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Tuesday, 5 February, 2008 by HW
                    
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       KnightHere lies the noble fearless knight,
Whose valour rose to such a height;
When Death at last had struck him down,
His was the victory and renown.
He reck'd the world of little prize,
And was a bugbear in men's eyes;
But had the fortune in his age
To live a fool and die a sage.
        [ Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miquel de
         Cervantes Saavedra ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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Salutations Dudley, 
welcome to NetHack! 
In what direction?  
         #          
      ---+---       
      |..@u.|       
      |.....|       
######-.....|       
      -------       
@ "Off we go!"
     -----------    
    /   REST    \   
   /     IN      \  
  /     PEACE     \ 
 |      Dudley     |
 |  Slipped while  |
 |   mounting a    |
 |  saddled pony        Hey! now! Come hoy now! Whither do you wander?
        Up, down, near or far, here, there or yonder?
        Sharp-ears, Wise-nose, Swish-tail and Bumpkin,
        White-socks my little lad, and old Fatty Lumpkin!

[...]
Tom called them one by one and they climbed over the brow and
stood in a line. Then Tom bowed to the hobbits.

"Here are your ponies, now!" he said. "They've more sense (in some
ways) than you wandering hobbits have -- more sense in their noses.
For they sniff danger ahead which you walk right into; and if they
run to save themselves, then they run the right way."
        [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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Happened just the other day...


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Dav February 5, 2008 00:05
First comment: 26 June, 2004 147 comments written
It happens.
gneek February 5, 2008 00:43
First comment: 18 January, 2008 159 comments written
It is rather interesting that a seemingly trained knightHere lies the noble fearless knight,
Whose valour rose to such a height;
When Death at last had struck him down,
His was the victory and renown.
He reck'd the world of little prize,
And was a bugbear in men's eyes;
But had the fortune in his age
To live a fool and die a sage.
        [ Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miquel de
         Cervantes Saavedra ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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would enter the dangerous dungeons without enough skill to ride a horseKing Richard III: A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
Catesby: Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a horse.
King Richard III: Slave, I have set my life upon a cast,
And I will stand the hazard of the die:
I think there be six Richmonds in the field;
Five have I slain to-day instead of him.
A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
        [ King Richard III, by William Shakespeare ]

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.
That's another reason to play WizardEbenezum walked before me along the closest thing we could
find to a path in these overgrown woods. Every few paces he
would pause, so that I, burdened with a pack stuffed with
arcane and heavy paraphernalia, could catch up with his
wizardly strides. He, as usual, carried nothing, preferring,
as he often said, to keep his hands free for quick conjuring
and his mind free for the thoughts of a mage.
        [ A Dealing with Demons, by Craig Shaw Gardner ]

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G February 5, 2008 01:34
First comment: 5 October, 2005 82 comments written
Trained? He's level one.
Wonderer February 5, 2008 01:42
First comment: 22 March, 2007 106 comments written
Maybe he's just an elderly gentleman who has read a few too many stories of chivalry, saddles his steed and enters a fantasy world?
hpp3 February 5, 2008 03:02
First comment: 21 November, 2007 38 comments written
Maybe the pony        Hey! now! Come hoy now! Whither do you wander?
        Up, down, near or far, here, there or yonder?
        Sharp-ears, Wise-nose, Swish-tail and Bumpkin,
        White-socks my little lad, and old Fatty Lumpkin!

[...]
Tom called them one by one and they climbed over the brow and
stood in a line. Then Tom bowed to the hobbits.

"Here are your ponies, now!" he said. "They've more sense (in some
ways) than you wandering hobbits have -- more sense in their noses.
For they sniff danger ahead which you walk right into; and if they
run to save themselves, then they run the right way."
        [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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is a serial killer who throws its riders?
Wellan February 5, 2008 03:15
First comment: 27 November, 2007 247 comments written
I didn't like it because it happens all the time.

So it's not original. And what happened to "Do not pass go. Do not collect 200 zorkminds."?
Kernigh February 5, 2008 04:23
First comment: 6 April, 2005 349 comments written
<idea type="bad">The KnightHere lies the noble fearless knight,
Whose valour rose to such a height;
When Death at last had struck him down,
His was the victory and renown.
He reck'd the world of little prize,
And was a bugbear in men's eyes;
But had the fortune in his age
To live a fool and die a sage.
        [ Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miquel de
         Cervantes Saavedra ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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should #turn into an undead creature with more hit points.</idea>
gneek February 5, 2008 06:15
First comment: 18 January, 2008 159 comments written
Sure, he's level one, but he's been a KnightHere lies the noble fearless knight,
Whose valour rose to such a height;
When Death at last had struck him down,
His was the victory and renown.
He reck'd the world of little prize,
And was a bugbear in men's eyes;
But had the fortune in his age
To live a fool and die a sage.
        [ Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miquel de
         Cervantes Saavedra ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
before he entered the dungeons. Right?
"You are a newly trained (Title X)..." - From the NetHack introduction.
Nameless February 5, 2008 06:17
First comment: 29 December, 2004 281 comments written
As Wellan said, it's less hilarious when it's happened to everybody. Multiple times.
The Rabbit February 5, 2008 10:11
First comment: 5 February, 2008 1 comments written
Been there, done that.
Henry J Cobb February 5, 2008 10:17
First comment: 28 June, 2007 29 comments written
Why not use the pony        Hey! now! Come hoy now! Whither do you wander?
        Up, down, near or far, here, there or yonder?
        Sharp-ears, Wise-nose, Swish-tail and Bumpkin,
        White-socks my little lad, and old Fatty Lumpkin!

