Re: same mistake again? [V] [YACD]

Eddie Grove wrote:
> pete m <pmac360@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> 
>> Eddie grove wrote:
>>> I started taking notes.  Maybe I'll write them up if I manage a win.
>>> Down to 1450' on the second trip, maintaining Turns * .02 < Depth in
ft.
>>> I returned at cLevel 20 when I didn't detect a way down to the next
dLevel.
>> Since you are playing ranger, you can _really_ dive fast once you find
>> Mordenkainen's Escapes, and that really useful Create Stair spell...
> 
> I didn't make it that far.
> 
> I got a little careless.  I was picking up the loot from a tasty pack of
> novices, in a lit corridor.  A ghoul stepped into the corridor, got a
double
> move, and used it to paralyze me from afar.  Had I detected monsters, I
would
> have fled via ?telLevel.  Another avoidable death.

I once had a conversation with a WoW playing friend that went along 
those lines. It was the usual Zangband tale of woe and misadventure 
(involving my character being down to 1HP and being killed by an insect 
swarm), full of all the things I *could* have done if I was equipped 
with half an ounce of sense instead of a +2 broadsword. Anyway, he was 
sitting goggle eyed at the intricate detail of the scenario and went 
ru****ng off to google to find out where to download the awesome 
WoW-cru****ng game I was talking about.

You can imagine what happened next.

Choobs

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