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[barconis]

I'm in as a player, just to see what wonders the new version holds.

[Slogo]

Um I guess I'll sign up as a judge. So many players and so few judges, it would be a shame if all the players made cool stuff and no one judged it.

My only request is that any quantifiable criteria (fortress wealth, highed noble, etc.) are done once by someone rather than each judge having to calculate it.

[Carpman]

Sign me up as a player!

[Imp]

I'm interested in being a judge too.

[Arathel]

I'm interested in joining as a player. This should be fun.

[Zore]

I'll be in as a player too, this looks really exciting!

[bmaczero]

Seems like you're doing good on judges now.  How many are you angling for?

I'll sign up as a player for now.

[Lidhuin]

I'll sign up as a player.

Hopefully I'll notice when the new version comes up!

[Jetsquirrel]

Count me in as Player

[Meta]

I'm in as a player, even if I think that 8 game years is maybe a little bit too long for a challenge.

[Urist Imiknorris]

I. Will.

COMPETE.

*Feels an overwhelming need to kick off the new version when it arrives*

[gumball135]

I'm in as a player, even if I think that 8 game years is maybe a little bit too long for a challenge.

Yeah, I too think 8 years is a long time. My longest fort ever only lasted about 3 years. Maybe make it a bit shorter; that'd make it more challenging, more people would finish and we wouldn't have to wait as long.

[Urist Imiknorris]

I'm in as a player, even if I think that 8 game years is maybe a little bit too long for a challenge.

Yeah, I too think 8 years is a long time. My longest fort ever only lasted about 3 years. Maybe make it a bit shorter; that'd make it more challenging, more people would finish and we wouldn't have to wait as long.

On the other hand, one of the criteria is how tough/durable the fort is.  Having to play eight years of the fort will be a) an exercise in dedication, b) a challenge to those who haven't had a long-running fort (Myself included, I've only gotten to 50 dwarves three times, and never a DM), and c) a measure of how well one can deal with unexpected situations (which eight years should provide quite a few of).

I would like to know, however, if lowering the population cap in the init would be allowable, to not kill my piece of crap laptop.

[Jim Groovester]

Since Martin hasn't shown up in a while, and I've had a part in running some of these games before, I'll field some of these questions, with the caveat that Martin might have a different answer.

I'm in as a player, even if I think that 8 game years is maybe a little bit too long for a challenge.

Yeah, I too think 8 years is a long time. My longest fort ever only lasted about 3 years. Maybe make it a bit shorter; that'd make it more challenging, more people would finish and we wouldn't have to wait as long.

Eight years is the perfect amount of time to build up your fortress to a pretty reasonable level, and maybe complete a project or two. Since this contest in part is about testing the new version and figuring things out about it, we'll want our fortresses to actually reach some of the later game features, like the new appointed nobles, and possibly the new HFS as well. Eight years is a reasonable amount of time for that goal.

I would like to know, however, if lowering the population cap in the init would be allowable, to not kill my piece of crap laptop.

I'm not Martin, but I'd allow it.

[Slogo]

8 Years is a pretty demanding amount of time. DF2 was 8 years and it took up pretty much my entire video game playing time while it was running. I'd just be worried that we'll have a lot of drop outs and delays with 8 years again.