Kickoo

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> White sandy beaches with coconut palms. Abundance of fruit and fish. Welcome to the home of the Kickoo.
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**Kickoo** is the fifth tribe in Polytopia. Kickoo starts with the Fishing technology.

Kickoo is one of the strongest tribes. It can upgrade its capital on turn 0. Also, Fishing is a powerful starting technology, as now the Kickoo gets movement over ocean prior to being able to sail, and can upgrade Rafts immediately into Scouts when they get sailing, which is a powerful way to find other players.

## Resources

Kickoo has 0.5x mountain, 1.5x fish, and 2x water.

## Lore

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> An adventurous bunch, the Kickoo love the water and everything there is to know about boats and overseas trade. Riding speedy Leeons and harvesting delicious banoos, the Kickoo are a force to be reckoned with.
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### Tribe Celebrations

* 2019 Tribe Day: Have you heard the story of the famed Kickoo ship, the Innikuli? Its crew were the first Polytopians to sail to each of the four corners of the Square!
* 2020 Tribe Moon: When Kickoo sailors aren't sailing, they prefer to play sports! Footraces, wrestling, and canoeing are common, but the most popular sport is Hak'ilani, which is similar to tennis but played by 4 players on a specially-made floating platform. Don't fall off!
* 2021 Tribe Moon: When you live in an archipelago, fish tend to be your primary food source. The Kickoo believe that the elaborate system of movements and rhythms of the mystical "Pelona Fish Ceremony” encourages schools of fish to enter their waters for easy harvesting.
* 2022 Tribe Moon: Have you heard the stories of Po Iu, the legendary warrior? Kickoo myth is often based on their exploits, with classic stories such as "Po Iu Creates Fish," "Po Iu and the 7-Headed Beast," and "Po Iu Goes to Kaa Pu". Visit a Kickoo storyteller if you want to hear more!

### Webshop

* Only Kickoo are smooth and lithe enough to chase the feathers of the Koi-oi bird. The feathers can be used for a number of things, but above all it tastes delicious. Sun-dried and milled is the main ingredient of the traditional Koi-oi potion.
* Leoons love to carry their friends on their backs. If you ever get a chance to try, be sure to hold on tight! They can run faster than the fastest Shebron of the Square, leaving just a puff of smoke and faint orange trail in their path.
* The Leoons are lively animals, always looking for friends to play with. When they feel lonely they get sad, and it can be tricky to get them motivated to help the Kickoo push their boats into the ocean.

## Inspiration

The Kickoo tribe is inspired by Polynesian cultures, the terrain seems to be archipelagic and has white shores, that resembles Austronesian and Caribbean terrain, houses on poles, fish as the main resource and banoo as a fruit are references to the culture of these regions. Kickoo's fruit are Banoos (bananas), despite that Kickoo's trees are palm trees.

Kickoo's mountains are the only ones to extend into the soil.

## Design

* Fruit: Banoo (banana)
* Animal: Leoons (leopards)
* Field: Green fields with sandy, pale soil
* Forest: Palm trees
* Mountain: Basalt columns, similar to Giant's Causeway, that extend into the soil
* City: Lime green buildings with roofs of banana leaves
* Helmet: Long hair to one side, a red headband, and green feathers

### City Naming Syllables

[space], an, ko, li, lo, lu, ma, no, nu, oki, si, va

### Music

Links to Kickoo's music are included below.

* Theme
* Nature Sounds
* Polytopia Music song: "Kickoo Banoo" by Nono Kamii
* Polytone™ remix
* Ragoo Theme

## Skins

### Ragoo Skin

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> The scourge of the waters, the bane of navies, the serpents of the seas - The Ragoo Pirates! Their fleets of ships and lust for plunder are ready to expand their operations from the Kickoo Isles to the rest of the Square!
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The Ragoo skin was added in the third skin pack for Polytopia. They wear eyepatches, large black pirate hats, brown belts, and a more detailed red bandana.

* The city buildings have a mostly wooden brown colour scheme, with some buildings resembling upturned ship hulls.
* The Emperor's Tomb is a giant skull among rocks instead of the default one.
* Warriors and Riders have hooks for hands, which they use as their weapons in place of the club.
* Swordsmen and Giants use cutlass sabers instead of the default double-edged swords.
* Riders and Giants have one peg leg and one regular leg.
* Catapults are replaced with small wooden cannons.
* All naval units have black livery, with a skull and crossbones emblazoned thereupon.
* The cannons on Bombers are made of wood.
* Battleships received some additional details, such as a staircase and a crow's nest.

### Trivia

* The Ragoo skin was originally known as the Hulaho, and later as the Malo-Lo; the description of the latter read, "These brave warriors from the Kickoo island of Malo-Lo have developed a culture of combat, both on land and sea. Watch out for those hooks!"

## Trivia

* Kickoo was the only paid tribe that started with a tier 1 technology and was the only paid tribe in the game's initial release.
* Before Luxidoor was released, Kickoo had the trees that Luxidoor now has.
* During its development, Kickoo was initially named "Kiwa," was more "aggressive", and had a darker theme.
* The round, white objects found decorating many Kickoo monuments are coconut shavings.

## References

1. ↑ Kickoo Mug. *Polytopia Shop of Souvenirs*. (Note: The old webshop on Threadless is now unpublished.)
2. ↑ Kickoo Tee. *Polytopia Shop of Souvenirs*. (Note: The old webshop on Threadless is now unpublished.)
3. ↑ Leoon Phonecase. *Polytopia Shop of Souvenirs*. (Note: The old webshop on Threadless is now unpublished.)
4. ↑ Zoythrus on Reddit.
5. ↑ Zoythrus on Discord.
6. ↑ High Flyer on Discord.
7. ↑ Midjiwan on Instagram.
8. ↑ Zoythrus on Discord.