# I executed 5 Demon Porn Elementals! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836 "2002-03-29T23:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/101 "2002-04-13T05:05:08Z")
level 55! eat it! though, of course, it hasn’t been updating through the rankings. darn slow rankings board. [sub]ps; Menocchio, i get the reference. does she have a +99 sentient artifact double broadsword of slaying everything, dancing, ninelivesstealing, -the magus, flaming, scintillating energy, spellcasting, returning, throwable, spell turning, invulnerability, breathing water, invisiblitity, enviroments, vorpal, and sharpness yet? pps; that story has been unfinished for years. this pains me.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/102 "2002-04-13T15:12:31Z")
It’s mildly disturbing that I’ve been running this thing for maybe 60 hours… and there are 25,000 other people in the world who have already done so even longer! Ah, well. Meanwhile, I’ll just ponder why my **Lockjaw VIII** is somehow considered a more powerful spell than my **Slime Finger XXI**. Is there any other special key combinations that do anything, besides the ctrl-B and ctrl-M? ---
**Author:** ![MarkyDeSade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@MarkyDeSade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkyDeSade)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/103 "2002-04-13T15:13:06Z")
Level 50 and rising. Still above 10,000 with 10808. Damn! I need a new sword. Keltang the Enchanted Motorcycle Bastard lunatic ---
**Author:** ![RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/104 "2002-04-13T16:25:00Z")
Can you imagine the hellish pressure player #1 experiences? I’m a 31st level Skraeling Puma Burgular. ---
**Author:** ![funkynige](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@funkynige](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funkynige)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/105 "2002-04-13T16:37:08Z")
OK who’s **OG SMITE**? You’re ONE place above me (Turboo)! grrr. ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/106 "2002-04-13T17:57:11Z")
**funkynige** , how did you know it was someone from around here? It seems like Og’s kind of game, but someone else had taken the name og, so OG SMITE was born. (Motto - OG SMASH) ---
**Author:** ![BShrimp187](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@BShrimp187](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BShrimp187)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/107 "2002-04-13T17:57:50Z")
Hehhehehehe Giggly Joe, my lvl 1 Half Halfling (quarterling?) tickle mimic just sold a kobold penis for 1 gold. Love this game ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/108 "2002-04-13T18:15:56Z")
Istarted a second character and now have both running. **bouv** is my level 51 Low-Elf Mu-Fu Monk, while **Aephos** is my level twebty-something DOuble Wookie Shiv Knight. Aephos’s stats totaled 84 when I made him! ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/109 "2002-04-13T19:37:46Z")
Several hours after I started my main character (WLight), I started up two new ones – one with stats totaling 44 (Cooze), the other with stats totaling 83 (Piebald). Piebald is significantly ahead of Cooze in experience (about half a level progress bar’s worth, which at level 54 is a lot), but not in the standings. Several hours after I started those two, I made a stab at trying to find a superior race/class combination and started Estella, again with stats totaling 83. Piebald has now passed WLight (whose initial stats totaled something like 75), and Estella has passed Cooze. They have all four been running continuously since I started them however many days ago. So I woke up this morning and checked on them in the rankings – they were all 4 next to each other, with Cooze on top and Piebald on the bottom. I’m giving up trying to figure out the ranking system. I’ll just get into the top 100 or something and get rid of it all. ---
**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/110 "2002-04-13T20:37:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > \*\*I’m giving up trying to figure out the ranking system. I’ll just get into the top 100 or something and get rid of it all. \*\* Here’s a nagging thought that I keep having: The folks in the upper ranks are more likely to continue running. We’re only surpassing the folks who have given up and abandoned their characters. They’re not going anywhere. But consider that there may be 500 people who all have the same goal you do (to reach the top 100). You’ll each continue until you’ve collectively mowed down those other sleepers… but then reach stalemate as you all continue at the same pace. That is, until 400/500 of you lose hope and bail out. Better shine up your Ostentatious Scepter of Tenacity. You’ll need it. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/111 "2002-04-13T21:20:26Z")
I guess it just all depends on the number of people in the world who have: 1. Discovered PQ 2. The capability to run their machines 24/7. I guess there may be more than 100 of these people. But I’m willing to bet there are fewer than 1000. The main problem is how drastically the experience requirements ramp up as you go along – I expect it’ll take a long time to get the next 10 levels and gain on the people that let their characters take breaks. ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/112 "2002-04-14T01:08:08Z")
yes, but character death may come into that, too. what if “Biznatch Haderach”'s file is corrupted? ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/113 "2002-04-14T05:17:12Z")
Yes!! I broke through the top 10,000. **Skokurminhon** the half-halfling fighter/organist. 9,000, here I come!!! _Thank you, always-on DSL connection._ ---
**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/114 "2002-04-14T18:03:55Z")
Something else to make the whole thing even more futile… When they ugrade to version 2.0 (which is currently in Beta form), I wonder if they’ll clear out all the current stats and start over. I’m starting to lose hope. But wait - I just got a new shield… +14 Impressive Gilded Magnetic Field. How nice. And I’m almost to level 40… ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/115 "2002-04-15T01:34:48Z")
I’ve been running Bellwether since about 10 p.m. last Thursday, and I’ve only recently gotten below the 20,000 rank. Sheesh. And she’s only about 41st level. Still, Belldame, Bellwether’s 8th-cousin-three-times-removed (on her daddy’s side), is already at lvl 28, and I think I started her out just this morning. Maybe she’ll progress a little faster. [sub]Why am I still running this program, anyway?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/116 "2002-04-15T02:34:55Z")
The novelty has worn off for me, I’m not running the game 24/7 anymore. I’ll still run it in the background when I can, but I probably won’t get much further in the rankings than I currently am. So Jet Jaguar the Battle-Finch Hunter Strangler is currently level 51, act 8, and (probably peaked) at 10570 in the rankings. OTOH, PQ has gotten me itching to play [ADoM](http://adom.de./) again, and I see a new version is out since I last played (which I am now downloading). Too bad ADoM requires actual interaction… ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/117 "2002-04-15T04:51:07Z")
**Jet Jaguar** : hey, I just had the same feeling. I haven’t played ADoM in years…of course, playing it takes a couple of years off your life. ---
**Author:** ![obidiah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@obidiah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obidiah)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/118 "2002-04-15T14:02:10Z")
At this very moment I am the lowest ranking member of Progress Quest!!! Blastfurnace the Double Wookie Robot Monk rules all. Well,not all, but some. Ok, none. I rule none. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/119 "2002-04-15T14:17:46Z")
D\*mn. Losing ground this morning. _Bugger Ye Self_, Dung-Elf Slow-Poisoner is hanging out around 8600. Still, I will pursue the grail of the Elite 5000! ---
**Author:** ![abel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@abel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abel)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836/120 "2002-04-15T14:47:56Z")
Abel and GingerMonkey are both at the 52nd level, and about halfway through to the 53rd level now, Act IX. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-executed-5-demon-porn-elementals/100836.md?page=7)