*this is the the other one, and seems to fit under a new topic heh*

Just curious, and i have no java programming knowledge but didn't eer wasn't there a few websites that had tradewars games that could only be accessed through some java applet? I can't really remember the whole setup.

So if that was the only way to play on a server wouldn't that kinda "level the field?"

I remember playing trade wars by hand way back in the BBS days and ya it was fun but all the keystrokes got mundane and very old really quick (couple days) So I really dunno why anyone who would want to play the game seriously subject themselves to abusing there poor keyboard that much.

It used to be "fun" I guess. The people that made helpers or used them good ole clients like....qmodem telix and Darn there was quite a few back then...anyways that was the start now we have some serious kickass stuff that over the years brought this game to a whole new level, and has some people going "WTF over". So now it's all about power power power. hehe and hmmm if ya think about it, it matches whats actually going on in the RW sorta.<---just my brain please don't comment on that...

Lately when i've been playing some odd tw game I've thought about this post and a few others reliving the progression this game has taken over the years, it's still good of course, but it has evolved quite a bit and as such so should the players and with that *cough* ya gotta catch up or get beat the hell down

damnit i was gonna end this dumbass babble but something else popped in my head..

Even using a helper client script macro or WTF ever ya call anything to speedup the progress of your character in the game, you still need to know the game, know how to work the text, know that by doing a plus b you should get c. That takes time not money.

fuggit i'm done.
Take care and be safe and all that other crap.

Z
EDIT: OH ya and I know my punctuation sucks beyond belief so if anyone feels like showing me what it should look like I'd appreciate it.

Z

quote:Originally posted by Zepher

*this is the the other one, and seems to fit under a new topic heh*

Just curious, and i have no java programming knowledge but didn't eer wasn't there a few websites that had tradewars games that could only be accessed through some java applet? I can't really remember the whole setup.



You can go to http://www.goosemoose.com/tradewars/connecttw.htm and see the applet, although it can also be access with a telnet session direct I believe. I don't have the telnet session direct address though.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

tradewars.goosemoose.com port 1979

It's a very stagnant board. I think I'm the only player to survive it from when I got my start there.

I haven't been able to get that applet to work.

quote:Originally posted by Rofellos

tradewars.goosemoose.com port 1979

It's a very stagnant board. I think I'm the only player to survive it from when I got my start there.


I know the last time I was there, they had a game that had been running for something like 400 or so days. In the game I actually played, the aliens were a pain hitting the deployed figs to the point they were almost spamming my screen (of course most of the universe was figged). That is where I had to actually use a clear pause routine because of all of the messages when I logged in.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

quote:Originally posted by PHX

I haven't been able to get that applet to work.


I didn't try the applet when I went to their site - it came up and asked for a user name, but I closed the applet at that point. I may be mistaken, but I believe the applet was written by badboy.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

You are correct on both points. You click on Trade Wars and it takes you t a page where the applet auto-loads and it (it is actually the helper J-TWAT) was written by badboy. It's prety decent for a free helper. And just FYI..that OLD game that was mentioned. That was the game I got my start in. It was my FIRST game. I learned, became uninvadable as the others in the game, and got bored and left.

I know the helper is j-twat. I use the stand alone J-twat frequently. When I tried to connect to a server with that applet it just wouldn't go.

quote:Originally posted by Zepher

*this is the the other one, and seems to fit under a new topic heh*

Just curious, and i have no java programming knowledge but didn't eer wasn't there a few websites that had tradewars games that could only be accessed through some java applet? I can't really remember the whole setup.



Help out an old BBS player. What is "accessing through an applet?" What does the applet do for you and how is it beneficial?

Enquiring minds want to know.