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Subject:      sluggo's IBL Fall Final Point Standings
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/12/13
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These are the final point standings after the Fall IBL games.  Included
are ratings based on all IBL games (summer and fall) as well as those
based on fall games only.  A "provisional" rating indicates that not
enough games are recorded to give an accurate rating.  I should note that
these ratings are exactly accurate, with the exception that everyone who
is ranked above me is vastly overrated, whereas my own rating is much too
low.

sloggu

Overall IBL Ratings (Summer + Fall, * = "provisional" rating)
-------------------------------------------------------------
Name             Rating    
-------------    ----   
bleak            2397     
Hillbilly Bob    2275     
Cat_Butt         2261     
DH               2178     
Guy              2085     
Polar Boy        2034    *
Wild Duck        2029    *
sluggo           1997     
Samhain          1974     
FireIce          1970     
Infinity         1958     
Bitch            1947    *
Morphine         1899     
Hoov             1858     
Chopin           1841     
palp             1836     
kovas            1835     
Pins             1810     
Fish             1787     
Lancelot         1772    *
Wintermute       1754     
Cowboy           1729    *
Tempest          1727     
bob              1722    *
grinch           1717    *
goob             1717     
vert             1710     
nature           1707    *
Guilty           1702    *
Diamond          1696     
xman             1683    *
Alpha Omega      1658     
Viper            1622     
Ghoul            1616     
Devastator       1604    *
GreaterThan      1601     
PBnJ             1600     
Ixohoxi          1579    *
Muff             1573     
CodButt          1569    *
Lone Ranger      1552    *
Grimm            1551     
Will             1547    *
C++              1526     
Fanatic          1506     
Kudo             1497    *
Jolo             1493     
JessO            1493    *
Max              1475     
Scorpion         1472    *
Montezuma        1465     
Weasel           1451    *
Blitz            1423     
007              1413    *
Jedi             1403     
sbcm             1397     
Pretender        1389     
Captain Noodle   1387    *
Pi               1378    *
Nassif           1359     
Molitov          1345    *
SheepBoy         1331    *
Cess             1321     
Altor Vax        1285    *
Hoss             1282    *
Mucous           1275    *
Kimboho          1273     
Nappy            1237     
Zepla            1233     
Apathy           1174    *
IronMaiden       1090    *
Two_Socks        1077     
Godot            1026     
Mindstab         1008     
Big_Bob           800     

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Article 82                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      sluggo's IBL Fall Final Point Standings
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/12/13

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Fall IBL Ratings (Fall games only, * = "provisional" rating)
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Name             Rating    
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Hillbilly Bob    2138     
Wild Duck        2047    *
Polar Boy        2023    *
Pins             1971    *
Bitch            1960    *
Infinity         1957    *
FireIce          1932     
Chopin           1904     
palp             1888    *
sluggo           1869     
Morphine         1868     
Samhain          1858    *
Lancelot         1777    *
Guilty           1728    *
Wintermute       1721    *
Diamond          1711     
Tempest          1704     
Jolo             1671     
Alpha Omega      1667     
nature           1637    *
Ghoul            1628     
Muff             1610    *
vert             1603    *
CodButt          1597    *
Bob              1588    *
Grimm            1574    *
Viper            1571     
GreaterThan      1569     
Will             1568    *
Lone Ranger      1548    *
Ixohoxi          1545    *
Hoov             1536    *
CowBoy           1508    *
Blitz            1495    *
C++              1491     
kovas            1490     
Jedi             1483    *
Scorpion         1476    *
007              1420    *
Captain Noodle   1391    *
Molitov          1346    *
SheepBoy         1336    *
Cess             1331     
Nappy            1330    *
SBCM             1308    *
PBnJ             1306    *
Hoss             1295    *
Montezuma        1287    *
Max              1256    *
Big Bob          1060    *
Godot            1024


Article 83                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: THE Bolo Archive has moved
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/12/14

In article <4aqb7q$4c8@hermes.cair.du.edu>, ruhl@phoebe.cair.du.edu
(Robert A. Uhl) wrote:

>'Tis the end of an era.  Let us all hang our heads in sorrow at the
>passing of noproblem.  If ThoughPort makes _one_ slip up in the
>administering of THE Bolo Archive, I swear that I will have vengeance.
>This p*sses me off so much.  I liked Bolo as it was.  Why must it, for
>no good reason, change?  Thank you, MegaWatt.  You have done a lot for
>the Bolo community.  THE Bolo Archive was an excellent resource.
>  I am so depressed.
>

Lighten up, Francis.

