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DavesWorld

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Stupid question about "Urist"
« on: January 11, 2009, 11:15:59 am »
New to the boards as of Dec08.  The 'Urist' thing is pretty funny, but I can't stand it anymore.  Background?  Why is it 'Urist'?  Where'd this particular dwarf name come from, and why's it the default dwarfy name used on the boards?

Just curious.
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Re: Stupid question about "Urist"
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2009, 11:18:57 am »
Someone a while back did a solo dwarf fort and chronicaled its development, offering a lot of character to the dwarf, who was named Urist.  After that, people started noticing that the name Urist came up a lot in their own forts... which is true, but no one would have noticed if it hadn't been for the solo fort game.  Since that name was stuck in people's heads, it was a convenient placeholder name for any generic dwarf.  Just think of it like "John Smith".
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Re: Stupid question about "Urist"
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2009, 11:30:52 am »
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Re: Stupid question about "Urist"
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2009, 01:52:47 pm »
Fyi, Urist means "Dagger"
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Re: Stupid question about "Urist"
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2009, 02:38:51 pm »
There really ought ot be a sticky about this, or something.
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Re: Stupid question about "Urist"
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2009, 02:43:29 pm »
Quote from: Kogan Loloklam on January 11, 2009, 01:52:47 pm
Fyi, Urist means "Dagger"

I thought Bomrek meant "dagger".
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Re: Stupid question about "Urist"
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2009, 02:55:26 pm »
Bomrek means "Whip".

I have a bunch of words I use in addition. My favored surname is Delerkador, but I use Bomrek and Åst as well.
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Re: Stupid question about "Urist"
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2009, 03:44:50 pm »
Its funny, I always thought that Bomrek meant spear, but that's actually Lokum.  Must have gotten them confused somehow.
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Re: Stupid question about "Urist"
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2009, 08:40:10 am »
What about Cog? Is he all forgotten? By the way, Urist was a woman.
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Re: Stupid question about "Urist"
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2009, 09:17:13 am »
I too was confused by all this Urist-talk.  Took me a while to find that story too.  Made me want to try a solo-fort.  Sorry, this may be a silly question... is there a collection of Fortress stories like Urist and Boatmurdered?
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Re: Stupid question about "Urist"
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2009, 09:37:19 am »
I merely assumed Urist was a highly Dwarven name of Dwarfness.
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Re: Stupid question about "Urist"
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2009, 12:30:45 pm »
Quote from: Kardos on January 12, 2009, 09:37:19 am
I merely assumed Urist was a highly Dwarven name of Dwarfness.

It is. Read the story and you will see why!
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Re: Stupid question about "Urist"
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2009, 12:40:29 pm »
Quote from: hermes on January 12, 2009, 09:17:13 am
I too was confused by all this Urist-talk.  Took me a while to find that story too.  Made me want to try a solo-fort.  Sorry, this may be a silly question... is there a collection of Fortress stories like Urist and Boatmurdered?

http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=19294.0
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Re: Stupid question about "Urist"
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2009, 01:38:03 pm »
The Community Games and Stories board has a lot of stories ;)
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Re: Stupid question about "Urist"
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2009, 01:42:27 pm »
Urist though isn't all that common (I think it shows up more then most names because it is unisex... but there are others) it just is noticed most often.

So basically it isn't THAT common... it just seems that way because that is all people look out for.
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