Meat sprint score cap

[xentronium]

I found a way to survive indefinitely in meatsprint. Scoring depends on how long you stay alive, awarding 100000 points for each turn you survive.

  Code:

function meatsprint_score (won)
    local time = you.turns()
    local score = time * 100000
 
    if won then
        score = score * 2
    end
 
    return score, false
end

Apparently there is a cap of 1500000000 points that I didn't know about; even though I survived 272726 turns (mistimed the death by 1), the score was only 1502796224.

  Code:

 Dungeon Sprint DCSS version 0.17-a0-411-gd4fac0c (webtiles) character file.

1502796224 Xen the Axe Maniac (level 27, -212/249 HPs)
             Began as a Vampire Earth Elementalist on Apr 1, 2015.
             Shot themself with a stone (228 damage)
             ... in the Dungeon (Sprint VIII: "Arena of Blood") on Apr 2, 2015.
             The game lasted 03:55:14 (272726 turns).

Xen the Axe Maniac (Vampire Earth Elementalist)   Turns: 272726, Time: 03:55:14

Health: -212/249   AC:  4    Str:  7    XL:     27
Magic:  54/54      EV: 37    Int: 18    God:   
Gold:   0          SH:  0    Dex: 22    Spells: 3 memorised, 71 levels left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis +     k - +∞ Axe of Woe
rCold  + + .     Clarity  .     c - +0 robe
rNeg   + + +     SustAb   .     (no shield)
rPois  ∞         Gourm    .     (no helmet)
rElec  .         Spirit   .     (no cloak)
rCorr  .         Warding  .     (no gloves)
rMut   .         NoTele   +     (no boots)
MR     ++...                    (no amulet)
Stlth  ++++++++++               a - +30 ring of slaying
                                l - +200 ring of slaying

@: bloodless, non-regenerating, very resistant to hostile enchantments,
uncannily stealthy
A: fangs 3, see invisible, unbreathing
a: Bat Form


You were in the Dungeon.
You were bloodless.

You visited 1 branch
Inventory:

Hand weapons
 k - the +∞ Axe of Woe (weapon)
   (You found it in the Dungeon)
Missiles
 b - 20 stones (quivered)
Armour
 c - a +0 robe (worn)
Jewellery
 a - a +30 ring of slaying (right hand)
 e - a +30 ring of slaying
 f - a +30 ring of slaying
 g - a +30 ring of slaying
 h - a +30 ring of slaying
 j - a +30 ring of slaying
 l - a +200 ring of slaying (left hand)
 m - a +30 ring of slaying
 n - a +30 ring of slaying
 o - a +30 ring of slaying
 p - a +30 ring of slaying
 q - a +30 ring of slaying
 r - a +30 ring of slaying
Potions
 i - a potion of berserk rage
Books
 d - a book of Geomancy   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Sandblast                    Earth                         1
    b - Stoneskin                    Transmutation/Earth           2
    c - Passwall                     Transmutation/Earth           3
    d - Stone Arrow                  Conjuration/Earth             3
    e - Petrify                      Transmutation/Earth           4
    f - Lee's Rapid Deconstruction   Earth                         5


   Skills:
 O Level 27 Fighting
 O Level 27 Axes
 O Level 27 Throwing
 O Level 27 Armour
 O Level 27 Dodging
 O Level 27 Stealth
 O Level 27 Unarmed Combat
 O Level 27 Spellcasting
   Level 0.1 Conjurations
 O Level 27 Transmutations
 O Level 27 Earth Magic
 O Level 27 Invocations


You had 71 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Sandblast             Erth           ######       0%          1    None
b - Lee's Rapid Deconstr  Erth           #######...   0%          5    None
c - Passwall              Trmt/Erth      #######...   0%          3    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (1/1)             

Altars:
Makhleb

Annotations:
D 2 exclusions


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You do not heal naturally.
You are immune to poison.
You have razor-sharp teeth.
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
You can survive without breathing.


