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'''DeathOnAStick''' is a NetHack player. He (we assume here that DoaS male) is probably most famous for his year-and-a-half-long game on [[nethack.alt.org]], from 2004-04-17 to 2005-11-27. He spent much of this time [[polypiling]] [[rock|rocks]] into [[gems]] and collecting pet [[giant]]s to carry the [[bag]]s of gems for him, since there were so many.
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'''DeathOnAStick''' is a ''[[NetHack]]'' player, famous in the ''NetHack'' community for their year-and-a-half-long game on [[nethack.alt.org]], which ran from 2004-04-17 to 2005-11-27. They spent much of this time arduously [[polypiling]] [[rock]]s into [[gems]] and collecting pet [[giant]]s to carry the abundant [[bag]]s of gems for them.
  
This is where the tale takes a sad turn. After killing the wizard of Yendor on [[dungeon level]] 1 gave him a [[potion of gain level]] from the [[death drop]]. Casually drinking it without fully [[identify]]ing it first, he found out it was [[cursed]].
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After killing the [[Wizard of Yendor]] on [[dungeon level]] 1 and despite already being at [[experience level]] 30, they drank a [[potion of gain level]] found on his corpse. It was [[cursed]], as it turned out.
  
Upon reaching the [[Plane of Earth]], he desparately checks his inventory, and indeed he is carrying no gems. At this point, he apparently left his computer for some time. We can only speculate on what he was doing, but banging his head off a wall may have been involved.  After 38s (which felt much longer at the time), he returned. A few of his entourage of giants had been close enough to be dragged into the [[Planes]] with him, but unfortunately they were either killed off or left behind at the inter-plane [[portal]]s. The only gems DeathOnAStick had at his [[ascension]] were 2 [[dilithium crystal]]s.
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Upon reaching the [[Plane of Earth]], they desperately checked their inventory, and indeed they were carrying no gems. At this point, they went idle for 38 seconds. A few of their entourage of giants had been close enough to be dragged into the [[Elemental Planes|Planes]] with them, but they were either killed off or left behind at the inter-plane [[portal]]s. Ultimately, the only gems DeathOnAStick had at their [[ascension]] were 2 [[dilithium crystal]]s found on the [[Astral Plane]].
  
''Update:''
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They tried again years later, ascending after 405 hours on August 16, 2010 with [https://s3.amazonaws.com/altorg/dumplog/DeathOnAStick/1264355342.nh343.txt over 8,000 gems].
DoaS returned to NAO on 2006-08-11, and has been playing many more games. He was last seen arranging rocks in small piles and zapping wands of polymorph at them.
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==See also==
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*[[Lessons learned the hard way]]
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*[[Bad Idea]]
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*[[YASD]]
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==External links==
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*[http://alt.org/nethack/plr.php?player=DeathOnAStick NAO profile]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:20, 24 October 2021

DeathOnAStick is a NetHack player, famous in the NetHack community for their year-and-a-half-long game on nethack.alt.org, which ran from 2004-04-17 to 2005-11-27. They spent much of this time arduously polypiling rocks into gems and collecting pet giants to carry the abundant bags of gems for them.

After killing the Wizard of Yendor on dungeon level 1 and despite already being at experience level 30, they drank a potion of gain level found on his corpse. It was cursed, as it turned out.

Upon reaching the Plane of Earth, they desperately checked their inventory, and indeed they were carrying no gems. At this point, they went idle for 38 seconds. A few of their entourage of giants had been close enough to be dragged into the Planes with them, but they were either killed off or left behind at the inter-plane portals. Ultimately, the only gems DeathOnAStick had at their ascension were 2 dilithium crystals found on the Astral Plane.

They tried again years later, ascending after 405 hours on August 16, 2010 with over 8,000 gems.

See also

External links