Dudley's dungeon -- Wednesday, 7 March, 2007

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21	4	1	1	0

Average rating: Poor
Number of ratings: 27

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Gadora	March 7, 2007 00:20
First comment: 21 September, 2006	88 comments written
Aren't those are mimics?
Dav	March 7, 2007 02:12
First comment: 26 June, 2004	147 comments written
Minotaurs are H's. Also, this isn't funny.
Deetviper	March 7, 2007 05:05
First comment: 20 July, 2004	2 comments written
Nonsensical, improper usage of nethack symbols, and lack of actual humour - rated poor.
Janos	March 7, 2007 05:35
First comment: 18 August, 2005	40 comments written
Huh???
Kernigh	March 7, 2007 06:06
First comment: 6 April, 2005	349 comments written
This is reasonable for a playerThese strange creatures live mostly on the surface of the earth, gathering together in societies of various forms, but occasionally a stray will descend into the depths and commit mayhem among the dungeon residents who, naturally, often resent the intrusion of such beasts. They are capable of using weapons and magic, and it is even rumored that the Wizard of Yendor is a member of this species. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. who does not know what the symbols mean. The altarAltars are of three types: 1. In Temples. These are for Sacrifices [...]. The stone top will have grooves for blood, and the whole will be covered with _dry brown stains of a troubling kind_ from former Sacrifices. [ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ] To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods? [ Lays of Ancient Rome, by Thomas B. Macaulay ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. may be a panel, the mimicThe ancestors of the modern day chameleon, these creatures can assume the form of anything in their surroundings. They may assume the shape of objects or dungeon features. Unlike the chameleon though, which assumes the shape of another creature and goes in hunt of food, the mimic waits patiently for its meals to come in search of it. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. may be a minotaurThe Minotaur was a monster, half bull, half human, the offspring of Minos' wife Pasiphae and a wonderfully beautiful bull. ... When the Minotaur was born Minos did not kill him. He had Daedalus, a great architect and inventor, construct a place of confinement for him from which escape was impossible. Daedalus built the Labyrinth, famous throughout the world. Once inside, one would go endlessly along its twisting paths without ever finding the exit. [ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details., until one knows better. New players start out not knowing what the symbols mean, remember? http://www.penancecomic.com/2007/01/08/1-3-hello-world/ The problem here is that the comic gives no idea why Dudley thinks that is a panel and those are minotaurs. The room shown here is the same one as in http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20040202 ... I do not understand why.
Paradox	March 7, 2007 09:22
First comment: 5 October, 2006	17 comments written
Minotaurs used to be small m's in the earlier versions of NetHack (late 1980's), but otherwise I don't get the strip.
A	March 7, 2007 09:46
First comment: 24 October, 2006	70 comments written
Worst comic ever I think.... I need some rating below poor.
Someone Else	March 7, 2007 14:39
First comment: 4 January, 2007	3 comments written
...What's this mess?
SomeoneElse	March 7, 2007 14:40
First comment: 11 September, 2006	143 comments written
Ack, my name was typed wrong by me. It's this the me that is me.
	March 7, 2007 14:56
First comment: 1 April, 2004	431 comments written
I've also noticed more things wrong with this: It says "A minotaurThe Minotaur was a monster, half bull, half human, the offspring of Minos' wife Pasiphae and a wonderfully beautiful bull. ... When the Minotaur was born Minos did not kill him. He had Daedalus, a great architect and inventor, construct a place of confinement for him from which escape was impossible. Daedalus built the Labyrinth, famous throughout the world. Once inside, one would go endlessly along its twisting paths without ever finding the exit. [ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. hits" instead of "The minotaurThe Minotaur was a monster, half bull, half human, the offspring of Minos' wife Pasiphae and a wonderfully beautiful bull. ... When the Minotaur was born Minos did not kill him. He had Daedalus, a great architect and inventor, construct a place of confinement for him from which escape was impossible. Daedalus built the Labyrinth, famous throughout the world. Once inside, one would go endlessly along its twisting paths without ever finding the exit. [ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. hits". How did he get five "A minotaurThe Minotaur was a monster, half bull, half human, the offspring of Minos' wife Pasiphae and a wonderfully beautiful bull. ... When the Minotaur was born Minos did not kill him. He had Daedalus, a great architect and inventor, construct a place of confinement for him from which escape was impossible. Daedalus built the Labyrinth, famous throughout the world. Once inside, one would go endlessly along its twisting paths without ever finding the exit. [ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. hits!" messages? Even if the two next to Dudley wereIn 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province, "notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase." The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins, halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other penalty." The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little children, "even on Friday." The poor lycanthrope, it appears, had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from eating infants on a fast day. [ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. hitting twice per round, it would be four messages. Dudley came from the left, how did the "minotaurs" suddenly all appear right next to him? Minotaurs don't generally come in non-maze levels. The corridor is too long.
