quake/articles/1997/art-1109

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From: kekoa@pixel.Stanford.EDU (Kekoa Proudfoot)

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Subject: Stanford StoogeBot 1.0

Date: 22 Feb 1997 16:24:59 -0000

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The Stanford Graphics Quake Project is relieved to announce that

version 1.0 of the Stanford StoogeBot has been released.

The StoogeBot is a client-side proxy bot for use with Quake. The

StoogeBot, which might be more accurately described as a cyborg,

combines the intelligence of a human player with the accuracy of a

computer, allowing you to navigate and strategize while it aims and

fires.

The resulting half-human, half-computer player is usually all but

unstoppable in deathmatch or teamplay. It's also a hell of a lot of

fun to watch in action.

Versions for Linux, Windows 95, Windows NT, and SGI Irix 6.x are

available on the SGQP web page:

http://www-graphics.stanford.edu/~quake

The StoogeBot includes some features that make it easy to identify; it

is also easy to ban the StoogeBot from your server if you prefer

bot-free games. See the web pages for more details.

The StoogeBot Team

quake@graphics.stanford.edu