Beefbob
Level: Roachling
Rank Points: 10
Registered: 09-10-2004
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I thought that making it to the 20th level implied I had some skill at this game, but I am just not able to do this room at all. I wait till the snake is away from the door, hit the orb, go to the second room, kill the roaches, hit the orb, (possibly killing the brains as well, though I'm not sure if that's the right thing to do), and from then on in I'm rather stuck. I can kill the roaches and hit the orb (allthe roaches), looping back through the original area to get some extra space from the snake, but I can't kill all the brains in the upper area, and i can't figure out how to trap the snake. In another post, someone said it was possible without roaches. What's the easiest/best method that I could do this? Oh yeah, and I'm taking every shortcut- cutting corners optimal sword placement, the trapdoors, etc. PLEASE help, as I've wasted far too much time on this room for my own sanity.

rowrow
Level: Smiter
Rank Points: 432
Registered: 08-17-2004
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This is a very tough level so don't think you suck cause you don't. Start at 1 with sword facing north. Only hit the first orb when the serpent is at 2. Go to 3 and kill everything in that chamber EXCEPT the brains. DON'T kill the brains. Go on trapdoors 4 an 5 and go south. hit the orb and kill the roach mama. Go north to the breakable walls and have sword facing north. Make a dead end in the walls by turning the sword north east by 6. The rest you can do.

[Edited by rowrow on 09-10-2004 at 03:42 AM GMT]

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Beefbob
Level: Roachling
Rank Points: 10
Registered: 09-10-2004
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I think I figured out a strategy for solving any room. Ask for help on it, and then go back to playing. I finally got the room! Thanks for the help anyway, that's pretty much exactly what I did (I actually killed the brains first, then after getting the first batch of roaches, looped back through the tunnel near the entrance, got the snake to fill up the big chamber so I could make my way through the tunnels again, and cut every corner to get a 14 or so space lead over the snake. I ended up using the next easternmost tunnel, but the diagonal trick was what worked. Again, thanks anyway for your very detailed response!