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Rurik posted:But... you already did that. Wouldn't I end up with the same results when using the same data? Sure, but I thought you wanted to look into Minotaurs. The Bronzestabbed Overseer entries are a corpus. There are many patterns to discover. I only picked a few easy ones.
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TildeATH posted:Sure, but I thought you wanted to look into Minotaurs. The Bronzestabbed Overseer entries are a corpus. There are many patterns to discover. I only picked a few easy ones. I thought it just showed the most frequent words. Of course I could try it out myself, but 
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Aww, poo poo. I was bound and determined to get an update out tonight, but I got stuck in a work meeting that went several hours over and at this point, there's just no way. I'll get one out first thing tomorrow morning, though. Sorry! Unless you saw I posted and clicked the thread hoping for an update, in which case, HA! 
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Feb 28, 2013 03:57
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Bad Munki posted:Aww, poo poo. I was bound and determined to get an update out tonight, but I got stuck in a work meeting that went several hours over and at this point, there's just no way. I'll get one out first thing tomorrow morning, though. Sorry! Unless you saw I posted and clicked the thread hoping for an update, in which case, HA! Muuuuunki.  You don't even have to post an update to destroy souls.
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Feb 28, 2013 04:14
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It's important to find what you're good at and stick with it. See? I'm doing it again, even now.
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Feb 28, 2013 04:15
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Bad Munki is BEST Munki. 
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Feb 28, 2013 08:16
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I'm tempted to make a sockpuppet account named Worse Munki and run for overseership.
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I am the worst overseer! Sorry for the megadelay. 
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  Late Granite? 239? Scour the fort, dump the slabs. I must be finally getting down to the last ones. These hadn't even made it out of the stockpile yet, although they had been engraved, so I'm glad I caught them when I did.  While performing my usual memorial tour, I came across a door near the barracks that I don't recall being there last I was in charge. It's unlabeled and barred from the outside. Rather than raise suspicion by asking someone, since "I" probably was responsible for this, I lift the bar and take a peek inside. Much to my surprise, I find a slightly bedraggled Sankis. She seems less than happy, and immediately starts ranting about how this situatin simply will not do. I do my best to placate her, but in the end I realize she won't be happy until she gets what she wants. As she turns to gesture at a particularly offensive section of rough-cut wall, I quickly back out, close the door, and replace the bar. I'll deal with this further later on, but for now, one of her complaints did seem at least somewhat valid: while she had plenty of food, there was no drink to be found. While I could simply let her out, I have the realization that this may actually be an excellent way to keep her safe. I'm still not sure if she's connected to the mysterious dwarf-combustion-corridor at the public works site, but if so, I need to keep her safe from anyone that might find out. This is an excellent way to do so, but there needs to be a way to deliver food. I quickly order some minor excavation performed in the area above her quarters.  With that issue addressed for the moment, I can turn my attention to more important tasks, as it sounds like the digging I ordered immediately upon my arrival (the miners have gotten quite adept at picking the project back up with only the slightest guidance) is nearing completion. I order a support column and a lever installed at the top of the excavation site.  And at last I can check the paperwork an overseer must deal with. Some mandates from the nobles as usual, but I notice we seem to be missing a broker.  Well that's easy enough to resolve, at least. I step into the dining hall. "WHO WANTS TO BROKE?" I am met with a sea of blank stares. "We need a broker. Come on, someone's gotta volunteer, it's non-optional." Finally they seem to understand, and Frederico de Soya steps up. After a quick "interview," I decide he's hired.   Beyond that, it seems the mayor isn't satisfied with his quarters.   Oh, gee, that's a shame, we'll, uhh, get right on that, I guess. I order the tablet with the demands dumped with the rest of the slab memorials. As a hauler makes his way off with the trash, another dwarf steps through the door. "Migrants! They've braved the murk and other dangers, and are asking to come in!" I try to hide my excitement at such news, which isn't hard, considering I don't feel any. Seriously? Migrants? I'm sure they're a crowd of geniuses, coming here with the murk and zombies and who knows what else out there.  Okay, get all the troops to the front gate, we'll see if we can actually make this happen somehow. Once all the troops are more or less assembled, I order the gate opened, and issue a notice that we're on lockdown.    My favorite manager, Tiny Turtle, is first to the lever. Not even hesitating, he seems almost excited to be exposing us to the dangers out there. I like this guy.  The gate drops open...and two idiot children run out.  Lord Hattington and Tarox apparently have a deathwish. Well, who am I to stop them? I ignore the two, and turn my attention to the migrants approaching. Three of them, and as they step in through the gates, we take down their names and a few details. But not before they inform us of a body they found just outside, which after hearing the description, we guess must have been Corbeau.     While everyone was distracted greeting the strangers, apparently a murk zombie decided to take the opportunity to try to sneak up on us. She doesn't appear to be armed, so I decide to give it a go. Well, I decide the other squads will give it a go.  They immediately dive in and begin making a mess of the murk zombie that used to be Domatee.  In the midst of the fight, they stumble across Arglebargle IV Esq. Apparently he didn't survive my counterpart, although I can't say I'm surprised.  After a few minutes of being peppered by crossbow bolts and poked and prodded with every weapon the squads could muster, Domatee is looking a bit worse for the wear.  Still, she fights on with surprising skill. Suddenly, she finds herself between Xenocidal and Aznua, and the three of them are separated from the rest of the crowd.  In that brief moment, Domatee strikes out and takes Aznua by the throat! But just when I think she's about to claim her first victim, Xenocidal steps up and changes the course of the fight.   And with that, a stream of migrants come over the hill to join us. Apparently they were waiting, just out of sight, for us to clear the grounds. Thanks for the help, everyone!        I reiterate my orders for everyone to come inside and the dwarves begin streaming in, actually listening this time. I head down to the levers to close the gate, but Crackmaster is already there, having pulled it while I was on my way. Well, I'm pretty sure everyone made it back in, so it should be fine.  While Crackmaster and I are discussing the finer points of gate closure timing, I overhear talk nearby by of a new beast in the caves. When did that happen? Do I care?  I also hear news that apparently something is moving about in the garbage dumps outside the walls. Curious, I decide to go see for myself. Upon mounting the wall, I am surprised to see a small child scrabbling about the mountainous heaps of trash. Covered in filth and occasionally wimpering loudly enough for me to here even from behind the walls, he slowly makes his way back and forth, looking for...I don't know, food? Drink? Another dwarf? At one point, he apparently finds one, because he shouts out, "Vorpal Swordfish!"  Anyhow, the gates are closed, and I'm sure he'll be fine for now.  It sounds like the excavation site is nearly finished. Just a single bit of stone remains to be knocked out, and InwardChaos is the miner to step up. He knocks the last stone out...and it doesn't collapse! The support is holding!  As if in triumphant celebration, I hear a wail from elsewhere in the fortress. The dwarves nearby all seem to shiver in unison, while I can't help but smile knowingly.   A few days later, everyone seems to be talking about a missing child.  Well, I think we all know where he is, or at least was, so I'm not too worried about it. It also sounds like a miner has gone missing? I don't know what that's about.  Anyhow, the project is all ready to go. I can hardly stand the excitement. Climbing upon a table in the dining hall, I shout for everyone's attention. "If you would all join me in the forges, we have completed an exciting new development that will change the future of this fortress forever! Hurry up, now, progress waits for no one!"   
