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Wait for the next release. I want usable mugs damn it!

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We can use the current one. I like the big trees and slightly smarter dorfs.

17 (22.1%)

I'll take .34.11 thanks. I want to know I'll get to kill things for sure.

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Total Members Voted: 77

[Lolfail0009]

I can write a decent apocalypse story, if I do say so myself.

MmmmmPppH. I have some doubts regarding this claim, but I'm not sure how blunt I should be in explaining them.

Challenge Accepted.
But still, be blunt. Be as blunt as you can. Please.

[Splint]

I can write a decent apocalypse story, if I do say so myself.

MmmmmPppH. I have some doubts regarding this claim, but I'm not sure how blunt I should be in explaining them.

Challenge Accepted.
But still, be blunt. Be as blunt as you can. Please.

If this has potential for getting nasty in any capacity, please take it to a PM.

[Talvieno]

I would most definitely not be able to kill the fort. Although I do support its destruction through fitting means. I have far too little free time now... I haven't made all that much more progress on the mod, even. I probably won't be on much at all for the next three weeks - a lot happening in RL. I haven't had much free time at all lately, and what I do have generally goes towards making my gf happy. Which reminds me - Splint, did you get the link to the Spearbreakers II mod? I never heard back from you on that.

Also, this:

I'm kind of against the fort ending with some ginormous apocalypse, if only because it might end up feeling like an asspull. At this rate, it seems more like it'd be along the lines of 'and so then at some point between the endless waves of Spawn and dimension-sliding mercenaries, the dwarves of Spearbreakers decided to cut their losses and flee'. Only more-dramatic and stuff.

Might possibly save some of our more beloved characters from horrific deaths... I can see a group of people carrying Fischer's bed away from Spearbreakers, for instance. She doesn't deserve to be killed in her sleep, in my opinion.

[Splint]

Yeah I got the link. Never got it largely due to being given Starcraft and Brood War. I know they're old and I'm late to the party, but damn is it a fun game. Plus I have some of my own raws that I'd need to figure out would and wouldn't conflict with things.

Terran vs Terran fights suck though. Those kept coming down to who had more guys and who was willing to throw hordes of fighters at anti-air turrets.

[Mr Frog]

@Lolfail, Splint:

Acknowledged. Will rip LF in a PM as soon as I'm in the mood to do so.


@Talvi:

Happy to hear that you have a girlfriend, but be careful not to be a sucker. If you need to spend every spare moment with her to keep her happy... well, some people will happily milk you like a cow without a second thought, s'all I'm saying. Not saying that's actually what's going on, mind, but the way you put it sent up little alarm bells in my head.

[soulslicerjames]

Never got it largely due to being given Starcraft and Brood War. I know they're old and I'm late to the party, but damn is it a fun game.

As a blizzard fan (my family has always used macs, so blizzard has always been one of the few sources of games to play) I completely understand.  Warcraft 2 and Starcraft were the first computer games I ever played. (Mind you, I don't play WoW for many reasons, so I'm not the typical fan nowadays)

[Reudh]

The next piece of  my writing will be coming in the next few days. Also: bump

[Splint]

Bump indeed.

[Lolfail0009]

If no-one objects, I could *maybe* get a year out over the next couple of weeks. Would give me a chance to get something tangible for LFTON's story.

[Mr Frog]

If no-one objects, I could *maybe* get a year out over the next couple of weeks. Would give me a chance to get something tangible for LFTON's story.

Honestly? Just do it. Please. Your update could consist of a book-length marijuana-addled rant about Ayn Rand and it'd still be better than anything we got over the past couple months -- to wit, tumbleweeds and cricket chirps.

Just... please, try to keep the avatar-of-some-eldritch-being thing from being the main focus. I don't particularly understand exactly what LFTON/Zedo et al's deal is, but when I'm reading the succession game, I'm usually more interested in the progress of the fortress itself, with its effect on the Overseer being a close second and the Overseer's own backstory and non-fortress-related personal drama being, at best, a fun footnote. Just a pointer before you get started.

