01-11-2004, 05:51 PM
I am pretty sure you died and lost experience. This happened to me once in cows. (one comp tho). I hit escape to leave, but saw the death screen come up. I was shocked to see that I was alive (no corpse) the next game and fully dressed. But I had 1 point and (as I was close to leveling) was quite aware of having lost about about 11 million points.
Its clear to me that the sequence in the game is
1) death, reset life to 1 point (this HAS to happen first)
2) lose xp and gold
3) drop corpse (with items)
Apparently, you and I hit that magical millisecond between step 2 and 3 when we left. And the game does not reset the sequence when you re-enter a new game. Theoretically, you can leave between 1 and 2 also, as maybe all of us have at one time or another.
We assumed we had luckily left with 1 point left, but I have seen people "die" per the game screen as they leave the game, and yet insist they did not lose xp when they return with one point of life.
Its clear to me that the sequence in the game is
1) death, reset life to 1 point (this HAS to happen first)
2) lose xp and gold
3) drop corpse (with items)
Apparently, you and I hit that magical millisecond between step 2 and 3 when we left. And the game does not reset the sequence when you re-enter a new game. Theoretically, you can leave between 1 and 2 also, as maybe all of us have at one time or another.
We assumed we had luckily left with 1 point left, but I have seen people "die" per the game screen as they leave the game, and yet insist they did not lose xp when they return with one point of life.