From: sl8nl@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer
Subject: Re: Splitting the group (somewhat long)
Date: 18 Aug 92 20:44:46 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

>         Please  get this  straight,    this group was   created  for
>         discussions on   non-HW    specific  games  algorithms   and
>         techniques.   If you don't  understand  why the  majority(*)
>         react to VGA specific issues  being  brought up here,  you'd
>         better review your net.understanding.

Funny thing is, HW related issues dealing directly with games had created
the largest amount of talk in this newsgroup that I'd ever seen.

>         (like  someone  suggested we did   here).   Why not use  the
>         appropriate newsgroup instead?  If  there is  no appropriate
>         newsgroup, create one!

Because some of us don't have hours and hours to sit around moderating
a group.  For those of you who don't know what it takes to run a newsgroup
(let alone get one created), don't find out.  I attended several seminars
this past weekend dealing with the subject.  As they kept rattling off
the Usenet rules for creating newsgroups, I sunk further and further into
my chair.

>         (If you don't have an appropriate newsgroup, you've only got
>         yourself to blame.)

** Flame on
That's kinda like saying, "If you're a minority, yeah, like you freakin'
niggers, hey, that's YOUR fault that you're black.  So I think that I'll
harass you, and start wars on the street, and..."
** Flame off

Disclaimer: I ahve nothing against blacks at all.  They are people, just
like the rest of us, and color of skin should never be an issue.

> *)      I couldn't resist - someone  stated that PC programmers were
>         the majority in this group.  Why so?  Because they annoy the
>         most,  because they have most  problems or because they need
>         everything repeated 3 times before they get it?

Maybe we do :)

> PS!     Someone mentioned comp.lang.c  was infected too, as  I don't
>         read comp.lang.c I'll   have  to take  their words   for it.
>         Could   this indicate that PC  users  are having a hard time
>         locating the correct newsgroup  or  is it  a sign that  they
>         don't care where they post?

OK, think about this REALLY carefully.  If you've got a question about
a game, how to program one, or how it was programmed, are you going to
go to alt.msdos.programmer and ask the question to a bunch of people
who usually care less about how a game is programmed?

Are we not allowed to ask how Ultima 7 was made because it is an IBM-
only game?

>         This posting has hopefully clarified   WHY you have to  take
>         care  when selecting the   right newsgroup.  That leaves the
>         process of selecting the right  newsgroup.  I can't see  how
>         this should be so hard, read the  FAQ's and decide (speaking
>         of which, does this group have a FAQ?).

As a matter of fact, this group does have a FAQ, posted several hundred
messages ago.

On a side note, we're both out of line here, mister.  And so are all of
the other messages on this subject.  They all say, "Gee, this group is
supposed to be here to ask questions about techniques and algorithms
to program games", but this whole thread has been one complete argument.

Josh

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