Dudley's dungeon -- Thursday, 12 February, 2004

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	June 4, 2004 12:29
First comment: 1 April, 2004	431 comments written
And this is why I'm wary of Hearse.
CordBar@aol.com	July 11, 2004 07:39
First comment: 6 May, 2004	76 comments written
What is Hearse??????
freshme@	January 5, 2005 04:28
First comment: 4 January, 2005	67 comments written
It's a utility that allows people to exchange bones files by uploading and downloading them automatically from a particular website. In Nethack each time you die there is a chance of a bones file being created. It contains the level, the items you wereIn 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province, "notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase." The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins, halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other penalty." The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little children, "even on Friday." The poor lycanthrope, it appears, had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from eating infants on a fast day. [ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. carrying (mostly cursed now), your ghostAnd now the souls of the dead who had gone below came swarming up from Erebus -- fresh brides, unmarried youths, old men with life's long suffering behind them, tender young girls still nursing this first anguish in their hearts, and a great throng of warriors killed in battle, their spear-wounds gaping yet and all their armour stained with blood. From this multitude of souls, as they fluttered to and fro by the trench, there came a moaning that was horrible to hear. Panic drained the blood from my cheeks. [ The Odyssey, (chapter Lambda), by Homer ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. (if any), your pet (probably hostile now)...and of course whatever killed you. The trouble with bones files is whatever killed the last playerThese strange creatures live mostly on the surface of the earth, gathering together in societies of various forms, but occasionally a stray will descend into the depths and commit mayhem among the dungeon residents who, naturally, often resent the intrusion of such beasts. They are capable of using weapons and magic, and it is even rumored that the Wizard of Yendor is a member of this species. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. is probably quite powerful. And if the last playerThese strange creatures live mostly on the surface of the earth, gathering together in societies of various forms, but occasionally a stray will descend into the depths and commit mayhem among the dungeon residents who, naturally, often resent the intrusion of such beasts. They are capable of using weapons and magic, and it is even rumored that the Wizard of Yendor is a member of this species. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. had any powerful pets, things can get really nasty for the next playerThese strange creatures live mostly on the surface of the earth, gathering together in societies of various forms, but occasionally a stray will descend into the depths and commit mayhem among the dungeon residents who, naturally, often resent the intrusion of such beasts. They are capable of using weapons and magic, and it is even rumored that the Wizard of Yendor is a member of this species. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.. Even worse, if he dies there too, a new bones file may be created adding his pets, items, and ghostAnd now the souls of the dead who had gone below came swarming up from Erebus -- fresh brides, unmarried youths, old men with life's long suffering behind them, tender young girls still nursing this first anguish in their hearts, and a great throng of warriors killed in battle, their spear-wounds gaping yet and all their armour stained with blood. From this multitude of souls, as they fluttered to and fro by the trench, there came a moaning that was horrible to hear. Panic drained the blood from my cheeks. [ The Odyssey, (chapter Lambda), by Homer ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. to the level. This can go on and on. Automatic uploading and downloading of bones files can mean the propagation of near-impossible levels. --This sabotages the fun of players who consider backup files a kind of cheating.
Talis	April 14, 2005 10:52
First comment: 14 April, 2005	4 comments written
I don't know about this being such a negative thing. Before my last computer (Casper) died, it was very difficult to ever make it into the top ten because the bones compilations had been stacking up for about 2-3 years. There wereIn 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province, "notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase." The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins, halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other penalty." The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little children, "even on Friday." The poor lycanthrope, it appears, had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from eating infants on a fast day. [ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. often graves and ghosts, often characters (old selves) I recognized and remembered fondly -- even as my new self slayed his/her way through their incorporeal bodies, at last laying them to rest... It was just hard killing my dogs. GAWD. WHY - ALWAYS - THE DOGS???
Kernigh	June 24, 2005 21:57
First comment: 6 April, 2005	349 comments written
The predecessor to http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20050505
Fathead	April 1, 2006 01:28
First comment: 1 April, 2006	1136 comments written
I would probably recommend this utility... to extremely advanced players.
Grognor	April 4, 2007 21:01
First comment: 4 April, 2007	1161 comments written
Well now I know never to get Hearse, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever.
HK	June 1, 2007 05:07
First comment: 1 June, 2007	309 comments written
Funny, like most.
gneek	May 31, 2008 01:23
First comment: 18 January, 2008	159 comments written
The best way to play is on a multi playerThese strange creatures live mostly on the surface of the earth, gathering together in societies of various forms, but occasionally a stray will descend into the depths and commit mayhem among the dungeon residents who, naturally, often resent the intrusion of such beasts. They are capable of using weapons and magic, and it is even rumored that the Wizard of Yendor is a member of this species. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. server. You get everyone's bones!
Zarquil	September 26, 2008 06:24
First comment: 26 September, 2008	54 comments written
My primary job, as I see it, is to assemble other people's ascension kits!

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