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I've been playing Crawl on [https://cbro.berotato.org/ CBR2] since August 2023. In late November and early December 2023, I played on [https://crawl.kelbi.org/ CKO] due to issues with CBR2. With the 0.31 tournament over, I'm playing 0.31 stable at least until the first two experiments of 0.32 are complete (one will be for Beogh/Yred reworks, and the other will be for a Dithmenos rework and possibly other major changes). [https://dcss-stats.vercel.app/players/Patrick2011b Here's my stats page.] (technically not the official one, but it has more info than what CAO has)
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I've been playing Crawl on [https://cbro.berotato.org/ CBR2] since August 2023 with [https://crawl.dcss.io/ CDI] as backup server. In late November and early December 2023, I played on (now defunct) CKO due to issues with CBR2. [https://dcss-stats.com/players/Patrick2011b Here's my stats page.] (technically not the official one, but it has more info than what CAO has)
  
 
I created a page documenting a [[Formicid]] [[Venom Mage]] of [[Ru]] in 0.30 [[User:Patrick2011b/FoVM^Ru|here]].
 
I created a page documenting a [[Formicid]] [[Venom Mage]] of [[Ru]] in 0.30 [[User:Patrick2011b/FoVM^Ru|here]].
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==Tournaments==
 
==Tournaments==
  
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This section will document my performance in DCSS tournaments. For each tournament, info will be in the following bullet points:
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DCSS holds a tournament upon the release of each version. The tournament lasts 16 days and counts all games of the new version that are played on official servers. The table below shows some stats for each tournament I've participated in, with the version being a link to a page in my userspace with additional information on my performance in that tournament.
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{| class="prettytable" border=1
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!Version!!Overall Score!!Overall Rank*!!Total Players!!Wins!!Games!!Highest Score!!Lowest TC Win!!Fastest RT Win!!Most Pacific Win
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|[[User:Patrick2011b/0.31 Tournament|0.31]]||25,247||340||2,731
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|1||27||1,799,189||58,128||8:57:09||2,759
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|[[User:Patrick2011b/0.32 Tournament|0.32]]||34,857||221||2,842
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|1||17||3,106,034||49,047||4:35:43||2,240
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''*Unlike the tournament page, this table doesn't compress ties.''
  
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*'''Tournament Page:''' This contains a link to the tournament page.
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==Future major features==
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*'''Tournament Profile:''' The tournament page has a profile for each player, so I'll link to mine here.
 
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*'''Last Updated:''' This only applies to a tournament in progress. The idea is that info on this page is accurate at the time of last update, but it may be outdated by now. The time is in CET because that's how the wiki is configured to interpret <nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki>.
 
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*'''Score (Rank):''' My score for the tournament with overall rank in parentheses. Unlike the tournament page, ties are not compressed here.
 
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*'''Characters:''' My characters in each tournament will be documented as sub-bullets. Early deaths will be grouped into a single sub-bullet, while characters that make actual progress will get a morgue.
 
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*'''Banners:''' Each banner that I achieve will get a sub-bullet. Only the highest tier I reach will be included for each banner.
 
  
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===0.31 (January 19, 2024 - February 4, 2024)===
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I'm on the #dcss channel of the roguelikes Discord, where the devs sometimes discuss future plans. This section will give a rough outline of these plans along with what's been revealed about them. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list, just a vague idea of major features expected to be added in either the current or the next development cycle.
  
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This was my first tournament, so I came into it just trying to get a win. I soon realized that with categories and banners, there's a lot more to a tournament than wins. I did manage to get a win, but it was with a build poorly suited for tournament points (caster = more real time taken, low spellpower = more turns taken, Foxfire + Fulminant Prism = more kills). Now that I've done a tournament, I think the key to improvement is to do better in the early game so I'd get more uniques, piety points, and banners. I'd also like to get a melee win, or at least a win with a more points-friendly build. Less than 20% of tournament players get a win, so just getting a win is pretty good by itself, but more deep runs would help.
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===How a development cycle works===
  
