mark@umcp-cs.UUCP (07/06/83)
Full warp games have started taking too long, so I have started
playing a variation with its own challenge. I try to kill all
enemies in a single round of a difficulty 50 game. So far I haven't done it,
even at low speed. To play this yourself, just say:
warp -l -d50
and get ready to move fast
(By the way, a few weeks ago I wondered on the net whether there
was a magic barrier at 300,000 warp points? I have now broken
that barrier and am close to 400,000. It takes some very lucky waves.)
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ARPA: mark.umcp-cs@UDel-Relaynewman@utcsrgv.UUCP (Ken Newman) (07/07/83)
I'm pushing 600K in warp - avoid losing bases at all costs, use ^Z/^C a lot
newman@utcsrgv.UUCP (Ken Newman) (07/09/83)
Regarding my recent posting saying I was pushing 600K in warp: uh, make that pushing 800K. Congratulations to Larry Wall for creating a remarkably finely tuned game that involves real skill more than luck, the reverse of rogue. Now, if only it was easier to get out of a game in mid-wave... Also it should be possible to ^Z a game and then be able to kill it! We've had several runaway processes that can't be killed by starting up another game.