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Quote from: AMTiger on July 13, 2014, 12:21:02 am

Given how hard and slow breeding dwarves is already, it's hardly 'happy'
 On worlds with no surviving dwarf civilisations, so no migrants, but lots of lovely reclaimable fortresses, it'd pretty much mean no game if you dwarfs didn't couple up in breeding pairs. You need alot of luck to get couples as it is without adding in the chance they'd couple the wrong way.

It also doesn't make a vast amount of sense for dwarf culture - which so far has been established as fairly conservative.

Is it really though? As far as I can tell there's already pretty much perfect gender equality. All jobs are doable by both sexes with no difference inherently in quality (of course), and as far as I can tell there aren't even masculine and feminine distinctions in names. I mean, this isn't directly related to same sex marriage in dwarf culture but it's just an example of an area where there isn't any discrimination or social rules like that.

(Really hoping this thread doesn't get super political, I'm just talking about the game)

I think it'd be pretty cool if gay marriage was a thing, sounds like a feature, not a bug.

I've always heard of people dropping, say, gobbos down 4-5 z levels onto an isolated area and using them for target practice but I just can't seem to manage it. I thought at first, "Oh I'll see if it will let me build a cage on a retractable bridge" and nope. I also mucked about with supports but can't see anything working there so I'm a little stumped. I figured plenty of you folks probably use a system like what I described so it'd help me if you'd share them. Thanks.

That's not working either  Is my game broken?

Dude, are you some secret government agent or what? Why aren't you allowed to bring in phones and USB drives and whatnot? Sounds like maybe you should just play DF at home.

Honestly? The fact so many people defend the use of meaningless gibberish is worse than using it. Should I post endless amounts of racial slurs just because other people do it? Will you attack anyone that dares to say it's wrong of me to use such words? Of course not, because you've been told it's uncool to use those words. But I see no distinction. They're perversions of the English language, and as such there is no reason to use them. And I'll continue to think poorly of anyone who thinks any slang is an acceptable form of communication.

I'm disappointed that you feel that way. You just refuted the theory that Dwarf Fortress attracts a crowd of nice people, I guess. Although I'm not sure what you're talking about; it is, literally, not meaningless. No, your example of racial slurs is what is meaningless. It's "uncool" to use racial slurs because it's bigoted and offensive, not because they sound silly. The fact that you see no distinction is an error in your perception, there is a clear distinction between internet slang words and insulting someone because of the color of their skin. I'd say that since so many people defended the use of internet slang means that maybe you should reconsider your position on the topic, and if you arrive at the same conclusion that it's meaningless gibberish, that's fine. At least you sat down and thought about it.

Well you just refuted the theory that Dwarf Fortress attracts a more educated crowd. That guy who posted the theory on the Lamb-Chapyblin dipole is going to be disappointed.

I don't know why the type of crowd DF attracts even crossed your mind. It's not a club for smart people, it's a collection of people who enjoy games. 0mG L0L DF |S S0 FUNN!!!1!

Chill out a little.