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[Salmeuk]

Local man claims existence of a "secret book conspiracy" among veteran readers to "hide all the best books in a large, inaccesible vault."

Later, it was revealed he had simply never heard of a Library.

[dwarfish]

Local man claims existence of a "secret book conspiracy" among veteran readers to "hide all the best books in a large, inaccesible vault."

Later, it was revealed he had simply never heard of a Library.

it's not a conspiracy if sometimes that sort of thing exists.

such as in my fortress, all artifacts are put into a "vault" in the corner of the main tavern/dining room on a single pedestal behind a few statues to give vision and a door that is only unforbidden when adding to the hoard

[EuchreJack]

Local man claims existence of a "secret book conspiracy" among veteran readers to "hide all the best books in a large, inaccesible vault."

Later, it was revealed he had simply never heard of a Library.

Please please please add that to the DF wiki's entry on libraries.  I laughed for a good couple of minutes.

are you SURE SURE there is no secret knowledge community veterans keep to themselves?

I can understand the confusion.  Older posts refer to HFS, Clowns, and Candy to avoid spoiling some surprises.  But nowadays, if you hear stuff like that, you'll probably get an answer in spoilers like below:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

HFS= Hidden Fun Stuff, Clowns are Demons, and Candy is Raw adamantine, all readily accessible on the wiki.

You can also find out the day and year that other posters joined the forums by clicking on their name and viewing their profile.

[Thisfox]

You can also find out the day and year that other posters joined the forums by clicking on their name and viewing their profile.

That can be misleading: When I first started playing, it took me several long real-world years to actually make a profile and start posting on here. And I know others are the same. Some of us lurk a LONG time before admitting we play as much as everyone else. Others join up to the forum years before actually diving in and playing the game, as the forum is a fun place to be.

[brewer bob]

When I first started playing, it took me several long real-world years to actually make a profile and start posting on here. And I know others are the same. Some of us lurk a LONG time before admitting we play as much as everyone else.

Same here. Took me around 3-4 years of lurking (after 1-2 years playing) before finally making a profile.

Still waiting to learn all that secret community veteran knowledge... 

[dwarfish]

Still waiting to learn all that secret community veteran knowledge... 

i hope i didn't spoil a lot of it in the thread i posted

[EuchreJack]

You can also find out the day and year that other posters joined the forums by clicking on their name and viewing their profile.

That can be misleading: When I first started playing, it took me several long real-world years to actually make a profile and start posting on here. And I know others are the same. Some of us lurk a LONG time before admitting we play as much as everyone else. Others join up to the forum years before actually diving in and playing the game, as the forum is a fun place to be.

Indeed.  There is also Curses (home of LCS).  Plus various members go on one or more year vacations from the the boards.

Still waiting to learn all that secret community veteran knowledge... 

i hope i didn't spoil a lot of it in the thread i posted

Everything is ok.  Some people use the word SPOILERS, or put info in

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

tags, but it should be fine.  Honestly, I'm not even sure why the

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

stuff that is going to kill you in the center of the earth

is still spoiler-ed.  I think its the only thing really being kept secret.  If the wiki isn't actively trying to hide it, they you're probably helping by giving the info.  And still helping even if its SPOILER stuff by documenting it, just need the SPOILER tag.

I hope that made sense...

[Shonai_Dweller]

And SPOILERS is really a meme at this point. Wouldn't be much content out there if everyone used spoiler tags to discuss modding of candy, the circus, dark tower sites, goblin leaders, to describe goings on in Legends, or just generally make video playthroughs.

Imagine the devlog for Myth & Magic arc if Toady stuck to the "rules". 2-3 years of spoiler tags....

[brewer bob]

Still waiting to learn all that secret community veteran knowledge... 

i hope i didn't spoil a lot of it in the thread i posted

No worries, I was just trying to be silly.