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Is Dwarf Fortress lame?

YEAH.
- 44 (7.7%)
NO!
- 449 (78.2%)
What is Dwarf Fortress?
- 81 (14.1%)

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quinnr

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Re: "Dwarf Fortress is lame."
« Reply #45 on: July 10, 2010, 12:09:02 am »
Quote from: sonerohi on July 10, 2010, 12:07:36 am
I love how people get all prissy and elitist over this. I've played DF for a while and I loved it. The past tense is critical there. You guys keep jerking yourselves off by going on about how if you don't love this game then you have a lesser intelligence, which is kind of hilarious.

Yeah, I've found myself playing it less and less recently...
Oops. I said nothing.
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Re: "Dwarf Fortress is lame."
« Reply #46 on: July 10, 2010, 12:20:44 am »
Well, freeware I'm not sure about. There are some out there though. I know some people have made a calculator in the Powder Toy (not to be confused with the powder game). The website is down but you can find a download somewhere.
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« Reply #47 on: July 10, 2010, 12:29:29 am »
Quote from: sonerohi on July 10, 2010, 12:07:36 am
I love how people get all prissy and elitist over this. I've played DF for a while and I loved it. The past tense is critical there. You guys keep jerking yourselves off by going on about how if you don't love this game then you have a lesser intelligence, which is kind of hilarious.

I agree, but I also think getting prissy and elitist over how people are getting prissy and elitist is, well...
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« Reply #48 on: July 10, 2010, 05:31:24 pm »
Quote from: Raviaric on July 08, 2010, 09:10:17 pm
Who the hell voted yes?

Probably idiots who think it's cool to go against the actual answer.
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« Reply #49 on: July 10, 2010, 05:41:43 pm »
Ok, so, I'm a little bit confused. Is there seriously drama going on here? It feels like there is, but then the next post will be totally not-drama and will be someone saying "The only reason they chose yes is because (X)".

It's like, "What? Are people schisming here? Seriously?"
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Quote from: Lord Dakoth on January 26, 2012, 12:13:21 am
If dwarves decided to live in trees like hippies, they'd still do it better than the elves.

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Re: "Dwarf Fortress is lame."
« Reply #50 on: July 10, 2010, 07:29:39 pm »
Let's be honest with ourselves. DF is a bit lame at this stage in development. ASCII characters. Impenetrable interface design. Bad pathfinding. Bad AI. Unfinished features.

It is, however, a refreshing break from slick mass-marketed products sometimes, and there's always comfort in the knowledge that DF does improve at a glacial pace. To paraphrase the motto, "Lame is fun!"

Quote from: Organum on July 10, 2010, 05:41:43 pm
It's like, "What? Are people schisming here? Seriously?"

Schism? I wasn't aware of an orthodoxy.
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Quote from: KaelGotDwarves on June 22, 2010, 02:38:11 pm
"I have a puppy instead", which while maintaining a polite tone, is quiet, calculating character assassination against Toady. Do some of you not see it as such, backstabbing?

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Re: "Dwarf Fortress is lame."
« Reply #51 on: July 10, 2010, 08:03:40 pm »
You forgot the potentially endlessly entertaining bugs/"features."

Like magma pistons.
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« Reply #52 on: July 10, 2010, 09:14:52 pm »
I thought you could use schism for any division in a group. Is that wrong? How is it supposed to be used, then?
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Quote from: Lord Dakoth on January 26, 2012, 12:13:21 am
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Re: "Dwarf Fortress is lame."
« Reply #53 on: July 10, 2010, 11:28:31 pm »
Quote from: Organum on July 10, 2010, 09:14:52 pm
I thought you could use schism for any division in a group. Is that wrong? How is it supposed to be used, then?
That word heavily connotes a fracture in a religious group, a division between two well-defined competing dogmata, usually with catastrophic far-ranging effects, heretic-burning, etc., like the Great Schism or Luther's 95 Theses. So, obviously "schism" would be quite a strong word for some people acknowledging that DF still has many rough edges.

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Quote from: KaelGotDwarves on June 22, 2010, 02:38:11 pm
"I have a puppy instead", which while maintaining a polite tone, is quiet, calculating character assassination against Toady. Do some of you not see it as such, backstabbing?

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Re: "Dwarf Fortress is lame."
« Reply #54 on: July 10, 2010, 11:46:50 pm »
Quote from: Desdichado on July 10, 2010, 11:28:31 pm
Quote from: Organum on July 10, 2010, 09:14:52 pm
I thought you could use schism for any division in a group. Is that wrong? How is it supposed to be used, then?
That word heavily connotes a fracture in a religious group, a division between two well-defined competing dogmata, usually with catastrophic far-ranging effects, heretic-burning, etc., like the Great Schism or Luther's 95 Theses. So, obviously "schism" would be quite a strong word for some people acknowledging that DF still has many rough edges.

Perhaps we should burn them as heretics. I'm just saying.
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Re: "Dwarf Fortress is lame."
« Reply #55 on: July 11, 2010, 12:39:12 am »
Obviously, those who voted yes are hipsters trying to vote with irony.  8)
This is but a small piece of their pre-DF personality that was not annihilated upon their understanding of Dwarf Fortress.
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Re: "Dwarf Fortress is lame."
« Reply #56 on: July 11, 2010, 12:49:59 am »
Lame Dwarf Fortress > Awesome [insert any mainstream game here]

Also, never, never NEVER EVER ask a teenager for opinion.
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Re: "Dwarf Fortress is lame."
« Reply #57 on: July 11, 2010, 12:51:57 am »
Quote from: Mipe on July 11, 2010, 12:49:59 am
Also, never, never NEVER EVER ask a teenager for opinion.
Why, may I ask?
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Re: "Dwarf Fortress is lame."
« Reply #58 on: July 11, 2010, 01:04:37 am »
Quote from: Mipe on July 11, 2010, 12:49:59 am
Lame Dwarf Fortress > Awesome [insert any mainstream game here]

Also, never, never NEVER EVER ask a teenager for opinion.

Why not? There are at least three teenagers in this thread.
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i had the elves bring me two tigermen, although i forgot to let them out of the cage and they died : ( i was sad : (

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Re: "Dwarf Fortress is lame."
« Reply #59 on: July 11, 2010, 01:15:21 am »
Quote from: Josephus on July 11, 2010, 01:04:37 am
Quote from: Mipe on July 11, 2010, 12:49:59 am
Lame Dwarf Fortress > Awesome [insert any mainstream game here]

Also, never, never NEVER EVER ask a teenager for opinion.

Why not? There are at least three teenagers in this thread.
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Why wouldn't you ask me an opinion?  :-\
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