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DF General Discussion / Re: 8mb videocard?...
« on: November 17, 2010, 03:56:19 pm »
Funny joke to play on a DF newbie: Offer to let him use your 2.4 ghz 16-core while you use his 3.2 ghz dual core.
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Creative Projects / Re: UristMcGamer cancels write game: can't think of plot
« on: November 17, 2010, 03:51:46 pm »
Focus on making the mechanics work.
I have a whole system of characters begging for a Disgaea treatment, but lemme tell you a secret of game development: mechanics before plot. A game with an involved plot but no mechanics won't get played. A game with superb mechanics and a thin/jokey plot becomes a masterpiece.
Big example: Mario's mustache. They put a mustache on him BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIT A NOSE. Make your characters' abilities stem from what you can do in the game, not the other way around.
I have a whole system of characters begging for a Disgaea treatment, but lemme tell you a secret of game development: mechanics before plot. A game with an involved plot but no mechanics won't get played. A game with superb mechanics and a thin/jokey plot becomes a masterpiece.
Big example: Mario's mustache. They put a mustache on him BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIT A NOSE. Make your characters' abilities stem from what you can do in the game, not the other way around.
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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Forgotten Beast won't join the party
« on: November 17, 2010, 02:28:53 pm »
When I first read this, I thought this was an adventure mode question...
A few good bolts will ruin an ash FB's day almost immediately.
A few good bolts will ruin an ash FB's day almost immediately.
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Other Games / Re: How did you last die?
« on: November 17, 2010, 08:53:11 am »People really need to include the games they were playing in here.
I think it's funnier without explanations, like this is stuff that just kinda happens to us all the time.
Flew a slow-moving ship through extremely fast enemy fire. It was armored, but not THAT armored...
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General Discussion / Re: Okay, now that's a weird prediction.
« on: November 16, 2010, 11:36:43 pm »
When Fred Rogers destroys the world, it will be with his calm, patronizing voice and wearing that fucking sweater. (I learned how to change the channel as a kid because I couldn't stand his stare nor his voice)
Some people are more sensitive to barometric pressure changes and seismic movements than others.
Some people are more sensitive to barometric pressure changes and seismic movements than others.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Preventing soldier pregnancy
« on: November 16, 2010, 11:32:37 pm »Or switch them to missile and only deploy them from behind fortifications or across trenches.
31.19
Additions
(*) Marksdwarves will now throw extra held objects at targets
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General Discussion / Re: "Man Shouldn't Play God"
« on: November 16, 2010, 09:27:01 pm »
If you really want to play God, use the Funky Bomb.
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Life Advice / Re: Rememberance Day, Freedom of Speech, and My High School
« on: November 16, 2010, 08:31:21 pm »"zed" for Z
Wait, there are other ways to pronounce Z?
Watch this all the way through and you'll get some ice cream.
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Life Advice / Re: Rememberance Day, Freedom of Speech, and My High School
« on: November 16, 2010, 08:26:05 pm »
Yeah, it might be easy to get mad at you, with your universal health care and your thick social safety nets and all, but it's hard to stay mad at you because you're all just so cute! You can pretend to be a real nation, with Quebec arguing for independence and everything (the most *precious* of the precious.. they want to establish French as their main language! Awwww.), and all we want to do is pat you on the head and give you a treat.
I picked up a Canadian hitchhiker once, drove him a hundred-odd miles before we parted ways. He really did say "eh" and "key" for K and "zed" for Z.. It was so precious. ♥
I picked up a Canadian hitchhiker once, drove him a hundred-odd miles before we parted ways. He really did say "eh" and "key" for K and "zed" for Z.. It was so precious. ♥
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Life Advice / Re: Rememberance Day, Freedom of Speech, and My High School
« on: November 16, 2010, 08:19:07 pm »I was unaware Canadians had rights. Obama must be generous to our underlings.
I sincerely hope that was a troll.
Citizen of a vassal state says what now?
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Preventing soldier pregnancy
« on: November 16, 2010, 08:14:02 pm »
Danger rooms and armor every part of the dwarf's body but the abdomen. Repeat every six months.
Solved, Captain Falcon style.
Solved, Captain Falcon style.
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Other Games / Re: Today's obscure game is brought to you by the letter "P"
« on: November 16, 2010, 07:31:41 pm »
This reminds me a lot of Tyrian at first glance.
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DF General Discussion / Re: 8mb videocard?...
« on: November 16, 2010, 06:53:24 pm »
A 16-core system with a 16 meg card/onboard is a server setup, not likely to be anyone's desktop. Anyone asking the question "is an 8 mb vidcard enough to run DF" almost certainly doesn't have one of those.
fucking ninjas I swear to Armok
fucking ninjas I swear to Armok
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General Discussion / Re: That's my congressman!
« on: November 16, 2010, 03:59:45 pm »
Lock up anyone with the flu, huge fines for anyone with a broken leg, and the penalty for leukemia is death.
That'll teach those sick bastards.
That'll teach those sick bastards.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: mad fighting stylez yo
« on: November 16, 2010, 03:32:19 pm »Does a teethless, armless, legless dwarf try to gum the foe to death?
No, they use the "push" attack. Which is kind of Black Knight-ish.
It becomes less funny when it's an FB 30 times the size of your dwarves doing it.