Hi, I've added a link for my new 3D OCTI project under the "Bookmarks" section of the club. Not much on the site yet, except for a single screen shot showing...
I never played a super-prong before. After looking at the tutorial, it looks challenging and a lot of fun! Don, can you please provide a transcription of the...
Here is log of the superprong flash tutorial. I'm not sure if I consistently used the ";" notation throughout, but I tried...Don 1. 73+h 2. 77+f 3. 73+b 4. 77...
The folks at the Yale Octi Club have for the past few weeks been playing the four player game with superprongs. The rules are the same as in the standard 4...
Had a great time in London and got in a bit of Octi with Stephen Tavener. We played Alvydas' version of Octi6x7, where you try to get *all* your remaining...
The report from last year's Computer Octi Tournament is now available! It's at http://eksl.cs.umass.edu/~casutton/publications/tourney-2001.pdf Charles...
After a few weeks of being pretty quiet (or downright dead), Octi on-line has had a week of great games, usually starting around 9PM EST. The only thing...
Here's a puzzle based on a game I recently played with Dean: http://www.octi.net/puzzles/index.html I'm not sure what to call this variant (I'm open to...
Aaron's robot (http://www.abstractboardgames.com/aarona/ofk/) is currently in English, but the hope is to branch out to other languages. We just need to...
Here is what's in store for Octi in the months ahead (feel free to add to the list)... June: Finals of the Mind Games Olympiad. Octi is one of the four games...
Those wishing to give a new version of the Octi Online client a try, are welcome to download http://www.abstractboardgames.com/aarona/octi_client_mod2.zip . ...
Sorry everyone, I managed to link to the wrong file (an older version). I've replaced the old file, so the link below is now correct. To anyone who now has to...
Hi, Has somebody coded a notation parser for java? url (src)? (I'm not very interested in looking for it as it would possible take more time than coding it...
I'd like to play Octi or Octi3base using the play-by-email server at www.gamerz.net. My id is don_green, if anyone would like to challenge me. I've lost in...
Those of you that play against my Online Octi 6x7 AI (http://www.abstractboardgames.com/aarona/ofk/) should be happy to know that you may now, by making use of...
I wonder if anyone would be up for a game of Octi during their lunch break? I usually go for lunch around 12:00pm EST, if anyone wants to have a game during...
Aaron has been gathering translation of the java tags for his on-line robot, and we'll soon have three new languages. It would really be great to get some...
I've located and fixed a problem in the network code of the Octi On-line Client. I do not know if it was responsible for the join problem, but it should...
While I've been playing Octi 9x9 3 base (standard game) lately, I've been trying to come up with some basic guidelines for good play. What I have thought of so...
Aaron has been working on a Python-based replacement for the buggy Octi on-line (the 9x9 game that allows for human vs. human play). We're looking for a server...
Hi All, As I was showing the 9x9 1-base game to Gab Kenny, a friend of mine in Melbourne, the other day, she asked whether one could place a new pod on _any_...
Hi, Andy. I've been trying out the new variant, and it's interesting. A few observations: 1. It doens't really work with 1-base, since it's too easy to drop ...
A few bits of news to bring you up to date on what's happening in the land of octi... AaronA is finishing a new -- and much less buggy! -- version of the octi...
I am happy to report that the 2001 computer tournment report will be published! It is scheduled to appear in the ICGA Journal (for info on the journal, see...
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