# 2023 tnnt # 2023-11-30 # clan: Surly Dinos # # "In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable." # -- Dwight D. Eisenhower # # personal goals # [1] never scum -- FAILED (escaped while going for unique splat) # [2A] clan gets 318/323 of returning 2022 achievements -- GET # [2B] clan gets 2/2 of new 2023 achievements -- GET # [3] 8 ascensions -- GET # # personal non-goals # [1] "most achievements in one game" # 2022: furey 267/323 ach (200000 turns), spazm 267/323 ach (300000 turns) # hellgames! but exciting for the spectators i suppose # 2023-beta: furey 282/325 ach (192000 turns) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1696302914.tnnt.html # more organized hellgame # november run will skip achs other people have done so will be shorter # 2023: changed my mind. going for a lot. got 270/325. # [2] "most achievements overall" # 2022: furey 308 ach, bleeko 290 ach, spazm 290 ach # i would rather work on other goals # than work for a personal ach that clan already has # 2023: changed my mind. klepto, shivanhunter challenging. defending. # but still just going for first, not absolute top # # 2023 games # g10 - neutral human ranger (ascended) # https://hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1699164804.tnnt.html # nov 1 to nov 7 # 270/325 achievements # 7869 creatures vanquished # 187882 moves # forgot OPTIONS=!bones but cathartes covered it # bomb squad, decap medusa, murphy's luck, detonator, kill em all, fashionista # gnomish mines # stepped on magic trap in corner # fought, lost most hp, prayed, fought, lost all hp # unidentified amulet was life saving! # fort ludios # mistake 1: bypassing gelatinous cube, it slurped # mistake 2: targetted stinking cloud too far and wasted it # mistake 3: let a gray dragon steal my croesus kill # mistake 4: probably not max luck, blew up 1 bomb, failed minesweeper # 9/10 disarmed, 1 armed # tjw got minesweeper # nemesis blitz # took a chance that force bolt on door would not make too much noise # lost the achievement # polypiling # glass golem (tbd) # wrested /oPoly instead of charging (dumb) # tenacious companion # took 7 gelationous cubes, too lazy to get 8 # uncursed genocide black dragon helped # 4 gelatinous cubes arrived on astral # very hard to whistle them through portal # astral plane # came in with 19/21 for fashionista # polypiled magic armor from astral monsters to get 20/21 # wrested wish to get 21/21 # # g11 - neutral gnomish caveman (ascended) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1699489585.tnnt.html # mines end # all this happened in turns leading up to T:25588 # hobbit slung luckstone at me and mulched it! # hobbit slung a gray stone # after fight was over, i could not find gray stone # i collected all stones on level # i killed all monsters including peacefuls and my own pet # i piled almost all objects on level into one big pile # besides the big pile, there is: # an empty unlocked container # an unidentified loadstone # it thumps real good, checked it ten times # a swap chest # cathartes and i both checked code # player throwing: dothrow.c, does not mulch if oc_magic # monster throwing: mthrowu.c, different code, no check for oc_magic # cathartes reproduced behavior in wizard mode # bug report? # no value in reporting against tnnt, this is all vanilla # no value in reporting against vanilla 3.6, that branch is security fix only # cathartes may pursue report against vanilla 3.7 # furey is leaving the rabbit hole here # later that night: more rabbit hole! # apparently happens only when monster 1 hits monster 2 in a pit # qt wrote a PR for 3.7 # risky business # TBD # rick roll # x1: when i made the wishes # x2: when i ascended # x3: when my arena npc spawns # # g12 - chaotic human barbarian (splatted) # https://hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1699759622.tnnt.html # receive-the-quest atheist # sokoban # ate a stalker corpse while wearing cloak of invisibility # perm invis worked great at this stage of game # took four pets into sokoban zoo battale # one survived # mine town # price-id'd a +3 dwarven roundshield # lower mines # found polymorph trap # so did some monster who became hell hound # down to 1 HP with no prayer and breath-weapon monster! # tele