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Offline keith.lamothe

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Re: Miasma
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2012, 11:44:48 pm »
Sorry, sometimes when I say "should" I mean "that's how it is, I thought".  In this case I meant "it isn't that way, but it should be" :)
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Re: Miasma
« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2012, 01:17:31 am »
I have to admit, my first world in this was named BOAT MURDER. If elephants do get put in, I'll have to remake it and crank that difficulty waaaaaaaaay up and see how far I can make it :)
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Re: Miasma
« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2012, 09:52:55 am »
Just in for next version:

* Adding in of Murdoch as a name that can come up for several character types (first and last names), as well as a place name for a few places.  And also, a couple of other small surprises along those lines.
** We don't know how we ever let this oversight past us; AI War players know what we're talking about.
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Re: Miasma
« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2012, 09:55:05 am »
Quote from: freykin on March 24, 2012, 01:17:31 am
I have to admit, my first world in this was named BOAT MURDER. If elephants do get put in, I'll have to remake it and crank that difficulty waaaaaaaaay up and see how far I can make it :)

In AI War, it is actually possible to get a randomly-generated name of BoatMurdered.  It takes random syllables, right?  Well, it has syllables for "Boat" "Mur" and "dered."  It combines, at random, 2-3 syllables for each planet, from a list of many syllables.  If it ever hits that combination in just the right order, for some player who actually knows DF as well as plays AI War, that's going to be so epic.  I've been waiting for that to happen for two years now, since I thought of that, but so far nothing yet. :)
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Re: Miasma
« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2012, 10:10:29 am »
Quote from: x4000 on March 24, 2012, 09:52:55 am
** We don't know how we ever let this oversight past us; AI War players know what we're talking about.

Yup, that's gotta be in! :)

I hope Urist is also a possible name...
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Re: Miasma
« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2012, 11:55:15 am »
If you die repeatedly, your settlement should get so depressed they start destroying buildings and punching each other.  The only thing that can stop it is 2 dozen barrels of ale and a crap load of coffins.  Tantrum Spirals are !!FUN!!
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Offline Martyn van Buren

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Re: Miasma
« Reply #21 on: March 24, 2012, 02:04:17 pm »
Quote from: x4000 on March 24, 2012, 09:52:55 am
Just in for next version:

* Adding in of Murdoch as a name that can come up for several character types (first and last names), as well as a place name for a few places.  And also, a couple of other small surprises along those lines.
** We don't know how we ever let this oversight past us; AI War players know what we're talking about.

Hooray!  I'm probably going to kill a lot of characters the next few days looking for Murdoch Murdoch.
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Re: Miasma
« Reply #22 on: March 24, 2012, 02:09:19 pm »
Quote from: x4000 on March 24, 2012, 09:52:55 am
Just in for next version:

* Adding in of Murdoch as a name that can come up for several character types (first and last names), as well as a place name for a few places.  And also, a couple of other small surprises along those lines.
** We don't know how we ever let this oversight past us; AI War players know what we're talking about.

How did that happen anyways, and why Murdoch in particular?
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Re: Miasma
« Reply #23 on: March 24, 2012, 03:42:39 pm »
Quote from: Volatar on March 24, 2012, 02:09:19 pm
How did that happen anyways, and why Murdoch in particular?

Murdoch is the only default name in the custom system name file for AI War. So if you don't fill out your own planet names, you'll always end up with one world named Murdoch.
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Re: Miasma
« Reply #24 on: March 24, 2012, 04:52:18 pm »
Quote from: x4000 on March 24, 2012, 09:52:55 am
Just in for next version:

* Adding in of Murdoch as a name that can come up for several character types (first and last names), as well as a place name for a few places.  And also, a couple of other small surprises along those lines.
** We don't know how we ever let this oversight past us; AI War players know what we're talking about.

I love you guys.
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Re: Miasma
« Reply #25 on: March 24, 2012, 06:33:06 pm »
We aim to please. :)
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Re: Miasma
« Reply #26 on: March 24, 2012, 06:53:03 pm »
Quote from: BobTheJanitor on March 24, 2012, 03:42:39 pm
Quote from: Volatar on March 24, 2012, 02:09:19 pm
How did that happen anyways, and why Murdoch in particular?

Murdoch is the only default name in the custom system name file for AI War. So if you don't fill out your own planet names, you'll always end up with one world named Murdoch.

I know that. I was one of the ones that pushed for that feature. 8) I am asking why Murdoch?.
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Re: Miasma
« Reply #27 on: March 24, 2012, 07:05:00 pm »
Why Murdoch?  Well, some people assume it is because I watch... I think Dr. Who?  But that was actually completely a happenstance thing, as I've never seen a single episode of Dr. Who.

The real reason is... dun dun dun... free association thinking.  It's just what popped into my head one night a few years back, and I have no clue why.  I guess I thought it sounded a little funny, but it was also recognizable and believable as a planet name, so it worked.  And now it's become this legendary thing in AI War, where the hardest planet tends to be Murdoch because it is the first one added and so tends to be some central hub world of critical importance or something.
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Re: Miasma
« Reply #28 on: March 24, 2012, 07:52:36 pm »
It's really the secret hiding place of the looniest member of the A-Team.
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Re: Miasma
« Reply #29 on: March 24, 2012, 07:54:19 pm »
Quote from: keith.lamothe on March 24, 2012, 07:52:36 pm
It's really the secret hiding place of the looniest member of the A-Team.

I thought that was you?
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