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From: sbonds@jarthur.claremont.edu (007)
Subject: Re: Civilization - Help on Higher Levels?!
Organization: Lacking
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:35:02 GMT

First, be forewarned that there is much disagreement over the "best" strategy
for the higher levels.  Using this strategy, I routinely win at Emperor level.

The beginning is the most important part of the game.  If you get a good start
your civilization will be invincible.  If you get a poor start, might as well
try again...

A few basic hints:
  + Save the game as soon as possible (after your first turn).  This way if
    things go badly for you you can start over more easily.
  + Play "Earth".  If you start on EurAfroAisa you will do fine since there
    is lots of land for you to play with.
  + Expand as fast as possible.  Build settlers as fast as you can.  Be
    careful, tho.  Don't build settlers if your city will only have 10,000
    people when the settlers are built-- your city will disappear!  [Note
    that it's OK to START building them at this time, just watch to be sure
    your rate of building isn't too fast.  One or two "shields" is best.]
  + Don't build ANYTHING that requires revenues to maintain until after you
    are finished expanding.  Keep your science rate at 100%
  + After you have a MINIMUM of 10 cities, you can start building up your
    cities.  If your continent is too small to support 10 cities, try again.
    You'll need to turn up the tax rate.
  + Typically, you only need one phalanx to guard each city.
  + Avoid wars early on.  It IS a good idea to put extra defenses around cities
    near other civilizations.  (I.e. 2 phalanxes)
  + Don't go to republic/democracy too soon.  You lose your martial law, and
    typically, the other civilizations will attack you soon after you
    democratize.  (If you can get an entire continent to yourself, you
    can switch a bit earlier.)

A few game quirks you may not have known:
  + Despite what it says in the civilopedia, a bronze age barracks requires
    1 gold crown to maintain.  The civilopedia claims zero.
  + Railroads will add to food and/or resource production in railroaded
    squares.

Good Luck!

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Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
From: jellis@trentu.ca (John Ellis)
Subject: WIZARDRY 7 Help Request....
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Trent Computing and Telecommunications Department
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 05:49:00 GMT

Okidoki.  FInally finished the bloody funhouse (with the exception of 
Barlone) and I'm at the boat now.  WHat's the deal here?  How do I make the 
boat work?  Where should I go once I get the boat working?  

Thanks in Advance.
John Ellis.
From: evansj@crs.cl.msu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: super mario-forest of illusion(4 i think) {super nintendo}????
Date: 26 Jan 93 21:03:27 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: crs.cl.msu.edu


Hi all,
    My question is in super mario for the super nintendo, how do you get past 
the forest of illusion(I believe it might have said forest of illusion 4 but
I'm not sure).  There are four levels to it and they end up going in a loop.

                                start
                         (-<-3    |
                         4 --|-->-1 
                             2-<- ) 

    If you move the screen down before entering the forest, you can see other 
path's leaving the forest.  

Thanks in advance.

Jeff Evans evansj@crs.cl.msu.edu

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Jeff Evans - evansj@crs.cl.msu.edu 
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From: w5y092@rick.cs.ubc.ca (Stephen Todd Leroux)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc,rec.games.design,rec.games.programmer
Subject: Re: Adventure games design
Date: 21 Jan 1993 09:56:05 -0800
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: bowen.rick.cs.ubc.ca

In article <1jmb9pINNqp@oak5.doc.ic.ac.uk> vcwp@doc.ic.ac.uk (Vincent Chun Wai Poon) writes:
> ...
>But I want to design something original (Actually that's what my superviser wants) and I want
>to ask those who have imaginative ideas people if they could suggest some other alternative 
>ways / layouts of the screen to deal with selecting the commands with the mouse.
> ...

Just off the top of my head ...
Each object is going to have a limited set of commands which can be applied to it.
So you can have an interface where clicking on an object pops up a menu with that
object's applicable commands.  Only requires 1 mouse button!  Wowee!

>Thanks.

Your Welcome.