scroll put me in lucky place # later on a silver dragon rolled up. nope. stairs down. # mines end # catacombs with vampirer lord and vampire # fortunately they did not see invis # kited with +1 daggers # unid'd ring is teleport control! # successfully co-ordinated swap chest drop with tjw to get aor # succubus rolled up!! # slowly got to xp 14, not even any level drains! # controlled levelport trap back to mine town # big room # quest portal in big room # also plenty of difficulty 13 monsters: trices, golden naga, gargoyles # rothe found the portal for me so i ran over # home 1 # ogre tribe had /oMM, /oFire, good thing i had "oRef # no blindness so i ran across river gap and did not die # home 4 # fell down a trap to home 5 # tried to run past troll # !oPara and two other trolls # splat # # g13 - lawful human priest (ascended) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1699902789.tnnt.html # extinguish rider # failed nemesis blitz, got a shot, but /oDeath on Nalzok (demon) has no effect # mid game # mmf's kept tagging me, game going sideways # game got better after +oIdentify, +oMapping # end game # 9 turn wizard tower # owned astral # blob strat worked fine # 490 turns to extinguish pestilence # terminator npc # 8 AoLS # AC -52 (with prot), probably AC -39 (without prot) # +7 silver saber, 10 +6 shuriken # 25 cursed ?oCM # 5 blessed !oFH # many /oCM, /oTeleport # # g14 - neutral gnome healer (ascended) # https://hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1700176117.tnnt.html # nemesis blitz, wanton waste # noboh # early game # zero altars in main dungeon # pet warhorse tanked the minetown priest so i rolled with it # zero container bags until perseus statue # played the early game with a large box # played the mid and late game with a sack # quest # lots of drowners and i kept standing next to them neglectfully # did not get tagged though # quest bottom # did all the way to vibrating square before coming here # blessed !oDM, /oDeath, =oFA, !oPara # cyclops meditates and has no mr # first /oDeath shot did the job # astral # just mashed it (not in a good way) # no projectile weapons # camera did a good job as usual # guardian angel survived but i had no magic whistle # could have used magic lamp to get one, oh well # # g15 - chaotic orc wizard (ascended) # https://hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1700426386.tnnt.html # conducts: wishless, genoless # picked up a few personal achievements # gehennom # no magic mapping because i was looking for markers and had no +oDT # poly-in-the-field strat is simple and good # sanctum # priest of moloch took off their comr and put on a robe # this did not work well for them # astral plane # [10:43:35 AM] The renegade Angel of Anhur throws an elven dagger! The elven dagger hits Death! Death is killed! # [10:43:35 AM] -- epic friendly fire # # g16 - chaotic orc rogue (ascended) # https://hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1700677895.tnnt.html # tedious and slow # rogues are good spellcasters # ascended with 8 AoLS for arena # alignment record trouble # kicked out of quest once (probably from killing gremlins near pool) # another problem after that # no angel on astral and insufficiently aligned # # g17 - lawful human caveman (splatted, lesser) # https://hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1700957668.tnnt.html # three hours # got lucky with armor: ac -11 at best # dlvl 2 # altar, got grayswandir # sokoban zoo # 3 pets in, 0 pets survived # mumak # gnomish mines # expensive camera in minetown, could not afford it # northwest town quandrant all empty?! # mines end # crypt layout # unid'd ring was pfsc, unmasked vampires, ouch # polytrap shed my armor # made it to swap chest NAKED (ac 7) # got 47 blessed rustproof +7 shuriken from karafruit # awesome weapons for kiting # had to teleport out of a fight and it was a levelport # came back, got first gray stone without levelport trap firing, # got the luckstone! # suicided to a gremlin for unique death # left nice bones with a note # # g18 - neutral human healer (splatted, lesser) # https://hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1701009915.tnnt.html # mines end # took a /oPolymorph (0:3) from swap