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Author:  Promethius [ Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:15 pm ]
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What players were considered the best of their day? Reds, blues, hunter/killers? What were the corp names?

I know some that I have played against in unlims that I thought were very good:

Uncle Sam
Freejack
Angus Thermopyle
Alexio & Damage Unlimited
Res Judicata
Banano <sp>

Who would be the "Hall of Fame"?
Author:  Oso [ Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:32 pm ]
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Ah Banano! Such a great guy.
I'd like to add River Rat and Stonewall to that list.
Author:  Kavanagh [ Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:43 pm ]
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Promethius wrote:
What players were considered the best of their day? Reds, blues, hunter/killers? What were the corp names?

I know some that I have played against in unlims that I thought were very good:

Uncle Sam
Freejack
Angus Thermopyle
Alexio & Damage Unlimited
Res Judicata
Banano <sp>

Who would be the "Hall of Fame"?


I played in games with Res , Alexio and I think Banano. Against Res and Alexio all but once. Both fine players, Res by far one of the best I have ever met. Banano I remember the name, but thats it.

If Res shone playing unlims, that really speaks to his prowess - he never used scripts that I know of, but had a really kickass lineup of macros linked to hotkeys; even had a template/mask on his keyboard (or maybe display)to identify them, and played them like a violin virtuoso.

hELLCAT was also a demon macro player, corp named Virii.
Zoobar a very dangerous opponent, corp Rogue Nation. Introduced me to Telix.
Cowboy and Adomma, corp 2nd to None.
Tweety of Boo! inc

No need to mention Eleq... or many others.
Author:  John Pritchett [ Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:27 pm ]
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Why not? Not everyone knows these retired players.

Definitely Eleq and Guardian.
Author:  Cruncher [ Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:11 pm ]
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Hosem, Monday, Gypsy - All great players, but that was before unilims.
Author:  Master Blaster [ Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:43 pm ]
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Cruncher wrote:
Hosem, Monday, Gypsy - All great players, but that was before unilims.


Gypsy wasn't that great. he was more mouth than anything
Author:  Kavanagh [ Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:17 pm ]
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Master Blaster wrote:
Cruncher wrote:
Hosem, Monday, Gypsy - All great players, but that was before unilims.


Gypsy wasn't that great. he was more mouth than anything


I played with him and against him several times. He was inclined to talk the talk : )

He was a better player than I am (not difficult), but his talent was really TW politics. He was passionately interested in the game and did much to advance it and maintain interest in it. For that he deserves to be called great.
Author:  Kavanagh [ Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:58 pm ]
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John Pritchett wrote:
Why not? Not everyone knows these retired players.

Definitely Eleq and Guardian.



That had not crossed my mind.

Both for certain, very fine players and honorable to a fault.

Peacemaker, likewise. Mega Hertze and Traitor - great reds and CEO's both, sneaky, dissembling, crafty - all great TW attributes. Again, both honorable and sportsmen.

Nazwes Chaiwind, who created and hosted TWGS.ORG when yahoo spammed the egroup with commercials, in addition to being a very devious, smart, crafty TW player and a great corpie.

Medusa, a founding member of Boo! inc, who had been a corpie of SG for several years before that even. Hugely underrated as a player, for the simple reason that she never, ever, posted to the original BBS boards, to the egroups, to the yahoo groups, or even here except to share a few memories after SG passed. Med could play red or blue, usually blue.

Steel Magnolia who played until '07 or so, by hand, and delighted in (successfully) screwing up scripters.

The_Brain of Boo! inc

CBS228 who headed "Fugitives from Fate" or somesuch, and wrote a suite of TW applescripts for MAC (I have them somewhere I think, with his permission to release them if anyone interested).

The Mad Hatter. A TW friend of long standing, longer than SG even, who started playing in the 1980's even before I did. He wrote many add ons for TW way back when, including an expander to 20K sectors in the early nineties.

Kurt's spirit aka Lord Talon.

More too many to mention, the above just some that I played with/against that I remember.
Author:  Comet [ Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:59 pm ]
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http://tradewars.fament.com/Cruncher/photo.htm
Author:  Master Blaster [ Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:31 am ]
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LOL! OH MY GAWD!

(Hey Cruncher, can you fix the address to my server on that page of me? thanks.)
Author:  Cruncher [ Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:53 pm ]
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Master Blaster wrote:
LOL! OH MY GAWD!

(Hey Cruncher, can you fix the address to my server on that page of me? thanks.)



I've got to get in touch with Eje. I haven't had access to update that web site since around 2006.
Author:  John Pritchett [ Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:57 pm ]
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I chat with him now and then on facebook. Are you friends with him?
Author:  Cruncher [ Fri Oct 28, 2011 7:33 pm ]
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John Pritchett wrote:
I chat with him now and then on facebook. Are you friends with him?



Yeah, I've mentioned it to him, he said he'd set my password up again. Neither one of us has followed up. Hehe..

I just got lazy and starting the blog was the fastest and easiest way to post notifications that I can then easily cc to facebook and twitter.
Author:  Vader [ Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:27 am ]
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Can't forget Xide and prestone. and hellcat was just ridiculous. I had the opportunity to play with several of those. Zoobar. SG. Hekate. Res. All very good players.
Author:  Comet [ Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:31 am ]
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Anyone remember Rincrast or Yosamitie Sam? before i telneted i had the chance to play with them both. Couldn't tell you the name of the BBS but I remember at least a 100 players on there and my phone bill for that month was quite expensive :)
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