A Critical Analysis of the Captain N Fandom (Part 5)
Mark Moore
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N-finity 7/16/200 5:57 PM Hello, Mark.
Riot 7/16/200 5:58 PM Bye.
N-finity 7/16/200 5:58 PM Not in a good mood?
Riot 7/16/200 6:00 PM No.
N-finity 7/16/200 6:00 PM Okay.
N-finity 7/16/200 6:01 PM I was going to ask if you could send me
the
fanfic site so I could upload it
until a
subaccount get sets up for you.
N-finity 7/16/200 6:01 PM Why are you in such a bad mood, anyway?
N-finity 7/16/200 6:09 PM Oh! I got Sparty's contact for AIM!
N-finity 7/16/200 10:10 PM When are you planning to put up the
fanfics on
your site?
Riot 7/16/200 10:11 PM I dsunno. Why do you care?
N-finity 7/16/200 10:11 PM Because I care about Captain N, Mark.
Riot 7/16/200 10:11 PM Go to bed.
N-finity 7/16/200 10:27 PM Why do you bother updating your site...
ever?
Riot 7/16/200 10:27 PM Sometimes. Whenever I feel like it.
N-finity 7/16/200 10:27 PM Why are you doing a new series?
Riot 7/16/200 10:28 PM Cuyz I want to.
N-finity 7/16/200 10:28 PM (My ICQ isn't sending very well tonight.
It's
liable to send twice or not at all.)
Riot 7/16/200 10:29 PM Do I care?
N-finity 7/16/200 10:30 PM Apparently not.
Mark: You shouldn't do your Captain
N website
if you don't care about it. You
should just
shut it down.
Riot 7/16/200 10:30 PM No.
N-finity 7/16/200 10:36 PM Then you must care about it some, at
least.
Riot 7/16/200 10:38 PM Why are you asking me about this?
N-finity 7/16/200 10:38 PM Because I want Captain N to be good,
Mark.
Your site doesn't do enough to do
that. It
should be worked on or shut down. In
its
present state - it fails.
Riot 7/16/200 10:40 PM Don't you have anything better to do than
pester me?
N-finity 7/16/200 10:40 PM No, Mark, I don't.
I've done what I needed to get done
for today
- I'm doing what I want to now.
N-finity 7/16/200 10:42 PM I want to understand you, Mark.
Riot 7/16/200 10:43 PM Don't bother me.
N-finity 7/16/200 11:06 PM Chat's on... want to join?
In this next ICQ chat, Webster wants to work on my site:
N-finity 7/17/200 7:48 AM I'm sorry, Mark... everyone was a bit
pissy
yesterday... you and I included.
N-finity 7/17/200 8:11 AM Mark, would you ever consider letting me
do
some work on your site for you?
I'd do it in your style and
everything...
...and I wouldn't ask for the
password...
...but just so that there was a bit
more to
see there?
Apparently, Webster had a problem with my site having almost no
graphics.
In these next excerpts from ICQ chats, Webster again pesters me to
come to the #Captain_N channel:
N-finity 7/17/200 6:47 PM Hello, Mark, how are you?
Riot 7/17/200 6:56 PM Fine, you?
N-finity 7/17/200 7:02 PM Okay. I'll try to remember to do that.
::begins again::
Hi, Mark.
How are you today?
"Fine, you?"
Pretty good. I'm doing a LOT better
than I was
last night... I was just pissy last
night...
seems like every N-fan was. Have you
checked
out CaptainN.net to read the story?
Riot 7/17/200 7:03 PM Nope. What story?
N-finity 7/17/200 7:04 PM The Tetris Wars... it's the first episode
of
the CaptainN.net continuation.
Riot 7/17/200 7:05 PM Kay, I'll go there now.
N-finity 7/17/200 7:05 PM The ending might be rewritten - I don't
like
the last page or thereabouts - but
the rest of
it I think turned out fairly well.
N-finity 7/17/200 7:05 PM I'm using your CN mailing list as a way
to
advertise fanfics when I send them
out... hope
you don't mind.
Riot 7/17/200 7:06 PM Don't care.
N-finity 7/17/200 7:07 PM Kay.
N-finity 7/17/200 7:10 PM I hope you enjoy the story.
It's actually the basic idea
(greatly altered)
for the first story that I offered
to write
for you. It seems fitting that
that's what was
used as the first story for .net's
Continuation.
Riot 7/17/200 7:10 PM Kay.
Riot 7/17/200 7:14 PM Currently u/l ny Captain N fics to
FanFiction.Net. =)
N-finity 7/17/200 7:14 PM ::nods::
Ahh.
Riot 7/17/200 7:15 PM Just put up "The Quest For R.O.B.". =)
N-finity 7/17/200 7:15 PM ::nods::
Hmm...
Riot 7/17/200 7:22 PM Who wrote the first episode?
N-finity 7/17/200 7:22 PM ::raises hand::
I know... I didn't put that in the
info.
N-finity 7/17/200 8:06 PM So... any chance you'll come into
#Captain_N
later?
Riot 7/17/200 8:06 PM Nope. Gotta take a nap before work.
N-finity 7/18/200 7:37 PM Mark: Thank you.
Riot 7/18/200 7:37 PM For?
N-finity 7/18/200 7:37 PM For your guestbook.
Riot 7/18/200 7:37 PM ?
N-finity 7/18/200 7:38 PM 178 e-mail addresses.
103 still in existance.
An untapped resource...
Riot 7/18/200 7:38 PM *shrug*
N-finity 7/18/200 7:38 PM You had the greatest listing of fans of
Captain N ever made.
N-finity 7/18/200 7:38 PM ...and you didn't even know it!
N-finity 7/18/200 7:56 PM Mark: Might you join chat?
Riot 7/18/200 7:56 PM I might.
N-finity 7/18/200 7:56 PM It would be nice if you could.
Riot 7/18/200 7:57 PM Guess I'll have to be nice to you today.
I'm
comin'.
N-finity 7/18/200 7:57 PM ::nods::
And I you.
Riot 7/18/200 8:11 PM WTF? I can't connect to
irc.gammaforce.org
N-finity 7/18/200 8:11 PM ::frowns::
What error are you getting?
Riot 7/18/200 8:12 PM Unable to resolve IRC server
N-finity 7/18/200 8:12 PM Hmm...
Just a sec.
N-finity 7/18/200 8:16 PM Are you joining chat?
N-finity 7/18/200 8:16 PM Trying to again, rather?
Riot 7/18/200 8:16 PM Still can't.
N-finity 7/18/200 8:16 PM (+haux) monolith.ok.us.gammaforce.org
(+haux) raymoon.ok.us.gammaforce.org
(+haux) sphinx.or.us.gammaforce.org
(+haux)
hackdesk.in.us.gammaforce.org
N-finity 7/18/200 8:16 PM Try any of those ones.
Riot 7/18/200 8:21 PM Nope.
N-finity 7/18/200 8:29 PM Well then, I'm not sure what's wrong.
Up in the Options selection under
the File
Menu... choose Gammaforce server...
In these next excerpts from ICQ chats, Webster is convinced that I had
posted "immature" posts to The Captain N Forum, even that I hadn't:
N-finity 7/19/200 3:20 AM Mark, those posts you put on the CN Forum
were
really immature. I deleted the one
about my
fanfic but I left the other one
there with a
response to you on it.
