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DF General Discussion / Re: Dwarf fortress and Screw ups of Biblical proportion.

« on: May 18, 2011, 05:46:02 am »

Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on May 17, 2011, 09:32:01 pm

Quote from: Tharwen on May 16, 2011, 04:26:47 am
Quote from: Angel Of Death on May 16, 2011, 03:01:09 am
How would you asphyxiate when you're being crucified?

They don't tear your lungs, do they?

Eventually you lose the strength to hold yourself up and your windpipe gets squashed by your own weight.

It's pretty fun
...You have a weird sense of fun. Even for DF players.

SHUTUPI'MNORMAL!

So... yeah. Anyone want to come to a crucifixion party later on?

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Fishing...

« on: May 18, 2011, 05:07:46 am »

Quote from: Azated on May 18, 2011, 04:51:18 am

Quote from: vorpal+5 on May 18, 2011, 03:10:07 am
would water pressure not flood the 2 rightmost tunnel squares though?

I don't think water becomes pressurized unless using a pump.

It does. You'd have to push the water through a U-bend with a grate in it, then fish from the surface (but you can build a hut there, so that's OK).

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: When did you stop believing in non-DF logic?

« on: May 17, 2011, 11:42:09 am »

It was probably something to do with a single dwarf being able to turn a massive chunk of solid rock into a small lump that can be carried by hand... and then turned back into a solid wall again.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: What music do you listen to while playing?

« on: May 17, 2011, 11:33:58 am »

I look through the songs on this page and choose one I like from the parodies section:D

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: What's going on in your fort?

« on: May 17, 2011, 10:34:31 am »

Quote from: Nasikabatrachus on May 16, 2011, 07:02:42 pm

The magma death chamber is up and running.

Unfortunately it fills up slowly and the magma "evaporates" a tad too slow. On top of this, the fast units like trolls get to the fort end of the chamber before the goblin squads do, meaning I must either close the chamber, preventing the squads from pathing into the fort, or I must have a buttload of traps to catch the fast ones while the slow squads catch up. I didn't realize this until after I had committed to destroying the latest siege, so the first couple runs have been very, very slow. However, two goblin squads have been melted in the chamber, and the siege was broken. Now to work on filling the chamber faster, shrinking the total room size with bridges or something to allow for better drainage, and executing the prisoners of war.

You could build loads and loads of doors in the way, so that the early units get delayed while destroying those and the others have time to catch up.

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DF General Discussion / Re: Quick !!SCIENCE!! question

« on: May 17, 2011, 09:30:27 am »

You're about to be spammed with posts telling you to go and Science it up.

It's like an unspoken rule here:

You think of it, you !!Science!! it.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: epic forgotten beasts

« on: May 17, 2011, 03:53:02 am »

I once had one made of refuse with deadly dust. My fortress didn't last long.

In the end I just opened the gates to let in the hordes of goblins who happened to be waiting outside.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Quickest Fort Death Ever

« on: May 17, 2011, 03:49:14 am »

I had my entire embark group crushed within seconds once by a group of skeletal one-humped camels.

I reclaimed and built some walls for protection, but spent the next half-hour or so trying to clear up all the items on the surface, amidst cries of 'THE CAMELS ARE COMING!' every few minutes, followed by a mad dash inside the drawbridge.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Forcing a diagnosis task?

« on: May 16, 2011, 06:38:50 pm »

Quote from: Saiko Kila on May 16, 2011, 02:28:17 pm

Quote from: Tharwen on May 16, 2011, 02:24:04 pm
Quote from: Taneb on May 16, 2011, 01:11:33 pm
I've got all that, but I've got a dwarf who's just loitering around and generating alerts because he can't grab hold of things due to nerve damage.

I had one of them once.

I starved him to death for being different.

Was there need for that? I mean, if he couldn't grab things he would be unable to feed himself? Or were other dwarves feeding him?

I actually locked him in his room because he was causing job cancellation spam. I don't think I left him long enough to see if he could get food on his own.

Anyway, 'need' is a dirty word on this forum.

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DF Suggestions / Re: Your own necromancer

« on: May 16, 2011, 06:36:34 pm »

So what happens when a necromancer gets in a Strange Mood?

This is a masterwork tower-cap zombie. It menaces with spikes of bismuth bronze. On the item is a picture of zombies and cheese. The zombies are laughing.

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DF Suggestions / Re: Parallel Processing

« on: May 16, 2011, 06:31:57 pm »

Quote from: runningoutofcreativenames on May 11, 2011, 01:59:56 pm

I have no graphical lag

I challenge you to find me any computer which gets graphical lag on Dwarf Fortress.

It literally has to render nothing but 300-ish (I'm completely guessing here, but it's a fairly small number) little bitmaps.

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