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Author Topic: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf  (Read 10827 times)

Armok

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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #135 on: June 10, 2008, 02:46:00 pm »

BEYOND QUALITY!  :D
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Skizelo

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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #136 on: June 11, 2008, 10:21:00 am »

Some of your soldiers must have "Doesn't really care about anything anymore" by now.
"Gosh that's a shame"
"What?"
"Someone's going to have to lug those two to the graveyard. Nice socks though"
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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #137 on: June 11, 2008, 01:17:00 pm »

I know you get piles of positive reviews, but I'll throw my two cents in as well.

This is an exceedingly well-written story.  I'm a fanfiction writer myself, but for cheesy superhero cartoons and the like, over on fanfiction.net.  Anyway, The political intrigue, the convincing and realistic character motivations, and the fact that basically all of this could easily happen in-game all combine to make this a very good story and an enjoyable read.

I did like the poor Thresher coming in to announce his artifact Oaken Ring at the end of the near-coup.  Heh.

Anyway excellent story.

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Quiller

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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #138 on: June 11, 2008, 03:27:00 pm »

There is a kind of conspiracy theory mindset to this narrative.  Wait, the mayor got replaced and the new one is one of the soldiers?  Hmm, there must be a shadowy figure behind this.  Every event has a cause somewhere if it can just be figured out.  It's fun, but also the sense that a few dwarves are behind the machinations and that the majority of the dwarves are just there to do their job and try and keep out of trouble adds atmosphere.  This is one of the stories I look forward to.
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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #139 on: June 13, 2008, 02:48:00 am »

quote:
Originally posted by Skizelo:
<STRONG>Some of your soldiers must have "Doesn't really care about anything anymore" by now.
"Gosh that's a shame"
"What?"
"Someone's going to have to lug those two to the graveyard. Nice socks though"</STRONG>

Damnably good. I should be asleep recovering from my beating, yet I'm still up due to your mercilessly good writing. Damn it man, think of my sleep patterns when you begin writing this stuff! Its not as if I can stop myself when I begin!

Also, Skizelo, I was hoping to use part of that quote as a signature, that alright?

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Skizelo

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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #140 on: June 13, 2008, 09:28:00 am »

Well... everytime you post something, I want royalties. Writer's rights of course.
Whoops, typo. I guess so? I Have No Objections.
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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #141 on: June 13, 2008, 02:11:00 pm »

I re-read just for the fun of it   :) Keep up the work!
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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #142 on: June 15, 2008, 07:20:12 pm »

Hey folks, I just wanted to say that due to some real-life stuff that's popped up, I probably won't get to part IV for a couple weeks.  Sorry about that.  But hooray for new forums!
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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #143 on: June 16, 2008, 05:15:36 pm »

Well, I still will wait, as this has been a very great story so far, and I wouldn't want to miss it. Also, I haven't played DF in a while and now I have a reason to again.
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Lemnx

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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #144 on: June 16, 2008, 08:58:06 pm »

We shall await your return!  :'(
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Doler 12

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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #145 on: July 08, 2008, 10:02:12 am »

Cant wait for you to come back.
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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #146 on: August 04, 2008, 07:40:28 pm »

one of my favorite DF stories of all time.  looking forward to more.
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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #147 on: August 15, 2008, 06:40:10 am »

A story with the same quality of a masterwork aluminium statue decorated with spikes of gold and engraved masturfully with trout bones.

Keep up the good work :D
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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #148 on: August 15, 2008, 02:50:08 pm »

AlmostEverywhere, you make the random string of events, controlled by the whim of the RNG, appear as a concise novel with a carefully planned plot. Chapeau, good sir, and keep it up, I'm thoroughly enjoying this story.
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Re: The Tale of a Sensible Dwarf
« Reply #149 on: August 15, 2008, 03:06:42 pm »

AlmostEverywhere, you make the random string of events, controlled by the whim of the RNG, appear as a concise novel with a carefully planned plot. Chapeau, good sir, and keep it up, I'm thoroughly enjoying this story.

Hat, good sir?
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