  +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
  | Steve Leroux            | My views do not necessarily represent |
  | U of British Columbia   | those of the human race or            |
  | Canada                  | carbon-based life in general.         |
  +-----------------------------------------------------------------+



From: ler@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Larry Rupp)
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 20:36:09 GMT
Subject: CDROM Carmen SanDiego
Organization: HP-UTD
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc

Can someone explain what's in the different versions of "Where in the
World is Carmen SanDiego"?  What do I get in the CD-deluxe version that
is missing in the non-CD-deluxe?

I saw the CD version packaged in a shrink-wrapped jewel box selling
for $35.  No other packaging.  Is something missing?  (no floppies
or printed information)

ler@fc.hp.com
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From: jim@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Jim Myers)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc,rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: X-wing Game?
Date: 26 Jan 93 20:51:37 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Purdue University


	I've lost track, WHEN is the X-wing game coming out?  Is it out
now?  Was it released a long, long time ago in a--well, you know.

						jim
					jim@sage.cc.purdue.edu
From: andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: uw2 : stacker conflicts
Date: 28 Jan 93 19:29:21 GMT
Reply-To: andrew@frip.wv.tek.com
Organization: Tektronix Color Printers, Wilsonville, Oregon

[]

	"I eventually got through to Origin tech, and they said Stacker
	wasn't supported ... Why the f**k wasn't there a warning on the
	box?!"

The box tells you what *is* supported, not what *isn't*.  Since they're
not mentioned, we can also assume that uw2 doesn't work with Unix,
CP/M, or the UCSD P-system.

  -=- Andrew Klossner  (andrew@frip.wv.tek.com)
                       (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
From: jdolske@andy.bgsu.edu (justin dolske)
Subject: Re: wiz7
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:24:49 GMT

ahu@remus.rutgers.edu (Alex T. Hu) writes:
> 
> quick question on Wizardry 7:
> 
> What is the combination for the 6 spears? I don't think I copied it
> properly and I've already killed H'jenn-ra...
> 
> Also, what do you do with the 5 flowers?  I've merged the first 4 to
> get the orchard ambrosia, but I can't merge the white dhalia... what
> am I doing wrong?
 
  To use the white dhalia, you must first merge it with the holy water from 
New City. Where did you get the Blue flower? We're still looking for that one.

  Also, where is the key/keys to get into the doors in Munkharama?
 
Justin
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jdolske@andy.bgsu.edu
From: dlytle@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU (Don Lytle)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: The Association for the Study of Play conference
Date: 21 Jan 93 20:22:38 GMT
Reply-To: dlytle@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU
Organization: California State University, Chico
NNTP-Posting-Host: oavax.csuchico.edu


                 *****   ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS   *****

                             TASP 1993 - St. Paul, MN
                     The Association for the Study of Play
      April 22 - 24, 1993 * The St. Paul Hotel * St. Paul, Minnesota

     The Association For The Study of Play (TASP) will hold its 1993 annual meetings in St. Paul, Minnesota.  The conference will begin Thursday and continue until Saturday, April 24.  There will be featured speakers, playshops, and forums for the discussion and presentation of research papers on all aspects of play research, theory, performance and behavior.
     TASP conferences traditionally have provided a mechanism by which researchers in diverse fields have the opportunity to share ideas and interact in a friendly and collegial atmosphere.
     Papers and proposals for panel sessions or tutorials related to the broad study of play are invited.  Sessions include, but are not limited to:
 - Humor, laughter
 - Computer and cyperspace play
 - Folklore
 - Children's play behavior
 - Cross-cultural play
 - Body work and play art
 - Performance 
 - Anthropology of festive play
 - Sport
 - Literary playfulness

Deadline for submission of abstracts is February 5, 1993.

Send abstracts (100 word maximum), audio-visual needs, and registration fees  ($60 professional and $20 student made payable to TASP) to:

Dr. Don Lytle
Department of Physical Education
California State University, Chico  95929-0330. 
Bitnet/E-Mail: DLYTLE@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU; FAX: 916 898-4932; 
Phone: {916} 898-6617 or 898-6373 {message}/894-5028 {evening}.
From: gs34+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gregg Matthew Sterling)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Fantasy League Stat Keeper
Date: 24 Jan 93 21:32:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.0fMtSfe00WB48fsEQx
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Does anybody know if there is a program that will keep stats for a fantasy
baseball league. I would especially like it if there was a program that would
allow me to download stats daily somewhere to keep track of the league. Any
info would be appreciated.
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
From: ahaavie@ulrik.uio.no (Anders Haavie)
Subject: Alone in the Dark
Organization: University of Oslo
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 07:21:20 GMT


I've put the talisman on the altar, but nothing happens. What am I supposed
to do.
From: storm@zeus.tamu.edu (Let it Rain)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Need some SeRiOuS HELP
Date: 24 Jan 1993 17:34 CST
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: zeus.tamu.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

Hiya.

