One could say I've lost the space race, another one could say I've won.

[Whirligig Girl]

My early/middle-college American History II Teacher, Mr. Pike, has played Kerbal Space Program, and it's all my fault.

 

Recently, he challenged me to a *space race to the Mun!* Of course I had to accept. I was pretty confident that I would win. It took place during class. After he gave the class a short history test, I was ready to compete (of course he already had a head start) and I built a rather cool rocket call "Mr. Pike Is Definitely A Rather Indecent Person" (as response to his rocket, "GregroxMun Sux." In the end, he beat me to the Mun, but his rocket fell over. At the end of class he had built and was flying a rescue mission, while I was plotting my return from Mun to Kerbin.

But my quest was not to beat Mr. Pike to the Mun. In fact, my quest was to encourage a more scientifically literate classroom. I think I succeeded.

 

One could say

we lost the space race

one could say

we lost the space race 

one could say

we lost the space race

another one

could say we've won.

(link to song)

 

 

 

 

or maybe I'm just telling myself that to make me feel better.

Edited April 15, 2016 by GregroxMun

[Mahnarch]

How many other kids in class also joined this race? Or, where they all looking over your shoulders?

[Whirligig Girl]

1 minute ago, Mahnarch said:

How many other kids in class also joined this race? Or, where they all looking over your shoulders?

They were mostly looking at Mr. Pike's big projector screen, but a few people gathered around me and my laptop.

[worir4]

Just now, GregroxMun said:

They were mostly looking at Mr. Pike's big projector screen, but a few people gathered around me and my laptop.

You got to the Mun with a laptop?

That there is an achievement on its own!

(Assuming pre 1.1 version)

[Whirligig Girl]

1 minute ago, worir4 said:

You got to the Mun with a laptop?

That there is an achievement on its own!

(Assuming pre 1.1 version)

It was 1.1 prerelease. But on a really cruddy laptop.

Edited April 15, 2016 by GregroxMun

[SpaceplaneAddict]

6 minutes ago, worir4 said:

You got to the Mun with a laptop?

That there is an achievement on its own!

(Assuming pre 1.1 version)

I've done Dres from my laptop

[StrandedonEarth]

1 hour ago, SpaceplaneAddict said:

I've done Dres from my laptop

I only play on my laptop (i7). It's a lot more powerful than the desktop in the house (i3)

[SpaceplaneAddict]

2 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said:

I only play on my laptop (i7). It's a lot more powerful than the desktop in the house (i3)

Tell that to me who has a laptop with a crappy AMD APU.

[zarakon]

2 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said:

I only play on my laptop (i7). It's a lot more powerful than the desktop in the house (i3)

an i7 isn't necessarily more powerful than an i3, especially if you're trying to compare laptop vs desktop processors

for example a Haswell i3 4370 desktop cpu is dual-core 3.8 GHz with 4MB L3 cache.  The laptop i7 range from 4500 to 4650 is also dual-core, and mostly much slower

[samstarman5]

This is another aspect of multiplayer I'd love to see players embrace.  You could even do it over skype, challenging a friend to a space race, or race to the north or south pole, or Duna, etc.

No need to sit on your hands waiting for an actual multiplayer mode to KSP when there are already so many opportunities to take advantage of.

[Dombi]

All my 1500+ hours were on laptop(s). Am I missing something?

Edited April 16, 2016 by Dombi

[StrandedonEarth]

1 hour ago, zarakon said:

an i7 isn't necessarily more powerful than an i3, especially if you're trying to compare laptop vs desktop processors

for example a Haswell i3 4370 desktop cpu is dual-core 3.8 GHz with 4MB L3 cache.  The laptop i7 range from 4500 to 4650 is also dual-core, and mostly much slower

Fair enough. The laptop is an i7-3630QM, 6MB L3, quad core @ 2.4 GHz (task manager reports peaks up to 3.2GHz; not sure exactly what that means), 8GB RAM and nvidia GT630m. The desktop is an i3-4170 dual core @ 3.7 GHZ, 8GB RAM, but really hamstrung by Intel HD4400 graphics and a crappy lo-profile, lo-power case that will be a pain to upgrade if it's even possible. I haven't spent a lot of time trying to optimize the settings for better KSP performance on the desktop, since it only holds my kids' attention for a launch or two. So Yeah, much better on the laptop, in my case.

Edit: @GregroxMun Sorry for derailing your thread. Good Job getting KSP on the big screen in your class!

Edited April 16, 2016 by StrandedonEarth

[Whirligig Girl]

57 minutes ago, Dombi said:

All my 1500+ hours were on laptop(s). Am I missing something?

My laptop is a crappy laptop. That is all.

[legoclone09]

Why not a race to the Moon in RSS/RO?

Rest in pieces laptop.

[Dombi]

9 minutes ago, GregroxMun said:

My laptop is a crappy laptop. That is all.

Mine too! I was just surprised by the claims that ksp is unplayable on laptops.

[BLUESTREAK]

Playing on a wheezing 7 year old laptop, works fine. Ish. 

 

I like the race idea - I'm going to have to challenge a friend or two over Skype, should be fun...

Edited April 16, 2016 by BLUESTREAK
Fingers don't do what brain tells them

[Whirligig Girl]

11 hours ago, legoclone09 said:

Why not a race to the Moon in RSS/RO?

Rest in pieces laptop.

RO is optional. If we were to use SMURFF and a few extra part mods, it would be more reasonable. I actually considered this. I think I might try to get Alternis Kerbol and challenge Pike to a landing on some of the moons of Jool.

 

"Oh you think you can win all the time? Not in my playground, [expletive]!"

Edited April 16, 2016 by GregroxMun