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Just to clarify this, I did report it before expressing my feelings here.

Anyhow, the missing turtles in 31.04 are making me sad as this is the second fortress I am giving up on because of them (together with some other problems). The terrain of the map was quite nice, so it is a real shame. Oh well, there is one more weird theory I want to check on with my next world gen.

Deathworks

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IF that works, I'd like to know. I'm not holding out much hope, however. Best solution I've seen so far was adding [SHELL] to cow hooves.

It didn't work out. Just in case I made a mistake, I simply deactivated the [NOT_BUTCHERABLE] by removing the square brackets. I also changed the [PET_EXOTIC] to [PET] so I could get at the turtles via the animal status menu, but to no avail.

After getting desperate enough to turn off weather and temperature, I guess it is time to start anew hoping for the best. Too bad, the location was really quite nice (a hill of maybe 2 or 3 z-levels height in the middle of the 3x3 embark had my starting wagon placed right on the highest location on the map with ample space for infrastructure).

Deathworks

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The spambot with the Disney movies was the funniest I saw here lately. Talking about an investment for children and then showing that image of Disney's Snowwhite - here of all places!

But the really worst spambot I saw hit a different place. Fortunately, the admin was contacted relatively quickly. Because that spambot posted not only new topics but rather replied in existing threads! That was really nasty.

Deathworks

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Just because some people seem to have been misunderstanding me: I had hoped for quick administrator intervention against the spambot because the longer it is here, the more work the moderators will have. I was not really worried about the forums getting spoiled or anything, but spambots always mean more additional work for the moderators/admins (=Toady One).

Actually, I found it rather curious that the spambot showed up just when Toady One said he wanted to get a little bit of rest...

Armok: So, you will not change your avatar ever? I hope you don't mind me saying this, but that is something I am really grateful for. I am really bad at remembering names, so avatars are also important for my orientation. Thus, whenever someone changes their avatar, it is somewhat confusing for me.

Deathworks

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Internet Kraken: If a dwarf has no skills in anything obvious like masonry, they usually pick a craftdwarf's workshop to create some nice earring or something :)
At least that is the usual default.
However, the easiest thing is to simply build all missing workshops and see which he claims (Leatherworks, glass furnace, and clothier are also targets of moods).

Deathworks

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I agree that Toady One has done a really great job especially during the last two months. Therefore, he more than deserves that break. Let's hope the grand dining room is ready for his party :) :)

Besides, this may give him more time to play with Scamps which might boost him in many, many ways.

So, Toady One: Have a nice break and enjoy some time off!

Deathworks

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Specifically I'm wondering if the following bugs still exist:

Melting Objects can crash the game

Toady One has marked this as fixed for the next version (.05, I suppose). So not fixed yet.

Wagons are MIA

Still no wagons with the traders.

Stone traps do negligible/zero damage

That is probably not a bug. So I don't expect that to change.

Blood/vomit spreads and spreads and spreads, especially around wells or other places dwarves clean themselves.

I am not sure since I had a lot of idle dwarves. But I think it still spreads quite happily.

Dwarves in hospitals occasionally die of thirst when there are idle dwarves to water them.Doctors perform their tasks on wounded dwarves nonstop until they give up and go eat/drink, without healing the dwarf.

Allegedly partially fixed. However, there are still reports of this occurring.

In addition, the deadly rain and missing fish bug still seem to be around.

Deathworks

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Reading some of the comments people have posted here about Armok after he has clarified his position have made me sad.

He expressed that he didn't like how they didn't show at least the basic decency of telling him that they wanted to fool around with his piece of art and thus wanted his permission to do so. Since he has drawn the avatar himself, he has every right to demand that they show at least that bit of respect. Actually, from the way he said it, I would think he would have been alright with an art thread dedicated to variants of the avatar - if he got involved with its conception.

In my opinion, the way his original art and he as the artist were treated was indeed fundamentally wrong. Thus, I find it justified even just by that aspect that he got upset. And as he got upset about his rights being violated, moderator action was indeed necessary, as people still don't seem to understand what was wrong. (On a personal note, I prefer it if people first calmly and friendly talk about such things and only turn to the moderators when it becomes obvious that they can't resolve the issue in a peaceful and respectful manner).

To make matters worse, Armok points out that he was actively being mocked with people making fun of his spelling. Even if you don't understand why art theft and disrespect towards artists is a bad thing, once the victim says they feel made fun of, you should realize that we are talking about bullying there (I have to admit that I had not noticed the spelling bit but only saw the variant avatars).

Therefore, I fully support Armok in this and I am saddened by people criticizing him for his justified grievances.

Deathworks