From: von@wucs1.wustl.edu (Steve Von Worley)
Subject: Re: Penn and the INL
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Mo.
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 01:12:47 GMT

In article <73651@netnews.upenn.edu> paulsen@widget.seas.upenn.edu (Brian Paulsen ) writes:
>In article <1992Apr10.033448.21576@wuecl.wustl.edu> von@wucs1.wustl.edu (Steve Von Worley) writes:
>>In article <73536@netnews.upenn.edu> paulsen@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Brian Paulsen ) writes:
>
>>>Again, I don't want to take anything from your team, but I'll state now that if
>>>my mouse didn't die when we still had more than our core planets, you would not
>>>have genocided us.
>>
>>Yes, yes.  You might be right, but it is all theoretical, isn't it?
>
>NOT! I stopped your team for about 10 straight minutes.  My only goal was to
>kill your planet carriers.  Then my mouse crashed.  I did not play for another
>15 minutes.  When I got back, we were down to the corner planet.  With a mouse
>that barely worked (I would dogfight using the galactic map), I stopped your
>team for another 15 minutes.  You genocided us with about 2 minutes to spare.
>This is theoritical in the sense that it didn't happen.  Had my mouse not have
>crashed, you would not have genocided us.  Furthermore, you would not have
>taken our home planet.

Yes, yes.  You might be right, but it is all theoretical, isn't it?

>>Imagine, everyone spread out, gaurding those last 5 planets.
>>
>>Say, for example, UPenn is fed and den is down to 1.  Ooops, here come 5
>>cloakers and 3 oggers!   Looks like they're going for den!  They are!
>>Two of 'em are carrying!  3 people on your team chases after them!  
>>Kill 'em!  (Two people are also wandering around fueless in north fed 
>>space after a failed ogg)
>
>First of all, how did Den get down to 1?  Even assuming that they put armies
>on the planet, earth is agri.  We would just reinforce den...
>
>Now, you are assuming that we allow 2 people to have 2+ kills and most of us
>stick by earth and not try to ogg them...  Of course we'll get genocided.
>You just described a clueless team.   Two people will never be in Fed space
>after a failed ogg.  Since I'm the main ogger, I'll describe my oggs.  I either
>kill a planet taker or an escort.  YOU don't know the target.  My oggs always
>succeed.  To ensure that I get back, I'll lower my shields at an appropriate
>moment.

Your oggs always succeed?  Please...
And consider the fact that a good team will cripple you after your failed
ogg, and not kill you.
  
>>Torp torp torp phaser phaser!!  Yes, feds got the guy who was about to take
>>den!!  And killed the 3 oggers!  But wait!  The remaining 4 cloakers 
>>are heading towards earth!
>
>We allow 7 people to get to our core planets?  Be serious, why don't you just
>say that were are clueless idiots who can't protect our space?
>

No comment.

>>One uncloaks and blows FreeKill off earth.  The other feds run feuless
>>towards their homeworld, trying to fire!  FreeKill come in and flings
>>a panicked stream of torps towards earth.  Det!  Det!  Det!  
>
>I won't be by earth.  I'll be killing your army carrier back by the beginning
>of fed space.

You may be good, but you suffer from delusions of grandeur.
Sorry to be harsh, but it needed to be said!

Sandia

Stephen "Feed Me Giblets and Call Me Frank" Von Worley
von@wuccrc.wustl.edu
Computer and Communications Research Center
Washington University, St. Louis, MO