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Leperflesh posted:This is fantastic as always, Loden. You know, you've contributed enough music to this thread that we could make a Bronzestabbed album of just your stuff. This whole LP and everyone involved has been good for me; it's gotten me off my rear end and back into writing. I'm actually a little afraid of what will happen once it's over and I've got no source of inspiration. I'm going to get desperate and end up doing a soundtrack for some dude's Sonic 3 LP, writing pieces to commemorate "the time he fell in the pit," and "falling onto spikes for the second time."
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Feb 12, 2013 02:27
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Loden Taylor posted:This whole LP and everyone involved has been good for me; it's gotten me off my rear end and back into writing. I'm actually a little afraid of what will happen once it's over and I've got no source of inspiration. Truly, perdition hath not received such a description since Alighieri.
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Feb 12, 2013 02:44
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Loden Taylor posted:I'm going to get desperate and end up doing a soundtrack for some dude's Sonic 3 LP, writing pieces to commemorate "the time he fell in the pit," and "falling onto spikes for the second time." And don't forget the rousing "Getting past the Barrel" anthem. 
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Feb 12, 2013 02:45
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OhCrap posted:Magic. I got this reference, and I think I love you. And IK/Munki, I think you two are doing a fantastic job.
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Feb 12, 2013 03:16
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Well, I was hoping to get my turn done tonight, but there's no way if I want it to be of any quality. So, you'll all have to wait until tomorrow morning! Just wanted to check in, and maybe fake out a couple people that would see my name as the last poster.
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Feb 12, 2013 03:59
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Bad Munki posted:Well, I was hoping to get my turn done tonight, but there's no way if I want it to be of any quality. So, you'll all have to wait until tomorrow morning! Just wanted to check in, and maybe fake out a couple people that would see my name as the last poster. Damnit Munki, you got me.
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Feb 12, 2013 04:08
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Bad Munki posted:Well, I was hoping to get my turn done tonight, but there's no way if I want it to be of any quality. Yeah, right.
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Feb 12, 2013 04:32
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE ALL DEAD!Arp1033 posted:I got this reference, and I think I love you. I'm glad someone got the Bad Joke 
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Feb 12, 2013 13:01
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Not only have I been drafted into the military, I'm now murked as well. Beware, mortals 
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Bad Munki posted:Well, I was hoping to get my turn done tonight, but there's no way if I want it to be of any quality. So, you'll all have to wait until tomorrow morning! Just wanted to check in, and maybe fake out a couple people that would see my name as the last poster. You are a Bad Overseer. Of course, now that you and Kraken are perhaps not in the running for Overseer, that gives me another day to decide if I really want to try and clear out the abominations that have been let loose on the fortress.
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Feb 12, 2013 13:51
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It takes time to identify all those bodies.
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Feb 12, 2013 15:51
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It is morning. Almost the afternoon here on the west coast. Has everyone died yet except for the two locked away?
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 Late Granite? 239?  ARGH!! I was almost done! Okay, calm, get back in control. It felt a little easier this time, not sure why. I do think that shock tends to drive me out. I'll have to watch that, probably my own actions booted me last time. I'll have to be a little more...subtle. I have just the thing, though. but first...why is everyone so sad? Did I catch a few in the flames? Here's hoping!  Well, I need to get my bearings again anyhow, might as well take a walk around and figure out just what happened. This place is so confusing, it's...changed. Taking a look over the wall, it looks like the fires still burn across the river.  I guess I haven't been gone as long as I thought. Soldiers spar, nothing unusual there.   I get the impression some of the animals are being neglected. Not my concern, let them go feral for all I care.    Ha! I think I figured out why everyone is so sad.    Not really what I expected, though. I took another look over the wall and I'm pretty sure I know where they are.  Not sure how I feel about this one. They got what they deserved, but that was MINE to give. Anyhow, I have something else to give, something a little more...long-term. I'll have to do this carefully, but I'm pretty sure that with this body I can do practically anything without reproach, at the very least without oversight. Let the dwarves hide inside all they want, I'll burn them from the inside out, and what's better, I'll make them do it themselves. Then they'll know what they've done, they'll see their cruel, selfish greed for what it is. But I'll need time, this one won't be as easy as lighting up a few trees.  While I was surveying for this "public works" project, I found a lever, unlabeled. Not sure what it does. Might have to pull it later to see.  Also while out surveying, I kept coming across locked doors. After asking nearby dwarves, it turns out that apparently I (or my host) ordered them locked. I pressed them further and they explained there was some beast in the caves. I need to be careful with this, they seemed suspicious when I was asking them about orders I had apparently given just days before. Anyhow, from what I managed to glean, there's this beast wandering about the caves, and maybe it's made it part way in to the fort? I don't know if it has a path in the rest of the way or not, nobody seemed to know. Nobody seemed worried at the moment, so it must be fine. Fine enough for my purposes, anyhow.   The fires have burned out across the river. As a warning shot, it had...mixed effects. Although the sight of one of the creatures that got caught in it is certainly giving the locals the creeps, that much at least was a raging success.   I go to check on the digging orders I'd sent out. I arrive to find no progress whatsoever. The hell? Okay, fine, we'll do this the old fashioned way. Checking the overseer reports, I find a slew of cancellations.  After a quick check through recent forms, I figure out why. Apparently we're still on alert, and the area I ordered to be excavated is off-limits. Not seeing any immediately obvious reason to maintain the alert, I tell everyone to get back to work.  Progress begins almost immediately. It will be a thing of beauty, of that I have no doubt.  I just need to stay in control long enough to see it through. As long as there's no major news, I can do this. "Uhh, Internet Kraken? Excuse me?" That name sounds familiar. "HEY, OVERSEER." Oh right, that's me. "What?!" "Apparently lunnrais got locked outside. He's been shouting status updates over the wall this whole time, and I just thought you should know what he just reported." Crap, not now!   
