From: rtaylor@cie.uoregon.edu (Russ Taylor)
Subject: Re: Some REALLY SERIOUS gripes about empire
Organization: University of Oregon Campus Information Exchange
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 22:44:37 GMT

In article <1bfcjtINN6vg@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> heinlein@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (The tired one) writes:

To save time, I'm going to comment on the whole progress of this thread.
Unlike LoF, I don't enjoy making 5+ posts a day.

>Well, since everyone else is using this for a *.drivel newsgroup
>lately, I'll add in my two cents:
>
[comments about LOFaader deleted]
>
>also a btw, my time has again been limited, so I've started a new
>series of co-emperoring with Russ Taylor of Blackthorn... we seemed to
>do pretty well, notching up a win in the recently finished Ga. Tech
>game, so we will continue to play on as a pair with the country of
>Protector... yes folks, this means the ever-depleting Narnian economy
>is now shored up by the economic wits of Blackthorn... :)
>
Gee, economic wits?  Phrases I never expected to see connected with myself :)
Actually, tho, I'm one of those rare types who enjoys micromanaging more
than fighting...not sure why. Maybe because I hate having my pretty tech-toys
blown up *grin*

My thoughts: leave in food, kill plague, leave in research for drnuke & link
research to some other production factors (perhaps food, happiness, overall
work eff.), though of course, what do I know?  :)

I would like a version of distribute that allows movement of percentages,
to make it easier to link dist points. Given: dist point and point A,
the amount of commodity B moved will be according to this formula:

Amount moved = %dist * (amt B in A + amt B in dp) - amt B in A
ex. 500 iron in dp, 750 in sector 10,10, %dist = 50% (i.e. event them out)
result: 125 iron moved into dist point

Moving stuff between dist points is a pain, and I don't trust thresh to do it
right. Though this may not be worth the problem of coding.

Food is a non-problem, in my book. Checking sectors for food is easy enough,
and gives small countries a potential edge over large countries.  Still, I
usually wind up with about 500 food/sector in any case.
>
>FODDER yells the loudest when stepped on. 
>(Copyright 1988, Narnia)
>
Soxland don't scream, LoF do....what does this say, people?  :)
>
>this has been Mike Monthey, known to many of you as:
>King Aslan of Narnia
>-- 
Way cool dude, too. :)
(but then, Temekula is all right in my book as well)
>Gee, I finally made a .sig file. Isn't it grand?

Land of Faa has been being a pain in the ass ever since I picked up this news
group. Seems every time anyone says something, LOF is jumping all over them,
calling them stupid, slamming their ideas, suggesting that they pimp for their
wives, claiming he gets better pay (yes, but can you splice a chromosome, chimp
brain?), and, of course, comparing penis size (sexual insecurity?).

Grow up before you get yourself barred from empire, Fein.

Apoligize for the flames of Faa, but this has been building up in me for some
time...people who can't deal maturely with differences of opinion really flare
my nerves.

Russ Taylor
Protector/Lord Blackthorn
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