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[EvilBob22]

Playing the Neverwinter MMO the other day, I found a DF reference.  One of the higher level zones is a mountain with dwarves.  In one of their camps, there is a dwarf running around attending to some shrines in the area.  After a while, he took a break and ran up to a stack of kegs saying, "I don't care what they say, I need alcohol to get through the working day!"

[Trickman]

Dat feel when you're unsure of wether something is a reference or not

They could have made it more obvious than that. Maybe Toady got the sentence from somewhere else himself?

[BoredVirulence]

I'd say its not uncommon for the generic fantasy dwarf to like his booze, and maybe even be considered reliant. That's just dwarves as they are often imagined.

Now that specific sentence seems like a reference. Its possible its a coincidence, but the possibility that whoever wrote that was unaware of DF and alcohol dependency AND happened to accidentally match the phrase so precisely seems much less likely than the possibility that whoever wrote it knew precisely about DF and alcohol dependency, and wanted to make a reference. But I could be wrong.

[EvilBob22]

I'd say its not uncommon for the generic fantasy dwarf to like his booze, and maybe even be considered reliant. That's just dwarves as they are often imagined.

Now that specific sentence seems like a reference. Its possible its a coincidence, but the possibility that whoever wrote that was unaware of DF and alcohol dependency AND happened to accidentally match the phrase so precisely seems much less likely than the possibility that whoever wrote it knew precisely about DF and alcohol dependency, and wanted to make a reference. But I could be wrong.

Exactly my thinking too.  There is also a drunk dwarf that gives you quests, but I don't see that as a DF reference.  The precise phrasing is what got me.

[Loud Whispers]

I need alcohol to get through the working day!"

'Tis a reference.

More off topic though, I imagine an MMO from a Dwarf's perspective of a DF world would be terrifying. No grinding, no quests. Just survival. You think that's a lvl 2 dingo? Wrong, it's a dingo. 5 dingoes. They just bit your foot. And soon that wound will fester. There are no healing potions, better drink that vampire blood you were saving for a rainy day. And now you thirst for blood! Drinking the blood of that villager was probably unwise, especially whilst doing so right next to a busy well. Word spreads fast, and other players are now out to kill a vampire terrorizing a town that sounds suspiciously like yours...

[PDF urist master]

it would be so much better if they named that dwarf Urist.

[FrankMcFuzz]

Completely off topic; but I think my favourite reference was the axe in Haven and Hearth called "Battleaxe of the Twelfth Bay"

Or that one short dude with a beard in Starcraft 2 standing in front of Hanger Bay 12.

[Xazo-Tak]

If you find a new reference to Dwarf Fortress, don't forget to add it to the wiki.

[Melting Sky]

If you find a new reference to Dwarf Fortress, don't forget to add it to the wiki.

Awww, the Burning axe of Sankis is old news apparently.

[Patchy]

I got one but it is not from nwn.

This thread had me thinking about some of my old games I played and I remembered one from way back. It came from an old browser game called Muelsfell that I played a few years before I discovered DF. The game itself is pretty well dead at this point, so I wouldn't recommend it, but it has a fairly obvious nod towards DF.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[Tawa]

Shoot, how'd I miss those Runescape references?

Meh, not like I'll boot it up again anyway. Fun while it lasted.

[EvilBob22]

I got one but it is not from nwn.

This thread had me thinking about some of my old games I played and I remembered one from way back. It came from an old browser game called Muelsfell that I played a few years before I discovered DF. The game itself is pretty well dead at this point, so I wouldn't recommend it, but it has a fairly obvious nod towards DF.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Not Neverwinter nights, but Neverwinter MMO.  It is a relatively recent free 3rd person MMO, not the old 3rd person single player game.

[EvilBob22]

If you find a new reference to Dwarf Fortress, don't forget to add it to the wiki.

Done!