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Cpt: adding Spectrum note on points

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adding Spectrum note on points

Uncle Reno at 20:15, 3 June 2010

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‎99.4) Disclaimer:

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‎99.3) Acknowledgements

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‎99.2) What's with this Right On Commander stuff?

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‎99.1) How do the rankings go?

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‎99) Miscellaneous

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=== 99) Miscellaneous ===

99.1) How do the rankings go?

99.2) What's with this Right On Commander stuff?

99.3) Acknowledgements

99.4) Disclaimer

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== 99.1) How do the rankings go? ==

Elite ratings are as follows:
RANK: KILLS: KILLS FOR ARCELITE:
Harmless 0 0
Mostly Harmless 2 50
Poor 8 400
Average 24 1000
Above Average 44 1500
Competent 130 2500
Dangerous 512 4500
Deadly 2560 6000
Very Deadly (ArcElite only) 8000
Elite 6400 9600

Why 6400? Ian needed to think of a number and &1900 (which equals 6400)
was the value of PAGE on the BBC when assembling the source. So there you
go!

The actual number of kills required is the same in all editions, with the
exception of ArcElite which is considerably harder, and some 16 bit
versions which utilise points.

In BBC Elite all crafts were worth 1 kill, but on points versions,
although the thresholds were the same, "a third ("fractional") byte was
added to the kill tally and each ship had a kill rating varying from 0.06
for an Asteroid to 8.0 for a Thargoid (Police Vipers were a measly 0.21
because they were so easy to kill while launching)" - Ian Bell.

This fractional kills system is what I have referred to as "points" in the
above game descriptions. The Amiga version bases ranking on "score" which
is similar to the points system but utilises different values:

Adder 100 pts
Anaconda 90 pts
Asp Mk II 110 pts
Boa Class Cruiser 60 pts
Cobra Mk I 60 pts
Cobra Mk III 80 pts
Fer-De-Lance 100 pts
Gecko 80 pts
Krait 100 pts
Mamba 60 pts
Python 40 pts
Orbit Shuttle 3 pts
Sidewinder 80 pts
Thargoid 150 pts
Thargon 20 pts
Transporter 10 pts
Viper 50 pts
Wolf Mk II 150 pts
Worm/Escape Capsule 80 pts

In the Amiga version, Right On Commanders are still awarded by number
of kills.

==99.2) What's with this Right On Commander stuff?==

In classical Elite, you got a message saying "RIGHT ON
COMMANDER!" every 256 kills, as a bit of encouragement from the
Elite Federation. The first corresponded with being about halfway through
competent, and getting the Constrictor mission.

In ArcElite, the messages are as follows:

"GOOD SHOOTING, COMMANDER!" - Every 50 kills. The first one corresponds with the promotion from Harmless to Mostly Harmless (cf 8 kills in BBC Disk Elite)
"RIGHT ON, COMMANDER!" - 1 kill before every fifth "GOOD SHOOTING, COMMANDER!", ie every 250 kills, beginning from kill 249.

== 99.3) Acknowledgements ==

So far, thanks to me (Robert Pfeifer) for writing all this, David Braben
and Ian Bell for writing the original game, Ian Bell again for kill
figures and making so many versions freely available, Warren Burch and
Clive Gringras for writing ArcElite, Andrew Clover for writing the best
Elite add-on ever (swinging fluffy dice and a rear window sticker saying
"My other ship is a thargoid"), the following readers of this FAQ for
corrections and contributions both quoted and silently incorporated:

* Ali Bharmal
* Daniel Brown
* Simon Challands
* Steve Critchlow
* Jonathan Day
* Roger Earl
* Matthew Garrett
* George Hooper
* Chris John Jordan
* Brad Kerr
* Tim Lambert
* Tony Lorusso
* Patrik Radman
* Christian Schmadalla
* Colin Stott
* Graham Thurlwell
* Mark Tysoe
* Mark Williamson
* Michael - no last name given
* John - ditto
* Ian

Anyone else whose name I accidentally deleted while compiling a list of
changes - once again, the delete key ravaged the mailbox before the
credits were compiled. Sorry. Feel free to remind me. Sheppy's Cider in
Taunton, Somerset, UK for producing the best medium still cider in the
world, my student's union bar for having once sold bitter at 50p a can,
and KLF, Sisters of Mercy and Ash for writing good music to kill to.
10,000 kills and I've put away my guns. In ArcElite. Now I'm putting
notches in my Elite A belt.

== 99.4) Disclaimer: ==

I hereby disclaim responsibility for any faulty information in this FAQ,
and if any the effects of this information, this FAQ and any inferences
you may draw from it on you, your computer, your brother, sister, dog,
gerbil, or in fact anyone or anything anywhere and anywhen. It's for you
to use entirely at your own risk. Have fun and don't eat it. Except maybe
in hardcopy.

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    Wolf Mk II                 150 pts
    Worm/Escape Capsule         80 pts
 In the Amiga version, Right On Commanders are still awarded by number

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 notches in my Elite A belt.
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 I hereby disclaim responsibility for any faulty information in this FAQ,

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   "RIGHT ON, COMMANDER!"      - 1 kill before every fifth "GOOD SHOOTING, COMMANDER!", ie every 250 kills, beginning from kill 249.
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 So far, thanks to me (Robert Pfeifer) for writing all this, David Braben

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 of kills.
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 In classical Elite, you got a message saying "RIGHT ON
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 In ArcElite, the messages are as follows:
-  "GOOD SHOOTING, COMMANDER!" - Every 50 kills. The first one corresponds with the promotion from Harmless to Mostly Harmless (cf 8 kills in BBC Disk Elite)
+  "GOOD SHOOTING, COMMANDER!" - Every 50 kills. The first one corresponds with the promotion from Harmless to Mostly Harmless
-  "RIGHT ON, COMMANDER!" - 1 kill before every fifth "GOOD SHOOTING, COMMANDER!", ie every 250 kills, beginning from kill 249.
+                                (cf 8 kills in BBC Disk Elite)
 == 99.3) Acknowledgements ==

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 Elite ratings are as follows: