From: utzoo!decvax!duke!mcnc!idis!dan Newsgroups: net.games.rogue Title: Re: Oh, no! Plate mail! Article-I.D.: idis.146 Posted: Sun Sep 26 22:05:02 1982 Received: Thu Sep 30 08:11:00 1982 References: mi-cec.164 Could be, but ... A while back I had a game in which I found a large number of items but got small increases in maximum hit points. I formed the hypothesis that the second depended on the first and rapidly convinced myself that past experience supported this hypothesis conclusively. So I started keeping more careful records and found no correlation. Most of the speculation and much of the fact about rogue reported in this news group is (in my humble opinion) fantasy. I guess rogue brings out the least professional in us. (not surprising: it is a game) Sometimes I wonder why I waste my time playing rogue. I guess I must hate myself ... oh well, time to start another game ... I bet I will have more luck this time ...