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From: sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Stelter)
Subject: Re: Infocom rating request
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 00:23:27 GMT
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hellmer@megatek.com (Mike Hellmer) writes:




>ted5@po.CWRU.Edu (Thomas E. Davidson) writes:
>> In a previous article, ms3djf@sunlab1.bath.ac.uk (D J Ford) says:
>> >	One thing though, how the _hell_ do you reckon that the    
>> >	HHGTTG is ridicuosly easy? Lots of nasty touches like
>> >	if you talked to Ford by your house he pissed off, but
>> >	if you ignored him he would help. And I found the abstract
>> >	scenarios too wearing.
>> 
>> 	As I'm saying, maybe it was just my weird sense of humor--but
>> I was able to tell pretty much how to solve every puzzle based on the
>> weird sarcastic hints he included.
>> 					Tom

>I've been playing these games off and on for years starting with
>'adventure' in '77 and then 'dungeon' (zork) in about '80. One thing that
>always amazed me is someone's ability to solve what I would consider a
>pretty obscure puzzle.

>*** HHGTTG spoilers follow ***
>Case in point, in HHGTTG you had to find the 3 pieces of lint/fluff or
>whatever it was (sorry, it's been a while) and plant them in a pot and
>something would grow. (Could have been more to the puzzle, but I don't 
>remember.) What I would like to know is how anyone would think to 'plant'
>pocket or belly-button lint? What kind of minds would find this easy? My
>brain doesn't work that way. 

You get a hint if you CONSULT GUIDE ON FLUFF, which I did once just for
laughs.  I was suprised to find out that fluff even had an entry in the
Guide, let alone an actual use.



                            --Steve Stelter
                              sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
