[Gllug] Downright fun

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On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, David Damerell said:
> The fundamental insight is that if you don't use prayer for anything
> else _and_ are below XP level 15 _and_ haven't been crowned (which can
> only really happen when praying on an altar) _and_ pray when you are
> not just Weak with hunger but one move away from Fainting, you will
> essentially never anger your god by praying when hungry.

Really?

[reads code]

Boggle. I never noticed that. Nice one.

> [This is an important fact about NH - prayer is there to save you from
> sticky situations. If you use it too often your god will spurn you,
> but always use it when you have nothing to lose.]

I tend to find I have nothing to lose shortly before losing a dozen
levels to a wraith and being slaughtered by some dragon; prayer rarely
gives me the levels back. :(

[snip amazing collection of wonderful hacks]
> The combination of prayer and polyself means that actually the main
> challenge with foodless is not starvation, but the lack of goodies
> from corpses. However, some people feel this is inadequately
> difficult, and play foodless polyless [1] - praying, and going for the
> banzai charge through Gehennom - or atheist foodless - starting
> wizards in the hope they have rings of slow digestion and can get the
> wherewithal to polyself - and one or two people have done foodless
> atheist polyless, playing quickly and hoping to find lifesaving.

Foodless atheist polyless play.

I hope these people are writing for nethack too, making it harder for
themselves next time (and for the rest of us, of course :) )

> David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> Kill the tomato!

David-Wiz-Hum-Mal-Cha killed by a satanic tomato on level 44.

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