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[Neonivek]

I wanna know!

Know what?

[van]

I wanna know!

Know what?

"Hmm I had something else to say but I probably should keep it to myself. Mostly because it is rude to others and wrong anyhow. Though my ability to ignore it is getting thinner "

[Lancensis]

Hmm I had something else to say but I probably should keep it to myself. Mostly because it is rude to others and wrong anyhow. Though my ability to ignore it is getting thinner

What this is

[Neonivek]

Trust me when it isn't all that interesting.

[Christes]

After 5 6 worthless posts about it, you pretty much need to share to shut people up.

[Footkerchief]

Yeah seriously, stop being coy, either spit it out or don't mention it.

[Rainseeker]

Good job Neonivek, you're being a good community member by using restraint.

[Dae]

Good job Neonivek, you're being a good community member by using restraint.

?

[CobaltKobold]

That would be "restraints"

[zwei]

I count 20, 3 of them being blue, for a christmas release that gives him 20 days + 10 days of debugging.

= 29 days as my best guess if nothing gets dropped.  Allowing for a one or two day break for Toady.

Allrite, I am marking 25.12.2009 on my calendar as "DF day". Expect very pissed and ranty post at 26.12.2009 00:00:01.

Note: My guess was based on the assumption that squads finish exactly on time and that count of 29 days starts at the first of December with Toady taking two days off for Christmas(so 5 days in November + 2 days off in December + 29 work days in December = 37 36 days from this writting).  So your counter should read as due 31.12.2009 and would basically celebrate the new release with the new year.  This is assuming what I think are fairly optimistic numbers for some of the items and total guesses for others are relatively accurate.

Nonsense, counter already started!

[Innominate]

My dream is to be attacked by a goblin civilisation led by an elf riding a giant eagle and having legendary skill with bows. The second coming of Cacame.

[Neonivek]

My dream is to be attacked by a goblin civilisation led by an elf riding a giant eagle and having legendary skill with bows. The second coming of Cacame.

Goodness firing arrows from ontop of a giant eagle would be a nightmare for almost any archer.

Which is something to think about... How stable sitting on specific mounts are. Though it would curve creatures like Bears, Apes, and trolls a bit too much. (Though: Flying, Floating, Two Legged, Four Legged, and 6+ Legs could be a split)

[Lancensis]

I personally favour the Giraffe as an archery platform.

[Neonivek]

I personally favour the Giraffe as an archery platform.

You would need to be a Pixie to be able to seriously sit on one well enough to use as an archer platform Id think (Though Giraffs arn't THAT high from their back, 2-3 meters)

Also while Ostrages are ridable, to my knowledge they cannot be ridden without the use of both hands.

[kiffer.geo]

Goodness firing arrows from ontop of a giant eagle would be a nightmare for almost any archer.

Not if the Eagle was gliding and inverted*... Or doing a barrel roll... With the elf snipping straight up... Or down rather... mid roll then the Eagle dives and snatches a plate waring champion dwarf and takes off again while the elf jumps off and starts swinging away with a master work sword, he clears the non champions away from the gate house and 3 more champions come running up from the dining hall... Just as the start to charge out from the gates the Eagle drops his prey from 15 z levels *splat* right onto one of the fresh champions**. The Elf fights against the remaining 2 and things look bad for him... Suddenly he grins and dodges away from the dwarfs *slam* the eagle comes down hard on one ofthe dwarfs ripping its head off with it's sharpened talons... The Eagle and Elf flank the last champion... And soon dispatch him... The Elf remounts the Eagle and takes back to the sky...

And then... The ground troops attach...

*think the top gun scene... "We saw a MiG do a 4g negative dive..."
** I know this currently would kill neither of then but falling 15 stories onto someone should kill both of them regardless of armour.