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Author Topic: DF gets kudos from Finnish computer magazine.  (Read 1972 times)

Raging Mouse

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DF gets kudos from Finnish computer magazine.
« on: March 03, 2009, 04:55:37 am »
The largest Finnish general magazine about computers and everything related, Mikrobitti (translated microbyte), releases a DVD every year containing a collections of programs of great help to computer users. Image editors, text editors, office packages, linux distros, web browsers.. the list goes on. They also include a selection of freeware games in various categories.

This years, DVD has just been released, as a free bonus to subscribers and buyers of the latest issue of the magazine. On it, under the section RPG:s, you will find, among Nethack and Adom; Dwarf Fortress!

The first sentence in the accompanying review says (my translation): "It's probably best not to beat about the bush and state, that Dwarf Fortress is a merciless game for beginners."  :D The review provides a link to the wiki to help with that.

So, perhaps a fresh influx of Finnish DF-players might be expected!
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Re: DF gets kudos from Finnish computer magazine.
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2009, 05:40:09 am »
Finland is already one of the largest markets for DF, surprisingly. It rates very well in northern Europe in general overall.
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Re: DF gets kudos from Finnish computer magazine.
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2009, 07:37:02 am »
Finns are the best.
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Re: DF gets kudos from Finnish computer magazine.
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2009, 09:22:24 am »
Quote from: Appelgren on March 03, 2009, 07:37:02 am
Finns are the best.

I agree, especially because I love saunas...and as we all know...it's a Finnish invention!  ;D
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Re: DF gets kudos from Finnish computer magazine.
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2009, 09:48:00 am »
I thought it was because dwarfs originated in that region? 
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Re: DF gets kudos from Finnish computer magazine.
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2009, 02:00:14 pm »
If I wasn't English, I'd want to be Finnish.
Hard gaming, heavy metal. Brilliant combination.
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Re: DF gets kudos from Finnish computer magazine.
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2009, 02:38:08 pm »
Quote from: Maggarg - Eater of chicke on March 03, 2009, 02:00:14 pm
If I wasn't English, I'd want to be Finnish.
Hard gaming, heavy metal. Brilliant combination.
Best racers in the world, best sniper that ever existed and, apparently, the best at killing Russians.

 Holy hell, I need to make friends with that Finnish guy I know just to get some of that awesomeness rubbed off on me.
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Re: DF gets kudos from Finnish computer magazine.
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2009, 08:22:59 am »
Quote from: Maggarg - Eater of chicke on March 03, 2009, 02:00:14 pm
If I wasn't English, I'd want to be Finnish.
Hard gaming, heavy metal. Brilliant combination.

..and **** climate! I mean finns are "hardcore gamers" [..take a look at the Counter Strike scene, probably 1/2 of the finnish population is playing hours / day with that game  ;D] because of that.
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Re: DF gets kudos from Finnish computer magazine.
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2009, 01:54:31 pm »
Being a 3rd-Generation Finnish-American, I suddenly have an explanation for my addiction to hardcore gaming and/or Dwarf Fortress... it's in my blood!

I wonder if the magazine contacted the Adams Bros about it beforehand. Either way, Kudos on the publicity guys!
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« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2009, 01:33:07 am »
Freaky...I never thought I'd have a genetic bias towards DF. Live and Learn.

Somehow I feel that the black & situational humour appeals to the finnish mentality.

P.S: Sauna is an babylonian(Roman?) invention that rubbed on to the slavs and thru them to us(finns). We do still have a unique bathing "culture" associated with saunas tho.
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« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2009, 01:36:46 am »
Yay us!
Gotta go find that magazine and the dvd now...
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Re: DF gets kudos from Finnish computer magazine.
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2009, 09:59:52 am »
Now I have a good excuse to go buy the magazine as I already got quite interested in it when I read it a few weeks ago.

I like these topics that show how many of us Finns really are here. Though the explanation for our great numbers is not found from the Finnish media. For example Finland's biggest gaming magazine, "Pelit" (Games) has yet to say a single word about DF.
« Last Edit: March 06, 2009, 10:18:06 am by LASD »
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Re: DF gets kudos from Finnish computer magazine.
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2009, 07:50:11 pm »
Argh...

Well, Indonesia will be there...

longly

Especially now, as nearly all gaming males either play DoTA, one of the many Korean MMOs, or watch anime and play Touhou (like me).

Well, I'll try to adversite DF after the new release released (Ow my word-choosing ability sucks)
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Re: DF gets kudos from Finnish computer magazine.
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2009, 01:37:10 am »
Quote from: Raging Mouse on March 03, 2009, 04:55:37 am
The first sentence in the accompanying review says (my translation): "It's probably best not to beat about the bush and state, that Dwarf Fortress is a merciless game for beginners."  :D The review provides a link to the wiki to help with that.

The best way I have seen to put the harshness of the game was "The learning curve is a Cliff Face."

I, unfortunately, am not a Finn.  I am frequently finished, but not a Finn.  :(
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Re: DF gets kudos from Finnish computer magazine.
« Reply #14 on: March 08, 2009, 12:13:53 pm »
Yeah, I heard something along the same lines. I'd say it this way: "The learning curve is there, but instead of a slope there's a vertical cliff face that you have to climb, pursued by rising magma."
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