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Title: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: dopefish7590 on October 11, 2007, 02:19:42 AM
you know those things that you do and think, why the heck did i just do that? im pretty sure you have, we all have. now my question is... what to you deem to be the stupidest  thing youve done in a roguelike. please include which roguelike this was.

here is mine on DoomRL

i was walking around with a chaingun feeling BAAD, so i decided to attack whatever came near me... i mistook 9 explosive barrels for enemies, as you could imagine:
me: HA... IVE GOT YOU NOW!!!!

*gunshot*

BOOM BOOM FOOM BOOM BAM BAM

random guy: oh look a penny!

BAM FOOM FOOM


i didnt die, but it was very close
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: tseckington on October 11, 2007, 06:29:52 AM
I started playing the damn things.
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: Ex on October 11, 2007, 06:35:01 AM
Drink from fountain? y

That's gotten me into more trouble than anything else.
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: Adral on October 11, 2007, 04:01:20 PM
Leaning on keys for *too long* wins this one for me :P.
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: Anvilfolk on October 11, 2007, 05:37:40 PM
*votes Adral*
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: Slash on October 11, 2007, 06:07:22 PM
Forgetting to equip one of my 4 red armors while fighting the cyberdaemon at the bottom of Phobos hell
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: Lummox JR on October 11, 2007, 06:52:35 PM
Agreed, EliG. I've lost more characters to stupid fountain deaths. On the flip side of that though, I've also found it's often a good way to gain something of value (like a wish).
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: dopefish7590 on October 11, 2007, 11:58:11 PM
^^^^
are you talking pools? i cannot recall running into any fountains in the roguelikes ive played (rogue, nethack, TOME, and ADOM)
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: corremn on October 14, 2007, 02:57:19 PM
^^^^
are you talking pools? i cannot recall running into any fountains in the roguelikes ive played (rogue, nethack, TOME, and ADOM)

There more games with fountains that pools, IVAN and incursion come to mind, I am sure there are more. Pools only occur in adom IIRC.  Any way pools/fountains/sinks are all the same thing. 

Stupidest thing I have done lately in a RL was one of my own, since thats all I have been playing lately, buts that is for another time :)
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: Ex on October 14, 2007, 04:10:48 PM
^^^^
are you talking pools? i cannot recall running into any fountains in the roguelikes ive played (rogue, nethack, TOME, and ADOM)

It's a Nethack reference. Nethack has fountains.
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: dopefish7590 on October 15, 2007, 10:20:35 PM
^^^
didnt know that  :-[
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: Yet Another Stupid Birth on December 26, 2007, 12:27:53 AM
Dungeon Crawl has fountains also.  they're harmless as fars i know. 

heres something i once did in ADOM to my immense chagrin.  rather high level character returning to one of the starter dungeons, couldnt say why.  i stepped on an evil shrine with some pansy level-one orc in my LoS:  "the orc raises his arms and invokes [evil god]! you are consumed by flames!"  didnt know they could do that.  orc mustv gotten one serious piety boost.

Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: Maelstrom on December 26, 2007, 11:41:47 AM
Saving game with Shift+Q
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: festenhas on December 27, 2007, 12:11:22 PM
Dungeon Crawl has fountains also.  they're harmless as fars i know. 

heres something i once did in ADOM to my immense chagrin.  rather high level character returning to one of the starter dungeons, couldnt say why.  i stepped on an evil shrine with some pansy level-one orc in my LoS:  "the orc raises his arms and invokes [evil god]! you are consumed by flames!"  didnt know they could do that.  orc mustv gotten one serious piety boost.



I did that also, lost a pretty good char!!!!!
But they managed to sacrifice me just once, now I dodge every altar i see, even if its marble white... you never know
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: dopefish7590 on January 13, 2008, 06:23:50 AM
Saving game with Shift+Q

haha ive done that
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: makkE on January 29, 2008, 04:32:34 PM
Eating elven flesh while having forgotten I was an Elf myself :o  (Nethack)
Title: Re: stupidest thing youve ever done on a roguelike
Post by: dopefish7590 on February 24, 2008, 11:09:18 AM
Hah. The thread is still alive! Anyway the most recebt stupid thing would have to be resting in a dark room while doomed in ADOM to heal.