From: mmoore@itchy.dsd.es.com (Michael Moore)
Subject: Re: Mucus... how good is he? 
Organization: Evans & Sutherland
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 21:19:20 GMT

In article <Bsxt87.I1s.2@cs.cmu.edu> hill@norman.VI.RI.CMU.EDU (Robert Hill) writes:
>
>Now let me get this straight, you consider d'spayre to be as deadly as  
>mucus?  You obviously either think too much of d'spayre, or too little of  
>MUCUS.  I would always rather have MUCUS on my team than d'spayre.  (no  
>offense intended...i could've used many others from ged's list)  MUCUS  
>rarely surprises me. He is constantly annoying to play against in every  
>way.  He can do most everything well, in a game.  Which i can't say about  
>most of the players on your list.
>

	I think D'Spayre is as effective a player as MUCUS.  This is my
opinion.  You obviously have another.
	
>> 	If you consider him a great player that is certainly fine,
>> and I would not be surprised to find that I am in the minority on
>> this.  But that's my opinion.   I find all of the above to be his equal
>> or better.
>
>I think you are in a minority.  

	I think you are right.


>
>> 	I have little trouble stopping a MUCUS ogg.  He is quite
>> obvious about it and rarely surprises me.  He is not exceptional
>> at phaser locks, and I can often swerve past him whilst he phasers
>> three or four times.  Others, whom are not constant oggers, do tend
>> to surprise me because I am not watching them constantly.   But in
>> general a good player should watch everyone, it isn't hard.
>
>MUCUS IS exceptional at phaser locks.  He can't hit you every time, but he  
>does kick ass on it.  
>

	Matter of different experience.  I've never noticed him to be
particularly adept at it but you obviously have.  

>> 	Anyone who cannot watch for oggers, and cannot pinpoint those
>> who ogg the most in a game, is not a top notch player.  Unless I am
>> incredibly involved, I have little trouble watching MUCUS and other
>> potential oggers.  Most of the time they don't make a move, but when
>> they do I'm generally ready for it.  I'm rather amazed you use the
>> fact that you have to watch him constantly as proof of his ability.
>
>You see, i'm not talking about ogging me, or anything.  I am referring to  
>the entire game.  I like it when mucus oggs me, that means I have his  
>attention and my teammates don't have to worry about him as much.  If he  
>ISN'T ogging me, I must constantly see WHAT he is doing.  He always does  
>vital things for his team, and I have to constantly ensure that he fails,  
>so that my team can win.  Most players I don't have to watch that closely,  
>because they aren't as much as a threat.
>

	Well, you see, you indicated you were referring to oggers by
saying that if you "did not watch him constantly, you would be picking
a new ship."  Sorry if I misinterpreted.


>> 	But whatever.  Whether or not I am right about mucus being
>> a good player is fairly irrelevant to the reason why I started this
>> thread.  I think most of us would agree that the reason the cult of
>> the MUCUSAI has popped up is because of his persona and the fact
>> that he is a top-notch player.  Whether he is in the top 5, 10, 30
>> or whatever is fairly irrelevant.
>> 
>> 
>> 	-Michael (Ged)
>
>I'm not sure about that, either.  I think it is a combined persona, skill,  
>and in-your-face playing style.
>

	I think the persona without the skill would be pathetic.  But with
the skill to back up what he says, I think this is what gives him his
cult, etc....

	But enough.  All this is subjective, and I apologize for getting
it started.  This is so much like the Balton thread that it's scary,
and I was the culprit of that too.... Didn't I swear I would never
be foolish like that again?

	Just shows some fools never learn.
	
	-Michael (Ged)

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