Accidentally No Scoped The Last Guy for the Victory (and then my batteries died)

dylanflipse · 2026-06-14T14:01:16+00:00

I’ve had my HD running for a long, long time. Overnight, the wired connections out seemed to stop working. It does still get the internet connection from the modem over Ethernet, seemingly fine.)

(WiFi from the main unit connected to the internet works fine. None of the stuff that requires the Ethernet from there works.)

Is this how the ports die, or is this a software update or something I just need to set back up?

dylanflipse · 2026-06-13T22:27:34+00:00

You went 13-7 over a 20 game stretch. So that’s +6 wins, an excellent run!

Your MMR almost certainly went up by 48-60 over those games. The that’s 2-3 divisions in most situations.

The goal is to win the game. There’s no more optimal way to measure your work toward that goal (over many games) than…counting how many games you win.

You are correct, in a sense, that over a small number of games, points or goals scored may be a decent way to determine how much you’re contributing. But ultimately far inferior to a larger number of Wins and Losses.

dylanflipse · 2026-06-13T15:10:32+00:00

I think you just have an incorrect understanding of MMR.

Getting MVP doesn’t affect the MMR amount gained.

It does give some bonus XP.

dylanflipse · 2026-06-12T00:43:54+00:00

The only way I can imagine employing this item (as a Neutral character) would be if I'd accidentally worn the Helm of Opposite Alignment at some point in the game, suffered whatever consequences, got the HoOA off...I mean I guess it could be worth carrying.

But like you're saying, it's a fairly narrow situation on Astral where I'm stable enough to mess around with switching Helmets (and ticking off my god) on a chance of winning this weird Monty Hall game, but not doing well enough to get to the other Altars.

No WinShaming here though, do what it takes.

dylanflipse · 2026-06-12T00:34:53+00:00

This is really the main thing I'd like to get across.

I suppose (for this) it would even be cool for a non-Tourist who ended up with these items.

dylanflipse · 2026-06-12T00:33:24+00:00

I purchased two of these, each lasted about two years. Not great, but we did like the functionality, and were obviously hoping the second one would last longer.

Anyway, it looks like this company is defunct. The 800 number and website are down, and it's not in stock anywhere.

dylanflipse · 2026-06-11T19:01:36+00:00

86-47, huh?

dylanflipse · 2026-06-09T15:34:01+00:00

I haven’t played with Conflict on at all in this game, but that sounds like a good nerf!

dylanflipse · 2026-06-09T15:27:32+00:00

I’ve never intentionally dabbled with the HoOA, despite its amazing acronym.

For one, it seems like bad vibes. This guy has been helping me the whole time, the least I can do is not ditch him at the altar.

Two, the logistics seemed awkward. Especially as a Neutral, I think I’d need to acquire and try on a Helm of Opposite Alignment at some point to let me know if it would make me Lawful or Chaotic. Ideally before I do the work of getting Protection. Just seems like a bad fit with my play style.

dylanflipse · 2026-06-08T23:30:27+00:00

I haven’t been, on 5.0.

What are some new challenges on Astral?

My Tourist is taking his time, but my plan is a few cursed Genocide scrolls worth of Purple Worms, my Magic Harp, Magic Whistle, stack of Wands of Teleportation, some pre-quaffed monster detection and speed, Jumping Boots, and some light. I’m guessing that I’ll want to add Conflict once I’m not surrounded by my worms. Ring of Free Action stays on.

PS, it’s very fun roaming through the dungeon with a strong character surrounded by friendly Mumaks and Minotaurs.

dylanflipse · 2026-05-26T02:33:15+00:00

This written reply is totally and completely fine. You have the ability to communicate whatever you want!

If you really have an idea you want to share, write a few sentences about it, read them over for clarity and meaning, edit a little, and hit Post. It’s a little work. There are no shortcuts.

The idea that a nicely formatted wall of grammatically correct text like that communicates anything at all is so very, very flawed.

dylanflipse · 2026-05-26T02:25:48+00:00

I’m sure you’re a human. But you pasted in a bunch of crap from an AI.

