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I'm surprised nobody called in to badmouth James Doohan.  He was reputedly a big jerk off camera.  Heck, he was the only surviving original cast member who flat out refused to take part in the Futurama spoof episode.

Also I wanted to ask the community how long has it been since the last "Statues should work somewhat like engravings" suggestion? I KNOW it has been done... but I never actually seen it... (It is TOO basic, I wouldn't be surprised if it is written out specifically in the Dev logs)

I've been meaning to ask exactly this for weeks.  Kept slipping my mind.  But yeah, it just seems so basic, what with the new history and all.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-george-carlin-062308,0,2760767.story

Surprisingly, I don't have an archival knowledge of his quips on death.

Except of course, "They won't say I died.  No one ever dies anymore.  They'll say I passed away.  Or that I expired, like old cheese."

And now to move his name to the parade of dead people in the Recycle Bin.

On the subject of Stalin's ego, he was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.  When he came to prominence, he changed it to Stalin, which roughly translates as 'Man of Steel'.  Human history is replete with egotistical dictators, but nobody else went around calling themselves Joe Superman.  That's some balls.

I usually start with a couple dwarves with high trade skills, because they can be hard to train up with limited resources, and I'm a perfectionist and I don't like having binloads of low-quality training crap laying around.  Any labor that produces things with a quality modifier must be skilled.

I used to spread my dwarves' skillpoints over lots of areas, until I realized the way experience and stat boosts work.  Since then I usually go like this.

4xCarpenter/4xJudgeOfIntent/RecordKeeping/Appraiser
The leader, natch.  Since he doesn't have much to do, I usually make him a mechanic until an immigrant shows up.
5xGrower/5xCook
Keeps everyone fed.  Ironic, because I almost always run my foodstocks on a razor's edge.  Takes up brewing as well.
5xWeaponsmith/5xArmorsmith
I don't try making metal furniture until an immigrant smith arrives.  I never seem to find much weaponable metal, so I have to make the most of it.
5xBonecrafter/5xLeatherworker
Just because these two resources always seem scarce.
5xMason/5xArchitect
Since there's a lot of job overlap here.  There's little point to high architect skill, but well designed buildings give a happy thought, and thats never a bad thing.
5xMiner/5xWrestling
So I always have a stupidly powerful fighter right at the start.  Sometimes I replace some wrestling with animal trainer, since the job goes faster then.
5xGlassmaker/5xGemSetter
Obviously only if I'm going somewhere with sand.  If not, its ususually Clother/Weaving.

I never have a Year 2 immigrant wave without twenty people...

While there's no such thing as a naked mole dog, I'll bet Toady had this ugly cuss in mind when he made them, just blown up to dog size.

Also, it really sucks that the creature creater can't really handle humanoid forms.  You'd think with all the build up somebody would have realized, "Hey, maybe we should put in the extra hour's work to make necks and bipedal posturing."  It makes them shuffle-walk and punch like trained horses standing up.  Though your attempt does flex and bend a lot better than mine for some reason.

A meeting hall is about the only way to go.  You could carve a 5x5 room out of sand and fill in with miasma and dwarves will come from miles around to gawk at your sublime well.

That or build the most awesome ashery in the world.

Huh.  I wasn't aware the game tracked the handle as a distinct element.