Autzoo.1172
hacknews
utzoo!henry
Tue Dec  1 18:46:30 1981
Rogue
A binary of a pdp11 version of rogue has been installed in /usr/games.
This is a slightly older version than exists on the CSRG VAX;  in
particular, there are no rings or wands.  There is nobody in the top ten yet.
And it appears to misbehave on vc303 and vc303a terminals;  this may
be a termcap botch, I will investigate at some point.

Some documentation can be had by "/usr/doc/run rogue".

The funny permissions on the binary are deliberate.

Rogue is highly addictive and, being a quite large program, is rather
hard on system performance.  It's a lot of fun but it must not be
allowed to interfere with "real work".  So, rogue enthusiasts are
hereby warned -- there will be no other warning -- to be very careful
about system load and very circumspect about when they play.  I do NOT
intend to yell at people about this;  I will take action instead.  If I
catch people playing rogue at the same time as other people are trying
to do serious work, I reserve the right to kill all rogue processes and
make the game unplayable for an arbitrary period (I am talking days,
not minutes).  If I have to do this too often, I will impose unpleasant
restrictions on rogue, up to and including deleting it from the system.
I insist on, and by Ghod will GET, a very high standard of self-policing
on these matters, or rogue will just have to go.