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Post number 18342

riffola — Tue, 09 Jul 2002 20:29:36 -0800

You have sunk my battleships! (Flash game.)

By: gummi

gummi — Tue, 09 Jul 2002 20:32:42 -0800

I caught this on a broadbad forum, and I can't stop playing it! Wheee!

By: BlueTrain

BlueTrain — Tue, 09 Jul 2002 20:59:58 -0800

Fucking awesome...for the first few games. It'll be one of those flash sites that I visit once a week, just for kicks. Great link.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Tue, 09 Jul 2002 21:19:13 -0800

Oh damn, the battleship game ... did they fix the annoying "hanging up when you're about to win" problem?

By: gummi

gummi — Tue, 09 Jul 2002 21:36:51 -0800

I got that the first time I played yhbc, but it hasn't happened again in the past few days that I've been playing it, maybe they did.

By: riffola

riffola — Tue, 09 Jul 2002 21:38:42 -0800

Yeah no problems while playing here. Well apart from the slow response when I turn a ship too late right before placing it on the board.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Tue, 09 Jul 2002 21:52:38 -0800

I call shenanigans! Since when, exactly, do you get another turn if you score a hit? Everyone! get your brooms.

By: nedrichards

nedrichards — Wed, 10 Jul 2002 00:24:30 -0800

I've got to agree with you WolfDaddy, it totally changes the balance of a beloved game. In an interesting way mind you but, my memories. Ashes! All ashes! < !-- and that's difficult enough to say with a straight face with your sister standing behind you saying, asses! all asses! -->

By: nedrichards

nedrichards — Wed, 10 Jul 2002 00:24:57 -0800

damn this tag generator thing. damn it.

By: Frasermoo

Frasermoo — Wed, 10 Jul 2002 01:12:59 -0800

quit moanin' and finish that track list!

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Wed, 10 Jul 2002 06:09:51 -0800

WolfDaddy, did you mean "Sweepers, now man your brooms"?

By: dhartung

dhartung — Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:37:11 -0800

I don't mind the second-turn-on-hit variation. I seem to recall it was one of several circulating "house rules" back in the day. The one I've always wanted to see was attack power or number based on your extant fleet, and perhaps even ranged attacks and ship movement. Impossible to manage on a pegboard (cheating would be rampant!) but with a computer game ...

By: dhartung

dhartung — Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:38:56 -0800

And there's only a 25% chance, generally, they'll get another part of your ship, and then only a 50% chance, generally, they'll be able to follow it all the way to the end. So it's devastating when they do find and kill your ship, but I'm not sure it changes the balance all that much in the long run.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Wed, 10 Jul 2002 16:40:35 -0800

alumshubby, I would have, but then I'm not in the Navy ;-)