Marauder on 21/4/2000 at 22:44

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How bout this luck. I was in the bank when a blue mech landed on my head from three stories up.

belboz on 22/4/2000 at 05:33

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On masks on expert in the rooms with the masks and the floor pads that release rust gas. I went to investigate the inside of a chimney and got stuck. The floor pads proceeded to squish me to death.

On masks patched version, with the doors fixed supposily, stood behind a door in the dark, only to have a guard hack me to death through the door.

On kidnap, in the area with the drill bit treasure. thought I was safe beyond the lava in the dark. A searching mech bow woman walked through the lava and shot me at point blank range.

On the truart level at his mansion in the patched version, fell into the grave, then found out that the rocks that are objects and not carved out of the background are too big to let you climb out of the grave.

got stuck between the bucket and the side of the well in the same level and drowned to death.

On many levels, bounced off the rope I jumped for and fell a very long way.

on the party level near the start there's a turbine with an open window above with a guard. In the unpatched version there is a swords man, so you just climb up and dodge the swords man and steal the contents of his footlocker then jump out of the window and land on the turbine. In the patched version, bugger he's now a bowman, got an arrow in the face, instant death.

on trail of blood, tried to blackjack the mech with the goldern head, and while he was chasing me got stuck between two trees and he killed me.

TheShadow on 22/4/2000 at 19:27

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The stupidest way i've ever died in Thief 1 was in the Assassins level. 99% of the time, I set of the alarm and have to kill a lot of guards which is kind of easy in wide open spaces. But one time, I was roaming through His Royal Fatness' house, and I kept running into guards. I decided to run out of the house and ended up with 7 or 8 guards chasing me through the city for like a half hour.... until they finally ambushed me when I thought I lost 'em.

In Soulforge, with all those noisy surfaces, sensitive cameras, and the annoying voice of Karras chattering away, I had a lot of huge Mechanist security machines throwing their cannon balls from three or four different angles. Ow, ow, ow, ka-blamblamblam! Darn, those things can see me in very faint light from a distance unlike some guards who can't notice me in broad daylight from some distances...

In the Thief 2 demo, after stealing a lot of loot and some plans, I decided to exit through out the huge window in the party room. I jumped out and feel 8 stories to the ground. I bet that guard is wondering what that flat pancake thief is...

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"The Master Builder came unto us.
He built for us a new house, and the house was like His house.
And He gifted us with knowledge, and we learned how to use Boiler and Gear.
That unto us would come His Paradise, and there would be no pain."

- from Mechanist Rote Texts for Novices

Entity999 on 23/4/2000 at 03:14

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Many stupid deaths from me:

1. In Maw in T1 I shot a rope arrow into the ceiling right above the trickster I climbed up after switching the eye 'an watched him I wanted to get a better look, but accidentally jumped on his head! If it was Mario it would have been fine.
2. In LotP, about 5 Mech guard had seen me and was charging me, and he chased me into the kitchen, and, running blindly, I charged into the fireplace. They couldn't reach me! I slashed away until all 5 were dead. Then I collapsed from the fire that I forgot was there.
3. Also in LotP, I was sneaking up on a guard, getting ready to blackjack him. Suddenly, Garret's stupid heart attack hits! As the world fades away, I hear the guard go "Your Dead Taffer!"

Wynne on 23/4/2000 at 05:56

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Oh, I've had a million of those infamous spontaneous Garrett heart attacks. Usually when I'm somewhere I'm not supposed to be. http://www.ttlg.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

That goes for rope arrow and ladder deaths, too.

I can't remember my funniest right now, but here are two deaths for the moment...

T1: The Haunted Cathedral--I first met the Haunts, playing on hard difficulty, in this level. Instead of my reaction being fear, it was more like, "Cool! They're just like guards, only dead." Then, when I found out you could kill them with mines, I decided for the first time to try out the mines, which I had never before used because I didn't like killing unless it was killing undead with arrows and the like. So anyway, I sneaked into the houses when the Hauntsies had moved upstairs, and I dropped a mine in the doorway. I dropped a second mine in the next doorway. Then, when the Haunts came downstairs, I jumped up and down outside waiting for them to come out. Well, apparently, I'd misfired, because I didn't hear any mines being triggered as they came towards me in the dark. (Hadn't turned the lights on.) Eventually they gave up searching and went back on their patrol. So I crept into the hallway, wondering where the damned mines were, since at that time I hadn't yet learned to drop mines, just throw them. About that time I figured it out, and I leaned forward over the doorway, then dropped a mine, and quit leaning. There! Fixed, right? Well, I stared down at it wondering if I should move it as it made those pretty little clicks. I began to like mines because of those pretty little clicks, which told me it hadn't settled yet. Deciding to move it, I leaned forward--and somehow stepped a little too close just as it became active. KAAABLAAAM!

Okay, so that was a bust. I tried again. Hurrying into the house as the Hauntsies were upstairs, I dropped a mine in the inner doorway, then another mine in the outer doorway. I hopped around outside as they came back down the stairs, and ran out searching for me. I heard two explosions. Smiling cheerfully at the Haunts' destruction, I ran inside--only to find that just one of the Haunts were dead, and the second sliced and diced my shocked self while I stared at the screen in surprise. I was dead before I could close my jaw.

All right... so it took TWO mines to kill each Haunt... no problem... I turned the lights on, went back, and dropped some in the doorways again, two of them. Only this time, I waited too long; plotted too carefully, and stood inside the house as I dropped the second two, planning to hide in the shadows. But the Haunts' chain-rattlings started up just as I was about finished. They saw me, and ran towards me. I freaked out and tried to run out the door. I think at least one of them died about the same time I did; not sure if his mine killed me or the one in the doorway did.

*sigh*

Damn. Let's try this AGAIN. This time, I think I turned the lights on again, then went back to the house with the Serpentyle Torc. Fun! Skipping into the Haunts-house, I planted four mines carelessly, trying to be sure to be quick this time, and from OUTSIDE the house I planted the two mines in the outer doorway. Needless to say, in my haste, I misplaced some of the mines, and only one of the Haunts died. His partner came out into the light to spy me, starting to laugh like a maniac. I dashed past him, trying to get to the outer wall to mantle up, but I was still too inexperienced at running and jumping together, so I kept missing. He took a slice at me, I screamed, and began running the length of the grass back towards the house. After a nearly endless chase scene, I ended up being forced back into the house, thinking I could somehow find a spot to hide inside. As I ran over the threshold, I triggered one of the remaining misplaced mines, and YAAAAA-AAAAAH!

I can't remember exactly how it all happened, or how many reloads it took, or just how stupid I was about the whole thing since I'd never before used mines, met haunts, utilized the drop feature, or tried running and jumping to get higher up, not to mention running and jumping to move faster and outrun Haunts. I was still pretty naive about the game, even as far into it as THC. All I know is that it was approximately like I stated.

T2: Shoalsgate Station--In the mess hall with the dumbwaiter, after I'd used it once, I made my way back down there. Evading the guards, as I was playing Expert and couldn't blackjack (*sniffle* but it was a fun challenge for a change!), I dashed back into the dumbwaiter (Hmm, did they steal that from Rogue's Honour, I wonder? Heheh...) and pulled the switch because I feared the guard who patrols the mess hall was coming my way. I waited a moment, impatiently, then blinked, wondering why the dumbwaiter wasn't budging. Why wasn't I moving upwards?

Then I looked down and realized I was standing on the same texture that plastered the walls.

Then I looked up to see the dumbwaiter about a third of a second before it came crashing down on my head, too fast for me to pull the switch to send it going back up again.

[This message has been edited by Wynne (edited April 23, 2000).]