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->'''Akhier:''' ''Quite simple really. Trees are actually the first stage in an elf's life cycle. Once the young elf inside the tree gets old enough if there are enough elves around it will hatch leaving behind perfectly serviceable logs to use. So remember when you chop down a tree [[ElvesVersusDwarves you kill an elf too]]! Happy deforestation day ;D''
->'''Grendus:''' ''And thus the dwarves discovered that their forges were indeed elf powered. [[MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail And there was much rejoicing]].''
--> [- --'''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=24342.msg772616#msg772616 Bay 12 Forums]]''' again. -]
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->'''Raphite1:''' "Yeah. My plan was to drop some kittens into the siege, and have my dwarves freefall into battle, landing on top of the kittens. The plan was kinda dumb though because the kittens were standing on grates, and the goblins killed them with arrows just as I was releasing the freefalling dwarves. So the dwarves weren't able to land on kittens and just fell and died."
--> [- --An attempt at creating '''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=33931.msg512444#msg512444 Dwarven Drop Pods]]''' -]
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-->-- '''A typical attempt at Dwarven !!SCIENCE!!

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-->-- '''A typical attempt at Dwarven !!SCIENCE!!
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->''I once tried to make a mild sedative syndrome that's spread by cats. However, I forgot a few zeroes when setting the ignition point. So instead of my dwarves yawning, and then taking a peaceful nap, they scream and run around as their body roasts from the inside out.''
-->-- '''A typical attempt at Dwarven !!SCIENCE!!
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->''If DF is too much for you, go back to playing MyLittlePony or Warhammer40K.''
-->-- '''Franti, on the Bay12 forums'''
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--> [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=85015.msg2312959#msg2312959 Someone noting both the difficulty of the game and the weirdness of its creatures]]

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--> [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=85015.msg2312959#msg2312959 Someone noting both the difficulty of the game and the weirdness of its creatures]]
creatures (and fanbase)]]
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->''I've got a siege coming in from above, [[spoiler:demons]] from below, some forgotten beasts in the middle, lava flooding in between the forgotten beasts and the [[spoiler:demons]], and half my population going berserk. All in all, a normal day in Dwarf Fortress.''
-->-- '''drakon136, describing the death of many a fort'''
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-> ''...And no one notices that a desert titan is made out of ice. No, ice capybara in the desert? Normal. Someone kinda figured out the military? Amazing!''
--> [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=85015.msg2312959#msg2312959 Someone noting both the difficulty of the game and the weirdness of its creatures]]
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-> ''Your game is working on giving NPC's lives. Our game is working on giving them a working nervous system''

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-> ''Your game is working on giving NPC's lives. Our game is working on giving them a working '''working nervous system''system'''''
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-> ''Your game is working on giving NPC's lives. Our game is working on giving them a working nervous system''
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->'''Aklyon:''' Dwarf Fortress: You have a team of hundreds working for four years to make a game where you save the world again. We have [[MemeticBadass one guy]] for four years ''make a near-infinite world generator, write the physics,generate histories, form detailed descriptions of every human, elf, dwarf, and goblin generated, caverns, and huge randomly generated monsters made out of who knows what.'' [[ThisIsSparta You. guys.]] '''[[TakeThat suck.]]'''
-->[- [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=50892.msg1345585#msg1345585 Bay12 forums again.]] -]
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-->On {Battlefailed}
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->'''Seth Creiyd''': My god... this was a [[{{Understatement}} terrible idea]].
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-> ''In bug news, the zombies in a necromancer's tower became suspicious after the necromancer failed to age and he fled into the hills.''
--> [[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2011-06-11 More Devblog Goodness]]
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->'''Hydrall:''' DF's got a big [[strike: learning curve]] [[strike:learning cliff]] '''MASSIVE, SHEER EXPANSE OF STONE RISING UP INTO THE HEAVENS, COVERED IN !!*Adamantine Barbed Wire*!! AND LAVA DROPS, ALL WHILE ARMOK STANDS ATOP AND LAUGHS AT YOUR PITIFUL ATTEMPT TO SURVIIIIIIIVE.'''

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->'''Hydrall:''' DF's got a big [[strike: big learning curve]] [[strike:learning cliff]] curve, no, learning cliff, no, a '''MASSIVE, SHEER EXPANSE OF STONE RISING UP INTO THE HEAVENS, COVERED IN !!*Adamantine Barbed Wire*!! AND LAVA DROPS, ALL WHILE ARMOK STANDS ATOP AND LAUGHS AT YOUR PITIFUL ATTEMPT TO SURVIIIIIIIVE.'''
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->'''Hydrall:''' DF's got a big [[strike: learning curve]] [[strike:learning cliff]] '''MASSIVE, SHEER EXPANSE OF STONE RISING UP INTO THE HEAVENS, COVERED IN !!*Adamantine Barbed Wire*!! AND LAVA DROPS, ALL WHILE ARMOK STANDS ATOP AND LAUGHS AT YOUR PITIFUL ATTEMPT TO SURVIIIIIIIVE.'''
--> [- -- Troper Hydrall, the Tv Tropes Forums, adapted from another post, from the '''Bay 12 Forums''', of course, now unfortunately lost. -]

