Re: [Audyssey] A possibly playable game for Ios.

2012-05-28 Thread Ian McNamara
Hi, when I play world war I find that when it says an attack is imenent we have to move past I find it won't get past that. Ian McNamara --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Dark, Tonight while playing Jeopardy, I realized the reason to answer the clue in the form of a question. The category was authors whose name starts with the letter A. I knew the answer was Asimov, and I yelled out just "Asimov" as the contestant was saying "Who was Asimov?" So after I answere

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread dark
Hi Alfredo. I must admit with a lot of classical stuff, I find the music a little emotionless for my taste, which is why I so much prefer the romantic era. i can appreciate classical era for it's complexity and it's artestry, but I just find it a little too formuleic. That being said I'm cur

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread dark
Hi Tom. All that makes perfect sense, though myself as a student of Philosophy I sort of see it as my job to question, as in fact Jeremy bentham, the founder of english law said. I'll do this quite happily even about the laws of Britain where they do not involve harming another, for instance

Re: [Audyssey] A possibly playable game for Ios.

2012-05-28 Thread Tom Randall
Hi Raul and all. Ok maybe you guys can give me some tips on how the devil to actually play this thing. Like I said I can get it started but am not sure what to do after that. I will hear a zombie in my stereo field and I try tapping the screen where I think they are but have not had any succ

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread Alfredo Castaneda
Perhaps this is off topic, but one of the main reasons why I have such good grammar is due to the fact that I observe the classical era, and never pay attention to modern music. I would not mind film-scoring, as I said in the earlier post. Why, I could be the next John Williams, or Ray Charles.

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread Alfredo Castaneda
Hi Thomas, Well, on that score, why not have the computer respond after five seconds? Then the human player would have time to interact. Or, as suggested, have online play against other players. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread Alfredo Castaneda
Why, I would not mind some film-scoring. Do they have such scoring in Jeopardy? --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/

Re: [Audyssey] question about Swamp

2012-05-28 Thread Richard Sherman
HI, Just to add to this. yes, the current way of saving a game is to be in the safe zone, and pres the esc key. you don't need to totally exit the game to save. But this only works in the safe zone and no where else. and yes, when you die, you lose everything you have collected. When you start

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Well, I understand that. However, in this case there doesn't appear to be any specific reason for the rule. As I said in my prior e-mail it was merely an idea the creator's wife came up with, and the producers over at NBC liked it and it turned out to be a financial success. Thanks t

Re: [Audyssey] Mary anne's Slot machines question

2012-05-28 Thread dark
I suppose I just like wearing my tux :D. For me it wouldn't be so much snobbery, as part of the entire experience. Having a loud night club pumping out pop music and lots of chavs in geans just wouldn't go with the sort of experience I'd want to have if I went to a casino. Beware the grue!

Re: [Audyssey] music appreciation

2012-05-28 Thread dark
Hi Charles. Actually i agree with you on grand opera, and rather weerdly for someone who is training to do it professionally, I like listening to very few other professional singers because of the massive vibratos and total lack of context. that is why I so much enjoy gilbert and sullivan whic

[Audyssey] Monday's Out-Of-Sight events

2012-05-28 Thread Charles Rivard
Happy Memorial Day! Here are the events scheduled for Monday, May 28th: Ultimate Outburst 8:00 PM eastern Hosted by Suzy B. Location: Game Zone This game is made up of 2 opposing teams. There will b 6 rounds in which the team must guess the ten items in the Given Category, one point for each c

Re: [Audyssey] reversi?

2012-05-28 Thread QuentinC
Hello, There's no page describing reversi on the playroom website. We are sorry about that. It will come later. However, since it's a well known game, you can easily find the rules on wikipedia for example. Note that many people call this game othello (othello is a trade mark) --- Gamers mail

[Audyssey] reversi?