N-finity 7/19/200 7:40 PM What the hell was that on the board,
Mark?
Riot 7/19/200 7:40 PM What?
N-finity 7/19/200 7:41 PM That post on the CN Forum.
Riot 7/19/200 7:41 PM Haven't posted there since the first
message,
when I said "Hey, wazzup" or
whatever,
N-finity 7/19/200 7:42 PM Well, someone did, Mark... and it's under
your
name.
Riot 7/19/200 7:42 PM *shrug*
Riot 7/19/200 7:42 PM What does it say?
N-finity 7/19/200 7:51 PM You Suck « on: July 19th, 2001, 1:13am »
You are all losers! Captain N is
just some
f**king cartoon that isn't worth
wasting time
on. I seriously don't know why I do
anything
with it anymore,you can't seriously
like that
show anymore! and what is it with
you losers
angry at me about my fanfics?
They're MY
fanfics and it is MY site and I can
do
whatever the f**k I want to. If I
want to
write porno scenes I can because
it's MY
fanfic. f**k ALL of you loosers!
Riot 7/19/200 7:53 PM 3 clues that it ain't me:
1) censored curse words - I actually
type 'em
out.
2) sentences beginning with
lowercase letters
3) run-on sentences
N-finity 7/19/200 7:54 PM Well then, Mark: Who is it?
Actually, YaBB automatically censors
profanity... because it did with
Loki's
followup.
Riot 7/19/200 7:56 PM What's Loki's follow-up?
N-finity 7/19/200 7:57 PM Just a sec. I'm trying to load up the
messages
again - I'm uploading Zelda
episodes.
Riot 7/19/200 7:58 PM Um, they're available on
TeamSaveZelda.Com.
N-finity 7/19/200 7:59 PM More lesbians please, thanks. This is
what
Sherrif and I have said all along.
Any man who
doesn't like lesbians is gay. Pure
and simple.
(of course, a couple N fans ARE gay,
but..
y'know.. heh). In any case, this
nuts is
absolutely idiotic and you're all
fools for
participating and thinking that
Captain N
fandom is some kind of holy crusade.
What a
bunch of nonsense.
24.165.225.42
-- The Most Honorable and Esteemed
Pope
Disco Duck XIV, keeper of the sacred
toothpicks.
Re: You Suck « Reply #2 on: July
19th, 2001,
1:45am »
Nuts = feces, btw.
N-finity 7/19/200 7:59 PM Mark, did you make your first message
from
your normal computer?
N-finity 7/19/200 7:59 PM Or normal ISP, rather?
Riot 7/19/200 8:00 PM My very first post? Yup.
Riot 7/19/200 8:00 PM Hee hee. Mike's funny. =)
N-finity 7/19/200 8:01 PM And you don't have cable, do you?
Riot 7/19/200 8:01 PM Nope.
N-finity 7/19/200 8:02 PM 209.26.149.79
That's your first post.
209.26.149.84
That's the "You Suck" post, Mark.
That means that the person was from
your
ISP...
Riot 7/19/200 8:03 PM Geez, I didn't post. I don't even go to
the
forum!
N-finity 7/19/200 8:03 PM Well then, Mark, who the hell did?
Riot 7/19/200 8:04 PM I dunno.
N-finity 7/19/200 8:04 PM Well, Mark... you better try to answer
that.
Because they were on your ISP...
...and they posted under your name.
Riot 7/19/200 8:05 PM I don't know!
N-finity 7/19/200 8:05 PM Well then, Mark - I should logically
assume
that it is you.
Riot 7/19/200 8:05 PM Leave me alone.
N-finity 7/19/200 8:07 PM And that proves it to me.
Mark, I'm leaving that post up. If
you
publically apologize... ever... I
shall take
that post down immediately and your
apology,
also, after a few days so that
people can see
it.
Until that happens - it stays up.
Riot 7/19/200 8:09 PM I don't care.
N-finity 7/19/200 8:10 PM Okay, then.
N-finity 7/19/200 11:27 PM Simon_B is in chat.
N-finity 7/19/200 11:27 PM You're welcome to come, Mark.
In these next excerpts from ICQ chats, Webster again pesters me about
joining his #Captain_N channel and linking to his site:
N-finity 7/20/200 6:55 PM Mark, do you remember Telia?
Riot 7/20/200 6:56 PM Who?
N-finity 7/20/200 6:56 PM Telia.
Riot 7/20/200 6:57 PM Who?
N-finity 7/20/200 7:00 PM Telia used to come into #Captain_N... as
Telia345.
Riot 7/20/200 7:00 PM I dunno. Why?
N-finity 7/20/200 7:03 PM Because I found him.
Riot 7/20/200 7:04 PM Him?
N-finity 7/20/200 7:04 PM Telia.
Riot 7/20/200 7:04 PM I didn't knowTelia was a he.
N-finity 7/20/200 7:07 PM Kefka40: I remember the day exactly, it
was
when Octopooki, Kuma, and other were
in there
happassing you
Kefka40: and I came in to see what
was going
on and met you guysa
Riot 7/20/200 7:07 PM *shrug* Okay.
N-finity 7/20/200 7:08 PM Mark, you remember nothing, do you?
Riot 7/20/200 7:08 PM I don't recall if I remember.
N-finity 7/20/200 7:12 PM ::sighs::
N-finity 7/20/200 8:09 PM You're welcome to join chat later if you
want
to, Mark.
It's on now.
N-finity 7/21/200 5:14 PM Mark, would you like to try #Captain_N
again?
Perhaps we can work out a truce as
far as that
chat goes.
Riot 7/21/200 5:14 PM What truce? I don't get you.
N-finity 7/21/200 5:14 PM N/m, then.
N-finity 7/21/200 6:48 PM Mark... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! put up
CaptainN.net as a link!
Riot 7/21/200 6:48 PM I will...eventually.
N-finity 7/21/200 7:21 PM ::smiles::
Mark, wouldn't it be nice if it were
possible
for all N-fans to get along and work
together?
I know that you and I can't.
Riot 7/21/200 7:22 PM shrug*
N-finity 7/21/200 7:22 PM It would be nice if we could... but we
can't -
we're too different in our beliefs.
Riot 7/21/200 7:22 PM What beliefs?
N-finity 7/21/200 7:24 PM On what Captain N in... how to deal with
the
show in websites, etc.
Riot 7/21/200 7:25 PM What Captain N is? It's a show and a
comic
book.
N-finity 7/21/200 7:26 PM Yes... but it's been a show and a comic
book
that have connected people as a
common medium
of enjoyment.
Riot 7/21/200 7:29 PM So has every other show on TV.
N-finity 7/21/200 7:45 PM ::nods::
True.
But Captain N has been to a lot of
people that
have, before your site especially,
felt that
no one remembered the show that they
felt
connected to.
Be back in a few.
N-finity 7/21/200 8:54 PM Might you want to come into chat for a
bit?
Riot 7/21/200 8:54 PM Are you chatting about anything good?
N-finity 7/21/200 8:54 PM We're not really chatting right now.
Whatever you'd like to bring up,
I'll talk
about... and I bet Proto will, too
Riot 7/21/200 8:57 PM Proto?
N-finity 7/21/200 8:57 PM Protoman.
He's one of the newer guys.
Mega_Man's due back in a bit... if
Eric comes
back online (he was busy with
something) he'll
be in...
