From: cs177wai@sdcc5.ucsd.edu (Never mind)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Subgroups???
Date: 19 Nov 92 22:08:19 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <rdippold.721948321@qualcom> rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>rxa21@po.CWRU.Edu (Ranjit Annamalai) writes:
>>Like the sub. says what happened?  
>
>It's too much of a pain in the ass to make them, and there wasn't
>enough interest.  There's not enough postings now, either.  Out of 125
>articles here today, nn shows that only about 6 are about
>civilization, I don't see a Falcon 3 one.
>-- 
>Freedom is slavery.  Ignorance is strength.  War is peace.

I'm sure the 6 articles on civ said something like this:

"By 3000 BC I will have conqured all the other civs, built the
spaceship and be well on my way to Alpha Centauri.  I will have 3
'b'illion civs and future tech 1931.  I am pretty pissed because I
am trying to break a 1000% rating and only got 998% rating in my
last game."

That leaves 118 articles which, out of pure intuition, I will guess
exactly what they consist of:

37:  
   Can someone pleaes tell me how to kill/move/get out of/get
into/get over/get/get away from/get a clue in game XXX.

--
5:
   All pirates should be cut from throat to gullet.

5: 
   Pirates are the saviour of all computerdom.
--
 (Not so many of these anymore thank god.)

7: 
   New game XXXX!

20:
   My mouse/monitor/keyboard/lightpen/sound board/self-stimulation
device  doesn't work properly with game XXX, will someone come to my 
house and fix it?

15: 
   I need an unprotect/a copy of disk XX/how to do something for my game
which I left at home.

10:
  My game of type XX is better than your game of type XX because...

7:
  The release date for game XXXX has been pushed back a week!
  I'M GOING TO GO SHOOT MYSELF IN THE HEAD LIFE ISN'T WORTH LIVING
  AND I JUST HAD TO TELL EVERYONE BECAUSE I AM A COMPLETE LOSER.

3:
  Games for sale!

3:
  Is this the right newsgroup to ask where to find a leash for my
pet hamster?

3:
  No, Virginia, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games doesn't have enough articles to justify
splitting it up in any way shape or form.

Any remaining posts are about Wizardry 7, Wizardry 6, why you can't
get 8th level spells in early releases of Ultima 6, and what the
guards say in Castle Wolfenstein 3d.

In addition, 33% of the posts are written by people for whom english
is a second (or third... or fifth) language.  I think people should
use their own language because no doubt there is *someone* out there
reading it who speaks it too (and you are much more likely to
understand the response you get!).

This group is such a clutter even a good killfile doesn't get rid of
half the noise.  I wish people would realize that every post they
make will literally be read by at least ten thousand people (I don't
know the actually number...)  I know mine was, I just hope it makes
a difference.  I really liked splitting the groups up by genre.
Even by manufacturer would work.  

Disclaimer:
Please send (and of course post) me lots of flames because I am a 
complete bigot who thinks everyone even slightly different than 
himself should be eradicated.  I am against everything that 
any sane, social, normal human being believes in, and I have 
already killed several people just this morning in addition to 
stepping on an insect I could have easily avoided.  I am also
perfect if I failed to mention it before.

OBgames: (serious now)

  I am looking to buy both Falcon 3.0 and Ultima VII.  I would like
to buy a used copy to save money, but I want to make sure I get the
latest revisions and avoid bugs.  Please send me e-mail if you are
looking to sell either and have the straight dope on what rev level
they are up to.

Chris Fodor
cfodor@UCSD.edu