complete works of sluggo XVII

Article 161                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      BuilderKiller 2000 v0.1d0 available
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1996/08/29

BuilderKiller 2000 v0.1d0 is available at 



This latest version adds support for autoslowdown (HB mode).
BuilderKiller 2000 is a Bolo brain which allows you to control the tank
until an enemy builder comes into firing range, at which time it takes
over control and eliminates the offending builder.  BuilderKiller 2000
will not take over the tank if there are incoming shots, or if the CAPS
LOCK key is engaged.

Still to come:  Jolo mode.

slubbo


Article 162                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      BuilderKiller 2000 v0.1d1 update available
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1996/08/31

The most recent version of my evil builder killing borg, BuilderKiller
2000, is available at:



This is a minor bug fix, which corrects a problem with autoslowdown when
switching windows in the previous version.  Thanks to Dave Merrill for
pointing out the bug.

slugbo


Article 163                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: Picard is going to Spain!
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1996/09/08

In article <3230D713.E62@tezcat.com>, gfry@tezcat.com wrote:

>
>BTW for thew people who don't know, I'm going to Spain for my Junior 
>year in Highschool.  Wish me luck with dem spanish womenz.

Well, I've never been to Spain, but I kinda like the music.


Article 164                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: I know nothing about PC Bolo
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1996/09/19

In article ,
will+sp@cs.cmu.edu (will) didn't write, but probably meant:

>Hi,
>  I just recieved another email from someone wanting me to send them my
>copy of PC Bolo.  I've started receiving a few of these.
>
>  i) I have PC Bolo.
>  ii) I have had PC Bolo forever.
>  iii) I have advertised myself as having PC Bolo in several "adult"
>       magazines.
>  iv) I give several rats asses about PC Bolo.
>  v) The FAQ (which has everything I know about PC Bolo in it) says that
>     only Jolo has a legal copy he can give out to anybody.
>
>\x/ill     :/
>

Can I have a copy to run on my Newton?

slubbo


Article 165                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: Sad vocabulary
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1996/09/19

In article , fivat@sc2a.unige.ch
(Wild Duck) wrote:

>Samhain (Sam Huffman, schmeul@umich.edu) replied:
>
>> I don't get it.
>
>So you must be Player 1 or Player 2  :-)
>Well, I admit I forgot to write an introduction.
>
>Such a poor vocabulary, with all these shortenings, this absence of
>punctation/intonation (,...!? etc...), this absence of real sentences with
>more than 2 words, this absence of humour, this absence of real emotion,
>and above all this absence of human warmth, all that is sad in my opinion.
>
>I don't like to interact with the other players in such a cold way. Being
>friendly (or being a bitch, if it's done with humour) doesn't cost
>anything and doesn't waste our time.
>
>This is only my opinion. I simply prefer the players who speak a lot
>(during or even after the games) like Tempest or Wintermute, for example.
>The other players are more boring and sad for me.
>
>"l8r"
>
>-Wild Duck

I speak plenty, I just don't type much.

RSVP,
s


Article 166                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: Psychology of a Bolo Player
From:         chdillon@seas.ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1996/09/24

In article , rmast@tezcat.com
(Russell Mast) wrote:

> In article <323E0F32.1262@ro.com>, choward@ro.com wrote:
> 
> > Russell Mast wrote:
> > > 
> > > Fortunately, however, POSTING about Bolo remains one of the most obscene
> > > and inconsiderate activities with which to waste one times.
> > > 
> > Which is why I never do it. 
> 
> Me neither.  It just sucks. 
> 
> > I hate people that post about Bolo.. 
> 
> The only thing worse are people that post about those people.  (Or,
> perhaps, the dumb assholes who respond to those posts...)
> 
> -steamboatcaptainman

Yeah, those guys are idiots.

sloogu


Article 167                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: Psychology of a Bolo Player
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1996/09/25

In article ,
jgoodma1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Joseph Goodman) wrote:

>
>For the illiterate among you, "ego" means different things in different
>contexts. You knew that. Dumbass.
>

Sometimes, it is a frozen waffle.

slegomyego


Article 168                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: A Movement to Change the FAQ
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1996/09/26

