Re: a.g.q4

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From: McGrandpa
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 02:05

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"ScratchMonkey" <scratchmonkey.blacklist@sewingwitch.com> wrote in message 
news:Xns970482B2E102Bscratchmonkey@216.196.97.142...
> doGG <bogus@nunsuch.net> wrote in news:Xns9703C77258B3Fbogusnunsuchnet@
> 130.81.64.196:
>
>> alt.games.quake4          Will not be added. Not found at the
>> ISC or Google Usenet Groups.
>
> Sounds good to me. It's too transient a category. Before long we'd have
> alt.games.quake5, then alt.games.quake397.... ;)
>
> Instead, just move the discussion back to alt.games.quake, where we can
> talk about the latest episode in the series and there will be a few still
> playing the old episodes.
>
> One might follow the lead of the EA games and create alt.games.id.quake, 
> if
> one expects the number of titles from Id to balloon.

a.g.q and a.g.q2 would work fine I'd think.  q2 as q4 is the continuation of 
the same story.
McG.

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