Message History

Play time: 03:55:05 (272724 turns)
Unknown command.
You hear a shout! x9
You are a level 27 Vampire Earth Elementalist.
I'm sorry, level 27 is as high as you can go.
With the way you've been playing, I'm surprised you got this far.
Play time: 03:55:06 (272725 turns)
Unknown command.
You hear a shout! x7
You are a level 27 Vampire Earth Elementalist.
I'm sorry, level 27 is as high as you can go.
With the way you've been playing, I'm surprised you got this far.
Play time: 03:55:08 (272726 turns)
Unknown command.
Throwing (i - inventory): b - 20 stones (quivered)
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - you
Really target yourself?
You throw a stone. The stone hits you!!!!!
Ouch! That really hurt!
You die...

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#.#)##           ▓▓▓    ▓## #####
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##             ##.##    ##...###.
#              #@##      ##### ##
               ###


There were no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  31 orcs (D)
  3 phantoms (D)
  2 hill giants (D)
  A skeletal warrior (D)
  8 great orbs of eyes (D)
  15 sea snakes (D)
  3 wraiths (D)
  8 hell beasts (D)
  29 molten gargoyles (D)
  6 vampire knights (D)
  22 ogres (D)
  7 hydras (D)
135 creatures vanquished.

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D        | Xen, the Vampire Earth Elementalist, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D        | Reached XP level 1. HP: 13/13 MP: 3/3
     4 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
     4 | D        | Became a worshipper of Makhleb the Destroyer
     5 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
     5 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
     6 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
     6 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
     7 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
     8 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
     8 | D        | Reached skill level 23 in Axes
     8 | D        | Reached XP level 2. HP: 19/19 MP: 4/4
     8 | D        | Reached XP level 3. HP: 24/24 MP: 5/5
     8 | D        | Reached XP level 4. HP: 30/30 MP: 6/6
     8 | D        | Reached XP level 5. HP: 35/35 MP: 7/7
     8 | D        | Reached XP level 6. HP: 41/41 MP: 8/8
     8 | D        | Reached XP level 7. HP: 46/46 MP: 9/9
     8 | D        | Reached XP level 8. HP: 52/52 MP: 10/10
     8 | D        | Reached XP level 9. HP: 57/57 MP: 11/11
     8 | D        | Reached XP level 10. HP: 63/63 MP: 12/12
     8 | D        | Reached XP level 11. HP: 68/68 MP: 13/13
     8 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
     8 | D        | Acquired Makhleb's first power
     8 | D        | Reached skill level 27 in Axes
     8 | D        | Reached skill level 3 in Dodging
     8 | D        | Reached skill level 4 in Stealth
     8 | D        | Reached XP level 12. HP: 74/74 MP: 14/14
     8 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
     8 | D        | Reached skill level 9 in Dodging
     8 | D        | Reached skill level 13 in Stealth
     8 | D        | Reached skill level 8 in Spellcasting
     8 | D        | Reached skill level 9 in Earth Magic
     8 | D        | Reached XP level 13. HP: 79/79 MP: 14/21
     9 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
     9 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
     9 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
     9 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    10 | D        | Noticed a large bag of meat
    10 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
    10 | D        | Acquired Makhleb's second power
    10 | D        | Reached skill level 14 in Dodging
    10 | D        | Reached skill level 19 in Stealth
    10 | D        | Reached skill level 12 in Spellcasting
    10 | D        | Reached skill level 13 in Earth Magic
    10 | D        | Reached XP level 14. HP: 85/85 MP: 14/26
    10 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    10 | D        | Reached skill level 16 in Dodging
    10 | D        | Reached skill level 21 in Stealth
    10 | D        | Reached skill level 14 in Spellcasting
    10 | D        | Reached skill level 15 in Earth Magic
    10 | D        | Reached XP level 15. HP: 90/90 MP: 14/29
    11 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    12 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
    12 | D        | Noticed a large bag of meat
    13 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    13 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
