Bug#876517: tuxpuck: Puck autolaunches instead of positioning itself on the line

[Andrej Mernik]

Dne sobota, 23. september 2017 ob 17:30:15 CEST je Markus Koschany napisal(a):
> Am 23.09.2017 um 10:28 schrieb Andrej Mernik:
> > Package: tuxpuck
> > Version: 0.8.2-7
> > Severity: important
> > 
> > Dear Maintainer,
> > 
> > when the puck hits the screen, it should position itself at the nearest
> > line and wait for player interaction. Often this doesn't happen and the
> > puck just continues slowly to the opponents side, then bounces off an
> > invisible wall and stops in the middle. This in turn always results in a
> > punishment for the human player which has 50% chance to avoid it. The
> > failed launch happens both for the human and AI player.
> > 
> > I have made a very short video of this problem:
> > https://youtu.be/H6QIzc7JS8A
> > 
> > I'm not familiar how the launches worked in Shufflepuck Café, but this
> > doesn't seem normal to me.
> 
> Hello Andrej,
> 
> thanks for your video but obviously you have never played Shufflepuck
> Café :). That's normal and just her special move. In the original game
> there were far more opponents who all had their own characteristic
> techniques. She was the sorcerer type and could move the puck in
> circles. I was always under the impression you have a better chance of
> defending her first shot when you move your puck in one half of the
> table, then it's more likely that she will try to hit the other half.
> When your timing is good enough you can switch to the other half just in
> time and block her attack. Well, that was in the original game. It could
> well be that you have just a 50:50 chance but she is definitely beatable
> unlike Tux :D
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Markus

Hello Markus,

thanks for clarifying the situation. The game author certainly did a poor 
choice of choosing the opponents: one plays almost perfect, the other one is 
beatable, but "cheats" ... It looks pretty fun otherwise ...

Please mark this bug as invalid. Thanks!

Best Regards,
Andrej