[PLUG] Linux = Unix?

david yrn4dsl at attbi.com
Thu Nov 14 22:43:29 UTC 2002


On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:34:40 -0800
Anthony Schlemmer <aschlemm at attbi.com> wrote:

> I think the best networked tank game I ever played was one written in GL 
> called "bz" that we ran under IRIX. It was like Battle Zone but it was 
> in 3D color and we had to capture the other teams flag. All of the 
> developers in the group I worked in had SGI boxes on their desks and we 
> would sometime stay late of Fridays playing in two teams. 
> 
> We even went so far as to hack the code to make the gun projectiles 
> fired by our tanks twice as fast as normal so we could beat the team 
> that was unbeatable! There was now way our opponents could ever move 
> fast enough to get our of the way in time.
> 
> Yea it was bad that we cheated but the other team was impressed at our 
> craftiness. :) Later on with enough practice we were good enough that 
> we could win a few games now and then due to our skill at the game. :)
> 

any relation to this?
http://www.bzflag.org


-- 
"Oh sure, it's all fun 'til someone gets their eye poked out!"
	-Polyphemus




More information about the PLUG mailing list