Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:26:22 -0500 
From: "Robert W. Igo" <gryphon+@CMU.EDU>
Subject: How NOT to request a crack...

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
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