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*'''Tournament Page:''' [https://crawl.develz.org/tournament/0.31/]
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''Crawl'' is in continuous development except during feature freezes. In development, features are added to [[trunk]] and tested there until they're removed, or the next stable version is released. A few weeks before a version release, a feature freeze will be announced, meaning only bug fixes and necessary balance changes are allowed until the start of the next development cycle. Once the tournament for a new release ends, the next development cycle starts, possibly with one or more "commit storms" by devs who were coding features during the feature freeze but couldn't implement them yet.
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*'''Tournament Profile:''' [https://crawl.develz.org/tournament/0.31/players/patrick2011b.html]
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*'''Score (Rank):''' 25,247 (340th out of 2,731)
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''Features are now frozen. The 0.33 release is scheduled for May 2nd.''
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*'''Characters:'''
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**'''Early Deaths:''' 2 early MiFi deaths (XL 7 and 9, latter was with Okawaru); 1 early MfGl death (XL 8 with Elyvilon); 4 early TeDe deaths (highest XL 3); 1 early DrAE death (XL 4 with Fedhas); 3 early DjHu deaths (highest XL 9); 1 early DsMo death (XL 5); 1 early KoHs death (XL 4); 3 early HuDe deaths (highest XL 9 with Ru); 1 early AtCj death (XL 5 with Nemelex); 1 early DEMo death (XL 5 with TSO); 1 early SpHu death (XL 5); 1 early DrEE death (XL 3)
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===Plans for 0.34===
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**'''[https://cbro.berotato.org/morgue/Patrick2011b/morgue-Patrick2011b-20240119-224445.txt MiFi^Vehumet]:''' This was the first character to get any banners. Vehumet was joined from a faded altar.
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**'''[https://cbro.berotato.org/morgue/Patrick2011b/morgue-Patrick2011b-20240120-042844.txt MiFi^Hepliaklqana]:''' This was the first character to get any runes. The death was in Elf:3 against some high-tier elves.
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*'''Hellpan Roulette:''' This would change extended so only one of [[Hell]] or [[Pan]] appears in each game, while the other is replaced with a holy-themed area containing the '''alabaster rune'''. The demonic rune would be removed, and Pan would be made finite. Scoring will also need to be adjusted since there will be fewer runes in a single game.
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**'''[https://cbro.berotato.org/morgue/Patrick2011b/morgue-Patrick2011b-20240120-184859.txt MfGl^Makhleb]:''' This was the first character to reach the Lair after worshipping a faded altar. Due to lack of a weapon upgrade, this character had to constantly use consumables and eventually got overwhelmed in Lair:1.
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*'''Mummy dynasties:''' This would give [[Tomb]] more variety in its spawns, though no details have been revealed on how this would be implemented.
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**'''[https://cbro.berotato.org/morgue/Patrick2011b/morgue-Patrick2011b-20240123-001324.txt GrFE^Vehumet (3 rune win)]:''' This was my first win of the tournament.
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*'''Monster invisibility rework:''' There are plans to improve invisibility UI, replace some monster uses of invisibility with other similar stuff, and make some changes to how invisibility works on what's left. Details haven't been revealed yet.
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**'''[https://cbro.berotato.org/morgue/Patrick2011b/morgue-Patrick2011b-20240124-182919.txt DsMo^Trog]:''' This was my 5th combo to reach XL 9. This character died in Spider after a [[malevolent force|malevolent]] alarm.
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*'''God wrath rework:''' The devs consider the current god wrath system to be patchwork, so there are plans to improve the designs of several of them to make them more cohesive and less gameable.
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**'''[https://cbro.berotato.org/morgue/Patrick2011b/morgue-Patrick2011b-20240127-235242.txt OnGl^Makhleb]:''' This character got me some category progress, including a second gem (Elf), but died in Zot:5.
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*'''Nightmare:''' This is a species planned to be split off from monstrous [[demonspawn]], following a precedent set in 0.26 with the [[Nightstalker]] mutation being moved from Demonspawn to [[Kobold]]. The new equipment slot system would allow this species to have unusual sets of slots and abilities based on what they get. No species removal has been planned, and it would be themed as having a fragment of a dead god stuck to them and trying to wake up.
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**'''[https://cbro.berotato.org/morgue/Patrick2011b/morgue-Patrick2011b-20240129-024719.txt FoMo^Ignis]:''' This character's only scoring came from Crazy Yiuf and a gauntlet, but clearing Lair and reaching XL 15 is too much progress to leave in the early deaths bullet. Unfortunately, I wasted some really good items by dying to Azrael in Orc:2. Ignis came from a faded altar, and I had already used all piety and the rising flames ability, so I only kept it for tournament purposes.
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**'''Explorer ([[Ashenzari]]):''' Tier 2 - collect 5 different runes during the tournament
 
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**'''Slow and Steady ([[Cheibriados]]):''' Tier 1 - two consecutive games to reach XL 9
 
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**'''Politician ([[Dithmenos]]):''' Tier 1 - steal a combo high score of 1,000+ points
 
