Re: [pbmserv-dev] Robots

[Richard Rognlie <rrognlie@gamerz.net>]

On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:46:00AM +1000, Cameron Browne wrote:
> 
> >yes?   a 'p' should still increment the value of the bots
> 
> No, only steps or blasts. There is no bonus for passing, teleporting or 
> last standing.
> 
> There are two reasons for this:
> 
> 1) Steps are generally more dangerous than passes. Once a player has used 
> their blaster and made a safe little hidey hole, then they take at least 
> one step to benefit from any bonusses.
> 
> 2) There was also the problem that bonus pass moves made last stand 
> redundant, as a queue of pass commands "p,p,p,p,p,p,p,p" would almost 
> always score many more pts than a "last stand" command.

I prefer to think of this as "turns" vs. passes.

each pass is still a turn.   And Last stand is just a shortcut for p,p,p,p,...

make then count as bonuses or else your being inconsistent.   the bots are 
still moving...

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