Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site rayssd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!hoxna!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!timeinc!phri!pesnta!qumix!ittvax!decvax!linus!rayssd!readnews From: readnews@rayssd.UUCP (USENET Current Events) Newsgroups: net.games Subject: Re: Re: Zork II help? ***** POSSIBLE SPOILER ***** Message-ID: <810@rayssd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 14:19:15 EDT Article-I.D.: rayssd.810 Posted: Thu Jun 27 14:19:15 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jul-85 05:46:01 EDT References: <3089@teklabs.UUCP> <961@noscvax.UUCP> Organization: Raytheon Co., Portsmouth RI Lines: 63 you have got to be such a loser!! probably a poindexter with no friends who plays on computers and makes stupid jokes about them. baby's isn't the correct word for it, it's more like mindless whimps! === REFERENCED ARTICLE =================================== > Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site rayssd.UUCP > Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site noscvax.UUCP > Path: rayssd!raybed2!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!grkermi!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!noscvax!jordan > From: jordan@noscvax.UUCP > Newsgroups: net.games > Subject: Re: Zork II help? ***** POSSIBLE SPOILER ***** > Message-ID: <961@noscvax.UUCP> > Date: Tue, 11-Jun-85 12:33:23 EDT > Article-I.D.: noscvax.961 > Posted: Tue Jun 11 12:33:23 1985 > Date-Received: Fri, 21-Jun-85 00:09:40 EDT > References: <3089@teklabs.UUCP> > Reply-To: jordan@cod.UUCP (Martin C. jordan) > Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego > Lines: 39 > > > > To you who asked for help in running the bases in the oddly angled room. > This is the logic (right or wrong, it worked) a friend and I used to > solve this chestnut. > 1. We found a "Babe Flathead" bat > 2. There appear to be nine areas with diamonds in the room. > 3. The wizard taunted us about not getting past first and second > base. > > Therefore we concluded we had a baseball puzzle on our hands. > > 4. Depending on where and how you moved, the diamonds would > light up from dark to glowing brightly. > > We then tried various methods of movement, i.e. from baseball's position > 1 (pitcher), to 2 (catcher), 3 (1st Base), etc. No luck. We then hit upon > the original idea :-) of running the bases, but had no reference point > for knowing the direction for moving from home to 1st, etc. Right or > wrong the following thought I give as a clue occurred to me for establishing > a "compass" in Frobozz Field. > > ********** Possible Spoiler ************* > > 1. How did left-handed pitchers get to be nicknamed "southpaws?" > > > > > Again, the logic may be flawed, but it helped us get to a place where > three heads are better than one (Nice doggie.....grrrrrr). > > > > Good Zorking, > > Martin Jordan > Zorkbuster 1,2,3 > jordan@nosc.ARPA ========================================================== *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***