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NJW2000

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N00B Succession Fort
« on: March 01, 2015, 02:49:25 pm »

NOOB FORT Currently Running!

In order to make the rather tame succession forts of today interesting, while still letting less obsessed addicted fixated enraptured dedicated players have a shot, we have ,instead of an extremely difficult challenge or location, made a fortress with 1 rule:
Nobody who has had more than 1 successful fort can play. There may be some confusion over "successful", but this mainly means has had artifacts, births, or has put up a good fight against adverse conditions rather than flopping round like a carp against a bronze collossus.
OR: Nobody can play without doing without the wiki's aid something they have no experience doing, which is at least a little difficult and dangerous (the more so the more experienced the player).

So basically, NOOBS. Like me, I have only ever had 12 forts with an artifact.

The use of wikis is discouraged. Fun stuff is allowed, as is !!science!! Independence is also prized, and people are not obliged to mention it when they accidentally screw the next owner over.
We would have to do the whole noob thing on trust, and be a little flexible, mebbe, as not many people like that are too into succession forts.
Apart from that the rules are pretty normal: players get dorfing priority, 1 week RL, 1 year ingame, though we could be flexible... Oh, and regular-ish updates, of course, in any creative form except interpretative dance.

Currently running, 2nd year

Tentative manager list:
1.NJW2000 (me). DONE.
2.Gwolfski: he hasn't had a fort survive the second year fully intact. DONE
3.Amperzand(Switched) might want to take a look at military. DONE
4.DukeGod (Switched) SKIPPED
5.TheCheeseMaker: generally dies around now.CANCELLED
6.jwoodward48df. SKIPPED
7.dennislp3 PASSED OVER TEMPORARILY, can return whenever he wants. And this probably applies to some guys above as well.
8.Tuxfanturnip PASSED OVER TEMPORARILY
9.ILBane SKIPPED DUE TO TIME LIMITS AND LACK OF REPLY
9.5 Jwoodward COMPLETED
10.miauw62 SKIPPED
11.Gwolfski (again) COMPLETED
12.tonnot98 SKIPPED
12.5 Tuxfanturnip COMPLETED
13.Bearcoon SKIPPED, ASSUMED MISSING
14.Drago SKIPPED, FOR GOOD REASONS
15.MintyEtude SKIPPED, NO RESPONSE
16.Gwolfski, once again SLIGHTLY DELAYED
17. Sponge UP NEXT?
17.5 Gwolfski : you were waiting for it.
18.Evaristo
19.Gwolfski forever after
20.Ribbonfree
21.DarkPygmy
22.NJW2000 returns!

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Sorry for recent lack of maintenance of post. Was stuck in cottage in England. Less idyllic than seems, no internet, but countryside nice. None of the animals would join me on my adventures...

Actually, interpretative dance is kind of OK.
« Last Edit: August 30, 2015, 01:03:02 pm by NJW2000 »
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Re: N00B Succession Fort
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2015, 04:14:42 pm »

Sure, I'd love to play!  I'm a bit of a 3/4's newb, 1/4 pro person.  Would you prefer that a not-completely-newb-but-part-newb starts it off, to prevent it from going too haywire?  Would you want to start the fort?

EDIT:  Just saw the "no successful forts" rule.  I've never gone beyond mayor, and most of my forts die to sieges before the 10th year.  In between embarkation and crumbling, I do (apparently) the wrong things.  Does that count?
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Re: N00B Succession Fort
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2015, 11:59:35 am »

Yeah, that would be fine, especially as there may be some problems with inexperienced people acually seeing this post, so sure. I'm sure you'd be fine to start, but not many people have comitted yet, so we might wait a little? Trouble is, we might get better by then...

Basically, we need more people, but great!
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Re: N00B Succession Fort
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2015, 12:48:01 pm »

Idea: I guess you could get more people if you also have something like "...or you have some aspect of game you haven't ever tried or haven't made much progress there and are going to try it (again) here." Say, somebody may know his ways around making the fort survive for few years but has never got to caverns. Or never made mechanic contraptions. Never played with magma. Or with minecarts...
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Re: N00B Succession Fort
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2015, 12:53:53 pm »

Great idea! Editing page and taking credit now.
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Re: N00B Succession Fort
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2015, 02:53:56 pm »

For "files" uploading put you zipped save folder on DFFD: http://dffd.bay12games.com/ where is also a special section for Community games.
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Re: N00B Succession Fort
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2015, 02:56:18 pm »

all my forts are infected/crippled by year two. am i eligible? i'm 2/3 noob
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Re: N00B Succession Fort
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2015, 03:28:16 pm »

You sound perfect. Just need a few more victims overseers.
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Re: N00B Succession Fort
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2015, 05:28:27 pm »

when do i start?
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Re: N00B Succession Fort
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2015, 08:52:40 pm »

I'd like a turn.  I'm not a total noob, but still pretty close. I can build a fairly successful fort, but there is always something that kills me in my 4th or 5th year, like not realizing titans are trapavoid or other stupid mistakes like that.
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Re: N00B Succession Fort
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2015, 12:02:16 pm »

If we do it, you're in!
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Re: N00B Succession Fort
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2015, 12:54:08 pm »

I'd also like to get into this game. I've been playing DF for some 3 weeks now, my forts so far died of: Flood, Magma Flood, Werebeasts, Werebeasts again, Drink shortage, Werebeasts ONE MORE TIME >.<

I seem to fail to build something like a military, all time X_X
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Re: N00B Succession Fort
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2015, 12:56:52 pm »

I would like to join as well...long time player...but there is so much I fail at
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Re: N00B Succession Fort
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2015, 02:16:43 pm »

Great! DukeGod can be solely in charge of the military, and dennis, as a long time player, possibly the HFS or something? Will post full list of probable players soon.
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Re: N00B Succession Fort
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2015, 02:20:26 pm »

Well, I just lost my second fort to a lack-of-water tantrum spiral around year three, so at the very least dorf me, and I might take a turn sometime.
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