"The Starglider" <the_starglider2002@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message...
<snip!>
How is it not relevant to the Amstrad group then? Tell us exactly why.
Which one's exactly?
Any of Weeto's posts. I don't care which. Tell me which one's are not >relevant
at all to the Amstrad NG.
Oh well, lets see, there's the one where he's discussing about the C64 (an >attempt at a flare-up I should imagine - neither on-topic for c.s.s or >c.s.a.8) & the one where he wants to update some really good games for an >unspecified computer. I should get Weetomuncher to update those games for
the Jupiter Ace while he's at it (does he know any Forth?).
Posting to c.s.a.8 is a mistake, sure there are
some
people there who program for modern computers as far as supporting the >Amstrad
computer itself. Anything outside of that machine suggests that it has no >place
to be there as it is of no use to it. What you do with your modern machines >is
of no concern to me
Weetomuncher never replies to the threads he starts. He simply starts flame-wars, and does not participate any further.
However, he *has* been responsible for some excellent debates here in CSS. Are
you saying that he's simply trolling by causing these discussions?
Posting to c.s.a.8 is a mistake, sure there are
some people there who program for modern
computers as far as supporting the Amstrad
computer itself. Anything outside of that machine
suggests that it has no place to be there as it
is of no use to it. What you do with your modern
machines is of no concern to me
So basically, all discussion of Amstrad CPC emulation for
Windows/Linux/Mac platforms is banned... according to Ross Simpson.
I would hope the rest of the Amstrad group disagree with this
viewpoint
StargliderDid you miss the C64 jokes or something?
Yes, I did (or they were simply not that good, and worthy of a good
flamebait.
toNo, he asks questions which I think are very much on-topic, in relation
groupsthe groups he posts them in.
Not C.S.A.8 he doesn't. Incidently has anyone been planning on releasing >some ZX81 games for the Jupiter Ace?
But where is your evidence that his posts are not relevant to any of the
he has posted to?
Weetomuncher never replies to the threads he starts. He simply starts >>flame-wars, and does not participate any further.
What flamewars? He asks questions that are relevant. Does he say "I
think the C64 is crap"?
Um, yes actually.
On the basis of that post, I can understand people labelling Weetomuncher
as a troll, although that's no reason to claim that all his other posts
are off-topic flamebait.
Read the posts! They are too vague, in other words it's off-topic because >it's too vague.
"The Starglider" <the_starglider2002@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message...
<snip!>
But you yourself has stated that you would love an update to Count Duckula >2. So
surely that makes you a hypcrite for saying that his posts on the subject >were
not valid in your group?
True, effectively I acidently triggered off a Weetomuncher where I haven't >effectively made clear which system I want to see a much better version of >Count Duckula 2 for. Someone may think CP/M, but I was refering to seeing an >updated copy of it for the Amstrad computers. I wouldn't be easy to update >since a huge chunk of the game could be better.
So, basically, what you are ssaying, is that if the topic is not exactly about
the Amstrad, then it's not welcome in the NG?
My god, how dull it must be in there!
Posting to c.s.a.8 is a mistake, sure there are
some people there who program for modern
computers as far as supporting the Amstrad
computer itself. Anything outside of that machine
suggests that it has no place to be there as it
is of no use to it. What you do with your modern
machines is of no concern to me
So basically, all discussion of Amstrad CPC emulation for
Windows/Linux/Mac platforms is banned... according to Ross Simpson.
I would hope the rest of the Amstrad group disagree with this
viewpoint
Ditto.
Hang on... am I reading this right? You're agreeing to your own f*!@-up?
So then Weeto's post is still relevant. You want an update. Many of uswant
updates to games. We con't care what system it's on, as long as it's agreat
improvement over the original.
So, basically, what you are ssaying, is that if the topic is not exactlyabout
the Amstrad, then it's not welcome in the NG?
My god, how dull it must be in there!
"The Starglider" <the_starglider2002@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message...
So then Weeto's post is still relevant. You want an update. Many of uswant
updates to games. We con't care what system it's on, as long as it's a >great
improvement over the original.
What a great bunch of back stabbers you are. I'm so happy that you like to >update your computer systems every 3-4 years! ;-)
toWhat a great bunch of back stabbers you are. I'm so happy that you like
update your computer systems every 3-4 years! ;-)
I've not upgraded my Speccy in over ten years. does that count?
