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As Jakkarra's map has started going places, he wants to get votes to decide how it should look. So here's the thread to voice your opinions, cast some votes, talk about your own maps or even ask for mapping advice!

In less fun news, I'm starting to feel quite burned out on playing TF2, so I don't really have the motivation to organize the team for the ETF2L Tournament. If there's someone who'd like to get on that, awesome! I promise to help in advertising on this thread and the Steam Group, but in figuring out the roster and schedules not so much.

Oh yeah, there's a video of Jakkarra's map in it's current state and I dare say it looks really promising.

EDIT: Jreengus took up the tournament thing. Go Jreengus!

Cool, I was looking for an outlet to say things about your new videos. Like about the dwarf that joined you which you didn't notice until the next video.

If you are interested in my first Adventure Mode LP series covered in a previous topic, which I would rather not be bumped, you can find that series (80+ videos, multiple adventurers) in this playlist:  Let's Play Adventure Mode

I think it's possible to lock topics you created, so you can make sure no one goes and bumps it just because you mentioned the possibility.

So once someone gets those diseases it's pretty much a death sentence for them, right? Can it wash off? The dust, I mean.

No washing off from the lungs. I asked Deon earlier on Steam, just means they'll slowly die in a much earlier age than they would've otherwise.

Quote from: Myroc on April 10, 2010, 08:11:35 am

It's a tad difficult to train with a sword if you do not have a sword.

That's the way dwarves train philosophy.

I first thought you meant that dwarves don't have brains. Which was actually true before this version? I already don't remember.

You know how people can make a roll of their tongue? I can do that, only upside down. I've still to find someone else who can do it and believe me, I've been trying to find out, it's a real fun thing to show to people I've just met.

The weirdest part is, I just can't understand how anyone can roll their tongue the "right" way. Me trying it looks exactly like other people trying to do it my way.

I guess my tongue muscles are upside down or something.

So, let's see, the classes to players list looks like this, after I added Scout to myself as a potential class: [is Non-Euro]

Scout: LASD
Soldier: [Mr.Person], [Dr, Johbson]
Pyro: Myroc, [SHADOWDUMP], [umiman], [Dr. Johbson]
Demo: [Bandages]
Heavy: [DoctorZ], fenrif
Engineer: Jreengus, [Dr. Johbson]
Medic: LASD, [umiman], [Dr. Johbson], fenrif
Sniper: [Bandages]
Spy: [dragnar], [Mr.Person], [Cheeetar]

Not participating: [Zai]

Also, from the FAQ:

Are non-European teams welcome?

Yes, as long as you are fine with playing on European servers and in European timezones.

So, it's all fine, except scheduling will be tricky.


Next important thing:

How many people can be in one team?

14 people can be registered to each team. Make another team if you have more players (eg Community Team A, Community Team B, etc.) You cannot play in more than one team.

So there's nice leeway as only 9 people are included in a round and the classes can be juggled between players too. Another team might be possible but it might get a bit iffy to find 28 Dwarf Fortress people wanting to participate in a competitive tournament.

Currently we have 12 people expressing interest, 3 of whom are a bit doubtful about joining (SHADOWdump, Mr. Person and Dr. Johbson), but I know a few people that haven't spoken up or noticed this who are likely interested. Let's keep listing and see what we can come up with, and if people will have the honor of joining the DFC or Bay12games B-team too.


Then the most important thing! (Not really):

Can you tell me more about the in-game medal?

The in-game medal will be like a hat. Everyone can see it.

You will win a medal when you A) Win the tournament (winners medal), B) Finish 2nd in the tournament (runner up medal) or C) Are eliminated from the tournament (participation medal). You do not get a medal for just signing up.

So, the tournament has to be finished to get the shiny, awe-inspiring, tiny medal.

Good news, my writing partner started writing after all and I got cool new characters from him to use. Like the daughter of the Grim Reaper. I thought it appropriate to give her a sickle to use as a weapon.

Also, the Reaper himself tied nicely into the story and made it easy to send the main character to action. The point is now that Death is pissed off at the undead for making his work worthless as everyone he kills comes back as living dead. And having only the power to kill the living, he needs help to defeat the dead.

I'm actually surprised how planned out this is starting to sound as the point was just to ramble and stumble blindly ahead to 100 pages.


Then to slightly bad news, the script is only 16 pages long. But there's 2 people writing again, so it will happen! Also, I just blasted past my daily quota without even noticing. Writing was actually easy, fun and fast.

And finally, the great news! This project is doing amazing things to the problem I've always had with writing: I think of every word and sentence too much and keep editing them again and again and again, even if they're just fine already. Now I've just kept writing, not going back to fix anything else then the most blatant mistakes. The time for refinement is when the whole thing is done, otherwise it will just slow down the project until it ceases to a halt.

I don't really like in-jokes, especially forced ones. They don't really serve other purpose than make those "in the know" feel superior and the others feel alienated. I find little enjoyment from laughing at something when someone else is going "Huuuh?" right next to me.  I guess there might be some feeling of achievement to be had from finding out the jokes, but still they are only funny the first time you hear them (often not even then) and annoying at all other times.

Also, I wonder how many people know the word 'meme' only to mean viral internet idiocy instead of 'cultural replicator' and how Richard Dawkins feels about that.

The terrible in jokes and memes are the worst thing about this community, and they're the reason a lot of people avoid the forum for anything but say the Future of the Fortress thread

I actually stopped reading that thread because it became so overcome with annoying spam. I only read Toady's messages in it through his profile. It's rather sad that thread is the only image most people have of the community.

(Bump, this was the only name thread I remember seeing and with the new version should be interesting to read)

Not really funny, just absolutely amazing:

A goblin civ that is composed of:
  638 dusk elves
  32 dusk elves as prisoners
  781 normans
and only 7 goblins

The name?
Lonngerxung, The Subordinate Wickedness.

... too awesome.