Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-june Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!gordon 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 Article-I.D.: uw-june>.1737 Posted: Wed Aug 8 17:17:28 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Aug-84 04:46:48 EDT References: <556@houxe.UUCP> Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 28 [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 UUCP: {ihnp4,decvax,tektronix}!uw-beaver!uw-june!gordon ARPA: gordon@uw-june