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[GreatWyrmGold]

Yesterday, I hiked in Lester Park, which has the Lester River in it. I contemplated several things, including a few about DF. Conclusions:

1. A 30-35-foot cliff is not unrealistic, for I have seen it with my own eyes, and it is near enough vertical for a tile-based ame like DF.

2. If you look hard enough, though, there tends to be a trail somewhere that leads down to the water level, and not necessarily man-made, as some I hiked on were rather steep.

3. Soil is easily held together by tree roots, so natural soil walls holding together is not too unrealistic.

4. Trees being destroyed is.

5. Speaking of trees, they are quite useful as handholds.

6. If you are far enough ahead of your group, no one will mind if you say, "For Double-Exclamation-Points-SCIENCE-Double-Exclamation-Points!"

7. How do you pronounce !!, anyway?

8. Similarly with quality symbols.

[noodle0117]

Language wise, the ! symbol is pronounced by clicking your tongue, so !dwarf would be pronounced
*click tongue* -dwôrf

Although I doubt that's how Toady intended it to sound.

Btw what is a handhold?

[Draco18s]

Btw what is a handhold?

Something for your hand to hold onto.  In this context, it means for climbing to pull yourself up higher.

[Urist Imiknorris]

I pronounce "!!Science!!" the same as "Science", just more grandiose and megalomaniacal.

[Lectorog]

I think about non-DF things in relation to DF all too much. Good observations; I hadn't really thought of these things much.

As for 7, I always imagined the ‼ tags as having effect on the words they surround. That effect being: Scream it as loud as you can. In a dwarvenly manner, if possible.

I would pronounce the quality tags as what they are, said before the item in question.
-well-crafted-
+finely-crafted+
*superior quality*
≡exceptional≡
☼masterful☼

[Mel_Vixen]

Yesterday, I hiked in Lester Park, which has the Lester River in it. I contemplated several things, including a few about DF. Conclusions:

1. A 30-35-foot cliff is not unrealistic, for I have seen it with my own eyes, and it is near enough vertical for a tile-based ame like DF.

2. If you look hard enough, though, there tends to be a trail somewhere that leads down to the water level, and not necessarily man-made, as some I hiked on were rather steep.

3. Soil is easily held together by tree roots, so natural soil walls holding together is not too unrealistic.

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Are you sure Dfmimiks the world? Couldnt it be the opposit and the world mimiks df?