Re: DM fights: ADM tourney: Round 10: Venemous Porcupine

From: leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1993 19:58:50 +0000

In article <srt.739814340@aerospace.aero.org>, srt@aero.org (Scott 'Dr. Pain' Turner) writes:
> crip@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Garth Werner) writes:
>>Rum Tum Tugger appears bit by bit to have given his opponentan edge
>>Rum Tug Tugger is struck on the LEFT RIB CAGE
>>     It is a terrific blow
>>Rum Tug Tugger grunts and continues fighting
>>Rum Tug Tugger is becoming frantically careless
>>Rum Tug Tugger is gravely injured
>>Rum Tug Tugger motions to the other lord protectors that he ...
>>     The Crowd is laughing at Venemous Porcupine
>       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>Venemous Porcupine is the victor of the match
>>     A cheer arises as the crowd to comes to its feet
>       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> I'm not a PBMer type, but I've been reading a few of these fight
> descriptions and I must say I'm not at all impressed.  For one thing,
> half of the comments appear to be totally random.  VP gets a terrific
> blow in and the crowd laughs at him?  And then immediately turns
> around and cheers him?
>
> Frankly, if you're paying to play this game you deserve better than
> this.  This output looks like something a high-school kid would put
> together in BASIC.
>
> 					-- Scott T.

I believe Duelmasters was originally programmed in BASIC around 10 years ago.
When I left the game two years ago, I think they were planning on converting
it to Pascal.  The crowd comments are pretty much random in this and other
PBM gladiatorial games.

Mike Lee

References

DM fights: ADM tourney: Round 10: Venemous Porcupine
crip@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Garth Werner)
Thu, 10 Jun 1993 23:08:48 +0000
Re: DM fights: ADM tourney: Round 10: Venemous Porcupine
srt@aero.org (Scott 'Dr. Pain' Turner)
Fri, 11 Jun 1993 15:59:00 +0000