Dudley's dungeon -- Wednesday, 6 December, 2006

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Average rating: Excellent
Number of ratings: 50

Comments

SomeoneElse	December 6, 2006 01:05
First comment: 11 September, 2006	143 comments written
I...don't...understand the punchline. He hit the mimicThe ancestors of the modern day chameleon, these creatures can assume the form of anything in their surroundings. They may assume the shape of objects or dungeon features. Unlike the chameleon though, which assumes the shape of another creature and goes in hunt of food, the mimic waits patiently for its meals to come in search of it. 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. and vanished instead of the < turning into `? Huh?
azgor	December 6, 2006 01:14
First comment: 6 December, 2006	2 comments written
He climbed the stairs.
E	December 6, 2006 01:23
First comment: 2 September, 2004	34 comments written
The mimicThe ancestors of the modern day chameleon, these creatures can assume the form of anything in their surroundings. They may assume the shape of objects or dungeon features. Unlike the chameleon though, which assumes the shape of another creature and goes in hunt of food, the mimic waits patiently for its meals to come in search of it. 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. solidified into real stairs.. could've been more obvious. :)
Fathead	December 6, 2006 01:47
First comment: 1 April, 2006	1136 comments written
No, I have to agree with SomeoneElse's cluelessness.
Nameless	December 6, 2006 02:34
First comment: 29 December, 2004	281 comments written
Heh, took me a moment to get it. Dudley quickly turned the mimicThe ancestors of the modern day chameleon, these creatures can assume the form of anything in their surroundings. They may assume the shape of objects or dungeon features. Unlike the chameleon though, which assumes the shape of another creature and goes in hunt of food, the mimic waits patiently for its meals to come in search of it. 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 stone before it could revert to it's original form, thus leaving it permanently as stone stairs (up which he escaped).
L	December 6, 2006 04:02
First comment: 10 February, 2005	285 comments written
chortle
nordenjolt@gmail.com	December 6, 2006 04:16
First comment: 3 February, 2005	7 comments written
This one is truly amazing in my opinion. I hope it will be one of the "classic" once.
Dav	December 6, 2006 04:32
First comment: 26 June, 2004	147 comments written
Very nice. Rated excellent.
SomeoneElse	December 6, 2006 05:28
First comment: 11 September, 2006	143 comments written
Oh! I'm turning my vote into excellent, now that I get it. It's actually kind of funny.
zem	December 6, 2006 07:59
First comment: 5 December, 2005	64 comments written
brilliant! definitely deserves to go down as one of the classics
mucknert	December 6, 2006 09:11
First comment: 6 December, 2006	2 comments written
Great indeed.
	December 6, 2006 09:32
First comment: 1 April, 2004	431 comments written
This one made me laughing. Fun times.
A	December 6, 2006 10:54
First comment: 24 October, 2006	70 comments written
Actually made me laugh out load (and I don't do that often).
Am Shaedan	December 6, 2006 13:17
First comment: 18 May, 2004	49 comments written
Are we getting soft, or have the recent comics been pure awesomeness?
Mikoangelo	December 6, 2006 15:27
First comment: 19 October, 2005	82 comments written
I would've gotten it right away if it was obvious the last line was spoken by the shopkeeperThese 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.. But I agree, definitely a classic.
Eemeli	December 6, 2006 15:28
First comment: 2 March, 2005	143 comments written
Hey, Dudley just turned shoplifting into an art.
Roger Barnett	December 6, 2006 15:36
First comment: 7 April, 2006	143 comments written
Tricky to get initially, but a great comic :)
Grey Knight	December 6, 2006 15:43
First comment: 20 October, 2005	116 comments written
Win!
Nesman	December 6, 2006 16:27
First comment: 4 January, 2005	112 comments written
I like it. Azgor, you may get the highest rating ever, but don't let it go to your head. ;)
	December 6, 2006 19:10
First comment: 1 April, 2004	431 comments written
Go azgor, that makes 46 Excelent votes in two comics.
