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Author Topic: Sparkgear - experimental bloodline fortress [Historical archives]  (Read 88806 times)

nahkh

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Sparkgear - experimental bloodline fortress [Historical archives]
« on: May 06, 2009, 06:28:03 am »
Hello my beardy friends. Today we shall be experimenting on a new form of bloodline game.
In it's traditional form, the bloodline game consists of players taking one year long turns in succession. This does have its merits, every player has an equal opportunity to express their own perversions regardless of how much time they can spend per day or how fast their computer is. It does have its downside, namely that turns drag on and on while others wait in frustration.
Hereby I propose a new experimental format: Every turn lasts exactly 24 hours, regardless of how much time has passed in game time. Turns change at 21:00 GMT, with no exceptions. The save MUST be uploaded by then, or the turn is forfeit and the next player defaults to the previous save.

The game starts this weekend, on saturday (the ninth of May). We'll run this experiment for two three weeks, and keep going if while it kicks off.

Player list for the first two weeks:
Day:     Player:
9.        Nahkh
10.      ArkDelgato
11.      Skid
12.      Da King
13.      [deleted]
14.      Duke 2.0
15.      Ryalseth
16       Errol (notify by PM)
17.      Marko
18.      ArkDelgato (second turn)
19.      Skid
20.      filiusenox
21.      Ryalseth (second turn)
22.      Demonic Spoon
23.      Demonic Spoon (Well you guys didn't reserve it in time.)
24.      ArkDelgato (third turn) alway
25.      Marko
26.      Eerr
27.      empty
28.      empty
29.      empty

(For clarity, turn 10. begins on 9. at 21:00 GMT and ends 10. at 21:00 GMT)
When you sign up, please state which day you want, so that it suits your schedule. Anyone may take any free turn, but please do not reserve more than one turn at a time. Once you have completed your turn you may reserve another if there are free slots.

As for the game itself, there won't be any major goals. Crazy superprojects, sure. Especially if you're the kind of OCD that will spend the whole 24h playing. Mismanaged dwarves, possibly. Horrible design, more than likely. But no grand design. Just you, crazy dwarves and twenty-four hours. Are YOU up for it?

The area we're using is a 4x4 area with a brook, flux, magma pipe and HFS. Latest map of the fort can be found here http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-5767-sparkgear

This is Sparkgear.

Think you can handle it?


EDIT: It does seem that the fort has really kicked off. It's already an incomprehensible mess, but at least players don't have to wait weeks to get their turn. As always, new players are needed. Welcome to Sparkgear, home of the uranium kitchens. Good times.

AND NOW
Some select player comments
Yay! More 'art' to deface :D
-Demonic Spoon
So that's how they cook without fire, I always wondered
Corona688-
Mauhhhahahahahahh...cough..cough...muuahahahahahaahahah
-filiusenox-
Ready to ruin the fort, sir!
Errol-
Oh

my

GOD.

WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO?
-[deleted]
Oh good god.
Ryalseth-
Don't do that!! How is the fortress going to grow when all the dwarves are wearing pants??
-alway-
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« Last Edit: July 02, 2009, 01:28:46 am by nahkh »
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Re: Sparkgear - A different bloodline fortress !!Players needed!! THAT MEANS YOU
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2009, 07:48:09 am »
Sign me up for the tenth
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Re: Sparkgear - A different bloodline fortress !!Players needed!! THAT MEANS YOU
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2009, 07:59:03 am »
And we have our first contestant! Tenth it is.
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Re: Sparkgear - A different bloodline fortress !!Players needed!! THAT MEANS YOU
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2009, 11:07:48 am »
Quote from: nahkh on May 06, 2009, 06:28:03 am
I've yet to pick a site, but I'm looking for a 3 by 3 area with an underground river, magma pipe, chasm and adamantite. I may have to give one of those up but for fps' sake I'll keep the 3 by 3. Will post more details as I find a location. (Also taking suggestions location-wise)

So, anyone up for some DF?
I'm not joining, but I just genned a world where I found pipe, river, flux and HFS on a 4x4:
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Access to all civs, my civs are modded to 4 goblin civs (just copy entity_default's "EVIL" 3 additional times). No other mods.

edit: just saw that you wanted an underground river. sorry. I'll leave it here if you're still interested (can shave the area to at least 3x4 by dropping the river on the right).
« Last Edit: May 06, 2009, 11:15:23 am by azazel »
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Re: Sparkgear - A different bloodline fortress !!Players needed!! THAT MEANS YOU
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2009, 11:36:45 am »
Checking my schedule for a specific day to sign up for.
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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2009, 12:21:44 pm »
I'll take the 11th.
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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2009, 03:52:15 pm »
I'll take the twelfth.
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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2009, 04:13:58 pm »
Updating turn requests, Skid to 11th and Da King to twelfth. I hope you find a suitable day, Time Kitten.

Azazel: Thank you for that.
I dare say that 4x4 area sounds tempting. If I don't hear any objections for a day or so I say we'll go with that one.
Thanks again. Saved me a bit of trouble there ^^.

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Re: Sparkgear - A different bloodline fortress !!Players needed!! THAT MEANS YOU
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2009, 04:49:50 pm »
 Trust me, a 4x4 area shall be good. After doing a ton of nano-fortresses, anything larger than 4x4 always has too much wasted space.

 I volunteer myself for the 14th. Seems like I will most likely have a free day that day, but don't be surprised if I drop out a day or two before. Considering the nature of this succession game, that doesn't seem like it would cause much hassle.
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Re: Sparkgear - A different bloodline fortress !!Players needed!! THAT MEANS YOU
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2009, 04:58:07 pm »
I'll put you down for the 14th. If you need to cancel just let me know, it's indeed not likely to cause a hassle.
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« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2009, 01:43:32 am »
Oh yeah. I successfully genned the world, and found the site.
Guess what the nearby forest is called?
...
The Jungle of Skulls.

Mountains?
The Horn of Fjords.

Before I embark, I want to have a quick poll about the dwarven civ we want to use (for the pantheon, of course). Here's the list
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So, which is it? I personally like The Infallible Gear or The Door of Auras best. They have some kickass gods right there. Astesh Phelgmthieves, how do you get more awesome :D

While I'm at it, any preference on the initial loadout? If I don't hear objections I'll go with my usual:
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« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2009, 04:37:51 am »
I guess I'd be down for it. Sign me up for the 13th.

I also have no objections to your loadout, and The Door of Auras sounds pretty cool.
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The Sea Lamprey is propelled away by the force of the blow!
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« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2009, 08:06:53 pm »
Sign me up.....GO OCDS!!!
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« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2009, 04:00:14 am »
Which day did you want, filinusenox?

[deleted], you're on.

Also, I'm starting the first turn. To honor the dwarven way, I spent the first half of my turn drinking booze and sleeping it off. [incoming update]

EDIT: OH GAWD, what did I DO? [update even MORE incoming]
« Last Edit: May 09, 2009, 05:17:47 am by nahkh »
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« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2009, 02:01:18 pm »
Count me in
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