------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Chuan-Tze Teo (ctt20@hermes.cam.ac.uk) Subject: Re: NetHack Code 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack Date: 1996/02/27 [...] How about: Playing speed: (or call it recklessness or whatever you like- too many things begin with S) Spd++: I get impatient if I don't ascend in one playing session. Sacrificing for artifacts is boring. I don't donate for intrinsic AC because it means lugging all that gold around. Spd+: I'll do the Mines as soon as I see them. I hate wasting time climbing stairs to revisit levels I've been to before. I wish standard Nethack would remove the level 14 requirement for going on the Quest. Polypiling is boring. Spd: I'm not willing to take such risks but I'll clear levels as fast as possible in the main dungeon. Gehennom is boring. Spd-: I won't go into the Mines without at least AC 0 and a good missile weapon. I'll wait around on dungeon levels I've already cleared to get experience so I can go on the Quest. Gehennom is boring but only because I've got such great equipment by that stage. Spd--: I won't even move around with less than 75% HP. Slow and steady is the way to win this game. I engrave Elbereth liberally to rest. I polypile everything. Gehennom is a great source of treasure. !Spd: I starve to death on the up staircase on level 1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Philipp Lucas (phlucas@online-club.de) Subject: Re: The NetHack Code is gone! Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack Date: 2000/03/14 [...] Oh, and another idea: What about notes taking? We had several discussions about this in the past. Suggestion (Someone with a better knowledge of the English language should take care of the final wording.): n Notes n++ I take notes of every dungeon feature and take copies of my list of discoveries so that I don't have to genocide 'h'. n+ I use the call feature a lot to prepare against mind flayers and take notes of every useful dungeon feature, including fountains or sinks. n I have a list of shops and altars, I note what intrinsics I have. n- Notes are cheating: Mind flayers are part of the game, and there has to be a use for potions of enlightenment. I don't like static dungeons anyway. !n I always play in a single session and remember everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Curly++ (ocurtin@NOSPAM.usa.net) Subject: Re: The NetHack Code is gone! Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack Date: 2000/03/22 [...] n++++ I tee my game and can replay the movie to any turn. n+++ I hacked the code to write my notes for me. ?n I keep seeing "There is no such scroll!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Dion Nicolaas (dion@altavista.net) Subject: Re: The NetHack Code is gone! Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack Date: 2000/03/16 One thing I still miss here is a code on conduct (or behaviour if you use the extended command patch.) How about: b+++ I'm ascending a vegan pacifist illiterate wishless polyless atheist. b++ When I must eat, I eat. When I don't have fruit around, I eat bodies. When they're meat, well, they're meat. But only if I faint. b+ Some things are naughty. I generally don't do these. b Sometimes, when I'm bored, I try to see if I can ascend while adhering to some conducts. b- Hey look! I didn't even pray this game! b-- A game not broken every conduct is a game lost. !b This game is hard enough already. b? But how many points did I score? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Peter Snelling (snelling@nortelnetworks.com) Subject: Re: NetHack Code 1.2.2 Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack Date: 2000/12/05 [...] I would suggest something like this (sorry it's so verbose, feel free to shorten anything you like in this): Ps+++ I play nethack like Quake, but every character dies in five minutes. What's wrong with this game? Ps++ I've ascended in under 30,000 moves, under four hours. I rarely do Ludios or Sokoban. Too slow and boring. Ps+ I play quickly, but when I'm low on hit points, I look through my inventory carefully to decide what to do. Ps It takes me 30,000 to 100,000 moves to ascend. I generally play quickly, but stay at altars long enough to get an artifact, and waste time at shops. I normally do the Mines and Sokoban. Ps- I ensure my Experience is as high as the Dungdon level early on. I stay at early altars until I'm out of food, and sometimes die of starvation. My ascensions are all over 60,000 turns. I almost always do the Mines, Sokoban, and Ludios. Ps-- I carefully consider each move, consult spoilers, and sometimes post my situation to r.g.r.n before playing. I make sure my Experience is much higher than the Dungeon Level early on. I stop at the first altar I find until I get every spellbook and every artifact possible. I explore every portion of every level, and I really hate it when there's no Portal to Ludios. My best ascention is over 100,000 turns. Ps--- I don't ascend. Instead, I linger around hoarding treasure and other valuables. !Ps I don't play. Ps? I type so fast, I always run into floating eyes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: elpuerc0@my-deja.com (elpuerc0@my-deja.com) Subject: Re: NetHack Code 1.2.2 Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack Date: 2000/12/06 Are wizard bones common enough to merit an entry? Personally I play without any bones files at all, and a part of me considers them to be cheating (on the other hand they can be funny). Perhaps there could be a "b" code: b Bones Levels b++ I make wizard bones files, or deliberately die in a way to possibly aid my future incarnations. b+ Bones files are fun, and I seek to swap them with others. If only there were a universal format! b I'll take what I can get, thanks. b- I dread running into bones levels because they always seem to be more danger and hassle than they're worth. b-- I'm inside a purple worm. Again. !b I delete any bones files after every game. b? But.. that's my name! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Ray Chason (johnnyreb.4@southland.smart.net.SPAMMEN.VERBOTEN) Subject: Re: NetHack Code 1.2.2 Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack Date: 2000-12-12 03:08:30 PST [...] but here's a suggested foocubus section. Letter: F. (Stands for foocubi. Get your mind out of the gutter.) F++++ I am a foocubus. F+++ I avail myself of every foocubus I meet, to the point of polymorphing and using amulets of change. I have a +5 helm of brilliance and two +5 rings of adornment. F++ I avail myself of every foocubus of opposite sex to my own, and just kill the ones of same sex. I have maximum intelligence and charisma for my race. F+ I'll #chat if I find a foocubus, and then move on when s/he develops a headache. F I'll go along if a foocubus finds me, but otherwise I won't bother. F- I am playing a character of opposite (or same?) sex to what I am in real life, and the thought of consorting with one of *those* creeps me out. F-- I have lousy intelligence and/or charisma, and get too many negative effects to be worth the risk. F--- A foocubus took of my gloves while I was wielding a cockatrice corpse. !F I am attempting/have completed a virgin ascension; or, my source has #define SEDUCE commented out. F? Mommy, where do babies come from?