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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
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>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
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Love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself.
			- Saint Exupery