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Article #16972Re: Command and Conquer question
From: TCipollina
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:00
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and thank you Chas for an interesting and informative post i haven;t had this much fun since the Peter Wood's "favorite thing in C&C" posting -- Fight Win Prevail But Never Cheat The Arcane Chas <Ch...@the-arcane.demon.co.uk> wrote in article <B9QtIDAk...@the-arcane.demon.co.uk>... > In article <7X3q2.1688$412.7...@news2.randori.com>, > rh...@spameater.inetworld.net writes > > > >Wrong again, old chap. I was on this group long before TCip came and > >started thumping the roger wong faq. I was, however, on hiatus when > >he first appeared. > > I won't argue with you on this one - my ISP's news service only allowed > me to see 10% of the posts at that time. That's why I've switched to > Demon for newsreading. > > > Rampant cheating on case's ladder and other > >stuff, such as pursuing some outdoor activities, kept me away. I refuse > >to reveal certain used-to-be-known cheats for the sake of the game, and > >I don't even know if they still work the Gold edition. The notion of > >"no cheats exist" is about the only thing I've ever disagreed with > >joesdad on, I think. > > >Of course, I am subject to bad moods. > > Aren't we all ? :-} > > > Anyway, I'm > >sure you don't care. > > > > Not true - I may insist on *my* right to express my opinions but I > always allow others to disagree - and be wrong of course. :-} > > To paraphrase some famous person or other (galloping senility has struck > again) - "I may disagree with what you say but I would give my life > defending your right to say it" ! > > >The main thing is that this group has been pretty "noise free" for the > >most part. The most noise is "give me cheat codes" and even that is on > >topic, if misguided. > > And irritating ! > > > The noise of the little agra click, however, is > >most definitely not on topic. And it is increasing in amplitude. > > I don't think you ever gave us a chance - most of the time we're just > enjoying ourselves. The trouble is that the "topics" are mainly > exhausted now but, even so, no question in AGRA (except for "what are > the cheats?") ever goes unanswered - it's just that there's a fair bit > more "banter" in that group than most others. > > If you're interested, I've put together a few of my thoughts regarding > these NGs on my "website" (url below). You'll see why I used quotation > marks if you visit - it's not a great site! > > -- > Cheers, > > Chas. > > http://www.lindsayc.force9.co.uk >
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From: "TCipollina" <joe...@stny.lrun.com> Subject: Re: Command and Conquer question Date: 1999/01/22 Message-ID: <01be4661$1b278760$bc8fd2cc@compaq> X-Deja-AN: 435812230 References: <786mm2$acj$1@news.mel.aone.net.au> <36A71A02.15C2D5E0@one.net.au><dundradal-2101991142050001@nmonew.ne.mediaone.net><E3EMKGA7D3p2Ew75@the-arcane.demon.co.uk><Z%Lp2.6$6N1.1722@news2.randori.com><E8N8YEAfD8p2EwLn@the-arcane.demon.co.uk><3U1q2.1670$412.620406@news2.randori.com><QLPJ1AAbWLq2EwCM@the-arcane.demon.co.uk><7X3q2.1688$412.717324@news2.randori.com> <B9QtIDAkHNq2EwD+@the-arcane.demon.co.uk> X-Trace: newsr2.twcny.rr.com 917048278 204.210.143.188 (Fri, 22 Jan 1999 18:37:58 EDT) Organization: TWC Syracuse NY NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 18:37:58 EDT Newsgroups: alt.games.command.and.conquer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit