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Arglebargle III posted:Who cares what some guy says? This is your thread. If he doesn't like it he's entitled to shut up.
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Guys it's OK. This is in the OP, after all:quote:Finally, feel free to post a small amount of constructive criticism if an Overseer is clearly struggling. I'm providing a lot of hands-on guidance myself behind the scenes, so hopefully that won't happen. I do not want a lengthy piling-on if someone's having problems, though, so keep it to just one or two small posts. If you have a big problem with what's happening, you should PM or email me directly rather than filling up the thread. A little criticism is fine and appreciated. I'd be quite a hypocrite if I got all offended by someone directing it my way. But, thank you for your kind support. 
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Aug 9, 2014 19:05
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For what it's worth, I've enjoyed this the whole way through and I'm looking forward to seeing what on earth happens next. It's different from previous DF LPs, and that's how it should be.
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Aug 10, 2014 13:30
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Yeah, everyone just quit or gave up or ran the fortress into the ground at some point in the other LP's. This hasn't happened here and that makes for a really nice change. Keep up the good work!
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Aug 11, 2014 09:59
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I like it when a saga has an ending. It doesn't have to be grandiose and epic as long as it doesn't just tail off into nothing. I have to admit I did skim some of the lengthy siegeposts, but I have stuck with it all the way through!
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Aug 11, 2014 10:33
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Under which overseer did the whole ugathville thing happen? I was kinda on/off with this thread at that point so I don't remember it, but I've been wondering what that was all about for a while now
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Aug 11, 2014 13:41
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super fart shooter posted:Under which overseer did the whole ugathville thing happen? I was kinda on/off with this thread at that point so I don't remember it, but I've been wondering what that was all about for a while now TildeATH's term. Which is well worth re-reading, as it's very well written.
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Aug 11, 2014 19:34
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You've been doing a great job Leperfish. You're single-handedly keeping this LP alive and supplying it with a satisfying conclusion.
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Aug 11, 2014 21:11
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drat, so the murk does follow the ground. More to the point, it seems to only spawn on the main z-level, because that's the closest I've ever seen it... Hrm, pretty sure my dorf is still alive, so it might be time soon for one final "Lessons" journal.
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Aug 12, 2014 07:07
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The murk in the southeast corner has always spawned at multiple levels and/or flowed across natural contours. It was not clear whether it would flow across artificial contours. At least, it was not known to Leperfish.
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Aug 12, 2014 07:21
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Personally, I like the science. It never even dawned on me that the murk could be generated by the surface soil.
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Aug 12, 2014 07:39
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How about some sort of sprinkler system? Maybe artificial waterfall would rinse the murk away...
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Aug 12, 2014 13:09
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Well, hell. OhCrap dorf was right about underground being the best option. So long as no-one decided to open cut mine the surface Leperflesh, is your artifact floodgate still in that tunnel?
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OhCrap posted:Leperflesh, is your artifact floodgate still in that tunnel? I believe so, yes.
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Aug 12, 2014 17:48
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Sorry for sounding so hostile. My intended point was: if you're not working towards something specific, maybe open this back up to other overseers? Because honestly your narrative doesn't seem to lead anywhere. You're doing a great job narrating it, but the overlaying plot line simmered out. I'm just hoping for something over the top, wow-i-can't-believe-he-would-try-that stuff like an end-of-the-world-lever or a gigantic beer mug or whatever. I love youyr thread and your posts, but I am hoping for more pizzas! Just so we're clear
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Aug 13, 2014 04:40
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Cutting Ugathville open was one of the mega projects I had vaguely planned. That didn't pan out because jesus 3 years just to rearrange the stockpiles and clear MOST of the hauling jobs. Without that, any time a dwarf has hauling labours, it can take forever to get them free to work on something. which is part of the reason I forgot to dig the defensive trenches in front of the first ballista fortifications I made. Also the Ballista hall is hillarious in so many ways and in keeping with some of the madness the rest of us have indulged in with the fort. That's 2 mega projects and a comedy fortification failure, over what? 4 or 5 game years. Kinda unsure how much more pizzazzy you can get while also adding some order back to the fort.