chest # The large cat turns into an arch-lich! The dog turns into an arch-lich! # one arch-lich skedaddled in the mines # sokoban zoo # first monster next to the door is a kobold mummy # good thing i brought four pets and not just an arch-lich # energy vortex got through and i had to fight it # was dangerous, took half my hit points # suicide # left arch-lich alone for 1000 turns, did not untame # kicked it several times and it untamed # fast death by touch of death # sadly touch of death was not a unique death # did this on sokoban so no bones # # g19 - chaotic human monk (ascended) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1701080623.tnnt.html # valley of the dead # bleeko says: 54 +6 shuriken in us swap chest # i hauled ass down to votd # til hero can arrive in castle and immediately levelport one down # 54 blessed rustproof +6 shuriken donated by karafruit! # i killed my donation slots but i needed those shuriken # poisoned them up, they work great # although i get the sponsor reminder every time i throw them # # g20 - neutral human caveman (lesser, splatted) # https://hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1701220621.tnnt.html # gnomish mines # invis monster attacked me so i used its wand and made myself invis # invis with aklys works great # mines end # took from swap chest: 50 blessed poisoned rustproof +7 darts from grasshopper # no skill with dart but +7 hits anyways # worked great! 2 darts to a mumak, dead! 3 darts to another mumak, dead! # oracle # suicide note, suicide pile, kicked oracle, got zotted, unique death # # g21 - chaotic human priest (ascended) # https://hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1701253248.tnnt.html # was going to do lesser and splat but rng showered me # ac -12 and gop by mine town # magic lamp # ring of invisibility, spellbook of identify # magic marker, fire horn # speed boots # the large dog turns into a demilich # 4 points of prot on first buy # taking 20 blessed scrolls of enchant weapon # but: hard to find bag, and no altar outside minetown # valley of the dead # levelported down to votd before clearing castle # worked great # sanctum # rodney summoned yeenoghu # when i death rayed high priest, yeenoghu grabbed the amulet # had to traipse back to stairs to engage yeenoghu # duration 21:34:24 # fastest asc of my tournament month # mostly rng shower, partly no asc work left # # g22 - neutral human archaelogist (lesser, splat) # https://hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1701365209.tnnt.html # swapchest: gop from bleeko # tjw beat me to V09+V10 but i splatted first # born to run lyrics, inventory bones friendly in sack # oops, splatted on level with stairs up to sokoban, no bones # # what happened to the plan # g2 - covered, bleeko got rtq foodless # g3 - covered, furey g1 got murphy's luck, detonator, docpi got turn undead # g4 - covered, cathartes got rtq petless, cathartes got rtq illiterate # g5 - covered, merlek got rtq permadeaf, furey got rtq atheist # g7 - covered, cathartes got rtq weaponless # g6 - covered, clan is at 320/325 as of nov 22 # # committed to orc rogue # roke is doing orc rogue so i can do something else # nov 7: crunchbubba says roke is busy with day job work # nov 16(?): crunchbubba says roke might play nov 18, nov 19 # nov 22: waiting a bit then taking orc rogue # nov 25: ascended orc rogue # # 2023-beta results # 6 ascensions # mon, pri, ran, sam, wiz, wiz # 1 splat induced by server admin request to curtail game # so they could install new save-breaking binary # surely would have ascended in normal play # i got to splat by killing a devteam member! # 317/325 achievements # 5 planned skips (both months) # 1 planned skip (beta only) # 1 fail (small window) # 1 fail (not enough skill) # # 2023 highlights # Edward Rushton # neutral human ranger # accidentally kept my blindfold on while engrave-testing a wand # Something is written here in the dust. You read: "Edward Rushton". # TNNT easter egg from 2018! # https://github.com/tnnt-devteam/tnnt/commit/0fecf197897907403d1fe0ba9bee27585c8a09ff # bullwhip vs olog-hai # neutral human ranger # he wields a long sword. i yank his longsword. # he wields an elven broadsword. i yank his elven broadsword. # he