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[zeki692]

Long forum topic... My bad.

But anyway, Hello Bay 12! Been playing DF for about a week so far and I'm loving every moment of it. However, I've got some questions for you all.

• If I don't have a civilization listed in the civilization screen, will I still get migrants.
• Why does every Joe Blow dwarf have to be named Urist McWhateverNeeded?

Thats all. 

[Medicine Man]

I'll answer 2

Urist McMiner is easy than saying The dwarf is a miner and a dwarf.

[Tarran]

• If I don't have a civilization listed in the civilization screen, will I still get migrants.
• Why does every Joe Blow dwarf have to be named Urist McWhateverNeeded?

1: I'm not sure, so I may be wrong, but I think that means your entire civilization is gone, which means you will get migrants; one wave of them. In other words, you're on your own after the first wave.
2: They don't need to be named Urist. It's just a generic name that people use it whenever they either can't be bothered to find out the real name of the dwarf, or they are insulting a dwarf's stupidity.

[zeki692]

Alright, my next question is how much can one tile hold? For example, if I make a quantum stockpile one tile by one tile, how much junk can it hold before it is full?

[Tarran]

Alright, my next question is how much can one tile hold?

Infinity.

[zeki692]

Infinity?
Blasphemy, I say.

[Tarran]

Infinity?
Blasphemy, I say.

No, really, try opening Arena mode and spawn a thousand dragons on one square.

[Zidane]

They don't need to be named Urist. It's just a generic name that people use it whenever they either can't be bothered to find out the real name of the dwarf, or they are insulting a dwarf's stupidity.

Stupidity? No sir! Can't you see? It's divine simplicity!

[KrazyDocK]

To provide more information regarding the civilizations screen:
You will always SEE the dwarven civilization on that screen.  BUT, if there are no significant leaders, it means the dwarven civ is dead, and you'll only get the first 2 migrant waves and no more, and you won't get traders.
Now, as for the other civs (commonest being human, elf, goblin, kobold).  Not seeing them on the list doesn't mean anything specific.  It could mean you haven't met them yet.  After you meet them, they'll show up.  Or it could mean that they don't exist.  Or it could mean that you embarked in an area where they cannot reach you (like an island).

[Urist Imiknorris]

They don't need to be named Urist. It's just a generic name that people use it whenever they either can't be bothered to find out the real name of the dwarf, or they are insulting a dwarf's stupidity.

Stupidity? No sir! Can't you see? It's divine simplicity!

Divine simplicity does not cause dwarves to fall asleep in magma channels.

[zeki692]

To provide more information regarding the civilizations screen:
You will always SEE the dwarven civilization on that screen.  BUT, if there are no significant leaders, it means the dwarven civ is dead, and you'll only get the first 2 migrant waves and no more, and you won't get traders.
Now, as for the other civs (commonest being human, elf, goblin, kobold).  Not seeing them on the list doesn't mean anything specific.  It could mean you haven't met them yet.  After you meet them, they'll show up.  Or it could mean that they don't exist.  Or it could mean that you embarked in an area where they cannot reach you (like an island).

Well, the whole reason I asked this question was because I did in fact have a fortress where the civ screen was blank. Nothing listed whatsoever.

[jei]

Infinity?
Blasphemy, I say.

No, really, try opening Arena mode and spawn a thousand dragons on one square.

That is still far from infinity. I'd say limited by your programmer's code and computer memory.

[Tarran]

Infinity?
Blasphemy, I say.

No, really, try opening Arena mode and spawn a thousand dragons on one square.

That is still far from infinity. I'd say limited by your programmer's code and computer memory.

True, but it might as well be infinity as either your computer or DF would likely crash or freeze before you reached the limit.

[Tsarwash]

Infinity?
Blasphemy, I say.

No, really, try opening Arena mode and spawn a thousand dragons on one square.

That is still far from infinity. I'd say limited by your programmer's code and computer memory.

If we are being pedantic here, surely one thousand is just as far away from infinity as one million is ?

[TheyTarget]

Infinity?
Blasphemy, I say.

No, really, try opening Arena mode and spawn a thousand dragons on one square.

That is still far from infinity. I'd say limited by your programmer's code and computer memory.

If we are being pedantic here, surely one thousand is just as far away from infinity as one million is ?

Yeah, I guess.
Urist is a meme, So, basically a trend that starts on the internet. Personally, whenever I have a dwarf named Urist in my fort, I let him keep his name, and put him in a place of power with no responsibility. So a hauler with a royal bedroom, that doesn't haul. For some reason I can't get on the wiki, otherwise I'd link you, I'm 99% sure the origins are in there somewhere. Also it means Dagger, in Dwarf.