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[TinyPirate]

I have issues with to and too.. hehe. And other words I am sure!

I wouldn't mind the first post being cloned on the wiki, or translations anywhere, but I wrote the guide not only as a help to new players but also to encourage folks to visit me site! So wouldn't be keen on the whole thing moving.

[martinuzz]

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Good job, Tiny

[Cire]

...all I can say is "I hate you Tiny".

I spent every waking moment this past weekend playing with and cursing dorfs.   I have not been able to work at all today (have been scribbling new and improved Fort designs).  Hell I even dreamed in ASCII last night. 

Seriously.. why did PA have to link to this game.  /palmface

[Jackrabbit]

...all I can say is "I hate you Tiny".

I spent every waking moment this past weekend playing with and cursing dorfs.   I have not been able to work at all today (have been scribbling new and improved Fort designs).  Hell I even dreamed in ASCII last night. 

Seriously.. why did PA have to link to this game.  /palmface

He's one of ours sir!

[Smew]

This is the tutorial I used, and it was lovely while it lasted! thank you Tiny!

[TinyPirate]

Thanks!

And plotting fortresses gets even worse when you work out how to use 3Dwarf and then start plotting your mega-constructions!

[TinyPirate]

Reading my stats 53,000 people have read the first tutorial and more than 4,000 have downloaded the play-along client and probably played along! W00t!

[Dame de la Licorne]

Looks good!  Kudos to Tiny for making it, DF has needed something of this sort for awhile, and it hasn't been very high on Toady's priority list, understandably.  At the very least we should add a link from the DF wiki "tutorials" page and sticky this topic. 

[nachosamurai]

I have to thank you for making such a fascinating and in-depth game EASILY available to complete newbies. I had no idea such a game existed till PA linked your guide, and your guide was so well written (originally I was just curious and started skimming, but the more bits I read the more I realized I REALLY wanted to play this game... then when I downloaded your play-along I started the tutorial over, and lost my entire weekend to the damn game! But I feel like I'm beginning to know what I'm doing now, and have to say it is all thanks to your guide!!!

PLEASE continue to write more, Tiny!! This game is SOOO COMPLEX and not the easiest thing to pick up... and there's a thousand different things that haven't been mentioned, it feels like I'm only scratching the surface of the mine, so-to-speak, and it sure is dark in there... I'd like your guide to be the whiskey that spreads warmth through my body and lends strength to my pick! 

[Jurph]

Tiny, great work!  You've done the community a huge favor by bringing us so many new users and calling the searing-hot spotlight of Penny Arcade fame onto our excavations and madness.  Now, newbies, you will learn what you get when SimCity adopts Nethack and Oregon Trail's axe-wielding, bearded, drunken bastard love-child.  Strike the Earth! Blood for Armok!

[TinyPirate]

Awesome!

Well I hope some of the newbies go over to the tutorial stories thread:
http://afteractionreporter.com/2009/03/16/lend-me-your-dwarf-fortress-stories/

..and add your funny stories from the tutorial.

One thing I love about DF is that even if everyone starts from the same position the games always diverge wildly.

I'll get on to a tutorial about sand (and zones) soonish, as well as world building.

[Slumb]

Fantastic work!   

Hopefully it will ease the learning curve for new players.  Brilliant!

[Fishbreath]

As one of the 4,000 who downloaded the client and played along, I have to offer a gigantic thank you. I'd tried to get into DF before, but there really weren't any good resources for getting started (that I could see).

Now I'm moving along nicely, and have even survived the first few sieges.

[snelg]

Good work with those tutorials, must've taken quite some time to write them. I'm sure any new players who stumbles upon them will be overjoyed. 

[SolarShado]

At the newbies whining about the game eating their entire weekend: shaddup, the game has just begun to eat your life, it gets worse! Oh, and welcome to the forum and all that.