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Herr Zwiebel posted:I love youyr thread and your posts, but I am hoping for more pizzas! Just so we're clear Your next megaproject is to fill the kitchen with dwarven roasts of flour, tomato, cheese, and meat.
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 13th Hematite, 253 I consumed Longland Beer in a busy stockpile.  It is usually good to be near other dwarves enjoying Bronzestabbed's excellent brews. Today I did not feel warmed by their nearness. 15th Hematite I received a report the carpenter 't' has traded 10,419☼ worth of oversized and threadbare items for a rope reed fiber rope, a cedar cage, a hyena, a pair of tame kangeroos, and a great deal of clay. The elves can lade their steeds with no more weight of our castoffs and we must therefore be satisfied with what we have already sold them.  I informed the dwarf it is meaningless. 20th Hematite It is rumored the elven merchants announced intent to depart. Momentarily I felt joy our laundry may be exported until I recalled it is stained with the blood of dwarves fated to die for the folly of Bronzestabbed.  We are less haunted.  I am guilty that another ghost is laid to rest without consulting Pickled Tink. The child is apprehensive for his own presence in Bronzetabbed although he does not haunt many dwarves nor has anyone complained. Still it is a guilty thought that honoring our fallen casts away their spirits. 21st Hematite The elephant we bought from the elves will feed dozens of dwarves. Its death is more useful than the death of a hundred fallen in defense of this wretched hill.  23rd Hematite I stood atop the walls to observe again the surroundings.  By chance my friend Internet Kraken Zonrovod the militia commander who was among the seven dwarves I chose to come to Bronzestabbed years ago came to the wall at the same time.  We stood in silence for a while. Finally he spoke. “So now she's dead are you ever going to tell me what you and she were planning?” Internet Kraken's words are often course but it is because he is a soldier. “Well it doesn't matter any more” I told him. “Why, because the holes are about ready to be filled?” He asked, pointing out at the huge pits we have excavated into the soft loam of the savannah before our stone gates. “I... filled?” “Yes of course filled!” he responded sharply. “You're going to fill them with water or maybe magma or something to keep out the loving goblin scum!” I stared at him and then out at the walls. “...filled,” I managed to say, although there was a lump in my throat that threatened to strangle me where I stood. “Yeah. I mean maybe a duck will land in the water or something but we've seen the goblins can't swim and dwarves for sure aren't swimmers either so when the murk comes there won't be anything to get murked. I admit it's not a bad plan really although you sure go about things backwards. We could have cut holes in the ground years ago.” “Yes well,” I told him, “I... I mean, we, the Queen and I, we did not think of such a thing years ago.” He spat in response which is a habit of soldiers and does not mean my friend is disrespectful to the memory of our beloved monarch. “Whatever,” he said to me then. “You'll have to pave over those loving great holes that lead down into Ugathville or it'll take forever to fill. Probably leak through somewhere and wind up trying to fill the whole cavern.” I could only nod because I was still dizzy. “gently caress it then I'm back to patrol. Forever. I've been on duty forever, you know that right? Outside? In the sun?”  Internet Kraken did not wait for a response but rather stalked off his armor clattering softly. It is normally a joy to converse with a friend but I was too stunned at that moment to truly enjoy the familiarity of his gruff mannerisms. We will fill in the holes. To fill them with magma would require years of labor but the river is immediately available. I must see what the Fiendish Murk will do over a body of dwarf-channeled water but despite flowing over the stream many times it has never caused the fish within to die or become terrible zombies.  I can scarcely believe the possibility. If this is a success then everything we have labored for will have been worthwhile. Bronzestabbed may yet come to fulfill its original purpose. 24th Hematite To commemorate rebirth of my hope a lamb was born.  I ordered the next labor of cutting soil to begin immediately.  25th Hematite Migrants have come! Five dwarves appeared in the southeast having nearly missed Bronzestabbed as they traveled through the brush before spotting the Queen's Tower and circling back.  Baene Kadolkib “Gemnet” is an excellent wood crafter and skilled surgeon of middle age and no particular origin or relatives to speak of. She did not give a reason for coming to Bronzestabbed except that she hoped her meager ability would be of some use hopefully “making crafts somewhere quiet.” Although we do not make crafts for trade (having far too many trade items already) another surgeon does not go amiss and she will also crew siege weapons as needed.    