In these next excerpts from ICQ chats, Webster says he has found a way
to save all of the messages from my message board (which had been
flooded), and he's willing to send me all of the messages - in
exchange for older messages and links to CNN and The Captain N Forum:
N-finity 7/22/200 7:44 PM Mark... your board's index is 125 MB...
Riot 7/22/200 7:45 PM Your point?
N-finity 7/22/200 7:45 PM It's dead...
::frowns::
N-finity 7/22/200 7:48 PM Why don't you fix it?
Riot 7/22/200 7:49 PM I will eventually.
N-finity 7/22/200 7:49 PM When?
Riot 7/22/200 7:49 PM Someday.
N-finity 7/22/200 7:53 PM I downloaded the board in hopes of being
able
to find some old messages.
Mark, that message flood took out
everybody.
Riot 7/22/200 7:54 PM All the old messages are gone?
N-finity 7/22/200 8:19 PM It would appear to be so.
I'm having Telia go after it with
his cable...
N-finity 7/22/200 8:25 PM Mark... a lot of N-history has been lost.
Riot 7/22/200 8:25 PM N-history?
Riot 7/22/200 8:26 PM A lot more was lost when my hard drive
crashed. All the e-mails and early
drafts of
episodes.
N-finity 7/22/200 8:26 PM The history of Captain N online.
N-finity 7/22/200 8:26 PM ::nods::
So true, Mark.
N-finity 7/22/200 8:26 PM It's a shame... it really is.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:27 PM Hey, Mark.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:30 PM Mark, I've backed up your boar.d
Riot 7/23/200 5:31 PM How much is there?
N-finity 7/23/200 5:31 PM I'll send you it.
First I want to send you the 119 MB
index
file.
Don't worry... it won't take long.
Riot 7/23/200 5:31 PM Kay.
Riot 7/23/200 5:32 PM Are all the messages there?
N-finity 7/23/200 5:32 PM Damn good compression, eh?
On the Forum index? No. They're not,
unfortunately.
Riot 7/23/200 5:32 PM What's there?
Riot 7/23/200 5:32 PM How do I open it?
N-finity 7/23/200 5:33 PM It's an ACE file. Use WinACE. WinACE does
ZIP,
RAR, and ACE (plus a few more
formats) and is
freeware (although it does as you to
register
you never need to) and is smaller
than WinZIP
on your HD.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:33 PM WinZIP MIGHT be able to handle it,
though.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:34 PM And Mark, the index file is basically
useless.
Riot 7/23/200 5:34 PM Why?
N-finity 7/23/200 5:34 PM Remember the mega-flood?
I split the file up into parts that
were
viewable. The final part, part 120,
was still
the mega-flood.
Riot 7/23/200 5:35 PM Maybe the entire file wasn't saved.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:36 PM Riot: I think they shut down the creation
of
the message board index - I think
the person
who crashed the board made each
message
display the one previous as part of
its
subject... so it just kept on
repeating, thus
crashing the board.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:36 PM They all have the same date and time...
and
there's 119 MB of this listing -
probably
about 1,000,000 ghost-posts...
N-finity 7/23/200 5:37 PM Fortunately, I went the extra mile and
made a
list of all possible posts, ran the
file
through SuperBot, and was able to
archive over
3000 messages.
Riot 7/23/200 5:37 PM I'm gonna e-mail you the last index file
I has
saved - modified to link to the
messages on
the board's server. I want you to
try "Save
Link As" and see if the messages can
be
downloaded.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:37 PM ::nods::
I'd like that index file!
N-finity 7/23/200 5:38 PM (Can't you send it over ICQ, though?)
Riot 7/23/200 5:38 PM Yeah, I meant that.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:38 PM ::nods::
Kay.
I can get it to work, one way or the
other.
And, if it's not too far before the
mega-spam... I can probably even
restore that
somehow.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:38 PM (Manually... ::sighs::)
N-finity 7/23/200 5:40 PM If I get all/most of this board restored,
since it appears you can't clear out
the old
board, do you think that the use of
the CN
Forum as your message board would
work out?
I'll create a message board just for
your site
if you like...
Riot 7/23/200 5:41 PM I tried saving a message. It worked!
They're
still there! =)
N-finity 7/23/200 5:42 PM ::nods::
They are, Mark... but they're pains
to get!
::laughs::
Riot 7/23/200 5:42 PM But it's worth it. =)
N-finity 7/23/200 5:42 PM ::nods::
Which is why used a bot to get all
of the
messages.
Riot 7/23/200 5:43 PM Well, I'm gonna d/l them now.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:43 PM Do you want me to send them to you? I can
do
that...
Riot 7/23/200 5:43 PM How can you d/.l them fast?
N-finity 7/23/200 5:44 PM With a bot that does it for me.
I can send them to you faster than
you can get
them.
Can you send the message index
again?
It failed.
Riot 7/23/200 5:45 PM Kay.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:46 PM If this doesn't work, send it to
senshi...@sailormoon.com
Riot 7/23/200 5:47 PM Guess I'll have to. BRB.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:47 PM Kay.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:52 PM Have you sent the file yet?
(If you haven't, my file transfer is
working
again.)
Riot 7/23/200 5:54 PM Okay.
Riot 7/23/200 5:56 PM The files in this index are all the ones
I
have yet to d/l.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:56 PM ::nods::
Do you want me to send you the
message archive
I did?
Riot 7/23/200 5:57 PM What's in it?
N-finity 7/23/200 5:58 PM All the messages that still exist from
first
to the 6000th.
Only about 1600-5300 or so exist,
though...
there's about 3000 messages total
Riot 7/23/200 5:58 PM Kay.
N-finity 7/23/200 5:59 PM Do you, then?
Riot 7/23/200 5:59 PM When you get this index and save them
messages, send 'em to me, too.
Riot 7/23/200 5:59 PM Do I what?
N-finity 7/23/200 5:59 PM Mark: I have all of the messages on this
list
you're sending...
...I just don't have the index file.
Riot 7/23/200 6:00 PM Ah.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:00 PM Both the messages and the index file are
imperative...
...but either, alone, is nearly
worthless.
Riot 7/23/200 6:00 PM This index file is for "state 7" of the
board.
(meaning I've saved it and deleted
it 6 times
already).
N-finity 7/23/200 6:00 PM ::nods::
Do you have the older stuff... like
pre-message 1600?
Riot 7/23/200 6:01 PM Any messages you have that are not in
this
index belong to state 8 of the
board.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:01 PM ::nods::
Kay.
Riot 7/23/200 6:01 PM I have the first 6 states on CD.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:01 PM Any chance that I'll be able to get them
sometime?
Riot 7/23/200 6:02 PM But I saved 'em when I had Window 3.x, so
all
the html files have the htm
extention, meaning
you'll have to rename them all
before you can
view the message board on a Windows
95 comp.
Riot 7/23/200 6:02 PM I can send em to you now if you want.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:03 PM I have a program that I can use to rename
them
easy.
::nods::
That'd be great if you could.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:03 PM ZIP them first?
N-finity 7/23/200 6:03 PM (By state, preferably?)
Riot 7/23/200 6:03 PM Don't wanna get 'em unzipped? I can iCQ
'em to
you directly from the CD.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:04 PM ::nods::
Well... whichever is easier for you,
I guess.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:04 PM Let's state on state 1, though.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:05 PM Do you have the messages for the old
indexes?
