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Convo with Mesphito aka Reggie

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ramiles
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Convo with Mesphito aka Reggie

ramsoft_designs: I would like to watch you play
xover222 has unloaded the IMVironment.
xover222: I would like to watch you play too.
ramsoft_designs: how can you watch me play if you dont play me in a game
xover222: Oh you meant chess. I was thinking more like Risk. ramsoft_designs: what year were you born?
xover222: I'm not looking for a biographer. Thanks.
ramsoft_designs: why must you be rude to all of us
xover222: Who's being rude? The person who doesn't like to answer questions or the one who takes offense when I refuse to answer them?
ramsoft_designs: who is Mephisto
xover222: Me.
ramsoft_designs: what is your goal
xover222: Who are you some person trying to be the bridgekeeper from scene 24?
ramsoft_designs: should i be
xover222: If that's what gets you out of bed in the morning.. go for it.
ramsoft_designs: do you like the song One Night in Bangkok
xover222: Why does everyone ask me that?
ramsoft_designs: because it seems everything you quote us comes from the song
ramsoft_designs: Do you think you are unbeatable
xover222: When I want to play for keeps. I don't see anyone who's stepped to the table beat me.
xover222: For now I feel like playing a game I read about a few weeks ago.
ramsoft_designs: who did you read about a few weeks ago
xover222: Sorry. I don't share my moves before I play 'em
ramsoft_designs: ramsoft_designs: who did you read about a few weeks ago
xover222: Sorry. I don't share my moves before I play 'emramsoft_designs: can i have a hint about who you read about
ramsoft_designs: did you read about one of the chess masters?
ramsoft_designs: i would like to play you in chess
ramsoft_designs: to see what you have learned
ramsoft_designs: why areyou playing other peoples games!
xover222: Why are you trying to figure out my moves? Find your OWN.
ramsoft_designs: I am not trying to figure out your moves, I am trying to figure out why you using someone elses
ramsoft_designs: the Bartender and Magesteff do you like them?
xover222: Do you?
ramsoft_designs: They are friends, they mean no harm
xover222: They certainly don't mind their manners well.
xover222: Bah. You chatter has cost me a knight.
ramsoft_designs: whos is you favorite chess master
xover222: Spassky
xover222: who's yours?
ramsoft_designs: Fischer
xover222: Bah. Tell me. Who died first in his family? Sister or Mother? You have 10 seconds to answer or I'll have to ignore you for picking a GM randomly and ultimately insulting me.
ramsoft_designs: Mother
xover222: Wrong.
ramsoft_designs: I liked the movie
xover222: Good day.

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 9:26 pm

choie
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Joined: 19 Sep 2003
Posts: 28

odd

Thanks for posting this.

What an odd conversation. That doesn't "sound" like Reggie's voice to me. He seems very sure of himself, and dismissive in a way that Reggie hasn't been before.

Caretaker told us to treat him gently. I hope we haven't antagonized him with all our singleminded questions...!

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 9:39 pm

MageSteff
Pretty talky there aintcha, Talky?

Joined: 06 Jun 2003
Posts: 2716
Location: State of Denial

Post Game chat with Mephisto

Here is mine...

magesteff: I'm playing a different game mephisto.
xover222 has unloaded the IMVironment.
magesteff: There are more than two colors on the board

magesteff: much harder to win at that, especially blindfolded
xover222: Who would be dumb enough to try and play blindfolded? Well.... other than Reggie.
magesteff: I was in a car accident last night
magesteff: White Knight may be returning to the board.
magesteff: Without the lighted path, it is difficult to read the board. Hard to see the colors each wears
xover222: Are you taking my meds? What's wrong with you?
magesteff: No I'm taking my own meds Reggie.
magesteff: How are you today?

