History Quotes / Dwarffortress

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

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

->I have no idea where anything is. I have no idea what anything does. This is not merely a madhouse designed by a madman, but a madhouse designed by ''many'' madmen, each with an intense hatred for the previous madman's unique flavour of madness.

Due to the fact that VideoGame/DwarfFortress is, by default, insane in many aspects, it is no surprise that there exists a wealth of memorable quotes to be found about it on the Internet, or perhaps elsewhere. Here are some of them.

--> [- --'''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=50892.msg1348905#msg1348905

->''most games basic tutorial: 2mins''

->'''[=GreatWyrmGold=]:''' ''...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!''

->'''[=hiroshi42=]''': "[The Bay12 community will] routinely talk about kitten slaughter, the best methods to immolate creatures without destroying their stuff, or how to produce 'children' with personality problems beyond the dream of psychoanalysts but no one is going to insult your mother."

->'''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''

->'''Franti:''' ''If DF is too much for you, go back to playing MyLittlePony or TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}.''

--> [- --'''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=70337.msg1710529#msg1710529 "Removing clothing wear"]]'''-]

->'''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. [[TakeThat You. guys. suck.]]''

->'''Aravin:''' ''Thx Toady DF isn't 3D game))''
->'''Deon:''' ''Actually it is, with a full DirectX support.''
--> [- --'''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=70337.msg1710529#msg1710529 "Removing clothing wear"]]'''-]

->'''[=SpiralDimentia=]:''' ''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 "You have found..."]]'''-]

->'''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.''
-->[- --'''[[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. [[Film/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' >_<"]]'''-]

->'''[=hiroshi42=]''': "[The Bay12 commnity will] routinely talk about kitten slaughter, the best methods to immolate creatures without destroying their stuff, or how to produce 'children' with personality problems beyond the dream of psychoanalysts but no one is going to insult your mother."

->I have no idea where anything is. I have no idea what anything does. This is not merely a madhouse designed by a madman, but a madhouse designed by many madmen, each with an intense hatred for the previous madman's unique flavour of madness.

-->[- --'''[[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2011-06-05 Devblog: June 5, 2011]]'''-]

-->[- --'''[[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2011-08-17 Devblog: August 17, 2011]]'''-]

-->[- --'''[[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2011-12-07 Devblog: December 7, 2011]]'''-]

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

-->[- --'''[[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/dev_2008.html Devblog: May 30, 2008]]'''-]

->'''Di:''' It is inefficient, it is complicated, it is more dangerous for those constructing it than for their enemies... It's really dwarfy, do it! :D
-->[- --'''[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=78399.msg2026891#msg2026891 Dwarven Machine Gun]]''' -]

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

->''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.''

Due to the fact that DwarfFortress is, by default, insane in many aspects, it is no surprise that there exists a wealth of memorable quotes to be found about it on the Internet, or perhaps elsewhere. Here are some of them.

->'''Franti:''' ''If DF is too much for you, go back to playing MyLittlePony or Warhammer40K.''

->'''Grendus:''' ''And thus the dwarves discovered that their forges were indeed elf powered. [[MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail And there was much rejoicing]].''

->'''Tuefel Hunden IV:''' 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.

->'''Blueeyedrat:''' I will have to deal with a troll and a giant cave swallow in the vicinity first, but my blade traps should make short work of them. [[WhereIsYourXNow What's your]] [[MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail airspeed velocity now]], [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch?]]

->'''Count Dorku:''' ...this is how we define ''luck'' nowadays?! I'm terrified in many languages.

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