Axe Rigothzatthud “Craftsjudged” is an experienced fish cleaner of middle age and no particular origin or relatives to speak of. He was affable and cheerful to say he did not have any great skill but assured me he and his pet cat would fit in regardless. I informed brewing and picking fruits were useful jobs although we did not fish much.    Etiology Tannish “Ticktrades” is yet another former caravan trader returned to Bronzestabbed to settle down. She is of middle age and no particular origin or relatives to speak of. She described seeking Bronzestabbed for safety from risks of driving a wagon through terrible danger every year although the confinement of our rules would be unwelcome. Aside from negotiation she has no skills at all therefore she will hopefully enjoy hauling items.    Farseli Unalavuz “Bluntmine” is an animal caretaker of middle age and no particular origin or relatives to speak of. She declared being at Bronzestabbed for our rumored strange collection of exotic pets including giant hopping mice and turkey gobblers that breathe fire. Farseli was upset to be told only one firebreathing turkey has been seen when it immolated several brave soldiers of Bronzestabbed declaring I was likely lying. I informed Farseli she could discover the truth by questioning others when she is not busy hauling items which will be rarely.    Omni Kibnekol “Netskull” is further evidence that every trader who has ever come to Bronzestabbed eventually returns to settle here. He is a dwarf of middle age and no particular origin or relatives to speak of having only slight experience with gem cutting and besides that nothing but tradecraft. Omni explained he is here to help in whatever way he can which he is sure will be much better than Etiology who is in his opinion a poorer trader. I informed Omni could test his skill against hers at hauling items.    27th Hematite The mayor having seen the elves packing their baggage has relaxed the sock export ban assured no socks were sold.  New variety is beginning to be found in the pantries.  Although the seed-based recipes are still popular in the kitchens.  1st Malachite The digging is proceeding quickly.  2nd Malachite With the new intention for the outdoor pits we will not need to cut a bypass tunnel for fresh water. We can instead open those channels once the pits are full.   We have built a bulwark below the ballista gallery to hold back the water from the stairs that lead up to the ground just beyond the fortifications. Admiral_Joeslop is installing a floodgate with a lever now.  6th Malachite Iceclaw is linking a support to to a lever so that we can collapse the latest piece of digworks without harm to a miner.  7th Malachite I received an incoherent combat report regarding Neddy Seagoon whom the dwarves call “The Crazy One.” He does not seem to have taken harm but I cannot determine what actually took place.  He is surely among the strangest dwarves at Bronzestabbed. I am reminded of my conversation with him and the matter of the missing meals. It is no longer a crisis but it is an issue worth pursuing.  12th Malachite Kalman anticipates a summer caravan and takes preemptive action.  15th Malachite A murk arose to the southeast. No dwarf was nearby but there was a weasel capering in the brush perilously close.  It ran directly into the heart of the thickest fog and was consumed by it immediately.    A weasel is a small creature but a fiendish murk zombie weasel is dangerous to civilians and even to unprepared militia.  At almost the precise moment the animal was Murked, Artificer began construction of her secret project!  It may be a coincidence but the gods conspire against coincidences. While the murk spread across the slope of the hill, the dead thing that once was a weasel flopped and lurched out of the terrible mist heading northwest.  16th Malachite The murk fades and the zombie creature approaches a dwarf drinking from a barrel abandoned by the last caravan from the Mountainhomes.  It is Admiral_Joeslop who was recently inducted into The Lovely Treaties. I ordered that squad activated and to converge on Admiral_Joeslop's position. I also activated the axedwarves of The Bronze Delights.  SuRoXT arrived within a minute: he must have been quite close already. His steel war hammer is formidable and he wore gauntlets and greaves... but no protection for his feet other than a single sock.  Perhaps that is why he almost immediately left to pickup equipment.  18th Malachite Admiral_Joeslop must face the murk zombie weasel alone. 
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Surely, it is fortuitous that the socks cannot be exported, or he may have lacked even that.