In article ,
webfoot@teleport.com (J.Alexander) wrote:

>
>  O.K., rank newbie here. In our AppleTalk games this happens more often
>than I care to admit: Early in a game (say a 2x2 on ct 2) I find an
>unprotected enemy base. I hose the sucker down and run over it. An enemy
>tank is near by, pops a couple of shots into my butt and runs over the
>base reclaiming it. I have no pill so I attempt to dogfight him at a
>disadvantage (I've just dumped half my ammo into the base). I run back
>over the base re-reclaiming it. A this point a silly game if
>Ring-Around-The-Rosy ensues with both of us running around this base,
>firing wildly, untill someone runs out of ammo (usually me). I hate when
>this happens! If you know how to counter this, do tell!
>
>

Once you have run over the base, it really doesn't matter much if the other
guy comes back and recaptures it.  At this point he is left with an empty
base and won't be able to refuel from it for a while.  Also, since the base
will take some time to regenerate its armor, you can just come back later
and recapture it when you have enough armor and ammo to kill him off. 
Instead of using your remaining ammo dogfighting over a base you have
already killed, you could use it to weaken another of his bases, so that
you could come back after refuelling and kill two of his bases.  Soon
enough he will be starved for ammo and you will be able to taunt him and
call him silly names.

slutto


Article 169                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: a newbie's second thoughts
From:         chdillon@seas.ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1996/10/01

In article ,
will+sp@cs.cmu.edu (William Uther) wrote:

> 
> Here's a traceroute to your news-server:
> 
> Hop Result Min Avg   Max   IP             Name
> 7  3/3   0.034 0.034 0.035 204.70.1.210   sprint-nap.westorange.mci.net
> 8  2/3   0.121 0.126 0.131 192.157.69.5   nynap-fddi.cerf.net
> 9  1/3   0.119 0.119 0.119 134.24.17.100  san-atm-ds3.cerf.net
> 10 2/3   0.122 0.122 0.123 134.24.252.10  riptide-fddi.cerf.net
> 11 3/3   0.114 0.122 0.139 134.24.115.200 owb-sdsc-ds3.cerf.net
> 12 1/3   0.124 0.124 0.124 134.24.95.1 irvine-la-smds-ds3.cerf.net
> 13 2/3   0.119 0.119 0.119 128.200.245.10 egw.gw.nts.uci.edu
> 14 2/3   0.119 0.119 0.119 128.200.15.230 news.service.uci.edu
> 
> The result field shows the number of packets that made it that far/number
> of packets sent to that router.  It seems that cerf.net is droppping LOTS
> of packets (normally these are all 3/3).  I just pinged your news server a
> bit (60 packets).  I got 40% packet loss and 160ms average round trip delay
> - your net sux.
> 

Before getting a T3 hooked into the MCI backbone this summer, UCLA also
was routed through CERFnet.  I, and anyone who has tried to play a Bolo
game with me in the last year or two can attest that CERF is a bottomless
pit for Bolo packets.  You may occasionally get a decent connection late
at night or on a weekend sometime, but for the most part you will have a
very difficult time playing Bolo with a connection going through CERF.

slaggo


Article 170                  [ top | bottom ]

Subject:      Re: Improving your Attitude
From:         chdillon@ucla.edu (Charles H. Dillon)
Date:         1996/10/01

In article ,
u40922@uicvm.uic.edu (Robert Keogh) wrote:

>In article <96274.16473332FDPJC@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu>, Jeff McDowell
><32FDPJC@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> wrote:
>
>
>*You need to make sure that you don't allow the number of pills you
>*have, the number of bases you have, etc, prevent you from doing what
>*is in your best interest to win the game.
>
>So Guy,
>   what you are saying is that base/pill number is merely an indicator of
>how you are doing strategically but you shouldn't allow strategic
>considerations to adversely affect immeadiate tactical concerns?
>
>- Rob Keogh

I think what he is trying to say is, always go after neutral pillboxes no
matter what.  The more neutral pillboxes you capture, the better you will
be at Bolo.  Also, once you have captured a few neutrals, you should always
carry them with you so that you can use 2 pills to take one more neutral,
while leaving your bases unprotected.  This is what strategy is all about.

slugtego