Alcari	December 6, 2006 19:11
First comment: 11 September, 2006	93 comments written
that was me....
Fathead	December 6, 2006 23:08
First comment: 1 April, 2006	1136 comments written
Mikoangelo: I agree, that would have helped.
sqwishy	December 6, 2006 23:20
First comment: 6 December, 2006	2 comments written
lol that's great does that actually work though?
flatluigi	December 6, 2006 23:51
First comment: 23 November, 2006	28 comments written
Excellent.
Ristipisto-Risto	December 7, 2006 09:45
First comment: 25 January, 2006	52 comments written
Awesome! Wish that trick would really work... A shoplifter's daydream.
Donut Lord	December 7, 2006 13:11
First comment: 1 December, 2006	26 comments written
Lucky Dudley. I always shoplift in explore mode. I was in a little humanThese 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. town place and I snatched up all the merchandise from IzchakThe shopkeeper of the lighting shop in the town level of the gnomish mines is a tribute to Izchak Miller, a founding member of the NetHack development team and a personal friend of a large number of us. Izchak contributed greatly to the game, coding a large amount of the shopkeep logic (hence the nature of the tribute) as well as a good part of the alignment system, the prayer code and the rewrite of "hell" in the 3.1 release. Izchak was a professor of Philosophy, who taught at many respected institutions, including MIT and Stanford, and who also worked, for a period of time, at Xerox PARC. Izchak was the first "librarian" of the NetHack project, and was a founding member of the DevTeam, joining in 1986 while he was working at the University of Pennsylvania (hence our former mailing list address). Until the 3.1.3 release, Izchak carefully kept all of the code synchronized and arbitrated disputes between members of the development teams. Izchak Miller passed away at the age of 58, in the early morning hours of April 1, 1994 from complications due to cancer. We then dedicated NetHack 3.2 in his memory. [ Mike Stephenson, for the NetHack DevTeam ] 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., attacked him, got chased down by the Keystone Kops, decided not to quitMaltar: [...] I remembered a little saying I learned my first day at the academy. Natalie: Yeah, yeah, I know. Winners never quit and quitters never win. Maltar: What? No! Winners never quit and quitters should be cast into the flaming pit of death. [ Snow Day, directed by Chris Koch, written by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi ] 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. while I'm ahead, hurry in and shut the doorThrough me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my fabric mov'd: To rear me was the task of power divine, Supremest wisdom, and primeval love. Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I endure. All hope abandon ye who enter here. [ The Inferno, from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, translated by H.F. Cary ] 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 next general store near the entrance, rob and attack THAT guy and go on like that until I'd stolen a couple thousand zorkmids of unpaid items. Or robbed every shopkeeperThese 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. blind. I had maybe 20 keystone kops, some gnomes (mages, normal, and lords) from earlier before I escaped down here (they must have found me,) and every shopkeeperThese 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. and watchman in the town.
L	December 7, 2006 13:23
First comment: 10 February, 2005	285 comments written
Strangely enough, I don't think this is quite as funny as this azgor comic: http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20061109
jukka	December 8, 2006 07:44
First comment: 22 November, 2006	57 comments written
brilliant! Heh, and the "password" question asks which character means upstairs..
Gamer_2k4	December 9, 2006 20:20
First comment: 10 October, 2006	13 comments written
Very clever.
Rose	December 11, 2006 19:03
First comment: 3 July, 2006	79 comments written
Excellent. Didn't get it until the explanations, then it was too funny! Initially was thinking Wesley and Dudley, for some reason, not shopkeeperThese 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. and Dudley.
