I was playing DF today, when a strange problem arose,
a strange answer ran over to greet it,
and then I connected all of it to emotional response...
and felt bad enough to save scum the problem away.
Here is the dilemma:
I have a fortress with (as some of you may already know) a population of 3 dwarfs.
There are technically 18 dwarfs, the others 15 all wandering around starving outside. (With a berserk diplomat on the loose)
Earlier in my game, while the outsiders were still fresh out of an immigration wave,
I had them tile out a bit of stone on the side of my sealed-off fortress.
Then, I got this new idea, which I rather liked.
I implemented it all over the fortress, all except for that one spot with the missing stone.
In order to make symmetry, I realized, I would for a short time have to open my fortress wall.
This of course was a no-no.
So then I got this idea.
I would assert whatever control I could over the starving and dying outside dwarfs,
and have them build up a wall to block the future opening.
That is when I realized how horrible it was, to make the dying dwarfs build a wall, with their last bit of sanity and strength,
that would ensure future generations of their kind could never access the fortress they all dreamed about.
I typed a lowercase b, then a capital C.
With reluctance I typed a lowercase 'w', followed by two or three presses of the u key.
Then I reached for my enter key, just as I was about to hit it, I decided not to.
I sat for a moment, just looking at my hands.
I knew what to do. How to set things right.
I promptly pressed that three key combo sacred to all gamers.
Crisis averted.
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