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drilltooth

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DF shoutouts
« on: July 08, 2011, 07:52:41 pm »

Not sure if this is the best spot for this topic. but I was playing Dragon Tavern today. and stumbled across this in the "abyssal mine" area:
Dwarven Cage Trap
Mechanical - Action Points

Alright, this is humiliating. And just when you thought it couldn't get worse, you are placed on display in a dining hall. Whichever sick mind thought of this, they must have been taken by a strange mood.

anyone else found references to DF in other games?
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Re: DF shoutouts
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2011, 08:30:44 pm »

Heh there are many, the topic has been brought up a few times already but s'all good in my opinion.

There's at least 2 in World of Warcraft, A quest involving getting schematics for a dwarven fortress from a dwarf by the last name of 'Boatmurder' named Dwarf Fortress.   And a pair of dwarves in a flooded zone (thousand needles I think, but it's alliance side and I don't have any allies to be sure) talking about how the flood is nothing compared to the floods they had in Ironforge, mentioning one dwarf building a floodgate from the wrong side, digging into the dining room and them finding carp under the furniture for weeks.

There's also apperantly a debatable one in Starcraft 2.  But I never played that.   I got my ass handed to me enough on Starcraft 1 multiplayer thanks...
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Re: DF shoutouts
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2011, 09:33:13 pm »

There's also apperantly a debatable one in Starcraft 2.  But I never played that.   I got my ass handed to me enough on Starcraft 1 multiplayer thanks...

Well, the guy that is the possible shout-out is a short hairy man that lives in the 12th bay, so I guess it probably is a DF one
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Re: DF shoutouts
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2011, 09:44:21 pm »

Yea  I saw a few screenshots and a description and it sounds like it is, but it started an argument in the thread I first heard about it in, so I figured I'd list it as debatable to cover.
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Re: DF shoutouts
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2011, 09:56:35 pm »

In Super Scribblenauts, typing in "Urist" spawns a dorf. The dorf is scared of unicorns, elephants and carp and will attack elves.
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« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2011, 10:42:32 pm »

Serious?! Oh wow, awesome! I need to buy a DS now. :D
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Re: DF shoutouts
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2011, 02:32:42 am »

Just to make the starcraft2 reference clearer

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Re: DF shoutouts
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2011, 11:55:04 am »

There is a Magma wiki page on the matter, but it hasn't been updated much. Perhaps you could add to its database?
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Re: DF shoutouts
« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2011, 02:24:04 pm »

I think the Starcraft mention is more a reference towards an Aliens quote:

:While showing off her dock working skills with the power lifter:
Ripley: "Where do I drop this off?"
Sarge: "Bay-12 please."

Watch the movie and listen for yourself.
« Last Edit: July 09, 2011, 02:33:31 pm by Itnetlolor »
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Re: DF shoutouts
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2011, 04:10:47 pm »

I think the Starcraft mention is more a reference towards an Aliens quote:

:While showing off her dock working skills with the power lifter:
Ripley: "Where do I drop this off?"
Sarge: "Bay-12 please."

Watch the movie and listen for yourself.

ahhh I never noticed that detail in aliens.... it makes sense, as there are numerous referenses to aliens in sc1, the most clear of them being the terran drop ship dialog taken line by line from the one in the movie,.

Anyways, a character with a strong dwarven likeness on a bay Nº12 is suspicious

Aliens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dXc2W1uWck&feature=related
Starcraft http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzFuDOXWNDE&t=6
« Last Edit: July 09, 2011, 04:14:02 pm by Krelian »
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Re: DF shoutouts
« Reply #10 on: July 09, 2011, 04:12:44 pm »

I thought Bay12 itself was a reference to that alien game. someone on the interwebs said it so it must be true!
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« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2011, 12:02:24 am »

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Re: DF shoutouts
« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2011, 01:00:01 am »

Bay 12 is named in reference to the scene in Aliens.


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