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From: hopp@nbs-amrf.UUCP (Ted Hopp)
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Subject: Re: Questions on food (from a novice)
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Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 01:47:26 EDT
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> 1. Is there meaning to "Yuk, this food tasted awful" ?
>    (i.e., does the game's response to eating food have any meaning)

In rogue 5.2 (5.x?), eating awful-tasting food garners you one
experience point.  Eating good food is something you do all the
time (:-), so you don't get any experience for that.

> 2. Is there any advantage to picking up (and eating) one's food
>    ration, versus eating one's slime-mold?

Eating slime mold is, I believe, exactly like eating good food.
(Well, in the game, at least.)

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Ted Hopp	{seismo,umcp-cs}!nbs-amrf!hopp