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Tibbles

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Old Age Deaths
« on: July 19, 2008, 04:35:24 am »



Huh. So I guess people die from old age now.
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Re: Old Age Deaths
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2008, 06:11:20 am »

They always did.
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Re: Old Age Deaths
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2008, 01:33:50 pm »

They always have...
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Re: Old Age Deaths
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2008, 01:57:10 pm »

No no, you see. Before there was colour, people used to live forever.

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Re: Old Age Deaths
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2008, 05:33:36 am »

It wasn't usual to see old age deaths in other races than humans... humans have a much shorter life span than dorfs or the immortal elves.
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Dr. Melon

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Re: Old Age Deaths
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2008, 08:32:15 am »

He's talking to a human axe lord.
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Re: Old Age Deaths
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2008, 04:30:26 pm »

That axelord must be one of those Beleriand humans from Tolkien...to live a thousand years!

Even a respectable age in mog-years.

Wasn't max age supposed to be a range?
The exactly 1000 years seems like a failsafe max to the oldage not working...
(Will probably be implemented/fixed in the lifecycle/diseases arcs)

(ie a check for natural causes death, starting at maturity and rising in probability with years. cumulative odds are stacked. against living far past reproductive age.)

How would humanity fare with only a ~35 year lifespan?

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He didn't live to 1000, he died in the year 1000
He was probably born in 950ish.
eh, oops yeah.
« Last Edit: July 20, 2008, 05:29:59 pm by Areyar »
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Re: Old Age Deaths
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2008, 04:41:25 pm »

He didn't live to 1000, he died in the year 1000
He was probably born in 950ish.
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