Path: news.duke.edu!lois.mc.duke.edu!user From: jyl@deckard.mc.duke.edu (Jolo) Newsgroups: rec.games.bolo Subject: Re: Who is the man behind bolo? Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 16:16:10 -0500 Organization: Duke Univ Med Ctr Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <4e9rf9$avv@texas.nwlink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lois.mc.duke.edu X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.0b29 In article <4e9rf9$avv@texas.nwlink.com>, Hicks wrote: € Who is the man that created Bolo. I'm a Bolo fan and so I have to know € this. I want his email address so I can type to him :) € So someone, please tell me who it is =) God created Bolo. In the beginning there was netrek, and He said, let there be a network tank game, and there was Bolo, and He saw that it was good. Except He developed it on a microcomputer which nobody else has ever heard of. So on the 2nd day, He ported it to a Macintosh, because he knew that Bill Gates was the anti-Christ. This was a tough day, and actually the work carried over into the 3rd day, and God got a master's degree for porting the game. On the 4th day, God worked on fixing a bunch of bugs and adding all sorts of kewl features. He added balloon help and reduced the network packet rate, even added a brain interface. On the 5th day, God released version 0.99.2. He then disappeared from the face of the Earth (and the Heavens) to get some real work done on his Ph.D. The 6th day was pretty quiet, except for that brief moment of excitement when God struck down some heathens who didn't pay their $25 sacrifices. On the 7th day, God released 0.99.5 before breakfast, 0.99.6 before lunch, and 0.99.7 right after lunch. The people were happy and ran around singing his praises. He saw the people playing 0.99.7, and it was good. After dinner, God even took some time out to mail some Christmas cards. To answer your question, look in the FAQ that came with the game or pull down "About bolo" in the apple menu. Joseph Lo (Jolo)