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A flurry of responses!  Good.

Ok, so seems like we have enough of a crowd to kick this off.  I'll be starting probably tomorrow, though I'll admit that I'll basically be running off the old wiki's starter guides.  I don't know the 2d version all that well, though I've played it a bit here and there.  Any advice?

Also:  Yes it's fine to be inexperienced.  I know exactly crap about the old version.  It's just neat as an exercise.  Also it's neat because I haven't seen a 2d fort in a while.

I take notes, usually on the order of "9th Granite - Stonecrafter tantrummed, killed three cows and a cat" and then write around that.

It would certainly be a long year if you wrote in that detail for each day of it.  Probably better that you are not.

A lot of your dirt seemed revealed.  Cheater!  Maybe that's why your dorfs are evil!

Ok, here goes.

We've all played DF through and through.  We know how it goes.  Z-levels, roadless wagons, hills, valleys, endless farming, the whole works.

Ha!  No.  This game is using the last of the 2D versions.  That's right:  No z-levels!  Build roads if you want useful caravans!  No FPS higher than 50!  Reflood farms every year!  Flooding rivers!  Magma!  Demons!  Guild representatives!  Dangerous depths!

Anyway, rules are similar to Boatmurdered.  One week from the posting of the save for you to take your turn, or you are skipped.  We revert on unfixable issues, like world floods and massive tantrum spirals.  Feel free to steal ideas from places, hell, a lava cannon wouldn't really be a bad idea.  No cheaty crap like huge long bridges to kill demons, but you can magma the chasm if you want.

Also no mining Adamantine.  We are trying to survive here.

I'm taking names for starting.  Be aware that you only have a week to FINISH your turn once the previous guy finishes.  If that doesn't sound like something you can do, then don't sign up.   Also be aware that you need to not kill the fort.  Feel free to toss in your two cents on what sort of starting equipment we should take.

Notably, there has been a minor rule change due to skippage:

Also new rule:  You need to post an acknowledgment of your turn within three days of your turn starting.  That will help against wasting a week on a complete no-show.  Anyone who doesn't post at least "Ok, I've got the save now" or something akin to that will get skipped for no-show.

Something useful: http://archive.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Main_Page  That's the old wiki.

Strike the earth!

1.Dadamh (done)
2. Iluogo (done)
3. Glacies (skipped, time)
4. PTTG?? (done)
5. webadict (skipped, scheduling)
6. Aqizzar (Skipped, scheduling)
7. NTheGreat (Done)
8. (name here) (Done)
9. Sukasa (Skipped for No Response)
10. Fita (Skipped)
11. Jools (Done)
12. Dadamh (Done)
13. Torak (Done)
14. filiusenox (Skipped)
15. Legolord (Skipped)
16. Squeegy (Skipped)
17. Aqizzar (Done)
18. Eita (Postponed (21))
19. (name here) (Done)
20. Sukasa (Done)
21. Eita (Postponed again 'cause of Eternal Halls (23))
22. LegoLord (Done)
23. Eita (Skipped)
24. Kiri (Done)
25. PTTG? (Skipped)
26. (name here) (Done)
27. ChazzyBurger (Skipped)
28. Katsuun (Skipped)
29. barny (Skipped, No Response)
30. Dadamh (Idiot waiting three weeks without even posting)
31. amazoph (SKipped)
32. ChazzyBurger (Skipped)
33. ToonyMan (Done)
34? webadict (Current?)
34. Walliard
35. knightedskull
36. That Zero Guy
37. Akhier the Dragon hearted
38. Samus1111111
39. (name here)

On the map topic, we have one in DFMA from a while back, but I dunno how to upload a more current one.  The save is a couple pages up; you could take that and look at the fort.

Kishmond, how's things?  Started yet?

Why all this discussion?  It's EVIL.  KILL IT.

Money isn't worth it!

I am waiting for someone to say something akin to "I fixed my init.txt to allow 500 population!  Here's a list of all of them!  Can I get them all drawn in a big group photo?"