Competition 143

[Nick]

Competition 143 is now available from the competition page - it is a PosChengband Monster.

There's no savefile, just start a new character of any monster race you like (must be monster race, though). Angel, demon, quylthulg, spider, elemental, death sword,... - it's up to you.

[MattB]

That is gloriously chaotic!
Played a sexy Xorn and died fast, but enjoyed it.
I love the messages you get, and the spacebar prompt to clear the low HP message is just genius.
Are we allowed dynasties in this comp?

[AnonymousHero]

What options are we using? (I tend to disable Virtues and probably have a couple of other non-standard ones set, so I'd like to know.)

EDIT: Not that that I'm seriously considering entering this comp what with huge amounts of work waiting to be done, no sirreee...

[MattB]

Not that that I'm seriously considering entering this comp what with huge amounts of work waiting to be done, no sirreee...

I said that at the beginning of the last comp...
Productivity was sub-optimal.

EDIT: I blame Nick ;-)

[Nick]

What options are we using? (I tend to disable Virtues and probably have a couple of other non-standard ones set, so I'd like to know.)

Good question. Chris?

[chris]

Good question. Chris?

I don't have a strong preference. Perhaps you can play with whatever options you like, except the various ironman options? Certainly, disabling virtues is no big deal as they have minor effects.

Also, I know at least one player who prefers Vanilla Town to standard play. Since this makes the game much harder, I would be OK with allowing this as well.

Finally, the winner is the player with the most death dumps, correct? At least, that is what I am currently gunning for (Just kidding, of course!)

Thoughts?

Edit: By ironman options, the one I have in mind is ironman_rooms, since this completely changes the game (in a fun way, but then we won't all be playing the same game!).

[HugoVirtuoso]

I think the winner should be the player who wins the game in FEWEST TURNS WITH the most uniques dead AND Artifacts collected as possible.

[Nick]

I think the winner should be the player who wins the game in FEWEST TURNS WITH the most uniques dead AND Artifacts collected as possible.

While I can sympathise with your (insane) point of view, I might leave it as is because there are already players and it keeps it simple and I've already pestered pav enough.

[scud]

I think the winner should be the player who wins the game in FEWEST TURNS WITH the most uniques dead AND Artifacts collected as possible.

How about the Duckworth-Lewis method?

[Nick]

How about the Duckworth-Lewis method?

Somebody had to bring up cricket.

[MattB]

Somebody had to bring up cricket.

Hey, you're only two wickets down at lunch.

(Well, and two tests as well)

This is just revenge for the entire nineties!

[scud]

Well... I think I might not be bringing up cricket again, for the next four days at least...

[MattB]

Well... I think I might not be bringing up cricket again, for the next four days at least...

Yes. Probably best.

[MattB]

Somebody had to bring up cricket.

Presumably Sangakkara would be an Umbarite, perhaps wielding the dagger 'Starc'?

And if only I had the ability to change Shockbolt's tile for the green glutton ghost with a tiny image of Shane Warne.

Shane Warne eats your mushroom pie - more -

[HugoVirtuoso]

Bug with Competition 143 ladder:

For some reason I don't know why, my clvl 17 Troll Monsters are at the top of the list, yet have killed ZERO uniques.