I've been playing an SSI game called Prophecy of the Shadow for awhile now
and I have reached a point where I cannot figure out what I'm supposed to do
next.

I'm at the city at the very top of the main continent (Malice, I think).  I've
taken out the gazers nearby, cleared out the castle, used the teleporter above
the castle and been to that area, but I can't figure out what I'm supposed to
do next.  Several things that I've found refer to some sort of seal that needs
to be broken.  I have not been able to find this seal.  Help!

Please reply by mail, as I do not get to read this group very often.

Thanks in advance,

 Scott  (storm@rigel.tamu.edu)
From: craiga@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Craig R Albrechtson)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: T2029 Question
Date: 28 Jan 1993 16:02:37 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: craiga@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

I have a Question about the final mission of Terminaor 2029

Spoilers ahead,
























In the final mission after you destroy the Alpha,beta,gamma and Delta
cores you are supposed to use the denator on the main reactor core 
on the middle level.  Then you have 30 seconds to get out before the 
whole Space Station goes kaboom.  The problem is that as far as I can 
tell it is impossible to get to the hanger bay before the 30 seconds 
is up.  When me and my friend played it yesterday, we barely got up the
ladder to the main hanger level when it blew up.

As far as I know there is one way to get from the shuttle to the main 
reactor core. That is all the way across the hanger level, down the ladder
to the reactor level and halfway back across the reactor level to the core.

Now as far as I could determine it is physically Impossible to get back
to the shuttle in 30 seconds once the countdown is started.  Is there 
another exit from the station or is there a faster way back to the 
shuttle because I am stumped.

Please help.



-- 
************************************************************************
* Craig Reese Albrechtson (Slider) * University of Wisconsin Milwaukee *
* The usual meanless disclaimers apply * craiga@csd4.csd.uwm.edu       *
************************************************************************
From: bgroen@metz.une.edu.au (Bernie Groen)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Walkthrough for KQ6
Keywords: kq6
Date: 27 Jan 93 02:47:14 GMT


Looking for a walkthrough for Kings Quest IV

Does such a beast exist if so where could i get it from.


*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-  Bernie Groen               - 
*  University of New England  * 
-  Armidale NSW 2351          - 
*  Australia.                 * 
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*  bgroen@metz.une.edu.au     -
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Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
From: avenger@unlv.edu (Eric Hjelstrom)
Subject: help on EOBII
Organization: UNLV
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 03:47:07 GMT

I am stuck in EOBII and am stuck on the skeleton level.  I need a second         darkmoon key and can't find one.  I would realy appreciate any helpful clues
please e-mail to avenger@cleanhead.cs.unlv.edu thanks in advance. 
Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
From: oet@solace.hsh.se (Mikael Olofsson)
Subject: Re: Pac-Wolf3d-man?
Organization: Solace Computer Club, Sundsvall, Sweden
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:17:28 MET

In <1993Jan25.071206.133018@zeus.calpoly.edu> ejajko@hertz.elee.calpoly.edu (Edward Jajko) writes:


>I've heard that there is command line switch which modifies the maps
>so that huge PacMan characters chase after your character.

>Truth? Rumour? Anyone know the command and willing to share it with the
>rest of us?

>Thanks.

To cheat in wolf3d you can start the program like this:

wolf3d /tedlevel ##   (and ## is a number from 0 to 59)

##=(part-1)*10+(floor-1)

floor=8 (endlevel)
floor=9 (bonuslevel)

If you want to feel like pacman use ##=29 (bonuslevel part 3)
From: hodges@unssun.nevada.edu (Marcus Hodges)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: EOB2: Help with a puzzle
Date: 21 Jan 93 16:57:57 GMT
Reply-To: hodges@unssun.UUCP (Marcus Hodges)
Organization: University of Nevada-Reno

I need some help.