    13 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    13 | D        | Acquired Makhleb's third power
    13 | D        | Reached skill level 17 in Dodging
    13 | D        | Reached skill level 23 in Stealth
    13 | D        | Reached skill level 15 in Spellcasting
    13 | D        | Reached skill level 16 in Earth Magic
    13 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    13 | D        | Reached skill level 19 in Dodging
    13 | D        | Reached skill level 25 in Stealth
    13 | D        | Reached skill level 16 in Spellcasting
    13 | D        | Reached skill level 17 in Earth Magic
    14 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    14 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    14 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    14 | D        | Reached skill level 20 in Dodging
    14 | D        | Reached skill level 26 in Stealth
    14 | D        | Reached skill level 17 in Spellcasting
    14 | D        | Reached skill level 18 in Earth Magic
    14 | D        | Reached XP level 16. HP: 96/96 MP: 15/33
    14 | D        | Killed a large bag of meat
    14 | D        | Acquired Makhleb's fourth power
    14 | D        | Reached skill level 21 in Dodging
    14 | D        | Reached skill level 27 in Stealth
    14 | D        | Reached skill level 18 in Spellcasting
    14 | D        | Reached skill level 20 in Earth Magic
    15 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    15 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
    15 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    15 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    15 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    16 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
    16 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    16 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
    16 | D        | Reached skill level 23 in Dodging
    16 | D        | Reached skill level 20 in Spellcasting
    16 | D        | Reached skill level 22 in Earth Magic
    16 | D        | Reached XP level 17. HP: 43/101 MP: 15/37
    16 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
    16 | D        | Reached skill level 25 in Dodging
    16 | D        | Reached skill level 22 in Spellcasting
    16 | D        | Reached skill level 24 in Earth Magic
    16 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    16 | D        | Acquired Makhleb's fifth power
    16 | D        | Reached skill level 26 in Dodging
    16 | D        | Reached skill level 23 in Spellcasting
    16 | D        | Reached skill level 25 in Earth Magic
    17 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    17 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    17 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    17 | D        | Reached skill level 27 in Dodging
    17 | D        | Reached skill level 24 in Spellcasting
    17 | D        | Reached skill level 26 in Earth Magic
    17 | D        | Reached XP level 18. HP: 107/107 MP: 15/42
    19 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    19 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    19 | D        | Reached skill level 25 in Spellcasting
    19 | D        | Reached skill level 27 in Earth Magic
    19 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    19 | D        | Reached skill level 27 in Spellcasting
    19 | D        | Reached skill level 3 in Fighting
    19 | D        | Reached skill level 2 in Throwing
    19 | D        | Reached skill level 2 in Armour
    19 | D        | Reached skill level 3 in Unarmed Combat
    19 | D        | Reached skill level 3 in Invocations
    19 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    19 | D        | Reached skill level 6 in Fighting
    19 | D        | Reached skill level 6 in Throwing
    19 | D        | Reached skill level 6 in Armour
    19 | D        | Reached skill level 8 in Unarmed Combat
    19 | D        | Reached skill level 6 in Invocations
    19 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    20 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    20 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    20 | D        | Reached skill level 9 in Fighting
    20 | D        | Reached skill level 8 in Throwing
    20 | D        | Reached skill level 8 in Armour
    20 | D        | Reached skill level 10 in Unarmed Combat
    20 | D        | Reached skill level 9 in Invocations
    21 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
    21 | D        | Reached skill level 12 in Fighting
    21 | D        | Reached skill level 11 in Throwing
    21 | D        | Reached skill level 11 in Armour
