Rule 284:9

[Sean Hunt]

> You see here a plaque.
read plague
> You get swine flu.
inject vaccine
> You need to do that before you get infected.
status
> You are dying of swine flu.
help
> That would ruin the fun.
yell out for help
> Your cry echoes through the corridors.
look around
> You see here a plaque. Juliet is standing in front of you. Exits are
north, sourth, and west.
read plaque
> The plaque reads "To cure the swine flu, you must kill Romeo."
kill Romeo
> You can't find Romeo.
exit Juliet
> Romeo commits suicide.
status
> You are dying of swine flu.
read plaque
> The plaque reads "I lied."
> You die of swine flu.
> Would you like your possessions identified?
yes
> You had:
> three faggots
> a flint and tinder
> a dose of Tamiflu

-coppro

[Ouroboros]

INVALID Sean Hunt
-0.4 style points for confusing rogue-likes with text adventures
+0.5 style points for the ultimately fatal mis-recognition of a glyph
+0.7 style points for having a solution in inventory

Commentary-
After hitting the style on the nose in 284:6, Sean Hunt lists toward
Interactive Fiction. However, the confusion between plaque and plague
is completely common among players of rogue-likes (I often find myself
excited every time I see a yellow 'b', hoping that I'll gain teleport
control if I eat the corpse, then realize that it's not a blink dog
after I attack it). As is the all too familiar result of finding out
that the character did in fact have an ideal solution to his
predicament in inventory. This was the fifth rule following our
instruction that the next five rules must pick up a stone. This rule
does not, has not, and so, is invalid.

[Sean Hunt]

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Ouroboros <wurm.ou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> predicament in inventory. This was the fifth rule following our
> instruction that the next five rules must pick up a stone. This rule
> does not, has not, and so, is invalid.
>

Augh, I miscounted! *headdesk*

-coppro