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Yes! Clans are supported this year. The processes for setting up and joining a clan will be fleshed out soon. At the moment it looks like it will be the following:I already emailed him a link to this thread, and I just put some stuff in my nethack.rc.
1. Clan leader emails me his clan name, and a list of players who he wants in.
2. If needed, I will ask that the clan leader puts "# I really intend to start {clan name} with {player list}" in his nethackrc (since it is easy to pretend to be someone else).
3. Each player puts "# I intend to join {clan name}" in his nethackrc.
4. If a player wants to join a clan and is not in the original list, the same process is followed. I will need some kind of confirmation from the leader.
Note that the leader can allow other people to confirm new members, just include that in an email.
I'll try to keep track of that thread for people who want to join yourI've updated my nethack.rc, be sure to edit yours to include a shoutout of intention, and maybe email Eidolos just to be sure.
clan. I must stress that everyone who intends to join your clan must
have something in their nethackrc saying as much. If they know basic
vi they can use the built-in dgamelaunch text editor. If they don't,
they can use the web interface at
http://alt.org/nethack/webconf/nhrc_edit.php . Something like this
would be perfect:
# I intend to join "Cabal, There is no" (or whatever it's named these days)
I added a bunch of these Metafilter people. The only problem is Mr. Inkoate. He messaged me on IRC and is listed on the Metafilter page as intending to join your clan, _but_ he has nothing in his nethackrc stating as much.Mitheral, I added you to my list, so you should get on there pretty soon. Anybody else not already on there, you need to make sure to post your alt.nethack.org account here and edit your nethack.rc file to state intent. Emailing Shawn wouldn't hurt.
You guys can check http://sartak.katron.org/nh/07/clan/Cabal,%20There%20is%20no.html to make sure your name is on the clan roster and whatnot. As long as you join the clan before the tournament ends, all your games will count.
To respond specifically to Zed_Lopez (I don't feel like trying to sign up for a Metafilter account :)):
>> Pope Guilty: it looks like the character limit is actually nine
> The FAQ's not consistent; it looks to me like it intends 10.
> I'm waiting for a reply from Eidolos to clarify.
The limit should really be nine. There's a glitch in dgamelaunch for longer nicks, which I'd rather not reveal to people.
> It's a somewhat clunky process [...] Eidolos manually enters it (so far as I know.)
Yep and yep. :) It'll be automated next year, probably. I'm trying to make it as painless as possible while still having the security I want.
Happy hacking!
Shawn
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Goodbye blasdelf the Ranger...
You died in The Dungeons of Doom on dungeon level 1 with 0 points,
and 0 pieces of gold, after 13 moves.
You were level 1 with a maximum of 14 hit points when you died.Goddamn ants. I've never found a good way to deal with insects, they're my most common killer.Hilariously, I WAS!
Play a barbarian. They scoff at team ant.
posted by IronLizard at 3:54 PM on June 1 [+] [!]
The play is on a public Nethack server -- just telnet to nethack.alt.org and create a login. For reasons explained in the FAQ, keep your login id to 10 characters or fewer, despite that nethack.alt.org itself allows up to 20. And email me (email in profile) your nethack.alt.org ID if you want to be part of the clan.
And if you're not a Nethacker and wonder how anyone could possibly still want to play a game using ASCII for graphics, see here or here.
posted by Zed_Lopez at 7:45 PM on May 28, 2007