Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!cmcl2!acf4!greenber From: greenber@acf4.UUCP Newsgroups: net.games.rogue Subject: Re: You are being held (bug?) Message-ID: <19900024@acf4.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Sep-84 19:00:00 EDT Article-I.D.: acf4.19900024 Posted: Sun Sep 23 19:00:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 19:13:29 EDT References: <19900022@acf4.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 29 Nf-ID: #R:acf4:19900022:acf4:19900024:000:907 Nf-From: acf4!greenber Sep 23 19:00:00 1984 > You were being held by the Venus Fly Trap, as that it their magic power. > You can still attack it while you are held. > Barry Margolin > ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics > UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar Note the points that really got to me: 1) I was able to get away, and it looked like this: ----------- |.........| |......@..| |.........| |........F| --+-------- then I got held. 2) Also, when a nasty came up to hit me FROM ANY SIDE, I could not strike back except by throwing things. Whenever I tried to attack a nasty next to me I got that dumb message, You are being Held!! I'm still convinced it is a bug, but then only the creators of the game could adequately answer that (you out there guys?) Ross M. Greenberg @ NYU ----> allegra!cmcl2!acf4!greenber <----