glassner@unc.UUCP (Andrew S. Glassner) (06/19/85)
I suppose I should be happy that I just got to level 16 in one piece. After all, I had taken care of several large dogs (I was out of tripe and other tidbits to pacify them), shot some cockatrices from a distance with my trusty arrows, and spent plent of time on Elbereth. But I found a ghost's backpack full of all sorts of tasty goodies on Level 16. So I picked up a couple of items at a time, checked them out in some way (when I could), disposed of the items I didn't want and went back for a couple more. Things were going very well, until I looked under a splint mail. No warning. My pal the dead cockatrice was sitting and waiting, and hack greeted my consternation with -- Touching a cockatrice cadaver is a fatal mistake -- You die -- Question 1: Is there any way I can avoid getting burned by the cockatrice cadavers that killed a ghost short of ignoring the pile of goodies that ghost left behind? Question 2: Is there a way I can convince monsters to leave their corpses behind? When I finally get a leppie in the early game I'm quite disappointed when it just leaves behind some gold and food; I'd rather have the corpse. Question 3: When my doggie (named Dbx-encoder! :-) ) eats a leppie (and he always tries to beat me to the corpse) he starts flitting around just like I want to, and I must usually leave him behind at an early stage. Is there a way to remove teleporting? Question 4: Sometimes when I hit a monster or it hits me the message reporting the blow ends with a period, other times it ends with an exclamation point. Is this indicative of the severity of the blow? Lastly, I've run across some interesting dog names on ghost levels here. My favorites so far have been ^L (that's control-L, which clears the screens on our ttys; thus each time ^L hits, misses, or you hit or miss him, the screen clears! On a fast tty this is cute; on a slow dial-up it's quite frustrating), and 'the harmless puppy' (as in 'The harmless puppy hits!' and does you 15 hp of damage!). I'd like to hear of other's favorite dog names, either chosen or encountered in the dungeon. -- -Andrew Andrew Glassner glassner@unc decvax!mcnc!unc!glassner
wallen@sdcsla.UUCP (Mark Wallen) (06/20/85)
A couple of dog names that are popular in my household are: PooButt (after a family pet with an antisocial trait) BrideOfHulkHogan (because it sounded good)
ccs019@ucdavis.UUCP (Allan McKillop) (06/20/85)
> > Lastly, I've run across some interesting dog names on ghost levels > here. My favorites so far have been ^L (that's control-L, which > clears the screens on our ttys; thus each time ^L hits, misses, or > you hit or miss him, the screen clears! On a fast tty this is cute; > on a slow dial-up it's quite frustrating), and 'the harmless puppy' > (as in 'The harmless puppy hits!' and does you 15 hp of damage!). > > I'd like to hear of other's favorite dog names, either chosen or > encountered in the dungeon. > -- > > -Andrew Andrew Glassner > glassner@unc decvax!mcnc!unc!glassner *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR SCORE *** Well, my favorite thing to name my dog is Sex. When I try to hit my poor doggie, I get the message: you miss Sex -- Allan McKillop (...ucbvax!ucdavis!minnie!ccs019) " Where there's a will, there's a relative..."
west@sdcsla.UUCP (Larry West) (06/21/85)
More dog names & excuses for them:
/local -- a troublesome disk
X's nose -- where "X" is a good friend
George's pipe -- you'd have to be here to understand
Puddles -- where did you think acid blobs came from?
The dead parrot -- from monty python
Nancy Reagan -- out of respect for the First Lady
/dev/pooch -- somehow appropriate for "hack"
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UUCP: {ucbvax,sdcrdcf,decvax,ihnp4}!sdcsvax!sdcsla!west OR ulysses!sdcsla!westhmm@unido.UUCP (06/24/85)
I like names like "the hobgoblin", "the acid blob" or such. ... The acid blob hits the acid blob --More-- ... Names of film stars are also nice. Can you imagine Brooke Shields hitting a gnome ? Hans-Martin Mosner Universitaet Dortmund (Germany) ihnp4!hpfcla!hpbbn!unido!hmm seismo!mcvax!unido!hmm
rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) (06/25/85)
My favorites are: a) your worthless slimy weasel of a dog b) Mr. T c) yo mama!! You can have fun with these, like naming a monster so you get the message: "Your worthless slimy weasel of a dog misses the puny imp." Also, I've found that (c) above works well to bolster my fighting ability: "The zombie hits yo mama!!" somehow makes me a more ferocious fighter. -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!rcj ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj