Graz "I'm not a dupe...no really!" Hoppa recently announced something:
[https://www.egroups.com/message/tw2002/15143](https://web.archive.org/web/20000000000000*/https://www.egroups.com/message/tw2002/15143)
"tw.tradewars.org will host it's first major series of tourneys.. there is a practice game already in progress.. the tourneys will be a series of 5 games- ... The tourney will be hosted on a DEDICATED 550 processor with a little over 1k ram-"
That's right, apparently this "little over 1k ram" tournament will be run on an **overclocked TI-85 Calculator.** Graz later corrected me by saying it was really 1 gig of ram which was "given" to her. That's roughly $700 worth of ram. **How the hell does that happen?** Does she have some sort of secret benefactor like Pip does in *Great Expectations*?
Furthermore, when will people learn that ridiculous amount of ram make no diffrence in performance? Granted, [Ultima 9](https://web.archive.org/web/20000000000000*/https://www.dailyradar.com/reviews/game_review_441.html) might actually be playable with that much ram, but I'm more interested who in their right mind actually gives out $700 dollars worth of ram when only $120 is needed at most.
**Interview with John Pritchett Part 2 now up**
[Part 2 of my interview with John](/post/1155) is up. We talk about the Pokemon inspired sequel to Tradewars and find out how John gets his vitality in the morning. It's also proven to whiten your teeth! [Read part 1](/post/1154) if you haven't.
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