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** SPOILER ABOVE ** Would you please edit your comment, and preface it with a spoiler warning?
Nethack has been around since 1987, it's a little late for spoilers.
And here I thought I was safe from losing months to escapism like I did in the 2000s (learned to ascend with every class though!) Anyone know why the skip over 4.x, or have any insight into how much play has changed as well as infrastructure?
Or, to give up and read online how to play?
Or some of both?
So, if I understand correctly, the goal is to enjoy dying thousands of times? Or, to give up and read online how to play? Or some of both?
Aw yeah! I’d love to see somebody from the DevTeam talk about this, or literally anything else they might want to talk about, at the Roguelike Celebration in October ( https://www.roguelike.club/ ), if anyone has a connection and could encourage them to consider it. It’s a super lovely community-run online event, and everyone would be thrilled. (I was a volunteer for the first few annual events, as a person who playe…
Ah yes, the game with punctuation moving around I have no idea what’s happening and exit.
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Nethack has been around since 1987, it's a little late for spoilers.
People still play this game. Spoilers still spoil experiences for others.
When I consider watching a movie, one of the first things I do is read a complete plot summary, including the ending. When I do this and no longer want to watch the movie, in my mind, that’s not a sign that any experience was spoiled, but rather that it just wasn’t very interesting to begin with.
Conversely, I have played Nethack on and off for decades, have read countless spoilers about it, yet still haven’t won and still find it interesting.
Would really love informed takes on this.
I've been playing on and off for 15 years, sometimes daily for months on end. The deepest I managed to go is level 11, and as soon as I enter the Big Room, I die. In fact, I went past level 8 for the first time this year. I've read all of the NetHack wiki back and forth. I don't have the slightest idea what I'm doing wrong or how to improve. I'm 46 now, and if I continue that pace, I'll be dead before I even reach th…
We can only guess about what's going wrong for you specifically . But I like guessing: (extremely mild spoilers:) - A core skill for Nethack is understanding how much danger you're in at any particular moment. Your comment about soldier ants below tells me you've made good progress here. But you need to recognize when you're in danger and how long you have to deal with that problem before you'll react appropriately.…
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Nethack has been around since 1987, it's a little late for spoilers.
We’re in a thread about Nethack 5.0 release, I think it’s safe to say not everyone in this thread has finished the game.