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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Message-ID: <0fAXDiC00VIK44N5lF@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:26:22 -0500
- From: "Robert W. Igo" <gryphon+@CMU.EDU>
- Subject: How NOT to request a crack...
- Lines: 87
-
- Excerpts from mail: 18-Dec-92 Re: OOTW Crack (827)
-
- >>
- >> Excerpts from mail: 17-Dec-92 OOTW Crack (112)
- >>
- >> > Have you ever seen a crack for Out of this World? I bought the game and
- >> > the code wheel isn't even in the box!!!
- >>
- >> In that case you should write to the company and request one. Or go
- >> back to the store and return it and tell them you didn't get a code
- >> wheel, and you want one. Otherwise, check ftp.uwp.edu in
- >> /pub/msdos/romulus/cracks to see if one is there.
- >>
- >>
-
- >No shit sherlock! I tried it but do you think they believed me? Think about
- >it- I could have just took it home and installed it, read the two page manual,
- >then took the code wheel and went to get my money back! They almost started
- >laughing, the fucking pricks. I paid 53.95 for this game! Do you have it, and
- >is there any way to copy the code wheel?
-
- Point 1: Don't insult the person who is going to help you.
- Point 2: Read the FAQ before asking questions like this anyway.
- Point 3: Try to keep the number of exclamation points in your request to
- a minimum.
- Point 4: Don't ask the person to send you a copy of the necessary
- documentation in order to circumvent copy protection.
- > Point 5: Write to the company anyway.
-
- > After a reply commenting on his tone...
-
- >Hey-
- >I didn't mean to take a nasty tone... sorry if you take offense to my language
- >(that doesn't mean I'll stop, it's how I express myself(and if you think this
- >makes me a lower form of life, stop reading and tell me now so I can stop
- >associating with you))
-
- Well, I read on anyway... I was done with work for the day.
-
- >Anyways, imagine my frustration! Buying a game and going home all stoked,
- >with your fingernails itching to tear open the plastic covering on the box...
- >ONLY TO FIND THAT YOU CANT EVEN PLAY IT BECAUSE OF A STUPID FUCKING CODE
- >WHEEL!
-
- Here I began to sympathise, but it was a bit late for that emotion to
- take form.
-
- >Then, you go to the store and get laughed at.
-
- I'd suggest speaking to the manager, or perhaps someone higher up in the
- company, rather than vent your frustrations on someone who had nothing
- to do with it.
-
- >Then, some guy replies to your post asking for a crack and tells you to go
- >to the store to return it. Well, like I said before, and I didnt mean to
- >insult you, NO SHIT SHERLOCK!
-
- Point 6: When asking for something which is common knowledge, thanks to
- the FAQ, it is difficult to know what other bits of otherwise common
- knowledge the writer lacks. This creates an awkward situation for the
- reader which can end up in bad feelings on both sides. Solution: before
- requesting a crack, please read the FAQ. If there are any more
- questions, then send mail to the appropriate person (to myself, or to
- ftp@ftp.uwp.edu) requesting additional help. There is nothing wrong
- with this.
-
- >Again, sorry if I offended you. If this letter further offended you,
- you really
- >are a woman! (Can you tell I'm in a bad mood?)
-
- Yes, I could tell that he was in a very bad mood and had not yet
- developed the social grace to avoid taking it out on others instead of
- doing something productive about it, like complaining to the software
- company or to someone who works for more than minimum wage in the mall.
-
- Please note that I've taken out any reference to names, although I'm
- sure the writer will feel he needs to somehow get back at me for making
- fun of him.
-
- Intended to be taken lightly, people... Smile! It's Friday! Well, it
- is now, anyway...
-
- [********************************* Bob Igo ********************************]
- "I'm entitled to my opinion." -Vila
- "It is your assumption that we are entitled to it as well that is irritating."
- -Avon
- [***************************** gryphon+@cmu.edu ***************************]
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