Slowpoke	March 7, 2007 17:13
First comment: 27 February, 2007	239 comments written
Perhaps the joke is that we've all been playing Nethack so long, and are so obsessive, we're bothered by discrepancies. :) Maybe a Count The Mistakes comic could be funny. To "A": worst ever? You haven't seen the one I submitted to Dion and then withdrew; he was kind and called it "obscure". He might inflict that on you sometime, if we don't keep his queue filled with good ones. Fair warning. To Johan, the comic's author: I hope the negative comments aren't too disspiriting. Can you explain what the "lightStrange creatures formed from energy rather than matter, lights are given to self-destructive behavior when battling foes. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details." was? That's what has me thinking I'm missing something important.
Alcari	March 7, 2007 17:19
First comment: 11 September, 2006	93 comments written
It could be some kind of allusion to the lightStrange creatures formed from energy rather than matter, lights are given to self-destructive behavior when battling foes. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. at the end of the tunnel being a train or something... but it's not funny...sorry
Talita	March 7, 2007 21:35
First comment: 7 February, 2007	20 comments written
Yeah, I keep feeling like we're missing something.
Slowpoke	March 8, 2007 02:58
First comment: 27 February, 2007	239 comments written
Maybe "a minotaurThe Minotaur was a monster, half bull, half human, the offspring of Minos' wife Pasiphae and a wonderfully beautiful bull. ... When the Minotaur was born Minos did not kill him. He had Daedalus, a great architect and inventor, construct a place of confinement for him from which escape was impossible. Daedalus built the Labyrinth, famous throughout the world. Once inside, one would go endlessly along its twisting paths without ever finding the exit. [ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. hits! a minotaurThe Minotaur was a monster, half bull, half human, the offspring of Minos' wife Pasiphae and a wonderfully beautiful bull. ... When the Minotaur was born Minos did not kill him. He had Daedalus, a great architect and inventor, construct a place of confinement for him from which escape was impossible. Daedalus built the Labyrinth, famous throughout the world. Once inside, one would go endlessly along its twisting paths without ever finding the exit. [ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. hits!" sounds like the clickety clack of a freight train in the tunnel coming right at poor Dudley.
Slowpoke	March 8, 2007 02:59
First comment: 27 February, 2007	239 comments written
Maybe "a minotaurThe Minotaur was a monster, half bull, half human, the offspring of Minos' wife Pasiphae and a wonderfully beautiful bull. ... When the Minotaur was born Minos did not kill him. He had Daedalus, a great architect and inventor, construct a place of confinement for him from which escape was impossible. Daedalus built the Labyrinth, famous throughout the world. Once inside, one would go endlessly along its twisting paths without ever finding the exit. [ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. hits! a minotaurThe Minotaur was a monster, half bull, half human, the offspring of Minos' wife Pasiphae and a wonderfully beautiful bull. ... When the Minotaur was born Minos did not kill him. He had Daedalus, a great architect and inventor, construct a place of confinement for him from which escape was impossible. Daedalus built the Labyrinth, famous throughout the world. Once inside, one would go endlessly along its twisting paths without ever finding the exit. [ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. hits!" sounds like the clickety clack of a freight train in the tunnel coming right at poor Dudley.
Fathead	March 8, 2007 22:35
First comment: 1 April, 2006	1136 comments written
To be kind, I gave it an F.
Eskimo	March 12, 2007 08:57
First comment: 14 April, 2004	166 comments written
I immidiately thought train and I think Slowpoke got it nailed? Not bad at all IMHO. Maybe adding TOOT-TOOT would have helped people?
Eskimo	March 12, 2007 08:59
First comment: 14 April, 2004	166 comments written
Also, small m's look more like wagons. Sure, "A mimicThe ancestors of the modern day chameleon, these creatures can assume the form of anything in their surroundings. They may assume the shape of objects or dungeon features. Unlike the chameleon though, which assumes the shape of another creature and goes in hunt of food, the mimic waits patiently for its meals to come in search of it. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. hits..." but that's a minor.
ole	March 12, 2007 20:32
First comment: 12 March, 2007	1 comments written
maybe its the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Train
Talita	March 12, 2007 22:15
First comment: 7 February, 2007	20 comments written
I still want an explanation from the author.
Grognor	April 22, 2007 09:33
First comment: 4 April, 2007	1161 comments written
No, I changed my mind. THIS is the worst strip ever.

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