Aazure.613 net.games.roguenet.games.rogue utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!mhtsa!ihnss!cbosg!teklabs!tekmdp!azure!rexm Tue Mar 9 17:10:45 1982 (YART) yet another rogue tragedy I just found a feature of rogue i don't like. Upon entering level 26 with cursed armor, I had 7000 in gold. I picked up the Amulet of Yendor, and started traveling up, back to level 1. I felt pretty good. I still had several good wands, 5 foods and a teleport scroll. Earlier I read two scrolls of genocide, with which I removed Xorns and Umber Hulks. By the time I reached level 15, I was so excited I yelled out each time I reached the stairs. I made it, A TOTAL WINNER. After congratulating me, rogue told me how much each of my possessions were worth. I quickly noticed 1000 for the Amulet and then I noticed -4440 for the cursed armor I was wearing, and -3000 for cursed armor i was carrying.. I then realize that 7000+1000-4000-3000=1000 which is not even good enough for the top 10. Had i known that cursed armor took away gold, I could have quit, been killed by a dragon or even a bat and still gotten on top 10. Now i only have two witnesses that i made it out alive. I'm retiring a broken man! ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.