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bayonder

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How long do we have?
« on: November 30, 2010, 05:42:50 pm »
I was just on the wiki and I found out that Toady has a PhD in mathematics, this leads me to wonder how old Toady is, are we at risk of never having the game completed due to Author Existence Failure? I mean if he's older than forty then odds are he doesn't have time to finish the quintillion things he still wants to implement in the game.
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Re: How long do we have?
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2010, 05:48:08 pm »
When the Sage Toady reaches the applicable age or lack of interest he will probably pass the game to a protige or maybe even open source the game (Just watch it'll be written in Brain Fuck) I don't imagine we'll have author existence failure before Toady finds an answer to P=NP
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Re: How long do we have?
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2010, 05:48:53 pm »
It means we have to donate more so he can sustain himself even if he gets sick and has to pay for medical stuff!
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Re: How long do we have?
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2010, 06:33:59 pm »
Donate? If toady absolutely requires help, I'll go over to wherever the fuck he is and cook him his meals, do his laundry, clean his place and gently tap him on the shoulder when he forgets to WORK ON MULTITHREADING GAAAAAH ...eh, seriously. I'd totally give the Toady one my household support when he's too old to do it himself. Provided, OC, that he still works on DF.
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Re: How long do we have?
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2010, 06:49:11 pm »
Version 1.0 of dwarf fortress will be a complete universe simulator.
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Re: How long do we have?
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2010, 07:02:43 pm »
dont panic there are two Authors.
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Agree, plus that's about the LAST thing *I* want to see from this kind of game - author spending valuable development time on useless graphics.

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Re: How long do we have?
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2010, 07:07:04 pm »
IIRC, Toady's in his mid 30s.
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Re: How long do we have?
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2010, 07:19:44 pm »
According to his forum profile, Toady is 32.
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Re: How long do we have?
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2010, 07:24:53 pm »
I'm sure by the time toady gets too old to program, DF will have reached a stage where as it is sentient enough to program itself.
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Re: How long do we have?
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2010, 07:53:12 pm »
I would think Three-toe would be in charge then, and do what he deems best.
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Re: How long do we have?
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2010, 09:02:44 pm »
It won't program itself, it'll be too busy taking breaks and attending parties to code.
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Re: How long do we have?
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2010, 09:32:15 pm »
Blizzard or Activision will buy Dwarf Fortress and turn it into a 3D strategy MMO.
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Re: How long do we have?
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2010, 09:34:04 pm »
Do not worry citizens. The time_remaining(entity("Toady One")) < time_remaining(event("immortality")) so we just need to donate enough money for Toady One to buy immortality and DF WILL GO ON FOREVER!!! :D
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Re: How long do we have?
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2010, 09:53:06 pm »
Hopefully by the time Toady is old enough to die, humanity would have created a drug or something to remove aging. Hopefully.
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Re: How long do we have?
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2010, 09:59:40 pm »
Quote from: Duelmaster409 on November 30, 2010, 09:32:15 pm
Blizzard or Activision will buy Dwarf Fortress and turn it into a 3D strategy MMO.

There are several countries that would stone you to death just for saying that.
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