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Aug 14, 2014 06:56
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Bad Weasel. The Doom of Bronzestabbed.
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And one hundred years from now Urist McCostner will sail the endless seas...
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Bad Weasel was the first murked beast we faced, will it also be the last? Good luck with your plan to
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Leperflesh posted:There is a new roast consisting of a lot of roasted muck root seeds held together with a little dog tallow. I did not try it. quote:Although the seed-based recipes are still popular in the kitchens.
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Bernardo Orel posted:And one hundred years from now Urist McCostner will sail the endless seas... Bene Elim posted:Bad Weasel was the first murked beast we faced, will it also be the last? It is terrifying. 
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What kind of shoddy massive flooding project is this? You haven't even built a sealab!
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Aug 14, 2014 14:47
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Bene Elim posted:Bad Weasel was the first murked beast we faced, will it also be the last? Oh man, I'd forgotten all that. I really should go back and re-read gemclod at some point eh?
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What, this is still going? Man and I completely forgot on which place of the dwarf list I was. Hopefully I'm not already dead and gone. 
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Aug 14, 2014 18:29
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You're in row 611 on the spreadsheet, so there's still 43 people ahead of you in the dwarfing list. It is very unlikely you will be dwarfed, sorry.
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Mind you, lipidfresh did say we were unlikely to ever get to 500 dorfings
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Get it right, his name is lipofiend
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I decided to pick this LP up again after 6 months. Incidentally not a lot happened during that period. I'm glad that this is about to wrap up, because reading some of these last updates felt somewhat tedious. Especially the months of combat log. Otherwise good job on the LP I mostly enjoyed it.
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And lowerflush's construction will come to be known to dwarven historians as the Sankis Memorial Reservoir.
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I was thinking we could go for Grey's Fall.
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Leperflesh posted:You're in row 611 on the spreadsheet, so there's still 43 people ahead of you in the dwarfing list. It is very unlikely you will be dwarfed, sorry. Oh, thanks. Didn't know I was that late in signing up. Too late to hope for something catastrophic to happen, I guess? 
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Libluini posted:Oh, thanks. Didn't know I was that late in signing up. Too late to hope for something catastrophic to happen, I guess? There's actually two separate disasters set up and waiting to happen at the pull of a lever or the destruction of a wall, not to mention whatever invades or murks the fort next, so a good catastrophe's only a matter of time at this point  .
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that said, migrants only come at most in like. 15s, and it's not like Leperfish has been churning out new bedrooms. So the fortress isn't that likely to draw a bunch of big crowds. Especially not if a bunch of dwarves die.
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Ahahahaaaa! You all mocked my dorf for the power of water, and yet it's going to be water that may well save us all! I am laughing so drat hard and maniacally now. EDIT: Also... Ghostwoods posted:How about some sort of sprinkler system? Maybe artificial waterfall would rinse the murk away... You must be prescient or something!
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drat, finally caught up, now I'm stuck waiting on updates like the rest of you chumps.  Leperflesh, you're a fantastic writer, don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise. I love the way you write your dwarf and I'm glad you've been able to start bringing the plot around full circle even after all the usual succession fort meandering. Even though I hate having to wait for updates now, in a way I'm glad the goblins came along and caused a commotion...you'd probably have been done by now without the sieges, but this way I get to see this one end in real time instead of just randomly picking it up in an archive at some point. And speaking of goblins...holy poo poo, the big show trial and executions is one thing I'm always going to remember about Bronzestabbed. The goblins were written so well I was actually feeling sorry for them. That's right, Leperflesh made me feel bad about goblins. The next time I see a lower case g sitting in a cage in my fortress I'm going to feel bad. And even more so when I toss them unceremoniously into the lava. (Was Pickled Tink the one that started the goblins all talking like Gollum?) e: By any chance does the lepermod still work, or are their any plans to fix it for the new version? Zoe fucked around with this message at 05:57 on Aug 19, 2014 |
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One ...more ... minotarrr
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OhCrap posted:One ...more ... minotarrr Whatever happened to Granny Minotarr herself? Did she get fed up with the lack of matin' and come looking for her missing kinfolk, or is she quietly imploding with rage somewhere?
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