    21 | D        | Reached skill level 14 in Unarmed Combat
    21 | D        | Reached skill level 12 in Invocations
    21 | D        | Reached XP level 19. HP: 137/147 MP: 16/46
    21 | D        | Killed a large bag of meat
    21 | D        | Reached skill level 13 in Fighting
    21 | D        | Reached skill level 12 in Throwing
    21 | D        | Reached skill level 12 in Armour
    21 | D        | Reached skill level 15 in Unarmed Combat
    21 | D        | Reached skill level 13 in Invocations
    22 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    23 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
    23 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 14 in Fighting
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 13 in Throwing
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 13 in Armour
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 16 in Unarmed Combat
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 14 in Invocations
    23 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 15 in Fighting
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 14 in Throwing
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 14 in Armour
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 17 in Unarmed Combat
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 15 in Invocations
    23 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 16 in Fighting
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 15 in Throwing
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 15 in Armour
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 18 in Unarmed Combat
    23 | D        | Reached skill level 16 in Invocations
    23 | D        | Reached XP level 20. HP: 162/165 MP: 17/47
    24 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    24 | D        | Reached skill level 19 in Unarmed Combat
    24 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    24 | D        | Reached skill level 17 in Fighting
    24 | D        | Reached skill level 16 in Throwing
    24 | D        | Reached skill level 16 in Armour
    24 | D        | Reached skill level 20 in Unarmed Combat
    24 | D        | Reached skill level 17 in Invocations
    24 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    25 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    26 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
    26 | D        | Reached skill level 19 in Fighting
    26 | D        | Reached skill level 17 in Throwing
    26 | D        | Reached skill level 17 in Armour
    26 | D        | Reached skill level 22 in Unarmed Combat
    26 | D        | Reached skill level 19 in Invocations
    26 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    26 | D        | Reached skill level 18 in Throwing
    26 | D        | Reached skill level 18 in Armour
    26 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    26 | D        | Reached skill level 20 in Fighting
    26 | D        | Reached skill level 19 in Throwing
    26 | D        | Reached skill level 19 in Armour
    26 | D        | Reached skill level 23 in Unarmed Combat
    26 | D        | Reached skill level 20 in Invocations
    26 | D        | Reached XP level 21. HP: 179/184 MP: 17/48
    26 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    26 | D        | Reached skill level 24 in Unarmed Combat
    26 | D        | Noticed a destroyer
    28 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
    28 | D        | Reached skill level 22 in Fighting
    28 | D        | Reached skill level 20 in Throwing
    28 | D        | Reached skill level 20 in Armour
    28 | D        | Reached skill level 25 in Unarmed Combat
    28 | D        | Reached skill level 22 in Invocations
    28 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    28 | D        | Reached skill level 21 in Throwing
    28 | D        | Reached skill level 21 in Armour
    29 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    29 | D        | Reached skill level 23 in Fighting
    29 | D        | Reached skill level 26 in Unarmed Combat
    29 | D        | Reached skill level 23 in Invocations
    29 | D        | Killed a destroyer
    29 | D        | Reached skill level 24 in Fighting
    29 | D        | Reached skill level 22 in Throwing
    29 | D        | Reached skill level 22 in Armour
    29 | D        | Reached skill level 27 in Unarmed Combat
    29 | D        | Reached skill level 24 in Invocations
    29 | D        | Reached XP level 22. HP: 197/204 MP: 18/49
    29 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    29 | D        | Reached skill level 25 in Fighting
