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From: alex@sdcsvax.UUCP (Alex Pournelle)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Sure-fire, total winner--bug spoiler
Message-ID: <859@sdcsvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-May-85 20:05:36 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 13 20:05:36 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 16-May-85 06:52:19 EDT
Organization: UC San Diego; freelance writer
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Well, it may be, if you figure out how to keep the machine from slowing
down too much.


In my last game of srogue, I was on level 1, randomly reading scrolls to
determine their effects.  Well, I happened to read a scroll that caused
the message "Suddenly, the whole dungeon goes quiet".

Stop reading now!  If you go past this point, you'll know how to win!

That scroll is an enchanted scroll of hold monster.  A real doozy, but
with a twist:

IT EVEN WORKS ON THE QUARTERMASTER!

yup, you heard me right: even that guy with the infinite-depth pack.
He was coming to show me his wares and I'd frozen him in his tracks.
Even hitting on him didn't wake him up.
Being as I was a thief, I started stealing from him.  And stealing.  And
stealing. and... well, I found out how high your stats can go:  25 is
max for any of them except HP.  I found out how well enchanted scrolls
of raise level work: boing! boing!  I even found out how far you have to
go as a thief before you get magic and prayers. 

but the machine slowed down.

That's the best explanation I have: suddenly, commands took a while.  It
was about 2 AM, well later actually, when this was happening; unless
someone on the system started reniceing my job, I don't think I was
doing anything naughty.  Perhaps the aobjects that I'd thrown away (I
was blocked into one room by mr. q)  were not being cleaned up properly,
and were stacking up in memory w/o cleanup.

The sad thing: finally I had to hang up the game, without a score.  AND
I WAS AT 25th LEVEL!  grrrrrrrr....

Well, if anyone else fools with this bug, let me know.  And don't get
too greedy: mr. q will get back at you and you'll only have your
memories...


Alex