home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!tulane!rouge!das9674
- From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
- Subject: Re: MISC: Group split
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.045442.9653@usl.edu>
- Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
- References: <rdippold.723779802@qualcom> <1992Dec10.013556.13154@itsmail1.hamilton.edu> <1992Dec11.181945.10814@convex.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:54:42 GMT
- Lines: 36
-
- In article <1992Dec11.181945.10814@convex.com> garee@convex.com (Scott Garee) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec10.013556.13154@itsmail1.hamilton.edu> nrabinow@itsmail1.hamilton.edu (Nancy Rabinowitz) writes:
- >
- >>.adventure Adventure games - Amazon, King's Quest, Zork, etc.
- >>.crpg Computer Role Playing Games - Ultima, Wizardry, darklands
- >>.strategic Strategy and war games. Sim City, Carriers at War, Chess
- >>.flightsim Flight simulators - Falcon 3, Aces of the Pacific, Comanche
- >>.action Shoot 'em up, etc. that doesn't go elsewhere. Galactix
- >>.announce Moderated - announcements from game companies, press releases
- >>.advocacy The perennial piracy debate, any other heated arguments
- >>.misc Anything else. There's always something else.
- >
- >Where do things like tank and sub simulators go? I'd like to see them in
- >the same place as the flight sims. So when SH releases the M1 portion
- >of their master plan ;-) we can get it all in one place.
- >
- >Maybe .military or .wargames or .milsim or .idontknowsomeonesuggestsomething
-
- Well, I think the .crpg should be '.rpg', and the '.flightsim' to be
- '.sim' to include all simulations. '.announce' should be '.info',
- and a '.sports' should be added.
-
- And '.strategic' should be '.strategy'. Nit pick.
-
- >--
- >Scott Garee = garee@convex.com
- >My opinions are my own and are not supported by Convex Computer Corp.
- >(Even though I AM right)
- >"I hear your lips moving, but I can't see what you're saying." - me
-
-
- --
- Dan Stephenson das9674@usl.edu
- "There once was a Lady from Hyde/who ate some bad apples and died/but while
- we lamented/the apples fermented/making cider inside her inside!"
- -Member of the Court, Texas Renaissance Festival
-