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So, this lady appeared in my last stream..


Other fun facts:
-Shes a great persuader, observer, talented judge of intent and consoler, so she can convince people to help with her... um ideas after determining if they'll say 'Yes', watch it happen in extreme detail, then help them forget what they did.
-Rokul Swiftchampions, the deity she is SUPER DEVOTED TO, is the male dwarf god of "Persuasion and Gambling."
-Great reader and adept writer. Could probably write the Dwarf Fortress version of 50 Shades of Grey. But with, you know, actual skill.
-Speaking of being a writer, she HAS A LOT of books published, including such classics as:

• Animal Societies: The Definitive Guide
• Uncanny Dissection
• Anatomy for the Beginner
• Understanding the Animals
• Questions about Anatomy
  
• Uncanny Foraging Behaviour (??)
• Introduction to Mating (umm)
• Choose Anatomy

-Almost all of her books are described as being 'touching' and 'self-indulgent'
-Considering her incredibly high social skills, good chance she's a vampire. Testing currently underway.
-Has a husband who hasn't ran off yet.

Heya everyone. I recently hosted a pair of Dwarf Fortress streams on Twitch. It seems to have been met with positive feedback, and I'm likely to continue doing a series of similar streams. You can see the discussion thread here: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=161736.0

This raises an interesting handful of questions, as I'd like to keep most of the discussion regarding my DF streams on bay12forums, partly to promote outsiders into getting involved, partly to promote insiders into getting interested: what is the best code of conduct for this sort of situation? Should streamers like me make a thread in Community Games and Stories, like I did, where discussion and updates can be consolidated? Should each stream have its own thread? Should it be in a different forum? Is bay12forums not a good place for that kind of discussion?

I asked the moderators (ToadyOne and ThreeToe) their thoughts on the matter, and the response was "Let the community decide." Thus, this poll. I am happy to abide by any majority group decision.

If you have any comments that don't reflect on this poll or determination how to best proceed, please keep them in the thread in the Community Games section, at least for now, guys.

EDIT 1:

Thank you to all who came to follow me and watch the stream tonight! I think I'm going to let this post die a slow, natural death on its own. Deathkey is up and running, for now, fueled by the... mysterious events that transpired with 2, likely 4 dwarves loosing their lives.

I will likely post an update before the next stream, inviting others to come and watch our slow decay into disrepair and madness, but for those of you who want to plan ahead, we're picking up where we left off next week at 5:00 PM EST, when we will determine the fate of the Pretentious Tools together! We may also stream one or two things before then; you can check out my Twitch channel for updates for any such impromptu stuff when I figure I've got the time to spare.

What I'll do is make a second topic for my DF streams here, and just update it with information as stuff happens. I also talked to the forum moderators about the 'polite, community appropriate' way to create a stream update thread without being a self-aggrandizing moron, and the response seems to be 'Let the community decide.' So I'm going to poll people in General Discussion to get an idea for what we as a whole feel the best way to go about this is; pending that discussion, my separate DF Streams thread might disappear, or I might change something, but I'm going to make it for now just so that you guys have a place to go to discuss the events that transpired, and post any fanart you may come up with.

See you all around the bend!

(Cross posted from Reddit).

Yo.

So I'm doing something new in my life and looking to stream on Twitch. Because of my chronic self-loathing, I want to stream Dwarf Fortress first, despite knowing that streaming Dwarf Fortress can bore viewers to tears if not interesting or exciting. I'm hoping that the awesomeness of the DF community and its exorbitant morbidity will help with that, as it has proven both after four years of lurking and very intermittent posting.

So I'm taking suggestions on !!FUN!! elements to add to my game that you folks would enjoy watching. I've been playing Dwarf Fortress for... uh, too long... so I can handle some severe levels of difficulty. Evil biomes, arctic embarks, poor man's starts with no equipment, everyone's a cheesemaker, worlds with crazy stupid amounts of forgotten beasts, pre-genned worlds you guys are familiar with that would make for a good stream... go nuts!

I will turn down stuff that's obviously going to doom me before the first season is up, but anything else is fair game.

Twitch channel is here: https://www.twitch.tv/oaogigmaster. I'm setting everything up now; currently neck deep in tweaking audio. I'm looking to start the stream either tonight or tomorrow night.