"The Starglider" <the_starglider2002@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message...
So then Weeto's post is still relevant. You want an update. Many of us
want
updates to games. We con't care what system it's on, as long as it's a
great
improvement over the original.
What a great bunch of back stabbers you are. I'm so happy that you like to update your computer systems every 3-4 years! ;-)
I feel that the threads don't need to be tightly relevent to the
subject matter as long as they are of interest to the group in
general.
Some people seem to get a bit iffed off when the subjects discussed
aren't 100% related to the groups they are posted in.
"Weetomuncher" <weetomuncher@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:28e19b30.0307101449.7ecc6c2@posting.google.com...
Some people seem to get a bit iffed off when the subjects discussed
aren't 100% related to the groups they are posted in.
If you, and all the stupid threads you start and crosspost to all the ngs, weren't already in my killfile I'd be disagreeing with you right here, right now.
Some people seem to get a bit iffed off when the subjects discussed
aren't 100% related to the groups they are posted in.
But surely many of the threads which appear on the 8 bit newsgroups
ARE related to 8 bit machines.
An example was my thread asking if the dominance of the PC had made
the computing scene dull - surely this is relevant as many of the
readers of the thread will have had experience of the multiformat 80s
and 90s when several formats co-existed peacefully and the world of
computing was so different.
I feel that the threads don't need to be tightly relevent to the
subject matter as long as they are of interest to the group in
general.
The Doctor <thedoctor@thedeathzone.free-online.co.uk> wrote in news:87484e104c.TheDoctor@thedeathzone.free-online.co.uk:
For what it's worth I had no problem with the 'Has the PC made computing boring' thread.
I guess it was sort of OT but sort of not too (IYSWIM!)
Cheers!
Personally, this NG has never remained 100% On-Topic.
You want pedantic? We can do pedantic.
It might your case (a bit) if you said
which newsgroup you are talking
about. This is being read in three, due to the recent rash of
crossposting by the Tourette's-afflicted Rug-muncher, or whatever he
calls himself.
By preceding the main part of your statement with a parenthetical "personally", all you are saying is that *you* have never remained
100% on topic in the newsgroup to which you are posting. You want
pedantic? We can do pedantic.
It might your case (a bit) if you said which newsgroup you are talking
about. This is being read in three, due to the recent rash of
crossposting by the Tourette's-afflicted Rug-muncher, or whatever he
calls himself.
That's the problem with all you lot that can't take Wheeto's posts - so
far both you and Mr. Simpson have accused him of posting content that he
has not.
Some people seem to get a bit iffed off when the subjects discussed
aren't 100% related to the groups they are posted in.
But surely many of the threads which appear on the 8 bit newsgroups
ARE related to 8 bit machines.
An example was my thread asking if the dominance of the PC had made
the computing scene dull - surely this is relevant as many of the
readers of the thread will have had experience of the multiformat 80s
and 90s when several formats co-existed peacefully and the world of computing was so different.
I feel that the threads don't need to be tightly relevent to the
subject matter as long as they are of interest to the group in
general.
For what it's worth I had no problem with the 'Has the PC made computing boring' thread. I guess it was sort of OT but sort of not too (IYSWIM!)
Other than that, I totally agree that the questions you ask are relevant
in the newsgroups you ask in. Some people though just don't "get it", or simply are that closed minded that they don't want to discuss anything
else apart from their own machine.
Yeah, that's why we read comp.sys.amstrad.8bit rather than uk.misc,
funnily enough.
I am beginning to wonder whether Weetomuncher and the offensively under-informed The Technical Manager are related.
Dunny <paul.dunn4@ntlworld.com> wrote:
That's the problem with all you lot that can't take Wheeto's posts - so
far both you and Mr. Simpson have accused him of posting content that he has not.
It may not be coincidence that those of us who object strongly to Weetomuncher mostly hail from csa8. His posts are all about retrogaming, which for a large proportion of us on csa8 is of no interest whatsoever.
(The CPC was always much less of a games machine than either the C64 or
the Spectrum.)
Suggestion: Weetomuncher, why not post solely to css and csc, where your posts are evidently more welcome, and where those people from csa8 who
want to read them can make the effort to go and pick them up?
--
| Richard Fairhurst where.geowiki.com/x=435500&y=219000
| The point is not to put poetry at the service of the revolution,
| but to put the revolution at the service of poetry.
