Re: ADM Tourney: Crip's Synopsis

From: burgesmw@cnsvax.uwec.edu

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1993 06:11:56 +0000

In article <C8MA6w.7Ay@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>, cjwein@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Chris J. Wein) writes:
> In article <1993Jun14.023917.8083@cnsvax.uwec.edu> leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu writes:
>>RSI bashing follows: Why do I remember this so well? I went through the
>>entire listing of 250 or so ADM characters, checked with last turns rankings,
>>and wrote all the new characters that got shafted down.  None of my guys were
>>affected by this, but I wrote them all down for RSI so they could double
>>check and verify when they replaced the 20-30 guys in the right recognition
>>slots.  What happens? RSI sends my letter back and tells me it's IMPOSSIBLE
>>to put those 20-30 misplaced characters in the right recognition slots! And
>>the result is you, and 25 other players, get shafted due to their mistake.
>>One line of code is all it takes to change something as simple as
>>recognition points, yet RSI didn't even bother to fix it.  I almost screamed
>>when they told me this. (hell, I did scream and rant when they messed up when
>>I was 10-0 in a tourney and one step away from Tourney Champ, but that's
>>another story)
>
> This is more evidence to support mine and Erich's (also supported by
> Garth too) that RSI has this big black box called "The Computer"
> which they know very, very little about except for entering turns.

I remember when they were "converting" from basic.  It was so they could
make changes easier.  I think it was just a scam to keep us off of their backs.
I know they have programmers down there, but you have to wonder if they
actually do anything.

Matt
>
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References

Re: ADM Tourney: Crip's Synopsis
leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Mon, 14 Jun 1993 08:39:17 +0000
Re: ADM Tourney: Crip's Synopsis
cjwein@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Chris J. Wein)
Mon, 14 Jun 1993 15:11:20 +0000