From: rg3c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Randy Eugene Griffith)
Newsgroups: rec.games.netrek
Subject: Re: Things I do when I'm bored
Date: 16 Oct 92 17:18:21 GMT
Organization: Freshman, MCS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Excerpts from netnews.rec.games.netrek: 16-Oct-92 Re: Things I do when
I'm bo.. Eugene Santos Jr.@cs.bro (5149)



> >Do note that a lot of geeks for some reason take offense when you do
> >these fun activities.   They'll start telling you how you should play
> >the game.  So what do you do?  Well you have a couple options.. One,
> >lock onto them and get on top of them and follow them everywhere.  Not
> >only does this annoy them but when they are engaged and you blow up on
> >top of them (of course, you keep your shields off) you can usually kill
> >them.  Another thing you can do, since the ones who will get mad at you
> >are the ones who think they control the game or something, is get a few
> >legitimate kills, pick up all your team's armies, and then get yourself
> >killed deliberately.  That's only really useful if the geek is the one
> >who is trying to play team captain or something.  If they are starbase,
> >you have some other options.  For instance, fly near enemy territory,
> >stop, cloak yourself, and then fly back at your own SB.  More often than
> >not they've lost track and think you're an ogger and start going nuts
> >trying to kill you.  You can also dock with your SB, sit on top of it
> >and constantly fire your weapons.  I'm not too sure, but I think this
> >will run down the SB's fuel????  And it goes without saying that if the
> >other team is ogging your SB, you need to dock with it (no shields) and
> >blow up on top of him.
> >

> This is what get's you called a *ahem* "dick" to say the least.
> If you ever try to do any of the one things above during a game
> where at least 50% of the players on your team WANT to play
> seriously, you are an undisputed bonafide *ahem* "dick".
> You are ruining someone elses fun, and they certainly do
> happen to be a majority in this situation. Think twice before
> doing this. And if this doesn't bother you the least bit,
> I suggest "one of the following options".... 1) curl back tongue and
> swallow, 2) play with detonator caps, 3) clean loaded shot gun,
> 4) dive in pile of razor blades, 5) say "Hi" to Hannibal Lechter
> for me, and 6) grow up. Each of these options will certainly improve
> the general quality of human life.



No, I don't do these things because I have nothing better to do.  Read
my message.  I only destruct on top of my players, etc. when that player
has a problem with my jousting, lapping, etc.  It's not as if I try to
get our SB's killed for no reason, I'll only do that if the person
playing SB starts having a breakdown just because I have the arrogance
and blatant disregard to sing Don MacLean songs.

This is great.  I have actually started getting hate mail from this
message.  I love it.  To those geeks who sent me hate mail: I can't wait
to play with you some time.  Hopefully you'll be on my team too, so I
can bug the hell out of you.  Maybe we can get some jousts going where
two opposing players can just lock onto you and joust right on top of
you-- that would be cool, we'll have to try it.

 Mr.Yuk

Some of my infamous netrek lines:
"I'm taking earth."
"Yeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww"
"A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make
me smile...."
-- Randy "The Apeman" Griffith
"You gonna be the new worm face now"
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