Scott Gordon Professor Computer Science Dept College of Engineering CSU Sacramento gordonvs@csus.edu. Studio 522 dolphin (34,000 triangles) w/Phong shading,UV/gold/reflection mapping, and marble Perlin noise

Spring 2026 schedule CSc-155 (section 1) - MWF 10:00-10:50 CSc-155 (section 2) - MWF 11:00-11:50 CSc-165 (section 1) - MWF 02:00-02:50 CSc-165 (section 2) - MW 03:00-04:15 Spring 2026 Office Hours (RVR-5040) Mondays 01:00-02:00 Fridays 12:00-02:00

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Victory Roll   winners of the Annual CSc-180 Two-Player Strategy Board Game Tournament:

Year 2019s 2018f 2018s 2017f 2017s 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002

Game Congress Chess Hot Wheels Chess Nukular Chess Hi'Ya! Morph Trench Run GasTank Chess Refusal Borgo Pass PaoQi Schmesh Catnap Sidestep Lemming Chess Rabbit Race Mini-Checkers PawnStop 4-in-a-row 4-in-a-row

Champion 0 - Scott Gordon - "Progress" 1 - Ciprian Elies - "Chipinator" Eli Richner - "Capability Brown" Chun Yue Leung - "Pepper" Chris Swenson - "Sockfish" [sec.2]   def. Chris Pulido - "Threshold" [sec.1] Theodore Dubois - "S/K" 0 - Scott Gordon - "Tarkin" 1 - James Womack - "Mom" John Hill - "Diesel Wolf" [tie] Scott Gordon - "Buggy" Ben Botto - "Nibbles" Matt Rojas - "Ramathorne 3" Mike Vollmer - "Batty" Mitch Heer - "Chubs" Josh Christanelli - "0NYX" [tie] Levi Stanley - "Hairball" Tim Bender - "Time Bender" Andrew Redden - "Judgment" Phuong Nguyen - "Prophet" Hong Nguyen - "Sleeper" Jason Chang - "Dead End" Jeb Crouson - "Headstrong" Jon Pullen - "Mr. X"

Runners-Up "Hamilton" (Jones), "Nedah" (Barrow), Chess Buddy (Hoang) "Adversareval" (Merrill), "Boosted Bot" (RGutierrez) "Conor McGregor" (Goh), "NYANC" (Yao) "Fat Buddha" (Ludanov), "KamiSama" (Lowe) "Aleph" (Currie), "Darwin" (Schmid) "HAL" (Solorzano), "Bane_AI" (Bergstrom) "AlterEgo" (Ly), "Sneaky" (Atwal) "Minimaxploitation" (Shea), "Intuition" (Clayton), "Rocky4" (Weidman) "Honest Abe" (Pearson) "Lion" (Eilers), "TuoLaJi" (Gordon) "a.out" (Braden), "Numbskull" (Gordon) "Chairman Meow" (Gordon), "FastNap2 (Schlanger), "Namffuh" (Huffman) "Surgeon" (Gordon), "Fiend" (Schulkins) "KnowHao" (Hao Le), "Pwnage!!1" (Goering) "Sgt Schultz" (Henriet), "Harvey" (Gordon) "Slasher" (Zhang) "Hannah" (Bettencourt), "Muncher" (Gordon) "Dark Cloud" (Gordon), "Evolution" (Ruggles) "Lien" (Lien), "Dark Cloud" (Gordon)

University of Science & Technology Beijing   winners of the Great Tiger Strategy Board Game Tournament:

Year 2014

Game 4-in-a-Row

Champion Zhang Yanfei - "Smart Tiger" (C++)

Runner-Up "Big Game Hunter" (Cui Can)

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