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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
« Reply #105 on: April 05, 2012, 09:17:29 am »

The forum is, unfortunately, full of people who presume themselves unworthy.  If dwarfdom has taught me anything, it's that "good enough" doesn't matter.  I'm nothing.  Just some chick with a keyboard, too many gold nuggets, and giant phalli on the brain.  If you think you're not good enough, then stop thinking.

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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
« Reply #106 on: April 05, 2012, 09:34:42 am »

We need like, Sphalerite, NW_Kohaku, Quietust, etc.  Anyone who's done a good science thread should be eligible.

I'd be happy to participate, but I don't know when I'd be able to.  I'm going to be gone for the next week on vacation, and even after that most of April is looking busy for me.
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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
« Reply #107 on: April 05, 2012, 09:36:42 am »

If we don't get the players with legendary-like status here on the forums, I might end up nominating myself.

Should the fort map/world have low or high mineral scarcity? I think scarce would make it more intresting.
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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
« Reply #108 on: April 05, 2012, 09:42:05 am »

If I may nominate someone else, I'd like to make it ThatAussieDwarf. Someone who colonized Hell and made it a summer home is definetly better than "good enough".

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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
« Reply #109 on: April 05, 2012, 09:50:15 am »

I, personally, have no idea. Something is nagging in the back of my head saying that he wouldn't be a terrific fort builder as he is too busy coding the game to actually play it like us.
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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
« Reply #110 on: April 05, 2012, 09:52:55 am »

We've never actually seen a Toady fort though.  For all we know, he's producing adamantine spires and solid steel walls that menace with spikes of elf bone and dwarven sweat.

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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
« Reply #111 on: April 05, 2012, 09:54:28 am »

Or he's making OCD-hell forts and confused as to why he can't get past the aquifer.
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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
« Reply #112 on: April 05, 2012, 09:55:00 am »

Either one of the big two could be the best fortress players in existence.

Nommy nom nom nomination

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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
« Reply #113 on: April 05, 2012, 10:07:32 am »

I really want to see what toadie can do now.
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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
« Reply #114 on: April 05, 2012, 10:50:03 am »

The forum is, unfortunately, full of people who presume themselves unworthy.  If dwarfdom has taught me anything, it's that "good enough" doesn't matter.  I'm nothing.  Just some chick with a keyboard, too many gold nuggets, and giant phalli on the brain.  If you think you're not good enough, then stop thinking.
Well, then, fine. :P I've only been playing since last September, but I've built megaprojects to match a lot of what I've seen on here. I prefer archers as military until I have dwarves to spare, I prefer to keep my forts running for 5-15 years, I'm a bit messy when it comes to underground architecture, I can handle keeping my dwarves fed with domesticated animals only, and I enjoy pointlessly large one-shot traps. I'll take a shot at it if anyone will nominate me. I've never successfully breached the circus (well, I did once, but it feels like cheating, as I just waited for the demons to disperse so I could attack them mano-a-mano), and I doubt anyone will vote for me, but I'll gladly take a stab at it. I hereby nominate myself. :P

If we don't get the players with legendary-like status here on the forums, I might end up nominating myself.

Should the fort map/world have low or high mineral scarcity? I think scarce would make it more intresting.
It's going to be hard enough without scarce minerals, I think... Besides, I think we already decided it would be a "normal" map, to better demonstrate to the newer player just what the elite are capable of.

I really want to see what toadie can do now.
Yeah... I'd like to see Toady upload one of his forts... If I recall correctly, though, he once said he never built forts that were that old - he played just long enough to test certain things. It'd be killer if we could get either of them into this (and the Ultimate Fortress thread, once it's started, would definitely be bound for the Hall of Legends), but I seriously doubt either of them have the time. Which is fine with me, honestly - they're pouring everything they have into making DF bigger and better. I'm all for it.

Or he's making OCD-hell forts and confused as to why he can't get past the aquifer.
He designed the aquifer... lol    There's no way he hasn't gotten past it at some point. He would've had to test it to make sure it wasn't impossible to get past, anyway, right? It's more than likely he devised strategies to get past them before anyone else even had access to them.
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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
« Reply #115 on: April 05, 2012, 10:52:16 am »

He has his squirrel person to test stuff aswell!
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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
« Reply #117 on: April 05, 2012, 11:00:54 am »

I doubt anyone will vote for me, but I'll gladly take a stab at it. I hereby nominate myself. :P

I vote for you. Fuckberries, with the evident lack of confidence around here you can have that for going against the grain. I hate the grain.

This should be interesting if it ever gets off the ground though, I can just imagine seven voices screaming at each other in disagreement and suddenly silenced, whilst certain larger-than-life figures end up pretty much taking charge of the whole project, pushing everyone else’s opinions to the side. And the resentment will brew and brew until... flashpoint! Somebody snaps, tempers are flared, voices are raised... chaos abounds!

I have to make sure that I’m watching when that happens, Armok damn I love animosity; it's the most glorious thing in the world. I couldn't do it myself; I'd explode on people just for not having colour-matched furniture. What’s that, you want to know if using Microcline in the dining room is acceptable? Well how about I kill you in your sleep, is that acceptable?
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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
« Reply #118 on: April 05, 2012, 11:06:14 am »

An all star fort would be great, but I think it'd be hard to get 7 "celebrity" DF players. You'd probably be better off just getting whoever has time.

How does DF therapist work with dfterm if at all? Can the host run it? I admit I find the game virtually unplayable without it.
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Re: Idea: Ultimate Fortress
« Reply #119 on: April 05, 2012, 11:16:06 am »

It doesn't work with DFTerm, but if the host is setting up a remote desktop of some sort, that would be different.
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