Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Checkers
Through a sheer coincidence, I ended up using MSN NetMeeting, something JoeC has been asking me about lately. But Kate was up online and I just happened to be sitting down to do a whole bunch of nothing on the PC. Actually, I accidentally started talking to her by clicking on the wrong button and one thing led to another and we had webcams going.
The big downside is that audio refused to work in any capacity, so we were limited to making faces and throwing our respective offspring in front of the lens to amuse the opposite number.
Eventually, I wound up talking to Sean and we tried a few other features that NetMeeting was offering and they were almost all a bust. Except one of the games:
Evil Wayne: what's going on? sean: maybe it is the same problem with the whiteboard You have invited sean to start Tic Tac Toe. Please wait for a response or Cancel (Alt+Q) the pending invitation. sean has accepted your invitation to start Tic Tac Toe. Evil Wayne: ooooo.... i'm getting something. sean: but I wanted to play Global Thermonuclear War!
[Tic Tac Toe bombs out]
Evil Wayne: boooooo Evil Wayne: Tic tac toe is unavail sean: where nobody wins... at least that is the moral isn't it? Evil Wayne: Yes, thank you for paying attention in the 80s. You have invited sean to start Checkers. Please wait for a response or Cancel (Alt+Q) the pending invitation. sean has accepted your invitation to start Checkers. Evil Wayne: yeah! Evil Wayne: Are you in? sean: c'mon paco! sean: going down HONKEY! Evil Wayne: Bring it on BEEYATCH
Evil Wayne: umm... i forgot how to play. sean: very complicated... Evil Wayne: my brain hurts sean: dude, no fair! Evil Wayne: sean: I have to jump?!? Evil Wayne: I don't think you have to. sean: won't let me move any other piece. I dont remember that rule Evil Wayne: mmm...maybe you have to if you can. Evil Wayne: ? Evil Wayne: oh yeha. i can't move any other peice. > sean: msn wants you to do the right thing.. ALWAYS!! Evil Wayne: Under Pain of Death. Evil Wayne: This could be cool with a turn-based game. sean: says it at the end of the EULA... Evil Wayne: lol sean: you talking about using IM in other games? Evil Wayne: no, i'm thinking of board games across the internet. Evil Wayne: like Risk or Squad Leader Evil Wayne: complex things Evil Wayne: but old tyme board games. Evil Wayne: I miss them. sean: me too Evil Wayne: i was looking at the new Risk game yesterday Goderstamd or something. Looks neat sean: Goderstamd? Evil Wayne: Sorry, it's Risk Godstorm Evil Wayne: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/prod/riskgodstorm
[sean double jumps my checkers.]
Evil Wayne: Fuck! sean: I so was not expecting that! Evil Wayne: Me neither apparently. sean: I saw a 'your kill','my kill',yours then mine happening. Evil Wayne: man, i can't believe i suck so badly at checkers. sean: doh
[I take one, and only one, of sean’s checkers]
Evil Wayne: Yeah! Go me, go me... it's my birthday. Evil Wayne: suck it, bitch! sean: that was dumb sean: say, can kinged-pieces go both ways? Evil Wayne: hey, i don't judge. sean: no, those are queens, not kings Evil Wayne: waa waaa...
[I maneuver into a position where I can take a piece if he jumps one of my guys. Only I’m overcomplicating it and forget that the piece lands on the other side.]
Evil Wayne :whoops... not chess, is it. sean: this is where I can see stalemates happening Evil Wayne: Yeah, not in this game, though. I"m getting creamed
[sean crushes me with no less than FOUR kings.]
Evil Wayne: FUCK! sean: go team Evil Wayne: Boooo... this game was rigged. Evil Wayne: hey, i gotta go hang up some clothes. Evil Wayne: But check this out if you have time. Evil Wayne: http://www.vasl.org/ Evil Wayne: Remember, that I took Squad Leader and have access to the rules. sean: ok Evil Wayne: Oh, there's also a Full Thrust Java utility. Evil Wayne: http://home.nycap.rr.com/davisje/ftjava/ Evil Wayne: I *really* would love to play Full Thrust. Evil Wayne: I'm gonna go watch 24, but i'll leave this up and running if you wnat to comment sean: ok
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9:30 AM
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