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Feb 12, 2013 19:37
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Bad Munki posted:The fires have burned out across the river. As a warning shot, it had...mixed effects. Although the sight of one of the creatures that got caught in it is certainly giving the locals the creeps, that much at least was a raging success. Being zombified and melted is no excuse to neglect your mustache combing.
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Feb 12, 2013 20:51
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Hey Bad Munki, that big .gif in your update is really playing havoc on chrome. I suppose that may be you going all meta with the update, but you might want to think about fixing it.
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Feb 13, 2013 04:18
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What, this one? It's only 740k. For image sizes that's really not that big. I'd say blame that one on Chrome. As a totally unrelated aside, I've just noticed that Bad Munki somehow has significantly more posts in this thread than I do. How is that possible?
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Feb 13, 2013 06:42
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Leperflesh posted:What, this one? Well if you think about for how long he has wanted to become Overseer and failed the roll, it's not that surprising. I just went and looked and I'm the top sixth poster. That's above many Overseers. I'm such a nerd. 
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Feb 13, 2013 06:50
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Not messing up in chrome for me. Either of them.
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Feb 13, 2013 07:01
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Leperflesh posted:What, this one? No, I mean the other one. You know, MEGASPOILER It's probably my computer, but I just wanted to be sure.
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Feb 13, 2013 07:24
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I'm having those same Chrome issues with the GIFs. Not necessarily the dwarf head one, but the bigger one. Also, can I move that we give Munki and IK 2 in-game years instead of just the one? I'd like to see way more one-upsmanship going on between them, and it would roughly give them each a whole overseer year.
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Feb 13, 2013 07:29
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That'd be fine for me. Or they could be eligible in another Overseer roll.
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Feb 13, 2013 11:03
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Goodness. That's a lot of posts. I'd guess IK would still get a roll since he didn't "win", but that's Lepermurk's call of course. It does make it complicated since Murki has given up part of his turn. And so on. I guess I'm in favour of it. I imagine some would like to see straight turns from either/both, as opposed to the current entertainment.
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Feb 13, 2013 11:35
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Also, it fits with Internet Kranken's dorf's personality of "gently caress the system, I got a fortress to save!" for him to ignore the usual term limit, so I'm all for it.
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All right, I'll try to lay off the (bigger) gifs. I just like 'em because I find it easier to see what's going on in a single gif where everything is lined up and such as opposed to a series of static shots where you have to figure out yourself that they're related somehow. But yeah, that one with the public works project, that one was sorta big, although I still kept it under 1 meg. Duly noted, though, I'll be gentle for those of you who's moms haven't upgraded your computer since 1997. I'll still use them for the flashing-icon ones, those are extremely descriptive imho, and are generally only around 100k. Leperflesh posted:As a totally unrelated aside, I've just noticed that Bad Munki somehow has significantly more posts in this thread than I do. How is that possible? I tend to do that in all threads invade. I'm a chatty Cathy. Except the general DF thread: Scamtank is a juggernaut. DarkProject posted:Also, can I move that we give Munki and IK 2 in-game years instead of just the one? I'd like to see way more one-upsmanship going on between them, and it would roughly give them each a whole overseer year. Yeah, I'm not sure I'd actually want that. While switching off does mean each person has twice as long a break between posts, it also makes for a bit more overhead, since with the way we're doing it, you have to spend some amount of time just catching up to figure out wtf is going wrong at that moment. The handoff itself is easy (we're using github) but the whole MO here (loving with the other guy without actually being outright destructive) is actually quite difficult and time-intensive. I think a year would be sufficiently exhausting, thanks.
