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Shootandrun

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I am gonna make a megaproject. What stone do I take?
« on: February 13, 2011, 06:02:14 pm »
I will do a megaproject soon, and I must choose a stone to do it. I thinked for a long time about obsidian, but I don't know... Is there any stone (that forms layers, because I will need a lot) more awesome than the obsidian?
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Re: I am gonna make a megaproject. What stone do I take?
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2011, 06:03:01 pm »
Metal blocks?  :D
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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2011, 06:03:37 pm »
Jet or Gabbro. It's dull, bleak and gray, Just like fortress life!
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Re: I am gonna make a megaproject. What stone do I take?
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2011, 06:06:25 pm »
Marble.
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Re: I am gonna make a megaproject. What stone do I take?
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2011, 06:21:37 pm »
If you're to use precious metal blocks in your giant monument, consider themes and colour schemes.

Gold is traditionally a metal more associated with the day and happy things. So use light coloured stones with it. Gold and Marble for example.
 
Silver is a more sombre metal, associated with the night, death and all things morbid. So use it with darker stones, like Obsidian or Jet. (Jet is good, because in real life it's used as jewellery. Seriously, look up 'Jet Jewellery' on Google Images)

But gold can work with darker stones too, because it creates a nice contrast. Silver however, doesn't contrast that well with lighter stones.
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Re: I am gonna make a megaproject. What stone do I take?
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2011, 06:30:57 pm »
Thanks people, I made my choice. In some time I might give pics to the forum...
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Re: I am gonna make a megaproject. What stone do I take?
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2011, 06:55:45 pm »
I was just about to suggest soap.
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Re: I am gonna make a megaproject. What stone do I take?
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2011, 08:02:37 pm »
And I was about to suggest adamantine...
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Re: I am gonna make a megaproject. What stone do I take?
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2011, 08:06:47 pm »
I was gonna suggest microcline.
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Re: I am gonna make a megaproject. What stone do I take?
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2011, 08:08:17 pm »
Gold.  Buy it one block and one bar at a time from caravans, if you must!
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Re: I am gonna make a megaproject. What stone do I take?
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2011, 08:31:25 pm »
I like the combination of gold and adamantine, myself. Maybe with a bit of rose gold too.
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Re: I am gonna make a megaproject. What stone do I take?
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2011, 08:33:12 pm »
Quote from: Shootandrun on February 13, 2011, 06:02:14 pm
I will do a megaproject soon, and I must choose a stone to do it. I thinked for a long time about obsidian, but I don't know... Is there any stone (that forms layers, because I will need a lot) more awesome than the obsidian?

I'd go with obsidian, silver and gold, personally.  They should all be sufficiently abundant if you have any kind of half-decent magma forges set up and obsidian is farmable on every map (though this certainly isn't easy).
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Re: I am gonna make a megaproject. What stone do I take?
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2011, 08:35:21 pm »
Quote from: Uristocrat on February 13, 2011, 08:33:12 pm
obsidian is farmable on every map

Water is not guaranteed. You can get screwed by this if you're in a tundra and all your caverns turn out to be empty of water.

Yes, this has happened to me.
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Quote from: LordSlowpoke
I don't know how it works. It does.
Quote from: Jim Groovester
YOU CANT NOT HAVE SUSPECTS IN A GAME OF MAFIA

ITS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE GAME
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If Tiruin redirected the lynch, then this means that, and... the Illuminati! Of course!

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Re: I am gonna make a megaproject. What stone do I take?
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2011, 10:45:26 pm »
Quote from: Urist Imiknorris on February 13, 2011, 08:35:21 pm
Quote from: Uristocrat on February 13, 2011, 08:33:12 pm
obsidian is farmable on every map

Water is not guaranteed. You can get screwed by this if you're in a tundra and all your caverns turn out to be empty of water.

Yes, this has happened to me.

Wow, caverns with no water at all?  Mine are usually almost completely full.
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Quote from: Uristocrat on January 09, 2011, 03:46:41 pm
You could have berries on the rocks and the dwarves would say it was "berry gneiss."
You should die horribly for this. And I mean that in the nicest possible way.

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Re: I am gonna make a megaproject. What stone do I take?
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2011, 11:29:08 pm »
Depends on worldgen params  8)
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