From: botelle@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Justin Botelle)
Newsgroups: rec.games.netrek
Subject: Re: Hell Peacock
Date: 11 Oct 92 19:44:32 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <1b8k9iINNkan@agate.berkeley.edu) sfd@soda.berkeley.edu (Scott Drellishak) writes:
)In article <92425@netnews.upenn.edu) botelle@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Justin Botelle) writes:
))In article <1b3gmiINNogb@agate.berkeley.edu) sfd@soda.berkeley.edu (Scott Drellishak) writes:
)))In article <Bvtv1G.88C.2@cs.cmu.edu) hill@norman.VI.RI.CMU.EDU (Robert Hill) writes:
))))Scott 'I have spoken' Drellishak writes
))
))))) Tremble in fear.
))
)))Since I've only played on discovery, calvin, bigdog (when it's full),
)))and sturgeon in the last few months, it seems unlikely that I'd ever
))
))afraid to play with the big boys, Scott?
)
)No, I have to play over a 56kbaud line from work, and cross-continent
)lag doesn't help my game any.  In any case, I think you'll find that
)"the big boys" are not all CMU students.  More arrogance.

No, but not all the players on bronco are CMUers.  Not even close.  I can't
imagine bronco being much worse than discovery, and I imagine Golden Bears
would rather play at bronco than calvin (except that they'd have to play
CMU theen).  Face it, you're just scared.

Arrogance?  It must be the "CMU arrogance" in me.  But wait, I'm 6 hours away
from Pittsburgh.  Go figure.

)Which is not to say that the game on the above servers couldn't use
)some clue -- why don't more people from berkeley play on bigdog, for
)instance.

Maybe because they all play at bronco?  But, then, you wouldn't know.

)))encounter you.  In any case, I play netrek to relax after work, not to
)))winwinwinwinwin.  The biggest flaw of the now-popular CMU style of
)))play is that it turns netrek from a game into a contest.  Frankly, I'd
)))rather play a fun game of softball than an all-out game of baseball.
)))If you take my meaning.
))
))Yeah, you don't know how to play hardball
)
)This is productive.

Your point?

)))Just out of curiosity, those of you have played against me in the last
)))couple of months, send me mail and tell me if you take me seriously as
)))a player.  I can't remember the last time somebody totally dominated
))
))I don't.  I didn't take you seriously as a server god.  Bezier sucked, and
))I'm glad it's dead.
)
)I love you too.

Ditto.  Too bad I'm already married.

))And if you can't remember the last time someone dominated you, maybe it's
))because you're afraid to play on bronco.  Btw, didn't IAState dominate you?
)
)Sure, because we don't care.  I was kill-scumming all night, and
)enjoying myself.  Consider Armchair Admirals to be a Dada-esque
)statment about the meaninglessness of netrek.

How profound.

))Maybe you should arrange a scrimmage with TTWNN or Side Salad.
))
)))No, you don't understand *our* (yours too) heritage.  Next thing,
))
))How earthy.  Heritage.  Netrek?  Something that has been around less than
))a decade can not have heritage.  What's next:  antiques?

didn't touch this one, eh?

)))The reason I don't like the current trend in netrek is that it takes
)))what I consider to be the fun parts of the game away.  The CMU style
)))is a successful strategy, given the current rules of netrek, but any
)))style which de-emphasizes dogfighting (which is what Xtrek was
)))originally about, before cloaking, stats, and planet-taking) is, in my
)))opinion, boring.  It's a video game.
))
))ogging is fun.

)Ogging is easy.  It's the first thing I learned how to do...only, back
)then, we called it "suicide".  Killing the other guy and *living* is
)an accomplishment -- ogging is a last resort.

Ogging clueful people is NOT easy.  Then again, you wouldn't know, given
your server preferences.

)))standard server.  Can somebody help me get my tongue out of my cheek?
))
))No, we need to get the foot out first.

)[sigh].

Taking the high road, Scott.  Your past posts provide us a glimpse into your
maturity level.  (pre-emptive strike:  anyone who plays a video game and
writes to a newsgroup about it ought seriously consider their own maturity
level before touching this one).

)| Scott Drellishak   sfd@neuromancer.metaphor.com                          |

Justin


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