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Author Topic: Whoop.... just spotted a Terraria shout-out to DF  (Read 1398 times)

Serrational

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Whoop.... just spotted a Terraria shout-out to DF
« on: January 12, 2012, 12:57:30 pm »

Now, somebody's probably seen this before me, but I was playing Terraria, getting on with it, when an NPC arrives. Not just any NPC, but the demolitionist, a crazy ginger bearded maniac.
And guess what his name is?

Urist.

I kinda fell off my seat then....

Just thought I'd point this out.
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I figured the guy was a goner too when a noseless bat from hell flew right over the fortifications and attacked.

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Re: Whoop.... just spotted a Terraria shout-out to DF
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2012, 01:20:13 pm »

The names are all taken randomly out of a pool of names. I've had a guide named Urist, my friend has had a merchant.

E: Is there some place to inform about/discuss shout-outs that are not yet listed on the wiki? I've noticed some, don't know where to tell about them.

(Dungeons of Dredmor, conflagratory resistance description: "Conflagratory resistance is very useful if you're a witch, or are likely to be working near witches or other flammable objects. Caution: asbestos armour has been determined by the Dwarven Mountainhomes to cause an increase in lung cancer, beard rot, and Strange Moods.")
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Re: Whoop.... just spotted a Terraria shout-out to DF
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2012, 03:40:17 pm »

Dungeons of Dredmor has a whole grab-bag of references. Pretty much references DF most out of any other thing it does.
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Re: Whoop.... just spotted a Terraria shout-out to DF
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2012, 03:55:31 pm »

Dungeons of Dredmor has a whole grab-bag of references. Pretty much references DF most out of any other thing it does.

Aye. Pretty much everything menaces with spikes of something or another.
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invention is every dwarf's middle name
that means that somewhere out there theres a dwarf named Urist Invention Mcinvention.

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Re: Whoop.... just spotted a Terraria shout-out to DF
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2012, 06:36:28 pm »

Dungeons of Dredmor has a whole grab-bag of references. Pretty much references DF most out of any other thing it does.

I believe the devs explicitly said that they enjoyed the humor style of DF's randomly generated names in a blog post once, and decided to use something similar to it in their game as well.
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Re: Whoop.... just spotted a Terraria shout-out to DF
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2012, 12:09:24 am »

I know. It was just the conflagratory resistance that was not mentioned anywhere, so I had to bring that up.
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When all you've got is an adjustable spanner and an entire freight warehouse of terrifying cogs and gears, everything looks like "just a prototype".
Quote from: ThatAussieGuy
You all turned Swordthunders into a bastion of madness that seems to warp in on itself under its own hatred of sanity.  I'm so happy!
Quote from: Loud Whispers
drowning babies everywhere o-o