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[Mephansteras]

Toady, any chance you could give us a rundown of things you know you still have left to do? Obviously new bugs can show up and need to be fixed, but it'd be nice to know how much work you know for a fact is needed.

[tfaal]

Well, were here. Through all the spam, all the off-topic posts, and speculation, we're finally here. Page 1000. Reply 14985. As the community at large waits with bated breath, dreaming of giving out orders to our new dwarves, of the beautiful new, rich world that they inhabit, and the potential for it's refinement and innovation by our wonderful community of modders, I think we can all take a degree of humble pride in the fact that we stuck through it, for the long haul.

The fact that this thread has lasted this long is a testament to what long release cycle it has been. But the end is in sight. Even by the most pessimistic of predictions, the new version will be out in April. But this is not simply a new bunch of toys. This is the opening of the floodgates. With the new version upon us, and save compatibility broken, the steady flow of content from years past can begin once more. So take heart, forumgoers; a new day is nearly  upon us.

I typed this up a bit in advance, and I've been stalking this thread, waiting for the opportunity to open up. Because really, this is a wonderful community, a wonderful game, and a wonderful new era for both, which certainly desereves a couple paragraphs. Hell, it probably deserves a better writer than me, but at least this is better than "1000 GET!"
EDIT: So much for that idea.

[Bryan Derksen]

Well I, for one, don't see the big significance about page 1000. It's just an arbitrary number and as others have pointed out it varies depending on your settings anyway.

Besides, I got on page 800. So I don't need to post some meaningless arbitrary post to get on page 1000 to feel important.

[Orkel]

Well, I feel quite honored to post on page 1,000. We've come quite a long way.

Edit: Well, this seems to be the third post in a row to start with "well,".

Edit2: Below post almost manages to continue.

[Sagabal]

Ah well.  There's been speculation that "rough release" means he may be likely to drop the merge to get the release out the door then merge it with 40d19 afterwards.  Any truth to that?

[LoneJedi7]

Page 1000 sniper

Edit: FFFFFFUUUUUUU-

FAILURE

[Hoborobo234]

Just posting to say I posted on this page

[tfaal]

Wow, I feel lightheaded. This moment is awesome, and each post brings it closer to it's end. So cherish it.

[Fictionpuss]

Maybe the release will come at 10,000 pages, not 1,000?  Almost there folks!

[Orkel]

Ah well.  There's been speculation that "rough release" means he may be likely to drop the merge to get the release out the door then merge it with 40d19 afterwards.  Any truth to that?

Baughn has talked about that but not sure if it will happen, there's a chance it will though.

[Sagabal]

Maybe the release will come at 10,000 pages, not 1,000?  Almost there folks!

don't you even joke about that

[silverskull39]

Well, that was a nice idea. But alas, no release.

[tfaal]

It could be reply 15000. That's independent of user settings.

[Shoku]

Floodgates was a good word for just now in another sense. I expected about a page of posts all in the few second window of 1000 get but you guys all gave each other away in how long you were making the refresh times.

As for me I've only got to endure a few more pages of people talking about this before someone starts into the "give me aneurysms" project with a whole new speculative release date.

Edit: 1001 get? I started typing this with about eight posts on 1000 so you guys didn't hit nearly as narrow a band as I expected.
I'm gonna go play other games until my eyesight is too messed up for any more foruming today now.

[Genoraven]

I hope it's not another 9000 pages. That would bring us into the next decade.