Sgt. Hulka


Article 84                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: Why Swarthmore Rewls?
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/12/14

In article ,
dmdeal@engr.ucdavis.edu (Maddog Deal) wrote:

>I agree with this idiot.  The game is too simple.  It needs more than just
>rocks and sticks.  We need more.  Recently a tribe I visited up the coast
>had an interesting tool they called "scissors."  A simple idea, actually
>(perhaps others have already thought of this, but I've never seen it
>before) - a sharpened chunk of obsidian, used to gut things -- like
>neighbors or naughty offspring.  Admittedly they are quite a bit more
>potent instruments than sticks or rocks, but it may add an interesting
>twist to the game if we let a few players use them so long as they remain
>stationary throughout the game or at least required other players to carry
>them about.
>

Yes, the scissors were a very powerful weapon until we realized that rock
smashes scissors.  When the scissor tribe found out about this, though,
they started bringing paper, which, as everyone knows, covers rock.  When
we tried to counter with paper of our own, they thwarted us by using
scissors to cut paper.  Bolo is a very hard game.

sluggosaurus


Article 85                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: Official Bolo Strategy Guide
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/12/16

In article <3469385.ensmtp@saturn.umeres.maine.edu>,
Michael_Thomas@saturn.umeres.maine.edu (Michael Thomas) wrote:

>Hey, I was thinkin' again, and I was wonderin' since Bolo is going comercial,
>who will write the strategy guides?  I seriously would like a hand in this. 
>Maybe release a disk along with it to show pillwar moves/base rushes, etc.
>etc.
>Please Discuss.
>
>-Beastmaster.

I will $ell you my $trategy guide for $100.

$luggo


Article 86                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: Bolo learning project
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/12/16

In article <4at55i$7tv@mark.ucdavis.edu>, ez006626@boris.ucdavis.edu
(David Clancy) wrote:

>Scott Berkebile (berkebil@rintintin.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
>: 
>: Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but, Jolo, I think you've misunderstood
>: what Inducting Indy does.  It doesn't learn *how* to take the pill, or
>: *how* to do other things, it just learns how to *recognize* when the
>: player it is following is performing one of the actions it "knows" about.
>: Then the Indy code for doing that action takes over.
>: 
>: I'm not saying it isn't kewl.  It is!  Just in a different way.
>: 
>: -Ixion
>
>right.  the kewl thing about it is that it learns how to recognize
>certain actions.  If you are taking a pill, itlearns how to 
>recognize this, then it helps you.  If you are taking a base,
>it learns to recognize this action, then it helps you.
>
>the neat thing is that you could couple these to different actions,
>or maybe even make it learn on a larger scale. i.e., make it so learns
>when you are taking a pill that willneed covering, then covers it
>for you and kills any men that might fix it.
>
>
>
>etc..
>
>--xav

good idea xav!! you've done it once again!!!

Inducting Indy


Article 87                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: Essentials for next version of Bolo
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/12/18

In article <4b3dp4$fvr@dewey.csun.edu>, hbphi002@csun.edu (joseph
oberlander) wrote:

>My ONE feature that is missing from Bolo:
>
>All the way since the very beginning, I have noticed that there was ONE
>feature missing from Bolo that was so logical and simple that I guess it was
>just overlooked.
>
>1:When you die, you BLOW UP according to the amount of ammo(mines) you are
>  carrying.
>
>2:When you blow up with a full(or nearly so) load of mines, you make a
>nice crater.
>
>Therefore, why do you NOT BLOW UP THINGS NEAR YOU?
>

