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From: wws@whuxlm.UUCP (Stoll W William)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: How to get to experience level 11+ instantly
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Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 21:45:19 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 27 21:45:19 1985
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If the hack on your system has the mail daemon implemented,
it is easy to get a big score and to get lots of experience.
Shortly after entering hack, do a shell escape (type !) and
send mail to yourself.  Then exit your shell (do it pretty
fast -- I'm not sure if it matters) and continue your game.
When the mail daemon (looks like a '2') runs up to you and says,
"hello <your name>, I have some mail for you -- more", turn
off your terminal (generate a hangup signal).  This saves
your game.  When you restart the game, the mail daemon will
be standing next to you.  One hit should kill it, and it is
worth a LOT of points.

Turning off the terminal is also handy when you step into a
sleeping gas trap with monsters around.

Actually this is a bug.  The restore utility should probably
check for these (and other?) situations to prevent this
kind of cheating.

Bill Stoll, ..!whuxlm!wws

"I'd never THINK of taking advantage of hack bugs..."