Viesti keskustelusta YAAP - Pnuu the wishless genoless extinctionist (LONG)

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From: Panu Lahtinen <p...@iki.fi>
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Subject: Re: YAAP - Pnuu the wishless genoless extinctionist (LONG)
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 22:43:03 +0300 (EEST)
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Lar...@drmworld.com wrote:
> 
> Panu Lahtinen wrote:
>> Kids, don't try this at home. Or on a server. Don't try this. You have
>> been warned.
> 
> Wow, what a game! It beats my fasting ascencion. I tried an

Bah! Extinctionist doesn't need as much skill as a foodless ascension. 
Extincting is just plain boring. My game lasted from May 1 to Jun 3 
(ascended around 4:30 am :-), so that's a bit over month of too much 
playing..

> extinctionist wizard a couple of years ago. I cleaned out everything
> down to about dlvl 20 including mines and quest, then I decided that
> there must be more to life than: cast create monster, kill, sacrifice,
> repeat for weeks on end. I've got the game saved in case it ever sounds
> fun again. :-)

It propably won't be fun, but play the game a bit a time once in a while. 
Then you can say that you've done it ;-)



-- 
Panu
"You haven't really been anywhere until you've got back home",
Twoflower in "The Light Fantastic"