Octopus Overlords

Shinjin wrote:When resolving weapons fire, Grund has been posting a large "wake up and post your choice Twonky" on the forum, often accompanied by a PM. I post my choice and PM Grund as well (assuming email notification might get him back to the thread more conveniently than page refreshes).

I personally think Isgrimnur has been doing a fabulous job and can't see why you'd attribute another with his work.


(So is this enough sucking up to get Remus killed like we talked about??? )

stessier wrote:

Shinjin wrote:When resolving weapons fire, Grund has been posting a large "wake up and post your choice Twonky" on the forum, often accompanied by a PM. I post my choice and PM Grund as well (assuming email notification might get him back to the thread more conveniently than page refreshes).

I personally think Isgrimnur has been doing a fabulous job and can't see why you'd attribute another with his work.


(So is this enough sucking up to get Remus killed like we talked about??? )

pffft. You can stop sucking up. The cards I have been getting are more than enough to cause huge issues.

Remus West wrote:pffft. You can stop sucking up. The cards I have been getting are more than enough to cause huge issues.

I know...that was part of the Phase 1 payment. I was told Phase 2 would take more.

stessier wrote:I personally think Isgrimnur has been doing a fabulous job and can't see why you'd attribute another with his work.

Hm? What?

The kickbacks Grund is getting from stessier must be pretty impressive for him to be satisfied with putting himself in 4th.

Processing...

I'm 90% sure mipe will be Shut Down for Turn 8.

Grund apparently likes to live dangerously....

And my F5 button continues it's slow march to the scrap heap.

Am I dead yet?

Phase 1:
Grundbegriff (Trundle Bot) - Back Up (470)
mipe (Hulk X-90) - U turn
Remus West (Squash Bot) - U-Turn
srdaniel (Spin Bot) - Rotate Left
stessier (Twitch) - U Turn

Trundle Bot shoves Twonky onto the belts for a scenic Shut Down ride.

Twonky is shifted S and rotated left by the belts.
Squash Bot and Spin Bot are shifted E by the belt.

Hulk X-90 decides that Trundle Bot doesn't have enough damage and locks register 2.





Damage Count

Grundbegriff (Trundle Bot) : 8
mipe (Hulk X-90) : 3
Remus West (Squash Bot) : 2
Shinjin (Twonky) : 0
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 0
stessier (Twitch) : 0

Um, I'm not facing the right way. I hit U-Turn like Remus and should be facing the same way.

stessier wrote:Um, I'm not facing the right way. I hit U-Turn like Remus and should be facing the same way.

I think I figured it out. You said "Spin bot ventilates Squash bot at point blank range"

Twitch (me) is next to Squash Bot. Spin Bot is spinning in the NE grid.

Isgrimnur wrote:Trundle Bot shoves Twonky onto the belts for a scenic Shut Down ride.

Awesome - I live another round!

Isgrimnur wrote:Squash Bot and Spin Bot are shifted E by the belt.
...
Spin Bot ventilates Squash Bot at point blank range.

I think you have Spin Bot in your Twitch. Or is that Twitch in your Spin Bot?

Reviewing...

Yeah, looks like I switched your positions....

Actually, with the way I suspect this is going to play out, I should probably be more than happy to switch spots with the Spin-ster.

Isgrimnur wrote:Reviewing...

Yeah, looks like I switched your hands. Which was going to lead to Twitch going down a hole.....

Based on our moves, or the opponents moves? Because it's not just that you switched hands...you switched our spots on the board!

Damn your quick reply....

Yeah, I reversed the positions...

Time for a grand reset...

Isgrimnur wrote:Damn your quick reply....

Uh...it been mentioned in other games that I tend to be a wee bit obsessive.

Changed above. Please review while I go get a slice of pizza. I don't trust myself on the change to make sure I got Phase 1 right at the moment.

Isgrimnur wrote:Changed above. Please review while I go get a slice of pizza. I don't trust myself on the change to make sure I got Phase 1 right at the moment.

I'm where I expected to be. Everyone else has to fend for themselves.

I'm glad that you caught it before I had posted the entire hand... It would have sucked to redo the whole thing. Thanks.

On to Phase 2 processing...

Phase 2:
Grundbegriff (Trundle Bot) - Move 1 (660)
mipe (Hulk X-90) - U turn
Remus West (Squash Bot) - U-Turn
srdaniel (Spin Bot) - Rotate Left
stessier (Twitch) - Move 1 (490)

Trundle Bot shifts back onto flag 1 (Why I didn't bother updating archives on Phase 1)

Twonky shifts E on the belt.
Squash Bot shifts E on the belt




Damage Count

Grundbegriff (Trundle Bot) : 8
mipe (Hulk X-90) : 3
Remus West (Squash Bot) : 2
Shinjin (Twonky) : 0
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 0
stessier (Twitch) : 0

Phase 3:
Grundbegriff (Trundle Bot) - Rotate Right
mipe (Hulk X-90) - Rotate Left
Remus West (Squash Bot) - Move 2 (770)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) - Move 2 (750)
stessier (Twitch) - Rotate Left

Squash Bot rolls onto flag 2.