wields a runed short sword. the runed short sword welds itself to his claw! # i wrap my bullwhip around the olog-hai's runed short sword. # the runed short sword is welded to the olog-hai's claw. # the bullwhip slips free! # -- that is one smart olog-hai! # jackass, nethack edition # nurse dancing but with a cockatrice # cockatrice cannot hit me so i remove all armor # achievement unlocked: cure stoning # (wearing AoLS, i'm a jackass, not stupid) # jackass, nethack edition # need to reduce hp to 10% for ach "about to die, you scrub" # but i heal so fast most of my weapons are fruitless # my main weapon is a +7 vorpal blade # doff helmet, throw +7 vorpal blade upwards, repeat # achievement unlocked # (wearing AoLS, i'm a jackass, not stupid) # booze for the dev team # [7:29:05 PM] '# announce hey dev team!' # [7:29:27 PM] '# announce i brought you a new ice box for your break room.' # [7:29:36 PM] '# announce and it's full of BOOZE!' # [7:30:02 PM] '# announce also some fruit juice for those who prefer.' # [7:30:16 PM] '# announce thanks for all the nethack code!' # i brought an ice box, 18 blessed potions of booze (with names), # and 4 blessed potions of fruit juice (martinelli apple cider) # polypile on astral # had 19/21 for fashionista # gathered magical armor drops (mostly robes) # zapped and got a dunce cap! # wrested wow for helm of telepathy # made fashionista! # luckstone mulched # tbd # risky business # The invisible Mike Stephenson moves the succubus out of his way! # shapeshifter xorn -> titan -> summon monsters -> it is crowded in here # fire giant bashed down the outer door # karafruit close to death # minetown, 1hp, fainting, hostile ghost, god is displeased # elberethed the ghost, ate some food, partial recover # soldier ants got her on the minetown level # furey vs stoicjin # xlvl 23, ac -18 # melee did not work # shield build means npc does not equip unihorn # they were hitting harder than i could live with # reduced to throwing aklys # 50-60 aklys hits per death # then switched to using their shuriken # autopickup did not work # 25-30 shuriken hits per death # pit traps and bear traps were dicey # had to stop and eat food # denoument # after all the throwing, 60 +6 shuriken got split into about 25 stacks! # could not get a juicy stack of shuriken # reported qt, who reproduced # settled for a gdsm for the swap chest # furey terminator # tbd # arena npc build with 8 AoLS, 25 cursed ?oCM, great armor # # schedule (long) # 30 days hath november # g1 3 days neutral human ranger # #111 91 receive the quest with bonesless conduct intact # #273 17 disarm all land mines in fort ludios without blowing any up # #028 9 decapitate Medusa # #044 8 kill 4 monsters with a single volley of missiles # g2 3 days chaotic elven wizard # #095 1 receive the quest with foodless conduct intact # -- 1 day rest day # g3 3 days non-chaotic human priest # #054 15 destroy an undead with #turn # #269 5 reach -13 luck # #293 11 explode a large box or chest # {new moon risk starts} # g4 3 days any any any # #099 2 receive the quest with illiterate conduct intact # #113 18 receive the quest with petless conduct intact # -- 1 day rest day # g5 3 days any any any # #096 6 receive the quest with atheist conduct intact # #109 4 receive the quest with permadeaf conduct intact # {new moon risk ends} # -- 1 day rest day # g6 6 days chaotic human wizard # sweep achievements # clan should have 150-200 achs when this game starts # -- 1 day rest day # g7 3 days any human monk # #097 18 receive the quest with weaponless conduct intact # g8+ 2 days any any any # finish out achs, ascs, trophies # # --- # # how i think about achievements # https://hardfought.org/tnnt/archives/2022/achievements # this list is sorted by number of players who got the ach # do not worry about easy achs at top # do worry about hard achs at bottom # i choose to skip 5 hard achs (these are 2022 id numbers) # #103 0 Receive the Quest with zen (permablind) conduct intact # #097 1 Receive the Quest with pacifist conduct intact # #107 1 Receive the Quest with permahallu conduct intact # #104 1 Receive the Quest with nudist conduct intact # #127 4 Get a wish from every wish source # so i plan for my clan to get 318/323 of the