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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Rate the avatar of the person above you!
« on: April 15, 2011, 10:29:10 am »⑨/⑨I still love your avatar!
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Rate the avatar of the person above you!
« on: April 15, 2011, 07:14:59 am »
9/10. It looks nice!
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Creative Projects / A Minecraft Poem
« on: March 11, 2011, 12:38:22 pm »
Although I haven't played Minecraft recently, I had the urge to write a short poem about it. My poetry skill needs the dust wiped off of it anyways!
I would love to hear what you guys think of it. It took me about an hour to complete, although I could add some filler verses to help flesh it out!
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As morning breaks, the sun does shine,
On steep mounts etched and carved upright;
From plains of block, in which we mine
To singe the skin and bone of night.
In refuge under sunlight's beams,
The day's events pass quickly on;
To give us time to craft, it seems,
Until our time outside is done.
The eyes of spiders dim to gray,
Dormant, and prepared to feast;
'Till softly on horizons lay,
The setting sun, and moonrise east.
Percussive tones at night resounds,
From missing life, with adept hands;
An arrow, fletched from darkened grounds,
Death swiftly dealt on whom it lands.
Or ever-constant in the fore,
The moans of restless, rotting flesh;
Doomed to search, forevermore,
To sate their needs for victims fresh.
And as the din of night cries out,
A quiet movement stirs the air;
A glimpse of faces, all that pout,
And wait to grin at final flare.
Until the morning dawns once more,
In our caves or homes we hide;
With hopes to live long and explore,
To do that which we've never tried.
I would love to hear what you guys think of it. It took me about an hour to complete, although I could add some filler verses to help flesh it out!
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As morning breaks, the sun does shine,
On steep mounts etched and carved upright;
From plains of block, in which we mine
To singe the skin and bone of night.
In refuge under sunlight's beams,
The day's events pass quickly on;
To give us time to craft, it seems,
Until our time outside is done.
The eyes of spiders dim to gray,
Dormant, and prepared to feast;
'Till softly on horizons lay,
The setting sun, and moonrise east.
Percussive tones at night resounds,
From missing life, with adept hands;
An arrow, fletched from darkened grounds,
Death swiftly dealt on whom it lands.
Or ever-constant in the fore,
The moans of restless, rotting flesh;
Doomed to search, forevermore,
To sate their needs for victims fresh.
And as the din of night cries out,
A quiet movement stirs the air;
A glimpse of faces, all that pout,
And wait to grin at final flare.
Until the morning dawns once more,
In our caves or homes we hide;
With hopes to live long and explore,
To do that which we've never tried.
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DF General Discussion / Re: Reclaiming Dwarf Fortress
« on: February 10, 2011, 04:41:45 pm »EDIT:The Dwarf Fortress forums are not as hostile as it can be elsewhere. Take the Minecraft forums, for example; if someone were determined to attack your thread there, then a way would be found that would be provocative enough to cause an argument without much logical criticism, deconstructive or otherwise. I have forgotten how polite this community was since I have left. I must say, it is glad to be back!
P.S. I have a nice, shiney, lovingly crafted Suggestion Thread complete with pretty pictures. If you want to test whether I am a hypocrite or not, feel free to join in and trash the thread as best you can. Most of my best ideas came from people who wanted to bring down my previous arguments becaues they personally hated me, and saw my threads as a means of attacking me by proxy. When you have a set of people dedicated to exposing every flaw in your ideas, it really helps motivate you to shore up your defenses.
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Rate the avatar of the person above you!
« on: February 09, 2011, 11:01:44 pm »
It is a little dark...
Jay Leno? 6/10
Jay Leno? 6/10
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DF General Discussion / Re: Reclaiming Dwarf Fortress
« on: February 09, 2011, 10:55:24 pm »I'll assume the military is both still hopelessly bugged and astoundingly difficult to use...Some progress, but the military is still a pain.The thing about DF is that you have to have the effort to actually start playing with no real plans. I find that the hardest part of DF is actually starting it and doing all the boring pre-playing stuff (Embarking) and doing the same repetitive startup for every fortress. Once you get past this, you get hooked and will wonder what happened to yourThis is exactly my problem. This, and the military screen.dayweek.
Speaking of which, has progress been made to clean the military issues and combat mechanics with the new materials?
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DF General Discussion / Re: Reclaiming Dwarf Fortress
« on: February 09, 2011, 10:50:40 pm »The thing about DF is that you have to have the effort to actually start playing with no real plans. I find that the hardest part of DF is actually starting it and doing all the boring pre-playing stuff (Embarking) and doing the same repetitive startup for every fortress. Once you get past this, you get hooked and will wonder what happened to yourThis is exactly my problem. This, and the military screen.dayweek.
Speaking of which, has progress been made to clean the military issues and combat mechanics with the new materials? I would like to kill Bronze Colossi without knocking their heads off with a slade hammer.
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DF General Discussion / Re: Reclaiming Dwarf Fortress
« on: February 09, 2011, 10:39:22 pm »The secret is DF talk. It's one thing to read the plans of things to do, but hearing Tarn go off on these tangents about future plans is really hilarious and heartening. It really humanizes the experience; it's easy to think of DF as this ridiculously complex Frankenstein of a game, but when you hear the author making sense and cracking jokes it's just easier to connect with. It's like how watching a band can be more fun if they're friends of your friends or if they're at least from the same school/hometown as you, even if their music is a little out there.This is a nice idea! I haven't considered how many of these Tarn might have done within the last 6 months...
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DF General Discussion / Reclaiming Dwarf Fortress
« on: February 09, 2011, 10:07:01 pm »
Before I continue, I would like to chime in that I am not new to the forums, or to Dwarf Fortress. My previous username was "pheonix", and I have finally decided to do away with the misspell in favor of a new username.
I have been away from Dwarf Fortress for quite some time, and have stopped playing shortly after the large release. Since then, I have discovered Minecraft via the discussion board, and have been playing it since. I have, and still do enjoy playing it, but it does not satisfy me as Dwarf Fortress once did!
My problem is a simple one: I wish to pick the game back up, but to do so would mean effort to readapt to the DF UI, and inspiration greater than what was needed to sustain my interest.
Here is my question:
What motivates you to play?
I have been away from Dwarf Fortress for quite some time, and have stopped playing shortly after the large release. Since then, I have discovered Minecraft via the discussion board, and have been playing it since. I have, and still do enjoy playing it, but it does not satisfy me as Dwarf Fortress once did!
My problem is a simple one: I wish to pick the game back up, but to do so would mean effort to readapt to the DF UI, and inspiration greater than what was needed to sustain my interest.
Here is my question:
What motivates you to play?
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Rate the avatar of the person above you!
« on: February 05, 2011, 06:47:21 pm »
8/10. The color scheme is nice on this one.
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: My love of DF continues
« on: February 05, 2011, 12:42:21 pm »
Things like this seem to be standard in Dwarf Fortress, and it makes for some very funny stories!
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