[I was going to get really brutal here, but I'm gonna heed Splint's warning and put it in a PM ]

[Splint]

Are you positive you can actually do it this time? I don't want a repeat of last time.

And personally I just chalk it up to the dwarf being an unlucky case of multiple personality disorder or some extreme form of schizophrenia, which due to LFTON being a dwarf, makes it worse by his consumption of booze on a regular basis.

Or possibly he's just abnormally insane even by dwarf standards and has yet to lapse into the babbling state.

[Mr Frog]

And personally I just chalk it up to the dwarf being an unlucky case of multiple personality disorder or some extreme form of schizophrenia, which due to LFTON being a dwarf, makes it worse by his consumption of booze [and whatever the hell Mr Frog decides to put in said booze on a given day] on a regular basis.

Fix'd. Also: me likey.

And second what Splint said. We're all waiting for you to finish, so no skiving off and playing Starcraft or whatever.

[tomio175]

Because I felt I had to...

Spoiler: Journal Mk. II (click to show/hide)

This is a extremely well-made Iron Journal. Its pages are protected by the iron cover. Hardcover, indeed.

Hi there journal.
This is the second journal I've ever had, and it's a lot better than the previous one. At least now it WON'T be sliced apart when some random sucker takes a pot shot at me with a goddamn... What was that thing, anyway? I could discern a serrated steel disk, but it was flying at an unbelievable speed. It would be cause for an investigation, if it weren't so extremely dangerous. Now, where was I? Ah yes, I've just woken up. To my right is an shark of an unknown, blue, light mate- Adamantine. Great, now I'll be seen as a masterful metalworker. Everyone needs that. Ah, nothing to do abou- DID THAT THING JUST MOVE? Oh Armok above, I know I've never been that religious and all, but PLEASE tell me this isn't going to get any worse. At least it isn't trying to bite me. That's hopefully a good thing.

Now, to my right... Crap. Crap. Crap. Have I mentioned crap yet? Yes, I'm THAT deep in. There is a HOLISTIC FRIGGING SPAWN standing next to me. It's not trying to kill me (yet), it hasn't even moved. That's what makes it so creepy. Has ANYONE ever woken up next to a holistic spawn? Gods, not even Fischer- Wait, who was that again? Superdwarf from a fortress nearby? Breakspearers? It doesn't matter. I've gotta get there. They'll hopefully know what to do with a spawn, if they haven't been wiped out yet... Or with a giant flying shark. Armok be damned if I ever wanted a drink like this.

So, it has been a day, journal.
The Spawn seems to be non-hostile, following me around wherever I go. So does the shark. It's really creepy, really. Imagine a hundred pound monstrosity of flesh and bone and a technological wonder made out of the metal of Armok himself following you around. Trying to take a piss was never so easy, if only it didn't end up in my pants every time...
Anyway, I'm on my way to that fortress. What seems to be worse is that in the plains I'm currently travelling over, it rains blood. Human blood, as far as I know. Elves' blood is a little lighter, dwarves' blood is a little darker and I don't even know what a Holistic Spawn's blood looks like. I'm not going to try and find out for myself by experimenting on the Spawn following me around.

I've set up camp in the Plains Where It Rains Human Blood (name pending), journal.
It's been a long day. I'm going to try and get some sleep, if possible while these two are watching me. It's seriously hard to relax when there are two pairs glow-in-the-dark eyes watching you. One pair yellow, the other one blue. Have I mentioned that the Spawn breathes really loud? And of course, every time that shark moves, it sounds like someone's rasping two blades against eachother. Horrible sound. Accompanied by the blood staining my tent (which I didn't even know I had), tomorrow is gonna be fucking great.

Oh, and I haven't introduced myself yet, journal.
The name's Tomio.

On a side note: If any male migrant arrives, name him Tomio for me, will you?

[Lolfail0009]

I shall. But first, I have a PM to reply to...

If everyone can just hold out for another week, or at least until 5:00 Wednesday afternoon (GMT +10:00), I can power through the year.

[Splint]

Well now it's a case of can we wait? I can dredge up my old save and go on tonight unless you guys would rather wait on Lolfail.