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From: bluecow@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Tobish E Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Robot libraries
Message-ID: <112744@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 8 Apr 91 21:48:08 GMT
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In article <1991Apr08.203117.388@ecst.csuchico.edu> lorner@ecst.csuchico.edu (Lance Orner) writes:
>
>Since these robots are separate files, it seems like it would be a great idea
>to have some sort of place where everybody can try their robots against
>everybody else's robot.  Who knows, possibly someday there could be a net-wide
>tournament of robots.
>
>Comments?

I've had people ask about setting up tournaments or having some kind of
archive, too.  Any suggestions for a good storage place?

BTW, I've heard that RoboSport isn't strictly like Robot Battle or Robowar,
where you create a program and then kick back and watch.  The reviewer
compared it to the old SSI game Computer Ambush, in that you give your
robots orders, they execute 'em, then you give some more orders, etc.  So
the player interacts while the battle is going on.  Therefore, I don't 
know that there will be much of a market for a RoboSport robot archive.
However, RoboSport does create "movies" of battles which can be up/downloaded
as a nifty way of gloating about a well-fought battle.

>-- 
>Lance M Orner           | To get a hold of me --
>  Computer Engineering  |   --from Internet:        lorner@ecst.csuchico.edu
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Tob
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