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[plynxis]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=103389.0 <- check this thread out

its interesting how a glitch can be exploited to find vampires and when its fixed, the solutions become more practical and easier to use

i vote for rtg593's solution personally - besides, any fort could use a migrant filter once the waves become huge.

[miauw62]

Apperently Toady thought that the vampire nickname trick was a bug, and fix this in 0.34.04
Now what will we do to find out vampires?

He tought it was a bug because it was a bug.
At least he didnt leave something in for 10 updates and then finally remove it, making a huge dissapointed reaction from the community *coughminecraftboosterscough*

[Urist McBeard]

I've been keeping an eye on all migrants, checking z menu stuff, and I've found most of my dwarfs are atheists. The ones that aren't worship mostly benign gods that haven't done anything except receive worship, when I noticed in my first big wave I got 20 migrants, most of them extended family from my first migrants and again, mostly atheist, except one family.
The husband worships a gambling god that has received worship from humans, goblins and dwarves, and has cursed a couple of dwarves with vampirism. At first I was somewhat disappointed/relieved thinking I would only be dealing with goblins and zombies, but now I am excited and paranoid.
One of my migrants had 1 kill. A dwarf. Could have been self-defense, right?
A few had a couple hundred kills, mostly wildlife, with maybe 1 or 2 goblins. Must be successful hunters.
But there are 2 dwarfs that have me really worried. A couple of old-timers, 100+, with great social skills, no kills, and no relationships. No family, no gods, nothing. Is that normal?
I love this new dynamic. Bracing for !FUN!

[imperium3]

I think the solution here is a new megaproject: the ONE STATE. A fortress designed with the sole purpose of maximum visibility. Have the dwarves live in towers with the walls made entirely of glass windows and fortifications, and figure out some way of making the floors see-through as well (Can dwarves see through grates?) Then have the barracks in the very centre where they can see everything. NO CRIME SHALL GO UNSEEN!

Then hilarity ensues when one giant bat shuts down all labour in the fortress....

[slink]

Don't atom-smash, then they become eternal blood-sucking ghosts.

Oh, right.  I forgot about that.  Well, I built an out-of-fortress kennel with a floodgate door operated from within the fortress.  Now all I have to do is process each wave and re-dig what was dug before.  Sadly, I did not get my Clerk again in the next wave.  I got a Bone Doctor, though, which is nice.  I can live a while longer without knowing exactly how many limestone stones I own.

[omniclasm]

I've just been looking at their history.

50 years old and have been in 30 different groups? Probably a vampire.

Actually haven't missed one using this method. Check every new migrant as they enter the screen.

[Tahlin]

Actually. Who needs to find vampires? I get way too many migrants to care about losing one per month to a killing machine.

[Terratoch]

I started this thread about finding vampires, but it kind of went loly as is standard operating procedure.

[imperium3]

Actually. Who needs to find vampires? I get way too many migrants to care about losing one per month to a killing machine.

"Urist McLegendaryWeaponsmith is missing!"

That's why.

[Loud Whispers]

Actually. Who needs to find vampires? I get way too many migrants to care about losing one per month to a killing machine.

"Urist McLegendaryWeaponsmith is missing!"

That's why.

"Everyone has been found drained of blood."

That's why.

[slink]

Okay, so now how did my vampire get elected Mayor?    He was locked up from the moment he arrived.  He had no time to become popular with anyone.  He has a passing acquaintanceship with three Dwarves.

I hope the Liasion understands why he is having his meeting outside the walls, locked out of the fortress.

[Loud Whispers]

Okay, so now how did my vampire get elected Mayor?

Conversation skills, electoral positions are based on those not friends

[slink]

He was good at dressing wounds too, but I wasn't going to put him to work in the hospital.   

Anyway, he died fighting a small goblin ambush that cost me four migrants.  He might have managed to kill one goblin before he died.  I killed one goblin with the drawbridge, by accident.  The vampire's memorial slab says "Slayer of Dwarves", and "Loving mother and wife".  Oops.  He was a she.  Well, SHE is dead.  Ding-dong, the wicked vampire is dead ...

Added 3 days later, in retrospect:

Okay, so now how did my vampire get elected Mayor?

Conversation skills, electoral positions are based on those not friends

It happened again, and this time the vampire was sealed behind a wall as soon as he arrived.  Why would anyone vote for someone entombed behind a wall?  Must mean the candidates they can see and hear are really awful, much like real life.