Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site masscomp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!masscomp!carlton From: carlton@masscomp.UUCP (Carlton Hommel) Newsgroups: net.games Subject: Winning at Hack (spoilers) Message-ID: <199@masscomp.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 14:36:49 EST Article-I.D.: masscomp.199 Posted: Tue Jan 8 14:36:49 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 05:57:43 EST Distribution: net Organization: Masscomp - Westford, MA Lines: 34 Now that I have your attention.... Please stop sending me requests for various hack kits. I use rn, the civilized news program, and its advanced and arcane features enabled me to unshar all 15 parts of the distribution out of net.sources direct to my ~/hack directory. I DON'T HAVE THE DISTRIBUTION FILES, AND CANNOT MAIL THEM TO YOU. Now, to my complaint: I get down to level 27. I solve the maze. I kill the minotaur. I get the wand of digging. I zap walls and move menhirs until I start starving. I kill Pheep, the Wonder Dog, to keep from starving. I finally find the Amulet, and identify that it is no cheap imitation. I avoid the D's, the P's, the e's, et al. and get up out of the dungeon. And what reward do I get? Number Points Name Hp [max] 1 140214 Notelrac-W escaped the dungeon [max level 27]. 102 [102] 2 13431 Rack-W was killed on level 8 by a dead giant ant. 71 [71] 3 8224 Wombat-F was killed on level 10 by a killer bee. - [61] 4 5477 Bsd4.2-C quit on dungeon level 8. 31 [39] No horde of cheering elves, no Bifrost Bridge, no clever animation! What a rip! This in a game that glorys in obscure coding practices to confuse the unwary cheater! A game that spends a whole 1000 line module to cover engravings. I protest! It doesn't even tell the scorefile that I found the Amulet! Sheesh. (Flames to /dev/null. I won, nyaah nyaah. This makes me a superior human being, you buffalo foreskin, you weasel afterbirth, you bat guano, you.) Carl Hommel Wife: Goodie, you won. My turn, my turn. Husband: Maybe I can convince them to give me two modems, and two terminals.