Riot 7/23/200 6:06 PM Of course! Duh!
N-finity 7/23/200 6:06 PM Okay. Just wanted to make sure.
Riot 7/23/200 6:06 PM They're in the messages folder, so I
couldn't
send them with the index at the same
time.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:07 PM ::nods::
Okay.
(Actually, I think you can with
newer versions
of ICQ>..
N-finity 7/23/200 6:07 PM Yeah, you can... but you have to select
them
from the folder on your CD...
N-finity 7/23/200 6:07 PM (You have to actually go through my
computer,
etc.)
Riot 7/23/200 6:08 PM After I send you all the previous boards,
please send me the messages you got.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:08 PM ::nods::
Okay.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:09 PM Actually, if you gave me a few hours
after the
sending of the old states finishes,
I can
combine the states together and send
you a
master archive...
Riot 7/23/200 6:10 PM No, I prefer to keep each state separate
for
the authentic look.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:10 PM ::nods::
Okay.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:11 PM The stuff that you'll need to state 8,
though,
doesn't exist...
::frowns::
The mega-flood doesn't have any of
it.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:11 PM Most of the messages after the state 7
date,
though, weren't very good, anyway.
Riot 7/23/200 6:12 PM So, there's nothing after:
SWM Seeks SWF for hot fun!!! - DISCO
DUCK
01:49:09 7/16/100 (2)
?
N-finity 7/23/200 6:15 PM ::nods::
Exactly.
Riot 7/23/200 6:15 PM Why is that?
Riot 7/23/200 6:16 PM I'll load up my state 8 index later and
try to
save some.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:16 PM Oh, you HAVE a state 8 index, then?
Then there is.
It's just that any index you don't
have
saved... anything after that point
is lost.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:17 PM 171.HTM
Why is that file so bloody big?
1.8 MB!
Riot 7/23/200 6:18 PM I dunno.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:18 PM Ahh... I see.
::laughs::
"We busted the damn thing..."
::laughs::
Riot 7/23/200 6:19 PM Ah, yes.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:19 PM So... any chance you'd consider using the
CN
Forum?
N-finity 7/23/200 6:20 PM The x-point board is definately dead...
Riot 7/23/200 6:20 PM I'll go into my account later and delete
the
messages that we have saved - and
the spam.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:21 PM ::nods::
Okay.
I hope you can, even.
::frowns::
Because of the nature of this
spam... I'm not
sure you'll be able to.
Riot 7/23/200 6:22 PM I'll try and let ya know.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:22 PM ::nods::
If you can't... will you consider
then
pointing towards the CN Forum?
Riot 7/23/200 6:22 PM Kay.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:22 PM ::nods::
N-finity 7/23/200 6:24 PM Mark: What else of the old stuff do you
have
backed up on that CD
N-finity 7/23/200 6:24 PM ?
Riot 7/23/200 6:25 PM Just the boards. Mike made it for me.
Riot 7/23/200 6:25 PM So I could delete the messages off of my
old
850 MB hard drive (the one that
later
crashed).
N-finity 7/23/200 6:25 PM ::nods::
Ahh.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:29 PM Do you have ANY of the old stuff
elsewhere?
Riot 7/23/200 6:29 PM BRB.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:29 PM Kay.
Riot 7/23/200 6:39 PM I don't think so.
N-finity 7/23/200 6:39 PM Drat.
Riot 7/23/200 6:59 PM Got all of state 2?
N-finity 7/23/200 6:59 PM Yep, I believe so
N-finity 7/23/200 7:33 PM Sorry for being slow.
I'll be back in a few.
N-finity 7/23/200 7:55 PM I'm ready for the State 5 whenever you
are,
Mark.
Riot 7/23/200 8:25 PM ISP disconnected me again.
N-finity 7/23/200 8:25 PM Ahh.
Resend, please?
I'll get you the message archive
after you
finish.
N-finity 7/23/200 8:27 PM Why'd you close it out?
Riot 7/23/200 9:08 PM Please send me the messages you d/l.
N-finity 7/23/200 9:08 PM Okay.
Hey... actually... could you send
the state 7
messages first? I just want to make
SURE that
I have them all.
N-finity 7/23/200 9:09 PM Sorry to be rude.
I have the ZIP ready to send when
you want it,
though.
Riot 7/23/200 9:10 PM Kay.
Riot 7/23/200 9:11 PM Please send it.
N-finity 7/23/200 9:11 PM Okay.
Riot 7/23/200 10:05 PM WTF? The links to the messages are fine
on my
index file (of course). However, the
links to
the messages within a message itself
is messed
up. For instance:
file:///C:/cgi-bin/users/6555/wwwboard/message
/1624.html
N-finity 7/23/200 10:05 PM Funky...
Riot 7/23/200 10:05 PM Anything you can do?
N-finity 7/23/200 10:06 PM Not to a file on your C: drive!
Riot 7/23/200 10:07 PM No, I mean can you resave all the
messages and
see if the links in them are proper?
N-finity 7/24/200 6:24 PM So, Mark, is the message board clearable?
Riot 7/24/200 6:25 PM Nope. I'm gonna personally save every
message.
I just can't due with the ones you
sent me.
N-finity 7/24/200 6:25 PM ::sighs::
Okay.
Riot 7/24/200 6:26 PM The message files on the server simply
have
the links as [removed] and
so forth. Try saving them again.
N-finity 7/24/200 6:26 PM But, Mark, I backed them up so that they
store
the entire server's bath.
N-finity 7/24/200 6:26 PM path.
Riot 7/24/200 6:27 PM Yeah, but for some reason, your saved
files
give different links in the files
than they
really are.
N-finity 7/24/200 6:28 PM No...
...it's just that you have to put
them in
C:/WHATEVER/www.x-pointcgi.com/cgi-bin/users/6
55/ and then have they messages
folder be in
there.
Riot 7/24/200 6:29 PM No, because the links exit out of every
directory that you're in and goes
back to the
C drive, then it goes into the
subdirectories.
N-finity 7/24/200 6:39 PM Yes... as it's supposed to.
Riot 7/24/200 6:40 PM Can you save them will the correct links,
as
they are when I save them?
N-finity 7/24/200 6:40 PM Mark... they link out of all the
directories... but then send them
right back
into those directories. It doesn't
matter in
the long run.
Riot 7/24/200 6:41 PM Cna you save them so they they simply
have the
"messages/xxxx.html"> links?
N-finity 7/24/200 6:42 PM I theoretically could change them to that
but...
::sighs::
N-finity 7/24/200 6:43 PM It'd be a greater pain than just resaving
them.
Their present directory structure
works when
their directory structure is
maintained.
Riot 7/24/200 6:46 PM Can you do a mass rename in all the files
to
get rid of the long links?
N-finity 7/24/200 6:46 PM Its not the files that are named that.
Riot 7/24/200 6:50 PM No, I mean can you do a search through
the
next of all the files and get rid of
the
"file:///../../../" etc...?
Riot 7/24/200 6:50 PM text
N-finity 7/24/200 6:51 PM Yes... but it would be more of a pain
than
your correcting your folders to show
where
they are from.
Riot 7/24/200 6:51 PM I'll try.
N-finity 7/24/200 8:03 PM It working?