Twonky is shifted E and rotated left.

Squash Bot receives credit for the flag and updates his archive location.




Damage Count

Grundbegriff (Trundle Bot) : 8
mipe (Hulk X-90) : 3
Remus West (Squash Bot) : 2
Shinjin (Twonky) : 0
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 0
stessier (Twitch) : 0

Phase 4:
Grundbegriff (Trundle Bot) - Move 2 (780)
mipe (Hulk X-90) - Rotate Right
Remus West (Squash Bot) - Rotate Left
srdaniel (Spin Bot) - Rotate Right
stessier (Twitch) - Rotate Left

Twonky is shifted N and rotated right.

Twitch fires for effect on Squash Bot.




Damage Count

Grundbegriff (Trundle Bot) : 8
mipe (Hulk X-90) : 3
Remus West (Squash Bot) : 3
Shinjin (Twonky) : 0
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 0
stessier (Twitch) : 0

Phase 5:
Grundbegriff (Trundle Bot) - Rotate Left
mipe (Hulk X-90) - Rotate Right
Remus West (Squash Bot) - Rotate Left
srdaniel (Spin Bot) - Back Up (440)
stessier (Twitch) - Move 3 (830)

Twitch shoves Squash Bot off the flag.

Twonky is shifted E, Spin Bot is shifted W, two bots passing in the night.

Squash Bot and Twitch do the two-laser tango.

Twitch gains credit for Flag 2 and updates his archive location.

Twitch heals his point of damage.





Damage Count

Grundbegriff (Trundle Bot) : 8
mipe (Hulk X-90) : 3
Remus West (Squash Bot) : 4
Shinjin (Twonky) : 0
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 0
stessier (Twitch) : 0


Please (as at any time) check my work. As we've seen, I'm certainly not infallible.

I really dig the face-off at Flag 2. That development has some potential...

Yeah. It's all going to come down to priority numbers.

Has anyone lost a life? I recall one crush and one plummet.

Is the life count being kept somewhere?

My next turn, with four registers locked, should be pretty interesting. If I manage to live through it, I'd like to shut down on the following turn.

Check the top post. Hulk X-90 and Spin Bot have both lost a life.

*Yeah, what he said.

Hands are going out. We're looking at a Monday 7 p.m. CST deadline (I'll miss DST).

With zero rotate rights the last 2 turns it was hard to get to that damned flag but I made it. Now at least if I die I have progress marked.

Squash Bot (Remus West) will be shut down for turn 9 (in the event that he comes out ahead at Flag 2).

Isgrimnur wrote:Yeah. It's all going to come down to priority numbers.

Meh, move 1s all have pretty low priority numbers and that is all stessier can afford to throw my way just in case so I should easily win the pushing contest. It is what happens from there that may suck.

Turret facing Forward. Anyone scared yet?

Shinjin wrote:Turret facing Forward. Anyone scared yet?

I am just shocked they did not take the time to shoot you twice. Leaving you with 3 options and a fully functional 'Bot is not going to be a good thing for us very soon here.

I'm also shutting down.

Remus West wrote:I am just shocked they did not take the time to shoot you twice.

If you weren't so busy trying to win, you could have done the job yourself!

Remus West wrote:I am just shocked they did not take the time to shoot you twice. Leaving you with 3 options and a fully functional 'Bot is not going to be a good thing for us very soon here.

mipe tried, but Grund graciously threw his bot in the way.

3.5 days with no chatter... I'll chalk it up to Halloween and a lot of good football. I just got home, need to load the turns and get started. Gimme say 30 minutes for Phase 1.

Phase 1:
Grundbegriff (Trundle Bot) - Back Up (470)
Remus West (Squash Bot) - U Turn
Shinjin (Twonky) - Move 1 (580)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) - Rotate Left
stessier (Twitch) - Move 1 (540)

Twitch sends Squash Bot on a spelunking expedition.

Twonky is shifted N and rotated right, then shifted E by the express belts.
Spin Bot is shfted W by the belt.




Damage Count

Grundbegriff (Trundle Bot) : 8
mipe (Hulk X-90) : 0
Remus West (Squash Bot) : ---
Shinjin (Twonky) : 0
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 0
stessier (Twitch) : 0