returning achs from 2022 # if anyone can get any of the to-be-skipped 5, great, but i am not planning on it # #127 depends on two low-prob non-farmable events (throne wish, fountain wish) # in 2022 four players did get it (furey, hothraxxa, jt, qt) # # receive-the-quest achievements # there are 22 achievemnts of the form "receive the quest" # these are good for spreading among multiple clan members # if you want to help with achs, do any one of these that is not done yet # lower count from 2022 are harder to do and better to get # these achs are easy # #114 125 receive the quest with survivor conduct intact # #100 110 receive the quest with polypileless conduct intact # #106 99 receive the quest with genocideless conduct intact # #101 98 receive the quest with polyselfless conduct intact # #111 91 receive the quest with bonesless conduct intact # #112 75 receive the quest with swapchestless conduct intact # these achs need more commitment # #102 57 receive the quest with wishless conduct intact # #097 18 receive the quest with weaponless conduct intact # #113 18 receive the quest with petless conduct intact # #110 14 receive the quest with artifactless conduct intact # these achs are covered by other achs # #103 118 receive the quest with artifact wishless conduct intact # #107 73 receive the quest with elberethless conduct intact # #093 15 receive the quest with vegetarian conduct intact # #094 9 receive the quest with vegan conduct intact # these achs are on my schedule # #096 6 receive the quest with atheist conduct intact # #109 4 receive the quest with permadeaf conduct intact # #099 2 receive the quest with illiterate conduct intact # #095 1 receive the quest with foodless conduct intact # these achs are on my skip list # #105 1 receive the quest with nudist conduct intact # #098 1 receive the quest with pacifist conduct intact # #108 1 receive the quest with permahallu conduct intact # #104 0 receive the quest with zen (permablind) conduct intact # # identify-all-xxx achievements # these achievements need a lot of identify and polymorph # one hero can do most of these in one game together # #083 31 identify all rings # #084 24 identify all wands # #085 36 identify all amulets # #086 10 identify all spellbooks # #087 41 identify all scrolls # #088 38 identify all potions # #089 5 identify all non-obvious cloaks, helms, boots, and gloves # #090 28 identify every type of valuable gemstone # #091 32 identify all gray stones # #092 99 identify all worthless glass # # new achievements for 2023 # #010 paw patrol find kitten # easy, achieved in beta, 2023-10-01 # #159 recorporealized draw the ghost of a former hero back into its body # medium, achieved in beta, 2023-10-12 # # --- # # 2023-beta games # neutral human ranger (ascended) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1696166143.tnnt.html # quad kill # chaotic human wizard (ascended) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1696302914.tnnt.html # 282/325 achievements # chaotic elven wizard (splat) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1697143087.tnnt.html # doorstopper # chaotic elven wizard (ascended) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1697156554.tnnt.html # rtq foodless, rtq wishless, rtq artifactless # recorporealize # neutral human barbarian (splat) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1697409440.tnnt.html # rtq illiterate, rtq petless # two bones one level, chocoban, anthole # neutral human priest (ascended) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1697508137.tnnt.html # turn undead, decapitate medusa, explode a box # lawful dwarven valkyrie (splat) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1697847434.tnnt.html # rtq atheist, rtq permadeaf # rng put altars on dlvl 3, dlvl 6, dlvl 7, dlvl 8, dlvl 12, dlvl 14, and dlvl 16. # i am playing atheist. the game knows. # got careless and splatted # lawful human monk (ascended) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1697956968.tnnt.html # rtq weaponless # master kaen had cloak of mr # nearly put paid to my carefree ass # lawful human valkyrie (splat) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1698167422.tnnt.html # mjollnir throw-kill-return, minesweeper # splat in