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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: Subgroups???
- Message-ID: <41288@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 22:08:19 GMT
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- In article <rdippold.721948321@qualcom> rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
- >rxa21@po.CWRU.Edu (Ranjit Annamalai) writes:
- >>Like the sub. says what happened?
- >
- >It's too much of a pain in the ass to make them, and there wasn't
- >enough interest. There's not enough postings now, either. Out of 125
- >articles here today, nn shows that only about 6 are about
- >civilization, I don't see a Falcon 3 one.
- >--
- >Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. War is peace.
-
- I'm sure the 6 articles on civ said something like this:
-
- "By 3000 BC I will have conqured all the other civs, built the
- spaceship and be well on my way to Alpha Centauri. I will have 3
- 'b'illion civs and future tech 1931. I am pretty pissed because I
- am trying to break a 1000% rating and only got 998% rating in my
- last game."
-
- That leaves 118 articles which, out of pure intuition, I will guess
- exactly what they consist of:
-
- 37:
- Can someone pleaes tell me how to kill/move/get out of/get
- into/get over/get/get away from/get a clue in game XXX.
-
- --
- 5:
- All pirates should be cut from throat to gullet.
-
- 5:
- Pirates are the saviour of all computerdom.
- --
- (Not so many of these anymore thank god.)
-
- 7:
- New game XXXX!
-
- 20:
- My mouse/monitor/keyboard/lightpen/sound board/self-stimulation
- device doesn't work properly with game XXX, will someone come to my
- house and fix it?
-
- 15:
- I need an unprotect/a copy of disk XX/how to do something for my game
- which I left at home.
-
- 10:
- My game of type XX is better than your game of type XX because...
-
- 7:
- The release date for game XXXX has been pushed back a week!
- I'M GOING TO GO SHOOT MYSELF IN THE HEAD LIFE ISN'T WORTH LIVING
- AND I JUST HAD TO TELL EVERYONE BECAUSE I AM A COMPLETE LOSER.
-
- 3:
- Games for sale!
-
- 3:
- Is this the right newsgroup to ask where to find a leash for my
- pet hamster?
-
- 3:
- No, Virginia, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games doesn't have enough articles to justify
- splitting it up in any way shape or form.
-
- Any remaining posts are about Wizardry 7, Wizardry 6, why you can't
- get 8th level spells in early releases of Ultima 6, and what the
- guards say in Castle Wolfenstein 3d.
-
- In addition, 33% of the posts are written by people for whom english
- is a second (or third... or fifth) language. I think people should
- use their own language because no doubt there is *someone* out there
- reading it who speaks it too (and you are much more likely to
- understand the response you get!).
-
- This group is such a clutter even a good killfile doesn't get rid of
- half the noise. I wish people would realize that every post they
- make will literally be read by at least ten thousand people (I don't
- know the actually number...) I know mine was, I just hope it makes
- a difference. I really liked splitting the groups up by genre.
- Even by manufacturer would work.
-
- Disclaimer:
- Please send (and of course post) me lots of flames because I am a
- complete bigot who thinks everyone even slightly different than
- himself should be eradicated. I am against everything that
- any sane, social, normal human being believes in, and I have
- already killed several people just this morning in addition to
- stepping on an insect I could have easily avoided. I am also
- perfect if I failed to mention it before.
-
- OBgames: (serious now)
-
- I am looking to buy both Falcon 3.0 and Ultima VII. I would like
- to buy a used copy to save money, but I want to make sure I get the
- latest revisions and avoid bugs. Please send me e-mail if you are
- looking to sell either and have the straight dope on what rev level
- they are up to.
-
- Chris Fodor
- cfodor@UCSD.edu
-