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Actually a spear is an ideal weapon for any character even into the endgame, Sandman25 and I proved it one time :lol: :) :| :? Hah that was started by an argument in my starter thread. :) In which the advice giver said (and I paraphrase) that spears were not an end game weapon. However the valid ar...

@both of you above, I don't think we are in general disagreement here. Though it seems sometimes people focus on the minutia to the exclusion of the forest. My point seems to have gone over or under here so I will try to be clearer: I don't think a script is needed to determine when to start/stop tr...

Goals like "stop training this when I get to this ev" or "stop training this when spell x is at y% failure" would be a little better, but I don't find it personally burdensome to manage my skills myself. I do wish the skills menu would open at the very start of the game so I don...

Damn, that's a shame. I am mostly attracted to the lichform idea since Beogh loses a lot of his appeal in the extended game and this would counter that to some degree. For you. I would not want to deal with the hassle that would entail. Of course I haven't played extended (past tombs) so perhaps I ...

Someone would have used this '95%' method to repeatedly get streaks around 20, and of course, they'd have some streaks that were much longer. Why? It's not fun. Good players know what they could do to avoid premature deaths. Instead they often choose to push their luck because playing optimal is a ...

My feelings about the changes to Nem are simple. Unfun, and thus not worth going with her as far as I am concerned. Even if you can still use her to win. That said, I expect there are plenty of people who derive a different sort of pleasure from the game and don't mind being bored to death in the pr...

Why do rods induce so much hunger and have minimum of 50 satiation points per evocation? Was it done to weaken rods? I am playing an evocations-based character who wields a rod of clouds by default and I get to very hungry and below in many battles. It looks like players can spam level 9 spells wit...

whats the history behind bloax's tiles? they are cool, but people say he is ruining things and stuff... damn, everyone here been here forever, its hard to catch up. feels like high school in a new city. and Ive been around for two years or something like that. are you guys going to stick around for...

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also sometimes
"wow that was genius, you moron." (to self)

"asshat" seems to be my favorite adjective for people who do things I dislike. Regardless of appropriateness.

why are you replying seriously to tasonir praising Cheinagas I think Tasonir praising Chei Nagas isn't unpredictable however I wasn't entirely in disagreement with his statement Sar so I felt the need to say so while pointing out how trappy the combo is. And yeah its mostly early game problems but ...

I didn't enjoy it very much though I bought it on the same thought, that it would be roguelike and yet maybe something of CIV or Sim City. It isn't any of those things. It is rather unique but as I said, I really didn't enjoy it. On the other hand that was over a year ago.

I'm just curious about the significance of Lawndart's signature since he did not come back and tell you guys whether he succeeded in getting past 1st-2nd levels. I am assuming that it means he did figure out, found the rest of the game astoundingly easy as a MiFi and is now experimenting with ways ...

wheals wrote:i'm no lua expert, but i believe that ~= actually means not equal to, so the numbers should be reversed there, or the ~= should be turned into ==

http://www.lua.org/pil/3.2.html according to this you are exactly right.

As a visual "artist" (I use the term loosely to be clear I make no $$$ off my work and have no particular work ethic with regard to creating stuff.) These icons look nice. I do think they lack a coherency but find a way to work with tiny icons so that they are both pretty and clear is not ...

I'm just curious about the significance of Lawndart's signature since he did not come back and tell you guys whether he succeeded in getting past 1st-2nd levels. I am assuming that it means he did figure out, found the rest of the game astoundingly easy as a MiFi and is now experimenting with ways t...

Sandman25 wrote:I ran fsims comparing Fi/Gl with and without shields long time ago. Shield really helps early game (especially pre-Temple) and as we all know early game is the hardest part.

So something like:

"Oh thank gods, there's the Qazial altar I can take this damned piece of junk off now"

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Lyrick wrote:
Turukano wrote: I forgot pearl DA

Wishing you luck Pan scumming

Yeah out of hundreds of games I think I have found pda 2x. Maybe. I could be just remembering seeing it in a shop when I didn't have the $ and then dying without wearing it.

Yeah I don't think Mutations are a terribly fun or exciting way to play crawl unless you find being handicapped exciting. I tend to stay far, far away from them. No need for lava just leave them on the floor. Some monster may quaff them after all. :p I say this with tongue-in-cheek since I know some...

Not really sure what the point of this thread is but it seems like the OP was asking for actually subtle answers as opposed to the obvious stuff posted. That said not sure there is a way to make the game technically impossible without being obvious. And I don't have any ideas that differ from what's...

What's the point of score if you can create orb of zot (I think?) on the first turn and just ascend? You're free to mess up your scoreboard that way. Wizmode is a decent learning tool for the less experienced players imo. (allowing you to continue when you die)(that is, if you don't abuse the other...

Is this just crazy talk? ( I mean considering it's cyc... )

There are three types of characters: melee, casters, and stabbers. Melee characters wear the heaviest armour they can, put all stats into strength, and never train spells. Casters wear robes of the Archmagi, only put points into int, and only train magic skills. Stabbers wear robes, put all points ...

I forgot that on this forum, sarcasm is often the only way people will listen to you consistently. I feel like that should have been obvious when I made the thread, but oh well, my apologies. It wouldn't be the tavern without sarcasm, its like having a nazi death camp without mustard gas. Its just ...

Nicely done. I have yet to win with more than 3 and honestly doubt it will happen any time soon (even if I wasn't being distracted by xcom and other games.) Qazial seems like a tough god to get online early as you have to wait quite a bit before the good abilities are available. Then again once you ...

