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Apparently, I'm a Guardian an impenetrable wall of anger, introversion, and kindness.
http://www.learnmyself.com/Personality-Report?u=PIx3x1945136-1658816x26eDDx3#tab-2

I don't think this thing is very accurate, I never really considered myself emotiona- *checks the Neuroticism tab* Nevermind, I get it now

This thing just made my day

Oh for-

While I haven't actually had the chance to play the original Dungeon Keeper games, this is just grade A bullshit! People actually pay money for this? Why the hell aren't people rioting right now?

I'm kinda glad i checked this thread, though. That article was a good read.

Looking forward to getting my new pc, so I can actually play it without suffering from pc-induced heat stroke.

So I might get this, but it has a 3.9 user score on metacritic.  Is that just fans being weird, or is the score justified in some way?

Mostly just the fans being disappointed. The game was pretty unfinished at release, (like every other total war game) but most of the problems have been patched out, and it's pretty decent now. Though the battle AI kinda sucks.

Also, the game has some hefty system requirements, although that might just be my system being outdated.

Just came home, only to discover that someone locked the door and i forgot my keys.

Cue an hour of running from house to house in the middle of a snow storm trying to get a phone, so i can call someone to open up. Of course, when i finally get a phone, no one answered.

Currently sitting in my school, trying to pass the time while i'm waiting for my legs to warm up. Thank goodness for free internet 

Why in the world did they lock the damn door? It's not like burglaries are common here.

I thought this looked interesting, and I kind want to play it. Sadly I have mac.
Anyone know how to get this to run on mac? Thanks.

I don't think the game is mac compatible, and it has some pretty hefty system requirements.

*totally called this*

Ok, got it. But why so rude? Seriosly, there is no need in such shitty words.

Quote from: nenjin on January 22, 2014, 01:18:47 pm

It has nothing to do with butthurtdeness. People here know what they're talking about, because they program, and your hubris is pretty galling considering you don't know thing one about what you're describing.

Put another way, there's about one of you every month.

Because there pretty much is one of you every month, hell, we got a troll over at the cataclysm topic doing exactly this. Actually, he did more. At least he had something to show, even though it was bad. And no matter how politely you say it, having your first post be a topic saying that Toady ain't doing his job right and that you could do better is pretty damn arrogant. Not to mention insulting.

Quote from: sebcool on January 22, 2014, 12:59:35 pm

Quote from: Werdna on January 22, 2014, 12:58:57 pm

Highly recommend you take a coding class, so you can get a better grasp between the stark differences between the effort and knowledge required to code a game versus modding a game.

+1

Also recommend you figure out what Open-Source means, because it definitely does not involve managers. Or money. Or paying people.

You aren't serious right? Multiple open source games including 0AD involve money, managers and even paid programmers. Furthermore a lot of major companies pay people to work with open source stuff. Open source just means the source is open. You seem to be describing hobbyist game development or something.

As far as the OP goes, it will take way more than a year, although its certainly not as difficult as some other posters are implying. DF development does go rather slowly because Toady is only one person. Single person projects tend to proceed at a stately pace.

I admit, I wasn't actually thinking of the actual definition of open-source, but the games that are. Open-source games are hobbyist, or at least not made with the intent to make money, cause that doesn't really work, since the source is open. When posting here, it's usually about community projects, like cataclysm dda (a project to continue the development after the previous dev left), this seems more like a recruiting drive for this guy's pet project to make DF the way he wants it. I should probably had written: "You should really consider if this actually is what you say it is, because it's getting kinda blurry."