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[Loyal]

...How about canvas? It fits with the whole 'adamantine=circus' bit.

...That's ridiculous.

I never really understood the idea of making a big hush-hush spoilery thing of the demons and adamantine. For starters, they're deep enough as to almost never appear unless you're actually looking for them (very rarely: exploratory mining for other metals if your fortress has actually managed to go long enough as to exhaust the upper levels). On top of that, Dwarves occasionally have preferences for one or the other. "Corrupt Intentions" and "terrifying features," anyone?

Plus, the only thing accomplished by fussing over what we're calling it, is causing the uninitiated to grow curious and search about the wiki for it. Spoilering by proxy, if you will.

[LordNagash]

Plus, the only thing accomplished by fussing over what we're calling it, is causing the uninitiated to grow curious and search about the wiki for it. Spoilering by proxy, if you will.

And that's why nobody ever used to mention it at all.

[chintznibbles]

Until I read this thread, I assumed "clownite" was some new bizarre zero-weight metal that had been added with the new version.

I am relieved to find out that it is just a retarded name for Adamantium, and vaguely disappointed that such a name exists.

[PhilbertFlange]

I've been singing "Psycho Circus" in my head as soon as I started reading this thread.

I like the idea of the coloured tags. "I was digging through some metal , broke into a cave and ran into a bunch of fun who were living there." Sounds like the regular caves with the exception of the colours. Making sure to use "a" as opposed to "the" makes sure it sounds like a common occurance.

People who're brand new will have less of a clue what's being discussed, while everyone who knows what adamantine, slade and the pits are will know exactly what's being discussed.

[Mr Frog]

I... I always thought it was "clown car" because there's an assload of giant critters all packed into a tiny little cave, which, by extension, made the critters in the clown car "clowns". And now it turns out I had it backwards. I feel kinda stupid.

I support "amusement park" or "circus", not because it's a continuation of an (apparently) overused meme which (I am inferring) irritates a lot of people, but because of the following:
Given:
HFS = Losing
Losing = Fun
Amusement Park = Fun
Therefore:
HFS = Amusement Park
(My froggy-sense detects a logical fallacy... Must be a bug.)

BTW, I hate "HFSite" for the same reason as Deathworks. (How do you pronounce it? Hiffsite? HiddenFunStuffite? H-F-S-ite?). I think I saw someone refer to it as carpium... Yes... A demonic name for a demonic material! I'm calling it that from now until someone gets irritated and yells at me. Which should be soon.

This is fun to discuss, but the fact that we can't control how people communicate makes me question what exactly we're trying to accomplish =/

But "clownite" is a stupid, stupid word and the only reason I have ever used it is because I'm too lazy to type "adamantine" over and over, Armok damn it.

[RedWarrior0]

We should start calling the fabric of Hell "adamantium" just to get people confused.

[Ampersand]

This thread should be locked and buried before people start actually using this Clown stuff seriously.

[Leotto]

But still; Rainbow-Afro Demons.

[SkyRender]

I happen to fall into the "why bother with nicknames?" camp.  The few who don't know about the "Other Features" of this game are bound to find out about them quickly enough, especially given how they're distributed in the new version.  If you really need to refer to them specifically without spoilers, why resort to silly stuff like "clowns", "clownium" and "amusement park"?  It'd be much simpler to just call them "undesirables", "the blue stuff", and "the den".  None of those give anything away, they're not nicknames so much as descriptive titles, and all can easily be mistaken for something else by those who don't know the details about the "Other Features".

[Sizik]

Also,

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<redacted>

is really annoying. The point of a spoiler tag is so that people who don't want to be spoiled don't have to be, while people who already are/don't care can still read it.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Spoilers are a "Forbidden Fruit" scenario, at least for me. When I see a spoiler tag, I instinctively click it.

Also, it's

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<redacted>,not <redacted>.

[Rilder]

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HFS is a layer now right?... so how about something enticing like "The Cheese Layer" Or "Mashed Potatoes Layer"

Mmmm Mashed potatoes. *Digs Deeper*

[Ampersand]

The only thing that ought to be called a clown car in Dwarf Fortress is the Uterus of a female cat.

[Sowelu]

I've never been fond of the whole Clown thing.  Why can't we just refer to it as HFS like normal people?  That helps keep people who want to stay in the dark, in the dark.  If you start talking about "I found the tent, then I dug through clownite to get to disneyland; I didn't know they were both made of canvas", then it's pretty goddamn obvious even to non-spoilered people what just happened.  You are concealing NOTHING.

Grouping it all together collectively as HFS with no differentiation outside of spoiler tags is the Thing To Do.

[Loyal]

The only thing that ought to be called a clown car in Dwarf Fortress is the Uterus of a female cat.

You've seen the size of horse litters in this game, right?