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- From: wwwwolf@iki.fi (Weyfour WWWWolf (Urpo Lankinen))
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- Subject: Welcome to rec.games.roguelike.nethack! [FAQ]
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- Date: 21 Jan 2001 13:54:46 +0200
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- Summary: Clearing the Confusion about Some Important Issues!
- Keywords: nethack, roguelike
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- Archive-name: games/roguelike/nethack/welcome
- Reply-to: Weyfour WWWWolf <wwwwolf@iki.fi>
- Posting-frequency: Twice a month (approximately =)
- Last-modified: 27 February 2000
- Version: $Revision: 1.5 $
- URL: http://www.iki.fi/wwwwolf/games/nethack/welcome.txt
- Copyright: (c) 1999 Weyfour WWWWolf (Urpo Lankinen)
- Maintainer: Weyfour WWWWolf <wwwwolf@iki.fi>
-
- rec.games.roguelike.nethack Welcoming Commitee presents:
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- The Answers to all newbies who cry "where the heck I have
- ended up to?"
-
- One page of information, with easily killfilable Subject line for
- Power Users!
-
- So, if you are a newbie and lost (as newbies usually are), here's some
- information that might help you to get started.
-
-
-
- Welcome to the only real Nethack discussion area in the whole net!
-
- To answer the first question, Nethack is a computer RPG based loosely
- on AD&D(r) - a good game, we might add - and this group is here to
- provide you means to reach other players and discuss about the game
- and its variants. To find more information, here's some good sites
- that have information about this wondrous waste of time:
-
- http://www.nethack.org/
- This is apparently the Official Thing(tm). Not much
- information, but enough to get you started - and of course,
- this is where to get the offical binaries.
- http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/nethack/
- The Nethack Homepage at win.tue.nl is one of the most
- voluminous sites. It has a lot of information about Nethack
- and its variants.
- http://www.nethack.de/
- Sascha Wostmann's most excellent site. This page is probably
- the best Nethack resource ever existed - not only it has all
- spoiler information you ever wanted, but also cool stuff that
- is not exactly related to the game - such as the Wall and
- quotes from folk in r.g.r.n.
-
-
- Here's some information that a newbie really should know when they
- come to the group:
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- http://www.nethack.de/spoiler/yanfaq.txt
- YANFAQ - Yet Another Nethack FAQ. This describes the basics of
- the game, and some of the techniques that are often referred to
- in the group.
- http://www.nethack.de/spoiler/32abbr.txt
- The most common abbreviations used in r.g.r.n. This answers
- probably the most requently asked question, "What does YASD
- mean?"
- http://www.iki.fi/wwwwolf/games/nethack/postfaq.txt
- BeingFool-HOWNOTTO, or How Not To Make Yourself Look Like A
- Complete Idiot When Posting To rec.games.roguelike.nethack.
- Highlights some netiquette details you should be aware of.
-
-
- Once again, welcome to r.g.r.n and have fun.
-
- [Suggestions about this file should be sent to <wwwwolf@iki.fi>.
- This file: http://www.iki.fi/wwwwolf/games/nethack/welcome.txt
- $Id: welcome.txt,v 1.5 2000/02/27 10:14:48 wwwwolf Exp wwwwolf $]
-
-
- [This hasn't been changed for some time, I felt like posting it =) ]
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