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varkarrus

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The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« on: May 23, 2009, 07:41:48 pm »
I had a strange dream last night about dwarf fortress.  Aliens landed on my fortress in their UFO. It was a new fortress with 7 dwarves. I recruited them and eliminated the aliens. They were tough with high Damblocks and carrying laser guns. Their were also a ton of alien animals, ranging from creatures bred for food to 2 huge elephant-like war creatures. I killed them off... somehow...

I took their stuff, but noticed that my dwarves all got sick with alien flu. They died off. I found a new embark location. Same thing happened. I embarked again, and left the aliens alone. One hunter passed by, got sick, then spread the flu to the rest. I embarked again, and the aliens came to abduct my dwarves, killing them all. After a while, it started to be less dwarf fortress-y and turned into a camping trip with friends (though for some reason, I could still see the unit manager)

One of the side effects of the alien flu caused it to be more likely to enter a fell mood. Strange.
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Quote from: Skorpion on June 01, 2009, 08:41:19 pm
And you can't eat them, either, sadly. Even though it'd make sieges so much more fun; dwarves lining the walls, drooling and carrying sharp knives and forks, ready for the upcoming meals.

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Re: The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2009, 09:28:52 pm »
Awesome.
I propose this topic gets moved to Suggestions.
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Re: The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2009, 09:47:30 pm »
Quote from: varkarrus on May 23, 2009, 07:41:48 pm
One of the side effects of the alien flu caused it to be more likely to enter a fell mood. Strange.

I love this phenomenon of dreaming that causes you to know things for absolutely no reason.
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Re: The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2009, 10:15:26 am »
X-Com + Dwarf Fortress = Dwarf-Com

Use your dwarves to fight off a worldwide alien invasion.  Build your own skyrangers and interceptors using alien technology, use the new dwarven researcher job and new research and alien containment buildings to steal the alien's technology and use it against them!  Interrogate captive aliens to discover their sinister motives, then apply magma! (to mars)

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... Dangit now I need to see if I can get X-COM UFO defence working in Vista...
« Last Edit: May 24, 2009, 10:24:14 am by Greiger »
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Re: The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2009, 10:43:05 am »
Quote from: Greiger on May 24, 2009, 10:15:26 am
then apply magma! (to mars)
VERY YES
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Re: The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2009, 12:53:13 pm »
Quote from: Greiger on May 24, 2009, 10:15:26 am
X-Com + Dwarf Fortress = Dwarf-Com

Use your dwarves to fight off a worldwide alien invasion.  Build your own skyrangers and interceptors using alien technology, use the new dwarven researcher job and new research and alien containment buildings to steal the alien's technology and use it against them!  Interrogate captive aliens to discover their sinister motives, then apply magma! (to mars)

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... Dangit now I need to see if I can get X-COM UFO defence working in Vista...

You can using DOSBox. Also the version on Steam comes with a properly set up DOSBox to run it, I just bought that for ease instead of messing around with it.
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Re: The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2009, 01:00:12 pm »
I've got X-Com CE running pretty much flawlessly under Vista.
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Re: The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2009, 01:19:48 pm »
Quote from: Sean Mirrsen on May 24, 2009, 01:00:12 pm
I've got X-Com CE running pretty much flawlessly under Vista.

Same here. Also, Dwarf-Com sounds like a neat idea. Hey! Perhaps it's Toady's secret project!  :P
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Re: The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2009, 04:04:43 pm »
Quote from: Tormy on May 24, 2009, 01:19:48 pm
Quote from: Sean Mirrsen on May 24, 2009, 01:00:12 pm
I've got X-Com CE running pretty much flawlessly under Vista.

Same here. Also, Dwarf-Com sounds like a neat idea. Hey! Perhaps it's Toady's secret project!  :P
finally Dwarves+aliens, my two greatest distractions put together
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Re: The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2009, 02:09:25 am »
How about squats?...oh no! Now "They" will come after me.
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Re: The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2009, 12:19:41 pm »
Quote from: Greiger on May 24, 2009, 10:15:26 am
X-Com + Dwarf Fortress = Dwarf-Com

Use your dwarves to fight off a worldwide alien invasion.  Build your own skyrangers and interceptors using alien technology, use the new dwarven researcher job and new research and alien containment buildings to steal the alien's technology and use it against them!  Interrogate captive aliens to discover their sinister motives, then apply magma! (to mars)

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... Dangit now I need to see if I can get X-COM UFO defence working in Vista...
By interrogate you mean subject to several dips in the magma, right?
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varkarrus

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Re: The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2009, 07:43:05 pm »
Just like waterboarding simulates drowning, magmaboarding simulates horrible flesh burning pain. Fun.
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Quote from: Skorpion on June 01, 2009, 08:41:19 pm
And you can't eat them, either, sadly. Even though it'd make sieges so much more fun; dwarves lining the walls, drooling and carrying sharp knives and forks, ready for the upcoming meals.

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Re: The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2009, 07:45:22 pm »
Quote from: Keilden on May 25, 2009, 02:09:25 am
How about squats?...oh no! Now "They" will come after me.
Keilden. Hide. GW is after you. Resistance is futile.
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Re: The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2009, 09:30:51 pm »
Quote from: varkarrus on May 27, 2009, 07:43:05 pm
Just like waterboarding simulates drowning, magmaboarding simulates horrible flesh burning pain. Fun.
*cough* simulates... right... *cough*
Also, wouldn't aliens simply asplode your fortress the moment you are perceived as a threat?
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Re: The aliens are invading! And they brought the plague!
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2009, 09:48:10 pm »
*Bump*
Quote from: Argonnek on May 27, 2009, 09:30:51 pm
Quote from: varkarrus on May 27, 2009, 07:43:05 pm
Just like waterboarding simulates drowning, magmaboarding simulates horrible flesh burning pain. Fun.
*cough* simulates... right... *cough*
Also, wouldn't aliens simply asplode your fortress the moment you are perceived as a threat?
Look what I found on the internets.
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WHAT?  WE DEMAND OUR FREE THINGS NOW DESPITE THE HARDSHIPS IT MAY CAUSE IN YOUR LIFE
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It's like you're all trying to outdo each other in sheer useless pedantry.
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