Nethack

Arda Xi

9:24 PM

Seriously, this is how I play Nethack: "Dum de dum, walking down a hallway."

I reach the end of the hallway: "You killed a newt"

My kitten just ate a goblin.

3

badp

@ArdaXi Don't hold keys. Use Shift-direction.

I died so many times to holding keys.

Arda Xi

Hey yeah.

Look, I die clicking the window for focus.

badp

|:....................
|@..................
+-----------------

how do you think newts get kills?

GnomeSlice

Spelunking?

There's an image I didn't need to give myself...

badp

@GnomeSlice Paralysis

either given or self-imposed.

Arda Xi

9:36 PM

I'm in a bear trap. Help.

badp

@ArdaXi Shift-direction

GnomeSlice

@ArdaXi "Drop Axe."

Arda Xi

You are caught in a bear trap. You are caught in a bear trap. You are caught in a bear trap. You are caught in a bear trap. You are caught in a bear trap. The newt bites!

GnomeSlice

"DROP AXE."

Arda Xi

I DID

GnomeSlice

9:37 PM

Oh dear, then it would appear you're doomed.

Arda Xi

You were fervently aligned.
You were poison resistant.
You are dead.

GnomeSlice

That's a shame.

Arda Xi

Try number 4 in the last 10 minutes.

Luckily I am persistent.

GnomeSlice

You should have left the axe where it was.

badp

@ArdaXi Play online, so we can see what you're doing

Arda Xi

9:39 PM

err?

@GnomeSlice I didn't pick up a damn axe.

badp

telnet nethack.alt.org

Arda Xi

but I'm no good with ascii :(

Drop Axe, Dammit

But I'm Ard axi!

<_<

9:41 PM

hrm

Text-based nethack. Interesting.

badp

I'm watching you

Arda Xi

I feel watched.

badp

boulder, dog, you, door.

GnomeSlice

?

Arda Xi

How do I move?

badp

9:42 PM

3 mins ago, by badp

telnet nethack.alt.org

@ArdaXi don't hjkl work? then use the numpad

Arda Xi

no, when I go up, it asks me what type... oooh

GnomeSlice

@badp I'm not sure what to do with that.

Arda Xi

err, no, they don't

badp

@GnomeSlice run it in a terminal

@ArdaXi use the numpad

GnomeSlice

Durrr...... Just forget it.

Arda Xi

9:43 PM

yeah, had to put numlock on first.

GnomeSlice

<== Luddite.

badp

@GnomeSlice it's simple

Arda Xi

Why don't arrow keys work?

WHAT IS #?

badp

@ArdaXi better: there's no diagonal with arrow keys

@ArdaXi # is a corridor

keep going.

Arda Xi

Unknown territory?

badp

9:44 PM

yeah.

o'pen

Arda Xi

Poor idefix.

badp

a newt! (:)

an orc! (o)

Arda Xi

Wh- ah, thanks.

wait where?

badp

curses!

Arda Xi

What is what?

Thanks.

badp

9:45 PM

by the way

Arda Xi

Thank god roguelikes are turn-based.

GnomeSlice

AN AXE

badp

use ?d to ask the game what is what

Arda Xi

ooh.

: is a lizard

Oh, you were right

o was a goblin though.

TEMOV?

badp

well, the letters only give you the class

it's a random name

Arda Xi

9:47 PM

How's I takes it?

badp

comma

if you want to read it rf

(r ead object f)

Arda Xi

ooh, silver

badp

oh oh oh, look at your inventory

Arda Xi

blessinged!

badp

welcome to the scroll of enchant armour

(it doesn't bless, it adds to the bonus)

so it removed an extra point from your AC

btw if you a'pply (lit) your lamp you can see farther in corridors.

Arda Xi

9:50 PM

room topic changed to Nethack: NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems

badp

← 90 messages moved from The Bridge

so.

sjohnston

Are we learning NetHack?

move forth.

