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Yea these days processors seem to show off with their core count instead of clock speed, so even a 5 year old pc can have solid clock speeds these days... This is because DF doesnt utilize multiple CPU cores

So really, you're in good shape - don't worry - just enjoy the game : ) choose a 2x2 embark and youre solid

Intel is the way to go with DF as they go for higher clock speed and cache size per core.
DF doesn't need a beefy PC, it needs a good processor and plenty of RAM. Though the RAM problem is less now, an 8gb kit is cheap and plenty for games.

I don't know, on one hand reading about dwarfs hacking a goblin dick off and it sailing off in an arc amuses me, but it adds very little.

Also as we don't need toilets (which i kinda wish we did so that sewers could be built) having non-functional butts makes no sense.

Either an unintended feature or a feature.
Either way it's pretty awesome as it should reduce the number of bloody children.

Boat Murdered.
Then downloaded it, got very confused by it but persevered and i am so glad i did, DF is just so good.
Been playing for over two years now...


Interesting to see so many people coming from minecraft, i personally didn't (as it didn't exist  ), i always forget that minecraft is like 2-3 years old now... Sunk so much time into that alpha...

It depends on how i feel.
My favorite 'mean' fort is the split-tier fort, where some dwarfs live in luxury while others go without and are made to work. Those normally end in a 'workers rebellion' where all the workers tantrum spiral resulting in the death of the production side of the fort, the luxury side dies slowly as they run out of food...

Normally i'm kind, but every couple of forts i think of some 'challenge'. (the quickest was an idea where no traps were allowed and ALL dwarfs were part of a milita, cue first siege killing all my most important dwarfs who normally get a free-pass from military service...)

Yep, done it many times.
It's good training for the newbies. Set up some cage traps, couple of animal traps if your biome has dangerous animals, and then just release them into the arena along with the designed Gladiators.

Mine just consisted of
Entry tunnel for gladiators with a door at each end, open outer end and station them inside then close that and open arena side.
The Arena, just a simple battle area with a viewing gallery above it (a statue garden)
And a Pitting area for the Opponents, order caged opponents to be pitted here, have a few Milita stationed here during pitting as sometimes they escape.

It worked pretty well, sometimes the Dwarfs came out a bit bloodied but all came out with a bit more knowledge of hitting things with the pointy end.

The UI is a last priority,
I'm starting to think that the DF community all have some aspect of Stockholm Syndrome, maybe that of an abused spouse who refuses to leave his or her partner. We don't need to put up with such a terrible interface! Something intuitive, better interaction with the mouse, all that is possible if Toady dropped his pride and asked for help. Hell, he wouldn't even have to pay for it, we'd all do it for free![/quote]

It's not so much Stockhom Syndrome, so much as we have gotta used to it and would prefer to see newer content than just UI revamps.
There are programs that fix major problems, Like Dwarf Therapist and DFHack, but to build them into the game it self would require changes to how those programs work and a lot of coding for no new content.

Toady One is making the game he wants to make, and we all love that game, and not only will trying to force a feature ruin that but also might be for the worse. Since (as you so said) he is not a UI designer.
Also your idea of outsourcing the coding wouldn't work as the game's engine isn't built for it, changing the UI means a lot of small changes that would mean either Toady has to wait for the UI team or vice-versa.