Our transcriber asked for us to post it right away. He's working on it. Be patient!
If you can read english, wouldn't you be able to understand whats said as its the same as the words?
Anyways, a transcript would be cool too as I'm hard of hearing. :)
I don't understand, because it sound different as it's written...(In portuguese, "A" sounds like "E", I just know to read english, but I can't understand the talked english, it's hard to a brazilian learn english, and I think that would be hard to a american or english to learn portuguese)Ha, I understand. I have a Brazilian friend. It's an okay country. And Portuguese actually isn't that hard to learn if you're starting from English- It's a lot simpler. English is an unwieldy, Frankenstein's monster-esque nightmare mash up of like 6 completely different languages.
P.S. I hate to be brazilian
English is an unwieldy, Frankenstein's monster-esque nightmare mash up of like 6 completely different languages
I don't understand, because it sound different as it's written...(In portuguese, "A" sounds like "E", I just know to read english, but I can't understand the talked english, it's hard to a brazilian learn english, and I think that would be hard to a american or english to learn portuguese)Ha, I understand. I have a Brazilian friend. It's an okay country. And Portuguese actually isn't that hard to learn if you're starting from English- It's a lot simpler. English is an unwieldy, Frankenstein's monster-esque nightmare mash up of like 6 completely different languages.
P.S. I hate to be brazilian
If you can read english, wouldn't you be able to understand whats said as its the same as the words?
The third one has been posted. (http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/df_talk.html)
Any comments about the format, content, quality, etc. of the call are welcome.
We're still deciding on what to do with the questions thread. The current situation with a new thread each time might need to be changed, since most questions don't get asked and we might as well carry them over somehow, but that's also unwieldy in its own way. Setting up an email account would be convenient for it, but for some reason my new server only lets me have a single one.
More if you count those picked up from Native American languages (alot of place names and states origionate from Native American languages) and the occasional word from other non-european languages. English pretty much reflects the multi-cultural entity that the US is, and the fact that several European powers were colonizing the Americas during the colonial period.
Heheh... I think English was invented in England, not America
More if you count those picked up from Native American languages (alot of place names and states origionate from Native American languages) and the occasional word from other non-european languages. English pretty much reflects the multi-cultural entity that the US is, and the fact that several European powers were colonizing the Americas during the colonial period.
Working on the transcript guys, will try to have it off to Toady by Monday.
Working on the transcript guys, will try to have it off to Toady by Monday.
Just a quick query for those who read it as they find listening to it hard to understand; are contractions (I'm, they're, and so on) ok, or are they confusing? It would be simple enough for me to expand them out as I type it up, so if they are a problem, or even an annoyance, just let me know please.
Working on the transcript guys, will try to have it off to Toady by Monday.
... as I type it up...
Bieng a native english speaker,
Bieng a native english speaker,
typo in this statement is wonderfully ironic...
I guess aquatic megabeasts are in. That description cracked me up.
Working on the transcript guys, will try to have it off to Toady by Monday.
... as I type it up...
holy crap, you TYPE it out? I thought you had speech to text software.
I guess aquatic megabeasts are in. That description cracked me up.
Yeah, the shrimp was amusing. I'm curious, now, if shrimp and other vermin got full body definitions to be used for their titan forms.
Also, shrimp exist as vermin? I've never seen those around.
This is less FoW and more 'explored territory'- it doesn't re-disappear.
Alas, only once can you really get dozens of dwarfs cheering a word to be amusing.
Did I hear Toady imply that there would be randomly generated clowns? I am so excited for this.
Toady completely denied him
Clowns? No. Evil denizens of the deep... yes.
Clowns? No. Evil denizens of the deep... yes.
You might know already, but "clown" and "funhouse" are the new popular terms for "demon" and "whatever replaces the glowing pits," respectively.
And I think I did catch the hint that Johnny Chthonic was talking about, but I'll wait for the transcript to check. (mallocks, you are a hero)
Is that music that plays for these available separately at all? They're so relaxing
Is that music that plays for these available separately at all? They're so relaxing
Only in legends, just like wizards.Also, shrimp exist as vermin? I've never seen those around.
Yeah, that was the part I forgot to ask. It's possible that shrimp are just a hardcoded template in the generator, I guess.
An easy explanation to this legends-only shrimpness:Only in legends, just like wizards.Also, shrimp exist as vermin? I've never seen those around.
Yeah, that was the part I forgot to ask. It's possible that shrimp are just a hardcoded template in the generator, I guess.
except now that toady is making giant mutant shrimp populate the underworld.