Riot 7/24/200 8:04 PM What's working?
N-finity 7/24/200 8:04 PM The messages.
Riot 7/24/200 8:04 PM Haven't done nothin'.
N-finity 7/25/200 7:32 PM So how are you today, Mark?
Riot 7/25/200 7:33 PM Fine. You?
N-finity 7/25/200 7:33 PM Pretty good, actually.
CaptainN.net is now listed on Yahoo.
Riot 7/25/200 7:33 PM Oh.
N-finity 7/25/200 7:39 PM Good stuffs for me.
Riot 7/25/200 7:40 PM Yup.
N-finity 7/25/200 7:42 PM So... what's up with everything, Mark?
N-finity 7/25/200 7:42 PM How is the message archival?
Riot 7/25/200 7:42 PM Haven't worked on it.
Riot 7/25/200 7:43 PM Gonna u/l some Season 8 eps to
FanFiction.Net
tonight.
N-finity 7/25/200 7:44 PM ::nods::
If I do a sweep to make the messages
work the
way you want them to... will you
update the
links section and make your message
board link
be to the CN Forum for at least a
few days?
I think that I can do that right now
if you
want me to do it for you...
Riot 7/25/200 7:45 PM Kay.
N-finity 7/25/200 7:52 PM Running through files now...
N-finity 7/25/200 7:52 PM 30%
Riot 7/25/200 7:52 PM Kay.
N-finity 7/25/200 7:53 PM 50%
Riot 7/25/200 7:53 PM Don't update me like that. I hate the
fuckin'
"Uh-oh!" voice.
N-finity 7/25/200 7:53 PM 75%...
90%...
Done.
You can change the sound, you know.
Riot 7/25/200 7:56 PM *shrug* I could.
Riot 7/25/200 7:57 PM Do the messages have the proper links?
N-finity 7/25/200 7:58 PM I'm making sure...
...but they should.
N-finity 7/25/200 7:59 PM Yes, Mark, they do.
Riot 7/25/200 7:59 PM Please zippy and sendy.
N-finity 7/25/200 7:59 PM I will.
Riot 7/25/200 8:00 PM Uh, where is CNN listed in Yahoo!?
N-finity 7/25/200 8:01 PM Search under Captain N (It's listing
about
#8.)
N-finity 7/25/200 8:01 PM And it's a webpage./
Riot 7/25/200 8:02 PM My site is the only site that comes up.
Riot 7/25/200 8:02 PM What category is it in?
N-finity 7/25/200 8:03 PM ::sighs::
Mark...
...your site is NOT the only site
that comes
up.
That's website.
Look below those for "Go To
Webpages" or
something like that.
N-finity 7/25/200 8:03 PM Mark, when can I expect the updates to
the
website?
Riot 7/25/200 8:04 PM Sometime.
N-finity 7/25/200 8:04 PM That's not acceptable.
Riot 7/25/200 8:04 PM It'll have to be. It's my website, and I
update it whenever I'm in the mood.
I haven't
been in the mood lately. I have
other things
to do.
N-finity 7/25/200 8:04 PM I've spent time on this, Mark.
I've spent many hours downloading
all of these
files, creating a way to download
them, etc.
N-finity 7/25/200 8:06 PM And, if you expect me to send you them
exactly
as you want them... which I have
ready for me
to do right now...
...then I expect that you can spend
the 15
minutes needed to do what I request.
Riot 7/25/200 8:06 PM Okay, I'll do it.
Riot 7/25/200 8:06 PM Uh, what do you want done, again?
N-finity 7/25/200 8:07 PM Thank you.
Just a moment.
N-finity 7/25/200 8:09 PM Links Section, two links: (both
preferably
with banners)
CaptainN.net - The Captain N Network
http://captainn.net
The Captain N Forum
http://odin.prohosting.com/cntevi/cgi-bin/YaBB
cgi
Your main index, change your message
board to
the address of the Captain N Forum
until you
have cleared out the present message
board.
Riot 7/25/200 8:09 PM Kay. BBS.
N-finity 7/25/200 8:10 PM Okay.
N-finity 7/25/200 8:10 PM I'll send you the banners for the links
ASAP.
Riot 7/25/200 8:22 PM Well, where are the banners?
N-finity 7/25/200 8:23 PM My comp was low on space - it was being
slow
thusly. I just finished them.
Riot 7/25/200 8:24 PM Ah.
N-finity 7/25/200 8:24 PM Hmm... 330 MB of temp files and such...
Riot 7/25/200 8:25 PM Maybe don't set your cache so high.
N-finity 7/25/200 8:27 PM Nah... I just have been doing a lot of
downloads and such as of late.
N-finity 7/25/200 8:35 PM Tell me when you've updated.
Riot 7/25/200 8:36 PM Okay. This crap takes time.
N-finity 7/25/200 8:36 PM ::nods::
I know.
N-finity 7/25/200 8:38 PM Just a note: The Forum files ARE case
sensitive.
Riot 7/25/200 8:38 PM Forum files?
N-finity 7/25/200 8:39 PM The CN Forum's link.
http://odin.prohosting.com/cntevi/cgi-bin/YaBB
cgi
It has to use that capitalization.
Riot 7/25/200 8:40 PM I have done so! =)
Riot 7/25/200 8:40 PM I just copied and pasted the URL.
Riot 7/25/200 8:40 PM What does YaBB mean, anyway?
N-finity 7/25/200 8:42 PM Yet another Bulletin Board
::laughs::
It's a good board... but it's name
is a bit of
a joke because of how many other BB
styles
there are out there.
N-finity 7/25/200 8:49 PM Thank you, Mark. I notice it is done.
::tries to remember::
Girl, I believe.
Riot 7/25/200 8:54 PM How about the ZIP file now?
N-finity 7/25/200 8:54 PM Oh, yes.
N-finity 7/25/200 8:55 PM I'm going to re-zip it.
I had set it to 1.2 MB parts.
Riot 7/25/200 8:55 PM Kay. But the message links work, right?
N-finity 7/25/200 8:56 PM ::nods::
Correct.
N-finity 7/25/200 9:04 PM What's wrong?
Riot 7/25/200 9:04 PM Got dropped again.
N-finity 7/25/200 9:05 PM Well... at least the ZIP is sending...
Riot 7/25/200 9:05 PM Yup.
N-finity 7/25/200 9:05 PM Hey... want to join chat?
Riot 7/25/200 9:08 PM CHatting about anything?
N-finity 7/25/200 9:10 PM Van's talking about wanting girls in
chat...
...I just changed the topic...
N-finity 7/25/200 9:10 PM Mike's talking about stuff he's updated
(ROMs)
N-finity 7/25/200 9:11 PM Whatever comes up is basically what we're
talking about.
Riot 7/25/200 9:11 PM Mike?
N-finity 7/25/200 9:11 PM Mike_J.
He's a pretty cool guy. Done more
with his 486
than most of us can do with our
newer
computers.
Riot 7/25/200 9:44 PM Send again.
N-finity 7/25/200 9:45 PM Okay.
In these next excerpts from ICQ chats, Webster asks me a question. I
didn't understand why at the time, but I would eventually:
N-finity 7/26/200 7:51 PM Mark: If you were any villian from any
SNES/NES/Genesis/2D game... who
would you be?
Riot 7/26/200 7:52 PM Dr. Wily, I guess. He's funny! Why?
