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OrigamiRobot

2:00 PM

@InvaderSkoodge And?

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I don't get 99% of what is being discussed

but it sounds like a bad ERB

SaintWacko

Fuuuuuu-

My stupid doctors are using adamantine thread to sew up patients!

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Martin Sojka

You ... didn't know it was possible?

Yi Jiang

@MartinSojka I didn't :P

Well, I do now. Hilarious.

SaintWacko

@MartinSojka I did, but I don't know why they are

The adamantine thread is 120 z-levels below the hospital

Yi Jiang

2:04 PM

*imagines dorfs walking around with candy floss stitches*

Martin Sojka

@SaintWacko I think for most tasks where "what is the nearest item of some type this time" counts, the Dwarves still consider their world to be essentially flat, and only calculate the X and Y distance.

Yi Jiang

@MartinSojka Really? I thought the pathfinding got better

SaintWacko

@MartinSojka Yeah, I forgot about that

Martin Sojka

@YiJiang Oh, they can find their path to those items easily enough ...

Yi Jiang

Why aren't you baking them into wafers as soon as possible?

SaintWacko

2:09 PM

@YiJiang I was, but apparently the furnace operator ran out of thread for a moment and canceled the job

Arda Xi

Hmm... Steam refuses to acknowledge my internet connection as non-root.

Martin Sojka

The solution here usually consists of creating a hospital ward for your doctors.

SaintWacko

@MartinSojka Oh, that's a good idea

I'll just assign them to a burrow that covers everything but the candy floss thread storage

Martin Sojka

Actually ... the idea is to make this burrow rather small: Their homes, hospital area, food and booze stores, water source, meeting room, fort boss office if they feel the need to complain.

Invader Skoodge

@OrigamiRobot It's like mining in minecraft, except endlessly and with nothing to show for it.

OrigamiRobot

2:16 PM

If I understand correctly, the more people that join the stupidity, the faster it's over.

tiddy

For 80,000 USD you get a special chisel that opens 100K at once - but only once

and there is only 1

SaintWacko

@MartinSojka Why?

OrigamiRobot

@tiddy According to IGN, there are no items you buy with real money

SaintWacko

As I have it now, I have an entire level dedicated to living quarters. I'm making a dedicated burrow for my metalworkers, but that's only because otherwise they'd be traipsing 120 z-levels for every job

Yi Jiang

@OrigamiRobot I thought that was the point of the experiment

tiddy

2:19 PM

escapistmagazine.com/news/view/…

OrigamiRobot

> Perhaps most unusual of all, given the current state of the App Store, is that Curiosity is an entirely free download, with no In-App-Purchases in sight. Yes, the entire experience is 100% free, from top-to-bottom.

Yi Jiang

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A: What's the most efficient way to make money?

I would say working but it will be too short and not quiet true, being an opportunist is going to give you more money than working, but it will take time to be a real opportunist, so the middle as always is the best solution here. Working and learning to find good opportunities are the right ste...

Invader Skoodge

They wanted to charge $50,000 for the diamond pick but the apple store wouldn't let them, so I guess they made it free instead.

Yi Jiang

This answer seems entirely nonsensical

Martin Sojka

@SaintWacko Make sure they stay in their work place or nearby in case of emergencies instead of hunting the lone sock they fancy, which just so happens to lie between the goblin and the undead siege camp. Also, make sure they make fewer friends with the general population during "downtime".

SaintWacko

2:22 PM

> "This is not a money-making exercise; it is a test about the psychology of monetization," he added.

tiddy

I was just sharing what I read

SaintWacko

@MartinSojka But friends make them happy!

And I confine all my dwarves to the fortress when enemies are on the map

Martin Sojka

@SaintWacko Dead friends make them not work. Which, if alot of people are dead or dying due to !!FUN!! is not what you want.

SaintWacko

It doesn't change much, they don't leave the fortress often anywas

Yi Jiang

@InvaderSkoodge With $50k at stake, won't they just create their own IAP system?

Are you still getting migrants?

SaintWacko

2:24 PM

@MartinSojka Yeah, but I like to let my dwarves lead normal lives

@YiJiang No, I'm at 230 dwarves

Martin Sojka

@SaintWacko What are you, some kind of short Elf?

SaintWacko

@MartinSojka My fortress is the happiest fortress around. It's a little utopia

Invader Skoodge

@SaintWacko How long is that going to last?

Yi Jiang

@InvaderSkoodge Until he breaches Happy Fun Stuff

SaintWacko

@YiJiang Already done it

It's contained

Yi Jiang

2:26 PM

:O

Invader Skoodge

Is it possible to actually contain those terrors from the deep?

Oh.

SaintWacko

Until I finish the trap lined corridor, then I let them into the corridor and kill them all

Invader Skoodge

How many dwarves were lost in the process of containing?

Martin Sojka

Wall them in. They'll still mill around, of course.

SaintWacko

@InvaderSkoodge Zero

Lazers

2:26 PM

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Q: Mid-range weapon balance

I was wondering in a straight up fight with no missed shots how the BR, DMR, and Carbine compare? Is it like Halo 3 where the combine shoots faster, but time wise needs 1 more shot? Basically if you start shooting at the exact same time and every shot lands which gun wins? I haven't had a chance...

halo-4

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Q: Pokemon transferring

If you transfer your Pokemon from one game to another, like let's say from Soul Silver to Black 2, will the Pokemon that were transferred be yours in the Black 2 game or the other games Pokemon? I'm asking this because I have a different name in my Soul Silver game than in my Black 2 game.

ds pokemon

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Q: Stream 3D video to Xbox?

It is possible to stream 3D videos to Xbox? Wich movie format should I use?

xbox-360 streaming

Invader Skoodge

Dwarf fortress isn't a game you "win", though. You have to screw up eventually.

SaintWacko

@InvaderSkoodge Or just build the most epic fortress ever

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