Sorry, but I can see two things wrong with these sorts of threads. For the >Amstrad group it can hardly be of any importance for the machine (there
are occassions where there are some off-topic discussions which are labeled >[i], no attempt was done on these occassions). The second problem is the >comments made in these threads. In a sense it fills these newsgroups with >useless information! Doing that, creates issues in relation to where will
it end?
Well... Technically... It CAN'T become moderated.
Moderation is an attribute of a newsgroup fixed at creation.
So, depending on which newsgroup you're in, you'd need to create
another newsgroup along the lines of (in my case)
comp.sys.sinclair.moderated and make it moderated at that point.
theSorry, but I can see two things wrong with these sorts of threads. For
labeledAmstrad group it can hardly be of any importance for the machine (there
are occassions where there are some off-topic discussions which are
[i], no attempt was done on these occassions). The second problem is the >comments made in these threads. In a sense it fills these newsgroups with >useless information! Doing that, creates issues in relation to where will >it end?
How is it not relevant to the Amstrad group then? Tell us exactly why.
Try explaining the sudden moderation of comp.ai, then.
Where is Nukleus (nucleus) when you Really need him?
spike1@freenet.co.uk wrote:
|wildstar <wildstar128@hotmail.com> did eloquently scribble:
Personally, this NG has never remained 100% On-Topic. What is funny OT|
stands for On-Topic just as well as Off-Topic. For clarification, this
newsgroup is an "UNMODERATED" newsgroup. This means that it is totally
acceptable to discuss topics which are not 100% on-topic. The generally
idea is to remain closely on-topic to the theme of the newsgroup as
possible. So ladies and gentlemen, relax a little. This newsgroup will
never become a moderated newsgroup and you are technically free to discuss >|> anything you want here.
|Well... Technically... It CAN'T become moderated.
|Moderation is an attribute of a newsgroup fixed at creation.
Try explaining the sudden moderation of comp.ai, then.
|So, depending on which newsgroup you're in, you'd need to create another >|newsgroup along the lines of (in my case) comp.sys.sinclair.moderated and >|make it moderated at that point.
Where is Nukleus (nucleus) when you Really need him?
"Why not update some crummy games like Count Duckula 2 instead of
Rainbow Islands, Midnight Resistance, Chase HQ, Silkworm?"
Mostly because there isn't an entire generation of gamers with fond
memories of playing Count Duckula 2, and so a remake of it wouldn't be appreciated by quite so many people. I think you underestimate the
following these things have - it isn't just an academic exercise in smartening up games purely for hardcore retrogamers familiar with the
entire 8-bit back catalogue. There are plenty of people out there who left the 8-bits behind long ago and don't know the first thing about emulation, but still enjoy the occasional nostalgia trip.
If they believe that Count Duckula 2 is too hard to update, then won't
the others be just as well? Or was it a question of updating the
graphics in those other games & leaving the rest the same.
It isn't just graphics that get updated in these remakes (although that's certainly a major part of it) - for example, the Speccy-specific (AFAIK) strategy game Chaos has a couple of remakes in varying stages of
development, aiming to add networked multiplayer mode.
Has Bryan Watson accused WheetoMuncher of anything he didn't do?
Please read more carefully before getting upset. It could elevate
your blood pressure and cause a stroke. We wouldn't want anything
like that to happen to you, would we? >:-)
"Matthew Westcott" <gasman@raww.org> wrote in message...
It isn't just graphics that get updated in these remakes (although
that's certainly a major part of it) - for example, the
Speccy-specific (AFAIK) strategy game Chaos has a couple of remakes
in varying stages of development, aiming to add networked
multiplayer mode.
I don't care much for networked multiplayer rubbish, some Amstrad
games allowed you to do this (Power Tetris being one I think), but
I've never really being into that. If others in c.s.a.8 follow the
same way then that's just the way it is.
Ross Simpson wrote:
The original poster still hasn't answered my original question!!:
"Why not update some crummy games like Count Duckula 2 instead of
Rainbow Islands, Midnight Resistance, Chase HQ, Silkworm?"
