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Dwarf Fanatic

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Invasion of Urist
« on: April 12, 2008, 06:25:00 pm »
On a recent fortress I got in my original seven... 3 Urists! How can that happen? I thought it was random!

other questions: How do you make a screen shoot?

Thanks in Advance!

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Re: Invasion of Urist
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2008, 06:44:00 pm »
I cant keep the name Urist out of my head when naming something.
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Re: Invasion of Urist
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2008, 06:47:00 pm »
[ALT]+[PrtSc]
The open paint or whatever you mac troglodytes use, and do [Ctrl]+V

Save.

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Re: Invasion of Urist
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2008, 07:50:00 pm »
It is random.  Sometimes random means you get the same result repeatedly.
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Re: Invasion of Urist
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2008, 08:37:00 pm »
What the hell?

Urist seems like a very common name. I remember someone mentioning "Urist Uristurist" being a very likely name.

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Re: Invasion of Urist
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2008, 09:41:00 pm »
Urist is just well-known among the forum denizens, likely because it was used in a hermit story and is easy to remember since it's actually, y'know, pronounceable.
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Re: Invasion of Urist
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2008, 10:19:00 pm »
I think it is because it means dagger, and most dwarven mothers are obsessed with kobolds and their large copper daggers.
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Re: Invasion of Urist
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2008, 10:47:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by PTTG??:
<STRONG>whatever you mac troglodytes use
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Cmd+shift+4 allows us to select a portion of the screen for capture; pressing space after entring this command allows us to capture an entire window. Sereenshots are saved as PNGs on the desktop.

Sorry if this sounds like "typical" Mac elitism.    ;)

[ April 12, 2008: Message edited by: MaxVance ]

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Re: Invasion of Urist
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2008, 10:58:00 pm »
if i ever have a son, or a daughter, it doesn't matter, the obvious name will be urist.

maybe it will be urist jr, as ive planned to change my own name as well

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Re: Invasion of Urist
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2008, 03:00:00 am »
For some truly hilarious names, remove the [SELECT_SYMBOl] and [CULL_SYMBOL] tags.

I got a baby here is the name Gesith Shorastsamam. That translates to Incest Wirecourage.

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Re: Invasion of Urist
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2008, 01:47:00 pm »
Thanks! I just have extremely squihsed fortresses! They are successful! I will try to post a picture for you all! How do you get a hosting site?
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Re: Invasion of Urist
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2008, 02:50:00 pm »
My first Mood!

This is a chalk amulet. All craftsdwarfship is of highest quality. It is encircled with bands of Chalk. This object menaces with spikes of Chalk and Gypsum. On the item is an image of a Dwarf and Dwarves in gray chalcedony. The dwarf is surrounded by dwarves.

Name. Usurtharnas, "Spoiledslayer"

HEHEHE.... worth... 10800 dwarven marks! Woooot! Me richy guy! (If only I have some ores...)

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Re: Invasion of Urist
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2008, 03:36:00 pm »
127 dwarves...no urists...odd?
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« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2008, 05:06:00 pm »
The RNG is pretty streaky in DF. A mathematical analysis of it was posted a while back. You're going to have uneven distributions.

I mean, how many times have you had "thunder" used in a name? It's in the dictionary, but I've never seen it as either an entity, object, or location name across all 30 or so of my fortresses.

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Re: Invasion of Urist
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2008, 06:09:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by Dwarf Fanatic:
<STRONG>My first Mood!

This is a chalk amulet. All craftsdwarfship is of highest quality. It is encircled with bands of Chalk. This object menaces with spikes of Chalk and Gypsum. On the item is an image of a Dwarf and Dwarves in gray chalcedony. The dwarf is surrounded by dwarves.

Name. Usurtharnas, "Spoiledslayer"

HEHEHE.... worth... 10800 dwarven marks! Woooot! Me richy guy! (If only I have some ores...)</STRONG>

Did I miss something, why is this here?  Is it some kind of modern art thing?  I thought this was about the RNG?

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