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Spaghetti

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How do you cope?
« on: January 31, 2010, 12:48:44 am »
Okay Dwarf fortress is an addicting game so addicting im willing to blame it for loss of intrest in college.

So I was wondering how other people here stop Dwarf fortress for you know...life?
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Re: How do you cope?
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2010, 12:52:06 am »
You'll eventually moderate yourself when you realize your dwarves are way more productive than you are in life.
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Spaghetti

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Re: How do you cope?
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2010, 12:59:18 am »
Yeah....
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« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2010, 01:12:04 am »
You have constructed a wall from the wrong side, and now you are trapped.  You must deconstruct that wall to free yourself from Dwarf Fortress.
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« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2010, 02:50:37 am »
Oh, you.

I find that after I played a lot (and by a lot I mean like nonstop for about a month or two) then I got bored of it, and I havent played much since. The new version will change that though. I'm not sure if I should be happy about that or not.
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Re: How do you cope?
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2010, 03:01:25 am »
Haven't figured it out yet. But after ~3 weeks I'm slowing down :P Friends who want you to do something other than DF helps too.
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Re: How do you cope?
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2010, 03:13:50 am »
If you're lucky, you'll get bored from playing it too much.

If DF continues to enthrall you, then God help you.
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Re: How do you cope?
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2010, 04:18:31 am »
Bored. That's the state which saves you.
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Re: How do you cope?
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2010, 04:30:04 am »
I bingeon and off. Sometimes lots of DF for a week or two, then I do something else for a while.

Helps keeps things fresh.
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« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2010, 07:55:58 am »
I remember when I first got DF, playing a few days without any sleep.

I still play a while every day, the key was slowly building it down, first 16*hours/day, then 15, then 14, and so on.

*Your starting number may vary.
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Re: How do you cope?
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2010, 08:15:21 am »
It's a video game. It's less important than everything else.

So, your answer is to rearrange your priorities.
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Re: How do you cope?
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2010, 11:43:23 am »
Quote from: Horseplank on January 31, 2010, 08:15:21 am
It's a video game. It's less important than everything else.

So, your answer is to rearrange your priorities.

It's more important than suicide.
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Re: How do you cope?
« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2010, 12:33:37 pm »
Pull the lever.

You know, that lever.

Blammo, your fort is done and you can now get back to real life.
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« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2010, 01:25:56 pm »
Quote from: XSI on January 31, 2010, 07:55:58 am
I still play a while every day, the key was slowly building it down, first 16*hours/day, then 15, then 14, and so on.

*Your starting number may vary.
True, I started with 32 hours per day.
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Re: How do you cope?
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2010, 01:42:31 pm »
Quote from: Kidiri on January 31, 2010, 01:25:56 pm
Quote from: XSI on January 31, 2010, 07:55:58 am
I still play a while every day, the key was slowly building it down, first 16*hours/day, then 15, then 14, and so on.

*Your starting number may vary.
True, I started with 32 hours per day.

Yeah, I bent time just so I could play longer too. I went to 35 hours though, got a nice new flux capacitor so I can do that.
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