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[BigD145]

I truly hope for a valentines day release, and I'm running out of things to do. I have tried housework, alcoholism and even playing other games by now.

So, you found someone special, drank yourself into stupidity, and then took a couple whores to bed the night before your wedding? What a memorable Valentines.

[Totte]

Toady One currently have 400 dwarf fort and all in labor "Coding". But Toady have problems with the nobels as they try to mandate more nobels to the codes. He need to kill every single noble before he can release the new version. He only have few nobles left to kill.

[Loud Whispers]

Toady One currently have 400 dwarf fort and all in labor "Coding". But Toady have problems with the nobels as they try to mandate more nobels to the codes. He need to kill every single noble before he can release the new version. He only have few nobles left to kill.

+1 Analogy points for you

[Ves]

You know, with the Baron becoming a productive member of society rather than a worthless layabout, nobody asking you to waste your precious metal crafting them a new amulet, and criminals who actually need to die offering the Hammerer an outlet for his unique brand of justice, Toady is slowly eroding the reasons for the "Kill all the Nobles." meme. I'm not sure how to feel about this.

[darkflagrance]

Cheer up dear friend; even though the mermaids have had their value stripped away and channeling doesn't make instant barriers anymore, at least you can still hate those poncy elves 

[Niccolo]

You know, with the Baron becoming a productive member of society rather than a worthless layabout, nobody asking you to waste your precious metal crafting them a new amulet, and criminals who actually need to die offering the Hammerer an outlet for his unique brand of justice, Toady is slowly eroding the reasons for the "Kill all the Nobles." meme. I'm not sure how to feel about this.

They're Dwarven nobility. They'll still manage to make you frustrated - just in some new manner. Just you wait.

[Gatleos]

Toady One currently have 400 dwarf fort and all in labor "Coding". But Toady have problems with the nobels as they try to mandate more nobels to the codes. He need to kill every single noble before he can release the new version. He only have few nobles left to kill.

+1 Analogy points for you

Actually, that could be a good analogy to explain why Toady won't hire help for DF.
"It would eat up FPS, duh!"
"...What?"

[612DwarfAvenue]

Would also allow for Gargoyles.

You know you want to.

Did you watch that show too? That was a cool show. I don't remember much of it, though... only that the main character was called Goliath.

What show?

POST-WIKIPEDIA FAKE EDIT: Not talking about the show, that myth of Gargoyle statues being able to come alive exists IRL which is what i was referring to.

[mnjiman]

Toady is online early today.
Mmmm.

[Niccolo]

What show?

POST-WIKIPEDIA FAKE EDIT: Not talking about the show, that myth of Gargoyle statues being able to come alive exists in real life which is what i was referring to.

Hence where the show came from, I would guess. Didn't know about that myth, though. Huh. xD Given some of the goddamn weird statues the Dwarves carve, those coming to life would be... Uh...

"This is a statue of a Fire Clown surrounded by Dwarves. The Fire Clown is Laughing. The Dwarves are fleeing."

Suddenly you'll have a Fire Clown made out of stone (Since you know that that's what would happen) rampaging around your fortress as well as a bunch of stone dwarves which would not be counted as part of your civilisation - and thus all work, everywhere, would be disrupted until they all became statues again.

Of course, due to the inherent bug of this system they would each form an exact copy of the original statue - which would then all become alive next cycle and you'd have, like, ten fire clowns made out of stone running around.

[FuzzyZergling]

What show?

POST-WIKIPEDIA FAKE EDIT: Not talking about the show, that myth of Gargoyle statues being able to come alive exists in real life which is what i was referring to.

Hence where the show came from, I would guess. Didn't know about that myth, though. Huh. xD Given some of the goddamn weird statues the Dwarves carve, those coming to life would be... Uh...

"This is a statue of a Fire Clown surrounded by Dwarves. The Fire Clown is Laughing. The Dwarves are fleeing."

Suddenly you'll have a Fire Clown made out of stone (Since you know that that's what would happen) rampaging around your fortress as well as a bunch of stone dwarves which would not be counted as part of your civilisation - and thus all work, everywhere, would be disrupted until they all became statues again.

Of course, due to the inherent bug of this system they would each form an exact copy of the original statue - which would then all become alive next cycle and you'd have, like, ten fire clowns made out of stone running around.

Of course, the fleeing stone dwarves would probably be harmless, since they're fleeing constantly.
If you captured them, they'de probably make for good arena occupants.

"Hey Urist McMason, what are those statues of fleeing dwarves for?"
"Oh, those? The Captain of the Guard asked me to make a bunch'a 'em."
"What for?"
"Well, after the Gargoyle Plague bring's 'em to life, they'll be used as training dummies."
"..."

[Niccolo]

Of course, the fleeing stone dwarves would probably be harmless, since they're fleeing constantly.
If you captured them, they'de probably make for good arena occupants.

"Hey Urist McMason, what are those statues of fleeing dwarves for?"
"Oh, those? The Captain of the Guard asked me to make a bunch'a 'em."
"What for?"
"Well, after the Gargoyle Plague bring's 'em to life, they'll be used as training dummies."
"..."

I suspect the fleeing dwarves would be the least of your problems.

Although, things could be worse... Imagine if they were counted as part of your civ!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

This is a masterwork obsidian statue of the Baron Urist McMandatesEarrings and Hammerer Urist McNoMercy. The Baron is smiling. The Hammerer is kneeling. The statue refers to Urist McNomercy's ascension to the position of Hammerer in the year [LastYearOfFort'sLife].

The statue has a coating of Urist MclegendaryWeaponsmith's blood.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

What show?

POST-WIKIPEDIA FAKE EDIT: Not talking about the show, that myth of Gargoyle statues being able to come alive exists in real life which is what i was referring to.

Hence where the show came from, I would guess. Didn't know about that myth, though. Huh. xD Given some of the goddamn weird statues the Dwarves carve, those coming to life would be... Uh...

"This is a statue of a Fire Clown surrounded by Dwarves. The Fire Clown is Laughing. The Dwarves are fleeing."

Suddenly you'll have a Fire Clown made out of stone (Since you know that that's what would happen) rampaging around your fortress as well as a bunch of stone dwarves which would not be counted as part of your civilisation - and thus all work, everywhere, would be disrupted until they all became statues again.

Of course, due to the inherent bug of this system they would each form an exact copy of the original statue - which would then all become alive next cycle and you'd have, like, ten fire clowns made out of stone running around.

I know what you mean by clown but oh my god does fire clown sound so much more horrifying.

Amongst screaming dwarves and the noise of many feet patting on stone all you hear is..

*Honk honk*... *WHOOOOOSH!!*

[Name Lips]

Anybody else see the Dr. Who episode with the Weeping Angels?

They're a hideous, monstrous creature that exists to kill. But they evolved the most perfect defense mechanism possible -- when observed, they become "quantum locked" and become frozen in space, becoming an indestructible statue. When nobody is looking, they can move terrifyingly fast and perfectly silently. The name of the first episode they appear is "Blink" because, literally, blinking gives them enough time to kill you. But they cannot suppress their defense mechanism -- it's completely involuntary. They'll freeze into stone if observed, even if they're not aware of being observed. It's a simple fact of their biology -- they cannot exist when observed.

Now imagine these things getting into your fortress... running around killing sleeping dwarves, but never showing up in the units list (that counts as observing them) nor visible on the screen as anything other than statues. But when you're looking elsewhere, and no awake dwarves are present, they're free to roam your fort, looking for helpless victims...

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Sound like xenomorphs. Or SCP #147. In Fact I think 147 is based off of that.