[Gllug] "Open source has its own problems" - article in Computing

[David Damerell]

On Tuesday, 9 Aug 2005, Robert Newson wrote:
>David Damerell wrote:
>>>A piece of trivia regarding Nethack: I pick my race and class, but leave 
>>>gender to chance. The top 9 entries in my score file are female. So is 
>>>being female an advantage?
>I don't know abot nethack (never got into it), but when I used to play 
>MUD/MIST at SX on the DEC-10, I discovered that female characters started 
>with better stamina and dexterity, but less strength than males, which 
>helped my style of game (at the beginning).

[Implies that the same is true of NH.]
No, there's no gender based difference in starting stats at all
(except inasmuch as Valkyrie stats are available only to women).

>>If you polyself you are much more likely to end up as a female
>>oviparous monster. Also Valkyries are always female and one of the
>>easiest classes to play.
>Interesting...a bias in polyself towards female?  What does polyself do?

Polymorph self; turns you into a random monster or rarely a member of
your own race, and tends to preserve your gender. Hence a female
character will find it easier to end up as a female oviparous monster;
eggs can be used as sources of pets or as weapons.

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