I am.

nice

9:51 PM

@sjohnston yes, following Arda on nethack.alt.org

Arda Xi

shift+6 doesn't do what I want it to.

badp

that's a problem with keypad, maybe try ctrl-direction

sjohnston

ah, hilariously not blocked at work

Arda Xi

Maniacal laughter. What do I call it?

badp

Who knows!

sjohnston

9:52 PM

nethackwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page

this guy is your new best friend [†: Wouldn't his best friend be Gaming?]

badp

if you want to spoil yourself

sjohnston

ah

Arda Xi

nah.

badp

dunno how is it Arda wants to play

Arda Xi

Unspoilt seems nice.

badp

9:53 PM

s searches

sjohnston

Nethack with spoilers is painful. Without them it's borderline insanity

Arda Xi

So what's Z?

badp

zombie

Arda Xi

KILL

Destroy. Fine.

badp

Try and search that that dead end

e'at

before it spoils

it's already spoiled, probably [†: Remember, @Arda! Be careful about eating old corpses! It'd be a shame for you to die to something like that when your inspiration to play this is the corpse question. ♪]

okay, it wasn't

Arda Xi

9:56 PM

WHAT JUST HAPPENED

badp

welcome to traps

Arda Xi

ow

badp

you can attempt to disarm it if you'd like

Arda Xi

useful?

GnomeSlice

Wait, are you watching him play?

badp

9:57 PM

you should gain skills, can't remember

14 mins ago, by badp

3 mins ago, by badp

telnet nethack.alt.org

Arda Xi

Is the dart useful?

badp

I think the command is #untrap

you can fire darts

GnomeSlice

@badp That doesn't answer my question?

badp

for when you'd rather avoid melee

GnomeSlice

How do you know what he's doing?

badp

9:58 PM

@GnomeSlice Just run that command

You gained 1 experience point

Uh. Uh. Uh.......

(`Xp:1/9')

WHAT IS F

Can't you just run it for me?

badp

big bold scary green F!

@GnomeSlice no

Arda Xi

9:59 PM

oh, fungus

KILL

GnomeSlice

@badp Jerk.

badp

hint: hold on lichen corpses in the future, they don't spoil.

Arda Xi

Oh.

badp

okay, now to find those stairs

GnomeSlice

@badp They are safe to eat.

badp

10:00 PM

you can travel long distances with _

s to search at dead ends

Arda Xi

I did.

badp

020s then

(search for 20 turns)

...does 0 bring up an inventory?

Grace Note

Or until you find something

Arda Xi

Yes.

badp

0 on your numpad?

Grace Note

10:02 PM

Isn't it .?

badp

wasn't dot "rest for a turn"?

Arda Xi

. = wait

GnomeSlice

Oh, that code is running.

I supposed I should go catch it.

Grace Note

I would've expected 5 to be wait a turn

Arda Xi

Oh look! It's being helpful!

badp

10:03 PM

I guess 5 is too

Arda Xi

Anyway, I've searched for about 50 turns now

can I move on?

Grace Note

Yeah, move on. What role, anyway?

Arda Xi

Barbarian

WHO ARE YOU AND WHY DO YOU THINK I WANT YOUR MAIL?

Grace Note

For future reference, use "n" with the numpad to repeat a command

Arda Xi

Wait... what?

Grace Note

10:05 PM

So, n 20 s would search for 20 turns.

badp

It's an online feature; spectators can message you directly ingame

Arda Xi

cute

Grace Note

Oh, what's the mail say?

badp

@GraceNote That would make sense

@GraceNote nothing clever

Arda Xi

> Now you cry - thebadp

Grace Note

10:06 PM

Ah

badp

1 min ago, by Arda Xi

WHO ARE YOU AND WHY DO YOU THINK I WANT YOUR MAIL?

you did cry here, for values of "cry" close to "scream"

Arda Xi

That was angry yelling.

badp

okay, there's another dead end corridor here

Grace Note

I considered it aggravated shouting, myself

badp

can you see it?

search there, yes

well you found a door!

:|

Arda Xi

10:07 PM

How useful.

I also found a...

badp

...grid bug

Arda Xi

xan or other mythical/fantastic insect

Grace Note

Grid bug

badp

okay, search the walls now

Arda Xi

Grid bug.

What?

Grace Note

10:08 PM

It's made of the lightnings.

badp

search the wall for a hidden door in the unexplored area

Arda Xi

Where?

badp

I see only one wall to the west

so I don't think there's other places you can search

Arda Xi

A door!

badp

                  -----       -------
                  |...|       |.....|
                  |....###### |......#
                  |{..|      #......|#
  -----------     |...-#######-------#
  |..........#####|...|              #
  |.........|    #-...|              #
  |`......<.-#####-----              #
  -----------    ##############      #
                                     ####
                                     #--|---
                                     @|....|
                                     #|....+

Arda Xi

10:09 PM

See, a door.

badp

hah, a jackal opened it for you

outwitted by a jackal :P

Arda Xi

I opened it, actually

UGH

badp

(it's okay, you're a barbarian)

Grace Note

Jackals can't open doors

badp

well I have no other idea on how the door magically appeared?

maybe the dog found it?

