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Do you play Dwarf Fortress?

Yes, religiously!
- 39 (17.3%)
I used to, but haven't in a while.
- 172 (76.1%)
Tried it once or twice, but didn't care for it.
- 6 (2.7%)
Never!
- 2 (0.9%)
What's "Dwarf Fortress"? Is that like a mod for TF2?
- 7 (3.1%)

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ekolis

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Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« on: November 22, 2013, 02:08:16 pm »
Just curious :)
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Re: Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2013, 02:14:09 pm »
Would be kinda odd to be on a forum made for a game to not play that game you know...
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Re: Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2013, 02:15:25 pm »
No. Some people in the lower boards haven't played DF at all, and many more haven't played DF in quite a while.
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Re: Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2013, 02:16:34 pm »
Quote from: miauw62 on November 22, 2013, 02:15:25 pm
No. Some people in the lower boards haven't played DF at all, and many more haven't played DF in quite a while.
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Re: Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2013, 02:16:57 pm »
Well, I only came here because Draxis started a thread about THANCS, which I had a hand in developing...


I might be tempted to get into DF sometime, though, if there was a decent GUI frontend for it. I don't normally mind ASCII games, having grown up with games like Nethack and Angband, but the character set used by DF goes way beyond your standard set of ASCII characters used in most roguelikes, and that, combined with the awkward controls, made it far too confusing for me to enjoy... :(


Of course, I hear the game is also a huge time sink, much like Minecraft or The Sims, and I'm not sure I want to get so obsessed over just one game... :P
« Last Edit: November 22, 2013, 02:20:09 pm by ekolis »
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Re: Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2013, 02:17:16 pm »
Played it a lot in the hazy days of 2008 (or whenever I made my account), decided to put it down for a while to wait for the 'awesome stuff in the new version'. New stuff confused me and there was more awesome new stuff in the next version, so why learn it now? Let's wait a little longer. There'll be something in Other Games to keep me occupied in the mean time...

That cycle has been on repeat for five years, evidently.

In playing other stuff with B12 I've noticed that there are quite a few folk who haven't played it much if at all. The community has grown beyond the game, which I don't think is that weird at all given how many 'tried it and didn't care for it / got tired of the effort but stayed around' folk there are.

Also the poll seems to lack an option between 'Played religiously' and 'used to', though I'm not entirely sure DF is a game you can play all that casually, heh.
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Re: Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2013, 02:22:33 pm »
I haven't played for about 2 years now, even though i still donate from time to time.
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Re: Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2013, 02:23:01 pm »
Used to play a fair bit, but not much in the last few years.  Honestly I think the game got a little too hardcore military-wise, as most of my most recent fortresses just get beat up by goblins.  I liked it better when soldiers were effective.  Although maybe they are effective again?  I haven't kept up.  :)
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Re: Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2013, 02:23:20 pm »
Quote from: KoE on November 22, 2013, 02:17:16 pm
Also the poll seems to lack an option between 'Played religiously' and 'used to', though I'm not entirely sure DF is a game you can play all that casually, heh.


Heh, yeah. Unintentional genius in my choice of poll options? :) And what joker actually voted for the TF2 mod option? Though such a thing *would* be awesome... ;)
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Re: Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2013, 02:30:09 pm »
I haven't played in ages, since the 2010 update I guess. I just don't have the time to sink in to it these days that I used to have (it could take me several hours to pick an embark site, for example, which is a days worth of gaming time for me nowdays).
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Re: Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2013, 02:31:47 pm »
I've been waiting on the next release, which sounds like it has a lot of exciting stuff, since it felt like it'd be just around the corner.

...Yeah, it's been about eight months.
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Re: Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2013, 02:34:00 pm »
I freaking love DF but like most of the voters in this poll I haven't played in quite some time. I would however love to play if it ever gets a UI overhaul, Yes I know of all the front ends and mods but I would really love it and play it more if there was a total UI revamp.
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Re: Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2013, 02:36:42 pm »
I usually tend to make like 1 year breaks. In the mean time I play other games and if they feature building, management or anything dorfy, I always end up comparing it to DF, so I get back to it.
I've been playing this month, and installed some interface improvement mods that made me very happy, lowered micromanagement and even enabled the use of mouse [!] to define areas, buildings, stockpiles... it's the first time I used mods, they provide interesting tools - specially for DF veterans that may not want to micromanage everything.
I used to love micromanaging, but now my play-style changed.. I want to focus on other stuff (haven't touched the minecarts yet).
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Re: Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2013, 02:38:49 pm »
I was big into it with the 2010 push, then got burned out with all the micro and whatnot. I also didn't care at all for the patch that made wagons unable to pass over traps, but I will get back into it at some point.

I always get back into it at some point.
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Re: Am I the only one around here who doesn't play Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2013, 02:43:18 pm »
I haven't played in a couple of months, and probably won't until the next version's release.
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