Did I hear Toady imply that there would be randomly generated clowns? I am so excited for this.
An easy explanation to this legends-only shrimpness:Only in legends, just like wizards.Also, shrimp exist as vermin? I've never seen those around.
Yeah, that was the part I forgot to ask. It's possible that shrimp are just a hardcoded template in the generator, I guess.
except now that toady is making giant mutant shrimp populate the underworld.
146 - The human Forrest Gump has founded Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.!
147 - Shrimps are now extinct.
It's not really "implied". He specifically mentioned it in the spoiler dev_now update adventure thingy a while back, and explained it a back.
mallocks cancels job: interrupted by illness
Apologies folk but there is no reasonable way I can get this done by the promised date (Monday) in my current state. 'Cancel' is an exaggeration but it is on hold for the time being, however I will still do my best to bring it out before too long; but after this time I don't want to set a precise date only to let people down again.
We know about those. What's kind of new is that Toady promised randomly generated -Clowns-. Not just carnies and ticket attendants like you described there.Did I hear Toady imply that there would be randomly generated clowns? I am so excited for this.
It's not really "implied". He specifically mentioned it in the spoiler dev_now update adventure thingy a while back, and explained it a back.
Clowns? No. Evil denizens of the deep... yes.
You might know already, but "clown" and "funhouse" are the new popular terms for "demon" and "whatever replaces the glowing pits," respectively.
And I think I did catch the hint that Johnny Chthonic was talking about, but I'll wait for the transcript to check. (mallocks, you are a hero)
Ya I know, I was just having fun with it too. :) Who first came up with Clowns tho?
Because in the latter case my vote is kinda pointless already. I'd like to hear about professions. What would be Toady's profession in the Dwarf Fortress world? Especially with current profession assigning mechanics. Because in the real world, I guess, it belongs to the field of entertainment. But in game anyone with a profession like that is marked useless. And I feel sorry about poor dudes who have (are damned with) the tag "noble" and get viciously drowned in water/lava. And can't do anything about it.We know about those. What's kind of new is that Toady promised randomly generated -Clowns-. Not just carnies and ticket attendants like you described there.Did I hear Toady imply that there would be randomly generated clowns? I am so excited for this.
It's not really "implied". He specifically mentioned it in the spoiler dev_now update adventure thingy a while back, and explained it a back.
We know about those. What's kind of new is that Toady promised randomly generated -Clowns-. Not just carnies and ticket attendants like you described there.Did I hear Toady imply that there would be randomly generated clowns? I am so excited for this.
It's not really "implied". He specifically mentioned it in the spoiler dev_now update adventure thingy a while back, and explained it a back.
Some feedback for the hosts: the first half of the interview, where you're asking your own questions, feels stronger to me because there's more followup from the hosts, and generally more of a dialogue. Obviously it's harder to follow up on somebody else's questions, so in my opinion you should feel free to pick the questions that you find personally interesting, without regard for whether they're more popular or relevant or whatever.
I still have trouble hearing captain'tastic's voice, its much better then on the last two but his voice is aways the hardest to understand. I dunno if its his voice or the mic, I just had to say it because its probably the only real critic I have.
You know that eternal poll thing?
I suggest you do that with the questions.
I still have trouble hearing captain'tastic's voice, its much better then on the last two but his voice is aways the hardest to understand. I dunno if its his voice or the mic, I just had to say it because its probably the only real critic I have.
I have a tendency to slip into monotone on phone/skype conversations, and that combined with wonky microphone and internet lag seems to reduce the quality sometimes. During the recording breaks I'm constantly asking 'did I sound alright??'.
re: Dorf Shorts #3:
Tha'ss Greeat! ;D
The problem with defending the purity of the English languagenicoll's original post: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf-lovers/msg/c961c46670ca97d6?pli=1 (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf-lovers/msg/c961c46670ca97d6?pli=1)
is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't
just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages
down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle [sic] their pockets for
new vocabulary.
^_^re: Dorf Shorts #3:
Tha'ss Greeat! ;D
:D
re: Dorf Shorts #3:
Tha'ss Greeat! ;D
:D
All right, the transcript (http://www.bay12games.com/media/df_talk_3_transcript.html) is up now! mallocks awesome.
DF might have to steal Jurassic Park: Trespasser's system for dynamically producing sounds for collisions between two arbitrary objects, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trespasser_%28computer_game%29#Sound) which was apparently one of its few innovations that actually worked well.