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Ray Chason: /* Sunet mirror at debian.org */ new section

2026-06-25T01:19:03Z

‎Sunet mirror at debian.org: new section

Testbutt: the 3rd or 4th most popular of its kind

2020-07-24T03:35:41Z

the 3rd or 4th most popular of its kind

213.156.113.58 at 20:26, 20 August 2015

2015-08-20T20:26:02Z

213.156.113.58: What it means

2015-08-20T20:25:11Z

What it means

188.174.119.7: incomprehensible parts

2015-08-20T13:04:51Z

incomprehensible parts

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I don't understand what that phrase tries to express:

"to take 20 until you beat an impossible DC"

- 20 of what?
- acronym DC?

If it's a language idiom, could someone translate it to something that is comprehensible for a larger audience, please?

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	"the most famous and popular of its kind" seems to no longer be true. Each [http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/category/tournament DCSS tournament] has upwards of 2.5k players, whereas junethack players number in the hundreds. And outside of tourneys, if you spectate NAO or HDF, you'll see fewer active players than you can find playing on crawl.akrasiac.org, crawl.kelbi.org, or crawl.berotato.org. Due to a longer history, maybe nethack can hold the title if we count deceased players! --[[User:Testbutt\|Testbutt]] ([[User talk:Testbutt\|talk]]) 03:35, 24 July 2020 (UTC)		"the most famous and popular of its kind" seems to no longer be true. Each [http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/category/tournament DCSS tournament] has upwards of 2.5k players, whereas junethack players number in the hundreds. And outside of tourneys, if you spectate NAO or HDF, you'll see fewer active players than you can find playing on crawl.akrasiac.org, crawl.kelbi.org, or crawl.berotato.org. Due to a longer history, maybe nethack can hold the title if we count deceased players! --[[User:Testbutt\|Testbutt]] ([[User talk:Testbutt\|talk]]) 03:35, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
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		+	== Sunet mirror at debian.org ==
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		+	The previous link to archive.org gave a directory listing, but none of the linked files actually download. The mirror on debian.org provides usable download links.--[[User:Ray Chason\|Ray Chason]] ([[User talk:Ray Chason\|talk]]) 01:19, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

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	:This is a term from D20 roleplaying games. Taking 20 on a skill check (which is only possible under certain circumstances) gives you a straight +20 bonus without the need to roll dice. The quote alludes to the possiblity of compounding these bonuses to beat checks with arbitrarily high DCs (Difficulty Class).[[Special:Contributions/213.156.113.58\|213.156.113.58]] 20:24, 20 August 2015 (UTC)		:This is a term from D20 roleplaying games. Taking 20 on a skill check (which is only possible under certain circumstances) gives you a straight +20 bonus without the need to roll dice. The quote alludes to the possiblity of compounding these bonuses to beat checks with arbitrarily high DCs (Difficulty Class).[[Special:Contributions/213.156.113.58\|213.156.113.58]] 20:24, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
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		+	"the most famous and popular of its kind" seems to no longer be true. Each [http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/category/tournament DCSS tournament] has upwards of 2.5k players, whereas junethack players number in the hundreds. And outside of tourneys, if you spectate NAO or HDF, you'll see fewer active players than you can find playing on crawl.akrasiac.org, crawl.kelbi.org, or crawl.berotato.org. Due to a longer history, maybe nethack can hold the title if we count deceased players! --[[User:Testbutt\|Testbutt]] ([[User talk:Testbutt\|talk]]) 03:35, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

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	If it's a language idiom, could someone translate it to something that is comprehensible for a larger audience, please?		If it's a language idiom, could someone translate it to something that is comprehensible for a larger audience, please?

−	:This is a term from D20 roleplaying games. Taking 20 on a skill check (which is only possible under certain circumstances) gives you a straight +20 bonus without the need to roll dice. The quote alludes to the possiblity of ~~compound~~ these bonuses to beat arbitrarily high DCs (Difficulty Class).[[Special:Contributions/213.156.113.58\|213.156.113.58]] 20:24, 20 August 2015 (UTC)	+	:This is a term from D20 roleplaying games. Taking 20 on a skill check (which is only possible under certain circumstances) gives you a straight +20 bonus without the need to roll dice. The quote alludes to the possiblity of compounding these bonuses to beat checks with arbitrarily high DCs (Difficulty Class).[[Special:Contributions/213.156.113.58\|213.156.113.58]] 20:24, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

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	If it's a language idiom, could someone translate it to something that is comprehensible for a larger audience, please?		If it's a language idiom, could someone translate it to something that is comprehensible for a larger audience, please?
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		+	:This is a term from D20 roleplaying games. Taking 20 on a skill check (which is only possible under certain circumstances) gives you a straight +20 bonus without the need to roll dice. The quote alludes to the possiblity of compound these bonuses to beat arbitrarily high DCs (Difficulty Class).[[Special:Contributions/213.156.113.58\|213.156.113.58]] 20:24, 20 August 2015 (UTC)