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From: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis)
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Re: ungrateful mangy rabid dog in hack
Message-ID: <396@mcvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 6-Jan-85 23:00:28 EST
Article-I.D.: mcvax.396
Posted: Sun Jan  6 23:00:28 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 8-Jan-85 07:54:56 EST
References: <302@wjvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis)
Organization: CWI, Amsterdam
Lines: 39
Keywords: Hack, dogs & ghosts
Summary: Be nice to your dog.

In article <302@wjvax.UUCP> ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian) writes:
>
>I'm tired of being killed by that damn dog.  Ungrateful wretch, you feed
>him and care for him, even give him a name, and if you go down a level without
>him, he turns on you when you come back to get him.  Even if 'spot' goes
>down to the next level by himself (via a trap door) he's gone rabid by
>the time you follow.  Does anyone know if there is a way to win back
>the affections of the little mutt?  Both times he attacked me I didn't
>have a tripe ration handy, and so couldn't try feeding him.
>
>I like hack, although it's voracity seems a little extreme.  Me, a total
>winner in 3.6 and 5.3, have yet to get past level 3.  Disgusting!  :-)
>
>This game is the greatest thing since sliced milk.  I guess I can
>put up with a few minor bugs.  I'll never play regular rogue again.

If you abandone the dog, he doesn't like it. So get with him together
to the new level. (You have to find out yourself how to do this.)

Also the dog you see can be the one from an unluckly player which had
himself killed, and who's dog is missing his boss a lot. In that case you see a
ghost around as well (if you managed to stay alive, else another dog &
ghost can be around the next time.)

Yes, you can be a winner of rogue, but it is more fun to play a good
game.

BTW, the real bugs starts around level 20 and more, since hardly
anyone has been that far. Quotes from the local logfile:
	Number Points	Name				  	     HP [max]
	 1 155650	ag-C was killed om level 28 by a demon        -   [90]
	 2 121175	dirk-W escaped the dungeon [max level 27]     120 [120]
	 .... etc
>>>>>    4 104937	dirk-C killed on level 27 [max 28] by a panic 131 [131]
	 .... etc
	
Of course the real fun starts if you can figure out why certain persons
have special capabilities for certain features (features or a bug, no,
just a hack).