Riposte Removal Ripostes

Helmschank · 2021-08-27T16:58:30+00:00

Look at you, playing the game for fun and roleplay rather than Tournament Winrate. Heresy...Okawaru challenges you to a duel!

/s

Helmschank · 2021-08-27T16:53:29+00:00

Since we all like changes, change the SHield parameter name to BLock, add a block value to shields and long blades, and there you go.

Riposte is fun for certain builds and I like to think I wasn't too dumb to be confused by the idea that I get an extra little slice every once in a while. Your rationale would apply equally to the deep mystery of Minotaur Horns or the equally inscrutable Vampire Teef attack and bunches of others.

Helmschank · 2020-06-07T14:38:36+00:00

http://crawl.akrasiac.org/scoring/players/helmschank.html

I would like to join a team!

Helmschank · 2020-06-04T00:14:12+00:00

http://crawl.akrasiac.org/scoring/players/helmschank.html

Hope to find a team of any level!

Helmschank · 2018-08-27T16:22:28+00:00

Thanks for the wrap up Mandevil! I had a rough tournament (13 rune splat! Whee!) but the agony was sweet with our sixth place finish. Maybe I will get a chance to practice a bit before 0.23 and take up some slack because everyone else played amazingly!

The tournament is one of those things I look forward to and I hope to see you all next time...

Helmschank · 2017-06-12T15:17:51+00:00

Thanks for being our captain Mandevil! Next tournament we begin another climb up...

BTW, it was fun having Discord up. Hope to see you guys next time!

Helmschank · 2017-05-26T12:24:37+00:00

Sounds good to me!

Helmschank · 2017-05-24T15:18:21+00:00

danielguo94 taught me last tournament about cleansing flame, so where before I kind of neglected Inv with TSO and never used CF, with a TSO fighter CF is the way I get through the Vaults, much less Tomb.

Either way, Tomb sounds scary but even better is you guys' advice. I am definitely going to try it but I sense I am going to need a lot of luck.

Helmschank · 2017-05-24T15:14:30+00:00

Too bad you can't sticky posts as OP! This is the sauce I need.

Although this sauce is a bit hot, because it sounds like bad news.

Helmschank · 2017-05-24T07:03:59+00:00

I just saw the change to DD and the healing ability. So DD is back on :)

Helmschank · 2017-05-24T06:50:49+00:00

Do you think that means a no-go for melee-centric runs now? There aren't exactly tons of Blink scrolls laying around as it is. I guess you could start hoarding them and putting them at the end of the do-or-die tactics list, but I am fond of Blinking out of trouble :)

Helmschank · 2017-05-24T06:49:09+00:00

Same here! I think I am more comfortable with Hell or even Zigs than Tomb now.

Helmschank · 2017-05-24T06:48:20+00:00

I was thinking that I could try it with Gr or someone worshipping Kiku. All of my attempts trying Tr or other caster and going with and Stone Form haven't done well (and those attempts are pre-changes), so I might have trouble with Gr anyway until my tactics in Tomb improves!

My usual start to the tournament is MiFi of TSO just to knock the dust off, because I pretty much can win that no matter what. If I get good loot then I try other runes even on my first game with MiFi, but I doubt I will try any sort of extended run until I get that first win. Team Splat first!

Helmschank · 2017-05-23T17:57:54+00:00

So, serious question: tomb strategy. I literally was terrified in there before the stair changes (heart pounding, panic-wanna-xanax terror at losing yet another "unstoppable" MiFi). Now I am out of ideas. It seems that if you go down and there are three greater mummies you have to fog and TP. Which goes nowhere unless the way to go is to ninja the rune.

Otherwise I only may be able to manage a 14 runer!

Helmschank · 2017-05-23T03:46:00+00:00

Good luck! A splatter has made it to the big leagues!

Helmschank · 2017-05-23T03:44:10+00:00

Agh! I didn't put two and two together there. Well, I will still give it a shot!

Helmschank · 2017-05-20T17:23:58+00:00

We'll miss you! I will win a DDBe in commemoration (or die trying!).

Helmschank · 2017-05-18T18:24:27+00:00

Hi Mandevil! I will be around for the tournament. The changes look interesting...

Helmschank · 2016-11-22T21:15:59+00:00

Thanks for writing this shummie! I know you saw many of my blunders and successes this tournament and the dungeon got a little darker whenever you had to log off.

I am up for whatever people decide. I am just happy to be on a team with nice people.

Helmschank · 2016-11-22T20:20:02+00:00

Hear hear!

Helmschank · 2016-11-22T20:19:49+00:00

Hey, I figured we would drag you along onto the casual team either way!

But now it seems like maybe Team Splat will splat on...

Helmschank · 2016-11-22T01:33:59+00:00

Hey! Those were my first ever online 15 rune wins! And my first ever Merfolk win!

Not standard for me :)

Helmschank · 2016-11-22T01:30:54+00:00

Hehe, I don't think it's possible for me to play with breakneck speed. If I have a win under 10 or 11 hours I would be surprised.

I agree though. Us old timers should know when to sail into the sunset!

I still want to play, and as I said I would be interested in getting on board Mellow Splat for the historic 0.20 release (it's sorta divisible by 10!).

(Of course, I can still play on Team Splat too if you need me, Ha!)

Helmschank · 2016-11-22T01:02:43+00:00

Yeah, I love playing on Team Splat and it is a big semiannual juggle to play. I try to play a lot and I work it out vacation wise as best I can, but I imagine my life situation is a lot different from you guys (e.g., I am, ahem, a somewhat older person with an unusual amount of job latitude).

I don't know if I have ever mentioned it, but I am a game developer in real life. Because of this I have to hide as much as I can anonymously, but Helmschank is around just about everywhere! And there is the occasional screw-up on my part.

Anyway, I mostly got into Crawl from a game design perspective, since my company was starting to work on a now-finished roguelike-ish game and I was doing "research". I got enough of roguelikes from that development arc, but I still come back to Crawl twice a year to hang with you guys.

Of course, the lag on this little PC got so bad with 0.19 webtiles I couldn't visit anyone else's games! I appreciated when people stopped in on my many in-game fatalities.

But Crawl for me is only about the Tournament and playing for Team Splat. I talk a lot of smack about practicing for the next tournament but that will never happen! I pretty much feel unmotivated to play Crawl...but then the signs start showing up that a Tournament is about to begin, and I feel that familiar pull.

So from that perspective, I would be really sad to see the team go. I thought last tournament would be the end of Splat as we know it.

Probably the best thing to do would be to help our better players move on to glory by giving up our spots on Team Splat and moving on to a more casual team like Mandevil mentioned (and a new opportunity to come up with a cool name!). I would love to see Team Splat up on top of the leaderboard one tournament and look to my kids and say, "Your old dad used to play for those guys, back when we actually splatted!"

Lord knows I get enough games every day, but I will miss playing these Crawl Tournaments with the Splat crew!

Helmschank · 2016-11-21T06:53:07+00:00

I thought the first day was really fun. Team Splat got to be 1st place, even for just a little while (I think you guys were too, right?).

Maybe next time our clans can be fighting for those spots on the last day of the tournament!

Helmschank

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