So you think you know games?
s00tie
but yet so many of them dont make the move to forum based websites
where their views / opinions can be appreciated by so many more
people.
If you get a chance, have a look at the new http://www.avaSAY.net/
site, they are still setting up and people who make the move early
have the chance to become regular visitors and respected without much
effort.
Cheers
s00tie
Barney Gumble
"s00tie" <s00...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I see so many intelligent ppl in usenet (not to mention the fewels)
> but yet so many of them dont make the move to forum based websites
> where their views / opinions can be appreciated by so many more
> people.
And be further fragmented by the hundreds of different webboards that are available.
People are here because they _don't_ want to use several different webboards to find
a consistent community, plus the fact that web-based posting still sucks compared to
proper Usenet newsreaders.
> If you get a chance, have a look at the new http://www.avaSAY.net/
> site, they are still setting up and people who make the move early
> have the chance to become regular visitors and respected without much
> effort.
And you get out of this...what, exactly? No profit to be made by this service at
all?
Peter Cowderoy
On 5 Dec 2001, s00tie wrote:
> I see so many intelligent ppl in usenet (not to mention the fewels)
> but yet so many of them dont make the move to forum based websites
> where their views / opinions can be appreciated by so many more
> people.
>
This is because web boards suck.
I'm supposed to put a quote here?
Tony Gowland
> but yet so many of them dont make the move to forum based websites
> where their views / opinions can be appreciated by so many more
> people.
Do you have access figures for both this newsgroup, and your crappy web
forum?
--
Tony Gowland
http://www.planethalflife.com/freakyzoids/
"I've got a blind date with destiny, and she's ordered the lobster."
Knight37
> I see so many intelligent ppl in usenet (not to mention the fewels)
> but yet so many of them dont make the move to forum based websites
> where their views / opinions can be appreciated by so many more
> people.
[snip ad]
Why don't you come here where "so many intelligent ppl" are "(not to mention
the fewels)", instead of wondering why we aren't going there? One of the
reason we stay here is to avoid the (mostly noise) forum based web sites.
Besides, usenet is a lot less hassle to use if you have a good newsreader.
--
Knight37
"And so he says, 'I don't like the cut of your jib.' And I go I says, IT'S
THE ONLY JIB I GOT, BABY!"
-- The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight, The Tick
Andreas Baus
> Besides, usenet is a lot less hassle to use if you have a good newsreader.
Thay goes without saying. Message filtering, bulk download for offline
reading and flexible threading/sorting options (IF you use a decent
newsreader that is) are (for me) indispensable features of Usenet news...
The only thing worse than web based news forums that I can imagine are web
based chats (one word, er, acronym: IRC)
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Brix
The dumbest thing you can do is pump all your input into some company's web
board. One day you visit and see only, "due to changing market
conditions..." and everything is gone.
Martin Keene (LIS)
mention psychotic, idiots.
Barney Gumble
"Brix" <an...@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> The dumbest thing you can do is pump all your input into some company's web
> board. One day you visit and see only, "due to changing market
> conditions..." and everything is gone.
Indeed, unfortunately people seem to be learning that the hard way. The usenet
gaming/tech newsgroups are far less populated that they used to be, and that's too
bad as the webboard I've been on before were up and down so often you wonder why you
ever bothered.
Sean
>
> Also, webboards appear to be massively populated by complete, not to
> mention psychotic, idiots.
As opposed to Usenet?
Not that I'm a fan of web boards by any means, but....
The phyco's live *everywhere*, dude. Witness the Derek Smart
threads on the Space Sims newsgroup, and that's NORMAL on
Usenet. Hence, my *very* occasional postings. Sure, my
opinions are just that, OPINIONS, but I can't say that I like
something without 15 strangers jumping down my throat on why
I'm a stupid newbie because I didn't complete RTCW in 8
hours. Fortunately, I don't come to newsgroups for an ego
boost, just for occasional hints when I get stuck.
All that I'm saying is that one can get their teeth kicked
in by cocky assholes whether it's on Usenet or the web.