devteam office # k2 said: please finish your game soon so i can install new save-breaking binary # i said: can i do a kamikaze run on devteam office? # k2 said: okay # loggers_viii suggested polyform engulfer # it worked, with quite a bit of luck getting an attack to hit # Lorimer swings his katana. # Lorimer hits! # Lorimer swings his katana. # Lorimer hits! # You miss lorimer. # You engulf lorimer! # You kill lorimer! # With a DevTeam member dead, the world starts to destabilize... # Light fails, the floor shakes, and the air grows hot. # The remaining members look at you reproachfully, and then vanish from the world. # Fissures open up, and the realm collapses in on itself. # You die... # Do you want your possessions identified? [ynq] (y) y # lawful human samurai (ascended) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1698426309.tnnt.html # trophies earned # You never allowed a high priest to die. # You never allowed a Rider to die. # missed ach for nemesis never gets a move # polyform black dragon # disintegrated nemesis on first attack # still did not get the ach # i think quest monsters stepping on squeaky boards woke up nemesis # lawful dwarven valkyrie (splat) # https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/F/Furey/tnnt/dumplog/1698605814.tnnt.html # kill every orc in orctown # splatted by kicking mysterious sapient pearwood container # planned skip achs (october and november) # #128 4 get a wish from every wish source # #105 1 receive the quest with nudist conduct intact # #098 1 receive the quest with pacifist conduct intact # #108 1 receive the quest with permahallu conduct intact # #104 0 receive the quest with zen (permablind) conduct intact # planned skip achs (october only) # #161 32 find the bones of four former heroes in one game # unplanned miss achs (october) # #124 44 enter a cockatrice nest # low skill low chance per game # #073 34 kill your quest nemesis without them getting a move # did not find the secret sauce # # --- # # 2023-beta arena notes # bug report: # can freely levelport out of arena and re-enter portal # can keep arena eq (missiles that npc threw) # these missiles work fine but do not honor pickup_thrown # i got 4 blessed +7 silver daggers this way # i never brought these daggers back to arena! # after i killed npc and left arena, i picked up daggers # "sigh of exhalation" # some other darts i had brought out of arena vanished # the silver daggers then worked fine for pickup_thrown # theft attacks # i tried water nymph, succubus, incubus # scores of attacks but no hits # wizard with unskilled bare handed combat vs ac -35 # maybe a beefed-up thief polyform could do it? # then levelport out and park each object on a different level # NPC eq degradation # artifact -> base item: # eye of aethopica -> amulet of esp # excalibur -> long sword # rings get unequipped # bags get emptied # throwables survive (4 blessed +7 silver daggers) # cockatrice eggs survive (oh6 did this in 2022) # with no artifact, weapon choice is often unicorn horn # flintstones named "oots 129" are still named "oots 129" # # 2023-beta swap chest notes # cancellation no longer cancels (fixed bug from 2022) # drain life has no noticeable effect # swap chest still teleports # do not see an exploit # qt found bad bug with certain container menu options # wish i had thought of that # i tried to bury a swapchest in a pit under a boulder # swap chest floated to top like an invocation item # $1 bag on same square buried just fine # i tried three times, got same result three times # tame nymph # milled around, stepped on swap chest square # picked up and dropped rocks on swap chest square # did not attempt to pick up swap chest # tame gelatinous cube # milled around, stepped on swap chest square # ate meatball on swap chest square (2x) # did not attempt to pick up swap chest # polyself gelatinous cube # This mysterious sapient pearwood container is delicious!