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Rift

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Dwarf Fortress Classes
« on: July 26, 2011, 07:40:27 am »
Apparently there will be free live streaming classes for beginner to intermediate players on how to play dwarf fortress
http://ureddit.com/class/243

It was mentioned on RPS and BoingBoing.. so the class is getting quite large.


I have slightly mixed feelings about it, thoughts?
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Classes
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2011, 08:27:31 am »
Surely anything that may bring a handful of new people into the eventual fold of semi-regular donations to Toady is a good thing for the game in the long term?
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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2011, 08:28:35 am »
I liked this phrase at Rock Paper Shotgun :

"Dwarf Fortress is, in so many ways, the very apex of PC gaming. It is its alpha and omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. It’s almost impossible to imagine another game ever approaching its scope, complexity and cold brutality. "
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Classes
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2011, 09:02:11 am »
I actually find a downside in DF gaining more popularity, although it is quite small.

This place, the forums will (eventually) be introduced to regular internet trash, and the community will never be the same again...
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Classes
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2011, 09:07:20 am »
I'm not sure DF could ever become mainstream enough to attract the "trash" to these forums. DF regulars are a different ilk. We don't do garbage!
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Classes
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2011, 09:31:40 am »
The thing about DF is that its learning curve is too steep for the average troll or whiner to find anything to complain about (other than the learning curve, graphics, and interface) before they ragequit.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Classes
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2011, 09:50:45 am »
Hey... could Toady or Threetoe create a filter that would place any thread with "graphics", "learning curve", "too hard" or "interface" into a special wastepaper subforum?
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« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2011, 09:54:27 am »
Who is going to watch it to see how Experienced this teacher really is...
And then start pissing themselves laughing at his Fails...
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Classes
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2011, 11:59:17 am »
I think I will.
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« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2011, 01:32:03 pm »
Quote from: Oliolli on July 26, 2011, 09:02:11 am
I actually find a downside in DF gaining more popularity, although it is quite small.

This place, the forums will (eventually) be introduced to regular internet trash, and the community will never be the same again...

I do kind of worry about this, mostly because Dwarf Fortress really only exists because Toady enjoys doing it - the day it stops being fun is the day it dies.  And nothing sucks the fun out of life quite like Internet popularity, the troll rush, and trying to moderate the forum its happening in.

Quote from: Rowanas on July 26, 2011, 09:50:45 am
Hey... could Toady or Threetoe create a filter that would place any thread with "graphics", "learning curve", "too hard" or "interface" into a special wastepaper subforum?

And its name will be: "Threadmurdered".
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Classes
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2011, 01:35:32 pm »
Am I the only one who expects this guy to just troll the class by instantly unleashing HFS and saying if you don't do that, magma floods the world?
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Classes
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2011, 01:47:45 pm »
Quote from: Bleaktea on July 26, 2011, 01:32:03 pm
And its name will be: "Threadmurdered".

I prefer Threadshoots myself.
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« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2011, 02:19:21 pm »
Quote from: Oliolli on July 26, 2011, 09:02:11 am
This place, the forums will (eventually) be introduced to regular internet trash, and the community will never be the same again...

In my opinion a massive influx of new members would pick up pretty quickly on the MAGMA/SCIENCE/CLOWNS memes around here, and then proceed to fit right it.  Its not like everyone around here is a triple-A, premium-quality forum-poster either.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Classes
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2011, 02:22:32 pm »
Quote from: slothen on July 26, 2011, 02:19:21 pm
Quote from: Oliolli on July 26, 2011, 09:02:11 am
This place, the forums will (eventually) be introduced to regular internet trash, and the community will never be the same again...

In my opinion a massive influx of new members would pick up pretty quickly on the MAGMA/SCIENCE/CLOWNS memes around here, and then proceed to fit right it.  Its not like everyone around here is a triple-A, premium-quality forum-poster either.
*Reads your post*
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Huh, at least somebody on the forum gets it.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Classes
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2011, 04:43:21 pm »
Quote from: slothen on July 26, 2011, 02:19:21 pm
In my opinion a massive influx of new members would pick up pretty quickly on the MAGMA/SCIENCE/CLOWNS memes around here, and then proceed to fit right it.  Its not like everyone around here is a triple-A, premium-quality forum-poster either.

Premium quality sure, but this is one of the friendliest forums I've come across and it would be nice for it to stay that way.
That said I also don't think an influx of new members would overly change that.
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