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-->-- '''[[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2011-05-28 Devblog: May 28, 2011]]

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-->-- '''[[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2011-05-28 Devblog: May 28, 2011]]
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->"there are still some kinks to work out with the in-game transformation. For instance, I misplaced a few lines of code and all of the castle guards ended up switching genders and getting entirely new appearances ten times per step."
-->-- '''[[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2011-05-28 Devblog: May 28, 2011]]
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->'''Hydrall:''' DF's got a big [[strike: learning curve]] [[strike:learning cliff]] '''MASSIVE, SHEER EXPANSE OF STONE RISING UP INTO THE HEAVENS, COVERED IN !!*Adamantine Barbed Wire*!! AND LAVA DROPS, ALL WHILE ARMOK STANDS ATOP AND LAUGHS AT YOUR PITIFUL ATTEMPT TO SURVIIIIIIIVE.'''
--> [- -- Troper Hydrall, the Tv Tropes Forums, [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=69059.msg1665100#msg1665100 adapted from another post]], from the '''Bay 12 Forums''', of course. -]
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->Oh god, [[Community/DwarfFortress you guys]] [[ForTheEvulz are dicks]], I think I just [[spoiler: unleashed a [[LegionsOfHell horde of demons]] into my base]].

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->Oh god, [[Community/DwarfFortress you guys]] [[ForTheEvulz are dicks]], I think I just [[spoiler: [[HilarityEnsues unleashed a [[LegionsOfHell horde of demons]] demons into my base]].base]]]].
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-> ''"Thanks to the central chamber being floodable, in the case of a siege, all I have to do is lure the gobbos in and throw the lever. Then, my dwarves can keep going about their business, while the goblins are busy sorting themselves by density."''
-->-- '''Your typical dwarven device, although notable for ''not'' flooding the entire fortress.'''

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--> [- --A random Facebook comment from a random player. -]

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->Oh god, [[Community/DwarfFortress you guys]] [[ForTheEvulz are dicks]], I think I just [[spoiler: unleashed a [[LegionsOfHell horde of demons]] into my base]].
--> [- '''Bay 12 forumgoer''' [=SpiralDimentia=], [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=80043.0 learning who put the Fun in the Hidden Fun Stuff]] -]
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->The bad news: Dwarf Fortress is the first AI to achieve complete sentience. The good news: Urist McH.A.L. Cancels Destroy Mankind: Needs 250,000 Giant Cave Spider Silk Socks.
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->The bad news: Dwarf Fortress is the first AI to achieve complete sentience. The good news: Urist McH.[=McH.A.L. =] Cancels Destroy Mankind: Needs 250,000 Giant Cave Spider Silk Socks.
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->The bad news: Dwarf Fortress is the first AI to achieve complete sentience. The good news: Urist McH.A.L. Cancels Destroy Mankind: Needs 250,000 Giant Cave Spider Silk Socks.
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Haven\'t found the quote, but I KNOW it\'s \"Aklyon\" because he\'s a pretty cool guy. Eh kills migratns and doesn\'t afraid of anything.


->'''Alkyon:''' Personally, I like [DF] because after climbing the damned learning cliff, I'm too elitist to consider not liking it.

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->'''Alkyon:''' ->'''Aklyon:''' Personally, I like [DF] because after climbing the damned learning cliff, I'm too elitist to consider not liking it.
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--> [- Troper Tuefel Hunden IV, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=bfhhzufpt1bg17139juldn1k&page=51#1270 TV Tropes Forum.]]-]

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--> [- Troper Tuefel --Troper '''Tuefel Hunden IV, IV''', [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=bfhhzufpt1bg17139juldn1k&page=51#1270 TV Tropes Forum.]]-]

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->I found out there are apparently a limited number of night creatures. So I am guessing if you manage to kill all the night creatures you won't fear the night, the night will fear you.
--> [- Troper Tuefel Hunden IV, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=bfhhzufpt1bg17139juldn1k&page=51#1270 TV Tropes Forum.]]-]
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--> Troper Hydrall, the Tv Tropes Forums, [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=69059.msg1665100#msg1665100 adapted from another post]], from the '''Bay 12 Forums''', of course.


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--> [- -- Troper Hydrall, the Tv Tropes Forums, [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=69059.msg1665100#msg1665100 adapted from another post]], from the '''Bay 12 Forums''', of course.

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--> Troper Hydrall, the Tv Tropes Forums, adapted from another post.


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--> Troper Hydrall, the Tv Tropes Forums, [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=69059.msg1665100#msg1665100 adapted from another post.

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->'''Hydrall:''' DF's got a big [[strike: learning curve]] [[strike:learning cliff]] '''MASSIVE, SHEER EXPANSE OF STONE RISING UP INTO THE HEAVENS, COVERED IN !!*Adamantine Barbed Wire*!! AND LAVA DROPS, ALL WHILE ARMOK STANDS ATOP AND LAUGHS AT YOUR PITIFUL ATTEMPT TO SURVIIIIIIIVE.'''
--> Troper Hydrall, the Tv Tropes Forums, adapted from another post.

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