ADOM challenge game on reddit/r/roguelikes: ID dive

[Soirana]

Buggy 10-year-old versions of ADOM shouldn't be allowed in a serious challenge

Really? Well, can always go wizard, farm books going to I5 and back few dozen times and than dive. I guess I have spare time on Sunday

[Spellweaver]

This challenge is just a matter of time a man is willing to waste. Stupid.

[FantomFang]

If the rules were changed to only allow going upstairs to avoid rivers, it's just fine. But yeah, otherwise you just go as deep as you need for danger level and just repeat floors over and over

[Spellweaver]

If they were, this would've been just Iron Man with other name.

[Knight]

This challenge is just a matter of time a man is willing to waste. Stupid.

From that view, so is playing ADOM at all. :P

[grobblewobble]

I'm really starting to like the lack of cumbersome rules in this challenge. With drakeling monks it's a lot of fun. They start with many nice things to have like literacy, healing, food preservation and high str and to (if you have a good roll). And they don't need to find a good melee weapon, bare hands works fine.

[Spellweaver]

From that view, so is playing ADOM at all. :P

No, because when you play ADOM time isn't wasted.

[Knight]

No, because when you play ADOM time isn't wasted.

By that logic, time spent playing the challenge isn't wasted, because by playing the challenge you are inherently playing ADOM.

[Spellweaver]

Of course no, as equalizing this challenge and ADOM in general is equalizing chess and checkers.

[Grey]

The purpose of the challenge is to get a few new players enticed into playing the game in an easy fashion, and to raise the profile of the game. It's meant to be light-hearted and fun, not something to dissect and pore over and criticise for not being rigorous with an exact listing of meticulously balanced rules. If you don't like it then don't play, or start up your own challenge, or maybe just chill out.