garote

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   by garote 17y ago

   So in twenty years of playing Nethack, I have apparently "missed the point" of the game, by not choosing to play with self-imposed restrictions? Actually, come to think of it, that statement doesn't even apply. My self-imposed restriction
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   by garote 17y ago

   That read is absolutely HILARIOUS. "A few more war dogs ran out and attacked. I have to say I'm slightly terrified by them. One of the bitches actually gave birth while she was attacking, and her puppies joined in on the carnage"
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   by garote 17y ago

   That's where I played the game mentioned in the writeup, in fact. I wonder if the replay is still buried in the server somewhere...
4. 4.▲
   by garote 17y ago

   Thank you. :) Yes, I bent the metaphor over backwards, but, Nethack does the same thing to the brain, so, it's all good...
5. 5.▲
   by garote 17y ago

   Well laa dee daa, aren't you cool. Speaking as the author of that essay, I can tell you, I did my fair share of hacking. I'll go up against you in a hacker dick-measuring contest any day. Back in 1992 I was rolling my own builds of Netha