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Yup.

65 (12.2%)

Not even close.

391 (73.4%)

Almost . . . but didn't

26 (4.9%)

Maybe managed halfway

51 (9.6%)

Total Members Voted: 530

[ToonyMan]

I just managed to reach mine town for the second time as a samurai.  The altar is co-aligned 

Things are probably about to go horribly wrong . . .

"You feel a forbbidineneng feeling."

[LegoLord]

Argh . . . I was ready to go to the next dungeon level, when I run into a vortex.  It engulfs and blinds me.  I kill it.  I forget that I am still blind.  I get the message "wait!  There's something there you can't see!  It gets angry!"  I run.  Once not blind, it turns out to be a watchman.  I am forced to kill it and make a dash for the exit.  I succeed.  Next level down, I run into a swarm of giant bees.  I survive it.  Then I run into a soldier ant and attack it . . . and then more show up.  I die.

[userpay]

started to play the game today, rather amused by it. So easy to die to lol

[ThtblovesDF]

Argh . . . I was ready to go to the next dungeon level, when I run into a vortex.  It engulfs and blinds me.  I kill it.  I forget that I am still blind.  I get the message "wait!  There's something there you can't see!  It gets angry!"  I run.  Once not blind, it turns out to be a watchman.  I am forced to kill it and make a dash for the exit.  I succeed.  Next level down, I run into a swarm of giant bees.  I survive it.  Then I run into a soldier ant and attack it . . . and then more show up.  I die.

GO GO GO TEAM ANT!

[LegoLord]

Ha and ha. (not)

Someday I'll get the hang of this.

[kcwong]

Any good way to get a spell area up? And is there a hardcap on how many schools of magic you can raise?

The only way to get skill points is to use the skill a lot. From Wikihack:

Skill Level    Successful Uses
Unskilled    0
Basic    20
Skilled    80
Expert    180
Master    320
Grand Master    500

Hitting a monster for more than one point of damage counts as a successful use of a weapon skill, bare-handed combat or martial arts. Riding continuously for 100 turns counts as a successful use of the riding skill. Successfully casting a level n spell counts as n successful uses of the relevant spell casting skill.

There is a hardcap on how many skill points you can get - it's related to your character class.

[rickvoid]

Ah, Nethack.

My best run? A 9,000 pointer who died on the seventh floor. An Elf Ranger.
Named Legolamb.

...

[Solifuge]

Special Moments with Nethack:



This was soon followed by the line: Time stands still while you and the Dwarf Lord lie in each other's arms...
(Succubus + Hallucination FTW)

[puke]

i think someone crunched the numbers and determined that sink kicking and fountain quaffing were statistically unworthwhile, unless you were in one of a few very special case scenarios.

that said, i could never resist the urge...

[Solifuge]

In the case above, the sink yielded an uncursed +4 Ring of Adornment, a +1 Constitution boost, a level (killing the Energy Vortex/Raccoon Puppet that slept with me), and a few rather hillarious/awesome facepalm moments.

[cowofdoom78963]

started to play the game today, rather amused by it. So easy to die to lol

Luckily nethack at least is enjoyable to play up untill that point.

[LegoLord]

Ah, Nethack.

My best run? A 9,000 pointer who died on the seventh floor. An Elf Ranger.
Named Legolamb.

...

An Elf Ranger.
Named Legolamb.

Elf . . . Named Lego . . .

What have you done.  You named an elf Lego. 

That's like mixing matter and antimatter.

[cowofdoom78963]

Ah, Nethack.

My best run? A 9,000 pointer who died on the seventh floor. An Elf Ranger.
Named Legolamb.

...

An Elf Ranger.
Named Legolamb.

Elf . . . Named Lego . . .

What have you done.  You named an elf Lego. 

That's like mixing matter and antimatter.

Erm? Nothing happens?

[LegoLord]

No.  It is bad.  Bad, bad, bad.

Antimatter makes matter go boom.

LEGOs are awesome.  Elves are like LEGO's polar opposite.

[umiman]

You met a succubus at level 2? Cool!