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Mar 1, 2013 05:17
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 Wow, you really are the best overseer.
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Mar 1, 2013 05:40
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I guess those guys are not going to get the drink they're expecting.
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Mar 1, 2013 05:47
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I hope they brought umbrellas.
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Mar 1, 2013 06:12
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When this overseer turn ends, it'll be too soon.
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Mar 1, 2013 07:02
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We knew this day would come.
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Mar 1, 2013 07:45
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I... I think I'm safe because I'm dead already. But I can't be entirely sure.
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GrabbinPeels posted:I... I think I'm safe because I'm dead already. But I can't be entirely sure. ...and with enough magma, even death itself may die.
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Is a six legged quadruped possible? I thought quadruped meant four legged?
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Wraithson posted:Is a six legged quadruped possible? I thought quadruped meant four legged? 
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Mar 1, 2013 09:02
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Oh god I hope those windows are high enough!
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GrimRevenant posted:“Quadruped” means “four-footed”. So, logically, it has six legs, but only four feet. Simple enough! This thing is essentially a Spore creature whose creator got bored and just saved without putting all of the feet on. Plus it's made of salt, so all of the ungulates should be sent to take it out via slow licking. Back to villainy, I do hope that there are designated splash zones that those dwarves can stay behind  .
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Holy poo poo I didn't die immediately...and even saved a fellow dwarf!  Sorry for using you as bait Aznua.Of course I'll probably die next update now, but that's cool. I was a Good Dwarf.
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GrabbinPeels posted:I... I think I'm safe because I'm dead already. But I can't be entirely sure. -Urist McGoldblum Wraithson posted:Is a six legged quadruped possible? I thought quadruped meant four legged? code:
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Wraithson posted:Is a six legged quadruped possible? I thought quadruped meant four legged? Centaur necromancer.
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Tarox posted:Am I safer outside or in? Nope. Thadius posted:Hell, I'M not even sure I'm safe!
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Mar 1, 2013 15:48
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Thadius posted:What happened to the fire-breathing one? Where are all the minotaaaaaurs? They're scared. We're all scared. Hell, even Ugath is a little disturbed by this turn.
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Mar 1, 2013 16:00
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I really need to see some illustrations depicting this salt monster.
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Knockknees posted:I really need to see some illustrations depicting this salt monster. 
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I need professions for the new immigrants, whenever someone could get around to that. It'd be kindly to also mention their relationships to dwarves in the fortress (goons tend to want to know who their relatives are).
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I didn't assign any professions, they are whatever they showed up as. If you still want them, I can go through, but that's my norm: I don't bother caring about someone's job until I find I have a shortage of something, and then I go looking for volunteers.  I'll see about digging out the relationships.
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Yeah, I never try to record what profession a dwarf is assigned to, because that can change all the time. I do attempt to record official positions, and whether someone's been recruited. But the main thing is that I record what a dwarf's highest skill/profession happens to be. Keep in mind that many goons want to RP a bit with journal entries. The idea is to give them something beyond their thoughts screen to use for that. Relationships and profession are useful. You don't have to actually take screenshots, either; just listing what their main thing seems to be is fine (even if it's just "peasant").
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Mar 1, 2013 20:05
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"They're all peasants, every last one of them."
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Mar 1, 2013 20:07
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It kinda looks like they're about to become professional ash piles, always an interesting career progression.
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Feinne posted:It kinda looks like they're about to become professional ash piles, always an interesting career progression. My decision to get my head chopped off by a zombie at the start of this is looking better and better every day. Clean, and quick.
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Araganzar posted:My decision to get my head chopped off by a zombie at the start of this is looking better and better every day. Clean, and quick. You'll be back.
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Bad Munki posted:You'll be back. I love this thread. Edit: Oh my god, only like 13 more dwarfs and then I get here. Four hundred freakin dwarf requests before I found this loving thread. Argh. Spermy Smurf fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Mar 1, 2013 |
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What can I say? I plan ahead.
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Spermy Smurf posted:I love this thread. I missed the thread start by something like 28 hours and I was 300ish if I remember right. People were quick getting in.
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