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satan

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Jan 10, 2004, 5:00:23 AM1/10/04
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First and foremost as a general rule before buying
a game you should look on the package to see if it
uses GameSpy and if that is the case drop it like a hot potato,
because you are asking for trouble.

Look you do not have to take my word for it,
just look how GameSpy handles security issues when
it is notified about it, follow the links and
take some time to read them, and if you are

concerned about your computer security stay away
from the games that are using GameSpy.

http://aluigi.altervista.org/misc/75395-1.pdf
http://aluigi.altervista.org/papers/castleoflies.txt

With respect to your individual privacy, again,
you should ask GameSpy to see if their product is
in compliance with European Union Privacy legislation,
no prizes given for your guess.
Simple question for the managers from GameSpy:

Does your product comply with the existing European Union
privacy legislation and for that matter where I live, Australia?

Why not?

And who is to blame for it, Electronic Arts for distributing
a product which does not comply with the law of the land.
I am looking forward to the answer from the
Office of the Attorney General.

Now, with respect Electronic Arts, the only product that I own
is C&C Generals and C&C Generals Zero Hour and they suck big time.

Look, in solo play, I have to admit it, the game plays
quite well, reasonable AI, however the gameplay user
interface is a rip-off from World War 3 Black Gold,
where is the compliance with U.S. Copyrights in that.

If you consider playing the game online, forget it,
I have ADSL 512K, and there are times when the game speed
drops to less than 1 (one) frame per second, and Electronic Arts
tries to blame the ISPs of the individuals, ha, do it again
Electronic Art because I can see class legal action.

What you should look for before deciding to buy an Electronic Arts product,
is user interface, the metric of this is quite simple,
if you have to go through more than two screens in order to play
any feature of the game, then, forget it, they are using splash screens
in order to hide the poor performance of the game.

Before you buy, try to get the trial version of the game,
if you are happy with it by all means go and throw your money
away, however, make sure that the trial version supports online gaming,
because if it doesn't, it is most likely that the online feature of
the game is crap as it is the case with C&C Generals and C&C Generals Zero
Hour.
Check to see if after you quit the game it leaves any garbage
in the memory, because if it does it is most likely that
it will affect the overall performance of your computer
until you restart your computer.

On the other hand if are a owner of the crap, you have all my sympathy.


Bob W.

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Jan 10, 2004, 9:27:19 AM1/10/04
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Why don't you do us a favor and stop posting this crap multiple times a day? You made
your point on the first couple posts. Now you are just proving that your opinion isn't
worth the effort.

Bob W.

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Gandalf Parker

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Jan 10, 2004, 9:40:07 AM1/10/04
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"Bob W." <bl...@columbus.dropthis.rr.com> wrote in
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> Why don't you do us a favor and stop posting this crap multiple times
> a day? You made your point on the first couple posts. Now you are
> just proving that your opinion isn't worth the effort.
>
> Bob W.

he doesnt care, its a bot program.
Complaints can be made to ab...@connect.com.au

Bill Seurer

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Jan 10, 2004, 9:31:28 AM1/10/04
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satan wrote:

> First and foremost as a general rule before buying

. . .

Uh oh, he's counting down! Only 355 more to go and then...what?

Douglas A. Shrader

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Jan 10, 2004, 9:55:21 AM1/10/04
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"Bob W." <bl...@columbus.dropthis.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Why don't you do us a favor and stop posting this crap multiple times a
day? You made
> your point on the first couple posts. Now you are just proving that your
opinion isn't
> worth the effort.
>
> Bob W.

I killfiled him and would not even be able to tell he was still posting if
people would stop replying to him and quoting his posts.

(snip)

Einstine

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Jan 10, 2004, 12:43:30 PM1/10/04
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> I killfiled him and would not even be able to tell he was still posting if
> people would stop replying to him and quoting his posts.

Exactly.

Outlook Express- message- block sender


Dan Sgambelluri

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Jan 10, 2004, 12:42:50 PM1/10/04
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I killfilled him too

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NightSky 421

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Jan 10, 2004, 4:46:18 PM1/10/04
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"Bill Seurer" <Bi...@seurer.netNOSPAM> wrote in message
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>
> Uh oh, he's counting down! Only 355 more to go and then...what?
>


LOL!!!!!


Grackle

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Jan 10, 2004, 7:49:06 PM1/10/04
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go to hell!

Bill Seurer

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Jan 10, 2004, 9:07:14 PM1/10/04
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Grackle wrote:

> go to hell!

You're getting ahead of things. That'll be the subject of message 266.

Grackle

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Jan 11, 2004, 12:06:22 AM1/11/04
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you're right, it takes patience to defeat satan.

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NightSky 421

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I never ever thought I'd say this about someone spamming the newsgroups the
way "satan" has, but I must say I'm actually starting to find the resulting
threads quite amusing now! I must have laughed for about five minutes
yesterday (with tears coming out my eyes!) when Bill Seurer posted his
comments about (satan) counting down.


Grackle

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Jan 11, 2004, 3:20:57 PM1/11/04
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And just think about it, 355 more opportunities for fun to go, hehe


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NightSky 421

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Jan 11, 2004, 4:23:12 PM1/11/04
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"Grackle" <nos...@lalaland.com> wrote in message
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>
> And just think about it, 355 more opportunities for fun to go, hehe
>


Heh...it would seem so. :) I guess it helps to see things in a humorous
light.


Bob W.

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Jan 11, 2004, 4:44:15 PM1/11/04
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I just want to know if he started at number 666?

Bob W.

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The Ancient One

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Jan 11, 2004, 4:53:10 PM1/11/04
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"Bob W." <bl...@columbus.dropthis.rr.com> wrote in message
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> I just want to know if he started at number 666?

He wanted to, but he can't count that high.


Jonah Falcon

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Jan 11, 2004, 11:11:06 PM1/11/04
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"Dan Sgambelluri" <dsgamb...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> I killfilled him too

Stop calling it a "him".


Jonah Falcon

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Jan 11, 2004, 11:11:23 PM1/11/04
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His dick explodes.


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