Newsgroups: rec.games.netrek
Date: Fri,  2 Oct 1992 06:50:15 -0400 
From: Greg K Chung <gc2n+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: CMU arrogance, and "ogging"

Excerpts from netnews.rec.games.netrek: 2-Oct-92 CMU arrogance, and
"ogging" S Redmore@ccu1.aukuni.ac (2269)


> Hello there,

> I have been following this thread (CMU = Central Michigan University?)
> for about a month or so, and thought it was time to add my own two cents.

> I think (and I'm sure that this opinion held by many) that CMU players
> are a bunch of total arrrogant, asinine, ignorant buttheads.  All of them.
> I don't understand how any one group of people could have such high opinions
> of themselves.  I fully agree with Tom Holub.  I also don't see how any of 
> them could be that good.  I have been playing for a few months, and have in
> that short time span, achieved the rank of commander; a feat that I am quite
> proud of.  This leads me to my next question:  I can't get above the rank
> of commander, no matter how much I play.  I figure that it must be a bug in
> the "client" that I have (thats the user interface side of the software
> in case you didn't understand).  So, is there another client version out
> there that I can FTP? (File Transfer Protocol)

> On to my next question... What is an "og" or "ogger"?  I guess the two must
> be related...  The only thing that I can think of is that it's related to
> the Orion "Og" who appears at certain times...  He's really really good.
> I can only kill him maybe 1 out of 15 times (which I think is still
> quite good).  So, my only guess is that an "ogger" is someone who is so
> good that he kills you almost every time you dogfight him/her.  Am I right?

> On to the next item... The INL teams.  I don't see any New Zealand teams
> on there.  Is there a reason for that?  Does it have to do with the 
> jerky effect that happens when I play from a machine that is far away
> from the "server" machine? (thats the one that you connect to.)  I don't 
> think the jerky effect is too bad.  I don't die any more than normal
> because of this.  I think people are just making up excuses for not playing
> well.

> Back to the CMU teams... I mean, come on guys... You aren't that good.
> As for this "Balton" person, I have more than a few hours in a starbase
> (20, to be exact), and think that I could do just as good of a job.  
> Starbasing isn't all that hard.  I think that he is just another example
> of CMU arrogance.

> Well, I had to get all of that off my chest.. I am tired of this debate,
> and wanted to put an end to it once and for all.

> --Seth





Two possibilities here:

Either A) this person left himself logged in, and some mean person
posted this messages as him or B) he's from another country "xxx.ac.nz"
and is confused.


I myself would tend to believe the former...


(Actually, there is option C...The Intellectuals paired with the Evil
Geniuses combined with the GnomesOfZurich's cash bought the entire land
mass of New Zealand.  Hackers set us up a computer account there, from
which the Illuminus Cartel posted this message.  Why would we do such
deeds? ... )


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