[Bob-san]

If you didn't give any variations, then they'd simply stall in gameplay. AI is incapable of human strategy. Where the AI would spend 8000 gold for a raiding party and decide that it's enough, the player would build up a force of 16000 and keep them back at base until a situation calls for an attack. Then our 16k worth of units would crush three or four or more of the AI's 8k raiding squads. And when all's said and done, the player would throw a gigantic unstoppable force at the AI one at a time.

Reminds me a bit of CnC Generals; I would choose an 8-team FFA and park myself in the corner of the map. Then I'd build and strengthen lines of minigun or laser emplacements while fielding an unstoppable bomber force, designed to take out any superweapons before they're effective. The AI would throw itself against my fortress and then give up; I was light on units so I was a lower priority target. Humans would never let me get to that point of absolute control over a map, pending their decimation.

Interesting strategy.

The only variation was that three of the six AI are set to RCA AI. I don't see the difference between the Default AI and this.

If you want a good AI-only game, something like Civilization 4 would be my favored choice. It becomes interesting to, as a player, play Civ4 against thee (cheating) AI. Doubly-so since real strategy and careful balance will make or break your civ... and propell you into the oil age 100+ years before we made it there. Or give you Infantry in the 1600s.

[Dark Hunter]

A bot just informed me that something was true "Because God said so."

I think my brain just broke.

[redsniper]

The bot told me I'm not human... because I'm a machine.

[Dark Hunter]

Apparently that's one of its favorite tactics: trying to say that you are it and it is you.

[General Battuta]

Tracking down an incredibly bizarre game-destroying FSOpen bug with The_E and the SCP crew.

[redsniper]

Writing a paper for Engineering Ethics.

[Retsof]

Cleverbot Things

Eh
Me:  so how's this work?
It:  What internet orc thing?
Me:  that had nothing to do with what I said
It:  So?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I decided, for reasons that I don't even know, to take a joyride of sorts around the north-eastern part of Singapore. These are the different forms of transport I took throughout the day, and where I went to:

1. Took a bus from the bus-stop outside my house to the nearest train station, somewhere in the east;
2. took a train to the central part of Singapore;
3. switched to another train heading towards the northern part of Singapore;
4. got off the train about halfway up north to explore a shopping centre;
5. switched to another train heading for the north-eastern part of Singapore;
6. switched to another train heading further north-east of Singapore;
7. got off the train at the terminus and switched to a light rail system;
8. got off the light rail system once it came full circle and switched to a bus heading for the extreme east of Singapore;
9. got off the bus halfway through to have dinner at a shopping centre;
10. boarded a train at the train station outside the shopping centre after buying dishwashing liquid for the house;
11. got off the train one train station after the train station nearest to my house; and
12. walked home.

While on the bus between 8 and 9, I passed the housing estate where I used to live, when I was between age 5 to 17, and I've come to the conclusion that, while I can still remember lots of things that happened there within those 12 twelve years, I do not relish or miss them. In the same way that I no longer feel a sense of belonging to my secondary school, I no longer feel a sense of belonging to that place.

I also bumped into my scriptwriting lecturer while I was in the shopping centre halfway up north, and bought a pair of earplugs when I was in the shopping centre at the east.

The time I spent on all of the above was an entire afternoon. Excluding transport fees, I spent about $55.

[Scotty]

I not quite sure why, but I've been in a ridiculously good mood for about 16 hours.  For the first eight, I was also really, really, really hyper.  For the four hours of sleep I got, I can't remember.  For the four hours since I got up, I'm still in a ridiculously good mood (which doesn't happen very often when I wake up), and am still fairly hyper. 

I blame the three Mt. Dews and the Dairy Queen parfait I had at the best Bible Study ever and bowling last night.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I've just finished playing the free turn-based strategy game The Battle for Wesnoth, and I will readily admit that, when it comes to horseback riders, I'm rubbish. I lost an Elvish Scout on the very first level of Heir to the Throne, and I lost a Horseman on the next level. If I didn't plan my attack strategy on the fourth level, I would have lost a very valuable Horseman that was dangerously close to levelling up.

On the upside, I managed to accidentally fool the computer on two separate occasions, ending with some very quick victories, i.e. a lot of gold to recruit units with. My character has levelled up to Commander, and so has that very valuable Horseman (into a Knight), as well as a good number of my other units.

The next level is a sort of intermission level where I can attempt to level up several of my weaker units while getting even more gold. Unless if I play it wrong, which I think I might.

[MR_T3D]

done with tests.  sitting in harris lot waiting for iamzack to be done with class.  hungry.  food suggestions?

McDonalds.

[Nuke]

im ordering a bunch of **** off of sparkfun

[Klaustrophobia]

good day.  had time to get outside and play sports on a friday afternoon for the first time in nearly a year.

[Dilmah G]

Bah, I should play some football today.

[Colonol Dekker]

Tonight I seriously considered leavingi HLP for good.
 
 

[General Battuta]

Tonight I seriously considered leavingi HLP for good.
 
 

Why? Did something go wrong?

[Scotty]

28 hours of time (four hours of sleep) after I got into this REALLY good mood, it's still going strong.  Kind of confused.  What caused it?

[Mongoose]

Don't ask questions, just roll with it.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I discovered the reason why my IBM's wireless Internet connection was so slow even though it was less than ten metres away from my modem.

Spoiler:

The Linksys USB wireless router attached to it was sandwiched between the back of the CPU and my bedroom wall. Presumably, this was an excellent way to severely compromise the router's reception. All I had to do was unplug it and plug it into a USB port at the front of my CPU.

My connection now reads green across the board.

However, I'm going to need to buy a USB hub for this USB port...

[Dilmah G]

Saw bits of the Redbull Air Race when stooging around the city with a mate. Good stuff.