# How did you get introduced to cataclysm

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**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [February 11, 2015, 5:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896 "2015-02-11T05:04:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigLie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@BigLie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BigLie)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/61 "2015-02-20T20:18:38Z")

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An acquaintance of mine told me about a game where you fight zombies, stockpile shit, burn shit, shoot shit, pry windows and drive lorries smashing everything on the way. That sounded intriguing enough.

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/62 "2015-02-20T20:22:34Z")

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> [@John Candlebury](#):
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> [quote=“Senrain, post:53, topic:8896”]‘Go play Cataclysm:DDA then, maybe that’ll be more your speed you filthy casual!’

We need to add back those random by the street Jabberwocks[/quote]

I’d prefer those instead of random by the street chicken walkers waaaaay too much.

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**Author:** ![wilson7755](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@wilson7755](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/wilson7755)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/63 "2015-02-20T20:24:38Z")

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[quote=“Senrain, post:53, topic:8896”]Found a thread talking about dwarf fortress, tried it, was immediately scared off and posted my confusion in said thread.

I proceeded to get yelled at and told ‘Go play Cataclysm:DDA then, maybe that’ll be more your speed you filthy casual!’

And here I am.[/quote]  
_Squints_ Do I need to kick someone’s ass?

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/64 "2015-02-20T20:35:23Z")

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[quote=“wilson7755, post:63, topic:8896”][quote=“Senrain, post:53, topic:8896”]Found a thread talking about dwarf fortress, tried it, was immediately scared off and posted my confusion in said thread.

I proceeded to get yelled at and told ‘Go play Cataclysm:DDA then, maybe that’ll be more your speed you filthy casual!’

And here I am.[/quote]  
_Squints_ Do I need to kick someone’s ass?[/quote]  
I will help you there! En garde!

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**Author:** ![Rhodri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rhodri/32/342_2.png) [@Rhodri](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rhodri)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/65 "2015-02-21T00:20:25Z")

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[quote=“StopSignal, post:64, topic:8896”][quote=“wilson7755, post:63, topic:8896”][quote=“Senrain, post:53, topic:8896”]Found a thread talking about dwarf fortress, tried it, was immediately scared off and posted my confusion in said thread.

I proceeded to get yelled at and told ‘Go play Cataclysm:DDA then, maybe that’ll be more your speed you filthy casual!’

And here I am.[/quote]  
_Squints_ Do I need to kick someone’s ass?[/quote]  
I will help you there! En garde![/quote]  
We could either set them on fire, ram them with a truck, both, or ram them with a flaming truck.

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/66 "2015-02-21T00:32:41Z")

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Oh god I totally drew a flaming truck for DYC like more then a year ago.

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**Author:** ![TinHeadDays](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tinheaddays/32/414_2.png) [@TinHeadDays](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TinHeadDays)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/67 "2015-02-21T01:01:15Z")

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A year ago I was play Spess Stations 13, (still do) and I came upon someone talking in ooc about a indie game called Cataclysm DDA, I tried it and loved it.

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**Author:** ![Basilisk132mm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/basilisk132mm/32/432_2.png) [@Basilisk132mm](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Basilisk132mm)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/68 "2015-02-21T13:10:55Z")

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I asked a friend about any game that i could play in windowed mode and pause at any time (totally not to procastinate). He told me to check out “Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead”. I browsed it and checked some pics on google images, at first i was like Wtf is dis shit, but then I saw Pthalocy’s drawings, which made me try it out. In my first game i just knew how to move around and nothing else, got killed my a rabid moose. Learned to love it.

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**Author:** ![saltmummy626](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/saltmummy626/32/300_2.png) [@saltmummy626](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/saltmummy626)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/69 "2015-02-22T05:30:07Z")

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I showed a friend of mine IVAN ([http://ivan.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html](http://ivan.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html)) so in exchange she told me about this game a friend of hers showed her and she didn’t like but seeing as I liked roguelikes and crafty craft survival games, I might like this one. I played it and was floored by the fact that cataclysm DDA was everything I ever wanted in a video game AND it’s forums are a friendly place not filled to bursting with the standard fare of shitlords, racism, and homophobia I had encountered in most other game forums I visited, excluding the DF forums which I haven’t visited in ages.

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**Author:** ![Keyreper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/keyreper/32/163_2.png) [@Keyreper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Keyreper)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/70 "2015-02-25T01:24:30Z")

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I was into dwarf fortress when they first added evil mists/rains, they were talking about some of the effects it had which included husks and thralls which were very similar to zombies. So I decided to spend some time googling for a rogue like with zombies in it and C:DDA was one of the first to pop up

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Epic\_Cheese\_Man](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mr_epic_cheese_man/32/54_2.png) [@Mr\_Epic\_Cheese\_Man](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mr_Epic_Cheese_Man)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/71 "2015-03-02T00:15:35Z")

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My friend an I were playing spessmen and he said this faintly was like spessmen simulator.  
Godknows where he got that from.

