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[Shook]

And that is totally why i always refer to them as dorfs. It's both funnier and less obstructive on Google.
In fact, censoring all instances of "dwarf" into "dorf" would give this wonderful forum another hilarious quirk!!!

As for my friends' reactions to DF, it mostly comes down to any variation of "dude what". And a single instance of another guy actually playing on his own accord, which prompted me to start sharing silly stories. It was SUCCESSFUL, in that we both had a good laugh.

Also @deek your friend seems to have captured the average intelligence of a dorf quite nicely. :U

[Mii]

I've had a few instances where people have inquired as to what I am doing while playing. None have thought that I was hacking into my computer (but that certainly would have been amusing) but most have been incredulous. Even though they know what a topographic map is, they don't understand when I try to explain that the format for Dwarf Fortress is more of an omniscient bird's eye view and not a first person view like Minecraft (which they play a lot).

It did help to explain, though, that a lot of things in Minecraft were inspired by Dwarf Fortress.

They still didn't care and went back to their Minecraft, though. x'D

[Sus]

I've shared a couple of tales from DF with a friend of mine.
Her comment: "Now I see why you like that game so much: now matter how bad your own life gets, the dwarves still have it worse."

[Oliolli]

I've shared a couple of tales from DF with a friend of mine.
Her comment: "Now I see why you like that game so much: now matter how bad your own life gets, the dwarves still have it worse."

Do you feel the schadenfreude?

[FearfulJesuit]

I've had a few instances where people have inquired as to what I am doing while playing. None have thought that I was hacking into my computer (but that certainly would have been amusing) but most have been incredulous. Even though they know what a topographic map is, they don't understand when I try to explain that the format for Dwarf Fortress is more of an omniscient bird's eye view and not a first person view like Minecraft (which they play a lot).

It did help to explain, though, that a lot of things in Minecraft were inspired by Dwarf Fortress.

They still didn't care and went back to their Minecraft, though. x'D

This. So much this. Minecraft is so not hard-core...

[Lockyy]

I had one guy in my uni departments common room ask what the picture was whilst generating a world because he thought I was working in the terminal.

[Sus]

I've shared a couple of tales from DF with a friend of mine.
Her comment: "Now I see why you like that game so much: now matter how bad your own life gets, the dwarves still have it worse."

Do you feel the schadenfreude?

Sometimes, yes. Especially if the dorf in question did something idiotic to deserve drowning/getting dismembered/<insert !!Fun!! stuff here>.
I also take pleasure in seeing Extreme Pain, Nauseous or Pale on an invader.

[Sallen]

The first time I showed dwarf fortress to a friend he was amazed and confused. I spent an hour explaining how to make a proper farm and to dig hols and harvest trees which made me realize (again) how absurdly complex the game is. After that, he played it constantly for days. Not sure if he still does.

^This. Except I know for sure my friend doesn't play anymore. He promised he wouldn't do that to himself ever again.

The first time I played it I simply didn't know what I was looking at. Just a bunch of random characters. I sometimes play at work and nobody seems to notice/care.

[Starver]

I had one guy in my uni departments common room ask what the picture was whilst generating a world because he thought I was working in the terminal.

"It's an extrapolation of the terrain of part of South America* over the next thousand years or so, based upon certain climate change predictions and direct human interference, both destructive and beneficial.  The names you see are English translations of the various local tribal names** for the the same areas."  Or something similar, bent and twisted to encompass your course specialities (if not IT/Climatology/Geology/Geography/Environmental Studies/etc/etc) but veer away from anything that is his speciality.

Explain how ^ is an industrial site, unless you can actually fob them off (or even be verging upon truthful!) about actual volcanic action in the relevant locale.

[* - Change as necessary, to make it the more exotic you can to them...  Hey, about a "Terraformed Mars"!]
[** - Or of the Latin names for various Martian features, if you're going with that one.  Unless he's a real nerd*** and knows the difference.]
[*** - In which case, just tell him the truth...  One of us!  One of us!]

[Ferozstein]

My friends refer to DF mostly as "that strange game of managing dwarven socks". For some reason, this is the only thing that has stuck from my quite detailed explanations.

[Starver]

I knew I'd forgotten to say something, in the couple of previous posts I'd made to this thread.

Colleagues at my workplace ask (they did today, even though I was nowhere near DF, or even the forums[1]) if I'm "killing dwarves again?"...  Only the more so, as I explain that I'm actually quite protective of the little buggers.

[1] All it takes is for me to be concentrating on a computer screen.  I'm almost always concentrating on a computer screen, for some reason or other, except when I'm concentrating on the inside of an open computer itself, a pile of cables, some network kit, etc...

[Loud Whispers]

My friend keeps thinking I'm playing The Matrix.

Choose, the pump operator, or the fisherdwarf?

[Gatleos]

I've shared a couple of tales from DF with a friend of mine.
Her comment: "Now I see why you like that game so much: now matter how bad your own life gets, the dwarves still have it worse."

Do you feel the schadenfreude?

Was that supposed to be read to the tune of "Can You Feel The Love Tonight"? Because that's how I read it.

[King DZA]

I had one guy in my uni departments common room ask what the picture was whilst generating a world because he thought I was working in the terminal.

"It's an extrapolation of the terrain of part of South America* over the next thousand years or so, based upon certain climate change predictions and direct human interference, both destructive and beneficial.  The names you see are English translations of the various local tribal names** for the the same areas."  Or something similar, bent and twisted to encompass your course specialities (if not IT/Climatology/Geology/Geography/Environmental Studies/etc/etc) but veer away from anything that is his speciality.

Explain how ^ is an industrial site, unless you can actually fob them off (or even be verging upon truthful!) about actual volcanic action in the relevant locale.

[* - Change as necessary, to make it the more exotic you can to them...  Hey, about a "Terraformed Mars"!]
[** - Or of the Latin names for various Martian features, if you're going with that one.  Unless he's a real nerd*** and knows the difference.]
[*** - In which case, just tell him the truth...  One of us!  One of us!]

That reminds me, one of my favorite things about DF, that I cannot pull off with any other game, is that I can make it look like I'm doing serious computer work, and not just spending my time playing a computer game.

All you have to do is stare intently at the screen while playng, maybe mumble things like "No, No. That won't work...Maybe if I try...", and people will leave you alone. If someone asks you to do something, just say "Um, I'm kind of busy working on this right now.", And they think you're running some sort of complex computer test, or doing some kind of important programming.

It also work when looking through the raws, and several windows filled with brackets, numbers, and strange phrases are cluttering the screen.

[Loud Whispers]

It also work when looking through the raws, and several windows filled with brackets, numbers, and strange phrases are cluttering the screen.

"Can't do it, programming."
*Walls of floaty text and tags*