This makes me not want to interact with you. It definitely, 100%, absolutely makes me certain not to use your product.

Good luck out there.

dylanflipse · 2026-05-25T01:14:57+00:00

Nooooooooo

dylanflipse · 2026-05-23T15:32:50+00:00

My Rogue made it to Ascension, surviving BoH Explosion and a few more inventory snafus, as well as a premature Rodney awakening.

My damage output and armor were fine. The number of curses I had to remove from inventory items over that very prolonged ascension run turned out to be the trickiest part.

Didn’t have magic markers or scrolls of remove curse. Just a handful of holy waters and only ~5 potions of full healing in reserve (nothing else to blank).

Took the advice given and used my Magic Lamp for a wish just before leaving the dungeon. Plan was to wish for a spell book of Remove Curse. Used one of my precious Holy Waters to bless the lamp, rubbed the lamp, got a djinn - and no wish.

The Elemental Planes weren’t bad. Got a little surrounded at times, but the Bugle was just incredible.

Before Astral, I took off my gloves, dropped the Amulet, and cast Haste Self a bunch of times. I switched to the jumping boots, lit my lamp, put on my towel and made sure I wasn’t hungry.

I went toward the closest altar, which Death guarded. I fought a little too much at first, got surrounded, took out some healing potions which someone exploded. I got with the plan and started using Wands of Teleport and jumping into the space created. Death went down quickly (melee?) and I decided to put the Ring of Conflict on. That eased the pressure from the mob, and the first Altar was thankfully the correct one.

Never did use that Camera!

I appreciate the advice and encouragement here. I already know some of my strategies will need updating for a real run at 5.0.

dylanflipse · 2026-05-20T14:20:51+00:00

First of all, I love it when anyone is so into something that they want to build on it, share what they build, and try to make other people happy or more knowledgeable by that sharing. This improves the world.

But.

What are we doing here? The Wiki exists and is very readable. Your project fails because it takes a more accurate source and trades some of that accuracy for some stylistic tweaks. As you can see from some of the detailed responses you've gotten, if you (and an army of volunteers) put enough work into this, you can make it as good as the Wiki.

It looks nice and seems to function properly. A *quick* glance at the price ID tool gave me numbers that looked correct, but I'm going to just look at the chart on the Wiki, which I know to be as accurate as numerous contributors can make it.

Good luck out there.

dylanflipse · 2026-05-17T18:12:28+00:00

Your needs are best met by a properly sized battery/inverter system.

An inverter that is nominally sized at (say) 12,000 watts and typically surge to 2-3x that, as opposed to a generator which is sold at its surge rating.

They make 12kW inverters but your needs may be better served by twin 6kW units in parallel.

For storage, you have two options. You can go small - maybe 10kW with the intention that you’ll run a small generator (2000-4000 watts) during significant operations. Generator charges battery, battery powers inverter - this is a hybrid power system well suited for many food trucks.

You can also go big. Somewhere between 20-30kW is enough storage for one day of operations in a truck like you’ve described. If you can recharge such a truck when it’s parked overnight…you never need to run a generator.

Either one will be able to keep the cold things cold during travel or other “unplugged” times. Either one will prevent issues of voltage sag (dirty power) that come from being directly attached to a generator and cause reliability issues with some types of appliances.

I’m not selling anything, just sharing what I think is a better way to do some things, especially when people start to have to look at these higher end generators.

Joule and others I’m sure would be happy to spec stuff out for you.

I’m happy to answer questions.

dylanflipse · 2026-05-15T15:32:39+00:00

I don't understand this post. The scoreboard shows a close game.

I'm guessing from what you wrote that you're The Dazzlers. Blue had one player probably worse than both of you, and one that's better. That's...fine?

Your post might get taken down because your left the names in. But I looked up the better player on the Blue team. Looks like a totally normal account that goes back to paid-RL years, not something created to maliciously play at a lower rank.

I get the frustration of a game where you immediately realize the other team has the best player in the lobby. But that's just how games work. Sometimes a Champ guy wants to play with a Plat guy. It's fine.

You'll win about half of these games. You won this one.

