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[Orange-of-Cthulhu]

Just wondering if the community knows where it came from exactly? It must be from the Bay12Forums. I'm guessing somebody used the phrase in a forum post and it caught on and sorta became the DF-slogan.

Somebody wrote somewhere Zach said it first. It seemed like mere rumour, but it piqued my curiosity.

[voliol]

This post is the oldest I can find in a quick search, but even then it is said as an already established phrase:

Hehehe, welcome to Dwarf Fortress. Enjoy your stay, and remember:

"Losing is fun!"

It's a mystery.

[Clément]

Oldest I can find is

Losing is fun! Everything is going fine and dandy and then wham, a named grizzly bear kills a dwarf, a mule, and breaks another dwarf's arm and leg. We'll see how long can we survive.<P>So I took 15 units of dwarven wine with me to a new fortress ... and they brought it in 15 barrels. That can be considered cheating since one barrel costs more points than one unit of wine.<p>[ August 08, 2006: Message edited by: Beleghoul ]

The very day of the first release if I'm not mistaken.

[Putnam]

You can download the first released version of the game, press ? on any screen and see "Losing is fun!" in green text. It wasn't a community thing, it's been in the game since the beginning.

[Orange-of-Cthulhu]

You can download the first released version of the game, press ? on any screen and see "Losing is fun!" in green text. It wasn't a community thing, it's been in the game since the beginning.

Ah that's cool. I thought it was some random forum person that invented it.

[Mobbstar]

Who coined the phrase "Loosing is fun" and when?

"Loosing is fun" said the gremlin as it unscrewed the floodgate.