MAngband

Hi king,
that was a nice fight, and i was proud to be your lad (and also photographer during that.
Just a question, hos can I post a screen-capture ?
Herby

To post a screenshot, you have to upload the picture to a website and post a link to it. If you don't have a website, you can try a hosting service such as http://www.strike9.com.

I'm just wondering how he can be called *king* for dieing to a cat?  He lost his King status as soon as he died.

Normally I'd agree with you, but this was an obviously engineered retirement, and a cute one at that.

I came up with an odd plan some time ago.
Maegdae < Ashiki < Scrawny cat

Congrats to Ashiki for the win
That plan is a rough draft..
here's my alternate version.

Maegdae < Ashiki < Scrawny Cat < White Icky thing
I'll not bother you with my opinions on the Maegdae < Ashiki..
but in the hierarchy of Mangband Power, the White Icky thing is king.
The white icky thing doesn't need to have high ac, speed, attack, or powerful special abilities.  Why?
Listen to this quote I found on RGRA...


Beware the White icky thing. It is more powerful than
it seems, because it talks to the RNG on nearly equal
terms. Just when you thought you were safe because
you teleported away from that hell wyrm while you
still had 1hp, and your AC is through the roof...
the White icky things will come to get you.

Ashiki's original formula seems to be pretty solid to me. Here's proof.

He killed Maegdae, thus proving Maegdae < Ashiki; then he died to a cat, proving Ashiki < Scrawny Cat.

We could call this the Calculus of Cretinism, the Theorem of Tomfoolery, the Dictum of Derangement, the Axiom of Absurdity, the Law of Lunacy, ... ... ... the list goes on. I nominate the Dictum of Derangement.  ;D

I vote for "the symetry of smack-down"