I am playing EOB2, and need some help with a puzzle.  I am on level four
(I think) under the temple, and have reached a room that has a 3x3 grid
of pressure plates with a closed door on one side.  I know that I need to
leave things behind on the pressure plates, but I have been unable to 
figure out the order, or something else that I must do.

Please e-mail with your help.

Thanks,

Marcus

"Now, if you play straight with me, you'll find me a considerate employer.
But cross me, and you'll find that under this playful, boyish exterior,
beats the heart of a ruthless, sadistic, maniac."  -- Blackadder II
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for a game
From: erkamp@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA (Bob Erkamp)
Date: 21 Jan 93 11:32:41 MDT
Reply-To: erkamp@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA
Distribution: world
Organization: Alberta Research Council

In article <rosco.26@corral.uwyo.edu>, rosco@corral.uwyo.edu (BRI HESS) writes:
>I'm looking for a game for a pc network. We have Novell on ethernet and
>are looking for a multi-player sort of a game.
>
>thanks
>

I believe that Falcon 3.0 is capable of running over Novell.

Bob

Newsgroups: rec.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: awalsh@mta.ca (Andrew Walsh)
Subject: Re: games 4 sale (cheap)
Reply-To: awalsh@mta.ca
Organization: Mount Allison U, Sackville, N.B. Canada 
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:17:22 GMT

>	Wing Commander 2
>	with speech pack &
>	Sp. Ops. 1 disk		3.5 (package all or none )

I wanna bid $30. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me it's not taken.
PLEASE.

  ______________________________________________________________
  I "I was young and foolish then, I feel old and foolish now."I
  I                - TMBG, "Lucky Ball & Chain"                I
  I                  "Get three coffins ready."                I
  I          - Clint Eastwood, "A Fistful Of Dollars"          I
  I Andrew Walsh/Batman/The Phantom/Nightshade | awalsh@mta.ca I
  I <<<<<<<It's all the same, yet completely different.>>>>>>> I
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From: gs34+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gregg Matthew Sterling)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Baseball Fantasy Stat-Keeper
Date: 23 Jan 93 20:19:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.MfMXI2q00WB34=qVoU
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I want to run a Fantasy Baseball League with my friends, and was wondering
if there is some kind of software program that will let me enter stats (or
ever better, call to some service like USA Today and download stats) and
keep score of a fantasy league team. If anyone knows where I can find
software like this, I would really appreciate it if you'd send me E-Mail
with the name (and company) of the program.

Thanks

gs34@andrew.cmu.edu
From: philippe@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Philippe Benichou)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: Beyond Zork, again...
Date: 28 Jan 93 22:29:59 GMT
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida

Help, I'm stuck in Beyond Zork again...

1) How do I get into the castle (over the wall of rocks)?
   I know it has SOMETHING to with flying and the pterodactyl..
   But he can't/won't go in the right directions???

2) How do I enter into the parts of the Etherial Plane? I know I must
   "cut outline with PHASE BLADE" but what BLADE???

3) Where exactly is the Plains, stick of levitation, and caterpillar?

P.s. I just finished in the ruins, and I bought the best of everything...
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From: rdunkle@engin.umich.edu (R. M. Dunkle)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games,misc.forsale
Subject: Re: Wing Commander II (all) for sale
Date: 28 Jan 1993 16:40:44 GMT
Organization: Campus Computing Sites, University of Michigan
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: apollo46.aal.itd.umich.edu


	WC II has been sold. Response was lightning-fast.
-- 
* Brian A. Dunkle | rdunkle@aal.itd.umich.edu <- REPLY TO HERE!! Not "engin" *
* Also available at bdunkle@ccit.arizona.edu  <- Where I really am, but VAX  *
* Support systems analyst, Information Technologies Center, AzHSL    /\      *
* Detroit Red Wings fan, stranded in the desert, Tucson, Arizona     \/      *
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
From: georges@cs.concordia.ca (CHUNG KAM CHUNG georges)
Subject: Difference bet. SEGA Genesis and Megadrive?
Organization: Computer Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:05:37 GMT

Hello,
 
Could anyone tell me the difference between a 'SEGA Genesis' 
and a 'SEGA Megadrive 16 bit'?  Can cartridges be interchanged 
between these two?
 
