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[takaratiki]

My daughter adores any of the animals that have a stuffed counterpart in her life. So the yellow capital L is officially Licky Leopard and by her reckoning has become Licky Leopard. This represents a slight change in how I play as I need to keep the welfare of the stuffed animal buddies in mind instead of just herding them into the Grind-Core and jacking my FPS a click or two. We also get to confront the specter of death when my dwarves mash goblins into gooey-chunks. She raises the question of what exactly the goblins are so motivated by that they keep attacking over and over again. Hopefully we'll figure that out by DF1.0, of course by that time she'll probably be in college.

[Vorthon]

My daughter adores any of the animals that have a stuffed counterpart in her life. So the yellow capital L is officially Licky Leopard and by her reckoning has become Licky Leopard. This represents a slight change in how I play as I need to keep the welfare of the stuffed animal buddies in mind instead of just herding them into the Grind-Core and jacking my FPS a click or two. We also get to confront the specter of death when my dwarves mash goblins into gooey-chunks. She raises the question of what exactly the goblins are so motivated by that they keep attacking over and over again. Hopefully we'll figure that out by DF1.0, of course by that time she'll probably be in college.

Or a great-grandparent. Just sayin'. DF's a big project.

[NW_Kohaku]

My daughter adores any of the animals that have a stuffed counterpart in her life. So the yellow capital L is officially Licky Leopard and by her reckoning has become Licky Leopard. This represents a slight change in how I play as I need to keep the welfare of the stuffed animal buddies in mind instead of just herding them into the Grind-Core and jacking my FPS a click or two. We also get to confront the specter of death when my dwarves mash goblins into gooey-chunks. She raises the question of what exactly the goblins are so motivated by that they keep attacking over and over again. Hopefully we'll figure that out by DF1.0, of course by that time she'll probably be in college.

They are motivated by the desire to keep the player entertained by giving him something to blow to gooey chunks.

It's just like those critters that will jump into a bottomless pit just as you are trying to make the jump across that pit hoping to collide with you and take you down with them in a platformer.  They don't have any intention of living, they just exist to hope you'll get unlucky in a roll and they can maybe stab something you love before getting exploded into gooey chunks since their life is just that thoroughly devalued.

[Cotes]

My daughter adores any of the animals that have a stuffed counterpart in her life. So the yellow capital L is officially Licky Leopard and by her reckoning has become Licky Leopard. This represents a slight change in how I play as I need to keep the welfare of the stuffed animal buddies in mind instead of just herding them into the Grind-Core and jacking my FPS a click or two. We also get to confront the specter of death when my dwarves mash goblins into gooey-chunks. She raises the question of what exactly the goblins are so motivated by that they keep attacking over and over again. Hopefully we'll figure that out by DF1.0, of course by that time she'll probably be in college.

Or a great-grandparent. Just sayin'. DF's a big project.

"Over a thousand years ago our great ancestors began developing a very primitive prototype... "

[Washcloth]

My recently ex girlfreind used to watch me play all the time and she would comment on how nerdy i was, and then beg me not to slaughter every cat in the fortress.  good times

[MaximumZero]

They are motivated by the desire to keep the player entertained by giving him something to blow to gooey chunks.

It's just like those critters that will jump into a bottomless pit just as you are trying to make the jump across that pit hoping to collide with you and take you down with them in a platformer.  They don't have any intention of living, they just exist to hope you'll get unlucky in a roll and they can maybe stab something you love before getting exploded into gooey chunks since their life is just that thoroughly devalued.

I take a more meta approach. The goblins want what you have, because you have it and they don't. Thus, they come to steal it from you. (Daughter understands possessions and shoplifting perfectly well, and attempts to shoplift whenever she knows no one is looking. She has been successful several times.  ) Because they are trying to steal, they must be punished.

[blizzerd]

i tried to have my gf play this but she always ends up spending ages on actually designing something, and then get bored of it before its finished... she never played a fortress for more then a few hours and "doesn't get the point" to play it longer periods at a time

im hoping one day shell get a strange mood and start playing one fortress for a while untill she finishes what she wanted to do

but then again she might go insane if there's no shell in the house

[Girlinhat]

If she does go insane, and you have to put her down, you won't be missing out on much.

[Jachim]

If she does go insane, and you have to put her down, you won't be missing out on much.

Besides you'll have more time to play DF right? 

[MaximumZero]

Did you embark with some turtles, just in case?

[SirAaronIII]

Don't turtles that you get from merchants and embark not have shells anymore?

[krenshala]

If she does go insane, and you have to put her down, you won't be missing out on much.

But won't a new one show up next season?

[Wirevix]

I occasionally babble to the other members of the house about the antics of my current fortress. 

...My mom has apparently decided that she would like to play, entirely on her own volition, despite my warning about the learning cliff.  Pretty awesome.

[Girlinhat]

Did you also warn her of the gore, insanity, and kitten-slaughter?

[bobhayes]

But won't a new one show up next season?

Yes, but she's likely to be an epic lye maker or something similarly helpful.