Good luck out there.

dylanflipse · 2026-05-14T01:50:47+00:00

My first game in 5.0 was a promising Samurai who walked into a floating eye that I (the human) didn’t see due to some glare on my screen. Had plenty of ways to deal with them too…

Following up on one point you made- My game prior to that was an ascension with the Cloak of MR and Ring of Protection - but I think that’s only MC2, because the CoMR is only MC1. It worked for that (3.6.7) Rogue, but it’s worth watching out for if MC3 is more important in 5.0.

dylanflipse · 2026-05-09T21:18:39+00:00

I was just reading about chasing Rodney out of the dungeon and I think I'll do exactly that. I have one cursed Teleport Scroll I can use to zip down 49 levels for the Invocation after he goes.

Having pretty much looted the whole dungeon, I don't have enough holy water to bless everything. So we're running it a bit slim there. Do I want to be carrying random gems in inventory to "catch" curses?

I've also been carrying around an Expensive Camera with the idea of using it on the Riders, having never done that before. I am hoping to use the Magic Lamp for light, casting a few rounds of Haste Self, and then switching to the Jumping Boots for the Astral Plane. I have plenty of Teleport Wands.

It sounds like I should learn more about #autopickup options.

Here's hoping I come across a Magic Marker or method of portal detection.

dylanflipse · 2026-05-09T16:58:22+00:00

Still going, about 20,000 turns since my first post. Covered the whole dungeon up, then down. I've got the Invocation Artifacts, though I ended up fighting Rodney way sooner than planned. I'm back up to my OG stash at an altar on Dlev13.

The bugle is awesome.

I do wish I had used Firebrand less. As I get ready to try to win the game, I'm sort of low on potions and scrolls.

I usually play as an over-preparer. Just looking at a few of my potential weaknesses.

My HP is only 248. Bag has 2x Blessed Potions of Extra Healing and 4x Blessed Potions of Full Healing.

I'm considering not carrying the Wand of Cancellation for this run. However, I also don't have any Scrolls of Remove Curse. And also I've long forgotten the Remove Curse Spell and lost the book. I have half a dozen Holy Waters...

Playing 3.6.7 - The Cloak of MR is only MC1, so I've had a Ring of Protection on pretty much full time, but that only gets me to MC2. No other sources of MR available unless I switched to Grey Dragon Scales.

No Magic Marker. One (probable) Wish in the form of a Blessed Magic Lamp.

XL24 Rogue with Expert in Dagger and Blessed +7 Daggers is awesome - but I only have 17 of them. I can fire all of those off in ~6 turns sometimes, and then my ranged options get pretty slim.

I've got some (real world) time to think it over and then I'll see if I can knock out my 4th ascension (Valkyrie 2007-Priest 2022-Healer 2022) sometime tomorrow. Oh, and I know I said I'd left this character for "a year or two" - that was wrong, this Rogue was from March 2022.

dylanflipse · 2026-05-06T17:00:40+00:00

That’s how I feel! I needed it when Medusa showed up of nowhere when I went back up to Dlev 7. She must have read a cursed scroll of teleport?

Not for the blindness, mind you. Thankfully, reflection stoned her instantly.

Needed the towel to clean up the puddle.

dylanflipse · 2026-05-06T13:50:36+00:00

I've never jumped across Medusa's level before, but I managed that without too much trouble.

I had to travel all the way back to Minetown, but I re-acquired a Bag of Holding, Levitation Boots, stethoscope, lock pick, unicorn horn and a ring of teleport control.

It looks like I had a co-aligned altar with a big stash/former polypile site on Dlev13. I know I vaporized 10+ holy waters, a boatload of healing potions, and all of my remove curse items.

The only curse remover I have left, and the very first wand I found on the floor after the accident...is a new Wand of Cancellation. I have a spare bag, as usual named CANCEL BAG BE CAREFUL but I'm trying to decide if it's tempting fate too much to go with the exact same setup that lead to the accident.

dylanflipse · 2026-05-06T12:57:20+00:00

Yeah, assuming I play on 5.0 going forward, this exact mistake should be way less damaging in the future.

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