N-finity 7/26/200 7:52 PM Just curious.
N-finity 7/26/200 9:03 PM Mark... want to join chat?
Riot 7/26/200 9:03 PM Kay.
N-finity 7/26/200 9:04 PM Kay.
It's pretty dead right now... but
the people
that left should be back in a few.
N-finity 7/26/200 9:48 PM Get booted?
Riot 7/26/200 9:48 PM Yup.
Riot 7/27/200 7:31 PM Hey, Web, which message # did you say was
the
actual spam post?
N-finity 7/27/200 7:32 PM 5992, I believe
In this next ICQ chat, Webster defends his choice of the
gammaforce.org server for the location of the #Captain_N channel:
Riot 7/31/200 8:30 PM Why can't I connect to
irc.gammaforce.org?
N-finity 7/31/200 8:31 PM Because the server has a netsplit.
I'm not sure EXACTLY what's wrong...
but
something is.
::frowns::
Riot 7/31/200 8:31 PM Let's go to Dalnet..
N-finity 7/31/200 8:32 PM DALnet is worse, Mark.
Riot 7/31/200 8:32 PM But it's where it all began.
N-finity 7/31/200 8:33 PM This is the FIRST netsplit that has
happened
on that server since I first went on
it over
two months ago.
DALnet has netsplits daily.
Riot 7/31/200 8:33 PM Efnet, then.
N-finity 7/31/200 8:36 PM No.
Riot 7/31/200 8:36 PM Why no?
N-finity 7/31/200 8:37 PM Mark... although this server lacks many
of the
things you and I would BOTH like to
see in an
IRC server... it has a feeling to it
that
tells me that it is the RIGHT
server.
Riot 7/31/200 8:37 PM What the fuck?
Riot 7/31/200 8:37 PM You can't use it right now. Pick
somewhere
else.
N-finity 7/31/200 8:42 PM /server au.austnet.org if you want to do
chat
In these next excerpts from ICQ chats, Webster asks me why I wrote
certain things in my fanfics:
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:09 PM I didn't read much of Season 7. It hurt
my
head.
Riot 8/6/2001 10:09 PM Why's that?
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:09 PM It was painful for me to read, Mark.
Riot 8/6/2001 10:09 PM Why's that?
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:09 PM That brings up something...
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:10 PM ...why did you have Kevin show absolutely
no
emotion over the death of his
beloved,
faithful, and loyal dog, Duke?
Riot 8/6/2001 10:10 PM He's just a dog.
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:11 PM Not according to you.
"Burn it."
Riot 8/6/2001 10:11 PM Like I said, he's just a dog.
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:11 PM You've never had a pet, have you?
Riot 8/6/2001 10:12 PM Yeah.
But I don't really want one now.
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:13 PM Didn't you love that pet, care for him or
her,
and consider him or her a friend?
Riot 8/6/2001 10:13 PM Maybe. Don't recall.
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:14 PM What was this pet? A cat? A dog? A bird?
A
fish?
Riot 8/6/2001 10:14 PM I've had a cat, a dog, and birds.
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:15 PM And you don't recall if you ever
considered
any of them... a friend?
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:18 PM One other thing about Season 7 that
bugged
me...
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:18 PM ...back in like Season 4/Changes... you
were
having Lana talk negatively about
Christianity. Yet, when Season 7
came along,
she had become a born again
Christian. Why was
this?
Riot 8/6/2001 10:19 PM She had? Which story was this in?
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:19 PM I don't remember the exact stories...
...but in the earlier stories she
was not
pro-Christian...
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:20 PM ...and in the later stories, she's
quoting
scripture.
Riot 8/6/2001 10:20 PM She's not pro-Christian now either.
When the hell did Lana quote
Scripture?
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:20 PM I apologize. It was Li.
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:21 PM But in Season 7 I remember a lot of
scripture...
...why?
Riot 8/6/2001 10:21 PM Oh. Laurie wanted her to become a
Christian.
I felt she logically, given her 30
years of
being non-religious, wouldn't become
one.
So, that's why I decided to have Li
go through
with it but not really believe in
it.
Riot 8/6/2001 10:22 PM That was Kristen quoting the Holey
Babble. I
used it as filler, cuz I couldn't
get the
stories up to 30K.
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:22 PM Ahh.
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:24 PM You may join chat now if you wish. I
fixed the
problems.
Riot 8/6/2001 10:25 PM Problems?
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:25 PM I messed up the limits... needed to raise
them.
Riot 8/6/2001 10:25 PM Limits?
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:26 PM The channel was flooded last night by
this one
fuck that did it over the entire
server.
Riot 8/6/2001 10:26 PM Missed it.
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:28 PM ::nods::
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:29 PM Mark, come into chat. Eric42 is being a
dick.
N-finity 8/6/2001 10:29 PM He's using your nickname.
Riot 8/6/2001 10:30 PM I'm getting there. Hold on.
In these next excerpts from ICQ chats, Webster posts some stuff while
I'm offline (I would receive the messages later):
N-finity 8/8/2001 6:29 AM Mark, the CN Forum has moved to
http://user.boardnation.com/ycaptainn/board.cg
If you could please adjust the
links, it would
be very appreciated.
N-finity 8/9/2001 10:58 PM Mark: Do you try to drive people away by
pretending to have an overactive
libido?
N-finity 8/9/2001 11:02 PM It was brought up in the channel.
N-finity 8/12/200 5:48 AM
http://www.geocities.com/zerolwh/condition.htm
Sounds fair, Mark...
...perhaps you should agree to her
conditions.
N-finity 8/12/200 5:48 AM (It's about the rants you want removed.)
In this next ICQ chat, Webster tries to get me to accept Beth's terms
removing her rants on me and Mandi from her site. He also posts about
random stuff:
N-finity 8/12/200 2:07 PM Did you read Zero's offer?
Riot 8/12/200 2:07 PM Yup.
N-finity 8/12/200 2:07 PM And?
Riot 8/12/200 2:07 PM Haven't decided yet.
N-finity 8/12/200 2:08 PM But you're actually considering it?
::is surprised::
Zero expected complete rejection.
N-finity 8/12/200 2:14 PM Baby TIGERS!
Riot 8/12/200 2:15 PM WTF?
N-finity 8/12/200 2:16 PM ::laughs::
There's baby tigers at the Zoo here
in town
right now.
Riot 8/12/200 2:17 PM Why are you telling me this? What makes
you
think I have any interest in that
whatsoever?
Are you so bored that you message
people about
stuff simply because they're on your
list? Do
you know how annoying it is when
your message
window pops open while I'm typing?
N-finity 8/12/200 2:18 PM No, I don't...
...because I upgraded ICQ.
N-finity 8/12/200 2:19 PM And you can turn auto pop-up off in the
newer
versions, too.
N-finity 8/12/200 2:22 PM I tell you this because you're the other
person that I'm talking to right now
and, as
such, you get the strange comments I
make.
N-finity 8/12/200 2:26 PM In the same sort of strain...
...yes.
But usually only one at a time.
Webster posts about more random stuff on ICQ:
N-finity 8/13/200 10:13 AM Hello, Mark. How are you this fine
morning?
The baby tigers were wonderful, by
the way.
Riot 8/13/200 10:17 AM Fine. Oh, neat.
N-finity 8/13/200 10:17 AM ROWRs!