[...]
Tom called them one by one and they climbed over the brow and
stood in a line. Then Tom bowed to the hobbits.

"Here are your ponies, now!" he said. "They've more sense (in some
ways) than you wandering hobbits have -- more sense in their noses.
For they sniff danger ahead which you walk right into; and if they
run to save themselves, then they run the right way."
        [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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to find the nearest pitAmid the thought of the fiery destruction that impended, the
idea of the coolness of the well came over my soul like balm.
I rushed to its deadly brink. I threw my straining vision
below. The glare from the enkindled roof illumined its inmost
recesses. Yet, for a wild moment, did my spirit refuse to
comprehend the meaning of what I saw. At length it forced --
it wrestled its way into my soul -- it burned itself in upon my
shuddering reason. Oh! for a voice to speak! -- oh! horror! --
oh! any horror but this!
        [ The Pit and the Pendulum, by Edgar Allan Poe ]

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trap then die when trying to recover the saddleThe horseman serves the horse,
The neat-herd serves the neat,
The merchant serves the purse,
The eater serves his meat;
'Tis the day of the chattel,
Web to weave, and corn to grind,
Things are in the saddle,
And ride mankind.
        [ Ode, by Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

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instead?
SQLGuru February 5, 2008 13:34
First comment: 23 October, 2006 77 comments written
I guess it's just me. I've never had that happen. Granted, I never try to ride my pony        Hey! now! Come hoy now! Whither do you wander?
        Up, down, near or far, here, there or yonder?
        Sharp-ears, Wise-nose, Swish-tail and Bumpkin,
        White-socks my little lad, and old Fatty Lumpkin!

[...]
Tom called them one by one and they climbed over the brow and
stood in a line. Then Tom bowed to the hobbits.

"Here are your ponies, now!" he said. "They've more sense (in some
ways) than you wandering hobbits have -- more sense in their noses.
For they sniff danger ahead which you walk right into; and if they
run to save themselves, then they run the right way."
        [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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.
. I tend to play Random which actually doesn't lead me to that many knights to begin with. So I tend not to use too many meta commands (#pray and #offer are the main ones).

Layne
Slowpoke February 5, 2008 17:17
First comment: 27 February, 2007 239 comments written
Next time don't wish for a greased saddleThe horseman serves the horse,
The neat-herd serves the neat,
The merchant serves the purse,
The eater serves his meat;
'Tis the day of the chattel,
Web to weave, and corn to grind,
Things are in the saddle,
And ride mankind.
        [ Ode, by Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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.
KC Wong February 5, 2008 17:24
First comment: 9 January, 2007 4 comments written
I've done that once too. I even made a screenshot of my death[Pestilence:] And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals,
and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four
beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white
horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given
unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

[War:] And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the
second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another
horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon
to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one
another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

[Famine:] And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the
third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black
horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his
hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say,
A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley
for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

[Death:] And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the
voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and
behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death,
and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over
the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with
hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
[ Revelations of John, 6:1-8 ]

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, and posted it to forums for people to laugh at.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9853/image1rc8.jpg
Antheridium February 5, 2008 20:50
First comment: 17 May, 2007 442 comments written
The comic was OK. Slowpoke's comment made me laugh, for some reason.
Fathead February 12, 2008 01:49
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
Story of my life.
Blackened June 8, 2008 14:57
First comment: 14 May, 2008 31 comments written
Time to start playing knights, sounds like fun.
MadDawg2552 October 6, 2008 18:45
First comment: 6 October, 2008 69 comments written
What I want to know is how the knightHere lies the noble fearless knight,
Whose valour rose to such a height;
When Death at last had struck him down,
His was the victory and renown.
He reck'd the world of little prize,
And was a bugbear in men's eyes;
But had the fortune in his age
To live a fool and die a sage.
        [ Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miquel de
         Cervantes Saavedra ]

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.
got his mighty steed into the dungeon in the first place.

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