Let's Play Dwarf Fortress: Syndrome Conundrum

[Internet Kraken]

Was trying to make an update and, well would you look at that, 8 dwarf migrant wave. That's great, I don't have nearly enough names to fill that out. So I can't make the next update until more people volunteer. Now I know people have asked to be redwarfed/dwarfed again/whatever, but I want to avoid doing that if possible because it A) makes confusing B) Means less people are involved C) I'm bad at managing this crap. So yeah, even if you follow this thing in an incredibly minor way ask or something.

It's kind of funny, on sites like Something Awful there are so many people asking to be dwarfed the list gets filled almost right away. Here it's the opposite.

I don't get this game sometimes. No matter what I do, my forts just won't get exciting. I even settled in a Terrifying Scorching Freshwater Swamp, yet the worst I get is Zombie Honeybadgers that get shred to pieces by even a stray dog.

And on the other side there's Reverdtour that seems to be the epitome of Murphy's Law.

Well Dwarf Fortress is a very easy game to break. A lot of the chaos comes from your own incompetence and trying stupid things. If Reveredtour was just your typical hole in the ground you can bet things would be a lot calmer. When you try and do something unorthodox things get hectic.

It's a swamp, not a desert. I actually thought a whole damned lot would live there, goblins in particular, and all kinds of dirty creatures hiding in the muck. But the opposite is true so it seems.

Sometimes you just get certain spawns in abundance. I don't mention it often, but Revredtour has tons of gazelles and warthogs showing up when it could be demikraken, whales, sirens, giant lions, etc. I don't know what the exact coding behind animal spawns is but it could be that every site favors a handful of animals upon generation and spawns those most often.

omfg i made a kill! i didnt get horribly mauled or eaten (yet). maybe i will become the next alath (hoping anyway)

EDIT: may i see my skills and personality oh mighty kraken? i wish to kill in the name of khorne! BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

I highlighted the part that interests me.

Can I see my stats, please?

Your dwarf is full of contradictions.

So, what menial task is my dwarf tasked with doing? Also, could I see my stats?

No, I don't know what a moon horror is.

I'd like to see my stats and know what job I have. If there is a shortage anywhere, even somewhere dangerous, I'll do it.

You don't have to worry about not being useful. You're a good mechanic, and I needed some.

 

[AlternatePFG]

You can dwarf me.

 

[GrabbinPeels]

I've been reading this since you linked it in Gemclod a while ago, so I might as well jump in and let you have a dwarf named "GrabbinPeels". Or "Peels". Whichever works better.

 

[Tohuvabohu]

I've been wanting to be dwarfed :\

 

[Cowabungaa]

Well Dwarf Fortress is a very easy game to break. A lot of the chaos comes from your own incompetence and trying stupid things. If Reveredtour was just your typical hole in the ground you can bet things would be a lot calmer. When you try and do something unorthodox things get hectic.

Sometimes you just get certain spawns in abundance. I don't mention it often, but Revredtour has tons of gazelles and warthogs showing up when it could be demikraken, whales, sirens, giant lions, etc. I don't know what the exact coding behind animal spawns is but it could be that every site favors a handful of animals upon generation and spawns those most often.

Ah, well there's your problem. I follow a very basic plan; cut down trees en masse, at the same time dig the first rooms (meeting, farms, stockpile and workshops), when both tasks are done at the same time fill up the stockpiles and build a palisade. When those basics are finished I dig towards rock, look for metals, dig out the first living quarters and start cranking stuff out of the various workshops. When everything's settled I start building a second, stone wall way past the first one so I have room for pastures and military training grounds.

It's just expanding on that afterwards. Decorate the place, more military squards, deck them out in good armour, pretty noble chambers, etc. Basically foolproof and makes for an entirely self-sufficient fortress if your farms are large enough and managed properly. Yeap, must be my creativity that's lacking. Hence why my fortresses get boring really quickly.

As for animal spawns, in my new evil fortress it must be capibara's. Either zombiefied, regular or in man form. Not exactly worthy of the label Terrifying, though the absolute spam of eyeballs on the floor must be unnerving to my little dwarves.

 

[Blackpapa]

I've started reading this recently. Get me a dwarf that gets to do ‼SCIENCE‼

 

[Flagro]

I kind of thought I had already made an account and requested to be dwarfed in this thread, but apparently not. So sure, dwarf me please.

 

[Internet Kraken]

I've been wanting to be dwarfed :\

EDIT: Wait, it says I did dwarf you on the list. Let me check my game to see if I fucked something up.

EDIT 2: Yes, I'm not completely incompetent and did remember you.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

even if you follow this thing in an incredibly minor way ask or something.

I'll be a bastard here, feel free to dwarf me and my 22 character name. I don't know if DF will let you, so if you're as desperate as you say then feel free to shorten it.

I find your series quite enthralling, even if I have only read a couple of posts. I do intend to read it more often, but I always end up forgetting. It is bookmarked, so I get round to it eventually. At any rate, thank you for stirring up a want to learn how to play Dwarf Fortress, if it wasn't for you and a Youtuber named 51ppycup then I would never have learned.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Wait, that poses an interesting question. Root, where do you hold your weapon?

I hold my little girl, she holds both the spear and shield. Don't want her to grow up to be a mason or some such.

 

[Houi]

I did ask to be redwarfed but you seem to have missed me. Unless I missed you redwarfing me, which is probably more likely. But if you did miss me i'd like to be redwarfed as either Bob or Watda, your choice.

 

[Thecard]

I'd like to see my stats and know what job I have. If there is a shortage anywhere, even somewhere dangerous, I'll do it.

You don't have to worry about not being useful. You're a good mechanic, and I needed some.

Sweet Shit(yes, that is a proper noun now)! Mechanics are my favorite Dwarves, so I always make sure I have at least one decent mechanic to make cage traps.

 

[Kyoufuu]

Can you post my stats/personality please?

 

[LadyRhian]

Me as well, please.

 

[WorstUsernameEver]

I made this account purely to help out with the dire dwarfing situation.
Might I please be dwarfed, with the name of 'Red'?

 

[Double A]

Wait, that poses an interesting question. Root, where do you hold your weapon?

I hold my little girl, she holds both the spear and shield. Don't want her to grow up to be a mason or some such.

Then what the hell do you hold with your teeth?

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Wait, that poses an interesting question. Root, where do you hold your weapon?

I hold my little girl, she holds both the spear and shield. Don't want her to grow up to be a mason or some such.

Then what the hell do you hold with your teeth?

The remains of the last dwarf who asked too many questions.

 

[Irridium]

If you still need names, you can use my old internet name, "a pop can".

Or my Xbox Live name, AoA Zero50.

Or both, whatever works best for you.

 

[Kevlar Eater]

If you still need names, you can use mine.

Um.... what the hell?

 

[Mesca]

Dwarf me in, if you please. Considering my average experience with DF, I'll be a completely average dwarf who has nothing improbable happen to him at all.