Re: The Game Of Immortals CANCELLED

From: guenzel.p1@blinker.net (Bjoern Guenzel)

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000

On Fri, 16 Oct 1998 06:04:00 GMT, nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)
wrote:

>In article <3627c534.18976039@news.dsuper.net>,
>Marc "Puma" Lombart <katt@dsuper.net> wrote:
>>>I don't have a great explanation for why, but only 2 people have shown
>>>interest in this game.  It's not enough to do it, really.  Also I'm
>>>currently engaged in a Star Trek RPG that belatedly signed me on in a
>
>>	Lets see. You spamm 5 newsgroups with this, strike number one.
>>You post about a game in non game related groups. When asked why you
>>did so, you say, "Well, it's not really a game, just a way to attract
>>people who would not be interested in a collaborative story." Do you
>>get it yet?
>
>   Doubtful Brandon Van Every gets anything. He's already demonstrated
>a profound ego in questions as to processor benchmarks, willfully
>disregarding many well established ones in favor of *ONLY* some pet
>project he couldn't bother to successfully port to Win95.
>
>   You must remember that Brandon Van Every has a severe problem
>admitting he's totally offbase (big-O notation discussion here about
>'constants', for example), and it's pointless to try and argue with
>him much, except to continually point out how foolish the corners he's
>argued himself into are. In other words, take everything he says with
>a grain of salt, and double-check it against reality.
>
>   At least deliberate usenet trolls are fun to mess with; Brandon
>appears to just be offensively clueless.
>
>Nathan Mates
>--

Nobody is perfect, but at least I think Brandon van Every doesn't take
it personal if somebody has an opinion that is different from his one.
I rather see some off topic posts that might still be entertaining
than attacks 'below the belt line' like what you are writing here.

I remember reading about usenet somewhere, the description was
'somebody flaming you without end in one newsgroup might be your best
friend in the next one'. Not that I know official netiquette by heart,
but I had somehow assumed not to be resentful in general was a part of
it.

Bjoern Guenzel

At times I felt I had to make up for a
sad lack of experiences by wild imagination.
(Urs Widmer, insufficiently translated by me)

References

Re: [open PBEM RPG] The Game Of Immortals
"Brandon Van Every" <vanevery@earthlink.net>
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game Of Immortals CANCELLED
"Brandon Van Every" <vanevery@earthlink.net>
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game Of Immortals CANCELLED
katt@dsuper.net (Marc "Puma" Lombart)
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game Of Immortals CANCELLED
nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: [open PBEM RPG] The Game Of Immortals
"Brandon Van Every" <vanevery@earthlink.net>
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game Of Immortals CANCELLED
"Brandon Van Every" <vanevery@earthlink.net>
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game Of Immortals CANCELLED
katt@dsuper.net (Marc "Puma" Lombart)
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game Of Immortals CANCELLED
nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000