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Author Topic: Face Palm moments you had in Dwarf Fortress  (Read 2125229 times)

Niccolo

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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4440 on: May 14, 2011, 02:48:43 am »

I decided to let my recruits engage in a little casual murder by stabbing a particularly annoying diplomat to death.

This did not work so well. I left them in peace for a minute or two while reading webcomics and when I came back, everyone was either dead, dying, or running in fear and terror from what was apparently the most badass diplomant ever.

Then came the tantrum spiral.
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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4441 on: May 14, 2011, 12:04:15 pm »

Deciding to fight a forgotten beast on the long thin platform I had built across the underground lake. I wanted to meet it before it got into the stairwell to save the civilians, but unfortunately I lost 3 of my best military drwarves as they promptly dodged or got knocked off the narrow bridge to drown. The FB also killed another 2 before it was taken down. I would much rather have had the beast slaughterer a few civilians and interrupt a few jobs than lose half of my crack military squad in which all my best dwarves are assigned.
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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4442 on: May 14, 2011, 02:24:19 pm »

I spent 3 hours learning and playing through the techniques required to puncture a three-leveled aquifer, only to find once all the work was done that it was four-leveled.  :'(
You might be able to get through it using this method:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=79224.15
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Lord Shonus

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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4443 on: May 14, 2011, 02:53:03 pm »

Does your biome freeze?
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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4444 on: May 14, 2011, 04:39:16 pm »

A dwarf just fell 23 z-levels... onto a coffin. How convenient.
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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4445 on: May 14, 2011, 04:40:41 pm »

A dwarf just fell 23 z-levels... onto a coffin. How convenient.
Some dwarves are just more efficient than others.
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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4446 on: May 14, 2011, 04:45:49 pm »

A dwarf just fell 23 z-levels... onto a coffin. How convenient.
Some dwarves are just more efficient than others.
To be fair, it took some time to collect all the other pieces.
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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4447 on: May 14, 2011, 10:38:46 pm »

A dwarf just fell 23 z-levels... onto a coffin. How convenient.
Some dwarves are just more efficient than others.
To be fair, it took some time to collect all the other pieces.

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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4448 on: May 14, 2011, 11:13:00 pm »

I decided to let my recruits engage in a little casual murder by stabbing a particularly annoying diplomat to death.

This did not work so well. I left them in peace for a minute or two while reading webcomics and when I came back, everyone was either dead, dying, or running in fear and terror from what was apparently the most badass diplomant ever.

Then came the tantrum spiral.
was it a dwarven liaison or a other race diplomat?
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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4449 on: May 14, 2011, 11:44:22 pm »

I decided to let my recruits engage in a little casual murder by stabbing a particularly annoying diplomat to death.

This did not work so well. I left them in peace for a minute or two while reading webcomics and when I came back, everyone was either dead, dying, or running in fear and terror from what was apparently the most badass diplomant ever.

Then came the tantrum spiral.
was it a dwarven liaison or a other race diplomat?

Dwarven... hence the spiral, I'm guessing? Huh.

Okay, double facepalm.
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Lord Shonus

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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4450 on: May 15, 2011, 12:12:46 am »

Yeah, You made the dwarves that killed the diplomat enemies of your civilization. I'm pretty sure that anyone who attacked them then became enemies of your civilization because the soldiers were both members and enemies. then anyone who attacked those dwarves...
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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4451 on: May 15, 2011, 05:25:05 am »

Oh god, I've done that before
Its even more !!fun!! when you do it with a military composed of 60 dwarves, all legendary +5 in shield, dodge, armor user, fighter and their weapon of choice...
The battle is surprisingly short, I expected it to be longer considering how they're all +5 in shield and dodge...
still, it was epic while it lasted
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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4452 on: May 15, 2011, 09:45:01 am »

10 Wells spread 10-15 levels below;
7 Tile wide floodgate from river,
0 pumps or diagonal sections in system,

I now have a Fish Fortress -.-

Never again... never ever again...
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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4453 on: May 15, 2011, 10:29:27 am »

10 Wells spread 10-15 levels below;
7 Tile wide floodgate from river,
0 pumps or diagonal sections in system,

I now have a Fish Fortress -.-

Never again... never ever again...

Yet to make that particular error... I guess you haven't really played DF properly until you've flooded at least one fortress.

I facepalmed recently when a gang of murderous, bloodthirsty goblins tore through my fledgling fortress. I don't know where the bloody hell they came from, but I was yet to be a year old and they murdered my dwarves like they were kittens.
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I have issues channeling it properly to do that method. I end up flooding the fortress with magma.
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Re: Face Palm moments you had
« Reply #4454 on: May 15, 2011, 12:28:41 pm »

Then came the tantrum spiral.
Deserved! :D
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