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Bad Munki posted:All right, I'll try to lay off the (bigger) gifs. I just like 'em because I find it easier to see what's going on in a single gif where everything is lined up and such as opposed to a series of static shots where you have to figure out yourself that they're related somehow. FWIW, I liked the animated gif, you're spot on about it being easier to read. But I can see the issue with them, too.
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Bad Munki posted:All right, I'll try to lay off the (bigger) gifs. I just like 'em because I find it easier to see what's going on in a single gif where everything is lined up and such as opposed to a series of static shots where you have to figure out yourself that they're related somehow. But yeah, that one with the public works project, that one was sorta big, although I still kept it under 1 meg. Duly noted, though, I'll be gentle for those of you who's moms haven't upgraded your computer since 1997. I find the Gifs very helpful but I should also chime in to say the huge public works one also froze my Chrome up solid for a moment or two when it was on screen. A few things like this are making me wonder if I should keep using Chrome is my browser of choice, but that's probably not discussion for this thread. Loving the story thus far. Good job you two. Past overseers also; I've been lurking on this one from the start and it's been a fun read. Kudos.
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Yeah, I had some issues with Chrome as well, but I think the gifs are now cached and I'm having no issues anymore. I love the gifs, I'm angry I only used one or two in my turn.
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Feb 13, 2013 18:48
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Feb 13, 2013 19:12
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Bad Munki posted:The handoff itself is easy (we're using github) Hey so you got it working, good work. Somebody was more useful than me!
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12th Sandstone, 245 I slept for 8 days. 8 days I did not see what happened in this fort. I could only dream about it and its fate. I dreamt of fire, ash, and death.  The inferno has consumed the land lying beyond the river has passed, leaving nothing but blackened earth in its wake. A sight some would be terrified of, and yet I find it...calming.  For the creatures of the murk are not immune to the flame. Their bodies have burned and left them weak and frail. Even now, they cower in the river, afraid that more fires will start and burn off even more of their tainted flesh.  I know not what has caused this fire to start, but it has...inspired me.  If I could bring the spark of endless fires to the surface and drown this blighted wasteland in flames, evil would be defeated. There would be no life to corrupt, nothing for the murk to taint. What can evil do when it has nothing to manipulate? Yes, I believe this is the solution I have been looking for. 13th Sandstone, 245 Of course since I came up with a great idea something has to come along and sour my mood.  Judging from the sounds of a dwarf being smashed against a cave wall, the forgotten beast Vucan has wormed its way into the lower areas of the fort. I had honestly completely forgotten about this thing since it had caused no problems since its initial arrival. Another blunder on my part... Still, I'm not going to make the same mistake again. I've ordered the entire military to group up in an area I believe the beast is near. Hopefully whatever dwarf it is mangling will distract it long enough for help to arrive. 13th Sandstone, 245 Unfortunately, the forgotten beast charged into the upper levels of the fort sooner than I expected. It quickly caught sight of another dwarf and began chasing him. A pack of stray dogs were hanging around this area for some reason, and tried to the beast.  The scratches and bites of tiny little dogs were of no concern to the monster, which kept chasing the dwarf it had spotted. However as it attempted to climb up a flight of stairs one of the dogs latched onto its rear leg, causing it to tumble back down.  Despite its massive size this turtle creature was just as helpless as its smaller cousins once flipped over, so Zebrin casually walked up to its head and hacked it off.  Zebrin is proving to be quite competent at killing these creatures of darkness. She may prove to be useful in the future, so I’ll keep an eye on her.  Shame about the dwarf that got killed before the army of arrived. Oh well, he was just an engraver so no big loss. 15th Sandstone, 245 In order to protect this fort I have made efforts to improve the effectiveness of our militia. Already I have filled in the holes left by recent deaths, but more drastic measures have been taken to solve some bigger problems.  One issue was that the barracks for all the squads were scattered around the fortress. As I want the military to move as one cohesive unit, this was unacceptable. So I have had a whole new wing of barracks dug out. This area shall serve as the training grounds for our entire militia. Should trouble arise, they will all be able to move to it as one unit rather than a bunch of fragmented squads.  Zebrin has replaced the deceased Vox Nihili as both hammerer and squad captain. Zebrin has proved to be a competent soldier, but more importantly she is someone I can trust.  She has the perfect qualities for a loyal subordinate. It is my hope that as hammerer she can learn more about the plans of the queen. Her dark conspiracy is hidden from most of the fort but I'm sure it is there, I just need to find some clues. Zebrin shall be of great assistance. 17th Sandstone, 245 A miner named InwardChaos came to me and complained about unsafe working conditions in the areas I had ordered dug out.  