xover222: I'm not Reggie you silly girl.
magesteff: Mephisto.
xover222: I wake up this morning and security looks at me like I've got a 3rd eye.
xover222: And they keep bringing me pudding. I hate pudding.
magesteff: Marcus.
magesteff: Marcus Andover?
xover222: Bueller?
xover222: Bueller?
magesteff: Ferris Buellers day off.
magesteff: Where has Reggie gone?
xover222: Who knows? Who the hell cares at this point?
magesteff: I do.
xover222: Poor woman. You have an internet fling with him did you?
xover222: Are you the Heather he told us about?
magesteff: He was frightened rather badly a few days ago, I want to be certain he is OK.
magesteff: No I'm not Heather.
magesteff: HandofEir or Forseti20002000? We may have met before.
xover222: Well I'm here living and breathing. I would suspect poor Reggie's run of from the two the scared him so. Too bad for you.
magesteff: Well, I know you are not Jake.
magesteff: But then you might be fun to play against.
xover222: Apparently I am a rude person who wishes to emulate Bobby Fischer. I don't think you would have any fun.
magesteff: *sigh* I'm not looking for Bobby Fischer.
xover222: Good. He's in asia somewhere.
magesteff: Bangkok I believe
xover222: How fitting.
magesteff: One night.
xover222: Don't say it.
xover222: I'm NOT a fan.
magesteff: So, since you are not Reggie, what Nic, should I call you by then, dearie
xover222: *looks around*
xover222: Where have you been deary?
xover222: Mephisto's the name.
magesteff: And tomorrow or the next day it will be El Ajedristica
xover222: I don't think so. But then again who knows what tomorrow will bring. Other than more god awful pudding.
magesteff: So, how is Wheezy doing these days?
xover222: Who the hell is Wheezy?
magesteff: I think you will know if you see him.
magesteff: Do you know Turgenev?
magesteff: Do you know Craig Becker?
xover222: Do you know the muffing man?
xover222: the muffin man?
xover222: yes, the muffin man.
magesteff: What's the matter Mephisto, can't play your own game, must always copy someone else?
xover222: You know the bartender, he liked to insult me too.
xover222: Want to see what happened to him?
magesteff: Ah... yes, Mos
magesteff: He got the boot.
xover222: The whole boot.
magesteff: And nothing but....
magesteff: We can continue this charade as long as you like...
magesteff: Or we can agree to drop the shield down enough to learn something useful
xover222: Going for broke are we?
xover222: All the chips on the table eh?
magesteff: Sometime one must try the risky gambit
xover222: Do not bet everything against the house. When the house doesn't care if you win or lose.
magesteff: If you don't play you can't win, isn't that the saying. I am not one of PT Barnums Suckers.
magesteff: Some games the house just takes their cut off the top for hosting the game, the real threat are the sharks at the table.
magesteff: You know what that makes the rest of the crowd don't you?
magesteff: Aren't you the least bit afraid of what they are doing?
magesteff: Do you want another Tabas?
xover222: You need another dosage of whatever you take deary.
magesteff: In good time, all in good time.
magesteff: So what are they warehousing you for?
magesteff: Who is Spassky?
xover222: a master.
xover222: google works wonders.
magesteff: Yes. It does.
magesteff: But there are things that even Google can't find.
magesteff: Like why a russian Professor who was working on a wormhole, defected to the US.
magesteff: Or why Fischer's sister died first.
magesteff: Kat got your tongue?
magesteff: If you ignore me too long I might get jealous.
xover222: Nope. They want me to lay down. They don't like me shouting at you people when you can't here me.
xover222: I told them I wouldn't anymore
xover222: The others tried to push me like the did Reggie just now. I pushed them back. Whoever caretaker is they're getting more desperate.
magesteff: See, Reggie didn't have a problem with that, he knew he had to be quiet to use the Computer in the library.
magesteff: Yes, that's what cracked his mask it seems.

xover222: Reggie's gone. He's not coming back. I think you did have a fling with him didn't you?
magesteff: What nics did they use this time? Last time it was HandofEir and Forseti20002000.
xover222: I don't know I retorted and closed the window.
magesteff: Just pleasant conversation.
magesteff: Reggie was scared, and I wanted to help him, but I couldn't.
magesteff: Reggie chose to believe the threats. So it appears he ran.
magesteff: Leaving us with you.
xover222: He didn't run. He swung. He punched. He kicked. He stomped. It was good to see him finally let go a bit.
xover222: Poor other guy though. Didn't see it coming.
magesteff: Poor Wheezy.
xover222: Why do you call him Wheezy?
magesteff: Reggie did.
magesteff: And so did the others.
magesteff: Reggie gave nicknames to all the others in the facility.
xover222: how comforting
magesteff: Are you the new guy?
xover222: I don't know that one. Am I?
magesteff: Are you the last one admitted?
xover222: Admitted to what? I won't tell you anything unless you can get more specific. It's like the stupid doctor always asking me what I think, how I feel, why I choose to look out the window while I eat.
magesteff: Admitted to the facility. Where the Doctor drives a Silver Car.
xover222: I was admitted a while ago.
magesteff: OK, so you are not the new guy.
xover222: I guess not.
magesteff: Are you staying in Reggies old room?
xover222: I'm staying in MY room.
xover222: Where Reggie stayed too.
xover222: Where you been? Sleeping?
magesteff: OK.. he didn't talk about you much.
xover222: I wouldn't let him.
magesteff: Poor Reggie. He wanted so much to be helpful.
xover222: More helpful if he would have just kept his mouth shut and left the backdoor.
magesteff: No, he knows the only way this will get straightened out is to throw the back door open.
magesteff: Stephen Lake thought it was a worthwhile endeavor.
xover222: Who the hell cares what Stephen Lake thinks? Who is he anyways?
magesteff: Oh no, that isn't how this game is played.
magesteff: Did you work on SPECTRUM?
xover222: Sorry. Don't know what the heck SPECTRUM is.
magesteff: Do you remember how Reggie got hired at his last job?
xover222: No. I wasn't around for that.
magesteff: Reggie can see the patterns. The patterns in the code.
magesteff: Did you ever work for NRU?
magesteff: Do you know Meg?
xover222: Do you know Ronald McDonald?
magesteff: Never met him. Hate McD's. prefer Wendy's (no I never met Dave either)
magesteff: At least you are more talkative than Turk and Ajeeb.
xover222: Who the hell are Turk and Ajeeb?
magesteff: Other roommates.
xover222: You live with guys named Turk and Ajeeb?
magesteff: Reggie did at one time.
xover222: If you say so.
magesteff: ^shurgs^ Hey i'm just trying to find my way around the board without getting knocked off it.
magesteff: I'm having trouble seeing enough of the other pieces to make sense of the board as it stands currently.
magesteff: How much of the board can you see from where you are?