Riot 8/13/200 10:18 AM Uh,...good for you.
N-finity 8/13/200 10:18 AM Mark, have fun!
Riot 8/13/200 10:18 AM No.
N-finity 8/13/200 10:18 AM Silly billy dilly willy!
N-finity 8/13/200 11:24 PM Mark, what e-mail addresses do you use?
Webster created an online "comic" series called "N-Fans", which
involved him, his friends (such as Chris Blair and Beth), and me going
to Videoland, where we appear as video game characters. For the first
"episode", Webster used photos of us. He took my community college
graduation photo from my site and included it in the comic.
You can view the first episode of "N-Fans" here:
http://www.captainn.net/e0001.html
In these next excerpts from ICQ chats, Webster posts about "N-Fans":
N-finity 8/15/200 1:35 AM Like today's N-Fans?
N-finity 8/15/200 7:28 AM Hello, Mark.
N-finity 8/16/200 12:40 AM Well, everyone, I've done it again. I've
created a new little thingie and I
thought I
might as well send something to all
of you
about it to check it out.
It's a webcomic this time... about
an old
cartoon and the people who love it.
I call it
"N-Fans: The Series". It's on the
frontpage of
the site that I've been doing as of
late but,
in case you don't know where that
is, the URL
for it is:
http://captainn.net/index.html
I hope you enjoy it.
Remember how Webster asked me what villain I would like to be, and I
didn't know why he asked it? Well, this is what it was for. He made me
the villain in his "N-Fans" comic. Once we arrived in Videoland, we
appeared as video game characters. The entire comic is done with video
game sprites.
You can view episode 2 of "N-Fans" here:
http://www.captainn.net/e0002.html
Webster wrote a "bio" on me for "N-Fans". Here is the complete text:
A member of the Original Six, Mark Moore was a perverse individual for
all of Mission I and, during Mission II, was possessed by Ganon. After
being taken back to Tech Support he has been kept generally
unconscious by the occassional kick from Lisa.
You can view the bio on CNN here:
http://www.captainn.net/nfans_bio_markmoore.html
Webster even created desktop wallpaper for "N-Fans".
Here is one called "Ancient Prophesy" (sic). Check out the text:
http://www.captainn.net/img/ancentprophesy_800x600.jpg
During a chat in Webster's #Captain_N IRC channel on the
gammaforce.org server, Webster told me that he had e-mailed Mandi
Paugh three times, asking her to put a link to CNN on The Mega Man
Home Page. He said she never replied or put up the link. So, he
informed me that he intended to call her up at home and ask her
personally.
Webster claimed that he went to a site (and he later gave me the URL
to it, so I knew it was true) where you can look up the information of
a person who has registered any domain that you type in. He said that
he had typed in "mmhp.net", and he got Mandi's home address and phone
number.
I, of course, told him to not bother her. He went to an online phone
directory and got my home address and phone number, too.
In this next ICQ chat, Webster talks about calling Mandi Paugh:
N-finity 8/16/200 7:16 PM Mark... I know where Mandi Paugh lives.
N-finity 8/16/200 7:16 PM Her home address... number...
Riot 8/16/200 7:16 PM So do I. What's your point?
N-finity 8/16/200 7:17 PM I could call her.
Riot 8/16/200 7:17 PM Why?
N-finity 8/16/200 7:17 PM Why not?
Riot 8/16/200 7:18 PM How the hell did YOU get her number,
anyway?
N-finity 8/16/200 7:20 PM Easily.
It took the filling of two blanks
and two
enters - one enter after each blank
filled.
Riot 8/16/200 7:21 PM Huh?
N-finity 8/16/200 7:21 PM Exactly.
Riot 8/16/200 7:21 PM I don't get it. What did you do?
N-finity 8/16/200 7:22 PM A lot less than what I did to get your
address
and number.
Riot 8/16/200 7:22 PM What is my address?
N-finity 8/16/200 7:24 PM Your mamma's name is [removed by Mark].
Riot 8/16/200 7:24 PM Yeah. What's my address?
N-finity 8/16/200 7:24 PM Don't you know it?
Riot 8/16/200 7:26 PM Yeah. I wanna see if you know it.
N-finity 8/16/200 7:27 PM How about this: You live on [removed by
Mark].
Riot 8/16/200 7:27 PM Yeah.
Riot 8/16/200 7:27 PM Where'd you find this out at?
N-finity 8/16/200 7:27 PM It's what the Internet is for, Mark.
Riot 8/16/200 7:28 PM What site did you find it out at?
N-finity 8/16/200 7:29 PM I don't recall...
Riot 8/16/200 7:30 PM Well, you better recall...
N-finity 8/16/200 7:32 PM Why? It's public information, Mark!
Riot 8/16/200 7:33 PM Well, then, give me the URL to the public
site.
N-finity 8/16/200 7:33 PM Check online phone directories - you'll
find
yourself in at least SOME of them.
Riot 8/16/200 7:34 PM Funny, our number is unlisted.
N-finity 8/16/200 7:34 PM Well, it wasn't in the one I went to!
Riot 8/16/200 7:35 PM What's my number?
N-finity 8/16/200 7:35 PM Just a moment... it was this page, I
think!
N-finity 8/16/200 7:37 PM http://www.switchboard.com/
That one has it...
...I think I found it elsehwere,
though.
Riot 8/16/200 7:40 PM Oh, I've read all of your N-Fans stories.
N-finity 8/16/200 7:41 PM Oh, enjoy them?
Riot 8/16/200 7:42 PM Nope. Now I'm convinced that you're
life's so
meaningless that you have nothing
better to do
than to come up with ways to insult
me by
making comics out of NES sprites.
N-finity 8/16/200 7:48 PM Umm... Mark... most of them are SNES
sprites... there's even a PSX sprite
in there.
Riot 8/16/200 7:48 PM Ooh! Big difference!
N-finity 8/16/200 7:49 PM Yes, 65280/pixel, in fact!
Riot 8/16/200 7:49 PM Shut up.
N-finity 8/16/200 7:49 PM Why?
Riot 8/16/200 7:50 PM You get my point. You're just being a
smartass.
N-finity 8/16/200 7:51 PM No, I don't.
I find it relaxing to do these
webcomics and I
enjoy amusing others through their
silliness.
Riot 8/16/200 7:51 PM And insulting others, too.
N-finity 8/16/200 7:52 PM All in fun, though.
N-finity 8/16/200 7:52 PM And you're not the only one made fun
of...
Riot 8/16/200 7:52 PM But you take the time to make comics to
insult
someone when it's easier to just
write a
fanfic.
N-finity 8/16/200 7:53 PM But that lacks the amusement and impact
of a
comic.
Join #Captain_N
Riot 8/16/200 7:53 PM Why?
N-finity 8/16/200 7:53 PM Because then Chris can comment as well.
Riot 8/16/200 7:55 PM Kay.
A while earlier, Chris Blair had created an MP3 of "Captain N
Bloopers" (amateur voice acting of "flubs" from the cartoon series).
He had put it on his website. I had downloaded it. I shared it on
WinMX (a file-sharing program). I put up a section on The Unofficial
Captain N Home Page, listing the files that people could download from
me if they got on WinMX. I had forgotten who had made the Captain N
bloopers MP3, so I typed "Unknown" on the page.
