Night Owl Chatterboxes - Part XXXVI!

• sbst275

  5 May 07, 21:16

  Evening
• sbst275

  5 May 07, 21:45

  Was reading on Wiki abt the JCs..
  
  Quoted from Wiki: "On 8th May 1987, Hwa Chong JC was forced to move out of its premises in Bukit Timah due to structural problems with the building.
  
  It held lesson temporarily at Ngee Ann Polytechnic from May to December 1987.
  
  It shifted to Bukit Batok Street 34 (Current Swiss Cottage Secondary and St Anthony's Primary School site) until the college premises were rebuilt in 1992."
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwa_Chong_Junior_College
• the Bear

  6 May 07, 00:01

  back from eating too much meat
  
  too lazy to do the pics tonight.. maybe another day
  
  in the meantime, here's the pic of the night
  
  
  
  cute little fuzzy little kitten
• fudgester

  6 May 07, 00:24

  *me peeks inside*
  
  Ok I admit it... I've been pretty obsessed with Dune 2000.
  
  I've just sent a huge armoured column to destroy a Harkonnen base... right now I'm having problems with the $*#*##$ sneaky Ordos.
• the Bear

  6 May 07, 01:26

  if the 1994 version is anything to go with, turrets are key to defense.. they will take out the Ordos before they come near your base..
  
  use the bigass tanks to whack their chem missile tanks as they cannot fire short distance
  
  

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  *me peeks inside*
  
  Ok I admit it... I've been pretty obsessed with Dune 2000.
  
  I've just sent a huge armoured column to destroy a Harkonnen base... right now I'm having problems with the $*#*##$ sneaky Ordos.

• fudgester

  6 May 07, 01:34

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  if the 1994 version is anything to go with, turrets are key to defense.. they will take out the Ordos before they come near your base..
  
  use the bigass tanks to whack their chem missile tanks as they cannot fire short distance
  
  

  The 2000 version is pretty different from the 1994 version, from what I know...
  
  Yeah, well, my armoured column ran into a huge Ordos armoured column when I was returning to base after I had decimated the Harkonnen base.
  
  I wiped out the Ordos armour, but at the cost of many of my own tanks. They used the chem missile tanks to subvert several of my units to their side. Luckily I saved the game just a few minutes before.
  
  This time I managed to get them back to base just as they were sending their armoured columns out... but I still lost quite a few tanks as the Ordos kept throwing their armour against my base defenses.
  
  And they keep rebuilding whatever I destroy with my Ornithopter airstrikes.
  
  In the end, I've just managed to destroy their Construction Yard... it cost me my entire Fremen army and an airstrike, but at least now it's just a matter of time before they lose, since they now can't rebuild what I destroy. I'll keep wearing them down with airstrikes before sending a massive armoured column to destroy the base.
• the Bear

  6 May 07, 01:37

  sounds like..
  
  the flying things in the 94 version is useless when faced with a couple of turrets
  
  the endgame for ordos is one thing we all could never do.. try as the whole hostel might.
  
  the Atreides and Harkonnen ones were simple... sonic tanks wipe everything, and nukes blow up bases when all resources are drained
• fudgester

  6 May 07, 01:43

  Yeah... Ornithopters are those light aircraft which can rain bombs on the target of your choice.
  
  Well, from what I can tell, they've toned down the damage that the missile turrets can do. The Ornithopters can now survive a few hits before they get destroyed.
  
  I personally hate sonic tanks. They damage everything in their path, which wouldn't be so bad if they didn't damage friendlies as well.
  
  And since they're the slowest tanks the Artreides have, they are almost inevitably at the rear of the armoured columns... which means that they can really damage my own units.
  
  I far prefer missile tanks... they're relatively resistant to damage, possess a long range, and can cause reasonable amounts of damage to both enemy armour and buildings.
  
  As for enemy infantry... I can always squish them.
• the Bear

  6 May 07, 01:45

  thopters are that resilient in the 94 version too.. but i think the turrets.. i dunno.. i got more turrets than anything else... a LOT more
  
  anyway, never played the 2000 version...
  
  sonic tanks should always be your front piece.. move about 10 to 15 in a row... 1 step at a time..
  
  they will obliterate everything within range.. then.. one more step forward
  
  slow but sure way of whacking everything
  
  

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  Yeah... Ornithopters are those light aircraft which can rain bombs on the target of your choice.
  
