Talk:NetHack quaffing game

For some reason I'm not very keen on this article... --paxed 08:15, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't like it either, but I think we should mention it in some form. Perhaps add noone will get anywhere in-game while drunk, and a habit of drinking alone is very dangerous (friends on chat counts as alone) and clearly in the minority. For now, I'm just going to watch. -Tjr 22:49, September 1, 2009 (UTC)

I apologize for creating a problem. I have been playing some version of the Nethack Quaffing Game unofficially with friends locally and online for years, and I thought it was nice to make it official after playing with some new people and getting into adding to wikihack. However, I understand your qualms about the subject and have removed all links to Nethack Quaffing Game from the wiki aside from one on my personal page. Popscythe 21:50, September 2, 2009 (UTC)

The article isn't done yet, but it already looks quite a bit better. External links are removed and I even added a humorous and yet effective disclaimer. Popscythe 22:20, September 2, 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, thinking it over, I apologize for ruining your fun.

As to the external links, I'm adding a rather general note to cheating and unofficial conduct. They should be general enough not to "fan-pollute" the wiki, as explained on User_talk:Ray_Chason#Nethack_Quaffing_Game. In a certain sense, the drinking game is nothing but an unofficial conduct, though quite different from the ones already listed there.

The wiki does tend to get to enough traffic to warrant promoting (good?) ideas here, too, in addition to rgrn.

However, I still feel very uncomfortable with endorsing "drinking alone", and you certainly won't get me to participate. On the other hand, it's not the wiki's job to mother people.

I propose to add a clear warning you are effectively drinking alone, to polish the article a little bit, and to treat the drinking game just like every other popular unofficial conduct. Tjr 17:32, September 3, 2009 (UTC)