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Crabe

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Things that remind you of DF
« on: September 23, 2009, 08:49:14 pm »
So, today I saw this animation and immediately thought of DF.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/502684

A little bit too bright and happy, but I still think it sums up the spirit nicely.

Post the things that remind you of DF below, books, movies, animations, whatever. 
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Re: Things that remind you of DF
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2009, 08:56:26 pm »
That animation was beautiful.
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Re: Things that remind you of DF
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2009, 08:57:25 pm »
The book I'm reading is called the Secret of Pax Tharkas. It's based in the Dragonlance universe and part of the Dwarf Home trilogy. The exploits of the protagonist sound like a power goal for DF.
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Re: Things that remind you of DF
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2009, 08:58:18 pm »
What does he do?
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Re: Things that remind you of DF
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2009, 11:07:11 pm »
I read an article about stray cats being rounded up from Japan and being shipped off over to China where they were eaten. Someone commented on it, saying that 'while wrong from most people's points of view, it's acceptable in China, and it deals with the overpopulation of cats."

Sadly, I thought of Dwarf Fortress immediately, then felt bad about myself.
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Re: Things that remind you of DF
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2009, 11:13:04 pm »
Actually that hillside settlement thing also reminded me of Dwarf Fortress when I first saw it.
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Re: Things that remind you of DF
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2009, 11:42:40 pm »
Reading wikipedia and ending up on geology for some unknown reason. 'Hey, I recognise that stone from DF!'
The last one was olivine. Which, strangely enough, makes no mention of it being used in road surfaces to hide the vomit.
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Re: Things that remind you of DF
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2009, 01:04:43 am »
That video reminds me of Knud Hamsun's Growth of the Soil which is a great novel about a guy building something out of nothing like that.  The main character is very dwarfy and ends up founding a whole community.
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Re: Things that remind you of DF
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2009, 01:12:29 am »
It's actually been posted before on these forums :)
Guess it REALLY reminds people of DF :p
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Re: Things that remind you of DF
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2009, 07:10:56 am »
I've been tinkering with a "dwarven" conlang for about, oh...15 years now. Always on the hunt to expand the lexicon, I've found myself working on a greater range of vocabulary for types of rock and underground agriculture. I've also introduced "Urist" as a given name.

On the flipside of that, I've slowly been working on converting over the lang files in DF to use my conlang instead of the default one. Part of the problem is that "my" dwarves are a little different--they've never seen the surface. Ever. So there's a lot of vocabulary they lack, and their entire cosmology is different.
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Re: Things that remind you of DF
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2009, 07:24:04 am »
That animation was absolutely beautiful.
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