    29 | D        | Reached skill level 23 in Throwing
    29 | D        | Reached skill level 23 in Armour
    29 | D        | Reached skill level 25 in Invocations
    30 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    31 | D        | Noticed a destroyer
    34 | D        | Noticed a sculptor of flesh
    37 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
    39 | D        | Learned a level 5 spell: Lee's Rapid Deconstruction
    39 | D        | Killed a sculptor of flesh
    39 | D        | Reached skill level 26 in Fighting
    39 | D        | Reached skill level 24 in Throwing
    39 | D        | Reached skill level 24 in Armour
    39 | D        | Reached skill level 26 in Invocations
    48 | D        | Killed a destroyer
    48 | D        | Reached skill level 27 in Fighting
    48 | D        | Reached skill level 25 in Throwing
    48 | D        | Reached skill level 25 in Armour
    48 | D        | Reached skill level 27 in Invocations
    48 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    48 | D        | Reached skill level 26 in Throwing
    48 | D        | Reached skill level 26 in Armour
    48 | D        | Reached XP level 23. HP: 219/219 MP: 32/50
    56 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
    56 | D        | Reached skill level 27 in Throwing
    56 | D        | Reached skill level 27 in Armour
    57 | D        | Noticed a destroyer
    66 | D        | Killed a destroyer
    82 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
    82 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
   165 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
   165 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
   165 | D        | Reached XP level 24. HP: 227/227 MP: 17/51
   166 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
   166 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
   201 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
   201 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
   206 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
   206 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
   208 | D        | Noticed a dread
   208 | D        | Killed a dread
   208 | D        | Reached XP level 25. HP: 234/234 MP: 6/52
   285 | D        | Noticed a scourge
   285 | D        | Killed a scourge
   336 | D        | Noticed a wretched soul
   336 | D        | Killed a wretched soul
   390 | D        | Noticed a scourge
   390 | D        | Killed a scourge
   394 | D        | Noticed a scourge
   394 | D        | Killed a scourge
   400 | D        | Noticed a meat beast
   400 | D        | Killed a meat beast
   400 | D        | Reached XP level 26. HP: 217/242 MP: 7/53
   415 | D        | Noticed an observer
   415 | D        | Killed an observer
   460 | D        | Noticed a vile
   460 | D        | Killed a vile
   522 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
   522 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
   526 | D        | Noticed an eight-headed meat hydra
   526 | D        | Killed a nine-headed meat hydra
   526 | D        | Reached XP level 27. HP: 249/249 MP: 13/54
   566 | D        | Noticed a vile
   566 | D        | Killed a vile
   711 | D        | Noticed an observer
   711 | D        | Killed an observer
  1296 | D        | Noticed a scourge
  1296 | D        | Killed a scourge
  1358 | D        | Noticed a vile
  1358 | D        | Killed a vile
  2246 | D        | Noticed a scourge
  2791 | D        | BenDover: what in god's name are you doing
  2792 | D        | Xen: hehe
  2792 | D        | Xen: digging
  2792 | D        | Xen: isn't it obvious?
  2793 | D        | BenDover: O_o
  2915 | D        | BenDover: is there treasure at the end?
  2917 | D        | Xen: no
  2917 | D        | Xen: but there could be a high score
  2918 | D        | BenDover: what if a balrog shows up
  2921 | D        | BenDover: you might dig too deep
  2921 | D        | Xen: than I shall not pass
  2969 | D        | Killed a scourge
  3125 | D        | Xen: you get points for every turn you survive in this
  3125 | D        | Xen: so i just need to dig deep enough
  3582 | D        | BenDover: couldnt you just mash 5
  3709 | D        | Xen: I will eventually
  3709 | D        | Xen: but wandering monsters can enter the tunnel
  3709 | D        | Xen: so it needs to go deep
  4333 | D        | BenDover: oh so you're digging a whole spiral thing
  4334 | D        | Xen: i'll stop in the top right corner
  4334 | D        | Xen: probably
  4408 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
  4409 | D        | Noticed a scourge
  4410 | D        | Noticed a vile
  4410 | D        | Xen: crap