I noticed that there have been some attempts at collecting good general advice for new players and that these attempts were unsuccessful. Instead, how about some bad advice you would give to your enemies if they started playing crawl? Possibly I can compile all of them and add "don't" to ...

a) Hatred is a poison. Partaking of it only feeds it and makes it worse. So that is why I agree with the sentiment you expressed here. b) However, there is a reason why white men get dumped on now: Years of dumping on others (and it goes on even still with White Male Privilege a thing still.) c) Be...

no one fucks me in my own thread afaik. now i`m going to quote you on stupid nonsense to prove you spout nothing but stupid nonsense. and never try to fuck me again me again. or i will own you like so Also, on being a nerd/geek: I am in agreement that the terms have been purloined by the public (or...

Siegurt wrote:I object to your objection

A pacifist is someone who believes strongly in peace, I was going for someone who "strongly associates certain sterotypes (or is prejudiced) against violence and violent people, regardless of their own commitment to peace"

fair enough.

Is it racist when... Yes. Fundamentally, attributing stereotypes (of whatever sort) to a particular individual or group of people based on knowledge of their race and nothing else is racist, that's what the term means. Now if you'd instead of saying "walking through black neighborhood" yo...

twelwe wrote:God dAMn It I Jus tWanted More Girls,people....

Starting a harem? What's with the fixation? lol. I know we all missed the point of you starting this thread. The only thing I can say is...go get more?

TDA your lengthy post definitely evoked some empathy in me. It also explained to my mind some of the reason you post the way you do. Thanks for that. I don't agree with your conclusions in general but I do agree with this "It's not about how bad it is or who is in the wrong. That whole idea tha...

dck wrote:the speciesism in this place is disgusting.

So you weren't a fan of the Pheldagrif?

Anyway the real point is that the problem isn't all those "actual bigots" it's also the vastly greater number of reasonable normal people who refuse to believe that they could be part of the problem. It's not actually a dire moral failing to say something that reflects one or two of the m...

its when you need to boil water, but dont have a metal or stone recipient, so you put the water in a any recipient and puts a very hot stone in it. it will make the water boil and solve your problem. im Brazil thats called Sopa de Pedra, or Stone Soup. :geek: EDIT: it is also a cool portuguese lege...

dck wrote:oh wow i read a bit of this and lemme tell you arrhy people need more hippos in their lives

Does this work?

Broken post for some reason,

please delete.

@MarvinPA: Are you denying the fact that there's girls out there (luckily not that many) that "play games" solely to make money off horny young males? What, exactly, is the problem with this? And why does it strike such a chord with you that you "despise" them? That's really str...

tabstorm wrote:Wait, you're telling me that the playerbase of DCSS isn't mostly made up of girls sitting and drinking tea in frilly dresses while playing?

Yes. Frilly Dresses are so '90s. And tea is hot wet grass.

duvessa wrote:
Hopeless wrote:As to the biological elemental, when a personage as august as Neil Degrasse Tyson has stated unequivocally that such posits are malarkey, I listen.
This is the most reddit sentence I've ever read.

Yeah I could have phrased that better I suppose. Sometimes my fingers get away from me.

As to the biological elemental, when a personage as august as Neil Degrasse Tyson has stated unequivocally that such posits are malarkey, I listen. Now he was referring to mathematical/scientific aptitude as it applies to women and black people. That isn't ruling it out but it makes it highly unlike...

Can of Wyrms opening: #132156 & #4624601 Bias: Is there a lot of bias against women in gaming? Yes. Are you a participant in said bias? (I leave that for you to answer.) Is there any solution? Yes. Don't participate and encourage others to not participate. Language does matter. Despite what peop...

My twin sister once asked me "are you still playing that gay-Klown-nerd game"? Ftfy. No offense meant to Klown as well as gay people. And, anyhow, we do have gay clowns, they are rainbow coloured and jump around like crazy. If that's not gayness (happiness), idk what is. More on topic, as...

Bloax wrote:Nobody is asking which one of them easy; the question is which one of them is the relatively easiest of all the available choices.
.-.

I am sure you can read between the lines of what I said without the snark, thanks.

I posted the objector vote because to my view none are really easy. I still die sometimes in v5 and earlier if I am having a bad day. Though I will admit the wins I have, I grabbed the silver, once after the change and once before it. I bypassed the circle of vault guards entirely by using the trapd...

Patashu wrote:It was Crate who said it but it was me who coined it as Crate's Law and he doesn't want it to be called it anymore, and I respect that. So now it is called Rule 0. Please update all your relevant documentaries.

Oh!! Well that case I should have numbered it starting at 0. :/ Sorry.

My twin sister once asked me "are you still playing that gay-clown-nerd game"? She remains as an only female, who knows i'm playing this ********* game. Wouldn't she be surprised to know there are gay clown nerds playing this game? You should tell her you met some and see how she responds...

Hirsch I wrote:I still prefer one of those than the annoying Draconian lvl 7+ on the early game. draining breath sucks cock.

Yeah I am not a fan of draining breath. :/

So would you say the list I am making is helping or hurting new players? There is a difference between giving advice and helping with common misconceptions that sometimes take several deaths to figure out, but if this isn't helping with that, do you think I should delete the thread? imho and take i...

crate wrote:
1. Crate's Law (in paraphrase, moving towards a threat is usually a bad idea.)

please don't attach my name to this, thanks

It was you who said it initially. But OK.

If you are in a shitty situation in the elf:3 vault when you teleport - which is one of the main, if not practically the only, reason you would teleport to escape on elf:3, as situations that warrant teleportation outside of the vault are probably very rare - surely having a cointoss between a new ...

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