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[Deon]

I've recently visited a cinema to watch Avatar, and now I cannot stop to think about it.

Remember those Naavi (or how they are called, those native "indians" with blue skin and tails)? They had a huge information network which consisted of plants and they could connect each other to store data and souls of their fallen? It was basically a huge "native internet", no wonder they had no need to invent anything, nature gave them everything.

What if elves in "DF" have a similar link to the world? So they feel the plantlife and are able to use the whole system as some kind of a universal net of living beings? It means that the dwarves are... what, viruses?

P.S. A bit of offtopic: people wondered how elves get all their wooden gear without chopping. It looks like they simply ask the trees and maybe use some kind of rituals they consider "right", while other races simply take it in a rude manner without asking from the elven point of view.

P.P.S. Also I wonder, how do those "naavi" conduct sex? Connect their braids?

[sneakey pete]

Tree usenet? interesting.

I would have to agree about the trees "making" the weapons, regardless of internet or not. Since, the trees are sentient.

[Grimlocke]

'gah! lag again! damn dwarves cutting away my connection...'

Heh, interesting thought. Also rather convenient, being able to mail some random tree asking it to drop a nice bow-shaped branch.

Sentient trees must have a hell of a boring life though, just doing photosynthesis and occasionally dropping a leaf. I bet they spend lots of time trolling the tree web.

[Armok]

'gah! lag again! damn dwarves cutting away my connection...'

Heh, interesting thought. Also rather convenient, being able to mail some random tree asking it to drop a nice bow-shaped branch.

Sentient trees must have a hell of a boring life though, just doing photosynthesis and occasionally dropping a leaf. I bet they spend lots of time trolling the tree web.

Also, they talk about the weather a lot...

[Julius Clonkus]

Treeternet?
If the elves told us they need the trees for that, I'd feel sorry for them.

This doesn't mean I'm going to stop chopping down their trees to force them into using the superior DorfNet, though.

Sentient trees must have a hell of a boring life though, just doing photosynthesis and occasionally dropping a leaf. I bet they spend lots of time trolling the tree web.

ElfChan? Honestly that wouldn't surprise me, elves trolling each other with pics of brutally slaughtered trees and vegetables.

[KaelGotDwarves]

ElfChan? Honestly that wouldn't surprise me, elves trolling each other with pics of brutally slaughtered trees and vegetables.

That mental image is way too funny for me to be considered normal.

[Deon]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

OH GOD THEY'VE KILLED KENNY!

[Warlord255]

See, I haven't seen this movie, but I knew from the start it was going to be silly as soon as it posited Space Marines as the bad guys.

[Deon]

Haha, the movie is cool. And humans ARE evil and bad, look at the nature and what do we do with it.

But we ARE the humans, so I don't care .

P.S. Also it's a movie about indians and conquistadors, by it's nature. And effects are cool, go grab a girl and visit some cinema. I promise it works .

[QuakeIV]

I didnt see that movie either, and ultimately i say, screw nature! Absolutely no interest in self-improvement whatsoever, happy to live simple and insideously boring lives.

[Sensei]

Nature giving anyone everything they need rather than ruthlessly culling its creations through evolution almost seems like mary-sue territory. If anything, 'Evil' space marines are the product of such a harsh environment.

Also, elfchan is funny.

[Amalgam]

Holy crap. No wonder the elves are going to war over this. I'd eat someone too if they took my internet connection out for a day.

[alway]

I found it awesome how everyone in the movie had USB ports in their heads. I want one. Now. 

I bet the elves are using the treenet to play dwarf fortress, which would explain why they become murderous when you cut down their trees. Their FPS drops and makes it unplayable, so to restore their game to running again, they kill anyone trying to cut down the trees.

Oh, and if you haven't seen Avatar yet, do it. Excellent movie, one of the best I've seen in a long time.

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

I found it awesome how everyone in the movie had USB ports in their heads. I want one. Now. 

I bet the elves are using the treenet to play dwarf fortress, which would explain why they become murderous when you cut down their trees. Their FPS drops and makes it unplayable, so to restore their game to running again, they kill anyone trying to cut down the trees.

Oh, and if you haven't seen Avatar yet, do it. Excellent movie, one of the best I've seen in a long time.

I'd agree there.
Actually, the system of elves communicating via the ecosystem does make sense, and presumably their dislike of damaging living things does allow them to be somewhat lenient with the civilizations that cut down trees, perhaps in hope that they'll stop eventually.
Unfortunately dwarves controlled by the play seem to revel in being vindictive and cutting down all the trees. Which is admittedly pretty funny.

[warhammer651]

so..... do they have plantchan?