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[itisnotlogical]

When my dwarves die of hunger, it's usually because supplies ran out and I just kinda forgot to build any farms.

[Graknorke]

This comic isn't even funny. So why do I keep laughing???

[Frumple]

I can only assume it's inflicted you with some sort of brain damage causing the laughter parts of your brain to malfunction. Might want to check with a doctor.

[NJW2000]

If you haven't tried it, play a Wizard! Sure, you are super squishy in the early-game, but after you Elbereth a while and find a Magicbane, and maybe a wish from the Mines, you are pretty set. You start with MR, so you just have to find some reflection and you should be good all the way to the castle. If you get the ID spell, the game goes into easy mode, and if you manage to get polymorph on top of that...whoosh. Their quest artifact is amazing, too, making it not a pain to stash things, and also giving you insane power regen. I lucked out and wrote a +oFoD a few floors into Gehemnom, as well, which came in handy. It was a pretty fun game!

Can anyone give advice on nethack timewise, and just generally?

I have a horrible feeling that I'm going to end up playing it, so far having been sucked into insane and unhelpful games like DF and Toribash due to captivating things said by random internet people.

[Frumple]

... starting to wonder if something's up with the forum for some folks. First that five year necro, now a two year previous quote.

Regardless, ask over at the nethack thread. You're a lot more likely to get solid answers there.

For what it's worth, from what I understand it doesn't really take all that long to win a game of nethack, if you know what you're doing. Getting to the point you know what you're doing may take some time, though. E: As should be kind of obvious by the noted thread's poll :V

[pisskop]

Getting to the point of understanding is a chore, so to speak.  Thanks for reminding me I still haven't won.

[Xantalos]

Huh, so I literally could set up a church to myself. And get money out of it. Tax-free.

[pisskop]

Pisskop, what happened?

nethack?  I play on-again-off-again.  My comp recently busted, so thats on hold.

[NJW2000]

Huh, so I literally could set up a church to myself. And get money out of it. Tax-free.

You not watch the scientology documentaries?

[Graknorke]

Huh, so I literally could set up a church to myself. And get money out of it. Tax-free.

It's not available in my country
Could you give a summary?

[NJW2000]

It's not available in my country

Lucky you.

EDIT: Oh, you mean the video

[itisnotlogical]

An image is worth a thousand words in this case.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Yes, those are the "Quad" object (two triangles each), not the plane that's inexplicably made out of zillions of unnecessary tris.

EDIT: Figured it out, it's the skybox. It's quite unintuitive that a brand-new scene would have 1.7k tris as soon as it's created, I wish the "Solid color" clear flag was still the default for cameras in new scenes.

[Rolan7]

Huh, so I literally could set up a church to myself. And get money out of it. Tax-free.

It's not available in my country
Could you give a summary?

"Religious" organizations don't have to pay taxes.  The criteria for making a religious organization are incredibly lax.

The focus of the article was those scammer preachers on TV who get billions in donations.  Promising miracles and prosperity, often even denouncing medical science as inferior to faith-based healing.  Flying around in private jets, showing off their wealth at every opportunity because it's proof of God's favor.

Well, specifically those nasty American televangelists.

[Xantalos]

Huh, so I literally could set up a church to myself. And get money out of it. Tax-free.

It's not available in my country
Could you give a summary?

"Religious" organizations don't have to pay taxes.  The criteria for making a religious organization are incredibly lax.

The focus of the article was those scammer preachers on TV who get billions in donations.  Promising miracles and prosperity, often even denouncing medical science as inferior to faith-based healing.  Flying around in private jets, showing off their wealth at every opportunity because it's proof of God's favor.

Well, specifically those nasty American televangelists.

John Oliver then made an actual church that you can theoretically donate to (the money's gonna be sent to Doctors Without Borders when the thing's dissolved).

[Egan_BW]

Huh, so I literally could set up a church to myself. And get money out of it. Tax-free.

Unfortunately most critters wouldn't donate to you at this stage, but the rest you could do.