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The Trades:  Blacksmithing, Crafting, Soapmaking and the like
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World Gen & History Gen:  Building A Unique World
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Listen to Toady get mauled by Scamps for half an hour.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2009, 02:06:22 pm »
Oh man, that was a tough choice. I almost went with three, but since it'll happen anyway... I'll go with #2. I've spent more time making the parameters than I've spent playing with several worlds.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2009, 04:31:44 pm »
World gen for me. Scamps is cute, but it's only audio.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #17 on: October 16, 2009, 05:17:19 pm »
Quote from: Cespinarve on October 16, 2009, 04:31:44 pm
World gen for me. Scamps is cute, but it's only audio.

If we had video of the event, however...
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #18 on: October 16, 2009, 06:57:28 pm »
I'd like to know about trades, only because Toady doesn't talk about it much and there are a lot of questions I've been wondering.

Does he plan to require a carbon source for smelting independent of the heat source? (carbon's necessary for the smelting reaction, it's all on wikipedia)
Just what the heck is "crystal glass" anyway? Best I can figure it's just really high-purity glass because it's made from rock crystals.

You know, stuff like that.

World generation and that stuff is great, and probably more interesting from an objective standpoint, but it seems to get talked about more. On IRC, at least, the questions people have tend to be more about the industries and such in the game.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #19 on: October 16, 2009, 06:59:35 pm »
I cannot remember but there is a term for when something that didn't get a lot of votes beats something that got more votes then it once the first option is taken away.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #20 on: October 16, 2009, 07:46:56 pm »
Quote from: Neonivek on October 16, 2009, 06:59:35 pm
I cannot remember but there is a term for when something that didn't get a lot of votes beats something that got more votes then it once the first option is taken away.

This is one possible way for that to happen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote_splitting
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #21 on: October 16, 2009, 09:06:35 pm »
Quote from: Footkerchief on October 16, 2009, 07:46:56 pm
Quote from: Neonivek on October 16, 2009, 06:59:35 pm
I cannot remember but there is a term for when something that didn't get a lot of votes beats something that got more votes then it once the first option is taken away.

This is one possible way for that to happen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote_splitting

I'm almost positive that won't happen here, but we can hope, can't we?
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #22 on: October 16, 2009, 09:27:39 pm »
Well specifically if World Gen doesn't win. Then we had a Vote split situation.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #23 on: October 16, 2009, 11:46:57 pm »
Gah... Mauling, trades, mauling, trades, mauling the trades...

Well, we'll find out about the trades when the release comes out. MAULING!
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #24 on: October 16, 2009, 11:50:10 pm »
I wish the mauling was code for the Individual Combat topic from before.  I'd vote for that so hard.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #25 on: October 17, 2009, 07:20:37 am »
I've voted world gen, it just seems to me like that would fit in perfectly with the last topic. And I just find it very interesting.

The mauling was a very close second choice though, so I hope we get that as an extra.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #26 on: October 17, 2009, 11:31:40 am »
Voted for world and history gen. Mainly because I find the variety of behavior in DF history interesting. I also just love history.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #27 on: October 17, 2009, 12:27:36 pm »
Quote from: SirPenguin on October 16, 2009, 10:47:59 am
Man, the entire POINT of DF is the world generation and the history surrounding it. That better win!

Totally.  I probably spend as much time reading Legends as I do actually playing the game.  I also primarily play Adventure Mode (despite it being even more unfinished than the rest of the game) because right now it's the only way to really experience and participate in the world.
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #28 on: October 17, 2009, 12:31:49 pm »
I'm going for World gen, because it might spread to dwarf personalisation. There is something about the idea of knowing the age and appearance of your dwarves that make it so much more personal.
Also, it could include plans on what different worshippers will do. So there might be a sacraficial cult, there might be a righteous religion, others might be war worship. In other words, Aztec sacrifice, Christian 'holier than thou', and Norse 'Die in battle, not in bed.'
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Re: Dwarf Fortress Talk #4: Topic Vote
« Reply #29 on: October 19, 2009, 08:16:30 am »
Quote from: Mephansteras on October 16, 2009, 01:56:33 pm
I had to go with trades. I want to hear more about what Toady has in mind for custom workshops and expanding the crafting options. Hmm. I'll have to prepare some questions for this.

Ditto... Even though I'm interested in world-gen I think modding possibilities wins out this time  :).

PS - Toady if you mention something, anything about Dig Deeper in the interview you will rock my world  :o.
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