Actually, you do.  If you blow up next to a pillbox, the pillbox will take
damage.  If you blow up next to a tank, the tank will take damage (I have
been killed by exploding enemy tanks).  If you blow up on top of a
builder, he will die.

sluggo


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Subject:      Re: Things to add.
From:         chdillon@seas.ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/12/19

In article <4b78j3$q7n@mark.ucdavis.edu>, ez006626@boris.ucdavis.edu
(David Clancy) wrote:

> I. Stirling (is06@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE) wrote:
> : Colour in the newswire, showing if a message was sent to all, you or
> : a member of a team you are in. 
> : 
> : --
> : Ian Stirling.                        |  http://web.students.stir.ac.uk/~is06
> : AKA Caeser, Bolonewbie.              |  Pretty sad at the moment, should get
> :                                      |  better tho.
> 
> I have a borg that's done this in it's own message window, for 
> more then a year now.
> 
> he hheh
> 
> --xav
> well, no, it doesn't help him, so what?

Oh yeah?!?!?


Article 89                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: Good Bolo Ideas
From:         chdillon@seas.ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/12/19

In article <4b6rdr$9cg@nrel.nrel.gov>, Carl R. Osterwald
 wrote:

> 
> This is the problem with autoscroll in 0.99.7--diamond mode.  It should
> be trashed.  What needs to be done is that the arrow keys should NEVER
> affect the setting of autoscroll.  Pressing the arrow keys should scroll
> the display to the edge (as it does in 0.99.7), but as soon as they are
> released, and autoscroll is on, the display should snap back
> immediately, and not when some other event happens (like having to drive
> off the edge).  That way, you won't ever have to think about it again.
> 
> My problem with 0.99.7 is that after I've used the arrows, I have to
> remember whether it is currently in diamond mode or not, so I try to hit
> cmd-A to go back to full-autoscroll, but if something else happens, or
> if it has turned itself back on, I end up turning it off instead,
> compounding the problem.  So I have now have to up to the Edit menu just
> to check the autoscroll state, which wastes even more time.
> 
> As for vert's comments that autoscroll is a crutch, well, that could be,
> but I really don't think so.  Does this mean that you always with it
> off? To me, this would require three-handed operation: tank, mouse, and
> arrow keys.  Am I just stoopid, or am I missing something?

To go back to normal autoscroll from "diamond mode" all you need to do is
hit tank view.  This eliminates the need to hit cmd-A ever again.  You can
even set up the sroll keys to make this easier (KPD 8 scroll up, KPD 2
scroll down, KPD 4 scroll left, KPD 6 scroll right, KPD 5 tank view, for
example).  It took me a while to shed the old habit of constantly hitting
cmd-A, but once you can stop doing that, the new autoscroll actually works
quite well.

sluggo


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Subject:      Re: Good Bolo Ideas
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1995/12/20

In article ,
masushige@courier3.aero.org (Samhain) wrote:

>In article <4b6rdr$9cg@nrel.nrel.gov>, Carl R. Osterwald
> wrote:
>> 
>> My problem with 0.99.7 is that after I've used the arrows, I have to
>> remember whether it is currently in diamond mode or not, so I try to hit
>> cmd-A to go back to full-autoscroll, but if something else happens, or
>> if it has turned itself back on, I end up turning it off instead,
>> compounding the problem.  So I have now have to up to the Edit menu just
>> to check the autoscroll state, which wastes even more time.
>
>   Well, I never really thought much about the diamond mode, etc.  When I
>play, I scroll when necessary, and I hit tank view when I'm finished. 
>Tank view seems to turn autoscroll back on, no matter how many times you
>hit it.  I don't think I've touched command-A since 0.99.2.
>

Yeah, I even went so far as to disable the command key for autoscroll with
ResEdit so that I wouldn't keep turning it off without realizing it.  In
0.99.2 you had to use command-A to be able to use the arrow keys, so that
I was constantly hitting it until it became a nervous habit.  The biggest
problem I had with getting usd to 0.99.6 and later was that you really
don't need to ever use command-A, although out of habit and many times
without even realizing it, I was.

slAugAgoAAA