User:Neongenheg/Tony's Open Diet Coke

Tony's Open Diet Coke

Tony's Open Diet Coke, big.png (unique consumable)
is a unique consumable that adds the Affliction for six out-of-game years (roughly two-and-a-half in-game years) when consumed. has the following effects on the player character:
 * All in inventory is converted to . Any  the player character picks up when  has a 85% chance to be converted to.
 * If the player character's name is four characters or less, the player character's name is temporarily set to . Else, the player character's name is permanently set to.
 * is set to.
 * is set to.
 * is generated in the dungeon. Note: For other ways to generate 98NE, see the quest page for.
 * All doors are now hostile to the player.

Finding and consuming Tony's Open Diet Coke, big.png
The Wal-Mart sub-dungeon has a 48% chance to generate a 6 x 6 sub-room, which contains a built-in microwave, the, and. If the room is generated, Tony's Open Diet Coke is also generated, either on the counter under the microwave or inside the.

Retrieving Tony's Open Diet Coke, big.png from the
To open the to retrieve , do the following:

1. Use the command repeatedly until the Shrieking Icebox is comforted. When the Shrieking Icebox is comforted, you receive the following message: 2. Use the command. You see the following message: Press to select. 3. When you receive this message, press to confirm that you want to open the fridge:

4. When you receive this message, use the numpad to confirm the direction in which you'd like to open a fridge:

5. When you receive this message, press y to confirm that there are no other nearby fridges that you want to open.

6. When you receive this message, use the command and a directional key to indicate the direction of the  to open it.

Picking up Tony's Open Diet Coke, big.png
When you at , the following message is displayed:

When the player uses on , the player sees the following message:

If the player chooses y, the following message is displayed:

When consumed, the player sees the following two messages in sequence: and then: or:

Strategy and trivia

 * Despite the implication of the messages, Tony is a member of the faction, and thus is necessarily always aggressive to the player character.
 * If the current is, then the player character usually must work weekends anyway (75% chance; 60% chance with the  skill). This is unrelated to whether the player consumed Tony's Open Diet Coke, big.png  or not.

Long-term game effects of Tony
The effects of last six real-time years (approximately 2.8 game-years). After drinking, the following things apply to any character you play until  expires:
 * The player is still prompted to enter a name during character creation. However, all player characters are automatically renamed or.
 * If the is left blank during character creation, the game displays the following message, and the player character's name is set to  (34% chance by default, 37% chance with the skill ), or :


 * All player characters start with the Affliction.
 * All NPCs with the name "Tony" or "Antonio" have one or more of the following phrases prepended or appended to their name:

Note: Additional punctuation and articles have been omitted from the above table for clarity, but are grammatically correct in their implementation in the game.

Here are some example names, drawn from message logs:

Curing Tony
See the quest page for.

Strategy and trivia

 * Any that is converted to  when the player character contracts  stays as, even after the player is no longer . This is a good opportunity in the mid-game to build stocks of  for use during , which offers an early opportunity to get the permanent buff , simplifying the mid-game quest.
 * The skill still uses the player character's original name to calculate damage, even after contracting
 * If the player character's name is set to, the name will revert to the name you chose during player creation after you complete.
 * If any doors were friendly to the player character before consuming Tony's Open Diet Coke, big.png (for example, through use of the skills  or, or by being promoted to , those doors will remain friendly, but contract . All rolls to influence doors now have a -5 penalty.
 * The community often refers to the Tony's Open Diet Coke, big.png consumable as simply Tony's Open Diet Coke, big.png, which is often a source of confusion for new players. The generally-accepted community term for  the affliction is the stolen-Coke blues, though usually simply "". For example, the sentence "Tony Davis consumed Tony's Open Diet Coke, big.png  and contracted " would instead read "Tony Davis consumed Tony's Open Diet Coke, big.png  and contracted.
 * When you use the skill on the, you see the following messages: