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SavageDwarf

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Just registered to share this horror story
« on: November 06, 2012, 04:05:04 pm »

Well, so I hadn't played before, just watched a few tutorials.

Anyhow, I got a farm going, dug down and around a bit and such, opened a huge cave by mistake (I had no idea how to close it). The cave let in some creatures (trogdlytes?) that kept attacking me, annoying. So first I tried to block it off with some walls, unfortunately my mason left himself on an edge he couldn't get off, and although I saw him there, I figured he was just lazy. He ended up starving to death.

There were two trade caravans. I stole all their things by deconstructing the trade depot. Seems like a good idea? Free stuff! A dwarf child went insane because he couldn't construct an artifact, and I had to send a spearman after him. The battle report so nicely described it, the spearman dealt with this poor child by striking off his arms one by one, so that they flew in a nice arc.

Anyhow, maybe I went mad. Harassed by trogdlytes. But I got tired of the dwarves so I deliberately caused a small cave in, diverted a flood into the fortress, stopped food and booze production and moved the refuse pile inside (and broke open all tombs). On top of that, a giant cave spider slaughtered half of my dwarves down in some dark cave.

So, in the midst of small children going berserk and starving to death and the purple miasma fumes my dwarves slowly died. The bedrooms were all filled with corpses, miasma spewing out like a chimney through my entrance. I had two remaining survivors (one of them slept next to the corpse of his friend, and was haunted by the ghost of two others nearby). I figured they'd all die soon... A cave alligator had broken in as well and was tearing up my pet animals, spraying the walls with blood...

But no... a group of about 30 migrants arrived. To this scene from hell reminiscent of event horizon, with dead and rotting dwarf corpses throughout the fortress, no food, no booze. Which cruel game would send more dwarves to die to this.
« Last Edit: November 06, 2012, 04:08:23 pm by SavageDwarf »
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Jellycat12

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Re: Just registered to share this horror story
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2012, 04:06:45 pm »

This is pretty normal for dwarf fortress.
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Re: Just registered to share this horror story
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2012, 05:09:34 pm »

This is pretty normal for dwarf fortress.
Pretty much.
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Re: Just registered to share this horror story
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2012, 06:05:45 pm »

Hah, I bet everybody has had a moment like this when they started playing.
You'll get used to this, trust me. There's more fun things ahead of you ;D
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« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2012, 08:30:54 pm »

I know that feeling.
Losing is fun! Losing spectacularly on purpose even more so.
« Last Edit: November 07, 2012, 07:35:33 am by TKGP »
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Re: Just registered to share this horror story
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2012, 08:40:00 pm »

Dang. I wish my first few forts had ended like that. I think my first fort just died of thirst while I tried to muddy sand to build a farm plot above-ground.
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Re: Just registered to share this horror story
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2012, 09:56:19 pm »

I know that feeling.
Losing is fun! Losing spectacularly on purpose even more so.
Your links are broken BTW. You have extra "http://"s in there and some extra quotation marks.
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Re: Just registered to share this horror story
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2012, 11:45:15 pm »

Which cruel game would send more dwarves to die to this.

It's not a cruel game.  You're the overseer, it's up to you to roll out the red carpet for the migrants.  Which I guess you did, what with the spraying blood.
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« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2012, 07:33:49 am »

Your links are broken BTW. You have extra "http://"s in there and some extra quotation marks.
Sheesh. I honestly have no idea how I managed to pull that off. That'll teach me to copy pasta without paying attention. Thanks for the heads-up.
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Re: Just registered to share this horror story
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2012, 08:06:32 am »

Welcome to Dwarf fortress my friend! :)
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« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2012, 10:37:32 am »

Aww you got a nicer entrance to this game then me!  :P
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Re: Just registered to share this horror story
« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2012, 01:09:45 pm »

Ah, the learning process for the Overseer.

First the Overseer learns how to massacre their Dwarves, then they learn how to care for them.

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Re: Just registered to share this horror story
« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2012, 05:03:02 pm »

Pretty much all of my forts end to intentional magma flooding or suicide by clown a few years after founding because I get bored. I am too uninspired for this game.
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Re: Just registered to share this horror story
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2012, 04:38:13 am »

Pretty much all of my forts end to intentional magma flooding or suicide by clown a few years after founding because I get bored. I am too uninspired for this game.

Play masterwork and you can die on many new things.
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Re: Just registered to share this horror story
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2012, 12:28:52 am »

Welcome to DF.  Enjoy your stay :D
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