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<Beholder> [hdf-us] [nh370] post163 (Kni Hum Mal Law), 232 points, T:418, killed by a newt
<SpicyCebolla> okay now a newt death is just totally off-brand
<qt> it's the newtest fad

<amateurhour> !variant
<Beholder> amateurhour: xnethack
<amateurhour> no Beholder I just did that >:^(
<amateurhour> !variant
<Beholder> amateurhour: tnnt
<stenno> lol
<amateurhour> ...
<stenno> next game in november then
<stenno> gg
<amateurhour> if that is the will of rngesus then so be it

< bcode> ...The NetHack source tells us what to think about Crawl!
< bcode> crawl_ok = FALSE;

<raisse> hey prisoner, if you have a cursed potion of gain level, why do you wait until I unlock your door to drink it?
<raisse> you could have freed yourself!

<aosdict> amateurhour: we are going to fix some of the [TNNT] scoring problems
<aosdict> but the gameplay won't change
<K2> any of the significant changes this year will be with the scoring system
<K2> there's been some prelim discussion already but no plan yet
<K2> so that really need to start now
<K2> ^ should have said that 3 months ago but reasons
<amateurhour> 2x multiplier for players whose usernames begin with 'a'
<Mandevil> Rejected
<Mandevil> 0.5 multiplier for all amateurs
<amateurhour> hah
<K2> :)
<elenmirie> all who do not capitalise their names get double scores
<K2> \o/
<K2> all whose username is less than 3 characters, 10x multiplier
<amateurhour> rejected
<K2> already approved
<amateurhour> bonus multiplier is proportional to length
<K2> inversely proportional
<K2> :P
<elenmirie> double inverse on you!
* K2 gasps
<K2> not... double inverse!
<elenmirie> you pushed me into it
<K2> what have we become
<K2> were double inverse is acceptable behavior
<K2> *where
<amateurhour> where have we become
<K2> when
<elenmirie> wha...

<mackeyth> OMG, there's a blue dragon. And right next to the door.
<mackeyth> I NEED BDSM
<mackeyth> Um, that came out wrong

<sk_> You cannot escape from the lichen!
<sk_> what a powerful creature i am!

* anselmus needs an audiobook of mrivan's ttyrecs

< Raeth> A figurine of a black light!? O.o
< Raeth> How do you make a figurine of a light source? Is it the scientific model?

<aero2600> Whoa.. why does a potion of oil cost so much?
<Eidolos> Did you apply-test in the store?
<aero2600> Nope.
<Eidolos> Shks really screw you over when you light up in the store.
<Eidolos> "Usage fee! Yendorian fuel tax! Oh, and you owe me full price of the potion IN ADDITION MWA HA HA"

* Alasnuyo joined #hardfought
<K2> Alasnuyo NO not again :P
<Alasnuyo> Nothing's wrong.
<Alasnuyo> I haven't lost any save yet.
<K2> good

<mobileuser> You experience a sense of peace.  You feel foolish!
<K2> ignorance is bliss

<Crunch> I have a positive feedback loop in a current game. Archon casts Summon Nasties creating more Archons who cast Summon Nasties etc
<Crunch> well over a hundred monsters and many archons in the mix
<Crunch> started with about 5 monsters
<Crunch> it's pretty absurd how fast it escalated
<ChrisE> If only they would cast Summon Nices instead.

<stenno> hmm: i have: a wand of polymorph, a magic whistle
* stenno eyes his faithful hachi
<stenno> i guess i should just have fun
<stenno> lets see if evilhack has the imbalanced-polymorph of vanilla
<stenno> Hachi turns into a green dragon!
<stenno> this will make the early game a bit more easy
<stenno> lmao
<stenno> Hachi breathes poison gas! The jackal is killed by the blast of poison gas!
<stenno> Inuvik the human shopkeeper is killed by the gas cloud!
<stenno> thanks hachi
<stenno> this is just a ridiculusly OP start
<stenno> minetown time lmao
<stenno> it wasn't me officer it was just my 20 meter pet green dragon i brought to the market

<+Beholder> [hdf-us] [nh362] hypnotist (Mon Hum Fem Cha) became literate by engraving "Orctown is bad and I get it way more than 1 out of 7 times", on T:10226

* madness has just been asked to make up his job title for company he's just been made director at.
< madness> and I've obviously been playing too much nethack when "Demigod" comes to mind.