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**'''Nature's Ally ([[Fedhas]]):''' Tier 1 - enter Crypt
 
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**'''Avarice ([[Gozag]]):''' Tier 2 - find the silver rune (Vaults)
 
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**'''Inheritor ([[Hepliaklqana]]):''' Tier 1 - reach Lair after worshipping a faded altar
 
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**'''Pious ([[Ignis]]):''' Tier 1 - champion a god
 
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**'''Gelatinous Body ([[Jiyva]]):''' Tier 1 - reach XL 9 with 5 different species and 5 different backgrounds
 
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**'''Lord of Darkness ([[Kiku]]):''' Tier 1 - reach Orc:2 before entering Lair
 
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**'''Nemelex' Choice ([[Nemelex]]):''' Tier 1 - reach XL 9 with a Nemelex' Choice combo
 
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**'''Conqueror ([[Okawaru]]):''' Tier 1 - score 1,000,000+ points in a single game
 
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**'''Lorekeeper ([[Sif Muna]]):''' Tier 2 - win without a skill at 20+ (done by my GrFE^Vehumet)
 
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**'''Vow of Courage ([[The Shining One]]):''' Tier 1 - kill Sigmund before entering Depths
 
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**'''Graceful ([[Uskayaw]]):''' Tier 1 - collect a gem (this was the one in [[Lair]] on my MiFi^Hep)
 
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**'''Ruthless Efficiency ([[Vehumet]]):''' Tier 2 - get a rune before XL 17 (done by my OnGl^Makhleb)
 
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**'''Sifu ([[Wu Jian]]):''' Tier 1 - reach Temple in under 3,000 turns
 
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**'''Harvest ([[Yredelemnul]]):''' Tier 1 - kill 27 different uniques during the tournament
 

Revision as of 06:46, 25 April 2025

I've been playing Crawl on CBR2 since August 2023 with CDI as backup server. In late November and early December 2023, I played on (now defunct) CKO due to issues with CBR2. Here's my stats page. (technically not the official one, but it has more info than what CAO has)

I created a page documenting a Formicid Venom Mage of Ru in 0.30 here.

Tournaments

DCSS holds a tournament upon the release of each version. The tournament lasts 16 days and counts all games of the new version that are played on official servers. The table below shows some stats for each tournament I've participated in, with the version being a link to a page in my userspace with additional information on my performance in that tournament.

Version Overall Score Overall Rank* Total Players Wins Games Highest Score Lowest TC Win Fastest RT Win Most Pacific Win
0.31 25,247 340 2,731 1 27 1,799,189 58,128 8:57:09 2,759
0.32 34,857 221 2,842 1 17 3,106,034 49,047 4:35:43 2,240

*Unlike the tournament page, this table doesn't compress ties.

Future major features

I'm on the #dcss channel of the roguelikes Discord, where the devs sometimes discuss future plans. This section will give a rough outline of these plans along with what's been revealed about them. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list, just a vague idea of major features expected to be added in either the current or the next development cycle.

How a development cycle works

Crawl is in continuous development except during feature freezes. In development, features are added to trunk and tested there until they're removed, or the next stable version is released. A few weeks before a version release, a feature freeze will be announced, meaning only bug fixes and necessary balance changes are allowed until the start of the next development cycle. Once the tournament for a new release ends, the next development cycle starts, possibly with one or more "commit storms" by devs who were coding features during the feature freeze but couldn't implement them yet.

Features are now frozen. The 0.33 release is scheduled for May 2nd.

Plans for 0.34

  • Hellpan Roulette: This would change extended so only one of Hell or Pan appears in each game, while the other is replaced with a holy-themed area containing the alabaster rune. The demonic rune would be removed, and Pan would be made finite. Scoring will also need to be adjusted since there will be fewer runes in a single game.
  • Mummy dynasties: This would give Tomb more variety in its spawns, though no details have been revealed on how this would be implemented.
  • Monster invisibility rework: There are plans to improve invisibility UI, replace some monster uses of invisibility with other similar stuff, and make some changes to how invisibility works on what's left. Details haven't been revealed yet.
  • God wrath rework: The devs consider the current god wrath system to be patchwork, so there are plans to improve the designs of several of them to make them more cohesive and less gameable.
  • Nightmare: This is a species planned to be split off from monstrous demonspawn, following a precedent set in 0.26 with the Nightstalker mutation being moved from Demonspawn to Kobold. The new equipment slot system would allow this species to have unusual sets of slots and abilities based on what they get. No species removal has been planned, and it would be themed as having a fragment of a dead god stuck to them and trying to wake up.


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