  4410 | D        | Xen: they found me
  4411 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
  4414 | D        | Killed a scourge
  4415 | D        | Killed a vile
  4422 | D        | Noticed a vile
  4426 | D        | Killed a vile
  4480 | D        | Noticed a meat beast
  4480 | D        | Killed a meat beast
  4482 | D        | Noticed a vile
  4482 | D        | Killed a vile
  4730 | D        | Noticed a wretched soul
  4730 | D        | Killed a wretched soul
  4930 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
  4930 | D        | Noticed a vile
  4930 | D        | Noticed a vile
  4931 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
  4931 | D        | Killed a vile
  4934 | D        | Killed a vile
  5023 | D        | Noticed an observer
  5024 | D        | Killed an observer
  5163 | D        | Xen: this is a bad place to hide
  5163 | D        | Xen: that large area will gather enemies
  6915 | D        | BenDover: well so long as you have a killhole its NP
  6929 | D        | Xen: some have dig
  6929 | D        | BenDover: since you kill everything in 1 hit
  6929 | D        | Xen: so hopefully it will be ok
  7320 | D        | Noticed a destroyer
  7320 | D        | Killed a destroyer
  9910 | D        | squarelos: you can make a macro for 010000s or something
  9996 | D        | squarelos: to avoid holding 5 so much
  9996 | D        | Xen: 55555555555555
 10174 | D        | squarelos: I guess that works too :p
 10714 | D        | Xen: heh
 11540 | D        | squarelos: I'm pretty sure you have to stand in one specific tile to kill the final boss though, so this might not really work...
 12126 | D        | Xen: i just need to survive for a while
 15882 | D        | Xen: passed the high score :)
 17254 | D        | Noticed a vile
 17254 | D        | Killed a vile
 17266 | D        | Noticed a vile
 17266 | D        | Killed a vile
 17331 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
 17331 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
 17390 | D        | Noticed a meat beast
 17390 | D        | Noticed an observer
 17390 | D        | Noticed a vile
 17390 | D        | Killed a meat beast
 17392 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
 17392 | D        | Noticed a vile
 17393 | D        | Killed a vile
 17394 | D        | Killed a vile
 17395 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
 17396 | D        | Killed an observer
 17397 | D        | BenDover: noice
 17785 | D        | Noticed an eight-headed meat hydra
 17785 | D        | Killed a nine-headed meat hydra
 17821 | D        | Xen: whew
 17821 | D        | Xen: lucky to be able to leave that area
 19251 | D        | Xen: i think the kill hole is worth a lot of depth
 19563 | D        | Noticed a vile
 19563 | D        | Killed a vile
 24153 | D        | Xen: it got really laggy
 28130 | D        | BenDover: you'll probably break the scripting
 28271 | D        | BenDover: score-wise
 28271 | D        | Xen: should be interesting
 28271 | D        | Xen: going to try refreshing
 28271 | D        | Upgraded the game from 0.17-a0-368-g6795a14 to 0.17-a0-380-g528db62
 28271 | D        | Xen: oh man...
 28280 | D        | Xen: the newest commit
 28280 | D        | Xen: disables 5 while at full health
 28287 | D        | BenDover: say what now
 28327 | D        | BenDover: in sprint or generally
 28327 | D        | Xen: generally
 28327 | D        | Xen: https://gitorious.org/crawl/crawl/commit/dbeb0d202e16ce1e0bdd6f56928e8978dc850f8f
 28327 | D        | Xen: coincidence?
 28327 | D        | Xen: it was 2 hours ago
 28327 | D        | Xen: that
 28327 | D        | Xen: that's before i started here
 28368 | D        | BenDover: huh
 28368 | D        | Xen: i can still spam 5 at <full health though
 28368 | D        | Xen: so no big deal
 28368 | D        | Xen: nvm
 28370 | D        | Xen: already fully healed huh
 28370 | D        | Xen: need to write something in the rc i guess
 28372 | D        | BenDover: dang
 30242 | D        | elmdor: ??????
 30251 | D        | ythm: this is even worse
 30382 | D        | ythm: wizmode holding down .
 41233 | D        | Noticed a vile
 41233 | D        | Killed a vile
 41478 | D        | Noticed a vile
 41478 | D        | Killed a vile
 41528 | D        | Noticed a meat beast
 41528 | D        | Killed a meat beast
 41688 | D        | Noticed a scourge
 41688 | D        | Killed a scourge
 41751 | D        | Noticed an observer
 41751 | D        | Killed an observer
 41843 | D        | Noticed a destroyer
 41843 | D        | Killed a destroyer
 41921 | D        | Noticed a scourge
 41921 | D        | Killed a scourge