I told her to stop loving around and be more careful. If she wasn't careless and channeled properly there wouldn't be any caveins. Then I realized I hadn't ordered anything to be channeled in the first place and went to see what place she was talking about.  Orders had been put in to dig out a strange structure. I have no idea what it is supposed to be, and I sure as hell didn’t tell them to dig it.  The digging area spans over multiple levels. What purpose could this possibly serve? My guess is it just supposed to waste the miner's time and potentially hurt them. Another order made by the dark conspiracy to ruin my name. They'll have to do better than that to trick me though. I ordered all digging in this area to stop, as I saw no point in letting it continue. 20th Sandstone, 245 What the hell is going on here? I had a bad feeling that more had been done to ruin my reputation than just the odd digging, and sure enough I was right.  Once again the graves have been disturbed, only this time I was too late to save any of them. All the corpses have been tossed out and left to rot. I have ordered the coffins to be placed again and the bodies reburied, but the damage is already done. Many dwarves are highly disturbed by this treatment of the dead andI'm the on being blamed for it! This whole situation is very confusing to me. I can no longer dismiss my days of unconsciousness as a result of drinking too much. Someone is taking me out of the picture and then ordering these strange actions to be done. Obviously the queen is responsible but I can't figure out why she doesn't just kill me and replace me with some imposter. Instead she lets me live and try to fix the damage she is causing. What is she trying to accomplish with this? Bah, I need another cold drink. All this thinking gives me a terrible headache, and it is way too loving hot in this office. 1st Timber, 245 The rest of the month has been rather uneventful. I haven't learned anything about the dark conspiracy at work. When I ask questions to the other dwarves, they always seem scared, like they think I'm going to hurt them. I don't know why, but I mean sure I yell at these idiots a lot but that doesn’t justify this kind of paranoia. It makes me want to knock some sense into them, the morons. At the very least work on my magma project is progressing well.  The plan is simple. A series of pumps will bring magma from the depths up to the surface, at which point it will slowly but steadily flood this wasteland, burning everything. It is a drastic measure to be sure but it is the only way I can see to put an end to this evil. The murk corrupts anything it comes in contact with, so the only logical solution is to give it nothing to corrupt in the first place. Obviously this poses a significant danger to Bronzestabbed itself, but I will take the necessary precautions to ensure that the magma does not flood the fort. I am not an idiot, I can design this properly. I must admit, I am rather excited by the idea of this working. Finally, after all these years of sitting back doing nothing but watching, I have come up with a way to deal with this menace. I’ll be praised for years to come for this brilliant plan. They’ll all regret doubting me! Yes, nobody will ever doubt me again... 
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GrimRevenant posted:
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Feb 14, 2013 09:12
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DarkProject posted:I'm having those same Chrome issues with the GIFs. Not necessarily the dwarf head one, but the bigger one. I'm going to counter-move, if that is the right word. We've already had the discussion upthread about popularity contests and the rules for Overseer selection. The random aspect gives more people a chance to get in, folks that might be unknown but really good (like Sky Shadowing). Swapping over to an appointed 'rah-rah we like X make them Overseer/give them ten years' will only serve to stagnate the LP and future LPs because nobody is going to vote for the unknown, and then we end up missing some really good players. Personally I think the setup we have is brilliant, and absolutely the best for a succession fort. Leperflesh was pretty genius when he developed it.
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Feb 14, 2013 16:32
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Either way it's irrelevant because I already declined even if it were okay.
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Feb 14, 2013 16:34
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LeJackal posted:Personally I think the setup we have is brilliant, and absolutely the best for a succession fort. Leperflesh was pretty genius when he developed it. Thanks, but I cannot take full credit for developing this system. There was a lot of discussion after the last succession LP, and how to do the next one, particularly in the DF thread in Games. I don't think I added anything original to the ideas brought forth by others: I only determined to test this system in a fair way. So far I'm pretty pleased by how it's gone.
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Wait, Munki doesn't want a second year? We should force him to take a second year!
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Hey, if you want me to unpause the game and walk away for a year of gametime, that's fine, but I don't see why I'd have to actually be the one to do it. 
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Holy crap you guys, this current overseer is slow as poo poo. ~*~UPDATE PLEASE~*~
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Bad Munki posted:Holy crap you guys, this current overseer is slow as poo poo. ~*~UPDATE PLEASE~*~ Hey, gently caress you!  I saw your user name and came here. At least I didn't prepare a sandwich or something.
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