This place got quite fast.

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On 11 Dec 20 16:15:29, Netsurge said the following to All:

This place got quite fast.

Yes... quite.

Atreyu

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Re: Quite
By: Netsurge to All on Fri Dec 11 2020 04:15 pm

This place got quite fast.

Well, let's cheer it up, shall we?

I managed to save the week by selling on friday everything I had not sold since monday, so right now I am in a quest for another Rogelike game to try. Original rogue is great but I have been playing it too much. Hyper Rogue is cool but I am also wearing it off - besides, anything that is not the standard gameplay is buggy. Angband sounds nice if a bit grindy.

Eventually I ended giving Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup a try and the concept seems interesting. I managed to get killed in the tutorial because I am still trying to come to terms with the interface.

PS: If you want to lecture me because I am doing roguelikes instead of working to serve my literary preorders, I just finished editing chapter 4 of The Flaming Wrath of Árelor which puts me about 3 months ahead of schedule.
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On 11 Dec 2020, Atreyu said the following...

This place got quite fast.

Yes... quite.

I'm picturing you with a monocle, pipe & tumbler of whiskey while saying this.

Jay

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Netsurge wrote to All <=-

This place got quite fast.

Hadn't really noticed that it was quite slow before. ;-)



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Re: Re: Quite
By: Warpslide to Atreyu on Fri Dec 11 2020 07:58 pm

On 11 Dec 2020, Atreyu said the following...

This place got quite fast.

Yes... quite.

I'm picturing you with a monocle, pipe & tumbler of whiskey while saying thi

Jay

If it helps, I wear a monocle and have a strong liking for Bourbon. I don't smoke, though.
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On Friday December 11, 2020, Atreyu said to Netsurge...

On 11 Dec 20 16:15:29, Netsurge said the following to All:

This place got quite fast.

Yes... quite.

Atreyu

Stupid spelling.

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On Friday December 11, 2020, Gamgee said to Netsurge...

Netsurge wrote to All <=-

This place got quite fast.

Hadn't really noticed that it was quite slow before. ;-)

I shall take all the beatings for my poorly spoked Canadian.

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On 12 Dec 20 09:21:34, Netsurge said the following to Gamgee:

Hadn't really noticed that it was quite slow before. ;-)

I shall take all the beatings for my poorly spoked Canadian.

Ya know ya make us all look like a couple of hosers eh?

Atreyu

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Netsurge wrote to Gamgee <=-

This place got quite fast.

Hadn't really noticed that it was quite slow before. ;-)

I shall take all the beatings for my poorly spoked Canadian.

Hehe, eh!



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Atreyu wrote to Netsurge <=-

Hadn't really noticed that it was quite slow before. ;-)

I shall take all the beatings for my poorly spoked Canadian.

Ya know ya make us all look like a couple of hosers eh?

It's okay, ALL HOSERS MATTER!!!



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On 12 Dec 20 11:40:00, Gamgee said the following to Atreyu:

Ya know ya make us all look like a couple of hosers eh?

It's okay, ALL HOSERS MATTER!!!

Ya know I just watched that there Fargo movie again. Oh you betcha.

Netsurge is a funny lookin' kinda fellow.

In what way you say? Oh I dunno.... just funny lookin'.

Geez I'm goin' crazy here at the lake...

Atreyu

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This place got quite fast.

You sir are disturbing my nap time!

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On Saturday December 12, 2020, Atreyu said to Netsurge...

On 12 Dec 20 09:21:34, Netsurge said the following to Gamgee:

Hadn't really noticed that it was quite slow before. ;-)

I shall take all the beatings for my poorly spoked Canadian.

Ya know ya make us all look like a couple of hosers eh?

Just calling it like I see it.

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On Saturday December 12, 2020, G00r00 said to Netsurge...

This place got quite fast.

You sir are disturbing my nap time!

My appologies oh grand Mystic one.

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This place got quite fast.

You sir are disturbing my nap time!

My appologies oh grand Mystic one.

Dammit these 0 and 1s banging off of everything are so loud!

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On 12 Dec 20 23:11:51, G00R00 said the following to Netsurge:

You sir are disturbing my nap time!

My appologies oh grand Mystic one.