Please email to 'georges@cs.concordia.ca'  Thanks.
-- 
Georges CHUNG KAM CHUNG                          georges@cs.concordia.ca 
                                                geo@maxwell.concordia.ca
"Programmers  and  programs  alike need die gracefully upon failure, and
exit with no system disruption." -- Plagiarized from USENET
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
From: mkudzin@engws5.ic.sunysb.edu (Matthew A Kudzin)
Subject: Re: Cosmic Wimpout
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:16:07 GMT

My friends and I have always played this to mean roll ALL non-scoring dice
until ONE die scores.  So yes, you would be able to collect your thirty
five points.

Matthew Kudzin
mkudzin@ic.sunsyb.edu
kudzin@nuclear.physics.sunysb.edu

Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
From: appelo@dutiak.tudelft.nl (C.J. Appelo)
Subject: *** NET PC GAMES TOP 100 * DEADLINE ***
Organization: Delft University of Technology
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:51:38 GMT


By now, we have reached the deadline for the votes
concerning the next edition of the Top 100. The new
chart, compiled using these votes, will be published
on Monday. 

New votes are accepted from this moment for the
following edition, for which the deadline will be next
Friday.

If you haven't read the latest edition of the Top 100,
do it now. Several copies are posted to the newsgroups 
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games and rec.games.misc.

Also, the latest chart can be found on the ftp-site
risc.ua.edu, in the pub/games/solutions directory.

Don't forget to vote, this chart is yours!
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: ultima underworld 2
From: pony@wndrsvr.la.ca.us (seth)
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 05:29:32 GMT
Organization: Wonder Server - Public Access for SoCal

To anybody and or everybody who knows:

does anybody know what I'm supposed to do with the "cool blackrock gem"
found in the guardians castle?.....I took it to Nystus and he said to 
"experiment using it with the gem found on level 5 (transporter)"
I've tried touching it to the gem pressing it on the gem.....I'm stuck
does anybody know?   BTW any help is greatley appreciated



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Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
From: dauphin@adobe.com (Kimberly Dauphin)
Subject: Police Quest 1 - Revised?
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:44:56 GMT

I enjoyed Police Quest III immensely.  I just saw on the Police
Quest I box that it's "revised."  What does this mean?  Up until
now, I hadn't considered buying it because it's such old
technology.  Does anyone have any info on this?

Also, does anyone know if Sierra is planning to produce the
PQ series on CD-ROM?

Thanks!
-- 
__________________________________________________________
Kimberly Dauphin	  	Adobe Systems Incorporated
dauphin@mv.us.adobe.com	  	Mountain View, CA
*********All these opinions are mine, not Adobe's.********
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From: rdunkle@aal.itd.umich.edu (R. M. Dunkle)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games,misc.forsale
Subject: Wing Commander II (all) for sale
Date: 28 Jan 1993 05:37:34 GMT
Organization: Campus Computing Sites, University of Michigan
Distribution: world
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Originator: rdunkle@apollo46



	Well, I finished the main game and some of Special Ops one, and I 
want to convert it into newer stuff. UW2'd eat up my game-playing time if I
had any, these days. 

	Wing Commander II
	Special Operations I and II
	Speech Pack
		- $43 inc. 2nd-day air shipping (US Priority mail)

	No trades, this time (unless you have Road Rash II for the Genesis, 
or something that hasn't come out yet. :)

	It's all in fine shape, except the quick-reference card may be a little 
crinkled. All boxes if you want them, or I can just pack everything into the
main box (the add-on boxes are flimsy).

-- 
* Brian A. Dunkle | rdunkle@aal.itd.umich.edu <- REPLY TO HERE!! Not "engin" *
* Also available at bdunkle@ccit.arizona.edu  <- Where I really am, but VAX  *
* Support systems analyst, Information Technologies Center, AzHSL    /\      *
* Detroit Red Wings fan, stranded in the desert, Tucson, Arizona     \/      *
Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA