From: tw1r+@andrew.cmu.edu (Timothy C. Worsley)
Newsgroups: rec.games.netrek
Subject: Re: Illuminatus News
Date: 6 Oct 92 21:05:14 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

The Network says:

>	It is much like IAState using a 'borg during thier tournement.  It is
not allowed in the game,
>and we shall not stand for it.  On the other hand, if it makes a good
distraction from imortant
>events, the cartel may or may not order such a thing to be done.

	I don't think that you have such control.
	Would you also have me believe that you are behind the rash of hot
Berkeley players leaving to play on CMU teams (if Sandia and Duck can be
considdered a rash)?  Trying to cut down the already small Western
division?  What's next?  Will Tom join Xgolems?  Should we ask him.  Is
that why he hates us so much. . .because we never offered him a shot at
being on our team?
	Hey, Tom, are you interested?

>	We will do whatever we need to in order to win the INL title.  If that
means causing certain
>players to leave their teams, then so be it.  If that means having
certain fools come to CMU to be
>killed by psycotic team captains, so be it.  If that means schedualing
4 genocides for our team, then
>so be it.  If that means making sure that no teams from outside the US
can join and upset up, then
>so be it (Even though this failed in council, we kept the teams
themselves from joining.).

	Having played vs both France and Austrailia, I can see why you're
afraid of a home game there.  My idea of the INL has more to do with
playing games than in knowing who's the best.  I'd like to give teams
outside of the US a chance to do so too.  I wouldn't feel dishonored to
lose vs 800ms of lag.  It's like being killed by Iggy.  It happens.

>	Ahhh yes, but not on "real" (TM) servers.  On real servers they don't
have wimp things like
>Iggy and LPS timers, and 3rd space scumming.

	I leave third space scumming in the hands of MUCUS PIG.  I only 3rd
space scum when MUCUS is in the game.  As far as I can see, it's a
breach of ettiquet, and should be discouraged.  Let MUCUS do it if he
wants.  He upsets enough people anyway.

>	MUCUS adds more to the game than any other player out there.  There
are times that I will
>only stay in a game because he is there.  His comments during the game
are often more
>entertaining than the game its self.  His use of mind control to make
opponents fail and
>team-mates succede is invaluble in a tournement game.  You should know
this, having captained
>Darkhorse.  His role in TWNN is critial to the success of IC.  It is
very similar to Botelle and
>Paulsen

	I find MUCUS to be very different from Justin and Brian.  George never
posts to R.G.N. and seems to write messages as much to entertain as to
annoy.  Justin and Brian seem to take extreme pleasure in cutting to the
bone.  When MUCUS says something, it is generally too rediculas to be
really offensive.  
	Anyway, it will be interesting to actually meet Justin and Brian.  I
wonder if Mike is going to go insane again.  I hate it when he flips out.

>	While they are here, we must introduce them to our prototype halftime
server so they can
>realize how wrong they are about INL halftime.

	I have little more to say about this subject.  All I can really do is
repeat myself.  If we're here to play netrek, then let's play netrek. 
The idea of the INL should be to try to improve netrek, not to try to
force it to change.
	This is the same reason that I think that the flight recorder should be
not only allowed in games, but improved and encouraged.  While I didn't
get much out of watching it, I'm sure that there is a lot to be gained
from such a device.

ZZnew guy
Ringman -- Official conspirator of Xgolems