Jeet	December 23, 2006 16:34
First comment: 23 March, 2006	10 comments written
Donut, what are you doing attacking IzchakThe shopkeeper of the lighting shop in the town level of the gnomish mines is a tribute to Izchak Miller, a founding member of the NetHack development team and a personal friend of a large number of us. Izchak contributed greatly to the game, coding a large amount of the shopkeep logic (hence the nature of the tribute) as well as a good part of the alignment system, the prayer code and the rewrite of "hell" in the 3.1 release. Izchak was a professor of Philosophy, who taught at many respected institutions, including MIT and Stanford, and who also worked, for a period of time, at Xerox PARC. Izchak was the first "librarian" of the NetHack project, and was a founding member of the DevTeam, joining in 1986 while he was working at the University of Pennsylvania (hence our former mailing list address). Until the 3.1.3 release, Izchak carefully kept all of the code synchronized and arbitrated disputes between members of the development teams. Izchak Miller passed away at the age of 58, in the early morning hours of April 1, 1994 from complications due to cancer. We then dedicated NetHack 3.2 in his memory. [ Mike Stephenson, for the NetHack DevTeam ] 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.? :( Anyway, excellent comic.
Grognor	April 21, 2007 07:37
First comment: 4 April, 2007	1161 comments written
Ha! Hmm... "HA!~~!" fizzle I've run out of excellents. Gah!
1338h4x	May 11, 2007 01:36
First comment: 19 September, 2006	102 comments written
Awesome. And in response to Donut Lord, killing IzchakThe shopkeeper of the lighting shop in the town level of the gnomish mines is a tribute to Izchak Miller, a founding member of the NetHack development team and a personal friend of a large number of us. Izchak contributed greatly to the game, coding a large amount of the shopkeep logic (hence the nature of the tribute) as well as a good part of the alignment system, the prayer code and the rewrite of "hell" in the 3.1 release. Izchak was a professor of Philosophy, who taught at many respected institutions, including MIT and Stanford, and who also worked, for a period of time, at Xerox PARC. Izchak was the first "librarian" of the NetHack project, and was a founding member of the DevTeam, joining in 1986 while he was working at the University of Pennsylvania (hence our former mailing list address). Until the 3.1.3 release, Izchak carefully kept all of the code synchronized and arbitrated disputes between members of the development teams. Izchak Miller passed away at the age of 58, in the early morning hours of April 1, 1994 from complications due to cancer. We then dedicated NetHack 3.2 in his memory. [ Mike Stephenson, for the NetHack DevTeam ] 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. should cause you to die. "RIP Donut Lord, killed by bad karma"
Kerta	December 14, 2007 18:00
First comment: 12 December, 2007	72 comments written
Attacking IzchakThe shopkeeper of the lighting shop in the town level of the gnomish mines is a tribute to Izchak Miller, a founding member of the NetHack development team and a personal friend of a large number of us. Izchak contributed greatly to the game, coding a large amount of the shopkeep logic (hence the nature of the tribute) as well as a good part of the alignment system, the prayer code and the rewrite of "hell" in the 3.1 release. Izchak was a professor of Philosophy, who taught at many respected institutions, including MIT and Stanford, and who also worked, for a period of time, at Xerox PARC. Izchak was the first "librarian" of the NetHack project, and was a founding member of the DevTeam, joining in 1986 while he was working at the University of Pennsylvania (hence our former mailing list address). Until the 3.1.3 release, Izchak carefully kept all of the code synchronized and arbitrated disputes between members of the development teams. Izchak Miller passed away at the age of 58, in the early morning hours of April 1, 1994 from complications due to cancer. We then dedicated NetHack 3.2 in his memory. [ Mike Stephenson, for the NetHack DevTeam ] 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., BLASPHEMY! Serious bad mojo dude.
Deshmeister Prime	May 15, 2008 00:57
First comment: 15 May, 2008	20 comments written
It's OK...
Dani	June 13, 2008 11:30
First comment: 7 June, 2008	39 comments written
I chortled juice through my nose. Wonderful one. :D
Newtkiller	November 16, 2008 15:08
First comment: 28 October, 2008	127 comments written
Just let pet purple wormA gargantuan version of the harmless rain-worm, the purple worm poses a huge threat to the ordinary adventurer. It is known to swallow whole and digest its victims within only a few minutes. These worms are always on guard, sensitive to the most minute vibrations in the earth, but may also be awakened by a remote shriek. 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. eat them. Free, easy, rapid.

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