Usually pretty anticlimactic. You can get unlucky though and hit Balrugs, Fiends or Pan Lords in an unfavorable spot. Once I ran into a pack of golden eyes on the ascension (not sure if summoned by pan lord?) but luckily had amulet to resist paralyzation.

Cel.erity

United States4890 Posts

March 22 2014 23:24 GMT

#1663

It's always a good idea to grab 2-3 recharged wands of digging before ascending. It turns the ascension from easy to trivial.

crate

United States2474 Posts

April 07 2014 16:37 GMT

#1664

<Sequell> tournament[1/4]: The 0.14 tournament will run from 20:00 UTC Apr 11 to 20:00 UTC Apr 27. Rules: [url=http://dobrazupa.org/tournament/0.14/]http://dobrazupa.org/tournament/0.14/[/url]

I probably won't be playing (maybe one game) but figured I should announce this here.

Blazinghand

United States25563 Posts

April 07 2014 17:15 GMT

#1665

I'm interested. Is anyone else?

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

April 07 2014 17:17 GMT

#1666

I am interested in that I will enjoy reading your writeups about it bh

I dont really want to play though, I still havnt even managed to get a rune after 3~ years of playing every few months.

Blazinghand

United States25563 Posts

April 07 2014 17:19 GMT

#1667

On April 08 2014 02:17 PassiveAce wrote:
I am interested in that I will enjoy reading your writeups about it bh

I dont really want to play though, I still havnt even managed to get a rune after 3~ years of playing every few months.

I never got a rune after playing for months and months until I played my first tourney, where I got a rune and won my first game. Tourneys are magical times for me-- I find I do much better and focus better since winning matters more.

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

April 07 2014 17:19 GMT

#1668

o god that is not how my brain works O.o
pressure just throws me off

]343[

United States10328 Posts

April 07 2014 17:23 GMT

#1669

maybe I should actually play again

too bad I have no idea what's happened in the last two patches and probably don't have enough time to seriously play in tourney :/

Glenstorm

United States69 Posts

April 09 2014 04:55 GMT

#1670

On April 08 2014 02:19 PassiveAce wrote:
o god that is not how my brain works O.o
pressure just throws me off

The tournaments are a really good mix of casual and competitive atmosphere - there's just enough rivalry to drive you to keep playing and try your best, but not so much that you feel intensely pressured to do well or that you're letting your team down if you do poorly. It can also be a pretty nice social way to play crawl, where you interact with your teammates a lot and learn from them; over on my team we have an irc channel where we all hang out and there is a ton of camaraderie.

Tournaments are extremely fun to play, to the point where it's the only time I play crawl anymore. Highly recommended for anyone, don't worry about being a noob

VoidedWarranty

42 Posts

April 15 2014 21:38 GMT

#1671

Been causually playing some HoFis of Beogh, and it has been a lot of fun. However, I've been wondering if there is a way to tell some orc to pick up specific gear, as I recently found an excellent artifact flail and have a flailing orc knight who will not pick it up.

crate

United States2474 Posts

April 19 2014 07:45 GMT

#1672

I played one tournament game.

1304315 crate the Sensei (level 26, 196/196 HPs)
             Began as a High Elf Transmuter on Apr 18, 2014.
             Was a High Priest of Fedhas.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 3 runes on Apr 19, 2014!
             
             The game lasted 07:37:23 (123811 turns).

http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/crate/morgue-crate-20140419-030035.txt

This game was unexpectedly fun, probably because HETm is seriously awful.

I may be done for the tournament now.

Dienosore

Brunei Darussalam622 Posts

May 01 2014 05:24 GMT

#1673

On April 16 2014 06:38 VoidedWarranty wrote:
Been causually playing some HoFis of Beogh, and it has been a lot of fun. However, I've been wondering if there is a way to tell some orc to pick up specific gear, as I recently found an excellent artifact flail and have a flailing orc knight who will not pick it up.

drop the loot on the floor -> press ctrl+t to talk to your orcs -> then 'a' for them to pick up loot from all sources->then walk them over top the loot

sometimes it doesnt work, though, like, if the item is cursed or if they are already committed to a certain weapon class

xccam

Great Britain1154 Posts

May 15 2014 23:29 GMT

#1674

Got my first rune today, from the Snake Pits. Subsequently died on the final floor of the Elven halls.

Still pleased with that milestone, gotta reach that orb eventually!

Blazinghand

United States25563 Posts

May 15 2014 23:45 GMT

#1675

On May 16 2014 08:29 xccam wrote:
Got my first rune today, from the Snake Pits. Subsequently died on the final floor of the Elven halls.

Still pleased with that milestone, gotta reach that orb eventually!

nice work! typically you should not do Elven halls so early though, it's scary as heck, especially the last floor.

gameguard

Korea (South)2132 Posts

June 08 2014 18:41 GMT

#1676

playing Tengu summoner of ash. Cleared up to D:13, lair, mines, 1st floor of elven. Still not even one glove boots or helm. Cant even get bound in armour lol..

Blazinghand

United States25563 Posts

June 08 2014 18:48 GMT

#1677

I'd probably not clear any more elf until you have cleared like, depths. elf is very dangerous relative to is placement in the dungeon

gameguard

Korea (South)2132 Posts

June 09 2014 11:10 GMT

#1678

Ya i just went for a dip since i saw the portal at the end of mines. i was doing well until i got careless and spammed walk in LOS of a water nymph. Haha. Thats how i usually die. By tabbing too much or just mindlessly playing

gameguard

Korea (South)2132 Posts

June 11 2014 18:33 GMT

#1679

oh god went inside fire cave.. dropped all my scrolls.. went toa corner to get some loot, walls collapsed preventong me from gettingy scrolls back.. fml! But then again this char had the most ridiculous start that i can probably afford to lose 3 blink, 4 tele, 5 fear, 3 fog among other scrolls

Blazinghand

United States25563 Posts

June 11 2014 18:42 GMT

#1680

On June 12 2014 03:33 gameguard wrote:
oh god went inside fire cave.. dropped all my scrolls.. went toa corner to get some loot, walls collapsed preventong me from gettingy scrolls back.. fml! But then again this char had the most ridiculous start that i can probably afford to lose 3 blink, 4 tele, 5 fear, 3 fog among other scrolls

What I usually do with Volcanos is drop a few scrolls before passing through the portal. Once you're inside, don't drop anything you're not afraid to lose.