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Agrinja

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dftubefill?
« on: May 12, 2011, 11:05:22 pm »
I just wanted to ask what dftubefill does exactly without the standard references to clowns and circus. Those get real old when you're trying to hunt for a specific explanation. Thank you kindly for any help you may offer.
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zilpin

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Re: dftubefill?
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2011, 11:17:36 pm »
It fills the empty space in all tubes of ...
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
... so that you can get more of it with less fear of releasing ...
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
.

The ...
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... tubes become curvy ...
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... pillars.

People say clowns, candy, or HFS because it's easier to read (and write) than putting SPOILER tags everywhere.
I'm oldschool.  I prefer HFS.

Cheers.
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Agrinja

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Re: dftubefill?
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2011, 11:30:56 pm »
Thank you very very much. I understand why they do it, it just gets to be frustrating bits of obfuscation sometimes.
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Re: dftubefill?
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2011, 10:20:46 am »
It cures cancer, rescues orphaned kittens and children, and will eventually provide fresh warm cookies to everyone on the planet.  Filling tubes is just the mechanism through which it does this.
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Re: dftubefill?
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2011, 02:59:59 pm »
On another note, be careful, because sometimes if there were flying
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in the
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tubes when you used tubefill, they can be released by mining the tile they were in. I've had that happen to several forts of mine.
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Re: dftubefill?
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2011, 07:48:05 pm »
Quote from: Flying Dice on May 13, 2011, 02:59:59 pm
On another note, be careful, because sometimes if there were flying
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
in the
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
tubes when you used tubefill, they can be released by mining the tile they were in. I've had that happen to several forts of mine.
Don't all
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
fly?
Also, I think this is kinda
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
.
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Re: dftubefill?
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2011, 07:25:51 am »
Just put spoiler in the thread title or spoiler tag the entire post and be done with it. The clown/circus stuff is ridiculous.
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Re: dftubefill?
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2011, 07:00:41 pm »
I kind of like the circus and clowns, actually. It's certainly better than

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all over the place, and I think it makes a good point about the kind of people who insist that everyone else go out of the way so they can remain ignorant. It also fits well with other DF memes - we have !!FUN!! in the circus with all the clowns, etc.
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Re: dftubefill?
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2011, 08:52:51 am »
It's not the unspoilt players wanting the spoilers, it's experienced players not wanting to spoil the HFS for new players. New players have no conception of what "HFS" is or why the spoilers exist (they'd be already spoiled if they did).

Like not blabbing the ending of a movie as you're walking out of a cinema to the guys waiting in line.
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Re: dftubefill?
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2011, 09:29:59 am »
However by the same token new players don't know what quarry bush seeds are, however no one goes:
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I think it's silly, I did know about HFS long before I actually downloaded DF
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Re: dftubefill?
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2011, 03:34:07 pm »
Funny thing... I know all about the circus and clowns from reading the spoilers, but I didn't know what HFS meant (as in stood for) and still keep having to look it up (terrible memory).  I keep thinking to myself "Happy Fun Stuff".  Which is a great way of thinking about it.  Look Urist!! The circus is here!  yay.  =P
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Re: dftubefill?
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2011, 07:34:55 pm »
You know why the description is what it is?
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
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