Dudley's dungeon -- Wednesday, 9 April, 2008

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Average rating: Fair
Number of ratings: 18

Comments

Wellan	April 9, 2008 02:11
First comment: 27 November, 2007	247 comments written
Woah. I like it.
Meta Knight	April 9, 2008 02:27
First comment: 4 April, 2008	2 comments written
:( bad bad bad (5 hours later) badbadbad... not very good.
Ren	April 9, 2008 07:37
First comment: 2 April, 2008	35 comments written
Not really obvious. Unless the joke is that there is no obvious joke.
Vin	April 9, 2008 09:00
First comment: 7 January, 2008	7 comments written
How could you possibly find this joke anything BUT obvious?!
Henry J Cobb	April 9, 2008 11:27
First comment: 28 June, 2007	29 comments written
Nethack is RogueI understand the business, I hear it: to have an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary for a cut-purse; a good nose is requisite also, to smell out work for the other senses. I see this is the time that the unjust man doth thrive. <...> The prince himself is about a piece of iniquity, stealing away from his father with his clog at his heels: if I thought it were a piece of honesty to acquaint the king withal, I would not do't: I hold it the more knavery to conceal it; and therein am I constant to my profession. [ Autolycus the Rogue, from The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare ] 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. after quaffing half a dozen random potions.
	April 9, 2008 13:48
First comment: 1 April, 2004	431 comments written
If you're finding this to be bad, remember that it continues from the previous two comics.
SomeoneElse	April 9, 2008 13:49
First comment: 11 September, 2006	143 comments written
Oh, and that blank comment above was mineMade by Dwarfs. The Rule here is that the Mine is either long deserted or at most is inhabited by a few survivors who will make confused claims to have been driven out/decimated by humans/ other Dwarfs/Minions of the Dark Lord. Inhabited or not, this Mine will be very complex, with many levels of galleries, beautifully carved and engineered. What was being mined here is not always evident, but at least some of the time it will appear to have been Jewels, since it is customary to find unwanted emeralds, etc., still embedded in the rock of the walls. Metal will also be present, but only when made up into armor and weapons (_wondrous_). [ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ] 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..... Forgot to input name.
Xero Storm	April 9, 2008 14:15
First comment: 24 February, 2008	32 comments written
When you drag a joke concept out over several iterations like this, the custom is to end on a version that somehow refers to this repetition. One method is to imply that the author is scraping the bottom of the barrel, such as using a "duh" example like this, which suggests he has run out of insightful (i.e. non-obvious) obsevations. Fairly well executed, I'd say.
Wonderer	April 9, 2008 14:55
First comment: 22 March, 2007	106 comments written
A recreational game roguelike NetHack is. With this word order I either like Yoda or a German sound.
T-Jack	April 9, 2008 16:25
First comment: 16 March, 2008	52 comments written
Awww, man! You could at least make a nice symmetric rating shape...
zem	April 9, 2008 18:14
First comment: 5 December, 2005	64 comments written
an enthusiastic E for this one :)
zem	April 9, 2008 18:16
First comment: 5 December, 2005	64 comments written
(though I'd have preferred it without the "Now that's pretty obvious, isn't it?" - a simple "Nethack is like RogueI understand the business, I hear it: to have an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary for a cut-purse; a good nose is requisite also, to smell out work for the other senses. I see this is the time that the unjust man doth thrive. <...> The prince himself is about a piece of iniquity, stealing away from his father with his clog at his heels: if I thought it were a piece of honesty to acquaint the king withal, I would not do't: I hold it the more knavery to conceal it; and therein am I constant to my profession. [ Autolycus the Rogue, from The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare ] 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." would've worked brilliantly.)
Looney	April 9, 2008 20:12
First comment: 26 January, 2008	29 comments written
Anyone who didn't predict this comic from the start of the "Nethack is like ..." series is really clueless. Dogley's comment describes the situation perfectly. (I'm not assigning an E, though, because the joke was TOO obvious. You'll have to settle for G.)
Wellan	April 9, 2008 20:35
First comment: 27 November, 2007	247 comments written
OK, there's no way that 26 different people thought that this comic was mediocre. Who's been messing with the ratings?
MadDawg2552	October 9, 2008 20:13
First comment: 6 October, 2008	69 comments written
This was obvious. A little TOO obvious. Look, it's Raph! A little TOO Raph!

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