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[dei]

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 how feasible would it be to somehow switch off migrant waves and start a fortress, with the only population increase coming from your original seven dwarves interbreeding?

That is actually very feasible.

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You would require at least three male dwarves and three female dwarves plus one male or one female that doesn't fall in love with one of the first seven. If the dwarves that shack up together have an odd number of children, say three, then the seventh dwarf of the first generation can shack up with the odd one out when they've become a viable adult - but only if they are of a compatible gender. After this however the second generation of couples will end up having a minimum of two children, but no matter how many they have there will be only two viable bloodlines. These bloodlines will then merge into one bloodline that will produce a minimum of one child. If incest is avoided throughout this process your fortress will end up with a minimum of thirteen dwarves by the fourth generation that essentially ends up being the last generation possible without some kind of inbreeding.

This of course is only possible if your dwarves have compatible personalities and none of then end up dying in the process, as well as only if your dwarves have at least two males and a female or two females and a male in their second generation and follow that with an equal number of males and females in the third generation, and the odd one out in the second generation has a compatible personality with the seventh dwarf of the first generation. It would require a very specific set of circumstances that would be very unlikely to achieve during the average game of Dwarf Fortress but in theory it is entirely possible to create three additional generations of dwarves with just your starting seven, and more if you rely on the incestuous relationships that are supported by Dwarf Fortress. I don't know the exact specifics on that but I think that it had something to do with aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews of some kind. Don't quote me on that.

I think I'll go back to my padded cell now. Nurse, fetch me my straight jacket.

[Loud Whispers]

Well hang on, why do you assume you HAVE to breed generation by generation? DF can support a hive based system, where the starting 7 function as the brood overlords, spawning endless waves of children. Effectively you'd only need one generation, with the kids functioning much like drones in ant colonies.

[King DZA]

Poppycock. I'm perfectly sane, I told myself so just the other day. It's everyone else in the world that's off their bloody rocker...

[Lagslayer]

Poppycock. I'm perfectly sane, I told myself so just the other day. It's everyone else in the world that's off their bloody rocker...

Can't argue with that logic!

[Strife26]

I dunno everyone, after firing up DF yesterday morning, and playing it pretty straight through to right now, I gotta say that it certainly leaves some kinda patina over everything I'm thinking about. I mean, not to say that I'm crazy, or that it's due to the ASCII, but I don't think there's really any game I've happily played for a day straight before, especially as short on sleep as I am

[Flying Dice]

I can think of several games that I've played essentially nonstop for that long.

[Frumple]

Yeah... there was a period when I was younger that I somehow progressed through part of FF6 while unconcious. Not really sure how, but I fell asleep playing and woke back up notably later further into the game. Was a bit strange.

As for day long roguelike binges... yeah. Yeah, been there, done that. Incursion♥

[dei]

I've spent days just playing Morrowind and only taking breaks to eat, drink, or use the bathroom. That, Princess Maker 2 and Fatal Labyrinth are the only games I can honestly say I've done this with - outside of visual novels. Almost every other game can only keep my attention for up to three hour sessions at most and even then usually average sessions shorter than that.

Fatal Labyrinth is the only roguelike I recall binging on. It's an old Sega Genesis game that I spent twelve hours playing and managed to beat the game after doing such. I haven't played it since because I felt satisfied with my conquest of said game.

[katana]

Poppycock. I'm perfectly sane, I told myself so just the other day. It's everyone else in the world that's off their bloody rocker...

You need to go inside more.

[martinuzz]

EDITED out due to general shock of readers. Perhaps not everyone here has played HELL / HATEMOO

[Loud Whispers]

Post edit sorcery

[katana]

Not that good an example either.

[NobodyPro]

-Theoretical FATAL roguelike-

Even in ASCII, that would probably be a sign of insanity.

[martinuzz]

Okay, sorry for the too rough example. I edited it out. It's not theoretical though. The described actions were actually performable in HATEMOO. It netted me progression points in necrophilia and homosexuality.

[Flying Dice]

-Theoretical FATAL roguelike-

Even in ASCII, that would probably be a sign of insanity.

HATEMOO is actually bad enough to be compared to FATAL? I now have lost any desire I might have once had to play it.