<ais523> however, doing one large rewrite at a time is probably the better idea
<kerio> i didn't know it was possible, but my confidence in the existance of a future nethack 4 release dropped
<ais523> kerio: who knows, maybe the 3.4.3 devteam are doing the same as us
<stenno> who knows
<kerio> i have the exact same confidence regarding a nethack 4 release as i have for a nethack release

<kerio> omg, Adeon ascended!
<kerio> Adeon: I thought you weren't going to play!
<ais523> kerio: this is Adeon we're talking about, he probably ascended by mistake

<rebatela> what happens in nethack stays in nethack (but yeah it's all recorded on k2's home pc)
<Demo> k2 is nethack nsa???
<rebatela> yep
<Demo> oh so he was totally watching when i made all those wishes that djinni denied :(
<stenno\OK> h = n - 6, d = s - 11, f = a + 5
<stenno\OK> hdf = nsa
<stenno\OK> proof
<stenno\OK> you just have to add arbitrary numbers to each letter and bam
<K2> no comment
<K2> :D

<bcode> h a humanoid (master mind flayer, disguised as dwarf king)
<bcode> [seen: paranoid delusion]

<zomGreg> got kids yelling at me when they should be in bed. It's the equivalent of a mind flayer psychic attack IRL
<Muad> if you line them up you can use just one sleep blast
<zomGreg> I tried that! She just yawned and jitterbugged down the hallway like she'd had leprechaun for dinner.
<zomGreg> the other one has intrinsic sleep resistance. he's...something.

<dragonmaster> sigh. gta
<jetjaguar> gta?
<Umbire> Grand Theft Amulet

< SpeedEvil> I'd forgotten how much I hate mind flayers.

<LarienTelrunya> YASI: binning kit, a tinning kit that produces empty tins (but still gets rid of corpses).
<jonadab> I'm surprised, if you're going to make a pun on "tinning kit", that you of all people, being the slex perpetrator, would not make it a true spoonerism.
<Muad> finning kit: makes monsters into sea monsters.
<Muad> sinning kit: figurine of a foocubus.
<LarienTelrunya> :D

<Elronnd> I need to sleep...
* Bluescreen_ zaps a wand of sleep at Elronnd
* Elronnd resists!

<+Beholder> [hdf-us] [evil] k2 (Bar Gia Mal Cha), 153416 points, T:35485, killed by an ogre
<@K2> rock troll had a wand of poly
<@K2> had to drop all my stuff
<@K2> couldnt move out of the way in time, next zap got all my stuff
<elenmirie> you can't even cope with your own evilness, mate
<elenmirie> nearly as funny as watching Amy run into her own interface screws
<@K2> no
<@K2> you cant even compare evilhack to slex
<elenmirie> I agree, you cannot
<elenmirie> but it was still nearly (NEARLY!) as funny

<Rodney> visitect (Ran Elf Mal Cha) wished for "Amulet", on turn 1325

<Umbire> You consume homemade giant. You consume the corpse in accordance with ancient ritual.
<Umbire> Grug thankful for tiny magic food can
<Umbire> Praise be to Chief Boyer D.

<cbus> the funeral shroud was a invis cloak
<aosdict> ... so that when you have the funeral, everyone goes "hey wait where's the dead guy"?
<hackemslashem> Or if displacement, hey there's the dead guy, no wait, over there!
<aosdict> funeral MR shroud: I hate this dead guy! why are my magic missiles bouncing off him?!

<blackcustard> half way through the next issue of playboy: a double page spread: "You feel more experienced." in 64 point font

<Andrio> When you play the game of opulent thrones, you ascend or you die.

<aosdict> I dub this game SACKGAME
<aosdict> 4 sacks so far, haven't even hit minetown
<amateurhour> did the first sack contain anything? a first sack gift if you will

< moebius> so I create a troll
< moebius> then I see him grab an "oLS
< moebius> to try to poly him to no head
< moebius> which I did!
< moebius> his helmet fell off!
< moebius> but not the amu
< moebius> acid blobs have necks?
< moebius> went upstairs to teh water nymph
< moebius> charmed her
< moebius> brought him up as a blob
< moebius> put them next to each other
< moebius> put on the conflict
< moebius> and she seduced it off
< moebius> and dropped it
< moebius> (of course I still had to get back my armor that she stole
from me when I first tried to get her to seduce the blob before I charmed her)
< moebius> so I found another nymph
< moebius> and they nymph'd out with one another
< moebius> it was hot
< moebius> and I got my shit back

<Rodney> ashel (Wiz Hum Fem Cha), 158 points, killed by the ghost of ashel
<ashel> irony :(

<Hecubus> [hdf-us] [evil] VaderFLAG (Kni Cen Mal Neu) wished for "blessed fixed +4200000000000000 silver lance of lightning", on T:33730
<K2> losing the 'bonus freebie' for not having to worry about how many artifacts exist is a fair trade
<K2> lol +42^12
<VaderFLAG> I don't have any scrolls of identification to check and see whether I got the enchantment :P
<K2> your weapon does so much damage, it kills everything dungeon wide when you hit something with it
<K2> including yourself
<K2> and anyone else playing on the server at that time

<Talk> F all L's

<Graydot-> !lastgame Spontiff
<spontiff> what'd you find Graydot- ?
<spontiff> one of my disastrous Arcs probably
<Graydot-> seems like it, on oracle level
<Graydot-> nothing good except a lamp for going to minetown
<Graydot-> please be more useful next time you die

