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<Rodney> Your conduct is: wishless polypileless
<matthewt> what happens if you accidentally get a wish
<morg> type "nothing"
<aaxelb> matthewt: you can say "nothing"
<bcode> wish for "nothing"
<billnye> plus also "nothing"
<matthewt> what do you have to type?
<bcode> "nothing"
<morg> can you wish for blessed greased +3 nothing
<morg> ?
<bcode> morg: that'll give you a /oNothing
<matthewt> so just type nothing
<ChrisS67> right
<negion> matthewt: this seems pretty clear to me.
<bcode> it has to be "nothing" (or "none" or "nil" IIRC)
<ChrisS67> it takes "nil"?
<aaxelb> matthewt: but be sure you type something
<matthewt> wait
<bcode> if (!strcmpi(bp, "nothing") || !strcmpi(bp, "nil") || !strcmpi(bp, "none")) return no_wish;
<aaxelb> if you don't type anything you'll get a random item
<matthewt> do i have to type something or nothing
<aaxelb> type something but make sure it's nothing
<ChrisS67> you literally type the word "nothing"
<billnye> if you do type "anything" you'll get something so don't do that
<ChrisS67> it's pretty simple :)
<matthewt> so don't type anything
<matthewt> got it
<ChrisS67> ...
<GreyKnight> type something, but make sure it's nothing. Don't type nothing or you'll get something. It could be anything!
<ChrisS67> well, of course you don't type "anything", that won't work
<ChrisS67> actually...
<ChrisS67> hmm
<billnye> ChrisS67: typing "anything" and expecting to get nothing.. wouldn't that be something!

<@bhaak> that's actually something i've been pondering for a while
< ais523> what, paying you to get a free lifesave upon death?
<@bhaak> being able to determine a fixed amount of extra lives up front
<@bhaak> What are you? -> [] I'm a little kitten -> 9 lives
<@bhaak> [] I'm iron man -> 1 life
< BlastHardcheese> wait this isn't crawl
< stenno|work> [] I'm a normal nethack player -> 0 lifes

<blackcustard> bcode is quite helpful; very worth it for what we paid for him
<blackcustard> we looked at getting an acode but decided the specs didn't justify the premium

<Vortor> Why don't they put spike pits under their trap doors?
<Vortor> That's what I would do.
<JeredCain> Wrong trap door.
<JeredCain> There's one in the ceiling.
<Vortor> I might also line up like 5 trap doors
<Vortor> and then put a spike trap.
<lorimer> They've already got spiked pits.
<lorimer> Why waste a perfectly good trapdoor?
<DerekStyl> "terminal" velocity? :P
<Vortor> .-.
<DerekStyl> they can't all be winners

<taurandir> Succubus has raised my wisdom enough that I can cast restore ability with 0% fail
<Zanasj> that's all she raised?

< eduh> in soviet nethack, your possessions identify you!
< tipu_> "Tvoi tovari hotjat tebja identifitsirovat? [da]"
< alphamale> [dn]
< tipu_> you don't say "njet" in soviet nethack
< alphamale> An invisible Red Army choir sings, and you are bathed in Chernobyl radiation... The voice of Lenin rings out: "Haraso, tovari".
< alphamale> You are granted a dacha by the Black Sea...

<SomeoneElseYes> Ahhh. I just loaded NetHack... "Restoring save file... Hello SomeoneElse, the human Ranger, welcome back to NetHack!"
<SomeoneElseYes> I have no idea what I was just doing.
<raxvulpine> SomeoneElseYes: You were probably dying.
<Rodney> SomeoneEls (Ran Hum Mal Cha), 2754 points, killed by a giant mimic

<stumbly> norly, i have lots of powerful magic over in the bag!
* stumbly kicks the bag
<cdi> You hear a muffled shatter
<stumbly> bet that was my hopes of ascending
<stumbly> so fragile

< John-K> So, why did you genocide those cute kittens?
< Mints> John-K, felt like it
< lorimer> "Every time you ... damn, we're out of kittens"

<futilius> this time I thought I was putting a spare BoH intoa stash
<futilius> instead I was putting it into my main BoH
<futilius> now I don't have one
<futilius> which is worse than losing my scrolls and potions and money and polyfodder
<cdi> futilius: as long as a /wishing didn't go *poof* in the process, you aren't allowed to cry
<futilius> It did
<futilius> 1:2
<cdi> there there, it'll be ok
* cdi hands futilius a hanky
* futilius blows nose, hands back hanky
<futilius> a
<futilius> what do you want to apply?
<futilius> q - an uncursed towel
<futilius> you wipe away your tears with a towel