From grenier@uiuc.edu Tue Feb 29 13:33:58 2000 Path: ousrvr3.oulu.fi!newsfeed3.funet.fi!news.kpnqwest.fi!EU.net!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!not-for-mail From: grenier@uiuc.edu (David Grenier) Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack Subject: Re: Are you a good game player, win money for free! Message-ID: <38baf32d.17032560@news.cso.uiuc.edu> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Lines: 61 Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:37:59 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.126.56.81 X-Complaints-To: abuse@uiuc.edu X-Trace: vixen.cso.uiuc.edu 951777680 130.126.56.81 (Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:41:20 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:41:20 CST Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Xref: ousrvr3.oulu.fi rec.games.roguelike.nethack:101372 The scene is the rec.games.roguelike.nethack house. Several people are chatting about their latest ascensions, deaths, ideas, complaints, and whatnot, generally enjoying themselves. A new face shows himself at the door, a being whose selective vision for the word "games" isn't evident at this time. Dave stands up to greet the newcomer, who immediately smiles at the interest in his person and utters a few choice words: >Take advantage of the fact that you can play a game like the best. "Oh, I do," Dave replies. "In fact, I take advantage that I can play the best game out there. That is what you meant, isn't it? I mean, that's what this newsgroup is all about..." >http://freegames.gamespage.com Dave goes back to his terminal and checks the page. "Hmmm, I don't see Nethack here... In fact, I see a lot of annoying Javascript windows popping up." >Everything about games and online games!! Dave sighs tiredly. "Obviously not... They don't have *any* roguelikes on here..." >Are you a top game player? Then you can win money playing a game at no costs. Just sign up for free and start playing. Dave raises his head from the terminal and turns to face the newcomer. "I'm not one of the best, but I did ascend a Valkyrie a little bit ago... And Nethack is already free, due to the open source nature of the game. In fact, I think you ought to experience the wonders of Nethack firsthand." >Get a top ranking and win. Dave laughs. "That's the idea, isn't it? Well, let's see how you do." Dave reaches into his pocket and produces a small remote, which he looks at carefully and presses a few select button. Suddenly, a trap door opens up under the newcomer and he falls through. A few members of the group look over to Dave, who smiles and shrugs. "It's a recent addition," he explains. The members all go back to their previous activities. Meanwhile, the newcomer suddenly finds himself in a dungeon which he cannot comprehend. A small dog is wagging it's tail and panting at him. Frightened stiff, the newcomer picks himself up and kicks the dog to it's death. He hears the rumbling sound of thunder and promptly scrambles for an exit to this dungeon, but finds nothing but a few doors which lead into dank corridors. Suddenly, an enraged kobold shows up behind him, brandishing a sword. The newcomer tries to do anything but stand their in fear, but without any weapons training, he is cut to ribbons in a short period of time. Goodbye mirko the d00d... Your attributes: You were confused. You aggravated Nethackers. You are dead. Voluntary Challenges: You were illiterate. You used no intelligence. You did not beat your previous score of 0 points. From nstalkie@tvd.be Tue Feb 29 13:34:00 2000 Path: ousrvr3.oulu.fi!newsfeed1.funet.fi!enews.sgi.com!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!nexus.news.chello.be!news.tvd.be!news.chello.be!not-for-mail Message-ID: <38BAFC12.4829CF6A@tvd.be> From: nightstalker X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.13 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack Subject: Re: Are you a good game player, win money for free! References: <38baf32d.17032560@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 67 Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 23:02:38 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.162.214.118 X-Complaints-To: abuse@chello.be X-Trace: news.chello.be 951778958 195.162.214.118 (Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:02:38 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:02:38 MET Organization: Chello Usenet Service Xref: ousrvr3.oulu.fi rec.games.roguelike.nethack:101374 David Grenier wrote: > The scene is the rec.games.roguelike.nethack house. Several people are chatting > about their latest ascensions, deaths, ideas, complaints, and whatnot, generally > enjoying themselves. A new face shows himself at the door, a being whose > selective vision for the word "games" isn't evident at this time. Dave stands > up to greet the newcomer, who immediately smiles at the interest in his person > and utters a few choice words: > > >Take advantage of the fact that you can play a game like the best. > > "Oh, I do," Dave replies. "In fact, I take advantage that I can play the best > game out there. That is what you meant, isn't it? I mean, that's what this > newsgroup is all about..." > > >http://freegames.gamespage.com > > Dave goes back to his terminal and checks the page. "Hmmm, I don't see Nethack > here... In fact, I see a lot of annoying Javascript windows popping up." > > >Everything about games and online games!! > > Dave sighs tiredly. "Obviously not... They don't have *any* roguelikes on > here..." > > >Are you a top game player? Then you can win money playing a game at no costs. Just sign up for free and start playing. > > Dave raises his head from the terminal and turns to face the newcomer. "I'm not > one of the best, but I did ascend a Valkyrie a little bit ago... And Nethack is > already free, due to the open source nature of the game. In fact, I think you > ought to experience the wonders of Nethack firsthand." > > >Get a top ranking and win. > > Dave laughs. "That's the idea, isn't it? Well, let's see how you do." > > Dave reaches into his pocket and produces a small remote, which he looks at > carefully and presses a few select button. Suddenly, a trap door opens up under > the newcomer and he falls through. A few members of the group look over to > Dave, who smiles and shrugs. "It's a recent addition," he explains. The > members all go back to their previous activities. > > Meanwhile, the newcomer suddenly finds himself in a dungeon which he cannot > comprehend. A small dog is wagging it's tail and panting at him. Frightened > stiff, the newcomer picks himself up and kicks the dog to it's death. He hears > the rumbling sound of thunder and promptly scrambles for an exit to this > dungeon, but finds nothing but a few doors which lead into dank corridors. > Suddenly, an enraged kobold shows up behind him, brandishing a sword. The > newcomer tries to do anything but stand their in fear, but without any weapons > training, he is cut to ribbons in a short period of time. > > Goodbye mirko the d00d... > > Your attributes: > You were confused. > You aggravated Nethackers. > You are dead. > > Voluntary Challenges: > You were illiterate. > You used no intelligence. > > You did not beat your previous score of 0 points. and i thought tourists were bad.