reporter)
2014-11-06 11:30

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=10036 [^] 40.15

While it's kind of well after the actual moment, the previous night while I was using jump tackle to try and kill an elven adminstrator, there were two people that said 'I died' after some collateral damage happened.

Theres also a 'I heard that died.'.

(0034082)
Huntthetroll (reporter)
2015-12-20 17:28
edited on: 2015-12-20 17:29

Speculation about the cause: Most of the people in any given site (and in the arena) are not historical figures. They are effectively anonymous until you talk to them, which causes their names to "stick," i.e. turning them into historical figures. The problem is that the game doesn't distinguish between different anonymous creatures of the same race. As a result, a conflict between "a human" and "a human" will be reported by another anonymous human as, "Just now, I attacked me." Likewise, the death of an anonymous elf will be reported by another anonymous elf as, "I died."

(0034088)
Tzalizkan (reporter)
2015-12-20 19:40

That's... a fascinating piece of insight.

(0034091)
Hedede (reporter)
2015-12-20 20:55

I think this should be linked to 0006862.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2014-07-24 14:42	Tzalizkan	New Issue
2014-07-24 14:44	Tzalizkan	Note Added: 0027450
2014-07-24 14:48	Tzalizkan	Note Edited: 0027450	View Revisions
2014-07-24 14:48	Tzalizkan	Note Edited: 0027450	View Revisions
2014-07-24 23:01	smjjames	Note Added: 0027476
2014-11-06 11:30	smjjames	Note Added: 0030888
2015-12-20 17:28	Huntthetroll	Note Added: 0034082
2015-12-20 17:29	Huntthetroll	Note Edited: 0034082	View Revisions
2015-12-20 19:40	Tzalizkan	Note Added: 0034088
2015-12-20 20:55	Hedede	Note Added: 0034091
2015-12-27 09:20	Huntthetroll	Issue Monitored: Huntthetroll
2018-05-25 12:02	lethosor	Relationship added	related to 0006862

Notes
(0027450) Tzalizkan (reporter) 2014-07-24 14:44 edited on: 2014-07-24 14:48	You: "Hello, dwarf. I am Chicken 31." Dwarf 17: "Died." EDIT: It actually appears that they actually mean to refer to the dead hens on the ground. Now this sounds like a familiar issue reported around here... Though it's still concerning that I've just addressed a dwarf as a chicken.

(0027476) smjjames (reporter) 2014-07-24 23:01	It works if you have morale/fear off.

(0030888) smjjames (reporter) 2014-11-06 11:30	http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=10036 [^] 40.15 While it's kind of well after the actual moment, the previous night while I was using jump tackle to try and kill an elven adminstrator, there were two people that said 'I died' after some collateral damage happened. Theres also a 'I heard that died.'.

(0034082) Huntthetroll (reporter) 2015-12-20 17:28 edited on: 2015-12-20 17:29	Speculation about the cause: Most of the people in any given site (and in the arena) are not historical figures. They are effectively anonymous until you talk to them, which causes their names to "stick," i.e. turning them into historical figures. The problem is that the game doesn't distinguish between different anonymous creatures of the same race. As a result, a conflict between "a human" and "a human" will be reported by another anonymous human as, "Just now, I attacked me." Likewise, the death of an anonymous elf will be reported by another anonymous elf as, "I died."

(0034088) Tzalizkan (reporter) 2015-12-20 19:40	That's... a fascinating piece of insight.

(0034091) Hedede (reporter) 2015-12-20 20:55	I think this should be linked to 0006862.