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[EnderCrypt]

sense i first got dwarf fortress (3 days ago... , btw BEST game ever... and i tought minecraft was amazing.. but this  ... anyways) i wondered... who is.. /what is armok: god of blood, i assume.. maybe the slaves are the dwarfs?... im a little confused.., btw does this topic fit here?

[martinuzz]

ARM OK was a flag in one of Toady One's earlier games. It meant that the arm body part was in a good enough shape to wield a weapon, IIRC

[EnderCrypt]

ehm.. im very inexperienced with all this.. so.. arm ok? wut.. flag..toadys.. hm.. i heard.. that before  i think.. arm is in enough shape to wield a weapon.... ok.. but.. hows this related to DF, and why did this... flag?.. wow im  really confused...

[werty892]

Go here

[Trif]

Hehe, your posts are fun to read.
Toady One and Threetoe are the the founders of Bay 12 Games and the creators of Dwarf Fortress. Their previous project was "Slaves to Armok: God of Blood", a 3D action fantasy RPG thingy. After a few years of developing it, they decided to focus on Dwarf Fortress instead and called it Slaves to Armok: God of Blood: Chapter 2: Dwarf Fortress as a nod to the previous game, and also because long titles are funny.

Now, where did the name Armok come from? In one of the really early and also unreleased projects of Bay 12 Games, Dragslay, there was a variable to check the number of usable arms. It was called arm_ok , and because that sounds kinda cool, it became the name of the god of blood.

[EnderCrypt]

thanks, xD.. ok i see.. so toady one and threetoe are founders of these amazing games.. yeah.. amazing name
i see... arm_ok... he he thats amazing!, this is what modern games needs... well thanks for answering yaa' all been very helpfull, and in a very short time, your all 

[Chessrook44]

Founders and Entire Development Team.  Seriously, the entire game is made by two (Technically one) person.  Feel the awe.

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!!

[Gavakis]

First, I would recommend to spell better, also to start playing and trying to support your dwarves, and making them happy. Then, you try to do challanges, try new things and watch youtube and browse the Wiki But not too far after that, you will be experienced, and you will realise Minecraft was inspired of Dwarf Fortress, and you should try and play other 12 Bay games, such as Liberal Crime Squad. I hope you stay. Good luck, peasant.

[Dyret]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!!

Skulls for the skull throne!

(sorry, I had to)

[weenog]

The origin of the name is known.  Who/What Armok is, still seems to be up for debate.  I tend to think each player is Armok, though the blood part varies from player to player.  Sadism, carelessness, merciless pragmatism, accident, science, wargaming, there's no shortage of reason to bleed dwarves, invaders and everything else.

[EnderCrypt]

First, I would recommend to spell better

what you mean?, and i am always having happiness as priority 1, i also read the wiki or minor help, on things like buildings..  how to overall get iron? lol... is there several ores that produces it? and yeah, i already know dwarf fortres is the .. how should i say it.. mother of all games like.. minecaft, towns, and that 

[Siquo]

First, I would recommend to spell better

What do you mean? I always have happiness as my primary priority. I also read the wiki [or minor help] on things such as buildings. But how do I get iron? Is there more than one ore that produces it? And yes, I already know Dwarf Fortress is the "mother" of all games such as Minecraft, Towns, etc. 

A lot of us are quite anal about grammar and spelling. See your fixed post above, untranslatable text in [].

[EnderCrypt]

i also read the wiki or minor help, on things like buildings

ops... yeah, i know im quite bad at spelling ...  its not that im lazy or anything... but.. yeah, you get the point

[AutomataKittay]

Wow, I'm having a bit of trouble reading them posts and I'm a native english speaker.

Some practice with spelling and structures would help keep things clear!

[EnderCrypt]

really?? im that bad.. i didnt think i was that... bad.. ... what did do wrong?