Competitions 89 and 90

[Nick]

Another double competition! This time a priest-off between the dwarf Darin and the half-troll Grunt, with the idea to compare how the races play.

Note that comp 88 has less than a day to run.

[Timo Pietilä]

Another double competition! This time a priest-off between the dwarf Darin and the half-troll Grunt, with the idea to compare how the races play.

Note that comp 88 has less than a day to run.

Maybe this should be 3.1.2v2 game. Just in case there are multiple different developments in "latest" builds. It looks like angband development is again ready for leaps of development, and I don't want competition to be hurt by that. Or other way around, development hurt by competition.

[Nick]

Maybe this should be 3.1.2v2 game. Just in case there are multiple different developments in "latest" builds. It looks like angband development is again ready for leaps of development, and I don't want competition to be hurt by that. Or other way around, development hurt by competition.

I'm happy either way - will the savefile load into 3.1.2v2 ?

[Timo Pietilä]

I'm happy either way - will the savefile load into 3.1.2v2 ?

Yes. Difference between 3.1.2v2 and latest dev-version is very small.

[Nick]

Yes. Difference between 3.1.2v2 and latest dev-version is very small.

OK, done. (filler)

[Psi]

Your links to the comps appear to be the wrong way around...

[Nick]

They're actually the right way, but they are probably not clearly enough labelled - which is why the first dump is a Half-Troll on the dwarf ladder...

I'll go and make it a bit clearer.

[Psi]

Ah I see. The highlighted weblink to the sister comp is the bit that stands out on the page - probably leading to the confusion.

[Derakon]

You may have added clarity, but you've removed a download link...

[Nick]

The download links are up near the top - where it says
Save file: Download starting save file

The links lower down are each to the other comp.

I've clarified again

[Pete Mack]

Player turns is a crazy metric

It turns out that I can really optimize town movement with a combination of Rest & portal.
Want to go to the other side of town? Rest to full MP, then portal until you get close. Then repeat...

[Timo Pietilä]

It turns out that I can really optimize town movement with a combination of Rest & portal.
Want to go to the other side of town? Rest to full MP, then portal until you get close. Then repeat...

And that takes you real time just as little as it takes turns. So that is probably fastest way to do that. Thanks for the tip, never considered that one.

You can in fact do that same in dungeon if you want to risk death by teleporting in LoS of some nasties.

[Magnate]

It turns out that I can really optimize town movement with a combination of Rest & portal.
Want to go to the other side of town? Rest to full MP, then portal until you get close. Then repeat...

That's fine - nobody minds how you get around the town. (I think you mean Active Turns, since resting increments Player Turns)

[Pete Mack]

That's fine - nobody minds how you get around the town. (I think you mean Active Turns, since resting increments Player Turns)

I meant Active turns--sorry for not specifying. Using Active turns also makes Orb of Draining a real winner compared with just about anything else for damage. In fact, it makes just about every kind of spell casting a complete winner. Of course, this favors the dwarf over the troll, as if that weren't already the case...


@Timo -- up to ~1750', portal is the best way to get around the dungeon. After that, it depends on how strong your character is. My character is way too weak and un-stealthy for random jumps at gravity hound depth.

[bron]

I just downloaded the starting files, and I gotta ask: would anyone ever start out a character with these stats? IMHO the second blow is way more important than the higher wisdom. At least both chars are crippled in the same way ..