Do you want your possessions identifed?

**xwhatsit** · 31st August 2008, 22:18

Code:

You force your dagger into a crack and pry.  You hear water falling on coins.  You succeed in forcing the lock.

                                          ------
                                         #.....|
                                       ###|....|           ---------------
                                       #  |.{..|           |....<........|
                                     ###  |....|           |.............|
                                     #    --|---          #..............|
                                     #      ##            #|............{|
                                     #       #            #---------------
                                   ###       ##           ##
                                   ##      ---.--          #
                                `####      |...`|          #
                          -+--------#      |..{.|#         #
                          |.........#      |.....######    #
                          |........|       |....|  # -.--.-#
                          |...@...)|       ------    .....-#
                          |...d....|                 |....|
                          ----------                 |....|
                                                     |....|
                                                     ------

Tom the Stripling           St:18/02 Dx:10 Co:18 In:9 Wi:8 Ch:10  Lawful
Dlvl:1  $:23 HP:10(16) Pw:2(2) AC:6  Exp:1

Study break -- should be studying -- but I keep finding myself saying `OK, one more go!'

Last year I was in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. `You are likely to be eaten by a grue.' At least I've advanced to the world of ASCII graphics now!

**cave weta** · 31st August 2008, 22:22

are you posting this in the right forum?

**avgas** · 31st August 2008, 22:55

oh god no!!!!!
where can i get a copy of the last one - i got to the point where the house starts running and then had to give the cd back.
k r o z........ when harry was just a pick-pocket slave boy in eastenders.
good times

**Big Dave** · 31st August 2008, 22:58

**Big Dave** · 31st August 2008, 23:00

Potential avatar ^

**phaedrus** · 1st September 2008, 00:02

Code:

No  Points     Name                                                   Hp [max]
  1       1540  phaedrus-Hea-Hum-Mal-Neu died in The Gnomish Mines on
                level 6.  Killed by a gnome lord.                       -  [42]

i suck at this game

**xwhatsit** · 1st September 2008, 00:33

Code:

  1      95344  tom-Val-Hum-Fem-Law died in The Dungeons of Doom on
                level 16 [max 19].  Killed by a gnome king, while
                helpless.                                               - [105]

This is as far as I've got so far -- still nowhere close to ascending :P

**Lias** · 1st September 2008, 08:46

Originally Posted by xerxesdaphat

Code:

You force your dagger into a crack and pry.  You hear water falling on coins.  You succeed in forcing the lock.

                                          ------
                                         #.....|
                                       ###|....|           ---------------
                                       #  |.{..|           |....<........|
                                     ###  |....|           |.............|
                                     #    --|---          #..............|
                                     #      ##            #|............{|
                                     #       #            #---------------
                                   ###       ##           ##
                                   ##      ---.--          #
                                `####      |...`|          #
                          -+--------#      |..{.|#         #
                          |.........#      |.....######    #
                          |........|       |....|  # -.--.-#
                          |...@...)|       ------    .....-#
                          |...d....|                 |....|
                          ----------                 |....|
                                                     |....|
                                                     ------

Tom the Stripling           St:18/02 Dx:10 Co:18 In:9 Wi:8 Ch:10  Lawful
Dlvl:1  $:23 HP:10(16) Pw:2(2) AC:6  Exp:1

Study break -- should be studying -- but I keep finding myself saying `OK, one more go!'

Last year I was in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. `You are likely to be eaten by a grue.' At least I've advanced to the world of ASCII graphics now!

Oh I dunno.. I was always a sucker for the classic infocoms.. Spent more hours playing them than nethack.. Mmm I wonder if any muds are still floating around these days lol.

**gijoe1313** · 1st September 2008, 10:31

I played many a hour on Angband, ASCII dungeon bashing o'doom trying to kill the Balrog.

Hmmm seeing this, methinks I should fire it up again and do the ol'keybashing again!

I hate it when you land in a room filled with uniques and its piled with traps

**xwhatsit** · 1st September 2008, 11:55

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

I played many a hour on Angband, ASCII dungeon bashing o'doom trying to kill the Balrog.

Well you may not want to hear this, but I've just picked up something called MAngband -- multiplayer online Angband

Too addictive!

Angband's too easy though. Not enough stupid ways to die like NetHack

**phaedrus** · 1st September 2008, 22:23

http://www.partiallyclips.com/filk/n...om_NetHack.mp3
todays death

Code:

  3        838  phaedrus-Hea-Hum-Mal-Neu died in The Dungeons of Doom
                on level 3 [max 4].  Killed by a giant rat, while
                helpless.                                               -  [37]

**jrandom** · 1st September 2008, 22:32

ZOMGLOL!

I must have lost a solid 20% average on at least a dozen CS papers due to Nethack. "Just one more turn..." and suddenly it's 3am. This thread title set all sorts of unhealthily-buried memories tingling.

I have a dirty secret, though - I never ascended.

rec.games.roguelike.nethack was my online hangout back in the spotty teenaged years when I graduated from BBSs, teh innuhneh was shiny and new, and I got to spend 20 minutes at a time fighting busy tones to dial in to my l33t ISP, 'SineSurf'.

Of course, I've grown up now; I just spent four hours playing Baldur's Gate. The primary difference from 15 years ago being that I've just shut the game down due to having a very good reason to go to bed...

This post dedicated to Izchak the Curator - RIP.

**Lias** · 2nd September 2008, 11:11

Originally Posted by jrandom

rec.games.roguelike.nethack was my online hangout back in the spotty teenaged years when I graduated from BBSs, teh innuhneh was shiny and new, and I got to spend 20 minutes at a time fighting busy tones to dial in to my l33t ISP, 'SineSurf'.

BBS's.. now those were the days.. I still remember the l33tness of my board became a fido point :-)