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Here's the deal.  I recently picked up the lovely primed-and-packaged dwarf companion .10, and I now have the ability to change this blighter's name.

Thing is, I don't know what to call him.  That's where you come in.

The name should be in dwarven, should not relate to you, and should fit in with the overall atmosphere of what this guy's going through, although not too much.  After all, it's not like he was *made* to get lost in the woods, now was he?...  

You want a reward?  He's going to casually slip in his name at some point later on in the story when he's introducing himself to someone.  There's your bloody reward.  The winning name will not be stated until that part of the story comes up, and it may not even be one of the suggested names.  I just need something cooler to call this guy, and I want help with it.  If the help provided is simply inspiration and not a full product, that's perfectly fine by me.  Hell, it's better by me, because I won't feel like I'm ripping someone off.

If I come up with something on my own, which was not inspired by anything in this thread, I will write a notification here, so as to avoid post-decision entries.

And he can be overly arrogant at times, often assuming more authority than he actually has (for instance, the act of registering under the name "Armok"), but  he's really not bad enough to warrant some of the hits he gets from time to time.  Sure, I've wanted to post similarly aggressive opinions against him, but that's in-the-moment stuff and can easily be avoided for the sake of preserving the community.

Toady does read things outside of the bug reports and suggestions forum, and he's not adverse to the occasional well-written paragraph.  However, he probably does not assign nearly as much importance to most of the stories since he's looking at it from outside our little hyped-up group of worshipfulness.  When you stop being so excited and just look in from the outside at some of these stories, they stop being quite so impressive.

I realize that I am one of very few people in that I have not finished reading any of the more "epic" tales.  I was mildly amused by Boatmurdered, sidetracked while reading Nist Akath, and unimpressed with both installments of the Kobold's Quest series.  I keep quiet about such things, as I realize it would serve little purpose other than to cause unrest among the forumites, and that's not really one of my goals.

This forum really is an amazing place, and it has served as something of a safe haven from the rest of the idiocy "outside".  I try to keep this forum the way I want it to be, because I want to stomach being here for at least a while longer.  As such, I try to maintain my own gag order on controversial opinions, and I will try to resolve whatever conflicts are in my power to resolve -or at least calm down.

We can feel bad about whatever information may be lost on a forum transfer, but we will always make it through.  I would sometimes be relieved when a new version of DF came around, because it meant I had a reason to do away with all of the old half-completed fortresses and ideas in order to make way for new ones.  Regardless of what happens or what software powers the forum, the members will always try to preserve the incredibly refreshing decency of our little half-crazy community.

EDIT: Oh, wait.  Three twelve-year-olds.

[ May 23, 2008: Message edited by: Kagus ]

He's not spouting individuality, he's just coming up with an argument against you by trying to make you out as a totalitarian figure who demands that everyone plays exactly by his rules.  By doing so he hopes to gain support in his side of the argument, removing your credibility and allowing him to continue doing as he had been doing before, only without you to hinder him.

I-Net Psyche 101.