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From: cac@druco.ATT.COM (Curtis A. Conkey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Harpoon
Message-ID: <6868@drutx.ATT.COM>
Date: 4 Dec 90 16:25:00 GMT
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in article <4e610dbf.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM<, carlton@apollo.HP.COM (Carlton B. Hommel) says:
< In other comments, the senarios do change each time.  Not only do you
< get different starting locations, but also different ships.  For
< example, you might get a Kiev ship one time, and a Kirov another.
< 
< My major complaint is that the computer player is not bright.  I sent
< out my Nimrod ASW planes without adequate fighter cover.  Once.  The
< computer does it all the time.  While the computer is quick to
< intercept your undefended aircraft, it does not protect its own.
< 
What would be really nice is to replace the "computer player" (i.e. the algorithm)
with a Modem and a real human who can be brillant or stupid just like the
real world.

This is done in 688 Attack Sub and really enhances a game when you have to play 
against a real person.

Curtis
Denver