Welcome message

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Contents 1 Hello message 2 Goodbye message 3 Source code references 4 See also

[edit] Hello message

When you start a new game of NetHack, or restore a saved game, or receive mail, or enter a shop, you are greeted:

"Hello <player>, welcome to NetHack!  You are a <alignment> <gender> <race> <Class>."
"Hello, <player>!  Welcome to <Shopkeeper>'s <shop type>!"

For some classes "Hello" is replaced by a translated greeting^[1]:

• Knight: Salutations (Olde English)
• Samurai: Konnichi wa (Japanese) or Irasshaimase if a shopkeeper
• Tourist: Aloha (Hawaiian)
• Valkyrie: Velkommen (Norse) or Hallo if a mail daemon

[edit] Goodbye message

When ending the game, you get the message

Goodbye, <player> the <Class>...

There are also translated versions of "Goodbye"^[2]:

• Knight: Fare thee well (Olde English)
• Samurai: Sayonara (Japanese)
• Tourist: Aloha (Hawaiian)
• Valkyrie: Farvel (Norse)

[edit] Source code references

1. ↑ role.c#line1448 - the Hello() function
2. ↑ role.c#line1473 - the Goodbye() function

[edit] See also

• JNetHack