History Quotes / Dwarffortress

-->''Things could be worse. [[ForTheEvulz We're working on it.]]"

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-->[- --'''http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13372995990A50780100 Dwarf Fortress Troper Succession Game (New Edition)]]'''-]

-->[- --'''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?action=post;quote=2883957;topic=98587.0;last_msg=2886652 "Why Dwarf Fortress is better"]]'''-]

->'''Hydrall:''' ''DF's got a big learning 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.''

-->[- --'''http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2012-01-03 Devblog: January 3, 2012]]'''-]

->'''MasterMorality:''' ''You get hit where you get hit. This may or may not cripple you for life. It may or may not kill you in one shot. You're dwarf just lost a leg. Suck it up, bitch. No, you're not getting that leg back. In fact, that creature over there is going to pick your leg up and beat you death with it. You won't respawn.''

->''You get hit where you get hit. This may or may not cripple you for life. It may or may not kill you in one shot. You're dwarf just lost a leg. Suck it up, bitch. No, you're not getting that leg back. In fact, that creature over there is going to pick your leg up and beat you death with it. You won't respawn.''

-->[- --'''[[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2011-06-11 Devblog: June 6, 2011]]'''-]

-->[- --'''Toady One, [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=948.msg12375#msg12375 "Adventure Mode Gripes"]]'''-]

-->[- --'''Toady One'''-]

-->[- --'''Adapted from [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=bfhhzufpt1bg17139juldn1k&page=47#1155 "Dwarf Fortress]]'''-]

->'''Hydrall:''' ''DF's got a big learning 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.''
-->[- --'''Lost post, adapted from another Bay 12 Forumgoer'''-]

-->--[- '''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=34430.msg2640086#msg2640086 "Face Palm moments you had"]]'''-]

-->--[- '''{{Boatmurdered}}'''-]

->'''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]].''

->'''Seth Creiyd''': My god... this was a terrible idea.

->'''[[MeaningfulName StarkRavingMad]]''' ''I've started project 'Fuck The World,' [[KillItWithFire a top secret attempt to funnel magma to the outside.]] I'll kill those elephants. [[AxCrazy I'll kill all those fucking elephants.]]''

-> ''I've started project 'Fuck The World,' [[KillItWithFire a top secret attempt to funnel magma to the outside.]] I'll kill those elephants. [[AxCrazy I'll kill all those fucking elephants.]]''
-->--[- '''[[MeaningfulName StarkRavingMad]], {{Boatmurdered}}'''-]

->"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."

->[[AC:Aravin:]] ''Thx Toady DF isn't 3D game))''
->[[AC:Deon:]] ''Actually it is, with a full DirectX support.''

->''Personally, I like [DF] because after climbing the damned learning cliff, I'm too elitist to consider not liking it.''
-->[- --'''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=51834.msg1120166#msg1120166 Aklyon, "What makes Dwarf Fortress so awesome?"]]'''-]

->''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. [[TakeThat You. guys. suck.]]''
-->[- --'''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=50892.msg1345585#msg1345585 Aklyon, "This game needs a tag line"]]'''-]

->''Oh god, [[Community/DwarfFortress you guys]] [[ForTheEvulz are dicks]], I think I just [[spoiler: [[HilarityEnsues unleashed a horde of demons into my base]]]].''
-->[- --'''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=80043.0 SpiralDimentia, "You have found..."]]'''-]

-> ''...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 GreatWyrmGold, "Yay! Finally got the hang of the new military system"]]'''-]

->''If DF is too much for you, go back to playing MyLittlePony or Warhammer40K.''
-->[- --'''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=68556.msg2506950#msg2506950 '''Franti, "You are all monsters."]]'''-]

->''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.''
--> [- --'''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=33931.msg512444#msg512444 Raphite1, "Dwarven Drop Pods"]]'''-]

->[[AC: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''
->[[AC: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 "'It is now a rude bauble, fit only for your kind' >_<"]]'''-]

->'''Commenter:''' ''I had a game where a kitten killed a cyclops, but beyond that my experience mirrors yours.''
->'''Another Commenter:''' ''This is the point where I'd normally call bullshit, but having (un)successfully ground no less than ten forts into destruction and abandoning three more to boredom after guaranteeing success I 100% believe that this happened in your game.''
--> [- --'''An UnusuallyUninterestingSight In Action''' from this [[http://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/dvgns/one_of_my_fortresses_finally_had_enough_effec-%20t_on/ Reddit]] -]

->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.]]-]

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

-> ''"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.'''

-> ''"I've started project 'Fuck The World,' [[KillItWithFire a top secret attempt to funnel magma to the outside.]] I'll kill those elephants. [[AxCrazy I'll kill all those fucking elephants."]]''
-->-- The aptly named '''[=StarkRavingMad=]''' on {{Boatmurdered}}'s infamous Magma Pump, which would, with the flip of a lever, flood the entire outside of the fortress with lava.

->'''Hydrall:''' DF's got a big learning 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.'''
--> [- -- Troper Hydrall, the Tv Tropes Forums, adapted from another post, from the '''Bay 12 Forums''', of course, now unfortunately lost. -]

->'''Seth Creiyd''': My god... this was a [[{{Understatement}} terrible idea]].
-->On {{Battlefailed}}

-> ''Your game is working on giving NPC's lives. Our game is working on giving them a '''working nervous system'''''
-->Karnewarrior

->''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'''

->''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!!'''

->most games basic tutorial: 2mins
->Dwarf fortress basic tutorial: 2 hours
->F*ck yeah dwarf fort!
-->[- --'''A top commenter from a [[BigNameFan captnduck]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn1iW1QN7_s youtube video]]''' -]

-->[- --'''Toady One''' -]

->'''Commenter:''' ''I had a game where a kitten killed a cyclops, but beyond that my experience mirrors yours.''
->'''Another Commenter:''' ''This is the point where I'd normally call bullshit, but having (un)successfully ground no less than ten forts into destruction and abandoning three more to boredom after guaranteeing success I 100% believe that this happened in your game.''
--> [- --'''An UnusuallyUninterestingSight In Action''' from this [[http://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/dvgns/one_of_my_fortresses_finally_had_enough_effec-%20t_on/ Reddit]] -]

->'''Aravin:''' ''Thx Toady DF isn't 3D game))''
->'''Deon:''' ''Actually it is, with a full DirectX support.''
--> [- --As seen on the '''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=70337.msg1710529#msg1710529 Bay 12 Forums]]''' -]

->'''Aklyon:''' Personally, I like [DF] because after climbing the damned learning cliff, I'm too elitist to consider not liking it.
-->[- --Again, from the '''Bay 12 Forums'''-]

->'''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.]] -]

->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.]]-]

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

->Oh god, [[Community/DwarfFortress you guys]] [[ForTheEvulz are dicks]], I think I just [[spoiler: [[HilarityEnsues unleashed a 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]] -]

-> ''"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.'''

-> ''"I've started project 'Fuck The World,' [[KillItWithFire a top secret attempt to funnel magma to the outside.]] I'll kill those elephants. [[AxCrazy I'll kill all those fucking elephants."]]''
-->-- The aptly named '''[=StarkRavingMad=]''' on {{Boatmurdered}}'s infamous Magma Pump, which would, with the flip of a lever, flood the entire outside of the fortress with lava.

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

->'''Hydrall:''' DF's got a big learning 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.'''
--> [- -- Troper Hydrall, the Tv Tropes Forums, adapted from another post, from the '''Bay 12 Forums''', of course, now unfortunately lost. -]

--> [[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2011-06-11 More Devblog Goodness]]

->'''Seth Creiyd''': My god... this was a [[{{Understatement}} terrible idea]].
-->On {{Battlefailed}}

-> ''Your game is working on giving NPC's lives. Our game is working on giving them a '''working nervous system'''''
-->Karnewarrior

--> [[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 (and fanbase)]]

->''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'''

->''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!!'''

-->-- '''Franti, on the Bay12 forums'''

->'''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]]''' -]

->'''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. -]

-->-- '''The aptly named StarkRavingMad on {{Boatmurdered}}'s infamous Magma Pump, which would, with the flip of a lever, flood the entire outside of the fortress with lava.'''