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AngleWyrm

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"Histories of..." tagline
« on: June 03, 2010, 06:44:00 am »

The main title screen has a tagline, in my current game it reads: 'Histories of Jealousy and Enterprise.' It seems to change every time I start dwarf fortress. I just restarted and now it reads 'Histories of Avarice and Industry.' Restarted again, and got 'Histories of Greed and Labor.' There's a definite theme pattern to them.

Is this just fluff, or does it pertain to some sort of plusses/minuses for the session? Since it happens before entering a world, it doesn't relate to the world itself, but it could be modifiers, or encounter table type stuff. Or just fluff.
« Last Edit: June 03, 2010, 06:48:33 am by AngleWyrm »
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LordSlowpoke

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Re: "Histories of..." tagline
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2010, 06:46:11 am »

It's randomly generated from a string dump. Thusly, fluff, I guess.
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Grendus

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Re: "Histories of..." tagline
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2010, 10:12:38 am »

The first word is one of the 7 deadly sins. The second word is a synonym of stubbornness. It sums up dwarves nicely (though a synonym for "mind-bogglingly stupid" would work as well). It's just fluff.
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Re: "Histories of..." tagline
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2010, 11:51:48 am »

Enterprise, industry and labour are synonyms of stubbornness?
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Grendus

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Re: "Histories of..." tagline
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2010, 11:58:12 am »

Time to update the wiki I guess. They're work themed, not stubbornness themed.
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Re: "Histories of..." tagline
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2010, 12:00:31 pm »

Time to update the wiki I guess. They're work themed, not stubbornness themed.
Dwarf themed?
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Grendus

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Re: "Histories of..." tagline
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2010, 05:00:29 pm »

Time to update the wiki I guess. They're work themed, not stubbornness themed.
Dwarf themed?
Then it would be "Histories of *vice* and Pig Tail Socks.
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Re: "Histories of..." tagline
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2010, 05:03:17 pm »

Time to update the wiki I guess. They're work themed, not stubbornness themed.
Dwarf themed?
Then it would be "Histories of *vice* and Pig Tail Socks.
Pig tail socks are a vice.
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Re: "Histories of..." tagline
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2010, 08:36:41 pm »

Histories of *vice* and magma.

Histories of *vice* and carp.

Histories of *vice* and -elf bone bolts-.




I got a million of em.
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Re: "Histories of..." tagline
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2010, 01:01:35 am »

Beards!  Don't forget the beards!
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Re: "Histories of..." tagline
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2010, 01:18:26 am »

Histories of booze and boozing
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Re: "Histories of..." tagline
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2010, 01:26:35 am »

Histories of clowns and fun.

...if you're lucky.  But then again, even dwarves need to visit the circus once in a while.
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AngleWyrm

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Re: "Histories of..." tagline
« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2010, 02:28:07 pm »

Beards!  Don't forget the beards!
Histories of Beards and Bearded Clams
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Re: "Histories of..." tagline
« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2010, 02:32:03 pm »

Histories of dwarf and dwarves.
Histories of donkey and microcline?
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I really want that one as a "when". I want "grubs", and "virgin woman" to turn into a dragon. and monkey children to suddenly sprout wings. And I want the Dwarven Mutant Academy to only gain their powers upon reaching puberty. I also have a whole host of odd creatures that only make sense if I divide them into children and adults.

Also, tadpoles.

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Re: "Histories of..." tagline
« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2010, 02:55:44 pm »

Histories of magma and blood.
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