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Cyde Weys wrote:
> anon <anon@anon.com> wrote:
>> Boudewijn Waijers <kroisos@removethisword.home.nl> wrote:
>>> [ involuntary player polymorph ]
>>> For me, this is the kind of stuff that makes me come back to NetHack
>>> over and over again, even after long breaks of three days without
>>> it.
>> Yeah, I suppose for veteran players like you, stuff like this is a
>> fun "surprise." And I realize the game is designed so that, with
>> enough patience and ingenuity (neither of which I possess), a
>> solution can be found for whatever the RNG throws at you (note to
>> RNG: I've got a "final solution" for you, too, called a "hard drive
>> format," you punk bitch) But after about 50,000 different YASDs, I
>> certainly don't need or want any more surprises.
Calm down!
All that happened was that you lost one measly level. Nothing to really
complain about, I think...
> I don't know how spoiled you want to be, so here's a little hint for
> you:
Well, he played at least 50,000 games (not counting the ones where he
did *not* die a horrible YASD), so I guess he already knows the spoilers
by heart.
> V arire unir ceboyrzf jvgu cbylzbecu gencf orpnhfr V gel gb trg zntvp
> erfvfgnapr nf rneyl nf cbffvoyr. Vg jvyy znxr lbh vzzhar gb cbylzbecu
> gencf.
I guess we all *try* that. That doesn't mean that we're lucky enough to
succeed every time, in time.
My latest barbarian (deceased) was level 15 without having either the MR
you mention *or* reflection *or* a blindfold. He was doubting to try for
Ludios first, or Medusa, or the Quest. He eventually opted for Ludios,
where the proverbial captain with the wand of death killed him.
This time, it wasn't the lack of MR that killed him, but the lack of
reflection (and the impossibility to continue past Medusa, combined with
the consideration that the Castle would be even harder).
--
Boudewijn.
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as my signature..." - Me
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