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ParrotPatrol

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What did I miss while I was out...
« on: March 24, 2008, 11:18:00 pm »

I haven't checked these forums since November, and I know how fast they move. What did I development-wise? What's the buzz? And new strategies? Any awesome new seeds? Any really awesome story threads? I was following Nist Akath: The Search for Warmth, but apparently, it was deleted, somewhat disappointing...I would catch up on this stuff myself but the sheer volume of stuff on this forum coupled with my awful netconn discourage this.
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Re: What did I miss while I was out...
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2008, 11:22:00 pm »

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Originally posted by ParrotPatrol:
<STRONG>I haven't checked these forums since November, and I know how fast they move. What did I development-wise? What's the buzz? And new strategies? Any awesome new seeds? Any really awesome story threads? I was following Nist Akath: The Search for Warmth, but apparently, it was deleted, somewhat disappointing...I would catch up on this stuff myself but the sheer volume of stuff on this forum coupled with my awful netconn discourage this.</STRONG>

Fear not!  There's a brand-new list for community forts; Nist Akath was one of the first to move.  It is *still* going on.

Lots of minor things since you last checked, but generally we should probably just let you be surprised by the main difference.  Huge number of bug fixes.  Artifacts are no longer carried, because of various bugs with that.

Religions are in; roads are coming very soon now; you can look at dwarves' relationships, and they marry.

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Re: What did I miss while I was out...
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2008, 11:28:00 pm »

Actually, Nist Akath was not deleted. It's now over in the brand spankin' new community stories thread, and still going strong.

As for new story threads, there's a bit of a fad going around concerning pirate ship forts, including one community vessel.

No new seeds that I've heard of, but Toady has added a feature which allows us to alter the size of worlds, so many old seeds have taken on a new spin.

AlanL is also at it again with his truly astounding stories, which you should definitely check out.

Welcome back!

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Re: What did I miss while I was out...
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2008, 12:01:00 am »

Links? I remember some really awesome strategies regarding fort planning, and I'm pretty obsessive about this stuff.
Example:  http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=7&t=001832

Whatever happened to those hilarious Armok Burger Threads?

[ March 25, 2008: Message edited by: ParrotPatrol ]

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Re: What did I miss while I was out...
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2008, 04:48:00 pm »

I'm sorry to say, that while you were gone Toady passed away, which caused 1/3 of the forumsdwarves to go melancholy and another 1/3 to go bezerk. Those that went beserk killed half of the remaining sane dwarves. The remaining dwarves now hopelessly lurk the forums for another DF release.
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Re: What did I miss while I was out...
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2008, 07:28:00 pm »

/Smacks Moocow around the head

That aside, I'm advertising the Battle of the Gods thread to you, BotG:Rp for short. Though the only reason it still fits in this forum is because I'm playing dwarves. Anyway, it's on the same page as this thread so I doubt you require a link.

Even if you dont want to play, it's still good for a read. Most people try to make their turns as storyetic as possible.

Edit: You may want to skip to page 6 too, unless you dont mind skimming through lots of jibber-jabber-stabber.

[ March 25, 2008: Message edited by: Dark ]

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Re: What did I miss while I was out...
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2008, 10:12:00 pm »

quote:
Originally posted by Dark:
<STRONG>/Smacks Moocow around the head

That aside, I'm advertising the Battle of the Gods thread to you, BotG:Rp for short. Though the only reason it still fits in this forum is because I'm playing dwarves. Anyway, it's on the same page as this thread so I doubt you require a link.

Even if you dont want to play, it's still good for a read. Most people try to make their turns as storyetic as possible.

Edit: You may want to skip to page 6 too, unless you dont mind skimming through lots of jibber-jabber-stabber.

[ March 25, 2008: Message edited by: Dark ]</STRONG>


What the frak is going on in that thread?

EDIT: I tried reading the bugfixes and changes, but my head began to spin after page 50, did Toady ever make the goblin sieges actually...siege again?

[ March 26, 2008: Message edited by: ParrotPatrol ]

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