how long?

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http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/09/1628216&tid=10

In light of that particular article, I know for a fact that I've spent at
least ten hours straight playing Nethack. Sometimes with the same character
before YASD comes to claim its reward.

What's the longest time one has spent playing this game? Was there an
ascension after those sedentary hours?

 

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Haakon Studebaker wrote:
> http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/09/1628216&tid=10
>
> In light of that particular article, I know for a fact that I've spent at
> least ten hours straight playing Nethack. Sometimes with the same character
> before YASD comes to claim its reward.
>
> What's the longest time one has spent playing this game? Was there an
> ascension after those sedentary hours?

I have (Slashdot) ascended in (Slashdot) one sitting, which took
(Slashdot!) around 20 hours, I believe. (SlashDot)

SLASHDOT

/.

 

[Chuck]

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Haakon Studebaker <heptapod@gmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns96ADEB440E7CEheptapodyahoocom@216.196.97.131:

> http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/09/1628216&tid=10
>
> In light of that particular article, I know for a fact that I've spent at
> least ten hours straight playing Nethack. Sometimes with the same character
> before YASD comes to claim its reward.
>
> What's the longest time one has spent playing this game? Was there an
> ascension after those sedentary hours?

There's a "hint" in the game about the longest game. I can't remember the
details, but it was a matter of years. Was that a true rumor anyone?

 

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chuck <chucko@nil.car> writes:
> There's a "hint" in the game about the longest game. I can't remember the
> details, but it was a matter of years. Was that a true rumor anyone?

There's an epitaph which reads "1994-1995. The Longest-Lived Hacker Ever".
Is that what you're remembering?

 

[Chuck]

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Douglas Henke <henke@kharendaen.dyndns.org> wrote in
news:x664ucwfx6.fsf@kharendaen.krall.org:

> chuck <chucko@nil.car> writes:
>> There's a "hint" in the game about the longest game. I can't remember the
>> details, but it was a matter of years. Was that a true rumor anyone?
>
> There's an epitaph which reads "1994-1995. The Longest-Lived Hacker Ever".
> Is that what you're remembering?
>

Yeah, that's it. Is it based on a true story, urban myth, or just made up?

 

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chuck <chucko@nil.car> writes:
> > There's an epitaph which reads "1994-1995. The Longest-Lived Hacker Ever".
>
> Yeah, that's it. Is it based on a true story, urban myth, or just made up?

I've had games which spanned over three years, though the vast majority
of that time was of course between save and restore.

Even if you're talking about "at one sitting" it's no big thing to start
a game on New Year's Eve...

Probably just made up for comedic effect, though.