Weetomuncher never replies to the threads he starts. He simply starts flame-wars, and does not participate any further.
spike1@freenet.co.uk wrote:
|wildstar <wildstar128@hotmail.com> did eloquently scribble:
Personally, this NG has never remained 100% On-Topic. What is funny OT stands for On-Topic just as well as Off-Topic. For clarification, this newsgroup is an "UNMODERATED" newsgroup. This means that it is totally acceptable to discuss topics which are not 100% on-topic. The generally idea is to remain closely on-topic to the theme of the newsgroup as possible. So ladies and gentlemen, relax a little. This newsgroup will never become a moderated newsgroup and you are technically free to discuss anything you want here.|
|Well... Technically... It CAN'T become moderated.
|Moderation is an attribute of a newsgroup fixed at creation.
Ross Simpson wrote:
The original poster still hasn't answered my original question!!:
"Why not update some crummy games like Count Duckula 2 instead of Rainbow
Islands, Midnight Resistance, Chase HQ, Silkworm?"
Weetomuncher never replies to the threads he starts. He simply starts >flame-wars, and does not participate any further.
accused himHas Bryan Watson accused WheetoMuncher of anything he didn't do?
Accusing someone of "tourette's" like behaviour - yes. Ross Simpson
of posting off-topic threads - and again, I saw no evidence of that.
possibleIt isn't just graphics that get updated in these remakes (although
that's certainly a major part of it) - for example, the
Speccy-specific (AFAIK) strategy game Chaos has a couple of remakes
in varying stages of development, aiming to add networked
multiplayer mode.
I don't care much for networked multiplayer rubbish, some Amstrad
games allowed you to do this (Power Tetris being one I think), but
I've never really being into that. If others in c.s.a.8 follow the
same way then that's just the way it is.
But that's just the point - Chaos was an 8bit game, so discussing a
remake (hypothetically) is very much on topic for any 8bit group thatchaos was
released for (in this case, the speccy). How else would you target thecorrect
audience, how else would you gain information on the game, if not fromthose who
played and loved it most?
How you can claim that remaking any *8bit* game for any modern platform is off-topic for an *8bit* group is beyond me, especially if that game wasn't released for any other platforms.
Just because *you* don't enjoy networked games, or windows, or PCs, orLinux, or
Macs, or whatever else you can't get your amstrad to do, doesn't mean thatyou
have the right to speak for the entire group, or any of the other groupsthat
the post may be intended for.
RainbowThe original poster still hasn't answered my original question!!:
"Why not update some crummy games like Count Duckula 2 instead of
theIslands, Midnight Resistance, Chase HQ, Silkworm?"
Weetomuncher never replies to the threads he starts. He simply starts >flame-wars, and does not participate any further.
What flamewars? He asks questions that are relevant. Does he say "I think
C64 is crap"?, or "Amstrad's were a waste of space"?
No, he asks questions which I think are very much on-topic, in relation tothe
groups he posts them in.
"The Starglider" <the_starglider2002@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message...
The original poster still hasn't answered my original question!!:
"Why not update some crummy games like Count Duckula 2 instead of >Rainbow
Islands, Midnight Resistance, Chase HQ, Silkworm?"
Weetomuncher never replies to the threads he starts. He simply starts
flame-wars, and does not participate any further.
What flamewars? He asks questions that are relevant. Does he say "I think >the
C64 is crap"?, or "Amstrad's were a waste of space"?
Did you miss the C64 jokes or something?
No, he asks questions which I think are very much on-topic, in relation to >the
groups he posts them in.
Not C.S.A.8 he doesn't. Incidently has anyone been planning on releasing
some
ZX81 games for the Jupiter Ace?
The Starglider wrote in <k043hvgfnks5h9h7fahkaq09ffr5e6apl0@4ax.com>:
On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 01:16:12 GMT, Richard Wilson
<rich@bitwise-systems.com> wrote:
Weetomuncher never replies to the threads he starts. He simply starts >>>flame-wars, and does not participate any further.What flamewars? He asks questions that are relevant. Does he say "I
think the C64 is crap"?
Um, yes actually. >http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=28e19b30.0307061609.760749b3%40posting.google.com
On the basis of that post, I can understand people labelling Weetomuncher
as a troll, although that's no reason to claim that all his other posts
are off-topic flamebait.
toSo then Weeto's post is still relevant. You want an update. Many of us
want updates to games. We con't care what system it's on, as long as
it's a great improvement over the original.
What a great bunch of back stabbers you are. I'm so happy that you like
update your computer systems every 3-4 years! ;-)
Erm, the last time I used a computer to write a letter (e-mail notwithstanding), it was a QL. Do I win a prize?
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