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Monday, 18 July, 2005 by L
Hello Dudley,       
welcome to NetHack! 
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@ "After I ascended, I started wondering..." 
                    
                    
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@ "What does the high priest[...] For the two priests were talking exactly like priests,
piously, with learning and leisure, about the most aerial
enigmas of theology. The little Essex priest spoke the more
simply, with his round face turned to the strengthening stars;
the other talked with his head bowed, as if he were not even
worthy to look at them. But no more innocently clerical
conversation could have been heard in any white Italian cloister
or black Spanish cathedral. The first he heard was the tail of
one of Father Brown's sentences, which ended: "... what they
really meant in the Middle Ages by the heavens being
incorruptible." The taller priest nodded his bowed head and
said: "Ah, yes, these modern infidels appeal to their reason;
but who can look at those millions of worlds and not feel that
there may well be wonderful universes above us where reason is
utterly unreasonable?"
        [ The Innocence of Father Brown, by G.K. Chesterton ]

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.(ess) of MolochAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever
he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that
sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech;
he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall
stone him with stones.
And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off
from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto
Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes
from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill
him not:
Then I will set my face against that man, and against his
family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after
him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
        [ Leviticus 20:1-5 ]

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. do while I'm still up in the dungeon?" 
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@ "If it's 'floor', 'wall', '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.' or anything I'm carrying, I'm not interested."
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Zeddi July 18, 2005 03:56
First comment: 5 June, 2004 80 comments written
Dudley did ascend (for real)? :D
Nesman July 18, 2005 05:18
First comment: 4 January, 2005 112 comments written
I think he's ascended before. I think it was right before the guest comics started.
korodzik@poczta.onet.pl July 18, 2005 09:27
First comment: 20 April, 2005 23 comments written
Read the previous comics. He indeed ascended. Don't remember when though. Oh, and good one.
Megana July 18, 2005 17:32
First comment: 10 January, 2005 18 comments written
The comic that got everybody scared: http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20050201
blindcoder July 18, 2005 17:40
First comment: 21 March, 2005 27 comments written
TheOfficialIDoNotGetItPosting, hereafter referred to as TOIDNGIP
Plague July 18, 2005 21:04
First comment: 31 January, 2005 102 comments written
Another ascension? I see, we reincarnate here.
Kernigh July 18, 2005 23:07
First comment: 6 April, 2005 349 comments written
TOIDNGIP? blindcoder, try using your browser's "Reload" or "Refresh" button. This button usually bears an icon of one or two arrows forming a circle, and is often located to the left of or above the URL bar. After you click this button, you will get it.

Few things on the computer have a simple, primitive interface like nethack.
Fathead June 20, 2006 21:26
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
Reminds me of Finding Nemo:

Merlin: "Me. And just a guess, the next one's me also."

Dori: "Okay, that's just scary."
Paradox October 12, 2006 16:03
First comment: 5 October, 2006 17 comments written
Literally LOL. Excellent.
Grognor April 14, 2007 21:03
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
Well, I didn't like it. Guess I'm just stupid that way.
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