<Rodney> Ulik (Val Hum Fem Law), 3471806 points, T:89713, ascended
<stenno> lolgrats
<stenno> -lol lol
<pellsson> lolgrats ulik
<stenno> pellsson: :v
<ChrisE> Congratlolations!
<pellsson> hehe its a much better way to congratulate someone. should I ever understand the importance of magic resistance and ascend i absolutely want one.
<stenno> :D

<ais523> at least one devteam member is very opposed to color being on by default, because it can make the game unplayable in some physical terminals that don't support it
<@qt> please share more internal devteam gossip
<@qt> who has been sleeping with whom
<ais523> qt: contrary to what TNNT would tell you, the devteam don't actually meet in person, it's all done online
<ais523> this is where the "Net" in "NetHack" comes from
<@qt> who has been cybering with whom?
<Demo> lol
<anselmus> you still have to be blood husbands tho mirite
<Noisytoot> ais523: do you meet in multiplayer AceHack?
<stenno> i thought you had a PEBKAC removal area in the pub you are convening to discuss the latest patches
<stenno> disappointed
<ais523> Noisytoot: no, it's mostly email and occasionally IRC
<ais523> I am meaning to get back to the multiplayer at some point, though
<ais523> redoing it with code that's less hackily terrible
<ais523> and gameplay that's less obnoxious
<Loggers_VIII> the devteam doesn't actually have an insane temple-like office? ridiculous
<Bleeko> Hell of a game Furey!!!
<ais523> Loggers_VIII: do you have any idea how much it costs to get an office with lava pools in?
<Loggers_VIII> lol
<crunchbubba> awesome game, Furey
<Demo> idk i think u could build ur own lava pools pretty cheap
<Loggers_VIII> all you need for a lava pool is like, a shovel
<@qt> that would probably break the lease
<Loggers_VIII> if someone bothers you about it throw them into the lava problem solved

<Shawn2> does eating a silver dragon corpse give any intrinsics?
<greycat> no
<Anden> reflection intrinisic would be nice
<ek|M> eating a silver dragon has a 70% chance of gaining the "satiated" intrinsic

< Irashtar> p - an uncursed amulet of strangulation (being worn).
< Irashtar> what use is that?
< Irashtar> should I take it off?
< rast> ... yes
< bclewis> it depends on if you want to be strangled or not.

< stenno1> pff
< stenno1> you only have pizza and spaghetti
< kerio> hahahaha

<crunchbubba> deathonastick has a dlvl 5 shop that is one that gives me trouble in that it is not near the left or right edge
<ChrisS67> trouble how?
<crunchbubba> I died at one, by not reading game output that said "closed for inventory", because I didn't think that locked door could have an owner. and it just doesn't match my mental picture of where shops can be
<crunchbubba> no biggie, I make a point now to look at game output before kicking down doors.
<Arseniy> shops can generate in any room with one entrace, it's just that rooms in the middle usually have more than one
<ChrisE> ♫ Talkin' 'bout shop generation ♫

< jonadab> ais523: I looked at that AceHack tutorial you mentioned. Yeah, that's the sort of thing I was thinking about.
< ais523> I'm not sure it actually works, though; it's more of the sort of tutorial that works fine for experienced players
< ais523> but may not be so much help for newbies
< jonadab> Do you think it starts out assuming too much?
< ais523> I'm not sure
< bcode> "So, hi. You see this @ there? Yeah, that's you. I know it sounds weird, but I guess you need to, uh, kind of get used to it. I know I certainly did. So well, you see those 'hjkl' keys over there? Yeah, on the keyboard. Try them. See, it makes the little @ go all up and down and left and right. Until it dies. Oh yeah, that's a thing too, I guess. Now, there is an amulet down there you need to find. Or so I heard. Then bring it up here and return. ...
< bcode> ... Supposedly there is an extra fun endgame after that. Then you gain immortality. I guess."
< bcode> "I think there might be some more to the game. That's what people told me. I don't know, though. Those other letters always kill me before I get there. I guess I have to ascend first, so I can't die anymore. And stuff."
< bcode> nethack-antitutorial

<mobileuser> phew, the wrest worked
<aosdict> it fails some of the time but it works the wrest of the time
<mobileuser> wrest in peace
<K2> back in a bit, need to lay down and wrest

< Muad> time saving tip: you can abbreviate Helsinki as Hel#i

<aosdict> "A carving in this room depicts a battle between watchmen and orc-captains. The watchmen are winning."
<aosdict> Minetown shall not fall today!

< Arcane> You feel shaking in your pack. A killer food ration flies out!

<+hothraxxa> i also forgot to think of maud

<Nerull> ?? chickatrice
<sylphie> ?? Kentucky Fried Chickatrice
<sylphie> The soldier begins bashing you with a fried chickatrice. The soldier hits! You turned into a statue of the Colonel by the door.