No difference. Excepting of course that the web groups
take *much* longer to download then text only Usenet.
Sean
kill the rats to email
Gern Blensten
"Martin Keene (LIS)" <mke...@luna.cas.usf.edu> wrote in message
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> Also, webboards appear to be massively populated by complete, not to
> mention psychotic, idiots.
>
I'm afraid I don't see how that's any different from Usenet. :)
Gern Blensten
"Andreas Baus" <an...@cip123.studcs.uni-sb.de> wrote in message
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> Knight37 <knig...@email.com> wrote:
> > Besides, usenet is a lot less hassle to use if you have a good
newsreader.
>
> Thay goes without saying. Message filtering, bulk download for offline
> reading and flexible threading/sorting options (IF you use a decent
> newsreader that is) are (for me) indispensable features of Usenet news...
> The only thing worse than web based news forums that I can imagine are web
> based chats (one word, er, acronym: IRC)
Actually, I'd love for there to be a good place to go chat about games in
real time. I like what Gamespot is attempting... but unfortunately the
average age of the 4 or 5 folks in the chat room is about 9 or 10.
And web board can have advantages in that their scope can be narrower (e.g.,
a specific game web board).
However, Usenet will always be the best place for news and opinions - if you
can get past all the holier-than-thou attitudes.
STP
> but yet so many of them dont make the move to forum based websites
> where their views / opinions can be appreciated by so many more
> people.
That's because intellignet people prefer the speed and ease of use of
Usenet.
STP
"Barney Gumble" <du...@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Indeed, unfortunately people seem to be learning that the hard way. The
usenet
> gaming/tech newsgroups are far less populated that they used to be, and
that's too
> bad as the webboard I've been on before were up and down so often you
wonder why you
> ever bothered.
And not to mention that web boards require a user login and password, plus
they are moderated by the religious right wing. Say no to censorship! :-)
Andreas Baus
Hmmm... considering this, if you read that above sentence from the original
poster again, it takes on a completely different meaning, I think ... :)
ngeaglovnein
posted:
Marketing weenie. How much would they be paying you to spam
here? Come on, confess, what's your commission structure
like? 10 cents per new user at your web forum? Confess.
Confess. Confess and you may yet gain salvation. Confess
s00tie.
>
>Cheers
>
>s00tie
2015A.D.MankindFacesACrisisAnyInHumanHistory.ToConfrontThisThreat...AMachineCreatedByTheWorld'sTopScientistsAndEngineers.TheUltimateAll-Purpose...Weapon...
Martin Keene (LIS)
on Usenet, into a much more potent--LETHAL, I tell ya'--form. ...Can't...
....withstand....vileness.......of............that.......magnitude.......
....much..........longer.....ARGHHHHHHHH <total shit-screen failure,
subject deceased>
STP
"STP" <m...@here.invalid> wrote in message
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> That's because intellignet people prefer the speed and ease of use of
> Usenet.
Hehe....and I'm so intelligent that I can't even spell correctly.
Ajay Tanwar
> On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Sean wrote:
>
>> "Martin Keene (LIS)" wrote:
>> > Also, webboards appear to be massively populated by complete, not to
>> > mention psychotic, idiots.
>> As opposed to Usenet?
> Unfortunately, webboards tend to concentrate all the bad stuff we see
> on Usenet, into a much more potent--LETHAL, I tell ya'--form. ...Can't...
> ....withstand....vileness.......of............that.......magnitude.......
> ....much..........longer.....ARGHHHHHHHH <total shit-screen failure,
> subject deceased>
The only webboard on gaming that I've found to be any good is the one at
Something Awful. Since it is moderated and registration is $10, people tend
to not act like morons for fear of the banhammer. They do tend to be more
console oriented, but I do a bit of console gaming and don't mind <hugs the
Dreamcast>. The other drawback is that the total audience is smaller, but
they do get a good amount of traffic.
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Ajay Tanwar | MCSE | ajta...@spam.yahoo.com
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people
in large groups." -Despair.com