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**Author:** ![Necrucifer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/necrucifer/32/44_2.png) [@Necrucifer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Necrucifer)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/72 "2015-03-02T01:34:54Z")

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Well I used to play MUDS 14 years ago, I still do but that got me wondering if any other kind of text based games were out there that were more newer. I did a search for text based as well as ascii games and of course found cata on whales which I did have fun with but then I noticed the development was lacking as it had none in awhile. So I did a search for cataclysm etc and of course found this beauty known as DDA, happy ending.

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**Author:** ![gingernuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gingernuke](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/gingernuke)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/73 "2015-03-24T20:56:33Z")

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Oooh this takes me back. It was Plump playing the original cata years ago with Deon’s Little Mod, that was a LONG time ago. I remember it took me 3 months to realise that it was no longer being developed xD

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**Author:** ![Azrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Azrad](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Azrad)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/74 "2015-03-24T21:03:04Z")

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Somehow, wandering around tvtropes.

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**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/75 "2015-03-24T22:15:43Z")

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If memory serves, I was on 4chan’s /v/ board, in a topic where people were complaining about the lack of difficulty in video games. At one point one Anon said “all I want is a realistically difficult game where getting even a single wound could potentially kill you if you’re unlucky/don’t treat it right”. Somebody else name-dropped DDA. A bunch of people immediately responded with

> playing shitty roguelikes  
> playing more zombie-filled shit  
> playing games made by feminist cuckolds

Needless to say, I was intrigued.

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**Author:** ![Noodles\_of\_Doom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/noodles_of_doom/32/431_2.png) [@Noodles\_of\_Doom](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Noodles_of_Doom)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/76 "2015-03-24T22:29:24Z")

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Exploring roguebasin one day where I stumbled across Cataclysm: DDA. I didn’t play anything else for a week…

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**Author:** ![King\_of\_Baboons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/919ad9/32.png) [@King\_of\_Baboons](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/King_of_Baboons)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/77 "2015-03-25T00:09:52Z")

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While I was searching for new roguelikes to play I found many lists and top 10s that talked about DDA and DF.

I played DF first because I was fascinated with all the content of the game.

I play Cataclysm because,in my opinion,it is the only game that comes close to DF’s enormous content.

Also this is the only game I know that allows me to become an alcoholic mutant ninja cyborg wizard that wields magical artifacts and lives on a super armored RV with flamethrowers and spikes all over its military armor.That’s why I love it so much.

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**Author:** ![Litppunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/litppunk/32/409_2.png) [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/78 "2015-03-25T00:30:08Z")

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[quote=“King\_of\_Baboons, post:77, topic:8896”]While I was searching for new roguelikes to play I found many lists and top 10s that talked about DDA and DF.

I played DF first because I was fascinated with all the content of the game.

I play Cataclysm because,in my opinion,it is the only game that comes close to DF’s enormous content.

Also this is the only game I know that allows me to become an alcoholic mutant ninja cyborg wizard that wields magical artifacts and lives on a super armored RV with flamethrowers and spikes all over its military armor.That’s why I love it so much.[/quote]  
so eloquently put. Should probably be the tag line.

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**Author:** ![Packbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Packbat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Packbat)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/79 "2015-03-25T02:57:31Z")

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[quote=“IcedPee, post:75, topic:8896”]If memory serves, I was on 4chan’s /v/ board, in a topic where people were complaining about the lack of difficulty in video games. At one point one Anon said “all I want is a realistically difficult game where getting even a single wound could potentially kill you if you’re unlucky/don’t treat it right”. Somebody else name-dropped DDA. A bunch of people immediately responded with

> playing shitty roguelikes  
> playing more zombie-filled shit  
> playing games made by feminist cuckolds

Needless to say, I was intrigued.[/quote]  
…“cuckolds”? I new anti-feminism was a reactionary position, but that’s a seriously old-school slur.

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**Author:** ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896/80 "2015-03-25T08:57:11Z")

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[quote=“IcedPee, post:75, topic:8896”]If memory serves, I was on 4chan’s /v/ board, in a topic where people were complaining about the lack of difficulty in video games. At one point one Anon said “all I want is a realistically difficult game where getting even a single wound could potentially kill you if you’re unlucky/don’t treat it right”. Somebody else name-dropped DDA. A bunch of people immediately responded with

> playing shitty roguelikes  
> playing more zombie-filled shit  
> playing games made by feminist cuckolds

Needless to say, I was intrigued.[/quote]

Similar here, except /vg/.

> [@Packbat](#):
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> …“cuckolds”? I new anti-feminism was a reactionary position, but that’s a seriously old-school slur.

Has its renaissance right now, though it has also became a bit of a buzzword. It is the new default slur against a man, usually one with leftist tendencies.

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