Dammit these 0 and 1s banging off of everything are so loud!

Add it to the list of things to fix for Mystic 10 More Cowbell Edition.

Atreyu

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Re: Quite
By: Netsurge to All on Fri Dec 11 2020 04:15 pm

This place got quite fast.

Well, let's cheer it up, shall we?

I managed to save the week by selling on friday everything I had not
sold sincemonday, so right now I am in a quest for another Rogelike game to try. Originalrogue is great but I have been playing it too much.
Hyper Rogue is cool but Iam also wearing it off - besides, anything that is not the standard gameplay isbuggy. Angband sounds nice if a bit
grindy.

I like the Doom one thats like Rogue-like-doom or.... and theres two versions, one is completely terminal text based but the other one, while it still uses text based, has some better 'graphics'. If needed, I can find the name to both of these but... do you know what I'm talking about?

Its fun for a weekend or so.



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I like the Doom one thats like Rogue-like-doom or.... and theres two

Are you talking about DoomRL? I have that on my BBS :) I love that game.

I should mention I suck terribly at roguelikes. But I really dig 'em.

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Re: Re: Quite
By: paulie420 to Arelor on Sun Dec 13 2020 04:43 pm

I managed to save the week by selling on friday everything I had not sold sincemonday, so right now I am in a quest for another Rogelike gam to try. Originalrogue is great but I have been playing it too much. Hyper Rogue is cool but Iam also wearing it off - besides, anything tha is not the standard gameplay isbuggy. Angband sounds nice if a bit grindy.

I like the Doom one thats like Rogue-like-doom or.... and theres two version one is completely terminal text based but the other one, while it still uses text based, has some better 'graphics'. If needed, I can find the name to bo of these but... do you know what I'm talking about?

Its fun for a weekend or so.

I know which one you are talking about, but I have never tried it.

I am coming to like Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. It is tough, but cheap causes of player death are mostly absent, and there is a lot of depth into character development. It is not like Rogue V3 in which your fate is settled at dungeon level two, when you are surrounded by hobgobs and are wearing -3 cursed items because that is what the RNG threw your way.

That is something that always bothered me with original Rogue. You don't get much equipment, the one you get is always unidentified, and a lot of it is cursed. Since equipment is what makes or breaks your rogue, whether you last or don't is more a matter of luck than tactics. I still like it for quick games during breaks but beating it feels like bruteforcing the RNG.

Angband is veeeery grindy, and also has the issue of unidentified items, but at least gives you more options to deal with them.

With Dungeon Crawl it feels like you are always getting marginally useful stuff and you are left to decide how to combine your 900 options into a killer combo. I guess the late game must be an exercise in munchkinism.

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I like the Doom one thats like Rogue-like-doom or.... and theres two

Are you talking about DoomRL? I have that on my BBS :) I love that game.

I should mention I suck terribly at roguelikes. But I really dig 'em.

Yea... well, theres the original DoomRL thats completely in true text, and then theres another version of it that has SOME graphical stuff, but its still not like... GRAPHICS Doom. It just has some graphical borders and small upgrades from the completely terminal DoomRL.

You have it running as a door, or for DL??? :P That would be sweet, running it online.



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Yea... well, theres the original DoomRL thats completely in true text,
and then

theres another version of it that has SOME graphical stuff, but its
still not like... GRAPHICS Doom. It just has some graphical borders and small upgrades from the completely terminal DoomRL.

I /think/ these are the same game, it's just that you have the option to play in a terminal with utf8 characters or you can play some SDL version locally.
I could be wrong but a lot of roguelikes have this feature nowadays.

You have it running as a door, or for DL??? :P That would be sweet, running it online.

As a door :) I have a bunch of roguelikes. The clever use of creating one-off dirs per user and simlinking binaries and the basic structure of the game
allow this, but it's still not true multiplayer or anything.

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You have it running as a door, or for DL??? :P That would be sweet, running it online.

As a door :) I have a bunch of roguelikes. The clever use of creating one-offdirs per user and simlinking binaries and the basic structure of the gameallow this, but it's still not true multiplayer or anything.

Very cool... I love playing old Ascii games, such as ascii sector, cataclysm, doomRL, and others. So fun.



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