 41937 | D        | Noticed a dread
 41937 | D        | Killed a dread
 42036 | D        | Noticed an eight-headed meat hydra
 42036 | D        | Killed a nine-headed meat hydra
 42114 | D        | Noticed a vile
 42114 | D        | Killed a vile
 42203 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
 42203 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
 42208 | D        | Noticed a scourge
 42208 | D        | Killed a scourge
 42304 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
 42304 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
 42335 | D        | Noticed a scourge
 42335 | D        | Killed a scourge
 42764 | D        | Noticed a scourge
 42764 | D        | Killed a scourge
 42802 | D        | Noticed a scourge
 42802 | D        | Killed a scourge
 43172 | D        | Noticed a vile
 43172 | D        | Killed a vile
 44399 | D        | Noticed a vile
 44399 | D        | Killed a vile
 47133 | D        | Noticed a vile
 47133 | D        | Killed a vile
 47141 | D        | Learned a level 3 spell: Passwall
 47221 | D        | Upgraded the game from 0.17-a0-380-g528db62 to 0.17-a0-389-g4a39274
 49918 | D        | Noticed a wretched soul
 49918 | D        | Killed a wretched soul
 49918 | D        | Reached skill level 14 in Transmutations
 50998 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
 50998 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
 50998 | D        | Reached skill level 24 in Transmutations
 51008 | D        | Noticed a meat beast
 51008 | D        | Killed a meat beast
 51008 | D        | Reached skill level 27 in Transmutations
 52175 | D        | Noticed a vile
 52175 | D        | Killed a vile
 52176 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
 52177 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
 52402 | D        | Noticed a vile
 52402 | D        | Killed a vile
 54052 | D        | Noticed an observer
 54052 | D        | Killed an observer
 54477 | D        | Noticed a destroyer
 54477 | D        | Killed a destroyer
 55222 | D        | Noticed an eight-headed meat hydra
 55222 | D        | Killed an eight-headed meat hydra
 55486 | D        | Noticed a meat beast
 55487 | D        | Killed a meat beast
 56770 | D        | Noticed a meat beast
 56770 | D        | Killed a meat beast
 57243 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
 57243 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
 57244 | D        | Noticed an eight-headed meat hydra
 57244 | D        | Killed a nine-headed meat hydra
 57674 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
 57674 | D        | Noticed a vile
 57675 | D        | Noticed a vile
 57676 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
 57677 | D        | Killed a vile
 57678 | D        | Killed a vile
 57680 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
 57712 | D        | Noticed a vile
 57712 | D        | Killed a vile
 60457 | D        | Noticed an observer
 60457 | D        | Killed an observer
 60761 | D        | Noticed a vile
 60761 | D        | Killed a vile
 62737 | D        | Noticed a vile
 62737 | D        | Killed a vile
 62841 | D        | Noticed a vile
 62841 | D        | Killed a vile
 62847 | D        | Noticed a dread
 62847 | D        | Killed a dread
 62985 | D        | Noticed a vile
 62985 | D        | Killed a vile
 63094 | D        | Noticed a vile
 63094 | D        | Killed a vile
 65538 | D        | Noticed an eight-headed meat hydra
 65538 | D        | Killed a nine-headed meat hydra
 65790 | D        | Upgraded the game from 0.17-a0-389-g4a39274 to 0.17-a0-411-gd4fac0c
 67837 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
 67837 | D        | Noticed a scourge
 68106 | D        | Killed a scourge
 72282 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
 72282 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
 72283 | D        | Noticed a scourge
 72498 | D        | Killed a scourge
 72507 | D        | Noticed an observer
 72507 | D        | Killed an observer
 81169 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
 81169 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
 81172 | D        | Noticed a scourge
 81172 | D        | Killed a scourge
 82558 | D        | Noticed a meat berserker
 82560 | D        | Killed a meat berserker
 82561 | D        | Noticed an eight-headed meat hydra
 82563 | D        | Killed a nine-headed meat hydra
 82814 | D        | Noticed a bag of meat
 82814 | D        | Killed a bag of meat
 83338 | D        | Noticed a meat beast
 83338 | D        | Killed a meat beast
141605 | D        | Fell from the grace of Makhleb
272726 | D        | Shot themself with a stone