Arda Xi

10:10 PM

I searched for it :)

I just forgot to check what was there.

badp

then you should've noticed :P

Arda Xi

I kept spamming s

badp

anyway, look at that! gold!

and more hot searching action

Arda Xi

presses @ Much better.

badp

(it's not this common to have to search)

did you notice your level up?

Arda Xi

10:12 PM

I did?

badp

yep, you're level 2.

You must've shrugged that message.

Arda Xi

Where does it say that?

Xp: 2/22?

badp

yes, level 2, 22 experience points.

Grace Note

Yes. First number is level, second is XP

Arda Xi

Take this?

badp

10:12 PM

wait for your dog before going downstairs.

Arda Xi

As in, go up/down/whatever?

badp

oh, and your lamp is out of fuel. oh well.

Arda Xi

Where is it?

badp

now go downstairs.

@ArdaXi is what?

Arda Xi

Dog.

I see it now.

badp

10:13 PM

right next to you

and it moved away as you went downstairs

Grace Note

Needs to be adjacent to you to follow you down the stairs

badp

so go back upstairs

okay!

level 2!

You're screwed

Arda Xi

How sad.

Grace Note

What happened?

badp

Shopkeepers don't want their doors messed up with

Grace Note

10:15 PM

...you broke down a shop door?

badp

He reached a door that was closed for restocking and kicked it down.

(notice you died with 0 gold)

sjohnston

I've done that. Fun

Arda Xi

Hey, I'm chaotically aligned. It's what we do!

Grace Note

Hey, @sjohnston, out of curiosity since you seem the most likely candidate... have you ever ascended?

badp

@ArdaXi Well, next time wait till you can defeat the shopkeeper then

then you'll make him eat the door

for now play nice, mmk? :P

Arda Xi

10:16 PM

Pff. Now you try. :)

badp

If you mean me, I can fail if you wish

sjohnston

@Grace not even close :(. Haven't even gotten to the Castle

Grace Note

I'm not sure I've seen anyone polymorph a shopkeeper into a gelatinous cube just to feed it a door...

badp

@ArdaXi I just started

Grace Note

@sjohnston Aww... now I feel even more decidedly awkward

sjohnston

10:17 PM

:)

Arda Xi

Woah, what's going on?

sjohnston

@Grace Usually it's due to my impatience and I'll do something stupid

Grace Note

@sjohnston That cost me my would-have-been-second ascension

sjohnston

Like start quaffing all my unided potions

Grace Note

That's often fun.

badp

10:18 PM

@ArdaXi I'm parsing through the settings looking to turn numpad off

Arda Xi

See, you get the gold immediately.

EVEN MORE GOLD

And blessed stuff

Grace Note

What role/race?

sjohnston

okay, I give up. How do I view someone's game as it happens on alt.org?

badp

I'm playing a Wizard. Wizards have rubbish health to begin with.

@sjohnston telnet nethack.alt.org

Arda Xi

@sjohnston Login, then the option appears in the menu.

badp

10:20 PM

it'll open up a menu.

Grace Note

That's a command to run in terminal

@badp Yeah, rubbish health... and items

Though, you might not have gotten anything useful. Anything useful?

badp

I guess the potion of speed is nice

!sick, !conf and +light, not so much

Arda Xi

                     Weapons
                     a - a blessed +1 quarterstaff (weapon in hands)
                     Armor
              ------ b - an uncursed +0 cloak of magic resistance (being worn)
  -------     |..... Scrolls
  |......#####|..... i - an uncursed scroll of enchant armor
  |.....|    #-..... j - an uncursed scroll of destroy armor
  |.....+   ##------ k - an uncursed scroll of earth
  |..<..|     ###### Spellbooks
  -------            l - a blessed spellbook of force bolt
                     m - an uncursed spellbook of light

Grace Note

What about =?

sjohnston

ah. For some reason I thought there would be a web interface like with the save files.

badp

10:21 PM

searching, sustain ability

Grace Note

Searching is moderately nice to start, I s'pose

Obviously, wearing that nice cloak, you should r j.

badp

Serious? Because I did ri

yay, gaping hole.

Grace Note

Ah, ferry (figuratively speaking) arrives. Later ♪

Arda Xi

Hmm, I just found the record of my death.

