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Author Topic: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII  (Read 5522 times)

Metal Chao

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The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« on: February 10, 2008, 04:08:00 am »

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Re: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2008, 12:30:00 pm »

uh... what?  :)
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Re: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2008, 12:35:00 pm »

i'm looking for the joke but have failed to find it.
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Re: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2008, 12:38:00 pm »

I get it!  It's a joke that's too good to be funny!
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Re: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2008, 12:53:00 pm »

I think it has to do with how "Beyond Quality" is written.
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Re: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2008, 12:56:00 pm »

I wish I knew what that back background was from.
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Re: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2008, 01:10:00 pm »

Yeah I have been wondering about that myself... Looks kind of like a loading bay on a space ship maby? Eather that or a vault..
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Re: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2008, 01:19:00 pm »

I'm pretty sure he meant 'Because Toady and Threetoe can't draw'

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Re: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2008, 01:20:00 pm »

Are you going to tell us or are you going to make us keep guessing?
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Re: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2008, 01:31:00 pm »

I think Zaratustra nailed it.
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Re: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2008, 01:31:00 pm »

I get it.   :p
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Re: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2008, 02:35:00 pm »

I guess you were all finding meanings in little letters for so long, that you look past the bad writing into the hidden imagined depths they contain.

Yes, it's because "Beyond Quality" was badly scrawled on in paint.

Not that I dislike the ascii graphics...

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Re: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2008, 02:39:00 pm »

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Originally posted by Zaratustra:
<STRONG>I'm pretty sure he meant 'Because Toady and Threetoe can't draw'</STRONG>

OH hahaha now I get it.  Thats pretty funny.

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Re: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2008, 10:46:00 pm »

I dont like ASCII either...thats why I downloaded the tilesets off the wiki.  Much improved.
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Re: The REAL reason Dwarf Fortress uses ASCII
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2008, 10:54:00 pm »

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Originally posted by MrGimp:
<STRONG>I dont like ASCII either...thats why I downloaded the tilesets off the wiki.  Much improved.</STRONG>

This is my first ASCII game and it doesn't matter to me. Whiney.

Then again, I have a strong 'graphics do not make a game' policy.

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