  Well, from what I can tell, they've toned down the damage that the missile turrets can do. The Ornithopters can now survive a few hits before they get destroyed.
  
  I personally hate sonic tanks. They damage everything in their path, which wouldn't be so bad if they didn't damage friendlies as well.
  
  And since they're the slowest tanks the Artreides have, they are almost inevitably at the rear of the armoured columns... which means that they can really damage my own units.
  
  I far prefer missile tanks... they're relatively resistant to damage, possess a long range, and can cause reasonable amounts of damage to both enemy armour and buildings.
  
  As for enemy infantry... I can always squish them.

• fudgester

  6 May 07, 01:54

  I guess that's the biggest flaw with my strategy.
  
  I just send a massive amount of armour into the enemy base and let 'em rip.
  
  But then again, factors like the terrain play a part too... the enemy base has bottlenecks for entrances due to the geography of the region. At some parts I can only have two or three tanks abreast. If I were to send them in order, the enemy would crush them row by row, in the style of the Battle of Thermopylae (the movie 300).
  
  So I have to quickly rush them into the base to deny the enemy this advantage... unfortunately, this means that the lines will become disorderly - and the sonic tanks will be in the rear.
• the Bear

  6 May 07, 01:57

  before i go sleep..
  
  i let the bigass tanks shoot the walls and destroy them.. in order that my guys can move in row by row.. disciplined and make them hold the line.. especially the sonic tanks..
  
  in fact, the sonic tanks can be "stand alone" pieces... in that all ranges are covered by their weapons.. i built only sonic tanks when i could and abandoned building other pieces..
  
  i'm going to sleep...
  
  goodnight
• the Bear

  6 May 07, 18:56

  pic of the night
  
  
  
  cute aren't they?
• Rhonda

  6 May 07, 18:57

  OOOOoooooeeeeeee!!! Soooooo cuuuuuuute!!
• fudgester

  6 May 07, 19:01

  Ok then...
  
  Bear, missy, the pitot tube and myself can make it for Zam-Zam tomorrow night.
  
  If there are at least two other people who can confirm that they can make it tomorrow night, then we'll have it then.
• <Precious>

  6 May 07, 19:23

  BOOM! Fires a Magnum 45 into the temple of Ferret.....
• tare

  6 May 07, 19:42

  why must every damn thing hit me at one shot?! i'll die de okie!
• fudgester

  6 May 07, 19:44

  Ok everyone... I've decided to shift the Zam-Zam outing to tomorrow night. Same timing and meeting location. Try not to be late, yah?
  
  I'll be PM-ing all attendees my contact details.
• Ferret

  6 May 07, 20:01

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  pic of the night
  
  
  
  cute aren't they?

  I see soups on legs.
• the Bear

  6 May 07, 20:02

  tired i am..
  
  passed out for an hour... and missed the whole documentary about the megalodon
• tare

  6 May 07, 20:03

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  Ok everyone... I've decided to shift the Zam-Zam outing to tomorrow night. Same timing and meeting location. Try not to be late, yah?
  
  I'll be PM-ing all attendees my contact details.

  i'll be thr if i'm still alive
• LinYu

  6 May 07, 20:03

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  back from eating too much meat
  
  too lazy to do the pics tonight.. maybe another day
  
  in the meantime, here's the pic of the night
  
  
  
  cute little fuzzy little kitten

  kitty looks abit angry
  
• LinYu

  6 May 07, 20:04

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  pic of the night
  
  
  
  cute aren't they?

  do the little one grows to that big?
  
• fudgester

  6 May 07, 20:05

  Originally posted by tare:

  i'll be thr if i'm still alive

  *mental note: must bring Automated External Defibrillator*
• Ferret

  6 May 07, 20:05

  Originally posted by LinYu:

  do the little one grows to that big?
  

  bigger soups on wheels
• fudgester

  6 May 07, 20:06

  Which reminds me....
  
  I'll inform av, Mookie, and Schrodinger of this change in timing. Perhaps they might be able to make it.