Well, the last few weeks have
been kind of a bummer from the technical perspective. Between
Richard's crash and my power problems things have been slowed down a bit.
Sorry, but some things are just out of our
control.
The good news is that it looks like things are
ready to go, now. Richard is back up (yeah! no more geocities) and
my computer is only crashing due to the evil of Bill Gates and not all the
little parts inside of it.
A quick word
about MS Windows. The ONLY way you can get rid of this toy is to
die, shut down, or drop it instead of healing the 2pts on a double wrench.
You CAN'T trade it in for damage when you are shot. You CAN'T trade
it in at a chop shop. You CAN'T decide to load Linux.
Also, it is an OPTION to infect others with your
misfortune. If you want to give people Windows instead of using your
main laser, you have to TELL me that.
I sure some of the misconceptions with this toy
have come from the write-up (I guess I need to change it some more from
what I found out on the web). If someone could do a new write-up for
it that you think would stop these problems, please send it to me.
Ernest has
decided it would be best to drop out so that Squashbot won't be random so
much. Taking his place will be Mike from game 6 (thanks Mike!) and
Squashbot will become Proctoid (start making up your own jokes, now).
SETUP
Griffon is sleeping on off.
Crabbot loses his oil dropper and starts out
facing west.
Squashbot is now Proctoid.
REGISTER 1
Carambita heads 2 west, onto a conveyor.
Twonky shuffles 1 south onto oil, slides south onto a single wrench.
Tron hurries 2 south.
Red Siren moves 2 west, up and over the ramp and onto the double wrench.
Maulit backs up 1 north.
Proctoid lefts south.
Crabbot lefts south.
Treb rights south.
Zoombot u-turns west.
ELEMENTS
Carambita is carried 1 north.
WEAPONS
Maulit welcomes Proctoid to the game with a shot to the rear, 1pt locking his 3rd register.
Red Siren blasts Twonky, 1pt.
Red Siren archives.
Twonky archives.
REGISTER 2
Maulit steps 1 south.
Proctoid moves 1 south onto the oil and slides another 2 south.
Treb rights west.
Zoombot lefts south.
Carambita rights north.
Crabbot lefts east.
Red Siren lefts south.
Twonky lefts east.
Tron u-turns north.
ELEMENTS
Carambita is sent 1 north, down the ramp and onto the center section.
WEAPONS
Zoombot sucks Carambita, 1pt.
Maulit blasts Proctoid for another point, locking his 2nd register.
Treb shoots flag #1.
Twonky tractors Red Siren right down the pit to west of him. Twonky-2 Red Siren-0
REGISTER 3
Zoombot zooms 3 south, up the ramp.
Carambita moves 2 north, through the lava splash, 1pt.
Maulit steps 1 south.
Twonky treads 1 east.
Proctoid backs up north, and slides 2 more
north in the oil.
Crabbot lefts north.
Tron rights west.
Treb u-turns east.
WEAPONS
Maulit pounds Proctoid, again. 1pt
locking his 1st register.
REGISTER 4
Twonky rushes 2 east, onto the conveyor.
Tron steps 1 east.
Carambita heads 1 north.
Treb rights south.
Crabbot lefts west.
Zoombot lefts east.
Proctoid u-turns north.
Maulit u-turns north.
ELEMENTS
Carambita is sent 1 north, onto a non-active
flamer.
Twonky is carried 1 north, into oil and
slides 1 more north.
WEAPONS
Proctoid gives a little payback to Maulit,
1pt locking his 2nd register.
REGISTER 5
Twonky muscles her way 2 east in the water.
Zoombot steps 1 east, onto a conveyor.
Maulit backs 1 south.
Crabbot lefts south.
Treb rights west.
Tron rights south.
Carambita lefts west.
Proctoid rights east.
ELEMENTS
Carambita is sent 1 north.
Zoombot is carried 1 north.
WEAPONS
Treb shoots flag #1, 1pt.
Crabbot repairs
2pts.
Treb picks up a Mine Layer.
Griffon wakes
up.
Proctoid and Maulit both power down.
--Rob