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 10:10 pm

dishboy
Unfettered

Joined: 02 Sep 2003
Posts: 399
Location: Atlanta

Re: Convo with Mesphito aka Reggie

ramiles wrote:

ramsoft_designs: what year were you born?
xover222: I'm not looking for a biographer. Thanks.

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ramsoft_designs: what is your goal
xover222: Who are you some person trying to be the bridgekeeper from scene 24?
ramsoft_designs: should i be
xover222: If that's what gets you out of bed in the morning.. go for it.

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ramsoft_designs: why areyou playing other peoples games!
xover222: Why are you trying to figure out my moves? Find your OWN.

---

ramsoft_designs: whos is you favorite chess master
xover222: Spassky
xover222: who's yours?
ramsoft_designs: Fischer
xover222: Bah. Tell me. Who died first in his family? Sister or Mother? You have 10 seconds to answer or I'll have to ignore you for picking a GM randomly and ultimately insulting me.
ramsoft_designs: Mother
xover222: Wrong.

This is funny crap, especially that last one. Based on the above quotes, I think the score is Reggie 4, ramiles 0. High comedy... Very Happy

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 10:20 pm

dmax
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Joined: 09 Jan 2003
Posts: 1387
Location: Location: Location!

SPEC: Mephisto is Triumph the Insult Dog.

And I can see why he kept complaining that there was noise. Lotsa prodding and poking going on there. Confused

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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 10:43 pm

oc2000
Guest

Chess, Fishcher info

One Night in Bangkok is the pop song from the musical Chess (one of my favorite musicals) by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaenus (the ABBA boys) and Tim Rice. Ran for 3 years in the West End but closed after 8 weeks on Broadway. Primarily deals with matches against an obnoxious, paranoid, egomaniacal American (sounds familiar doesn't, it Bobby?) named Freddy and a Russian, Anatoly Sergievsky (maybe a combo of the names Anatoly Karpov and Vladimir Sergievsky but I spec its representative of the Spassky matches). Anatoly wins both matches (Bobby won both matches against Spassky). Bangkok setting may also relate to Bobby's exile to the Phillipines.

Fischer also designed and patented a"machine". Not like Turk but electronics for timing and shuffling the start of chess matches. FRC, Fischer Random Chess (a "tweaked" version of shuffled chess) was something Fischer believed was the best way to show the strongest chess players. This way no one memorized opening moves, as the back row of the board was randomly shuffled.

I'm sure someone has mentioned already, but the Bridgewater scene 24 is Monty Python. The bridgewatcher required 3 questions to be answered before the bridge could be crossed.

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 5:45 pm

StarkRavingMad
Decorated

Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Posts: 250

Side info:

July 1, 1997 the Mephisto Chess Challenger (MCC) chess program played 2 games against world champion Anatoly Karpov in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

MCC played on a fast Pentium PRO 200 Mhz, used time control 30 minutes for the whole game. Both games ended in a draw, Karpov as the better chess player and the computer as the tough defender.

http://www.rebel.nl/jeroen3.htm

There's a whole line of Mephisto Chess computers endorsed by Kasparov.

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/saitekusa/chesscomputers.html

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2003 1:11 pm

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