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Article #23315Re: MAN I NEVER KNEW THIS PLACE WAS AROUND
From: Izork
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 00:00
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 00:00
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Damn it MY first post in this newsgroup an some ASSHOLE has to flame me. On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:17:49 -0500, Robert Bohnenberger DMD <rtb...@erols.com> wrote: >Izork wrote: >> >> I've played all the X-com games and the only one I really like is the >> first one. > >We're falling-all-over-ourselves-happy for you. > So I guess You speak for everyone in this news group >> I have the hacked version that can be played without the CD >> or install disk if anyone wants me to post it. > >Wow, you really can't wait to earn the opprobrium of the regulars on >this group, can you? > I didn't think regulars would want it because they all ready have it >Let me spell it out for you: > >First, in spite of the fact that the upper management of Hasbro are a >bunch of money grubbing suits, no one here wants to know about your use >of cracks/hacks. > Again You think you speak for everyone >Second, the game only costs $4.99 in the bargain bin and the last >official (and still very much available) patch disables the copy >protection anyway. > Were is this bargain bin at?? >Third, this a not a binaries newsgroup, so if you post it you run a fair >risk of having your ISP cancel your account for violating their terms of >service/acceptable use policy. ISP's hate binary postings because they >eat up huge amounts of valuable bandwidth. > NO FUCKING SHIT ASS HOLE I was offering to post in alt.binaries for someone looking for it that can't find your fucking bargain bin. >Fourth, this newsgroup is visited by some of the guys that originally >wrote the games and also by the hasbro developers that are working on >the NEXT xcom game. In short, you've come here and publicly admitted >that you have willingly stolen their intellectual property. We value >the occasional input by these guys and respect their work. > All they have to do is sell it on there WEB PAGE which they don't. >Why on earth would we want people posting hacks? > I already answered this Question >> I also have the patches > >So does Microprose, on the official website. > HMMM That must be were I got them >> which are a big waste of time to use. > >That is, if you *like* bugs... > Sorry If I like it without the patch "sorry NOT" >> The regular version without the >> update is the best. > ><sigh> Well, we're all entitled to our opinions, aren't we? > Aparently you don't hold yours back >Great news group. Glad to see all yall here. > >We know. We want to keep it that way. Please note that I'm not >suggesting you leave. You're perfectly welcome to stay but you might >get more replies if you bother to learn a little about the ng first. Again you think you speak for everyone. ___________________________________________________ If we evolved then when do we stop being human and become something else? What is that something else? Visit My webpage sometime to see a picture of Me. http://www.plasmagun.com WebPage Updated 02/04/00 Has plans on electro magnetic bomb and how to sheild your computer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From: Izork <Do...@email.me> Subject: Re: MAN I NEVER KNEW THIS PLACE WAS AROUND Date: 2000/03/18 Message-ID: <15HTOKYYmnJXv2I0lRjP4x8YTlZQ@4ax.com> X-Deja-AN: 599216058 References: <1OLPOGVvO5BDfzkP=Bdy3UchzYms@4ax.com> <38D0363D.608D@erols.com> X-Complaints-To: ab...@swbell.net X-Trace: news.swbell.net 953390246 208.190.136.213 (Sat, 18 Mar 2000 08:37:26 CST) Organization: SBC Internet Services MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 08:37:26 CST Newsgroups: alt.games.x-com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit