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Dwarf Fortress Megathread! - Necro'd enough to count as a vampire
Jacob/Lee:
--- Quote from: Daedalus on December 06, 2012, 10:33:45 PM ---why did you switch to ascii? x_x
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Because some things make more sense. Seeing a plain circle instead of a pile of rocks for a map-tile fortress gate is better, and I can instantly pick up and play a new version when it comes out, as well as read the screenshots that most people post in ASCII.
Soukuw:
--- Quote from: Jacob/Lee on December 06, 2012, 10:47:17 PM ---I can instantly pick up and play a new version when it comes out
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This is why I started playing in Ascii.
Nobody should learn on Ascii but people should swap over once they have a hand on the game.
Daedalus:
--- Quote from: Soukuw on December 06, 2012, 10:51:19 PM ---This is why I started playing in Ascii.
Nobody should learn on Ascii but people should swap over once they have a hand on the game.
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why? it's horrifyingly ugly. it doesn't make me feel like I'm building a castle, it makes me feel like I'm opening random files in notepad
Jacob/Lee:
--- Quote from: Daedalus on December 06, 2012, 10:52:40 PM ---why? it's horrifyingly ugly. it doesn't make me feel like I'm building a castle, it makes me feel like I'm opening random files in notepad
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You embrace it eventually, especially when you're a hardened roguelike player like most people on the Bay12 forums and to some extent myself.
Tomcat:
If you've played enough Privateer as I have...