The 0.13 release is scheduled for 11 October. The tournament will begin at Friday, Oct 11 8:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) and continue for 16 days (until Sunday, Oct 27 8:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)).

This means it's time for a new TL DCSS tournament team! Who's interested?

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United States10328 Posts

October 03 2013 02:22 GMT

#1482

I might join if no one else does, but I have played very little since 0.12 and might not have much time because job interviews

Salivanth

Australia1071 Posts

October 04 2013 11:15 GMT

#1483

I'm gonna have to bow out this time. As much as I enjoy dusting off Crawl and proving that you don't have to be a good player to win, I actually have responsibilities that take more than 15 hours a week now

Dienosore

Brunei Darussalam622 Posts

October 23 2013 12:25 GMT

#1484

is it way too late to join the tourny?

I just saw this T_T

Glenstorm

United States69 Posts

October 23 2013 13:18 GMT

#1485

We're pretty deep into the tournament. It's definitely too late for you to join a team, but I believe you can still start up and see how you rank as an individual.

Tooplark

United States3977 Posts

October 23 2013 16:06 GMT

#1486

felid skald is the best thing to happen to crawl in ever
so ready for jump attacks

crate

United States2474 Posts

November 22 2013 23:37 GMT

#1487

So just now an amazing thing happened. The first fully-unassisted* bot win in the history of DCSS:

1851235 qw the Executioner (level 27, 197/197 HPs)
             Began as a Gargoyle Berserker on Nov 22, 2013.
             Was a High Priest of Trog.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 3 runes!
             
             The game lasted 00:45:16 (56797 turns).

http://dobrazupa.org/morgue/qw/morgue-qw-20131122-233304.txt

*there was a bug that had to be manually fixed partway through; qw was inadvertently not checking for -Tele on weapons so it was wielding one.

Misder

United States1557 Posts

November 24 2013 20:28 GMT

#1488

On November 23 2013 08:37 crate wrote:
So just now an amazing thing happened. The first fully-unassisted* bot win in the history of DCSS:

1851235 qw the Executioner (level 27, 197/197 HPs)
             Began as a Gargoyle Berserker on Nov 22, 2013.
             Was a High Priest of Trog.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 3 runes!
             
             The game lasted 00:45:16 (56797 turns).

Wow, that's pretty awesome! How consistent is it at winning?

Mothra

United States1448 Posts

November 28 2013 18:28 GMT

#1489

On November 23 2013 08:37 crate wrote:
So just now an amazing thing happened. The first fully-unassisted* bot win in the history of DCSS:

1851235 qw the Executioner (level 27, 197/197 HPs)
             Began as a Gargoyle Berserker on Nov 22, 2013.
             Was a High Priest of Trog.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 3 runes!
             
             The game lasted 00:45:16 (56797 turns).

Is the config file viewable? Would be interested to see the inner workings.

crate

United States2474 Posts

November 28 2013 19:05 GMT

#1490

http://dobrazupa.org/rcfiles/crawl-git/qw.rc

qw has won once in about 160 attempts but I don't know how much it was being updated in that time. Probably 1% winrate is a high estimate though.

Mothra

United States1448 Posts

November 29 2013 00:53 GMT

#1491

On November 29 2013 04:05 crate wrote:
http://dobrazupa.org/rcfiles/crawl-git/qw.rc

qw has won once in about 160 attempts but I don't know how much it was being updated in that time. Probably 1% winrate is a high estimate though.

Thanks. Was just starting to learn lua anyway... this is awsome to see it in action.

BeMannerDuPenner

Germany5638 Posts

November 30 2013 18:08 GMT

#1492

picked up game again. went gargoyle conjurer. game went FANTASTIC. book with all the big lvl 9 spells in d5 or so, artifact mace with rf++, high mr,blink evoke etc, artifact armor with tonsa stats,quaff id potion of mutation increases my wings for easy fly and gives clarity, BOOTS OF RUNNING(2nd i ever found) to top it all out. breezed through dungeon and lair till l:4 death yaks start. all fine can get them 1by1. till my FUCKING "s" key gets stuck while i channel that new beam spell and during a giant lagspike. result: my already endgame prepared caster with 28 ac ,fireball at like 10% in armor etc died to a single death yak without fighting back for no reason other then stupid key.

game is hard. -_-'

Dacendoran

United States825 Posts

December 24 2013 21:11 GMT

#1493

I can't reccomend this game enough, My last win. This is my last win I got, DSFi

If you're looking for help playing the game don't hesitate to message me on TL or reddit (under the same username)

Mothra

United States1448 Posts

December 25 2013 18:16 GMT

#1494

On December 25 2013 06:11 Dacendoran wrote:
I can't reccomend this game enough, My last win. This is my last win I got, DSFi

If you're looking for help playing the game don't hesitate to message me on TL or reddit (under the same username)

Congrats!

Dienosore

Brunei Darussalam622 Posts

January 03 2014 08:11 GMT

#1495

Just wanted to have the first post of 2014

Happy New Years all u crawlers

MrBitter

United States2940 Posts

January 13 2014 22:57 GMT

#1496

Currently in the midst of my best crawl run to date. Level 15 Gargoyle Earth Elementalist. Just cleared Orcs and Lair. Time to start going for runes.

Hope this will be my first win. Wish me luck.

BeMannerDuPenner

Germany5638 Posts

January 14 2014 00:20 GMT

#1497

game just starts now, enjoy the ride. and be prepared. stuff can get ugly fast if you dont know whats going on.gl!

mmhh got a new keyboard (qpad mk80) so maybe should crawl some again aswell...

MrBitter

United States2940 Posts

January 14 2014 03:30 GMT

#1498

lol.

And so it ends. In snakes. To a Black Mamba of all things.

I've been trying to beat this game for 4 years. I don't think it's ever going to happen. T_T

Therapist.

United States207 Posts

January 14 2014 03:43 GMT

#1499

Hey Bitter, try a Minotaur Fighter using polearms. Reach makes things a lot easier. Start with Okawaru. He'll give you stuff. Equip plate as soon as you find it. Switch to The Shining One later on when you're ready to take the end of the Vaults. Max your piety in the Crypt. From here on in, summon TSO's minions on anything that even seems tough. Use it very liberally, because you can always recharge piety at any time in the abyss, which should be effortlessly easy by the time you worship TSO. Use TSO's one time max piety ability to turn a demon trident into a Blessed Trishula and upgrade that to +9,+9. Even if you have terrible luck and find NOTHING... as long as you have a large shield, 40 AC, and TSO's minions, you can near effortlessly tab your way through zot to the orb and get out.

Whenever I'm feeling bad and want to just win, I play this character. It's about as easy as the game gets, so if you really want a win, give it a try. This character can tab through just about everything. Later on you can learn haste and tab through the extended endgame too.

Mothra

United States1448 Posts

January 14 2014 04:12 GMT

#1500

Each death is a lesson to never underestimate the monster type you died to again. I can still remember specifically dying to black mamba in lair a long time ago. That's how you win eventually... climbing upon the corpses of all the characters you've splatted.