Re: Updates
By: Avon to All on Sun Aug 09 2020 09:12 pm

Howdy

There are a ton of other updates I need to do for NET 3 which I am going to need to catch up with Deon on then amend the nodelist for. Apologies.

So I've been meaning to reply to this soon - sorry life slips by before you realise!

These folks have been around quite a bit already - so a belated welcome on behalf of all of us here...

== For the history file ==

2020-06-08
Added Node 3/114 1984 BBS - Welcome to Jeff Liford connecting from Washington, DC. Jeff's using Mystic on Debian Linux called. Jeff's BBS can be connected via
telnet on 1984.fsxnet.nz.

2020-06-14
Added Node 3/115 Tradestation BBS - Welcome to Stan Peck connecting from Florence Alabama. Stan uses Mystic BBS on Windows 10. Stan doesn't have an inbound address yet for his BBS, but reach out to him directly if you would like to connect to his BBS

2020-07-16
Added Node 3/116 Farm BBS - Welcome to Scott Bogatinoff connecting from Nashville, Tennessee. Scott runs a Mystic BBS on Windows 10. Scott's sorting out a domain name so that you can connect to his BBS - so reach out for info if
you would like to connect.

2020-07-24
Added Node 3/117 - Runaan BBS - Welcome to Andre & Etienne Robitaille from Milwaukee in Wisconsin. Andre used to run a WWIVnet node back in the day, but now with his son, they are running Runaan BBS using Mystic on a Raspberry Pi. Their BBS can be connected to via telnet on bbs.k9zn.org

2020-08-07
Added 3/118 - Panopticon - Welcome to Alex Spezowka joining from Calgary in Canada. Alex runs an Enigma BBS on Ubuntu Linux. Alex's BBS can be connected to
via SSH using panoptic.onl:7778

2020-08-09
Added Node 3/119 FuNToPia - Welcome to Stephan Gebbers joining from Potsdam in Germany. Stephan runs the FuNToPia BBS using Magicka on a Raspberry Pi with Debian. Stephen's BBS can be connected to via telnet at funtopia.ddnss.eu port 2023, or via SSH on port 2022.

== END ==

...ëîåï

... He knew everything about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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On 21 Aug 2020, alterego said the following...

== For the history file ==

Added Node 3/117 - Runaan BBS - Welcome to Andre & Etienne Robitaille
from Milwaukee in Wisconsin. Andre used to run a WWIVnet node back in
the day, but now with his son, they are running Runaan BBS using Mystic
on a Raspberry Pi. Their BBS can be connected to via telnet on bbs.k9zn.org

Zero customization thus far. Mostly have just been trying to get active on FidoNet and fsxNet for now while we wait for other things to stabilize.

The race season at Road America was very compressed this year, so we had a bunch of weekends in a row heading up to different races with friends. Then last weekend we had the NJQRP amateur radio contest, but Etienne felt too
sick to go. About 1.5 hours in I got a call to meet him and my wife, Susan,
at the hostital. He had his appendectomy on Monday, and it's been a long slow recovery in the hospital this week. Hospital wifi sucks, but at least BBS traffic is built for low throughput.

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- Andre

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Re: Re: Updates for the history file
By: Andre to alterego on Fri Aug 21 2020 09:01 am

Howdy,

Susan, at the hostital. He had his appendectomy on Monday, and it's been a long slow recovery in the hospital this week. Hospital wifi sucks, but at least BBS traffic is built for low throughput.

Hope recovery leads to a lot of attention, more BBSing time without the risks and pain :)

...ëîåï

... Chuck Norris can have his cake and eat it too.
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On 22 Aug 2020, alterego said the following...

Hope recovery leads to a lot of attention, more BBSing time without the risks and pain :)

He's not really using a laptop much yet. I, on the other hand, am sitting
here bored off my ass in the hospital. So I'm checking BBS messages a lot. Probably should try to re-learn how to play TW2002. So much more complicated than I remember.

- Andre

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On 23 Aug 2020, Adept said the following...

Regardless, hopefully it's fun for you to explore it again.

I remember loving it so much as a kid... maybe 14-15 or so. But when I went back to play it recently it just seemed so much more complicated than I remembered.

I know there are tools that help keep track of such things, now

There are TW2002 specific tools? Well that rabbit hole is going to solidify
my desire to get back into it. Thanks for that. :-/


Andre

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lot. Probably should try to re-learn how to play TW2002. So much more complicated than I remember.

Someplace in storage I have a sheet or two from playing TW2002 as a kid, complete with naming conventions for my ships (E.g., Speed Machine XXXII, as
I increased the roman numeral each time I got a new one), a list of
profitable sectors, and a variety of other game data that I kept track of in order to do well in the game.

I know there are tools that help keep track of such things, now, but my
memory of playing the game (by which I mean remembering the _effort_
involved) has kept me from being even remotely interested in playing the game now.

Being how I am, I can't really imagine playing the game any other way, so
best to avoid it.

But I _know_ I've annoyed people with how I minmax. I do try to warn people
and offer to play games with different rules. (They don't even have to apply
to anyone but me.)

Regardless, hopefully it's fun for you to explore it again.

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* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)

Adept wrote to Andre <=-

Greetings.

I know there are tools that help keep track of such things, now, but my memory of playing the game (by which I mean remembering the _effort_ involved) has kept me from being even remotely interested in playing
the game now.

That's nothing, there's one BBSes out there that has TW2002 tools pre-loaded via this weird proxy. Just select TradeWars 2002 Proxy, and the "scripts"
are built in to help with auto trading, sector exploration, and upgrading planets. ~ to activate at the game prompt.

I don't know much about the playing evil parts of the proxy script. You'd
have to ask my son, David (Beanzilla) about that, since he wrote that part.

Being how I am, I can't really imagine playing the game any other way,
so best to avoid it.

I know what you mean. I don't need more game notes sitting around
cluttering up my desk. I also didn't care much for the idea of needing to install yet another program just to help me play the game. I think it's
more fair if everyone has access to the same "scripts".

Check out the "space report" in the bots channel. If a TW2002 game can be reached from the Internet, my script can generate a report from it as well.
I used to generate a report for Prison BBS, when I played there months and months ago.

Take care,

Steve (bugz)

... A clean, neat, and orderly desk is a sign of a sick mind.

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Being how I am, I can't really imagine playing the game any other way so best to avoid it.

I know what you mean. I don't need more game notes sitting around

If I'm going to play TW2002, I'm going to minmax it, and it'll take
significant effort.

I have no interest in expending that effort, therefore it's utterly
untempting to play TW2002, aside from the sheer nostalgia.

it's more fair if everyone has access to the same "scripts".

Oh, certainly. At this point, it probably should be assumed that people will
be using said scripts, and it's only fair if everyone has them.

Check out the "space report" in the bots channel. If a TW2002 game can

I do look at that occasionally, and it's nice to see that there's a solid
game going. And that some people are playing evil.

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On 21 Aug 2020 at 10:35p, alterego pondered and said...

These folks have been around quite a bit already - so a belated welcome
on behalf of all of us here...

== For the history file ==

Thanks for these. :) Adding all this now.

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