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 | 19-21 | 22-24 | 25-27 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Executioner's axe |     1 |       |       |       |     3 |     5 |     5 |    11 |    89 ||   114
Throw: Stone             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     5 ||     5
 Cast: Lee's Rapid Decon |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    24 |   730 ||   754
       Passwall          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3
       Sandblast         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
 Abil: End Transformatio |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3
       Bat Form          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3
  Use: Potion            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 |    14 ||    17
       Scroll            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
 Stab: Distracted        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    19 ||    19
  Eat: Corpse            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     9 ||     9

Vault maps used:
D:        meatsprint

[duvessa]

You aren't the first.

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Kellhus the Farming Axe Maniac (L27 VpEE of Makhleb), annihilated by a meat berserker (a +9,+9 battleaxe) in Sprint (Sprint VIII: "Arena of Blood") on 2013-03-10 07:28:59, with -1759803776 points after 240100 turns and 1:53:37.

[xentronium]

A negative score, no less...

I could do it with Mu or Gh, but there doesn't seem to be much point.

[twelwe]

congratzulations

[Magipi]

And what is the way to survive indefinitely in meatsprint?

Congrats, of course.

And why did the other guy have a huge minus score?

[duvessa]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_overflow

[Arrhythmia]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_overflow

what no dude the game just thought he did a really really shitty job

[xentronium]

EE has both LRD and passwall. The basic strategy is to use LRD to dig a long tunnel with killholes, and 1-shot things as they come into view. You can survive for a long time doing this (hundreds of thousands of turns), however you will eventually get caught and killed by viles, who have dig and can somehow sense you through walls even if you're not moving.

To survive indefinitely, you need to permanently get out of the digging range of the viles, which is only possible using passwall. There is one disconnected open tile in the bottom of the map, marked "J". So you use LRD to get into passwall range of the "J" tile, than passwall to the "J", than use LRD to dig further away from the previous tunnel. At that point you can wait forever and never see another monster.
Eventually Makhleb will excommunicate you, but there will never be any wrath since you're not gaining any experience.

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[dowan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_overflow

So... why is the score a signed integer, rather than being unsigned? Is it ever possible to earn a negative score?

[tasonir]

Probably the same reason that mana uses a signed 8 bit int, which limits max mana to 127 rather than 256. Typing unsigned is a lot of work! I kid, I kid. Testing the change after making it would probably take some time, and these kinds of errors don't come up very often, although the mana one has been demonstrated to be possible to exceed the cap.

[dowan]

Two's complement is more like two's insult, amirite?

Clearly MP and score should be represented by 64 bit floating point values anyway. What's a couple bits between friends? And then you don't need to separately track the fractional MP!

[Siegurt]

it's also often the case that when you want to return your value from a function and the the legitimate range of values includes 0, then often you'll want to use -1 to indicate an error of some sort.

So it's a lot of programmers longstanding habit to use signed values and use a negative number to indicate an error.

I don't know if this was the rationale for score and mana being signed rather than unsigned, but it's fairly common.

A more modern computer scientist might (or might not, depending on their particular bent) tell you that values should be of a type that matches the type of data they should contain, (i.e. unsigned for values that can't logically be less than 0) and you should use an out-of-band channel (i.e. not the value itself) to convey an error, for instance structured exception handling, or use a return value to indicate status and pass in a reference to the value to be populated (rather than trying to return the value itself)

Of course another computer scientist might tell that computer scientist that that makes things more convoluted makes the software both less efficient, and more difficult to read and maintain (And if you don't know that a negative number means an error you should read the comments, that's what they're there for), also that the first computer scientist smelled like old cheese.

If the two of them got into the same room at the same time they'd probably argue until one of them keeled over dead, the other would claim victory, and probably eat the heart of the loser to absorb his computer-sciency powers.

[PleasingFungus]

my personal concern is the likelihood of really weird errors involving using signed & unsigned numbers together. e.g.:

  Code:

unsigned int a = 27;
int b = -1;
if (a > b)
   printf("27 > -1");
else
   printf("-1 > 27");
// -1 > 27

in general, it's much easier to spot & fix "this thing is negative when it shouldn't be" than "oops, we're mixing signed and unsigned and getting insane results"



also I turned the J into rock; thanks to xentronium for explaining the trick!

[bcadren]

A more modern computer scientist might (or might not, depending on their particular bent) tell you that values should be of a type that matches the type of data they should contain, (i.e. unsigned for values that can't logically be less than 0) and you should use an out-of-band channel (i.e. not the value itself) to convey an error, for instance structured exception handling, or use a return value to indicate status and pass in a reference to the value to be populated (rather than trying to return the value itself).

I'd say most practical engineers would say premature optimization kills more production time than it saves.

[xentronium]

also I turned the J into rock; thanks to xentronium for explaining the trick!

Any idea what that J was in the first place? My guess is that it was an artifact of an earlier version having to do with the spawning of "The Unspeakable."

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    "slime creature hp:10000 hd:100 name:The_Unspeakable " ..