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[vyvyanx]

How desperately annoying. I had to quit my nethack tournament game actually with the Amulet in my possession, having made my way with infinite annoyance all the way up through Gehennom. There had been a bug when I first descended into the Valley of the Dead, in that no stairs up were generated, and I got the message "Program in disorder - perhaps you'd better quit". But I thought I'd be able to rise through the ceiling by drinking a cursed potion of gain level, when the moment came (I know you can't level teleport with the Amulet normally, but I thought cursed gain level was possible). However, it turned out not to be possible, so I was stuck irretrievably in the Valley of the Dead, and had to quit. Bollocks.

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[damerell.livejournal.com]

Tina Hall has a technique for getting round this, but it wouldn't work in the tournament. I'm surprised they haven't fixed that bug.

[vyvyan.livejournal.com]

Oh right, what's her technique? I'd be interested to know how to get around the problem at some other (non-tournament) point.
It's only the second time I've had a nethack bug potentially ruin a game - and the first time it's actually ruined one. The other time was my second ascension - C, when I got the old Plane of Fire bug involving long monster names. On that occasion I played on and managed to survive. This time - well, it was just damn annoying that it happened in the tournament.