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First NetHack Cross-Variant Summer Tournament

Posted by timothy on from the gather-'round dept.

bhaak1 writes "The first — and hopefully annual — NetHack Cross-Variant Summer Tournament called Junethack started last Sunday and runs until the end of August 14th.This tournament features Vanilla NetHack and several of its forks: SporkHack, UnNethack, AceHack and as a special bonus game — never seen on a public server before — NetHack 1.3d, the first version of the game called NetHack, released 1987. There are various achievements to gain, even for those poor souls that can't win this complex and sadistic game. The source code of the tournament management and website software is available for hacking on GitHub if you prefer hacking code to hacking monsters."

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  1. no comments? by eyenot · · Score: 5, Funny

    because everybody else on /. ran off to join the tournament.

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  2. Timely. by bmo · · Score: 4, Funny

    >started last Sunday

    Slashdot. Yesterday's news next week.

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    1. Re:Timely. by Elbereth · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hey, you have to give the editors time to vet each and every story before it's posted. The kind of journalistic integrity that we Slashdotters demand takes a lot of time and effort. Do you think they just sit around all day, giving every story a rubber stamp of approval? That way lies dupes, trolls, thinly-veiled advertisements, and inflammatory nonsense. I for one am glad that they... oh never mind. I can't keep up this level of irony.

  3. I haven't played that for years... by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 3, Funny

    But I still remember the gist of the game...

    You type in something like: jjkkljjkk

    And the response is something like: "You killed your dog"

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  4. Re:My greatest accomplishment by BobNET · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would have had my degree a year sooner if I hadn't wasted all that time playing Nethack.

    I would have ascended in Nethack if I hadn't wasted all that time getting my degree.

  5. Picture from the event by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

    You have entered a room full of nerds!

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    Dkleinsc the Stripling St:03 Dx:05 Co:10 In:12 Wi:14 Ch:01
    Dlvl:1 $:2000 HP:10(10) PW:0(0) AC:10 Ex:0

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