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Hi folks, I've just signed up on this group to discuss some ideas about the various roguelike games avaible. By now I'm having a look at the following: Moria...
playmobius
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Aug 2, 2002
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My daughter and I would like to play a hack-like game together. Anyone know of any? Thanks, Wendy the Valkyrie...
wendyd1999
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Aug 10, 2002
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... I have been told that it is not possible to play in "multi player" mode by many people. The website [ nethack.org ] also states that they would not/have...
sstripey
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Aug 10, 2002
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How long have you been playing? I have been playing almost 17 years, started on an old Compac with green display. I beat most of the old versions, ascended as...
wendyd1999
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Aug 11, 2002
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... The closest ones i know of would be Diablo/Diablo II on a LAN (so you don't get mauled by some idiot teenager who spends all his time on Battle.net *rolls...
kitsmudemail
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Aug 13, 2002
4:27 am
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i'm andrew and i've been playing nethack since version 3.1 or 3.1.1. still haven't ascended, but i've come close (finally got my hands on the amulet for the...
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Aug 14, 2002
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On 14 Aug 2002 at 23:19, ... Hi! (waves) ... The easy way is to use a browser, and Google. It's slower than a proper newsreader (can take days for a message to...
Jane Williams
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Aug 15, 2002
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... 3.1.1. ... on ... the ... no wands of death? ... cool! let me (personally, as i dunno if anyone else here'd appreciate it :) know how you fare! ( i play...
kitsmudemail
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Aug 16, 2002
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I saw with much interest the message posted by Andrew regarding ac - Minus 30!? Minus 40??? Crikey - I managed -9 in one game and thought I was doing B*****...
sstripey
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Aug 16, 2002
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... badly--i've gotten as far as a lev 13 priest, if i remember right, and completed the first four quests (the girl's dog, killing keethrax, killing the...
drew s
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Aug 16, 2002
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... I've heard that it will go lower, but the chance of it doing so is low. ... +6 for most armour, +7 for elven (or so I've heard) ... Also, I believe they...
Jane Williams
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Aug 17, 2002
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... i've heard that too, but i've tried many times with no success. o well... ... that would be a very, very big deal--i'd try playing wizards if that's the...
phenomenologischeonto...
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Aug 18, 2002
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... [snip] ... a ... they're ... heavily, ... eating a (full-grown) black dragon corpse has a chance of giving you disint-resistance (the message is something...
kitsmudemail
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Aug 18, 2002
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... you ... o, good--that's not too hard. ... do you know offhand if the intrinsics gained by eating rings as a xorn are lost when you polymorph into something...
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Aug 18, 2002
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... eating ... Intrinsics gained by eating rings and amulets when polymorphed are retained when returning to human form. Also, different rings can be consumed...
supercolony
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Aug 19, 2002
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Anybody figure out how to beat the Sokoban levels? Can you trick them by lifting boulders or floating over pits? Are you forced to solve the Sokoban puzzle?...
supercolony
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Aug 19, 2002
8:41 pm
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... yes; you can either spend some time figuring out how to solve them, or you can find the spoilers online. ... i don't know about lifting boulders, but you...
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Aug 19, 2002
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spoiler warning -- sobokon You cannot pick up boulders in sobokon, for instance if you are in the form of a storm giant which normally allows it. However, if...
David Strutt
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Aug 20, 2002
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Re Sokoban :- It took me many attempts to complete this 'level'! Having failed a great many times, a friend of mine who also plays, suggested the following...
sstripey
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Aug 20, 2002
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... and ... Okay, first off: you don't actually NEED an AC of -40 to enter Gehennom. Second, armor _can_be_ enchanted up to +4 in a similar manner to ...
kitsmudemail
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Aug 21, 2002
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... the ... boulders ... of ... it ... Well... If you drop a lot of your stuff (i haven't figured out how much you can be carrying, exactly), you can squeeze...
kitsmudemail
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Aug 21, 2002
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... game ... RGRNers refer to this as "Savescumming". I wouldn't recommend mentioning that you do it, should you post there. :) OTOH, it is not entirely a bad...
kitsmudemail
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Aug 21, 2002
4:54 am
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... Me, I use the spoilers. It's hard enough even so. ... Yep, that's technically cheating. But so what? The object of the exercise is to enjoy yourself. It...
jane@...
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Aug 21, 2002
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... i know, but last time i made it to gehennom i wound up screwing up and praying while there--i think this is how i lost my natural ac 0 from donating to...
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Aug 21, 2002
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... Well, it usually contains the best stuff in the game (i.e. *DSM, blessed fixed (i.e. rust/fire/etc-proof) everything, +some-huge- number everything, two or...
kitsmudemail
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Aug 23, 2002
6:47 am
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I got a question. im new to nethack, and i was wonderin', is nethack COMPLETELY randomly changed, or different each time you play? Kinda like Rogue? -Kevin...
soapr3
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Aug 31, 2002
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... Welcome to addiction! and i was wonderin', is nethack ... There are some "special" levels that either stay the same everytime or have to pick form a few...
Jane Williams
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Aug 31, 2002
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... nethack ... <nitpick> your question, i /think/, asks the same thing twice (i.e. "Is the sky blue, or is the sky blue?"). </nitpick> Anyhoo, like jane said,...
kitsmudemail
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Aug 31, 2002
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In my nethack folder, there is a file called logfile that appears everytime i play nethack... What is Logfile, and what does it do? -Kevin...
soapr3
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Aug 31, 2002
11:46 pm
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... load it in a text editor--it's a (very terse) log of games played....
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