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(this is the list of common YASDs; there are many ways to avoid a floating eye's gaze, but this page is about what happens when you don't)
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'''Yet Another Stupid Death''' (also Yet Another Annoying Death; Commonly abbreviated to '''YASD''' or YAAD) is used when a player has done something, usually avoidable, that leads to his or her demise. Common YASDs include:
 
'''Yet Another Stupid Death''' (also Yet Another Annoying Death; Commonly abbreviated to '''YASD''' or YAAD) is used when a player has done something, usually avoidable, that leads to his or her demise. Common YASDs include:
  
*Hitting a [[floating eye]] in [[melee]] combat, without reflection.
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*Hitting a [[floating eye]] in [[melee]] combat, then getting nibbled to death by a [[newt]] while [[paralyzed]]
 
*Attempting to engage melee combat with very low [[HP]] left
 
*Attempting to engage melee combat with very low [[HP]] left
 
*Being killed by a [[water demon]] or [[snake]] after [[quaff]]ing from a fountain in hopes of getting a [[wish]]
 
*Being killed by a [[water demon]] or [[snake]] after [[quaff]]ing from a fountain in hopes of getting a [[wish]]

Revision as of 11:14, 23 November 2010

Yet Another Stupid Death (also Yet Another Annoying Death; Commonly abbreviated to YASD or YAAD) is used when a player has done something, usually avoidable, that leads to his or her demise. Common YASDs include:

Some players distinguish YASD from YAAD, using YAAD or DYWYPI for random, unavoidable events such as falling onto poison spikes (provided the pit wasn't already known, of course), and reserving YASD for pilot error. Amusingly enough, YASDs can happen to monsters as well, such as them bouncing a beam off a wall back to themselves.

See also