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/dev/null NetHack Tournament 2005 Starts Tomorrow
Elitist Snob writes "Registrations for the 7th Annual /dev/null nethack tournament are now open. Time to start cursing at how unfair the Random Number Generator has been to you today. (Or you can just start another holy war about which interface is the best.)" All you folks who shake your canes and say that these new fangled threedee graphics aren't needed, this is your chance to shine. Update: 10/31 16:13 GMT by Z : Thanks to HanClinto for pointing out that if you're new to the tourney you need to wait until Midnight tonight to sign up. Previous year's players can sign up now.
Three D??? That's a lot of dragons to have to worry about.
It isn't about hacking. It's more of the Hack 'n Slash sort of thing. Goofy fantasy gaming.
And it doesn't have threedee graphics. In the 'purest' incarnation, it has no graphics whatsoever. Instead it uses an ASCII.
Ah, heck with it. Check the wikipedia entry.
Registration is only open for those who where were registered in previous years, and are re-activating their accounts for this year.
:)
If you are new to the tournament (like me), then you have to wait until midnight tonight to register.
Happy hacking!
Plus, it's hard to admit that you just got your ass kicked by an asterisk.
Way to go. Start the tournament on a new moon.
That should be interesting..
For the unitiated: the game checks the date and time for various things in the game. example: you get -1 luck if you start playing on a friday 13th. Undead do double damage from 00:00 to 00:59.
On a new moon, beware of stoning.
Nouvelles de jeux et technologies en français. TC
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