Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1.chuqui 4/7/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!nsc!chuqui From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) Newsgroups: net.games.rogue Subject: Re: rogue is a reemer Message-ID: <1046@nsc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Jun-84 09:10:14 EDT Article-I.D.: nsc.1046 Posted: Wed Jun 13 09:10:14 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jun-84 01:13:42 EDT References: <164@mako.UUCP> Organization: The Warlocks Cave Lines: 25 >Why does anyone play this ridiculous game? It's a complete reem-job. >No matter how fantastically lucky you get, which you have to be to get >to level 20, you still get stuck between two phantoms and two black >unicorns, and gee, too bad I used my scare monster scroll when I fought >those five troll two minutes ago, and the other one I burned by reading, >etc. You can't win this mess, and how far you get is dependent on random >chance. I have an idea, if you feel like a game of rogue while your >computer is down, go strap yourself to an anthill and you'll get the >same effect. As someone who has now won 5.3 twice, all I can say is that if you haven't won, you haven't tried hard enough (and especially long enough). You CAN win, and one of the real joys of the stupid game is that it is hard enough that winning is a real ego boost. If I want to win, I'll go cheat at solitaire. If I want a challenge, I'll go fight rogue. By the way, I think you will find the word is spelled 'ream'. -- From the ledge of the seventh cornice: Chuq Von Rospach {amd70,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4}!nsc!chuqui (408) 733-2600 x242 Love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself. - Saint Exupery