In these next excerpts from ICQ chats, Webster confronts me about it:
N-finity 8/17/200 2:34 AM Mark, you do not credit Chris Blair's
Captain
N blooper's as being his. Please
correct this
immediately.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:25 PM Hello, Mark.
Riot 8/17/200 4:25 PM Fuck! I'm watching "Bubblegum Crisis",
and
your window pops up. What do you
want?
N-finity 8/17/200 4:27 PM Well, for one thing, since Chris Blair
doesn't
have ICQ, I am here to tell you that
you
should credit him with that which he
created.
You credit no one to them in WinMX
and, as his
site was the only place you could
download
them from before WinMX and the like
came out,
the only logical place you could get
them was
there.
Credit him.
Riot 8/17/200 4:28 PM What are you talking about?
N-finity 8/17/200 4:29 PM Captain N Blooper.s
Riot 8/17/200 4:29 PM I credited him with it on my site.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:29 PM But you don't on WinMX.
Riot 8/17/200 4:29 PM So what?
N-finity 8/17/200 4:30 PM So... those are his files... his
intellectual
property.
Riot 8/17/200 4:30 PM Anyone that was at my site would know
it's by
him.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:32 PM But how many people are going to be at
your
site when they find these files in
WinMX?
Riot 8/17/200 4:32 PM Then have to go to my site first to find
out
they exist.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:33 PM No, Mark, you don't credit him.
Riot 8/17/200 4:33 PM I do on my site.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:34 PM Captain N Bloopers by Unknown (799,762
bytes)
Riot 8/17/200 4:34 PM Oh. Well, it sucks, anyway, so why give
people
a reason to poke fun at him for it?
Besides, I didn't know who recorded
the damn
thing.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:35 PM Because he demands it.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:35 PM And, by not putting his name there, you
are
breaking intellectual copyright law.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:37 PM Mark, do you want your site shut down.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:37 PM ?
N-finity 8/17/200 4:39 PM Well, Mark, consider this - he can go on
WinMX... he CAN find his
unaccredited file...
that you don't even have the right
to spread.
Riot 8/17/200 4:40 PM And what can he do about it?
N-finity 8/17/200 4:42 PM Mark, Chris could press charges against
you
for your copyright infringement.
Parody is protected under the
constitution as
a legal form of expression and that
is what
these are - parody. Therefore, you
can be
sued.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:43 PM And remember, Mark - We know where you
live.
We know where your mamma lives, we
know your
phone number.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:46 PM Mark, I make one more peaceful request.
Take down your sit.e
Riot 8/17/200 4:46 PM Why do you want my site taken down?
N-finity 8/17/200 4:48 PM Because you so rarely update it, because
you
publically list erotic art as being
something
you have to give, because you have
hurt so
many people in the past with that
site,
because you don't respect people's
wishes
about having their stories removed.
THAT is
why I want your site taken down.
Riot 8/17/200 4:49 PM Grow up, get a life, and stop treating
Captain
N like he's God.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:50 PM Once you take down your site, I most
definately will.
Riot 8/17/200 4:51 PM I'm not taking down my site. Just don't
write
to me anymore. I'll stay out of your
fuckin'
channel.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:51 PM Then we will have it taken down for you.
Riot 8/17/200 4:51 PM Bite me.
Riot 8/17/200 4:52 PM I'll just have Disco Duck host it.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:52 PM *bites Mark*
Riot 8/17/200 4:52 PM He said he would, just to piss people
like you
off.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:52 PM Then I suggest you move it.
Riot 8/17/200 4:52 PM Go away.
N-finity 8/17/200 4:52 PM No.
N-finity 8/18/200 6:06 PM Do you like River City Ransom?
Riot 8/18/200 6:07 PM Never played it.
N-finity 8/18/200 6:07 PM Really?
It's a great game.
Riot 8/18/200 6:08 PM That's nice. I'm watching something now.
Bye.
In this next ICQ chat, Webster talks about calling Mandi Paugh:
N-finity M§B: (7:36 PM) How are you doing, Mark?
Riot: (7:36 PM) Fine.
N-finity M§B: (7:36 PM) Ahh, this is good.
Time-wise... when is Mandi usually available?
Riot: (7:37 PM) I dunno.
N-finity M§B: (7:37 PM) No ideas at all?
N-finity M§B: (7:37 PM) Then, I believe we shall try at 8:00 PM
Central.
N-finity M§B: (7:38 PM) Have you written to Mandi of CaptainN.net
before?
Riot: (7:38 PM) Don't bother contacting her. I've already told her
about The Mandy Mash and such. She won't waste her time talking with
you.
N-finity M§B: (7:38 PM) Ahh.
Riot: (7:38 PM) Besides, what's so God Almighty important that you
have to talk with her about?
N-finity M§B: (7:39 PM) Several things, actually.
Riot: (7:39 PM) What?
N-finity M§B: (7:39 PM) Why do you care?
Riot: (7:39 PM) Cuz she's my friend, and if you're gonna harass her, I
wanna know what about.
N-finity M§B: (7:39 PM) I'm not going to harass her, Mark.
Riot: (7:40 PM) Then what are you gonna write to her about?
N-finity M§B: (7:40 PM) Well, N-Fans is basically parody, so therefore
it is protected as a form of expression under the Constitution, so I
don't really need to... but I wish to ask her permission for her
inclusion amongst the characters of N-Fans.
Riot: (7:42 PM) You do realize, of course, that she'll most likely say
no. And even if she did give permission, she'll insist on reviewing
all of her dialogue before you can post it.
N-finity M§B: (7:43 PM) Mark, I just said that she DOESN'T have the
ability to stop a parody of her. She can give it her blessing OR
reject it but I can STILL put it up REGARDLESS.
N-finity M§B: (7:43 PM) I'd just PREFER with her blessing.
Riot: (7:44 PM) You didn't get my permission to use my photograph on
your site.
N-finity M§B: (7:44 PM) Would you like me to replace you with someone
else?
Riot: (7:44 PM) Yes.
N-finity M§B: (7:45 PM) Actually, I'd much prefer to just blur out
your face. Is this acceptable?
Riot: (7:45 PM) No.
N-finity M§B: (7:46 PM) Okay.
Please give me 24 hours to find an acceptable replacement photo and
update the comic.
I e-mailed Mandi about this. She e-mailed me back and confirmed that
someone from The Captain N Network did call her at home, and she was
"quite shocked". She said she didn't know who Webster was, but he was
"polite", so she put up the a link to his site.
She also told me that she had never received his e-mails, because she
has someone to weed out the "junk mail" for her.
This proves without a doubt that Webster is obsessive and stupid. Who
in his right mind would call up someone he doesn't even know (it's a
long-distance call at that) to ask for a link to his website?!
It's stupid! It defies reason! Who would call a stranger long-distance
for a website link?!
Webster Sterling Swenson, that's who.
He even created a "special edition" of "N-Fans" based on it:
http://www.captainn.net/e0015_se.html
Also, Webster didn't remove me from "N-Fans", so I just went ahead and
granted him permission to use me in it.
This was how things stood in the late Summer of 2001. CNN was in full
force. My site was rarely updated, though, to be honest, there wasn't
much more I could add: flubs, bios on minor characters, more screen
captures (I had a few of every major character already), stuff like
that. Webster was upset at me for various reasons.
And things were about to get worse.