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Competitions / Re: Weekly Seed #73 [Alpha 13] [Seed: Rocket Science]
« on: February 01, 2017, 12:57:03 PM »
~4800 points. Not too bad :) It seems like I am progressing.

I drew attention much too fast and couldn't shake up my followers. I was dealing with group after groups of attackers.

Still, fun run!

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Competitions / Re: Weekly Seed #72 [Alpha 13] [Seed: Dangers Deep]
« on: January 19, 2017, 02:18:59 PM »
My run didn't last very long, but at least I was able to get to the Mines and find companions. They didn't last too long either! :)

I know I'm supposed to avoid killing as much as possible, but I keep bumping into these hostiles. Since they follow me, I don't feel like I can avoid them much. Then the amount of hostiles just goes up and up and I die pretty early :P

I scored 2254 points and was destroyed on Materials -8

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General Discussion / Re: Alpha 13 Discussions [SPOILER VERSION]
« on: January 17, 2017, 08:05:22 PM »
I sure want to get these 4 or 5 evolutions at one time (haven't had the time to get back to that run yet), but I will probably die just before or just after. :)

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General Discussion / Re: Alpha 13 Discussions [SPOILER VERSION]
« on: January 17, 2017, 08:49:34 AM »
In my first a13 run, something *unexpected* happened. I was on -10 and found an entrance to the Mines. Since there is more interesting stuff there now, I said "why the heck not?" and dove in. In there, I met a derelic robot who said I could follow him to a safe place. I took his hidden stair and ended up in Zion (-6). Upon exiting Zion, I ended up somewhere (not Materials but I do no know where) on -5.

Since I have gone through ZERO evolution step, I guess I can kiss my Cogmind goodbye :)

Is this a normal possibility? Isn't it too much of a level jump?

Here are two snapshots of my character and the map so far.

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General & Off-Topic / Re: Introduce Yourself!
« on: January 12, 2017, 06:26:26 PM »
MorlocK here. I bought the game a few days ago and managed a few (max 10) runs. My highest score is in the 6Ks, but looking through the wiki and forum I see there is MUCH more for me to explore. I have probably spent more time reading about Cogmind than playing it, but now I will reverse this bias and log more runs before I spoil more.

I learned about Cogmind on reddit while trying to find the best roguelikes for me to dive back into that genre. I am a dad at home for a month and I have some time (minus 2 kids) to play :) I played some DCSS but in the end, I cannot get immersed in that game. I played tons of vanilla Angband ~20 years ago [sic] and I made a short list of games to devote more time to:

- cogmind
- rogue
- moria
- angband
- steamband
- nethack (maybe)
- infra arcana
- caves of qud

That's a lot of games but I realize through the years that these are my kind of favorite games. This and reading plus tabletop rpg (new thing for me) are plenty with the time I need to devote to my kids. I have almost completely forsaken programming projects, though recently I have made a foray into Genetic Algorithms for fun and I might dive a bit more into neural networks if I find some time and have the proper mood.

For me, gaming has more than a small dose of nostalgia. I play games / read books to bring myself back to my favorite period of my life, from ~12 to 18 years old. I'm still getting kicks of lots of things, but nearing 40 with 2 kids, I find myself often day dreaming about that almost perfect period of my life, where time was a limitless commodity and responsibilities almost unheard of.

Thanks for bringing me back there a bit with Cogmind!

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Strategies / Re: To Evolve or to Explore?
« on: January 12, 2017, 04:09:52 PM »
Thanks. I had the feeling it was something like that but I didn't know exactly what it was.

What are some of the ways to identify stairs? I guess there is Access(Main/Branch) and some device combinations?

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Strategies / Re: To Evolve or to Explore?
« on: January 12, 2017, 01:09:39 PM »
Hi. New player (~5-6 runs) and first post. Do we have a choice as to when evolutions happen? Otherwise, what are the conditions for them to happen?

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