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Sometimes.

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Only when there's a new release.

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Never. ((get out))

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Total Members Voted: 13

[SOLDIER First]

<-- also hasn't played in forever
<-- just installed the LNP

[Rolepgeek]

I'll be forced to get off in a few minutes, just so you know. My apologies.

[Empiricist]

I'mma ask what a helical railgun is, first off.

Helical railguns are multi-turn railguns that reduce rail and brush current by a factor equal to the number of turns. Two rails are surrounded by a helical barrel and the projectile or re-usable carrier is also helical. The projectile is energized continuously by two brushes sliding along the rails, and two or more additional brushes on the projectile serve to energize and commute several windings of the helical barrel direction in front of and/or behind the projectile. The helical railgun is a cross between a railgun and a coilgun. They do not currently exist in a practical, usable form.

Think of a railgun as a single-turn motor. A helical railgun would be a multi-turn motor.

For more information, here's a link to a relevant article.

[Akroma]

why do your guys all have to be so old? I mean when you are so old, perception of time would make it that you barely notice a year passing by

[Xantalos]

That'd be human intelligences.
Unless they are human, in which case eh.

[Empiricist]

Why do your guys all have to be so old? I mean when you are so old, perception of time would make it that you barely notice a year passing by

Perhaps most appeared with the creation of their related concepts which means that ones with more impressive sounding domains would be naturally older? I suppose if there's a god of mutually assured destruction or something, they'd be younger, by divine terms at least.

Maybe it's linked to that inane fantasy crap where the older something is, the better it becomes as opposed to just becoming worn down and outdated? (Which is why in one of my settings, that is exploited by having magical artifacts being stored in what amount to wine cellars so that they mature like fine wine or cheese )

[Akroma]

man, anyone else get a billion errors of the website not loading? Hasn't happened in a long time.

[Empiricist]

Yes. DF2014 has been released and we've hit a new record for users simultaneously online. We're lucky the servers don't crash.

[Akroma]

sigh.

[smurfingtonthethird]

Lovin' this new update. Not lovin the fucking two week loading thing in adventure mode.

[Empiricist]

Perhaps in honor of this update, we should make the universe crash when a PC tries to talk to a god

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Cue Anima being rendered unusable

[Atnegam]

So fun story: I've never really played Dwarf Fortress longer than 5 seconds and I don't plan on really picking it back up any time soon because meh :\

Not sure why but everytime I think about maybe picking it up I just get depressed instead and tell myself I'm incapable of playing because the game is too complex and I'm a stupid doodoo head and I should just go back to my simple non-indie games because I'm a scrub.

In other news though Hit Boxes look like the sexiest things ever but are expensive to get ;_;

[Empiricist]

Cue Anima being rendered unusable

She could threaten to crash the universe. Or just communicate with sign language, or text messages, or post-it notes.

[smurfingtonthethird]

So fun story: I've never really played Dwarf Fortress longer than 5 seconds and I don't plan on really picking it back up any time soon because meh :\

Not sure why but everytime I think about maybe picking it up I just get depressed instead and tell myself I'm incapable of playing because the game is too complex and I'm a stupid doodoo head and I should just go back to my simple non-indie games because I'm a scrub.

In other news though Hit Boxes look like the sexiest things ever but are expensive to get ;_;

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Seriously though, I wish I had no idea what I was doing, that's half the fun. Just repeatedly keep trying to play it until your brain corrodes and you can understand it.