User:Bluescreenofdeath
Hi there, and welcome to my user page! My nickname is Bluescreenofdeath, but you can call me Amy, and I'm a Nethack player (who would have thought?). My favorite variant is SLASH'EM, and while I'm not a devteam member, I decided to form my own one-man devteam for a variant that I'm calling "Slash'EM Extended". SLASH'EM's original devteam told me they don't mind me making a variant of their variant, so Slash'EM Extended is the official successor now. :-)
Now, the aim of my variant is to add even more variation to the game than SLASH'EM does already, and also try to make the later parts of the game more challenging while reducing the risk of experiencing an early-game YASD. Actually I'm quite a bad player, the farthest I've ever managed to go was the Gehennom where I managed to PUNCH OUT DEMOGORGON WITH BARE HANDS OF ALL THINGS but then got killed by a tyrannosaurus while helpless, and I didn't ever beat any quest nemesis either in more than one hundred games played (but I royally got my butt kicked by Master Kaen a few times). You can watch me play Slash'EM Extended here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG9osWekarI (with German voice commentary since German is my native language).
Development news: Current version is v37 (May 14th, 2014), fixing (again) the annoying bug that prevented the Bell of Opening from being generated. --Bluescreenofdeath (talk) 06:59, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
For a full overview of my variant's new features, go here: Slash'EM Extended
The current version of Slash'EM Extended is available for download here: https://app.box.com/s/bjmryzddy3t7llv6jekb (current version is v37). If you're playing an old version, updating is advised. However, please don't update your game version with a character in progress; the game is very likely to consider your character incompatible with the new version, so you should finish the game with your current character first before updating.
Oh yeah, and here's my worst embarrasing YASD: http://abload.de/img/eyalsodesisjetztabernakkbr.png
Feel free to post on my user talk page!
--Bluescreenofdeath (talk) 08:32, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Getting started
Copied from the main Slash'EM Extended article. This section is supposed to be helpful for Slash'EM Extended players.
New players may be overwhelmed by the huge amount of available roles and races. These links may be helpful:
A list of Slash'EM Extended's new roles, including their key features and average difficulty rating. The Zyborg, Chevalier and Electric Mage roles are suitable for beginners, while the Convict, Geek and Courier are harder-than-hard roles that should be picked by experienced players only.
A list of Slash'EM Extended's new races, including their key features and average difficulty rating. The Trollor and Asgardian races are suitable for beginners, while the Ungenomold and Alien races should be picked by advanced players only.
