On Thursday 07 February 2002 09:04, Leon Brooks wrote: > The shots need to be a little more ``slippery'' so you can sneak them > through gaps.
> You might consider a > mechanism for ``putting English on the ball'' (shift keys?) to make the > gameplay significantly different. Actually, mod keys to make the next throw more sticky or more slippery would probably do the job. But I still like the idea of adding ``English'' to a throw. If you do add skull-equivalent balls, it would fit the theme make them just ice, similar to the frozen-over image. You might also want to rename the game ``brass monkey'' given that involves cold balls. (-: Even more OT, the phrase ``freeze the balls off a brass monkey'' actually has nothing to do with simians. In the days of muzzle-loading cannon, the iron balls were kept near the cannon in little pyramidal stacks, held together with a device much like the triangular frame which is used to set up pool balls, made of brass and called a ``brass monkey''. In cold weather, the brass would contract faster than the iron, and if it got cold enough the balls would pop out of the monkey. Cheers; Leon
