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Signs of life
Tormuse:
--- Quote from: LuckyDee on November 27, 2024, 13:34 ---...how's Diamond doing?
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Without wishing to bring the mood down or anything, Diamond sadly passed away a few years ago, pre-pandemic time. Autopsy was inconclusive about what caused it, though it did reveal that Diamond was female and I had been misgendering her all along. :P It happened suddenly and mysteriously while I was at a New Year's party; I came home to find she'd been coughing up blood all night. It was a very gory and upsetting thing to come home to. :(
LuckyDee:
--- Quote from: Tormuse on November 29, 2024, 23:50 ---Without wishing to bring the mood down or anything, Diamond sadly passed away a few years ago, pre-pandemic time. Autopsy was inconclusive about what caused it, though it did reveal that Diamond was female and I had been misgendering her all along. :P It happened suddenly and mysteriously while I was at a New Year's party; I came home to find she'd been coughing up blood all night. It was a very gory and upsetting thing to come home to. :(
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Aw man, that sucks. Bit late to still offer my condolences, but they're yours if you want them.
--- Quote from: Omega Tyrant on November 29, 2024, 16:31 ---I came back around about a year and a half ago after getting the itch to play DRL again, which was probably going to be a month or two burst that ended after getting a few more Diamonds, but then development on 0.9.9.8 finally started back up after all this time and so I remained around since, both playing the game a lot and helping around where I can on here, beta testing, and on the wiki.
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Hey man, good to hear from you too - I don't think we were in touch much before either of us temporarily dropped out, but I hear ya on the DRL itch. Recently moved to a new house and still working to get my office/studio set up (I finally have a room to myself rather than occupying space in the living room), but I'll be sure to give 998 a spin once it's up.
--- Quote from: Kornel Kisielewicz on November 28, 2024, 09:34 ---... and there's more to come.
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I bet you say that to all the girls :x
Omega Tyrant:
--- Quote from: LuckyDee on December 02, 2024, 00:16 ---Hey man, good to hear from you too - I don't think we were in touch much before either of us temporarily dropped out, but I hear ya on the DRL itch. Recently moved to a new house and still working to get my office/studio set up (I finally have a room to myself rather than occupying space in the living room), but I'll be sure to give 998 a spin once it's up.
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Yeah I unfortunately wasn't involved much in the community side pre-JH, only making about a dozen forum posts here and then sporadically editing the wiki over the years. Aside from playing 0.9.9.8, 0.9.9.9 just had its first beta come out (check out JH's discord channel to get it), and getting more help with testing it would be swell.
Icy:
Do I count as an oldie? :D I suppose I'm more of a middle era player, although I mostly just lurked for years.
I've mostly been off and on with DoomRL, along with doing various other gaming and non-gaming otherwise. Within DoomRL, I've written a bunch of guides, got lots of cool mortems, and had fun with pushing ideas for the newer versions with Omega Tyrant.
Life's pretty good on the outside too!
LuckyDee:
--- Quote from: Omega Tyrant on December 02, 2024, 15:33 ---Yeah I unfortunately wasn't involved much in the community side pre-JH, only making about a dozen forum posts here and then sporadically editing the wiki over the years. Aside from playing 0.9.9.8, 0.9.9.9 just had its first beta come out (check out JH's discord channel to get it), and getting more help with testing it would be swell.
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Well seems you built up quite some steam in the meantime, nice work. And thanks for the invite for beta-testing, but one of my personal pitfalls is saying yes to stuff I just don't have time for, so I'll have to politely decline.
I did manage to scrape together some courage and run 9.9.8 for the first time - visuals seem to have been cleaned up somewhat, some of the commands are different than I remember, and I like how you can actually save and quit at any point. And I didn't do too badly either, I just forgot what special level went where, and how much of a pain in the ass the city of skulls can be D:
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DRL (0.9.9.8a) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Dee, level 8 Human Private Marine,
was spooked by a lost soul on level 4 of the Deimos base.
He survived 142202 turns and scored 42702 points.
He played for 1 hour, 26 minutes and 18 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 452 out of 489 hellspawn. (92%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He saved himself once.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 6
Levels completed : 5
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster) 25+ kills without taking damage
UAC Star (silver cluster) 50+ kills without taking damage
Hell Armorer Pin Clear Hell's Armory/Deimos Lab
Hell Champion Medal Clear Hell's Arena
Technician Bronze Badge Discover an assembly
Gatekeeper Bronze Badge Clear out the Anomaly
Brick Bronze Badge Clear The Wall/Containment Area
Arena Bronze Badge Complete Hell's Arena
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/60 Experience 28754/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +2 ToDmg Ranged +2 ToDmg Melee +5
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Son of a bitch (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 2)
Brute (Level 1)
Triggerhappy (Level 2)
Ammochain (Level 1)
SoB->SoB->Rel->Rel->TH->TH->MAc->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nanofiber red armor [2]
[b] [ Weapon ] double shotgun (9d3)x2 [0/2]
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x57)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] high power chaingun (1d8)x4 [26/26]
[b] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [31/40]
[c] missile launcher (6d6) [4/4]
[d] plasma shield [0/0] (89%)
[e] Butcher's Cleaver (5d6)
[f] 10mm ammo (x140)
[g] 10mm ammo (x68)
[h] 10mm ammo (x140)
[i] 10mm ammo (x140)
[j] shotgun shell (x66)
[k] rocket (x14)
[l] rocket (x14)
[m] rocket (x14)
[n] power cell (x70)
[o] power cell (x70)
[p] power cell (x27)
[q] power cell (x70)
[r] small med-pack
[s] Arena Master's Staff
[t] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
acid - internal 20% torso 20% feet 20%
fire - internal 20% torso 33% feet 20%
plasma - internal 20% torso 20% feet 20%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
94 former humans
45 former sergeants
14 former captains
86 imps
23 demons
135 lost souls
16 cacodemons
13 hell knights
4 barons of hell
2 arachnotrons
1 former commando
7 pain elementals
5 elite former humans
2 elite former sergeants
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 agony elemental
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
On level 5 he assembled a high power weapon!
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 9 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 10 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
He emerged from the Containment Area victorious!
On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
On level 12 he finally was spooked by a lost soul.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul
dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies.
You reload the double shotgun. The lost soul hits you.
You use a small med-pack. You feel healed. The lost soul hits you. The pain
elemental spawns lost souls! The pain elemental spawns lost souls! The lost
soul hits you. Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a lost soul (lightly wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul
dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul hits you. The lost
soul hits you. The pain elemental spawns lost souls! The pain elemental spawns
lost souls!
You reload the double shotgun. The pain elemental spawns lost souls! Fire --
Choose target...
You see : a lost soul (mortally wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. The lost soul hits you. The lost soul
hits you. You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
He's the first brave soul to have ventured into Hell...
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--- Quote from: Icy on December 05, 2024, 16:07 ---Do I count as an oldie? :D I suppose I'm more of a middle era player, although I mostly just lurked for years.
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Nice to hear from you again as well! I don't recall you being that active either, indeed, but I do know you did some wonderful work on creating a manual.
Apart from the four of you, things generally seem quiet, but that's ok. I'll just keep sneaking in from time to time and pick up my mod / admin duties as if I was never gone, if the 'forge lets me.
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