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From: gordon@uw-june (Gordon Davisson)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: Interesting Deaths
Message-ID: <1737@uw-june>
Date: Wed, 8-Aug-84 17:17:28 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  8 17:17:28 1984
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[Look out!  It's the Black Beast of Aaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh!]

   In response to the request for interesting deaths, and also to add
to the list of ways you CAN die, here is my tale of woe.  It should be
of special interest to whoever tried to die of starvation some time
ago and couldn't.  We have 5.3 here.

      I had run out of food (as per the norm) around level 10 or
   so, and gotten weak.  I searched in desparation for another ra-
   tion, and in the process started to faint.  At this point I was
   in pretty good shape, having lots of hit points, good armor, and
   a portion of luck in not meeting any "real nasties", so I dog-
   gedly continued my search.  I completely searched level 11 and
   part of the next before falling down a trap door, fainting on a
   regular basis.  I even managed to kill a centaur between faints.
   I knew my days were numbered, however, and perhaps the ultimate
   irony was the discovery of a ring of slow digestion.  Finally,
   for no apparent reason, my tombstone came up, with the words
   "died of starvation" on it.  It was a very long time between my
   starting to faint and the tombstone, but it proves that, in 5.3
   at least, you CAN die of starvation.

                   "I'm Invincible!!"
                   "You're a looney."

Human:  Jamie Green @ Gordon's Account
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