--More-- # Become what kind of monster? [type the name] human # You feel like a new man! You can see again. Your movements are now unencumbered. # You see no objects here. # (un-id'd name because of earlier mind flayers) # polyself nymph # Cannot pickup, too heavy. # polyself nymph, grappling hook # Cannot pickup, too heavy. # blow up a landmine on same square # looted chest # chest blown one square away # no apparent interesting behavior # unlooted chest # demo says 10% chance of something happening in scatter() # chest stayed on same square # no apparent interesting behavior # TODO: un-tame gelatinous cube # qt says they anticipated this case # # 2023 first day test notes # #tnntdebug -- disabled # #shell -- disabled # #suspend -- disabled # #exploremode -- enabled, reported to k2, likely intentional # # --- # # 2022 tnnt # clan: surly dinos # # my stats # #16 6 most ascenscions # #22 6 most conducts in one ascension # #1 (tie) 267 most achievements in one game # #1 308 most achievements overall # #27 2 longest streak # #14 5.50 highest z-score # #2 40 most successful swap chest donations # # bugs # 2 bugs reported in achievement scoring (id all wands, 20 rodney kills) # 1 exploit reported (cancel swap chest) # 2 game crash bugs (fill up astral, overflow swap chest) # # fun moments # bhaak drew a sword on me in devteam quest # npc fled arena and i was afraid of penalty if i followed # crunchbubba sent me +8 long sword for two-weapon # 15 of 17 rider kills were one-shot # astral amnesia for pretty dumplog # "i am safe in my little room" - elenmerie # discovered that cancelling swap chest reset it to accept/give more items # k2 said okay to exploit game bug while it lasted (which was not long) # i levelported down with sacks of items and six cancel wands in another sack # ninety items in ten minutes! # game crashed when i peeked in the swap chest # led team members to get 10/10 lesser role trophies # thanks crunchbubba, jetjaguar, staengia, youngster # saw mitzutsune standing naked to rodney # foocubi did it # mitzutsune survived and ascended # tied with spazm 267-267 for most achievements in one game # kicked a swap-chest to death (my death) # bones stuffed on oracle # tried to die by blue jelly but killed it instead # # notes for next time # [x] ask for team channel on libera # [x] set up a minor trophy tracker # [x] participate in public beta # [x] set up config file before tournament # [x] write achievement roadmap # [x] learn sokoban better # [x] boulder-monster blocker killed me # [x] not knowing about hole-falling vs luck killed me # [x] learn sokoban 4b # [x] practice polymorphing pets with wand and potion # # --- # # tnnt 2024 # explore polyself with steal attack (nymph, foocubus) # players with "keep alive" trophies in 2022: # cathartes bleeko swegen Grouchy # 2023-beta # i got keep-alive high priest # from 320 ach to 324 ach # practice rtq pacifist, rtq zen, rtq permahulla, rtq nudist # 2023 rtq nudist: karafruit # from 324 ach to 325 ach # need an elite team or a lot of luck to get "wishes from every source" # # --- # # towards all RRA (38 combos) # https://hardfought.org/tnnt/archives/2022/clans # 43 wins, 30 combos, surly dinos # 34 wins, 26 combos, teamsplat # 34 wins, 21 combos, splendor of yendor # 33 wins, 26 combos, teamsplit # people doing same combos as each other # top team, surly dinos, had 1 parallel combo and 12 serial combos # parallel combo = player B started a RRA while player A was still playing # serial combo = player B started a RRA after player A already ascended it # parallel combos can be fixed with better communication # serial combos are failure to use existing public informaiton # teams 2 to 4 are similar or worse # crunchbubba points out some players are still on their first ascension, # so they pick easy roles # fair enough. tnnt is for everybody. # an elite team could get all 38 combos with about 45-50 wins # # towards all RRAG (73 combos) (tnnt nethack master) # definitely needs an elite team # outside my planning ability # # towards all achievements # very hard receive the quest (rtq) achs # rtq pacifist, rtq zen (permablind), rtq permahallu, rtq naked # individual players need to practice these achs between tournaments # get a wish from every wish source # throne, fountain, lamp, potion, wand # thrones and fountains are non-farmable # if the window opens, player has to suspend current goal for this ach # farm a magic lamp (took me 25000 turns in 2022) # farm smoky potions # collect the castle wand # in 2022 four players got it (furey, hothraxxa, jt, qt) # achs of opportunity # when any player gets the opportunity, they attempt the ach # do not have to break conducts or other gameplans to try for these. # if they get it, good. save game so yellow clover appears. # if they don't get it, okay. another team member will. # #028 9 decapitate medusa # if you have vorpal blade, try for this ach # remove sources of reflection # melee medusa with vorpal blade # bonus: use healing spells or turn undead to increase chances # #136 10 get a sacrifice gift on the astral plane # bring a couple of create monster scrolls to astral plane # read confused create monster to create 13+ acid blobs # sacrifice all the blob corpses # #273 17 minesweeper # if you get ludios, kill everything fast before monster spawns in vault # time spent off level is okay though, no spawns # do not use created monsters to detonate any mines # polyform M1_FLY (such as vampire lord or balrog) helps # high luck helps # rogue with mkot or ranger help # #250 29 break an identified wand of wishing with at least 1 charge # if you are on high altar with unused /oWish charge # break one for the team # #074 34 kill your quest nemesis without them getting a move # when you fight nemesis, try to sleep or para or death them before they move # #211 37 cause an earthquake # if you find a drum of earthquake (rare) # quake one for the team # #237 74 open the box containing schroedinger's cat # kill every quantum mechanic you see (even on telepathy in gehennom) # if the box drops, open it # #052 76 kill an appropriate monster with a bane weapon # if you get one of those crappy bane weapons, use it # #311 84 acquire a candy bar generated in sokoban # check all the food items and pick up any candy # this ach is non-farmable # wishing for candy does not get the ach # polymorphing candy does not get the ach # #159 - recorporealize # carry a /oTurning or learn the spell # detect monster or telepathy when you enter a level the first time # if you see a ghost, walk over before the corpse decays # turn undead on the corpse # # towards an elite team # regular communication # team irc channel # team scoreboard for team goals # team goals # players discuss, agree (at least partially), commit # players do goals they agree to do # players do team goals before their personal goals # with teamwork, can cover more combos and achs # without teamwork, players will do their own goals and won't add up # example # in 2022 i had personal goal of "most achievements in tournament" # i came in first, 308/323, two second place players were 290/323 290/323 # but i spent time getting achs that other team members had already gotten # i could have used that my for other goals such as one more asc # so for 2023 i swore off personal goals for achievements # my goal for 2023 is team goal for achievements, not a personal goal # individual player strength # stronger is better of course # however a 3 asc player with good teamwork > 10 asc player without teamwork # 3 asc player can improve asc skills # 10 asc player unlikely to change attitude towards teamwork # player who achieves doorstopper contributes a small but positive ach # player who ascends tourist after someone already ascended tourist contributes nothing # multi-year team building # senior team members need to come back for 2-3 years # junior team members need to learn, grow, level up, come back # every player needs to practice specific goals between tournaments # # --- # tnnt options OPTIONS=realtime:play_time OPTIONS=tnnt_notify OPTIONS=role:priest,race:human,align:neutral,gender:random # OPTIONS=pettype:none # OPTIONS=deaf # user interface options OPTIONS=symset:DECgraphics OPTIONS=number_pad:0 # SYMBOLS=S_altar:_ # options OPTIONS=!autodescribe OPTIONS=autodig OPTIONS=autoopen OPTIONS=bones OPTIONS=!cmdassist OPTIONS=dark_room OPTIONS=fruit:mango OPTIONS=hilite_pet OPTIONS=hilite_pile OPTIONS=!legacy OPTIONS=mail OPTIONS=paranoid_confirmation:quit attack pray wand Remove OPTIONS=showexp OPTIONS=sortloot:loot OPTIONS=!sparkle OPTIONS=statuslines:3 # options for autopickup OPTIONS=autopickup OPTIONS=pickup_burden:burdened OPTIONS=pickup_thrown OPTIONS=pickup_types:$"?+!=/ # keep speed items away from riders AUTOPICKUP_EXCEPTION="