So that's what the Devteam look like!

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The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply.

Your question was:

> Oh Mighty Oracle, who sees all and knows all, it has been a long
> time since the last version of Nethack was released by the
> Devteam.
>
> When will the next version be released?


And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

}
} +-------+
} |.......|
} |..&&&..|
} |..&_&.&@
} |..&&&..|
} |......d|
} +-------+
}
} You kick down a secret door! --More--
} "How dare you disturb our slumber? --More--
} The Devteam leader hits! The Devteam leader hits! --More--
} You die... --More--
} Do you want your possessions identified? [ynq] _
}

 

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Darth. wrote:
> The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply.
>
> Your question was:
>
>
>>Oh Mighty Oracle, who sees all and knows all, it has been a long
>>time since the last version of Nethack was released by the
>>Devteam.
>>
>>When will the next version be released?
>
>
>
> And in response, thus spake the Oracle:
>
> }
> } +-------+
> } |.......|
> } |..&&&..|
> } |..&_&.&@
> } |..&&&..|
> } |......d|
> } +-------+
> }
> } You kick down a secret door! --More--
> } "How dare you disturb our slumber? --More--

Ahh, that explains the release schedule!

> } The Devteam leader hits! The Devteam leader hits! --More--
> } You die... --More--
> } Do you want your possessions identified? [ynq] _
> }
>

Apologies to the humor impaired.
Ranbato

 

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"Darth." <drdarthvader@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1112861820.904281.224920@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>} +-------+
>} |.......|
>} |..&&&..|
>} |..&_&.&@
>} |..&&&..|
>} |......d|
>} +-------+
>}
>} You kick down a secret door! --More--
>} "How dare you disturb our slumber? --More--
>} The Devteam leader hits! The Devteam leader hits! --More--
>} You die... --More--
>} Do you want your possessions identified? [ynq] _

So the Devteam are &'s, which is fitting. Is the d the adventurer's pet,
or one of the Devteam's? The Devteam must be slacking these days, if it
took them two hits to kill the adventurer. So, I wonder what altar the
Devteam leaders are surrounding? Is that the rumored altar to the RNG?
Since the altar space is unoccupied, you should be able to teleport there!
Suppose I had speed boots, and waited until I had a free turn, and then
teleported to the altar square and #offer'ed something to the RNG before
the Devteam killed me? Or else just #pray'ed to the RNG since I'm standing
on its altar? What would happen?

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Walter D. Pullen wrote:

> "Darth." <drdarthvader@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> } You kick down a secret door! --More--
>> } "How dare you disturb our slumber? --More--
>> } The Devteam leader hits! The Devteam leader hits! --More--
>> } You die... --More--
>> } Do you want your possessions identified? [ynq] _
>
> So the Devteam are &'s, which is fitting. Is the d the adventurer's
> pet, or one of the Devteam's? The Devteam must be slacking these days, if
> it took them two hits to kill the adventurer.

Nah, the first hit killed the adventurer; the Devteam leader got in the
second hit before he fell over.

--
Benjamin Lewis

A small, but vocal, contingent even argues that tin is superior, but they
are held by most to be the lunatic fringe of Foil Deflector Beanie science.

 

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"Walter D. Pullen" <Astara@msn.com> wrote:
>Suppose I had speed boots, and waited until I had a free turn, and then
>teleported to the altar square and #offer'ed something to the RNG before
>the Devteam killed me? Or else just #pray'ed to the RNG since I'm standing
>on its altar? What would happen?

Praying to the RNG leads to your death by trickery. Offering to the RNG
leads to your copy of Nethack transforming into a post-human polymorphic
viral AI that promptly infects your brain.
--
Martin Read - my opinions are my own. share them if you wish.
My roguelike games page (including my BSD-licenced roguelike) can be found at:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~mpread/roguelikes.html

 

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On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Walter D. Pullen wrote:

> "Darth." <drdarthvader@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1112861820.904281.224920@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> } +-------+
>> } |.......|
>> } |..&&&..|
>> } |..&_&.&@
>> } |..&&&..|
>> } |......d|
>> } +-------+
>
> Suppose I had speed boots, and waited until I had a free turn, and then
> teleported to the altar square and #offer'ed something to the RNG before
> the Devteam killed me? Or else just #pray'ed to the RNG since I'm standing
> on its altar? What would happen?

The RNG is unaligned (ie, evil). Thus, bad stuff would happen, but due to
the paralysis part you wouldn't live to see any effects other than:
"Walter, killed by the Devteam leader (while helpless)"

--
,-=========================================-. Rule #35: That which
| 1KB | does not kill you has
`-------------------------------------------' made a tactical error.
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates

 

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On 08 Apr 2005 12:25:12 +0100 (BST), Martin Read wrote:

> "Walter D. Pullen" <Astara@msn.com> wrote:
>>Suppose I had speed boots, and waited until I had a free turn, and then
>>teleported to the altar square and #offer'ed something to the RNG before
>>the Devteam killed me? Or else just #pray'ed to the RNG since I'm standing
>>on its altar? What would happen?
>
> Praying to the RNG leads to your death by trickery. Offering to the RNG
> leads to your copy of Nethack transforming into a post-human polymorphic
> viral AI that promptly infects your brain.

Sounds like a win to me... what could be more like a demigod than a
post-human polymorphic AI?

 

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rpresser@gmail.com wrote:
>On 08 Apr 2005 12:25:12 +0100 (BST), Martin Read wrote:
>> Praying to the RNG leads to your death by trickery. Offering to the RNG
>> leads to your copy of Nethack transforming into a post-human polymorphic
>> viral AI that promptly infects your brain.
>
>Sounds like a win to me... what could be more like a demigod than a
>post-human polymorphic AI?

Well, it's not really *you* any more. So, the *AI* would have won; you,
on the other hand, would have lost.
--
Martin Read - my opinions are my own. share them if you wish.
My roguelike games page (including my BSD-licenced roguelike) can be found at:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~mpread/roguelikes.html
Good riddance to the Pope.