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Necro910

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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #780 on: April 09, 2011, 11:10:30 pm »

I read pages 1-29, but then...


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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #781 on: April 09, 2011, 11:56:23 pm »

... I wrote my narrative essay assignment about my fort's first siege. :P
I wrote a narrative essay about a baron who gets deported by the king for not producing enough iron socks.
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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #782 on: April 10, 2011, 02:49:32 am »

I was recently reading a zombie novel, and one of the characters (an Army Sgt.) flashed back to a death he had seen.  the author described the dead man as being on fire, and his intestines were on fire, too.  I thought, "No, silly author! It should be '!!Man!!' and '!!Guts!!'

Aside form that, tim Curran's Resurrection is an artifact level zombie novel in my opinion.  It's encircled with bands of great characterization and menaces with spikes of gruesome.
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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #783 on: April 10, 2011, 03:23:27 am »

I stayed up all night reading this entire thread and reading about geology on wikipedia instead of going to bed before my 6 hour train journey to see my partner. Can't sleep on the train either as I have about 5 changes.

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On a related point whenever I'm on a train and have a window seat I find myself looking for good embark spots.
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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #784 on: April 10, 2011, 06:01:59 am »

...I have found a forum without too much trolling and with loads of helpful people :)
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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #785 on: April 10, 2011, 06:54:05 am »

On a related point whenever I'm on a train and have a window seat I find myself looking for good embark spots.

I primarily spend my time looking for cover in case of an emission...
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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #786 on: April 10, 2011, 05:28:04 pm »

...I have found a forum without too much trolling and with loads of helpful people :)

Aye. This is one of the best gaming forums out there.  You get an occasional trolling attempt now and then, but it gets squashed pretty quickly.

Back on topic, because of Dwarf Fortress, I sometimes think like this:

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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #787 on: April 14, 2011, 02:38:43 am »

Because of Dwarf Fortress, I'm learning to mod Dwarf Fortress, which is causing me to learn and relearn a great many other things about world history/culture/mythology, animals, vegetables, minerals, *FUN*...gi, how all of those things all interact with each other, and how to hand process a great many things.

Not to mention, ofcourse I've learned some more about coding. 

It's also been a strong inspiration towards getting more involved in gardening and related skills, which has been a great source of exercise, and ofcourse healthy foods.

My wife even thinks the dwarfs in DF are hilarious, and has encouraged me to play, which has done wonders for my emotional and relationship health.

Don't let anyone tell you that DF isn't healthy or educational!
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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #788 on: April 14, 2011, 04:33:23 am »

My wife even thinks the dwarfs in DF are hilarious, and has encouraged me to play, which has done wonders for my emotional and relationship health.

Your wife is a great person.
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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #789 on: April 14, 2011, 10:58:57 am »

... I can act smug whenever someone mentions minecraft.
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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #790 on: April 14, 2011, 11:27:31 am »

... I can act smug whenever someone mentions minecraft.
what i s this ACT nonsense? we are better after all
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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #791 on: April 14, 2011, 11:27:48 am »

I can talk about sciences I never actually studied.
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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #792 on: April 14, 2011, 11:45:33 am »

I can talk about sciences I never actually studied.
I already did that
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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #793 on: April 14, 2011, 12:11:22 pm »

I'm planning to mod in fossils.  Am not sure whether to treat them as stone, or as gems (irl, small fossils are often made into jewelry, but with larger ones this would be silly).

This is a fossilized t.rex bone bed.  All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality, blah blah...
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Re: Because of Dwarf Fortress...
« Reply #794 on: April 14, 2011, 01:02:39 pm »

DF porn:

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