  Something is written here in the dust.
  You read: "Closed for inventory".
  That door is closed.
  In what direction?
  This door is locked.
  In what direction?
  WHAMMM!!!
  In what direction?
  As you kick the door, it crashes open!
  "How dare you break my door?"
  Manlobbi zaps a steel wand!
  The wand hits you!
  Manlobbi zaps a wand of striking!
  The wand hits you!
  You die...

sjohnston

@arda It was a close fight

Arda Xi

10:24 PM

Of course.

badp

well now you know wands of striking pack a punch

sjohnston

I guess you'd have to be a pretty tough guy to set up your shop in a dungeon though, wouldn't you?

Makes more sense than puppies killing kobolds with one bite

Arda Xi

I prefer playing locally though.

badp

are you watching, @Arda?

Arda Xi

That way I can switch between true ASCII and cheating by tiles.

Erm, I'm watching your game and my own simultaneously

sjohnston

10:28 PM

yeah, I'm spoiled and use the tiles too

Arda Xi

I see a scroll labeled yum yum

Sounds delicious.

sjohnston

I use tilesets for dwarf fortress too. Sad, I know

aw, I was going to watch @arda, but you're not on anymore

badp's price identification is putting me to sleep

Arda Xi

I'm playing locally now, because I can't play online and have tiles.

badp

@sjohnston done

sjohnston

there must be a client out there somewhere that can give you tiles and telnet

badp

10:30 PM

@sjohnston crawl's working in that direction

nethack I'm not so sure

Arda Xi

How do you name something?

badp

#name

wtf did that cat go!?

Arda Xi

How do I open a chest?

badp

#loot

Arda Xi

Nope.

sjohnston

10:34 PM

pets are so infuriating until you get a leash or whistle

badp

I resorted to playing without them

I used to have an account with this service but forgot the password

sjohnston

@badp I can't live without my mobile BUC checker

badp

I KNOW ABOUT THE GRAFFITI

Arda Xi

I live too curiously.

badp

how did you inscribe again?

Arda Xi

10:36 PM

> As you read the scroll, it disappears. Your cloak crumbles and turns to dust.

badp

@ArdaXi you chose the noble path of non spoilering, curiosity is your best weapon for the next lives

welcome to the scroll of destroy armour

Arda Xi

> They say that dropping coins into a fountain will not grant you a wish.

badp

E'ngrave

FUCK ANTS

gg

ants always own my wizards.

Arda Xi

How does a potion of blindness work?

Can I throw it at enemies?

sjohnston

go team ant?

badp

10:41 PM

@ArdaXi you drink it you become blind

@ArdaXi yes

@sjohnston I'll ask a question about it actually

sjohnston

throwing a potion at an enemy will cause its effect on them

Arda Xi

@badp Oh, so that's what blindness means.

You have sinned!

badp

eah, it left me wondering too

I guess I must have been too liberal with my eating

okay, if there's no one else playing I'll log off

sjohnston

aaa, quick, someone start playing again or I'll have to start doing work

badp

@sjohnston how about you?

Arda Xi

10:45 PM

Fine. Let me reopen PuTTY

sjohnston

@badp I'd probably get through about 2 floors in the 15 minutes I have left. Too used to graphics and gesture-interface

Arda Xi

I'm in a game now.

sjohnston

I saw that

badp

You have two spectators, you're famous.

Arda Xi

How do I change options?

badp

10:47 PM

O (they only last for one game this way)

Arda Xi

I needed that numpad option

Polymorph control?

badp

@ArdaXi You, well, control your polymorphism.

You'll see it in action hopefully.

Arda Xi

How does use?

badp

@ArdaXi Passive ability.

sjohnston

which is handy when you get bit by a werefoo

badp

10:50 PM

Maybe you wanted to P'ut rings on?

Arda Xi

I did, you're late.

badp

'kay

(I had to do my Die2nite turn in the meantime)

sjohnston

bam

badp

ArdaXi, dead by key holding

Arda Xi

Not even.

I just wasn't paying attention.

badp

10:52 PM

well at least you died with more gold this time

Arda Xi

I'm going back to native

Why do I have a blindfold?

sjohnston

'to make yourself blind

badp

@ArdaXi Blindness on demand.

Arda Xi

I can now no longer see.

I'm gonna play an entire game like this.

sjohnston

it has been done

Arda Xi

10:53 PM

Well... entire game.

badp

Nethack has been around years; name a weird conduct and chances are it has been done.

sjohnston

blind atheist vegetarian - go!

Arda Xi

Lethargic?

What just happened?

Some weird visual effect, and I felt lethargic

sjohnston

how spoiled do you want to be?

badp

Nethack, not as dead as you'd believe... but still pretty much dead.

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