2012-05-28 Thread Curt Taubert
Could someone tell me the object of Reversi? I played with a bot this morning but, still don't know the object of the game. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscri

Re: [Audyssey] Mary anne's Slot machines question

2012-05-28 Thread Charles Rivard
To me, a dress code for a casino would totally snobbish. Same for a restaurant. I'm there to have fun or to eat, not to impress with my dress. If I owned either establishment, as long as you come in, pay me your money, and are entertained by what I offer, fine. I couldn't care less how you l

[Audyssey] music appreciation

2012-05-28 Thread Charles Rivard
The reason I don't care for opera is that I can never understand what the singers are enunciating. The high voices and vibrato make it almost impossible. And if the opera is in any language other than English, I won't get anything out of it. The parts of the story told by costumes, scenery a

Re: [Audyssey] question about Swamp

2012-05-28 Thread john
If you die you will loose everything you have save a pistol, 55 rounds, an axe and a medkit. - Original Message - From: "Jim J" I appreciate both of your inputs. Here's one more question. Is there no way to save the game other than going all the way back to the safe zone? I was out

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread dark
Hi Jim. Having studdied easthetics, I'll only agree to that reservedly, sinse the problem with that sort of thinking is you end up in a state where everything is opinion and there is absolutely no way of classifying anything as good or bad musically, thus meaning all that jimmy hendrics, John

Re: [Audyssey] Mary anne's Slot machines question

2012-05-28 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Dark, One casino in Lauflin Nevada that I enjoyed was the Colorado Bell. Partially it was a paddle river boat. Now several times a day a Dixie Land band would march through the casino. In the front of the procession was a woman and another woman in the rear of the procession. They were

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Dark, I am going to ask you to agree that there are different strokes for different folks. You know because we just have totally different opinions on this topic. Thanks. BFN - Original Message - Hi Jim. What do you think to film score? I'm always a little confused when people ta

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread bpeterson2000
They could have had four categories to begin with for all I remember. Life, don't talk to me about life. -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 12:11 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy? Hi Bryan, Yes, there are six cate

Re: [Audyssey] question about Swamp

2012-05-28 Thread Jim J
I appreciate both of your inputs. Here's one more question. Is there no way to save the game other than going all the way back to the safe zone? I was out somewhere, and found a Winchester rifle. I died, and when I went back in to Multiplayer mode, I didn't have the rifle anymore. - Orig

Re: [Audyssey] Mary anne's Slot machines question

2012-05-28 Thread dark
Hi jim. I suppose for me the gambling element has never really been that much of a draw in a game. I've always fancied going to a propper casino, but that more for the style, experience and over all ambience than anything else, indeed I'd want! a casino with an actual dress code which d

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread dark
Hi Jim. What do you think to film score? I'm always a little confused when people talk about disliking "classical music" and then will freely listen to the music of Jon williams, james horner, john turner etc. All of that sort of emotive music is based on about 200 years of orchestral tradit

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Thomas, In VB6 we have LCase and UCase which will change the entire string to lower case or upper case. Of course there would still be the spelling and phrasing of the question. Would comparing strings to see if they match for the most part be called fuzzy logic? BFN Jim Does fuzzy

Re: [Audyssey] Mary anne's Slot machines question

2012-05-28 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Dark, Cleveland Ohio just for the first time ever opened a casino. The first night a person won fifty thousand dollars on a slot machine. No wonder they are popular. But another thing is, they take no skill. So you are not pitting your skills against another person's skills. So anyone

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Dark, I just have never ever liked opera or classical music, so I have little knowledge in that area. Mostly what I know is that I dislike it very much. It literally makes me upset and raises my blood pressure. I'm more into classic rock, some of the newer country and some blue grass. I

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Thomas, Not sure what you mean by passing in Jeopardy. If you don't buzz in, well then you don't answer the question, no penalty, you just didn't buzz in. BFN - Original Message - Hi Charles, Actually, passing in Jeopardy is a calculated risk, and I don't follow why it would ma

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Jeopardy?

2012-05-28 Thread dark
Hi Tom. To an extent this is true. I didn't grow up with the game, so am questioning the rules simply on that basis. However, generally for any game, or indeed law system I'd want a good reason why a given rule had to be the way it is. My old boarding school drove me up the wall with their